# Chris Sexton
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{{short description|American baseball player (born 1971)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Chris Sexton
|position=[Infielder](/source/Infielder)
|image=
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1971|8|3|mf=y}}
|birth_place=[Cincinnati, Ohio](/source/Cincinnati%2C_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](/source/Batting_average_(baseball))
|stat1value=.220
|stat2label=[Home run](/source/Home_run)s
|stat2value=1
|stat3label=[Runs batted in](/source/Runs_batted_in)
|stat3value=17
|teams=
*[Colorado Rockies](/source/Colorado_Rockies) ({{mlby|1999}})
*[Cincinnati Reds](/source/Cincinnati_Reds) ({{mlby|2000}})
}}
'''Christopher Philip Sexton''' (born August 3, 1971) is a former [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) player who played for the [Colorado Rockies](/source/Colorado_Rockies) and the [Cincinnati Reds](/source/Cincinnati_Reds).
==Education==
Sexton played baseball at [St. Xavier High School](/source/St._Xavier_High_School_(Ohio)) in Cincinnati. His senior year batting average of .450 set a school record that stood until [Jason Basil](/source/Jason_Basil) broke it in 1997.[{{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}}] Sexton graduated from St. Xavier in 1989.[{{cite news|title=Sexton hitting, waiting|first=Bill|last=Koch|work=[The Cincinnati Post](/source/The_Cincinnati_Post)|publisher=[E. W. Scripps Company](/source/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 }}] He attended [Miami University](/source/Miami_University) on a scholarship. There, he became the second player in [RedHawks baseball](/source/Miami_RedHawks_baseball) history to be named the [Mid-American Conference Baseball Player of the Year](/source/Mid-American_Conference_Baseball_Player_of_the_Year).