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Jimmy Sexton

Positions: Shortstop, Pinch Runner and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 175lb (178cm, 79kg)

Born: December 15, 1951 in Mobile, AL us

High School: Mary G. Montgomery HS (Semmes, AL)

Debut: September 2, 1977 (Age 25-261d, 13,933rd in major league history)
vs. TOR 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 2, 1983 (Age 31-291d)
vs. CHC 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1978 season

Full Name: Jimmy Dale Sexton

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.5

372

.218

RBI

OBP

.279

SLG

.298

OPS

.578

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 10	HOU		LAD	L,2-5	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR SS
2	8 (2)	Apr 14	HOU		CIN	L,4-8	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
3	10 (1)	Apr 16	HOU		CIN	W,4-3	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
4	20 (9)	Apr 28	HOU		MON	L,3-6	GF	12	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH SS
5	21	Apr 29	HOU		MON	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
6	22	Apr 30	HOU		MON	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	23	May 3	HOU	@	MON	L,3-10	CG	46	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
8	24	May 5	HOU	@	ATL	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
9	25	May 6	HOU	@	ATL	L,1-2	GS	33	9.0	3	2	2	7	0	SS
10	27 (1)	May 10	HOU	@	PHI	L,1-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
11	28	May 12	HOU	@	NYM	W,5-4		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
12	42 (13)	May 28	HOU		NYM	L,1-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
13	44 (1)	May 30	HOU		SFG	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
14	45	May 31	HOU		SFG	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	46	Jun 2	HOU		STL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	SS
16	47	Jun 3 (1)	HOU		STL	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
17	48	Jun 3 (2)	HOU		STL	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
18	49	Jun 4	HOU		STL	L,2-4	GS	29	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
19	50	Jun 5	HOU	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	37	8.1	3	5	0	8	2	SS
20	51	Jun 6	HOU	@	CHC	L,4-9	CG	42	8.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
21	52	Jun 9	HOU	@	STL	W,11-7	GS	19	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
22	53	Jun 10	HOU	@	STL	W,12-5	GS	15	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
23	54	Jun 11	HOU	@	STL	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
24	55	Jun 12	HOU		PIT	W,6-5	GS	38	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
25	56	Jun 13	HOU		PIT	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	SS
26	57	Jun 14	HOU		PIT	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
27	58	Jun 16	HOU		CHC	L,6-7	GS	29	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
28	62 (3)	Jun 21	HOU	@	LAD	L,4-5		3	1.0	0	2	0	2	0	PR SS
29	64 (1)	Jun 23	HOU	@	SDP	L,0-3	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
30	65	Jun 24	HOU	@	SDP	L,5-6	GF	8	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	SS
31	67 (1)	Jun 25 (2)	HOU	@	SDP	L,4-7	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	74 (6)	Jul 1 (2)	HOU		SDP	L,3-9	CG	46	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
33	75	Jul 2	HOU		SDP	L,2-6	GF	13	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
34	76	Jul 3	HOU	@	CIN	L,7-8	GF	11	2.2	1	0	0	1	0	PR SS
35	77	Jul 4	HOU	@	CIN	W,3-1	GF	9	3.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
36	78	Jul 5	HOU	@	CIN	L,1-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
37	84 (5)	Jul 14 (1)	HOU	@	MON	W,4-3	GF	19	5.0	1	3	0	4	0	PR 2B
38	91 (6)	Jul 19 (2)	HOU	@	NYM	L,1-2	GS	24	6.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
39	97 (5)	Jul 23	HOU	@	PHI	L,2-13	GF	20	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	108 (10)	Aug 5 (1)	HOU	@	ATL	W,5-3	GF	18	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
41	109	Aug 5 (2)	HOU	@	ATL	W,7-0	GS	31	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS 3B
42	110	Aug 6	HOU	@	ATL	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
43	111	Aug 8	HOU	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
44	112	Aug 9	HOU	@	SFG	W,6-5	GS	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS 3B
45	113	Aug 11	HOU		ATL	L,0-1	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
46	116 (2)	Aug 14	HOU	@	STL	W,6-0	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
47	120 (3)	Aug 17 (2)	HOU	@	PIT	L,2-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
48	121	Aug 18	HOU	@	PIT	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
49	122	Aug 19	HOU	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
50	123	Aug 20 (1)	HOU	@	PIT	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
51	124	Aug 20 (2)	HOU	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
52	125	Aug 21	HOU		CHC	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
53	126	Aug 22	HOU		CHC	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
54	127	Aug 23	HOU		CHC	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
55	128	Aug 25	HOU		PIT	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
56	129	Aug 26	HOU		PIT	W,7-2	GF	26	7.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	141 (11)	Sep 9	HOU		SDP	W,10-4	GF	12	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
58	142	Sep 10	HOU		SDP	W,3-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
59	143	Sep 11	HOU	@	CIN	L,8-9	GF	7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
60	147 (3)	Sep 15	HOU	@	SDP	W,8-4	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
61	149 (1)	Sep 17	HOU	@	SDP	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	0	4	1	5	0	2B
62	150	Sep 19	HOU		ATL	L,2-3	GS	9	3.0	2	0	0	2	1	2B
63	156 (5)	Sep 24 (2)	HOU	@	SFG	L,4-6	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR SS
64	160 (3)	Sep 29	HOU		SFG	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
65	161	Sep 30	HOU		SFG	W,7-4		11	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR SS
66	162	Oct 1	HOU		SFG	W,3-0	GS	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS 3B
							69gm		378.2	62	104	5	171	19