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Jimmy Sexton
Jimmy Dale Sexton

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 175 lb.

Debut September 2, 1977
  vs. TOR 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 2, 1983
Born December 15, 1951 in Mobile, AL

Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1970. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1977 25 SEA AL  14   37    5    8   1  1   1    3   1  1   2   6  .216  .256  .378   72   14   1   0   0   0   1
 1978 26 HOU NL  88  141   17   29   3  2   2    6  16  2  13  28  .206  .273  .298   66   42   1   0   1   0   0
 1979 27 HOU NL  52   43    8    9   0  0   0    1   1  3   7   7  .209  .320  .209   52    9   0   0   0   0   0
 1981 29 OAK AL   7    3    3    0   0  0   0    0   2  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1982 30 OAK AL  69  139   19   34   4  0   2   14  16  0   9  24  .245  .289  .317   71   44   2   3   0   1   0
 1983 31 STL NL   6    9    1    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   1   4  .111  .200  .222   17    2   0   0   1   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      236  372   53   81   9  3   5   24  36  6  32  71  .218  .279  .298   65  111   4   3   2   1   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        255   36   56   6  2   3   16  25  4  22  49  .218  .279  .298   65   76   3   2   1   1   1
 Career High     88  141   19   34   4  2   2   14  16  3  13  28                          44   2   3   1   1   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1977 25 SEA AL   40   32    3   2.5    99| .216  .265| .256  .329| .378  .403| .634  .732|  72  .245  -1.7  -0.2  50%
 1978 26 HOU NL  155  115   14   3.3    88| .206  .252| .273  .319| .298  .371| .571  .690|  66  .388  -6.6  -0.7  88%
 1979 27 HOU NL   50   37    3   2.2    94| .209  .262| .320  .326| .209  .388| .529  .715|  52  .216  -2.5  -0.3  25%
 1981 29 OAK AL    3    3    0   0.0    85| .000  .250| .000  .314| .000  .364| .000  .678|-100  .000  -0.8  -0.1 100%
 1982 30 OAK AL  154  110   16   3.9    93| .245  .257| .289  .320| .317  .391| .606  .711|  71  .427  -5.0  -0.5 100%
 1983 31 STL NL   10    8    0   0.0    97| .111  .264| .200  .333| .222  .392| .422  .725|  17  .000  -1.0  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       412  305   36   3.2    92| .218  .257| .279  .321| .298  .384| .577  .706|  65  .353 -17.6  -1.9  85%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / 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 ------+
1977 25 SEA AL SS 12 12 40 4 10 .929 .963 4.33 4.07 4.88 4.82 12 96.0 1978 26 HOU NL SS 58 59 95 3 18 .981 .966 2.66 4.25 4.08 4.88 37 339.3 3B 8 0 3 1 0 .750 .938 0.38 2.52 1.16 3.01 0 23.3 2B 3 3 6 1 1 .900 .978 3.00 4.33 5.06 5.29 2 16.0 1979 27 HOU NL SS 11 10 23 2 6 .943 .965 3.00 4.51 4.87 5.00 6 61.0 3B 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.25 2.50 1.29 2.83 0 7.0 2B 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 4.55 5.29 5.29 0 1.7 1981 29 OAK AL 3B 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 .938 3.00 2.50 6.75 2.93 0 4.0 DH 1 1982 30 OAK AL SS 47 56 101 7 17 .957 .965 3.34 4.17 4.18 4.87 38 338.3 3B 8 7 17 2 1 .923 .952 3.00 2.62 3.79 3.06 7 57.0 DH 5 1983 31 STL NL SS 4 2 7 0 2 1.000 .968 2.25 4.15 5.91 4.86 0 13.7 3B 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 .938 1.50 2.30 13.50 2.70 0 2.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1978 26 HOU NL 2B 3 3 6 1 1 .900 .978 3.00 4.33 5.06 5.29 2 16.0 1979 27 HOU NL 2B 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 4.55 5.29 5.29 0 1.7 1978 26 HOU NL 3B 8 0 3 1 0 .750 .938 0.38 2.52 1.16 3.01 0 23.3 1979 27 HOU NL 3B 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.25 2.50 1.29 2.83 0 7.0 1981 29 OAK AL 3B 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 .938 3.00 2.50 6.75 2.93 0 4.0 1982 30 OAK AL 3B 8 7 17 2 1 .923 .952 3.00 2.62 3.79 3.06 7 57.0 1983 31 STL NL 3B 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 .938 1.50 2.30 13.50 2.70 0 2.0 1981 29 OAK AL DH 1 1982 30 OAK AL DH 5 1977 25 SEA AL SS 12 12 40 4 10 .929 .963 4.33 4.07 4.88 4.82 12 96.0 1978 26 HOU NL SS 58 59 95 3 18 .981 .966 2.66 4.25 4.08 4.88 37 339.3 1979 27 HOU NL SS 11 10 23 2 6 .943 .965 3.00 4.51 4.87 5.00 6 61.0 1982 30 OAK AL SS 47 56 101 7 17 .957 .965 3.34 4.17 4.18 4.87 38 338.3 1983 31 STL NL SS 4 2 7 0 2 1.000 .968 2.25 4.15 5.91 4.86 0 13.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS* 132 139 266 16 53 .962 .965 3.07 4.22 4.30 4.88 93 848.3 3B* 23 10 24 3 1 .919 .947 1.48 2.53 3.28 3.02 7 93.3 DH 6 Games not counted in Overall Total below 2B* 5 3 7 1 1 .909 .980 2.00 4.42 5.08 5.29 2 17.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 160 152 297 20 55 .957 .964 2.81 3.99 4.21 4.71 102 959
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Transactions 

July 25, 1970: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent.

December 7, 1976: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Craig Reynolds to the Seattle Mariners for Grant Jackson.

December 5, 1977: Traded by the Seattle Mariners to the Houston Astros for Leon Roberts.

February 10, 1981: Traded by the Houston Astros to the Oakland Athletics for a player to be named later. The Oakland Athletics sent Rick Lysander (October 20, 1981) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

June 15, 1983: Released by the Oakland Athletics.

June 23, 1983: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

August 10, 1983: Released by the Chicago White Sox.

August 15, 1983: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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