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Who’s getting bigger?

By Tangotiger, 12:23 PM

Joe Arthur says:

height increase is about 1.3 inches between players born in the 1920s and born in the 1970s; weight is about 12 lbs higher.

I was surprised the difference is so small.

(1) Comments • 2006/08/24 • Sabermetrics • Forecasting

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