Historically, since 1901, the only player height group to carry a lower batting average than the players over 6'5 are the players under 5'6. BOOM! There it is. Enjoy.
lol there is a tiny spike in the ba line for players just above 65 inches, then it basically stays flatlined until it dips a tiny bit before the 80 inch players. let me quote the article that you provided for us sevon.
"Height makes no difference in a player's ability to collect hits or get on base. Extra-base hits, however, are the domain of the tall." the awesome information you provided only says smaller players don't hit a lot of homeruns, and that taller players can hit for both average AND power.
if you actually read the article, which i don't think you did, his main point was that shorter players have shorter careers than taller players.
give it up dude, you're wrong.
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Yoda wrote:How is this proof that players over 6'5" can't hit for average?
Pujols, the best hitter in the game today, is 6'3". He is a better hitter than anyone under 6'
Well one player doesn't make a case for the group as a whole. Especially if that player is not a member of said group.
You cannot look use a guy who is 6'3" to make an argument about people who are 6'5". If you want to use a tall player you should be using Joe Mauer, who is actually 6'5". But again one player doesn't mean anything about the group as a whole.
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Did you ever stop to consider how many players 6'5 or taller? Did you consider that a majority of those players 6'5 or taller played in the last 20 years when BA have been lower?
All this says is that the average 6'5 player usually has a BA of just a couple points lower than the average 6'0 player, but this has no reflection whatsoever on the elite hitters...
Sevon wrote:Historically, since 1901, the only player height group to carry a lower batting average than the players over 6'5 are the players under 5'6. BOOM! There it is. Enjoy.
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by Sevon » Sat Apr 04, 2009 12:16 pm 
