Richie Sexson
Cleveland Indians 1997–2000; Milwaukee Brewers 2000–2003; Arizona Diamondbacks 2004; Seattle Mariners 2005–2007; New York Yankees 2008; Seattle Mariners 2008
Percentile snapshot
2006 season — qualified batters
of 162 qualified 2006 batters (min 502 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .273 | .273 | .273 | .545 | 36.2 | 42.2 | .246 | -0.1 |
| 1998 | 49 | 183 | 174 | 28 | 54 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 35 | 6 | 42 | 1 | 1 | .310 | .344 | .592 | .936 | 136.2 | 135.8 | .399 | 1.1 |
| 1999 | 134 | 525 | 479 | 72 | 122 | 17 | 7 | 31 | 116 | 34 | 117 | 3 | 3 | .255 | .305 | .514 | .818 | 97.3 | 101.1 | .349 | 0.6 |
| 2000 | 148 | 607 | 537 | 89 | 146 | 30 | 1 | 30 | 91 | 59 | 159 | 2 | 0 | .272 | .349 | .499 | .848 | 111.0 | 111.8 | .368 | 1.9 |
| 2001 | 158 | 667 | 598 | 94 | 162 | 24 | 3 | 45 | 125 | 60 | 178 | 2 | 4 | .271 | .342 | .547 | .889 | 127.8 | 128.4 | .377 | 3.2 |
| 2002 | 157 | 652 | 570 | 86 | 159 | 37 | 2 | 29 | 102 | 70 | 136 | 0 | 0 | .279 | .363 | .504 | .867 | 128.2 | 127.0 | .380 | 3.1 |
| 2003 | 162 | 718 | 606 | 97 | 165 | 28 | 2 | 45 | 124 | 98 | 151 | 2 | 3 | .272 | .379 | .548 | .927 | 139.4 | 138.4 | .400 | 4.6 |
| 2004 | 23 | 104 | 90 | 20 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 23 | 14 | 21 | 0 | 0 | .233 | .337 | .578 | .914 | 128.3 | 126.2 | .390 | 0.5 |
| 2005 | 156 | 656 | 558 | 99 | 147 | 36 | 1 | 39 | 121 | 89 | 167 | 1 | 1 | .263 | .369 | .541 | .910 | 143.6 | 143.6 | .390 | 4.5 |
| 2006 | 158 | 663 | 591 | 75 | 156 | 40 | 0 | 34 | 107 | 64 | 154 | 1 | 1 | .264 | .338 | .504 | .842 | 116.1 | 117.4 | .361 | 2.3 |
| 2007 | 121 | 491 | 434 | 58 | 89 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 63 | 51 | 100 | 1 | 0 | .205 | .295 | .399 | .694 | 85.1 | 84.4 | .311 | -0.2 |
| 2008 | 96 | 327 | 280 | 29 | 62 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 36 | 43 | 86 | 1 | 0 | .221 | .321 | .382 | .703 | 91.1 | 88.5 | .319 | 0.0 |
Career totals
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-04-25 | MIL @ ATL Gameday | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| 2006-06-25 | SEA @ SD Gameday | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 2001-09-25 | MIL @ AZ Gameday | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 2002-04-18 | STL @ MIL Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| 2003-09-13 | MIL @ SF Gameday | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.
Honors
Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.