How tall is Yogi Berra?

Yogi Berra's listed height was 170 cm (5'7"). He was taller than about 27% of men in the United States.

Where 170 cm sits among men in the United States

Taller than about 27% of men in the United States born in 1925 (average 174.5 cm).

About Yogi Berra

Yogi Berra, born Lorenzo Pietro Berra and known formally as Lawrence Peter Berra, was an American professional baseball catcher who later became a manager and coach. He was born on 12 May 1925 in St. Louis, in an Italian community, and died on 22 September 2015. He signed with the Yankees in 1943, then served in the United States Navy in the Normandy landings.

Berra made his major-league debut at age 21 in 1946 and played 19 seasons in Major League Baseball, all but the last for the New York Yankees. He was an 18-time All-Star, won 10 World Series championships as a player, more than any other player, and finished with a .285 average, 358 home runs and 1,430 runs batted in. He won the American League Most Valuable Player Award three times and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972. He later managed the Yankees and the Mets and coached the Astros, and he caught Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series.

Berra stood a listed 170 cm (5'7"). He played or coached in 21 World Series, 13 of them on the winning side.

Frequently asked

How tall is Yogi Berra in feet and inches? Yogi Berra was 5'7" tall, which is 170 cm, 66.9 inches or 1.70 m.

Is Yogi Berra tall for men in the United States? At 170 cm he was taller than about 27% of men in the United States born in 1925, whose average height is 174.5 cm.

Sources

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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