Lefties are still a little shorter

Percept Mot Skills. 2007 Apr;104(2):405-6. doi: 10.2466/pms.104.2.405-406.

Abstract

Heights and weights of right- and left-handed major league baseball pitchers (N=5780) were analyzed, adjusted for birth year. Right-handed pitchers were about 1.6 cm taller and 1.9 kg heavier than left-handed pitchers. The results corroborated other studies and suggest body size is related to handedness, although the average difference in height between right- and left-handed pitchers was very small.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Age Factors
  • Baseball / psychology*
  • Body Height*
  • Body Weight*
  • Functional Laterality*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Psychomotor Performance
  • Statistics as Topic
  • United States