Richie Sexson
Richmond Lockwood Sexson
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 8" , Weight: 237 lb.

Born: December 29, 1974 in Portland, OR
High School: Prairie (Brush Prairie, WA)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 24th round of the 1993 amateur draft.
Signed June 14, 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1997
Final Game: August 13, 2008
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1997 CLE AL 22 1B 2 2 17.0 12 11 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 14.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0 6.35 6.00 .992 9.32 8.05
1997 CLE AL 22 DH 1
1998 CLE AL 23 1B 45 40 363.1 365 321 38 6 36 .984 -3.2 -10.6 -3.2 -0.1 -3.1 0 8.89 7.98 .992 9.43 8.30
1998 CLE AL 23 LF 3 2 19.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 50.5 0.8 0.0 0.8 0 1.89 1.33 .975 2.08 1.73
1998 CLE AL 23 OF 3 2 19.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 50.5 0.8 0.0 0.8 0 1.89 1.33 .975 2.32 2.03
1998 CLE AL 23 DH 2
1999 CLE AL 24 1B 61 53 492.2 575 517 51 7 48 .988 0.8 1.9 0.8 2.2 -1.4 0 10.38 9.31 .992 9.50 8.33
1999 CLE AL 24 OF 49 41 380.1 68 65 3 0 0 1.000 -5.5 -17.4 -6.5 -1.1 -5.4 1 1.61 1.39 .984 2.30 2.03
1999 CLE AL 24 LF 48 40 366.1 63 60 3 0 0 1.000 -6.4 -21.0 -7.4 -1.2 -6.2 1 1.55 1.31 .984 2.08 1.73
1999 CLE AL 24 DH 25
1999 CLE AL 24 RF 3 1 14.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.9 77.1 0.9 0.1 0.8 0 3.86 2.00 .983 2.12 1.83
2000 TOT MLB 25 1B 84 80 707.2 766 669 91 6 61 .992 5.5 9.3 5.5 -0.6 6.1 0 9.67 9.05 .992 9.29 7.87
2000 CLE AL 25 LF 58 51 463.0 82 79 3 0 0 1.000 -8.7 -22.5 -7.7 -3.1 -4.6 -1 1.59 1.41 .985 2.16 1.76
2000 CLE AL 25 OF 58 51 463.0 82 79 3 0 0 1.000 -8.7 -22.5 -7.7 -3.1 -4.6 -1 1.59 1.41 .985 2.36 2.02
2000 CLE AL 25 1B 27 23 210.0 224 198 25 1 11 .996 1.9 10.9 1.9 -1.3 3.2 0 9.56 8.26 .993 9.37 8.17
2000 CLE AL 25 DH 10
2000 MIL NL 25 1B 57 57 497.2 542 471 66 5 50 .991 3.6 8.7 3.6 0.7 2.9 0 9.71 9.42 .992 9.25 7.73
2001 MIL NL 26 1B 158 157 1372.2 1492 1355 129 8 126 .995 -0.4 -0.3 0.6 1.6 -1.1 -1 9.73 9.39 .993 6.56 6.33
2002 MIL NL 27 1B 154 154 1324.1 1350 1225 118 7 134 .995 1.4 1.3 1.4 -4.7 6.1 0 9.13 8.72 .992 6.80 6.49 AS
2002 MIL NL 27 DH 1 AS
2003 MIL NL 28 1B 162 162 1452.0 1503 1362 130 11 131 .993 -13.2 -10.9 -13.2 -5.4 -7.8 0 9.25 9.21 .993 6.20 6.17 AS,MVP-12
2004 ARI NL 29 1B 23 23 204.1 227 199 27 1 19 .996 2.9 17.0 2.9 -0.5 3.4 0 9.95 9.83 .993 9.51 8.23
2005 SEA AL 30 1B 151 151 1302.0 1273 1147 119 7 121 .995 -7.3 -6.7 -7.3 -3.5 -3.8 0 8.75 8.38 .994 6.91 6.62 MVP-15
2005 SEA AL 30 DH 5 MVP-15
2006 SEA AL 31 1B 150 149 1310.1 1347 1233 110 4 113 .997 -3.0 -2.7 -4.0 -5.6 1.6 1 9.22 8.95 .994 6.87 6.67
2006 SEA AL 31 DH 8
2007 SEA AL 32 1B 116 115 991.2 1074 1000 72 2 102 .998 -5.0 -6.1 -6.0 -4.7 -1.3 1 9.73 9.24 .995 9.07 7.93
2007 SEA AL 32 DH 3
2008 TOT AL 33 1B 92 78 684.0 704 646 56 2 58 .997 -16.4 -28.8 -16.4 -6.5 -9.9 0 9.24 7.63 .994 9.26 8.01
2008 SEA AL 33 1B 73 72 604.0 618 568 48 2 52 .997 -12.7 -25.2 -12.7 -5.0 -7.7 0 9.18 8.44 .994 9.26 8.01
2008 SEA AL 33 DH 1
2008 NYY AL 33 1B 19 6 80.0 86 78 8 0 6 1.000 -3.7 -55.5 -3.7 -1.5 -2.2 0 9.68 4.53 .994 9.26 8.01
12 Seasons 1B 1198 1164 10222.0 10688 9685 942 61 949 .994 -37.7 -4.4 -38.7 -27.7 -11.1 1 9.36 8.87 .993 7.54 7.02
3 Seasons OF 110 94 862.1 154 148 6 0 0 1.000 -13.4 -18.6 -13.4 -4.2 -9.2 0 1.61 1.40 .984 2.33 2.03
3 Seasons LF 109 93 848.1 149 143 6 0 0 1.000 -14.3 -20.2 -14.3 -4.3 -10.0 0 1.58 1.37 .985 2.12 1.75
9 Seasons DH 56
1 Season RF 3 1 14.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.9 77.1 0.9 0.1 0.8 0 3.86 2.00 .983 2.12 1.83
12 Seasons TOT 1310 1258 11084.1 10843 9834 948 61 949 .994 -51.1 -5.5 -52.1 -31.9 -20.3 0 1 8.75 8.23 .987 7.12 6.57
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1997 CLE AL 22 5 2 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1998 CLE AL 23 49 44 49 46 0 0 45 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 2 2 2
1999 CLE AL 24 134 115 134 104 0 0 61 0 0 0 48 0 3 49 21 11 2
2000 CLE AL 25 91 82 91 81 0 0 27 0 0 0 58 0 0 58 8 7 1
2000 MIL NL 25 57 57 57 57 0 0 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 MIL NL 26 158 157 158 158 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 MIL NL 27 157 155 157 155 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
2003 MIL NL 28 162 162 162 162 0 0 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 ARI NL 29 23 23 23 23 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 SEA AL 30 156 156 156 151 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
2006 SEA AL 31 158 157 158 150 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 0
2007 SEA AL 32 121 118 121 116 0 0 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0
2008 SEA AL 33 74 73 74 73 0 0 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
2008 NYY AL 33 22 6 22 19 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2
12 Seasons 1367 1307 1367 1297 0 0 1199 0 0 0 109 0 3 110 50 33 7
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1997 CLE AL 22 78 49% 69% 22% 4 100% 0 11 1 10 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1998 CLE AL 23 1657 47% 74% 29% 104 87% 2 321 24 292 4 32 38 27 8 1 5 6 1 5 0 4 36 1 0 3 29 4 7 1 6 6 100%
1999 CLE AL 24 2248 52% 74% 32% 129 87% 1 518 22 482 15 41 50 39 9 1 0 7 1 6 0 5 48 1 1 0 44 2 4 0 4 3 67%
2000 MIL NL 25 2257 56% 76% 30% 133 97% 0 472 33 436 4 35 64 53 7 1 3 5 2 2 1 3 50 2 1 0 47 4 3 0 3 9 89%
2000 CLE AL 25 951 61% 69% 30% 49 98% 0 199 13 181 5 12 25 21 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 11 1 1 0 11 2 0 0 0 2 100%
2001 MIL NL 26 6234 56% 73% 29% 312 98% 1 1356 103 1224 30 82 129 103 18 1 6 8 2 4 2 5 126 2 1 1 116 5 10 5 5 26 92%
2002 MIL NL 27 6089 57% 73% 27% 297 97% 0 1313 92 1215 6 158 54 23 19 1 2 7 2 3 2 3 134 4 2 2 125 7 9 4 5 23 83%
2003 MIL NL 28 6665 63% 75% 30% 373 92% 0 1362 143 1193 26 83 130 100 17 1 4 11 1 6 4 8 131 4 2 0 121 6 9 3 5 31 74%
2004 ARI NL 29 954 57% 69% 29% 57 95% 0 199 15 177 7 17 27 19 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 19 2 0 0 19 2 0 0 0 7 86%
2005 SEA AL 30 5809 52% 78% 31% 287 94% 3 1149 72 1057 19 95 120 88 14 1 8 7 1 5 1 5 121 1 2 2 113 7 7 1 5 14 79%
2006 SEA AL 31 5854 61% 74% 31% 300 97% 0 1235 88 1133 16 107 110 72 19 3 2 4 1 2 1 2 115 6 5 0 110 12 3 1 2 12 83%
2007 SEA AL 32 4436 57% 76% 32% 211 95% 2 1000 61 927 12 78 72 44 19 1 2 2 0 2 0 2 102 5 4 0 100 9 2 1 1 7 71%
2008 SEA AL 33 2740 54% 73% 31% 129 93% 0 568 37 521 10 40 48 34 7 2 2 2 0 2 0 2 52 2 0 0 47 2 5 1 4 5 80%
2008 NYY AL 33 344 49% 72% 38% 14 93% 0 78 3 74 1 3 8 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 5 1 1 0 1 1 100%
12 Seasons 46316 57% 74% 30% 2399 95% 9 9781 707 8922 155 785 876 629 144 13 36 61 12 38 11 40 951 31 19 9 887 63 60 17 41 147 83%
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 93% 83%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1998 CLE AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 92 46% 72% 37% 4 100%
1999 CLE AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 12 10 0 11 3 1 13 11 0 4 2 0 4 4 0 44 30 68.2% 13 1 2.3% 2 1668 53% 72% 36% 165 38%
2000 CLE AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 21 19 0 16 4 0 14 8 2 4 0 0 5 4 0 60 35 58.3% 23 2 3.3% 1 2100 56% 70% 34% 182 45%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 1 3 33 29 0 27 7 1 27 19 2 8 2 0 10 9 0 105 66 62.9% 36 3 2.9% 3 3860 55% 71% 35% 351 42%
MLB Averages 61.9% 2.4% 56% 74% 39% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1999 CLE AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 68 69% 81% 50% 11 55%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 68 69% 81% 50% 11 55%
MLB Averages 47.6% 2.3% 56% 74% 39% 50%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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