Jimmy Sexton
Jimmy Dale Sexton
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: December 15, 1951 in Mobile, AL
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1970. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1977
Final Game: October 2, 1983
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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 Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1977 SEA AL 25 SS 12 12 96.0 56 12 40 4 10 .929 0.1 1.3 0.1 -0.3 0.4 0 4.88 4.33 .964 4.82 4.07
1978 HOU NL 26 SS 58 37 339.1 157 59 95 3 18 .981 -1.0 -3.5 -2.0 -0.3 -1.7 1 4.08 2.66 .966 4.88 4.25
1978 HOU NL 26 3B 8 0 23.1 4 0 3 1 0 .750 -0.4 -20.6 -0.4 -0.6 0.2 0 1.16 0.38 .950 3.01 2.52
1978 HOU NL 26 2B 3 2 16.0 10 3 6 1 1 .900 0.7 52.5 0.7 0.7 0.0 0 5.06 3.00 .980 5.29 4.33
1979 HOU NL 27 SS 11 6 61.0 35 10 23 2 6 .943 -1.1 -21.6 -1.1 -1.8 0.8 0 4.87 3.00 .966 5.00 4.51
1979 HOU NL 27 3B 4 0 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.29 0.25 .900 2.83 2.50
1979 HOU NL 27 2B 2 0 1.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.3 0.3 0 5.40 0.50 1.000 5.40 4.55
1981 OAK AL 29 3B 1 0 4.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.6 180.0 0.6 0.0 0.6 0 6.75 3.00 .933 2.92 2.50
1981 OAK AL 29 DH 1
1982 OAK AL 30 SS 47 38 338.1 164 56 101 7 17 .957 -3.2 -11.3 -2.2 -1.0 -1.2 -1 4.18 3.34 .965 4.87 4.17
1982 OAK AL 30 3B 8 7 57.0 26 7 17 2 1 .923 1.3 27.4 1.3 0.8 0.5 0 3.79 3.00 .954 3.06 2.62
1982 OAK AL 30 DH 5
1983 STL NL 31 SS 4 0 13.2 9 2 7 0 2 1.000 0.7 61.5 0.7 0.0 0.6 0 5.93 2.25 .967 4.87 4.15
1983 STL NL 31 3B 2 0 2.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -120.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 13.50 1.50 .933 2.70 2.30
5 Seasons SS 132 93 848.1 421 139 266 16 53 .962 -4.5 -6.4 -4.5 -3.4 -1.1 0 4.30 3.07 .965 4.88 4.22
5 Seasons 3B 23 7 93.1 37 10 24 3 1 .919 1.3 16.7 1.3 0.2 1.1 0 3.28 1.48 .949 3.02 2.53
2 Seasons DH 6
2 Seasons 2B 5 2 17.2 11 3 7 1 1 .909 0.7 47.5 0.7 0.4 0.3 0 5.09 2.00 .982 5.30 4.42
6 Seasons TOT 160 102 959.1 469 152 297 20 55 .957 -2.5 -3.1 -2.5 -2.8 0.3 0 4.21 2.81 .922 4.70 3.99

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
1977 SEA AL 25 14 12 14 12 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1978 HOU NL 26 88 39 88 66 0 0 0 3 8 58 0 0 0 0 0 6 27
1979 HOU NL 27 52 6 52 18 0 0 0 2 4 12 0 0 0 0 0 20 20
1981 OAK AL 29 7 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
1982 OAK AL 30 69 45 69 55 0 0 0 0 8 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
1983 STL NL 31 6 1 6 5 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
6 Seasons 236 103 236 157 0 0 0 6 22 133 0 0 0 0 0 27 70
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 -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1977 SEA AL 25 449 59% 79% 23% 44 89% 1 12 2 6 4 40 28 10 1 1 4 0 4 0 4 10 5 0 2 0 0 9 6 2 1 0 1
1978 HOU NL 26 1507 54% 76% 23% 130 93% 0 57 33 20 4 96 81 15 0 0 3 0 2 1 2 18 8 4 4 1 0 18 12 5 0 0 0
1979 HOU NL 27 270 52% 77% 22% 23 91% 0 12 3 9 0 23 19 3 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 6 1 1 3 0 1 6 2 4 0 0 0
1982 OAK AL 30 1531 55% 78% 22% 140 87% 0 57 31 23 3 102 77 22 0 0 6 0 6 0 6 17 7 1 5 2 0 16 8 7 1 1 0
1983 STL NL 31 65 48% 88% 28% 8 88% 0 2 0 2 0 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 3822 55% 78% 23% 345 90% 1 140 69 60 11 268 210 52 1 2 15 0 14 1 14 53 22 7 14 3 1 51 30 18 2 1 1
MLB Averages 58% 79% 27% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1978 HOU NL 26 109 51% 75% 27% 7 71% 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 HOU NL 27 24 54% 75% 29% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 OAK AL 29 21 43% 76% 19% 3 100% 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 OAK AL 30 257 53% 81% 25% 24 88% 0 7 6 1 0 17 12 2 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1983 STL NL 31 11 18% 91% 9% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 422 51% 79% 25% 36 86% 0 9 8 1 0 25 20 2 1 0 3 0 3 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 58% 79% 27% 89% 68%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1978 HOU NL 26 65 60% 72% 29% 6 100% 0 3 0 1 2 7 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 HOU NL 27 8 38% 75% 25% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 STL NL 31 44 43% 89% 25% 7 86% 0 6 2 3 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 0
3 Seasons 117 52% 79% 27% 14 93% 0 9 2 4 3 13 13 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 0
MLB Averages 58% 79% 27% 94%

* 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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