MLB players with same birthday and height

Jose Altuve is known for his height at 5’6″. His birthday shares the same numbers 5/6. What MLB players have the same birthday as their height?

You might recognize some of these names. HOF Charlie Gehringer (5/11 5’11”), TV Sportscaster Steve Lyons (6/3 6’3″), All-Star Raul Ibanez (6/2 6’2″).

Here are all 44 players who have the same birthday as their height.

Player photo	Player name	Birthday	Height	Birth year	MLB career	Total seasons
	Jimmy Bannon	5/5	5’5″	1871	1893-1896	4
	Jose Altuve MVP 9× All-Star 3× Batting Title	5/6	5’6″	1990	2011-current	14
	Tom Bannon	5/8	5’8″	1869	1895-1896	2
	Ross Barnes 3× Batting Title	5/8	5’8″	1850	1871-1881	9
	Floyd Robinson	5/9	5’9″	1936	1960-1968	9
	Wally Dashiell	5/9	5’9″	1902	1924	1
	Walter Prince	5/9	5’9″	1861	1883-1884	2
	Joe Borden	5/9	5’9″	1854	1875-1876	2
	P. J. Higgins	5/10	5’10”	1993	2021-2022	2
	Glen Barker	5/10	5’10”	1971	1999-2001	3
	Pat Hardgrove	5/10	5’10”	1895	1918	1
	Bill Davidson	5/10	5’10”	1884	1909-1911	3
	Harry Berte	5/10	5’10”	1872	1903	1
	John Cattanach	5/10	5’10”	1863	1884	1
	Jose Azocar	5/11	5’11”	1996	2022-current	3
	Jordan Yamamoto	5/11	5’11”	1996	2019-2021	3
	Frank Campos	5/11	5’11”	1924	1951-1953	3
	Gene Hermanski	5/11	5’11”	1920	1943-1953	9
	Dave Short	5/11	5’11”	1917	1940-1941	2
	Charlie Gehringer HOF MVP 6× All-Star	5/11	5’11”	1903	1924-1942	19
	Jessie Reid	6/1	6’1″	1962	1987-1988	2
	Sandy Wihtol	6/1	6’1″	1955	1979-1982	3
	Jim McKnight	6/1	6’1″	1936	1960-1962	2
	Guy Morton 1920 World Series	6/1	6’1″	1893	1914-1924	11
	George Decker	6/1	6’1″	1866	1892-1899	8
	John Ewing ERA Title	6/1	6’1″	1863	1883-1891	6
	Mickey McDonald	6/2	6’2″	1995	2022	1
	Chin-hui Tsao	6/2	6’2″	1981	2003-2016	6
	Wascar Serrano	6/2	6’2″	1978	2001	1
	Raul Ibanez 1× All-Star	6/2	6’2″	1972	1996-2014	19
	Mike Davey	6/2	6’2″	1952	1977-1978	2
	Jim Maloney	6/2	6’2″	1940	1960-1971	12
	Gene Michael	6/2	6’2″	1938	1966-1975	10
	Jerry Lumpe 1× All-Star 1958 World Series	6/2	6’2″	1933	1956-1967	12
	Charles Leblanc	6/3	6’3″	1996	2022-current	2
	Eric Lauer	6/3	6’3″	1995	2018-2023	6
	Brandon Waddell	6/3	6’3″	1994	2020-2021	2
	Travis Hafner	6/3	6’3″	1977	2002-2013	12
	Bryan Rekar	6/3	6’3″	1972	1995-2002	8
	Steve Lyons TV Sportscaster	6/3	6’3″	1960	1985-1993	9
	Jim Gentile 6× All-Star	6/3	6’3″	1934	1957-1966	9
	Kent Emanuel	6/4	6’4″	1992	2021-2024	2
	Dennis Blair	6/5	6’5″	1954	1974-1980	4
	Mark Schaeffer	6/5	6’5″	1948	1972	1

How I created this list

I was able to easily pull these names by running this R script

library(Lahman)
library(dplyr)

# 1. Create the career summary
player_career_stats <- Appearances %>%
  group_by(playerID) %>%
  summarise(
    first_year = min(yearID),
    last_year = max(yearID),
    total_seasons = n_distinct(yearID)
  )

# 2. Define the search criteria
search_criteria <- bind_rows(
  data.frame(day = 2:11) %>% mutate(month = 5, height_inches = 60 + day),
  data.frame(day = 1:11) %>% mutate(month = 6, height_inches = 72 + day)
)

# 3. Join, Format, and Build the Table
historical_results <- People %>%
  inner_join(search_criteria, by = c("birthMonth" = "month", 
                                     "birthDay" = "day", 
                                     "height" = "height_inches")) %>%
  left_join(player_career_stats, by = "playerID") %>%
  mutate(
    birthday = paste0(birthMonth, "/", birthDay),
    height_formatted = paste0(height %/% 12, "'", height %% 12, "\""),
    bbref_url = paste0(
      "https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/",
      substr(playerID, 1, 1), "/", 
      playerID, ".shtml"
    )
  ) %>%
  select(
    nameFirst, nameLast, birthday, birthYear, 
    first_year, last_year, total_seasons, 
    height_formatted, bbref_url
  ) %>%
  arrange(birthday, birthYear)

# 4. Download/Save the results as a CSV
# write.csv(historical_results, "historical_results.csv", row.names = FALSE)

# Confirmation message
# print("File 'historical_results.csv' has been created in your working directory.")