By David Groveman
Biography:
Last year the first thing I mentioned about Jett Williams was his height. He hasn’t suddenly had a late life growth spurt or started wearing lifts to pad his measurements but perhaps, we are overselling how short 5’8” actually is. Jett Williams cannot be compared to Eddie Gaedel, the shortest player of all time and is actually taller than a number of active players, including Jose Altuve and Tony Kemp (5’6”) each.
The list of players who are just as small as Williams and seeing Major Leagues is substantial. Ignoring pitchers you’ll see players like Kolten Wong, Ozzie Albies, Mastataka Yoshida and Josh Harrison. There are others to list but this grouping already proves that the bias against shorter players might be overblown.
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