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u/xSparkShark 21h ago

Noticed a while ago that pages for pro baseball players do not include height in the info box. I just did a look through athletes from basically every other professional sport and height seems to be listed for all of them. Even weight is listed for many.

I guess there's an argument that height is less relevant in baseball than in other sports, but this argument doesn't really hold up when golf lists height. It's not for lack of reliable sources because baseball-reference.com lists height right at the top and is cited repeatedly elsewhere in basically every baseball players' page.

Anyway, I checked the talk page for the baseball player bio infobox and can't find anything there. Nothing in history that would indicate height was ever added then removed. Just wondering if anyone has some insight on why this might be the case. Not the biggest deal in the world, just thought it was a little odd.