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Effect of Player Size in Distance Hitting Baseball
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[QUOTE="Jimbo Hammock, post: 5850131"] An argument arose in our office today concerning the effect that player size has on the distance that a batted ball travels before hitting the ground. Assuming all factors being equal (humidity, altitude, launch angle, ratio of player muscle/fat/bone/etc, player coordination, etc.), my belief is that if Player B is 10% larger (10% taller, 10% heavier, and therefore 10% stronger) than Player A, Player B would be able to swing a bat that is proportionately 10% larger (10% longer, 10% heavier, and therefore contains 10% more mass) at the exact same speed as Player A swings his smaller bat, and therefore 10% more energy would be transferred into the baseball by Player B, the ball would have a 10% higher velocity, and the ball would fly 10% further, if the experiment were performed in a vacuum. Is this belief correct, based on the laws of physics? And, if performed in a real-life setting at the ballpark, would wind-drag/air-resistance be the only additional factor which would slow the baseball and reduce it's flight distance? Would the wind-drag/air resistance slow both balls equally, or would it slow the faster moving ball more, and if so, by how much more? Thanks for your answers! [/QUOTE]
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