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Richie Sexson
Richmond Lockwood Sexson

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 8", Weight 237 lb.

Debut September 14, 1997

Born December 29, 1974 in Portland, OR

Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 24th round of the 1993 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 1993. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1997 22 CLE AL   5   11    1    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .273  .273  .273   42    3   0   0   0   0   2
 1998 23 CLE AL  49  174   28   54  14  1  11   35   1  1   6  42  .310  .344  .592  135  103   0   0   0   3   3
 1999 24 CLE AL 134  479   72  122  17  7  31  116   3  3  34 117  .255  .305  .514  101  246   0   8   0   4  19
 2000 25 TOT    148  537   89  146  30  1  30   91   2  0  59 159  .272  .349  .499  112  268   0   4   2   7  11
         CLE AL  91  324   45   83  16  1  16   44   1  0  25  96  .256  .315  .460   93  149   0   3   0   4   8
         MIL NL  57  213   44   63  14  0  14   47   1  0  34  63  .296  .398  .559  142  119   0   1   2   3   3
 2001 26 MIL NL 158  598   94  162  24  3  45  125   2  4  60 178  .271  .342  .547  127  327   0   3   5   6  20
 2002 27 MIL NL 157  570   86  159  37  2  29  102   0  0  70 136  .279  .363  .504  128  287   0   4   7   8  17 AS
 2003 28 MIL NL 162  606   97  165  28  2  45  124   2  3  98 151  .272  .379  .548  140  332   0   5   7   9  18 MVP-12,AS
 2004 29 ARI NL  23   90   20   21   4  0   9   23   0  0  14  21  .233  .337  .578  126   52   0   0   0   0   2
 2005 30 SEA AL 156  558   99  147  36  1  39  121   1  1  89 167  .263  .369  .541  144  302   0   3   4   6  15 MVP-15
 2006 31 SEA AL 158  591   75  156  40  0  34  107   1  1  64 154  .264  .338  .504  117  298   0   4   5   4  17
 2007 32 SEA AL 121  434   58   89  21  0  21   63   1  0  51 100  .205  .295  .399   84  173   0   1   1   5  12
 2008 33 SEA AL  34  119   14   24   5  0   7   18   0  0  16  36  .202  .294  .420   99   50   0   1   0   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons         4767      1248     17      925     13    1263  .262  .344  .512  121        0  33  31  52 139
               1305       733      256    301       13    561                            2441
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        592   91  155  32  2  37  115   2  2  70 157  .262  .344  .512  121  303   0   4   4   6  17
 Career High    162  606   99  165  40  7  45  125   3  4  98 178  .279  .379  .548  144  332   0   8   7   9  20
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1997 22 CLE AL   11   10    0   0.0   112| .273  .275| .273  .345| .273  .435| .546  .779|  42  .000  -1.0  -0.1   0%
 1998 23 CLE AL  183  124   34   7.3   112| .310  .275| .344  .344| .592  .438| .936  .782| 135  .652   8.0   0.7  50%
 1999 24 CLE AL  525  387   69   4.7   117| .255  .280| .305  .353| .514  .448| .819  .801| 101  .441  -3.2  -0.3  50%
 2000 25 TOT     607  406   96   6.3   115| .272  .274| .349  .349| .499  .444| .848  .793| 112  .567   9.5   0.9 100%
         CLE AL  356  252   46   4.9   116| .256  .277| .315  .351| .460  .446| .775  .797|  93  .443  -5.0  -0.4 100%
         MIL NL  251  154   50   8.7   114| .296  .270| .398  .346| .559  .440| .957  .787| 142  .709  14.5   1.3 100%
 2001 26 MIL NL  667  463  106   6.1   110| .271  .266| .342  .337| .547  .436| .889  .773| 127  .589  21.3   2.0  33%
 2002 27 MIL NL  652  432  104   6.4   105| .279  .264| .363  .337| .504  .419| .867  .756| 128  .632  23.8   2.3   0%
 2003 28 MIL NL  718  467  126   7.2   108| .272  .266| .379  .338| .548  .427| .927  .765| 140  .668  37.4   3.5  40%
 2004 29 ARI NL  104   71   18   6.8   115| .233  .275| .337  .348| .578  .446| .915  .794| 126  .635   3.0   0.3   0%
 2005 30 SEA AL  656  430  113   7.0   101| .263  .262| .369  .324| .541  .416| .910  .740| 144  .658  37.2   3.5  50%
 2006 31 SEA AL  663  457   98   5.7   108| .264  .272| .338  .336| .504  .432| .842  .768| 117  .542  15.0   1.4  50%
 2007 32 SEA AL  491  358   51   3.8   103| .205  .266| .295  .333| .399  .416| .694  .749|  84  .373 -10.4  -1.0 100%
 2008 33 SEA AL  136   99   15   4.0    94| .202  .254| .294  .324| .420  .388| .714  .713|  99  .444  -0.4   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     5413 3704  830   6.0   108| .262  .269| .344  .338| .512  .429| .856  .767| 121  .575 140.2  13.2  50%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1997 22 CLE AL 1B 2 11 1 0 0 1.000 .992 6.00 8.05 6.35 9.32 2 17.0 DH 1 1998 23 CLE AL 1B 45 321 38 6 36 .984 .992 7.98 8.30 8.89 9.43 40 363.3 LF 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 1.73 1.89 2.08 2 19.0 DH 2 1999 24 CLE AL 1B 61 517 51 7 48 .988 .992 9.31 8.33 10.38 9.50 53 492.7 OF 49 65 3 0 0 1.000 .984 1.39 2.03 1.61 2.30 41 380.3 LF 48 60 3 0 0 1.000 .984 1.31 1.73 1.55 2.08 40 366.3 DH 25 RF 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 2.00 1.83 3.86 2.12 1 14.0 2000 25 TOT 1B 84 669 91 6 61 .992 .992 9.05 7.87 9.67 9.28 80 707.7 CLE AL LF 58 79 3 0 0 1.000 .986 1.41 1.76 1.59 2.16 51 463.0 1B 27 198 25 1 11 .996 .993 8.26 8.17 9.56 9.37 23 210.0 DH 10 MIL NL 1B 57 471 66 5 50 .991 .992 9.42 7.73 9.71 9.25 57 497.7 2001 26 MIL NL 1B 158 1355 129 8 126 .995 .993 9.39 6.33 9.73 6.56 157 1372.7 2002 27 MIL NL 1B 154 1225 118 7 134 .995 .992 8.72 6.49 9.12 6.79 153 1325.3 AS DH 1 AS 2003 28 MIL NL 1B 162 1362 130 11 131 .993 .993 9.21 6.17 9.25 6.20 162 1452.0 AS 2004 29 ARI NL 1B 23 199 27 1 19 .996 .993 9.83 8.23 9.96 9.51 23 204.3 2005 30 SEA AL 1B 151 1147 119 7 121 .995 .994 8.38 6.62 8.75 6.91 151 1302.0 DH 5 2006 31 SEA AL 1B 150 1233 110 4 113 .997 .994 8.95 6.67 9.22 6.87 149 1310.3 DH 8 2007 32 SEA AL 1B 116 1000 72 2 102 .998 .995 9.24 7.93 9.73 9.07 115 991.7 DH 3 2008 33 SEA AL 1B 34 269 28 2 27 .993 .995 8.74 8.63 9.27 9.68 34 288.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1997 22 CLE AL 1B 2 11 1 0 0 1.000 .992 6.00 8.05 6.35 9.32 2 17.0 1998 23 CLE AL 1B 45 321 38 6 36 .984 .992 7.98 8.30 8.89 9.43 40 363.3 1999 24 CLE AL 1B 61 517 51 7 48 .988 .992 9.31 8.33 10.38 9.50 53 492.7 2000 25 TOT 1B 84 669 91 6 61 .992 .992 9.05 7.87 9.67 9.28 80 707.7 CLE AL 1B 27 198 25 1 11 .996 .993 8.26 8.17 9.56 9.37 23 210.0 MIL NL 1B 57 471 66 5 50 .991 .992 9.42 7.73 9.71 9.25 57 497.7 2001 26 MIL NL 1B 158 1355 129 8 126 .995 .993 9.39 6.33 9.73 6.56 157 1372.7 2002 27 MIL NL 1B 154 1225 118 7 134 .995 .992 8.72 6.49 9.12 6.79 153 1325.3 2003 28 MIL NL 1B 162 1362 130 11 131 .993 .993 9.21 6.17 9.25 6.20 162 1452.0 2004 29 ARI NL 1B 23 199 27 1 19 .996 .993 9.83 8.23 9.96 9.51 23 204.3 2005 30 SEA AL 1B 151 1147 119 7 121 .995 .994 8.38 6.62 8.75 6.91 151 1302.0 2006 31 SEA AL 1B 150 1233 110 4 113 .997 .994 8.95 6.67 9.22 6.87 149 1310.3 2007 32 SEA AL 1B 116 1000 72 2 102 .998 .995 9.24 7.93 9.73 9.07 115 991.7 2008 33 SEA AL 1B 34 269 28 2 27 .993 .995 8.74 8.63 9.27 9.68 34 288.3 1997 22 CLE AL DH 1 1998 23 CLE AL DH 2 1999 24 CLE AL DH 25 2000 25 CLE AL DH 10 2002 27 MIL NL DH 1 2005 30 SEA AL DH 5 2006 31 SEA AL DH 8 2007 32 SEA AL DH 3 1998 23 CLE AL LF 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 1.73 1.89 2.08 2 19.0 1999 24 CLE AL LF 48 60 3 0 0 1.000 .984 1.31 1.73 1.55 2.08 40 366.3 2000 25 CLE AL LF 58 79 3 0 0 1.000 .986 1.41 1.76 1.59 2.16 51 463.0 1998 23 CLE AL OF 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 2.03 1.89 2.32 2 19.0 1999 24 CLE AL OF 49 65 3 0 0 1.000 .984 1.39 2.03 1.61 2.30 41 380.3 2000 25 CLE AL OF 58 79 3 0 0 1.000 .986 1.41 2.02 1.59 2.36 51 463.0 1999 24 CLE AL RF 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 2.00 1.83 3.86 2.12 1 14.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 1B*1140 9308 914 61 918 .994 .993 8.97 6.98 9.36 7.49 1119 9827.3 OF* 110 148 6 0 0 1.000 .985 1.40 2.03 1.61 2.33 94 862.3 109 0 3# LF* 109 143 6 0 0 1.000 .985 1.37 1.75 1.58 2.12 93 848.3 DH 55 Games not counted in Overall Total below RF* 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 2.00 1.83 3.86 2.12 1 14.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1250 9456 920 61 918 .994 .993 8.30 6.55 8.74 7.07 1213 10690
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1998   ALDS  CLE BOS     W   3   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   2   1  .000  .500  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
        ALCS  CLE NYY     L   3   6   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   3  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1999   ALDS  CLE BOS     L   3   6   1   1  0  0  0   1   1   3  .167  .286  .167   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Div Series       1-1   6   8   1   1  0  0  0   1   3   4  .125  .364  .125   0  0   0   0   0 
  3 Postseason Series   1-2   9  14   1   1  0  0  0   1   3   7  .071  .235  .071   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 2002   MIL NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 2003   MIL NL       2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/2      0   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
2002 *
2003 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
2003-NL-12-0.05
2005-AL-15-0.02
Car-983-0.07 shares

Slugging %
2005 AL-.541-7
Act-.512-27
Car-.512-71

OPS
2005 AL-.910-8

Games
2003 NL-162-1
2006 AL-158-9

At Bats
2003 NL-606-8

Plate Appearances (approx.)
2003 NL-718-3

Total Bases
2003 NL-332-4

Triples
1999 AL-7-9

Home Runs
2001 NL-45-6
2003 NL-45-2
2005 AL-39-6
2008 AL-7-7
Act-301-22

RBI
2001 NL-125-9
2003 NL-124-4
2005 AL-121-6

Bases on Balls
2003 NL-98-8
2005 AL-89-4

Strikeouts
2001 NL-178-2
2003 NL-151-4
2005 AL-167-1
2006 AL-154-2
2008 AL-36-6
Act-1263-19

Adjusted OPS+
2003 NL-140-9
2005 AL-144-7

Runs Created
2003 NL-126-6

Adjusted Batting Runs
2003 NL-37-9
2005 AL-37-8

Batting Wins
2003 NL-3.5-9
2005 AL-3.5-8

Extra-Base Hits
2003 NL-75-8
2005 AL-76-6
2006 AL-74-5

Times on Base
2003 NL-272-7

Sac. Flies
1999 AL-8-10

Grounded into Double Plays
1999 AL-19-9
2001 NL-20-6

At Bats per Home Run
2001 NL-13.3-7
2003 NL-13.5-6
2005 AL-14.3-5
2008 AL-17.0-6
Act-15.8-11
Car-15.8-26

Outs
2001 NL-463-7
2003 NL-467-9

Salary
2007 AL-$15,500,000-7

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (722) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 39 (615) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 21.4 (566) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 46.0 (392) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 3, 1993: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 24th round of the 1993 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 1993.

July 28, 2000: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with a player to be named later, Kane Davis, and Paul Rigdon to the Milwaukee Brewers for Bob Wickman, Steve Woodard, and Jason Bere. The Cleveland Indians sent Marco Scutaro (August 30, 2000) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.

December 1, 2003: Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers with a player to be named later and Shane Nance to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Junior Spivey, Craig Counsell, Lyle Overbay, Chad Moeller, Chris Capuano, and Jorge de la Rosa. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Noochie Varner (minors) (December 15, 2003) to the Arizona Diamondbacks to complete the trade.

November 1, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

December 15, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1998Cleveland Indians$175,000
1999Cleveland Indians$219,000
2000Cleveland Indians$247,000
2001Milwaukee Brewers$1,125,000
2002Milwaukee Brewers$3,125,000
2003Milwaukee Brewers$5,125,000
2004Arizona Diamondbacks$8,725,000
2005Seattle Mariners$6,000,000
2006Seattle Mariners$13,000,000
2007Seattle Mariners$15,500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$53,241,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
View Richie Sexson's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
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