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Comment on College Athletics By The Numbers: A Deeper Look at Profitability by Christopher Lee

Christopher Lee — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 06:50:05 +0000

Interesting idea, Steve. The reality is that schools help financially support sports at all levels (grade school, high school, etc). While I think a minor league system for basketball (closer to MLB than current NBADL) and football would be helpful it would add increased costs to those professional sports while still requiring financial assistance at the college level. Good point about baseball. My guess is that is a result of interest, media exposure, and the amount of revenue that the sport produces relative to bigger sports such as football and basketball.

Comment on Baseball Player Height By Position by Christopher Lee

Christopher Lee — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 06:45:50 +0000

Good point, Pat. My guess (that could be checked with the data) is there is a relationship between height/weight and power. Like you suggest, not all tall people have power, so weight is another variable to consider.

Comment on Baseball Player Height By Position by Christopher Lee

Christopher Lee — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 06:44:12 +0000

Thanks for the comment, G.C. There are a lot of variables beyond height that determine the success of a particular position but I still found the data to be interesting.

Comment on Baseball Player Height By Position by What To Wear XIII | Ramblings of Baseball

What To Wear XIII | Ramblings of Baseball — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:39:00 +0000

[...] listed non-pitcher, by the way, was Richie Sexson at 6’8. For pitchers there is an extension (here’s a nifty chart of MLB height by position). For one, they rarely have to worry about their hitting. If having a long swing is the worst of a [...]

Comment on College Athletics By The Numbers: A Deeper Look at Profitability by So Why Am I Doing This? « Self- Imposed Sanctions

So Why Am I Doing This? « Self- Imposed Sanctions — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 03:36:28 +0000

[...] NCAA, Bowl Game, Conferences, and then two schools. It only explains why athletic departments are struggling. If there was a tournament, a lot of those middlemen would not exist. NCAA wants to keep the guise [...]

Comment on College Athletics By The Numbers: A Deeper Look at Profitability by Steve Lyen

Steve Lyen — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:40:56 +0000

How about privatizing a minor league for football and basketball? Get the sports out of the schools. It drives up tuition for those that want to attend class. Athletes can get paid and pay to go to an affordable school if they choose to attend and get a degree, not just because they are forced to attend to play on Saturday. No one is talking about NCAA violations in baseball…..That’s because standout athletes go right into MLB teams minor leagues.

Comment on Baseball Player Height By Position by pat carey

pat carey — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 02:56:39 +0000

I have to disagree with G.C. in that height has very little to do with power. if that was the case, wouldn’t tall people be the most dominate olympic lifters?

Comment on Baseball Player Height and Weight By Year by detroitjames

detroitjames — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 21:21:56 +0000

I know this article is from a few months ago but I was curious about these statistics and found this site. What spurred my curiosity was seeing players like Albert Pujols, Ivan Rodriguez, among many others who curiously lost a significant amount of mass after the steroid scandal came to light a few years ago and since the usage of steroids has been more patrolled in the MLB. Im curious to see what the average baseball player size change would be between 1995 and 2011. I would be willing to bet that the graph would show a significant increase until 2008-09 or so and then drop off.

Comment on Baseball Player Height and Weight By Year by Christopher Lee

Christopher Lee — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 05:50:02 +0000

Thanks for the comment, Matt. While I do think these statistics have some limitations (as you point out), I still think they show an interesting trend in terms of the height and weight of MLB players on rosters. As you suggest, it would be interesting to look at starters, or players who hit over .300, etc to see how the size of starters has changed over the years.

Comment on Baseball Player Height and Weight By Year by Matt Hooper

Matt Hooper — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 13:45:25 +0000

Stats like these are useless unless they specifically focus on 'starters'. Having 5 —6' 5 pitchers in the bull pen playing 10 innings over a season wipes out all accuracy of actual player comparisons from bygone Era's. Humans are not getting bigger—-Lazy Scouts are playing it safe and drafting the larger player when given a choice. Japan has proven this scouting method is folly.