Newt Joseph
HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at5 ft 7 in · 165 lb
BornOctober 27, 1896 · Montgomery, AL, USA
Seasons14 (1922–1935)
Kansas City Monarchs 1922–1935
Percentile snapshot
1935 season — qualified batters
of 117 qualified 1935 batters (min 49 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1922 | 71 | 275 | 243 | 37 | 65 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 20 | 2 | 9 | 0 | .267 | .328 | .379 | .707 | 90.6 | 89.6 | .329 | 0.7 |
| 1923 | 69 | 275 | 234 | 39 | 63 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 39 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .269 | .352 | .444 | .797 | 104.9 | 106.7 | .367 | 1.2 |
| 1924 | 71 | 298 | 267 | 58 | 100 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 68 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 0 | .375 | .428 | .543 | .971 | 154.4 | 165.0 | .448 | 3.2 |
| 1925 | 52 | 212 | 198 | 26 | 64 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | .323 | .359 | .419 | .778 | 106.5 | 108.3 | .354 | 1.0 |
| 1926 | 64 | 255 | 210 | 40 | 62 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 47 | 32 | 4 | 8 | 3 | .295 | .391 | .457 | .848 | 117.1 | 117.8 | .391 | 1.5 |
| 1927 | 79 | 329 | 264 | 47 | 72 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 44 | 51 | 0 | 13 | 0 | .273 | .400 | .424 | .824 | 125.5 | 122.1 | .388 | 2.3 |
| 1928 | 76 | 319 | 277 | 43 | 72 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 29 | 2 | 20 | 0 | .260 | .334 | .339 | .674 | 87.9 | 84.3 | .319 | 0.7 |
| 1929 | 69 | 272 | 226 | 38 | 65 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 41 | 33 | 0 | 8 | 1 | .288 | .388 | .389 | .777 | 107.0 | 103.3 | .366 | 1.3 |
| 1930 | 60 | 243 | 204 | 34 | 53 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 28 | 6 | 13 | 0 | .260 | .355 | .402 | .757 | 102.8 | 101.0 | .352 | 1.0 |
| 1931 | 19 | 71 | 67 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .299 | .338 | .388 | .726 | 97.8 | 98.5 | .334 | 0.3 |
| 1932 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .111 | .000 | .111 | -40.1 | -69.0 | .085 | -0.2 |
| 1933 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .450 | .476 | .650 | 1.126 | 183.2 | 198.2 | .510 | 0.4 |
| 1934 | 7 | 28 | 27 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .259 | .286 | .333 | .619 | 75.6 | 75.5 | .281 | 0.0 |
| 1935 | 13 | 50 | 47 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .298 | .340 | .426 | .766 | 105.4 | 107.0 | .343 | 0.2 |
Career totals
G
659
PA
2,657
AB
2,292
R
380
H
666
2B
129
3B
38
HR
31
RBI
401
BB
262
SO
28
SB
94
BA
.2906
OBP
.3690
SLG
.4206
OPS
.7896
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923-07-24 | KCM @ SLS Gameday | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 1923-09-24 | DTS @ KCM Gameday | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 1923-09-01 | CUB @ KCM Gameday | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 1923-08-05 | MIL @ KCM Gameday | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 1930-05-18 | KCM @ SLS Gameday | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1922-05-06 | KCM @ CAG Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1922-05-07 | KCM @ CAG Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1922-05-08 | KCM @ CAG Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1922-05-09 | KCM @ CAG Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1922-05-10 | KCM @ CAG Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.