The normal weight range for a player 5 feet 9 inches tall is 136 to 169 pounds. Bmi range by position the world cup player survey also found 1 percent of the players were underweight 6 percent overweight and 1 percent obese. Meaning that the ideal prototype of a goalkeeper is a tall and thin guy. In terms of body mass index bmi a relationship between height and weight that does not take into account body fat percentage nfl players had the highest bmi of all at 315 while pro tennis players had the lowest at 228. With that in mind ill analyze performance based on height in a post tomorrow in addition to looking at positions by weight. Players natural biology can obviously stray from these averages which can greatly impact their presence on the field.

The average height of mlb players is just over 61. At an astonishing height of 199 meters 65 feet. And nfl players had the greatest average weight at 2469 pounds nearly 25 pounds more than the average nba player. Baseball player weights not included due to chart size constraints on the baseball chart above include one sixty five pound player see fact 3 below thirteen 120 129 pound players seventy seven 240 249 pound players thirty four 250 259 pound players eight 260 269 pound players six 270 279 pound player one 295 pound player see fact 3 below and one 315 pound player see fact 3 below. Which is super tall for a soccer player but still less than the average nba player. The average weight of an mlb player is roughly 207 pounds and the average height is about 74 inches or 6 feet 2 inches.

Height does not matter for major league pitchers because only the truly talented make it to the major leagues in the first place. From 19701992 the weighted average weight was between 184 and 186lbs. When surveyed by position goalkeepers fell into the normal range 85 percent of the time with 14 percent overweight. What should be important to major league franchises is finding players who have the talent to become major league pitchers. But mens national team standout and la galaxy player landon donovan displays a typical average height and lean build at 5 feet 8 inches and 158 pounds. The average height of a major league player has increased almost 7 since the 1870s from 689 inches to 737 inches.

In terms of weight the average ballplayer is almost 14 heavier than the. The total average height was 189 meters 62 feet and the total average weight was 83 kilograms 184 pounds. Weighted average reported weight of all mlb players from 19702015 get this. The difference between the tallest players pitchers and shortest players 2b is three inches which relatively seems like quite a bit. Womens national team as of february 2014 ranged from defender crystal dunn at 5 feet 1 inches in midfield to abby wambach a 5 feet 11 inch forward. Making it to the majors.

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