Mantle, Mays, Aaron

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Mantle, Mays, Aaron

PostThu Apr 20, 2023 9:53 pm

Mantle, Mays, Aaron, weren't tall, huge guys, just purely athletic.

Mickey Mantle -- 5-11, 195lb
Willie Mays -- 5-10, 170lb
Henry Aaron -- 6-0, 180lb

And me, Hack Wilson, I was just 5-6, 190lb.

All heights and weights from Baseball-Reference. :)
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Re: Mantle, Mays, Aaron

PostFri Apr 21, 2023 12:03 am

Boy hack you are pretty old. How did you live this long. :lol:
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Re: Mantle, Mays, Aaron

PostFri Apr 21, 2023 12:44 am

Had no idea Hack Wilson was Altuve's height...190 seems pretty hefty for 5'6" though
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Re: Mantle, Mays, Aaron

PostFri Apr 21, 2023 6:28 am

How about Mel Ott 5’9” 170lbs
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Re: Mantle, Mays, Aaron

PostFri Apr 21, 2023 10:13 am

Ernie Banks is listed at 6'1" 180#, he must have been soaking wet when they weighed him, because he was a beanpole. I always said he was probably closer to 160 than 180
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Re: Mantle, Mays, Aaron

PostSat Apr 22, 2023 7:53 am

Baseball history nut on twitter posted a great picture of Wilson, Ruth and Gehrig

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=htt ... AdAAAAABAG
-Alexander Supertramp
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Re: Mantle, Mays, Aaron

PostSat Apr 22, 2023 9:10 am

When he played with Milwaukee, Aaron was 170, the first 5 years in Atlanta, he was 175, he wasn't 180 till 1970 or so...
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Re: Mantle, Mays, Aaron

PostSat Apr 22, 2023 11:01 pm

Courtneylant wrote:Baseball history nut on twitter posted a great picture of Wilson, Ruth and Gehrig

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=htt ... AdAAAAABAG

Great picture! Amazing that Hack could play CF with that chunky body.
Those three guys were some pretty fair hitters. I looked it up, and in 1930 when Hack drove in his record 191 runs, Babe had 153 RBI and Lou had 173 RBI. That's 517 RBI from three hitters in that photo in a single season. Hard to believe, but it happened!
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Re: Mantle, Mays, Aaron

PostSun Apr 23, 2023 8:11 am

...and they only made an averaged of 46 years old when they died!

Lou = 37
Hack = 48
Babe = 53
-Alexander Supertramp
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Re: Mantle, Mays, Aaron

PostSun Apr 23, 2023 8:57 am

that last comment got me looking around. And onto this gem. Not a short read and certainly something I've read in pieces before. It is focused on Iron Man and the Babe.

https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2014/7/8/5878847/lou-gehrig-babe-ruth-75-anniverary-luckiest-man-speech-forgiveness-history

For Hack, I recommend this--a fun read...
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/fouled-away-clifton-blue-parker/1111752667
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