How tall was Lou Gehrig?

Lou Gehrig is commonly listed at 6 ft 0 in (183 cm).

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Lou Gehrig’s 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) is tall for a US man: about 85 in 100 US men are shorter.

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Lou Gehrig beside others

Lou Gehrig is in the middle of the 26 baseball players we have heights for: Randy Johnson (6 ft 10 in) stands 10 in (25.3 cm) taller and Yogi Berra (5 ft 7 in) is 5 in (13 cm) shorter.

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6 ft 0 in (183 cm)

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Lou Gehrig, 6 ft 0 in (183 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)