Average height of your HS baseball outfielders?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s easier for coaches to bet on size than actually developing players.

Size and strength matter. This isn't Little League.

[Anonymous]

My 6’5” kid pitches and plays 1st, both positions where height helps. Outfield, though? Speedy and athletic is what matters, not height.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kind of a random question, especially if your high school can't recruit.

Only 3.9% of all men are 6'2" or taller, so you of course need to be lucky enough to even have 3 players that are that height.

Our team only has one player that is 6'3" and plays 1B because that reach comes in handy at 1B far more than height matters much for OF.

We have three of our fastest fielders in OF...all under 6'.

I had an uncle that played first base, 6'8" evidently it is good to be a large target. Other than pitcher height isn't an advantage in baseball. Even at first base, I'm not sure it's an advantage when you consider all aspects, but he could do it. EG, he still had to bat and run the bases and what not.

[Anonymous]

Outfield is the least skilled defensive position in baseball. If you can hit, a coach will often move a player to the outfield, even if he's never played in the OF before. It even happens in the pro level. Bryce Harper was a catcher and didn't became an outfielder until the MLB. So for outfield, it's more about your ability to hit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's hard to be a very good middle infielder at that height.

Most third basemen start as middle infielders.

The tall outfielders might have grown out of being good infielders or they were always tall and always played outfield.

Also, if left handed thrower, they can only play 1B or OF defensively (and pitch).

But baseball isn't football or basketball -- good ballplayers come in all different sizes. The strike zone adjusts to the height of the hitter, everyone gets a turn at bat in a batting order. Ground balls are ground balls. Fly balls come all the way down, not just to tall players.

This is in softball, but I've seen a lot more left handed catchers the last few years than I ever did growing up playing baseball. And some of these lefty girls are pretty good. A lot of coaches may not go for it but it can be done effectively.