Baseball, more than any other sport, keeps track of numbers...all kinds of numbers.
Think about how much baseball has changed in the past 40 years. According to the baseball almanac, the tallest player on the 1967 New York Yankees was Steve Hamilton at 6'7". He was a left-hander and had his best year in 1964 when he went 7-2. Aside from him, no one on the team was over 6'2". The great Mickey Mantle was only listed at 5'11".
Most of the players on the 1967 Yankees weighed less than 200lbs. Charlie Sands and Hal Reniff were listed the heaviest at 215lbs. That's it...just 215lbs. Mickey Mantle weighed 198lbs. My favorite Yankee of the time, Roy White, weighed only 172lbs at 5'10".
The 1967 Tigers (my other favorite team) boasted several players (mostly pitchers) in the 6'3" range. However, very few players topped 200lbs. In fact, I would have bet that Gates Brown weighed more than 220lbs and Willie Horton weighed more than 209.
Comparing the '67 Yankees with the 2007 Yankees. On the '07 roster, only five players were listed as being under 6'0" with their average height being just over 6'2". The average height of the '67 Yankee players was 6'00.5". Ten players were listed under 6'00".
The average weight of the 1967 Yankees was almost 187 lbs. The average weight of the 2007 Yankees was just over 200lbs. Perhaps the '07 players had fatter wallets.
Think about how much baseball has changed in the past 40 years. According to the baseball almanac, the tallest player on the 1967 New York Yankees was Steve Hamilton at 6'7". He was a left-hander and had his best year in 1964 when he went 7-2. Aside from him, no one on the team was over 6'2". The great Mickey Mantle was only listed at 5'11".
Most of the players on the 1967 Yankees weighed less than 200lbs. Charlie Sands and Hal Reniff were listed the heaviest at 215lbs. That's it...just 215lbs. Mickey Mantle weighed 198lbs. My favorite Yankee of the time, Roy White, weighed only 172lbs at 5'10".
The 1967 Tigers (my other favorite team) boasted several players (mostly pitchers) in the 6'3" range. However, very few players topped 200lbs. In fact, I would have bet that Gates Brown weighed more than 220lbs and Willie Horton weighed more than 209.
Comparing the '67 Yankees with the 2007 Yankees. On the '07 roster, only five players were listed as being under 6'0" with their average height being just over 6'2". The average height of the '67 Yankee players was 6'00.5". Ten players were listed under 6'00".
The average weight of the 1967 Yankees was almost 187 lbs. The average weight of the 2007 Yankees was just over 200lbs. Perhaps the '07 players had fatter wallets.
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