Jimmy Dale Sexton (born December 15, 1951) is an American former professional baseball infielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners, Houston Astros, Oakland Athletics, and St. Louis Cardinals. Sexton signed his first professional contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1970. In his minor league career, Sexton batted .282 with 951 hits in 3,373 at-bats, and 137 doubles, 36 triples, and 30 home runs. In his major league career, Sexton batted .218 with 81 hits in 372 at-bats, with 9 doubles, 3 triples, 5 home runs, 24 RBIs, and 36 stolen bases. More about Jimmy Sexton
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Sexton began his professional career within the Pittsburgh Pirates organization, playing for the rookie-level GCL Pirates of the Gulf Coast League in 1970. He batted .283 with 2 doubles in 33 games. The next season, Sexton continued to play for the GCL Pirates. He batted .244 with 2 doubles, and 1 triple in 35 games. In 1972, Sexton was promoted to the short-season Niagara Falls Pirates of the New York–Penn League. That season, Sexton batted .288 with 2 doubles, and 3 triples in 69 games. Sexton was promoted again to start the 1973 season, this time playing for the Class-A Salem Pirates of the Carolina League. In 124 games, Sexton batted .269 with 17 doubles, 3 triples, and 3 home runs with Salem. The next season, he was promoted to the Double-A Thetford Mines Pirates of the Eastern League. Sexton batted .249 with 14 doubles, 1 triples, 3 home runs, 32 RBIs, and 31 stolen bases. Sexton was fifth in the Eastern League in stolen bases. Sexton stayed at the Double-A level in 1975, this time playing for the Shreveport Captains in the Texas League. He batted .274 with 23 doubles, 5 triples, 3 home runs, 28 RBIs, and 48 stolen bases. That season, Sexton led the Texas League in stolen bases. In 1976, Sexton split the season between the Double-A Shreveport Captains, and the Triple-A Charleston Charlies of the International League. In 59 games at the Double-A level, Sexton batted .324 with 14 doubles, 2 triples, 4 home runs, 30 RBIs, and 11 stolen bases in 207 at-bats. After his promotion to the Triple-A level that season, Sexton batted .273 with 8 doubles, 1 triple, 3 home runs, 12 RBIs, and 13 stolen bases in 49 games.The most expensive item with a signature of Jimmy Sexton (Jimmy Sexton Hous Astros 1980 Topps card signed JSA) was sold in November 2010 for $14.99 while the cheapest item (Jimmy Sexton signed 1970-80s Houston Astros A's MLB Vintage Index Card JSA) found a new owner for $0.95 in July 2012. The month with the most items sold (1) was April 2016 with an average selling price of $0.99 for an autographed item of Jimmy Sexton. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in November 2010 with $14.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.95 was July 2012. In average, an autographed item from Jimmy Sexton is worth $2.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Jimmy Sexton were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
Item Title | Price | Store | |
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1977 MARINERS: Jimmy Sexton, SIGNED 3x5 Card (REA) | $1.99 | ||
1979 Topps #232 Jimmy Sexton AUTOGRAPHED!!! RC Rookie Astros 544742 | $4.75 | ||
1979 Topps Auto Jimmy Sexton Astros On-card Signature Autograph FREE SHIPPING | $2.00 | ||
1983 Fleer SIGNED: Jimmy Sexton, A's #533 | $2.99 | ||
1983 Topps #709 Jimmy Sexton Hand Signed Autograph Auto | $2.25 | ||
1983 Topps, Oakland Athletics - JIMMY SEXTON - autographed | $2.99 | ||
Jimmy Sexton Signed 1979 Topps #232 Astros PSA/DNA Certified Authentic AUTO | $6.50 | ||
JIMMY SEXTON SIGNED 1980 TOPPS HOUSTON ASTROS baseball card #11 - AUTOGRAPH | $1.30 | ||
Jimmy Sexton Signed 1983 Topps #709 Card Oakland Athletics Autograph Auto | $1.76 | ||
Jimmy Sexton signed 3x5 | $0.99 |