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Jackie Robinson

How tall was Jackie Robinson?

Jackie Robinson is commonly listed at 5 ft 11 in (180 cm).

A figure repeated without a date or a measurement. Where this height comes from

Jackie Robinson’s 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) is a little above average for a US man: about 74 in 100 US men are shorter.

Where your height fallsEveryone about 5 ft 11 in

Jackie Robinson is taller than the average US woman by 7.5 in (18.8 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Jackie Robinson: 5 ft 11 in (180 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Jackie Robinson is taller than the average US man by 2 in (4.9 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Jackie Robinson is taller than the average US woman by 7.5 in (18.8 cm).Jackie Robinson is taller than the average US woman by 7.5 in (18.8 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Jackie Robinson: 5 ft 11 in (180 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Jackie Robinson is taller than the average US man by 2 in (4.9 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Jackie Robinson is taller than the average US woman by 7.5 in (18.8 cm).

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Jackie Robinson beside others

Jackie Robinson is in the middle of the 26 baseball players we have heights for: Randy Johnson (6 ft 10 in) stands 11 in (28.3 cm) taller and Yogi Berra (5 ft 7 in) is 4 in (10 cm) shorter.

Also listed at 5 ft 11 in: Pedro Martínez and Fernando Valenzuela.

  • Rickey Henderson: 5 ft 10 in (178 cm), 1 in (2 cm) shorter than Jackie Robinson.

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Where this height comes from

5 ft 11 in (180 cm)

A commonly listed height: it appears across many profiles, but none says when or how it was measured, so shoes and rounding may be part of the number.

Photo: Harry Warnecke / Frank Livia / Robert F. Cranston / William Klein, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

Compared with Jackie Robinson

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Jackie Robinson, 5 ft 11 in (180 cm), drawn to scale beside the average US man, 5 ft 9 in (175 cm), and the average US woman, 5 ft 3.5 in (161 cm)