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Willie Mays

How tall was Willie Mays?

Willie Mays is commonly listed at 5 ft 10 in (178 cm).

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Willie Mays’s 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) is a little above average for a US man: about 64 in 100 US men are shorter.

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Willie Mays is taller than the average US woman by 6.5 in (16.8 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Willie Mays: 5 ft 10 in (178 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Willie Mays is taller than the average US man by 1 in (2.9 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Willie Mays is taller than the average US woman by 6.5 in (16.8 cm).Willie Mays is taller than the average US woman by 6.5 in (16.8 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Willie Mays: 5 ft 10 in (178 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Willie Mays is taller than the average US man by 1 in (2.9 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Willie Mays is taller than the average US woman by 6.5 in (16.8 cm).

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Willie Mays beside others

Willie Mays is one of the shorter baseball players we have heights for: Randy Johnson (6 ft 10 in) stands 12 in (30.3 cm) taller and Yogi Berra (5 ft 7 in) is 3 in (8 cm) shorter.

Also listed at 5 ft 10 in: Rickey Henderson.

  • Pedro Martínez: 5 ft 11 in (180 cm), 1 in (2 cm) taller than Willie Mays.
  • Marcus Stroman: 5 ft 7 in (170.2 cm), 3 in (7.8 cm) shorter than Willie Mays.

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Where this height comes from

5 ft 10 in (178 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: New York World-Telegram and the Sun staff photographer, William C. Greene, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Willie Mays, 5 ft 10 in (178 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)