Cody Newport:
Cody Newport emerged as the hitting star of the great Memphis teams in the early history of the league, leading them to three straight World Series from 2008 to 2010. Unfortunately for Newport and the Grizzlies, they lost all three to Pittsburgh, and Newport didn't exactly light the world on fire with his postseason performances. Following the third defeat, Newport jumped ship for a Nashville team that had finished second in their division by 5 games in 2010. Newport proved to be the missing piece, and Nashville reached the World Series, only to lose in 7 games to Pittsburgh, though Newport did his best, hitting .357 with 7 XBH and 10 RBI
Over the next few seasons, Nashville struggled, and even finished in last place on a couple of occasions. In 2015, however, they were rejuvenated, and finished with the best record in baseball at 101-61. Despite another superb performance from Newport, Nashville once again ran into Pittsburgh in the World Series and were defeated in heartbreaking fashion (In Game 7, they blew a 3-0 ninth inning lead, and then blew a 4-3 10th inning lead to lose 5-4 in 10 innings).
Newport left Nashville following that defeat and joined Kansas City for the 2016 season. The Royals, losers of the 2013 World Series, had suffered through a couple of mediocre seasons since then. Newport would lead them back to the playoffs, and ultimately, to their first championship- a sweep against Los Angeles- though he did little in the postseason. He would never again play in a World Series, and, in fact, would only reach the postseason one more time in his career.
Newport was a magnificent hitter, capable of banging out 40 doubles and 40 homers while batting well over .300 in any given year. He was also noted for being one of the most prolific whiffers to ever play.
In 2022, he became just the second player to reach 3,000 career hits, and the second to reach 3,000 hits and 500 HR. In 2023, he passed up Micheal Bruce to become the all time hits leader, and a year later, became the all time HR leader, as well. His stay at the top of the HR chart, however, did not last even one season, as he was passed up by Hector Abad the following season. In 2027, Abad would pass up Newport on the hits list, as well. Newport held the top spot on the career doubles list until 2036. Today, Newport ranks 13th in hits, tied for 17th in HR, 13th in RBI, 10th in doubles, and 25th in runs scored. He is one of a small handful of players to rank so highly in that many categories.
Newport's career stats:
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Career Batting Stats
Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS Teams
2005 104 343 74 9 2 9 35 39 14 72 10 1 .216 .246 .332 .579 MEM
2006 128 429 135 25 1 17 64 71 35 98 21 1 .315 .366 .497 .863 MEM
2007 152 540 148 46 5 19 84 73 22 133 19 4 .274 .302 .483 .786 MEM
2008 154 561 146 37 5 22 91 75 28 128 8 2 .260 .295 .462 .757 MEM
2009 154 584 182 48 5 27 112 103 48 120 17 6 .312 .364 .550 .914 MEM,AL
2010 143 557 205 47 4 28 109 99 47 114 36 11 .368 .417 .618 1.035 MEM,AL
2011 142 579 181 45 7 28 109 106 62 131 35 7 .313 .379 .560 .939 NAS
2012 142 577 183 47 4 40 130 113 63 136 24 14 .317 .384 .620 1.005 NAS,AL
2013 155 597 191 42 5 44 128 106 65 139 20 8 .320 .387 .628 1.015 NAS,AL
2014 156 612 195 31 5 51 137 125 80 148 20 12 .319 .397 .636 1.033 NAS,AL
2015 156 647 191 37 7 44 123 125 67 180 18 10 .295 .361 .578 .939 NAS
2016 158 594 160 37 4 44 119 116 75 146 8 5 .269 .351 .567 .919 KC,AL
2017 144 560 192 50 8 48 128 115 43 122 12 8 .343 .390 .718 1.108 KC,AL
2018 156 602 185 47 12 22 119 113 60 143 16 14 .307 .370 .535 .905 KC
2019 154 586 183 58 8 25 104 114 41 138 9 7 .312 .357 .567 .924 KC
2020 145 528 146 37 6 21 99 75 57 142 15 6 .277 .347 .489 .836 KC
2021 154 598 170 47 9 24 98 86 48 157 8 9 .284 .337 .513 .851 KC,AL
2022 139 528 136 40 4 25 95 77 52 132 4 3 .258 .324 .491 .815 KC
2023 144 527 145 46 3 27 105 74 21 155 3 5 .275 .303 .528 .830 KC,AL
2024 113 291 72 25 2 18 57 45 29 85 4 1 .247 .316 .533 .848 KC
2025 16 25 3 1 0 1 1 2 1 11 0 0 .120 .154 .280 .434 KC
Total 2909 10865 3223 802 106 584 2047 1852 958 2630 307 134 .297 .354 .551 .905
Career Minor League Batting Stats
Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS
2005, AAA 6 25 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 0 .160 .222 .160 .382
Career Postseason Batting Stats
Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS
2008 12 44 11 3 1 1 5 3 2 8 2 0 .250 .283 .432 .714
2009 9 38 10 4 0 1 5 5 2 9 2 2 .263 .300 .447 .747
2010 9 35 9 2 0 1 4 3 1 7 1 1 .257 .278 .400 .678
2011 13 56 20 2 2 3 10 10 4 16 4 2 .357 .400 .625 1.025
2015 11 41 15 3 1 2 8 9 4 10 1 1 .366 .422 .634 1.056
2016 10 40 9 2 1 1 5 1 1 11 1 0 .225 .244 .400 .644
2022 4 14 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 5 1 0 .143 .143 .357 .500
Total 68 268 76 16 5 10 39 32 14 66 12 6 .284 .319 .493 .812
Player History
Drafted in 1st round, 2nd overall pick, by Memphis in 2005...
Had first career hit (triple) on 4/11/2005, off Tom Hearne (NAS)...
Hit first career homerun on 4/18/2005, off Odis Adamski (ATL)...
Hit 3 homeruns against Washington, driving in 6 runs on 9/24/2005...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/2008, hitting .407 with 2 HR, 9 RBI...
Was selected to the 2009 Allstar game...
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/2010, hitting .391 with 6 HR, 21 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/2010, hitting .519 with 1 HR, 8 RBI...
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Atlanta on 5/9/2010...
Was selected to the 2010 Allstar game...
Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/2010, hitting .467 with 2 HR, 10 RBI...
Injured on 8/19/2010 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for one week...
Signed as a free agent by Nashville on 2/6/2011 to a 5-year deal worth $12,902,500 per year...
Drove in 8 runs against Washington on 7/16/2011...
Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/2011, hitting .414 with 3 HR, 15 RBI...
Injured on 7/22/2011 with a Sore Back, out for one week...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/2011, hitting .429 with 4 HR, 8 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/2012, hitting .435 with 5 HR, 12 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/2012, hitting .361 with 12 HR, 36 RBI...
Was selected to the 2012 Allstar game...
Injured on 8/31/2012 with a Strained Achilles Tendon, out for 1-2 weeks...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/2013, hitting .480 with 1 HR, 7 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/2013, hitting .520 with 4 HR, 9 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/2013, hitting .383 with 8 HR, 22 RBI...
Was selected to the 2013 Allstar game...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/2013, hitting .500 with 5 HR, 12 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/2013, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 12 RBI...
Hit 3 homeruns against Washington, driving in 4 runs on 4/2/2014...
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Washington on 5/23/2014...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/2014, hitting .750 with 2 HR, 7 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/2014, hitting .429 with 4 HR, 10 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/2014, hitting .369 with 9 HR, 26 RBI...
Was selected to the 2014 Allstar game...
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/2015, hitting .367 with 13 HR, 29 RBI...
Signed as a free agent by Kansas City on 2/4/2016 to a 8-year deal worth $13,143,000 per year...
Was selected to the 2016 Allstar game...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/2016, hitting .357 with 5 HR, 13 RBI...
Won World Series with Kansas City in 2016...
Won Gold Glove Award at Shortstop in 2016...
Had 2000th career hit on 4/6/2017, off Ronnie Cleveland (TUC)...
Injured on 4/8/2017 with a Inflamed Abdominal Muscle, out for 2 weeks...
Was selected to the 2017 Allstar game...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/2017, hitting .483 with 4 HR, 6 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/2017, hitting .435 with 4 HR, 8 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/2017, hitting .379 with 12 HR, 30 RBI...
Hit for the cycle against Tucson on 9/11/2017...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/2017, hitting .519 with 2 HR, 8 RBI...
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Memphis on 9/19/2017...
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/2017, hitting .392 with 10 HR, 31 RBI...
Won Silver Slugger Award in 2017, hitting .343 with 48 HR, 128 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/2019, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 9 RBI...
Hit for the cycle against Knoxville on 9/15/2019...
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/2020, hitting .440 with 4 HR, 8 RBI...
Drove in 6 runs against Washington on 8/12/2020...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/2020, hitting .385 with 4 HR, 10 RBI...
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Memphis on 8/18/2020...
Injured on 9/19/2020 with a Concussion, out for 1-2 weeks...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/2021, hitting .368 with 4 HR, 10 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/2021, hitting .542 with 1 HR, 6 RBI...
Had 500th career homerun on 6/24/2021, off Keith Wright (WAS)...
Was selected to the 2021 Allstar game...
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 7/7/2021...
Injured on 4/5/2022 with a Sore Back, out for 1-2 weeks...
Had 3000th career hit on 9/29/2022, off Amadis Velasquez (TUC)...
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Tucson on 9/29/2022...
Hit 3 homeruns against Tucson, driving in 6 runs on 4/2/2023...
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/2023, hitting .462 with 3 HR, 12 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/2023, hitting .375 with 11 HR, 33 RBI...
Was selected to the 2023 Allstar game...
Drove in 6 runs against Memphis on 9/12/2023...
Signed as a free agent by Kansas City on 2/10/2024 to a 1-year deal worth $922,200 per year...
Released by Kansas City on 5/12/2025, refused assignment to minors...
Retired and inducted to the Hall of Fame in 2026.
Batting Leader Boards Appearances
AVG
2009 - .312 - 9th
2010 - .368 - 1st
2013 - .320 - 9th
2017 - .343 - 1st
OBP
2010 - .417 - 3rd
2014 - .397 - 8th
2017 - .390 - 6th
SLG
2009 - .550 - 5th
2010 - .618 - 2nd
2011 - .560 - 4th
2012 - .620 - 3rd
2013 - .628 - 3rd
2014 - .636 - 3rd
2015 - .578 - 5th
2016 - .567 - 10th
2017 - .718 - 1st
2018 - .535 - 9th
2023 - .528 - 9th
OPS
2009 - .914 - 5th
2010 - 1.035 - 1st
2011 - .939 - 4th
2012 - 1.005 - 4th
2013 - 1.015 - 3rd
2014 - 1.033 - 3rd
2015 - .939 - 8th
2017 - 1.108 - 2nd
2018 - .905 - 10th
Hits
2009 - 182 - 8th
2010 - 205 - 2nd
2013 - 191 - 6th
2014 - 195 - 8th
2015 - 191 - 7th
2017 - 192 - 3rd
Doubles
2007 - 46 - 4th
2009 - 48 - 1st
2010 - 47 - 2nd
2011 - 45 - 7th
2012 - 47 - 2nd
2013 - 42 - 8th
2017 - 50 - 5th
2018 - 47 - 4th
2019 - 58 - 3rd
2021 - 47 - 8th
2023 - 46 - 5th
Triples
2011 - 7 - 5th
2015 - 7 - 7th
2017 - 8 - 8th
2018 - 12 - 1st
2019 - 8 - 10th
2021 - 9 - 9th
Homeruns
2011 - 28 - 10th
2012 - 40 - 4th
2013 - 44 - 4th
2014 - 51 - 2nd
2015 - 44 - 4th
2016 - 44 - 6th
2017 - 48 - 3rd
2023 - 27 - 8th
RBI
2009 - 112 - 7th
2010 - 109 - 10th
2012 - 130 - 4th
2013 - 128 - 7th
2014 - 137 - 6th
2015 - 123 - 6th
2017 - 128 - 7th
2018 - 119 - 8th
2023 - 105 - 2nd
Runs
2009 - 103 - 7th
2014 - 125 - 6th
2015 - 125 - 4th
2016 - 116 - 4th
2017 - 115 - 7th
2018 - 113 - 8th
2019 - 114 - 8th
SB
2006 - 21 - 7th
2007 - 19 - 9th
2010 - 36 - 1st
2011 - 35 - 2nd
2012 - 24 - 7th
2013 - 20 - 9th
2014 - 20 - 8th