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Found it interesting that they had the same playing weight. 215.
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Interesting: Carl Crawford weighs the same as the Babe did
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Athletes sure are built differently these days, eh?
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Was thinking the same.Mighty Bombjack said:
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And how accurate do you think that is for the Babe? Was that his Red Sox weight?
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Don't know. It's the number I've always seen listed for him.Mighty Bombjack said:
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Topnotchsy said:
and my drivers license has me at 235... :lol:
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Pinbreaker said:
Mine has me at 205; Gilmore and a few others here would quite a laugh at that.
On a related note: Media Guides are generally skewed a *tad*; I think one of the old Braves guides I have has Marcus Giles listed at 5' 11"
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Bet you could find a lot more players that weigh 215.
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I'm sure you can. I just thought it was interesting that a player who was always viewed as heavy weighs the same as one of the best base stealers in the game today.rico08 said:
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200lbs wasn't a standard in the 20's and people were a little smaller in average also.
Now being 6 foot tall is nothing.
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thats kind of shocking. i guess babe ruth is bigger in my mind due to amazing feats. now if you would have said david wells or rosie o'donnell weigh the same as babe ruth i wouldnt have been surprised.
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fat weights less than muscle 
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Hmmm my license doesn't list a weight. The picture is way off though.
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This is a cool point. I thikn that the Babe's playing weights are skewed to his early days, and the film footage is only availbale for his last couple of years.
An interesting article on the topic: DOES SIZE REALLY MATTER? Today's major leaguers are bigger and stronger than those of earlier eras - physical size of baseball players at http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FCI/is_7_60/ai_75308165/
Which had:
Era HR Champs Height Weight HR Output
1991-2000 15 6-3 218 48
1981-1990 20 6-3 208 40
1971-1980 13 6-2 201 40
1961-1970 11 6-1 202 46
1951-1960 15 6-1 194 42
1941-1950 13 6-0 195 36
1931-1940 11 6-0 194 40
1921-1930 10 6-0 187 41
An interesting article on the topic: DOES SIZE REALLY MATTER? Today's major leaguers are bigger and stronger than those of earlier eras - physical size of baseball players at http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FCI/is_7_60/ai_75308165/
Which had:
Era HR Champs Height Weight HR Output
1991-2000 15 6-3 218 48
1981-1990 20 6-3 208 40
1971-1980 13 6-2 201 40
1961-1970 11 6-1 202 46
1951-1960 15 6-1 194 42
1941-1950 13 6-0 195 36
1931-1940 11 6-0 194 40
1921-1930 10 6-0 187 41
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LOL-What? So one pound of fat weighs less than one pound of muscle? :lol: :lol: :lol: I know you're just kidding.
darocker80 said:fat weights less than muscle
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