Chris Sexton

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1971)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Chris Sexton |position=Infielder |image= |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1971|8|3|mf=y}} |birth_place=Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=May 3 |debutyear=1999 |debutteam=Colorado Rockies |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=October 1 |finalyear=2000 |finalteam=Cincinnati Reds |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Batting average |stat1value=.220 |stat2label=Home runs |stat2value=1 |stat3label=Runs batted in |stat3value=17 |teams= *Colorado Rockies ({{mlby|1999}}) *Cincinnati Reds ({{mlby|2000}}) }} '''Christopher Philip Sexton''' (born August 3, 1971) is a former Major League Baseball player who played for the Colorado Rockies and the Cincinnati Reds.

==Education== Sexton played baseball at St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati. His senior year batting average of .450 set a school record that stood until Jason Basil broke it in 1997.<ref name="HOF">{{cite web|title=2014 Hall of Fame Induction Evening|publisher=St. Xavier High School|location=Cincinnati|date=February 18, 2014|accessdate=April 15, 2023|page=2|url=http://s3.amazonaws.com/vnn-aws-sites/772/files/2014/02/program.pdf#page=2}}</ref> Sexton graduated from St. Xavier in 1989.<ref name="Post Koch">{{cite news|title=Sexton hitting, waiting|first=Bill|last=Koch|work=The Cincinnati Post|publisher=E. W. Scripps Company|date=2000-05-02|page=B1|accessdate=2009-09-11|url=http://research.cincinnatilibrary.org:2121/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:CNPB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0EB18E5271BB1EC2&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0E592096DB567DF5|format=fee required|quote=[Jim] Bowden said Sexton, a 1989 graduate of St. Xavier High School, has the ability to be the 24th or 25th man on a major-league roster.}}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He attended Miami University on a scholarship. There, he became the second player in RedHawks baseball history to be named the Mid-American Conference Baseball Player of the Year.<ref name="HOF" />

==Career== Sexton was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the tenth round of the 1993 amateur draft, playing for the Billings Mustangs. In 1995, he made it to the big leagues with the Colorado Rockies after being traded for Marcus Moore. He made his debut on May 3, 1999, against the Chicago Cubs. He played in 35 games that year, filling in at center field, left field, right field, second base, and shortstop. The following year, he returned to the Reds and again played in 35 games as a utility infielder.<ref name="HOF" />

Sexton retired from baseball in 2003.<ref name="HOF" /> He lives in Cincinnati.

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Baseballstats|br=s/sextoch01|brm=sexton001chr}}

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