2000-2025 1,000 Innings Pitched: small pitchers 4.5%.

12 of 267 pitchers were shorter than 6 feet tall: 4.5%

https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tiny/R8B80

For combined seasons, from 2000 to 2025, in the regular season, requiring ERA+ >= 0 and Innings Pitched >= 1000, sorted by descending Innings Pitched.

267. Top 10 Innings Pitched (IP):

Rk	Player	IP	ERA+	From	To	Age	W	L	W-L%	Dec	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	H	HR	BB	SO	BF
1	CC Sabathia	3577.1	116	2001	2019	20-38	251	161	.609	412	3.74	561	560	38	12	0	3404	382	1099	3093	14989
2	Justin Verlander	3567.2	128	2005	2025	22-42	266	158	.627	424	3.32	555	555	26	9	0	3046	371	1004	3553	14607
3	Zack Greinke	3389.1	121	2004	2023	20-39	225	156	.591	381	3.49	586	541	17	5	1	3207	367	762	2979	13877
4	Mark Buehrle	3283.1	117	2000	2015	21-36	214	160	.572	374	3.81	518	493	33	10	0	3472	361	734	1870	13705
5	Tim Hudson	2990.1	119	2000	2015	24-39	211	131	.617	342	3.50	461	458	25	13	0	2836	240	855	1948	12425
6	Max Scherzer	2963.0	131	2008	2025	23-40	221	117	.654	338	3.22	483	474	12	5	0	2433	354	779	3489	11987
7	Bartolo Colon	2958.2	104	2000	2018	27-45	211	167	.558	378	4.11	483	472	30	10	0	3096	388	748	2150	12487
8	Clayton Kershaw	2855.1	154	2008	2025	20-37	223	96	.699	319	2.53	455	451	25	15	0	2193	235	713	3052	11279
9	John Lackey	2840.1	110	2002	2017	23-38	188	147	.561	335	3.92	448	446	18	8	0	2862	319	815	2294	12030
10	Jon Lester	2740.0	117	2006	2021	22-37	200	117	.631	317	3.66	452	451	15	4	0	2610	294	892	2488	11487

Bartolo Colon is on the list of short pitchers below from the previous post. 

Likely HoFers:

Verlander

Greinke

Scherzer

Kershaw.

Hall of Fame:

https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tiny/f1Ufc

For combined seasons, from 2000 to 2025, a member of the Hall of Fame, in the regular season, requiring ERA+ >= 0 and Innings Pitched >= 1000, sorted by descending Innings Pitched.

Rk	Player	IP	ERA+	From	To	Age	W	L	W-L%	Dec	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	H	HR	BB	SO
1	CC Sabathia	3577.1	116	2001	2019	20-38	251	161	.609	412	3.74	561	560	38	12	0	3404	382	1099	3093
2	Roy Halladay	2586.0	131	2000	2013	23-36	194	98	.664	292	3.36	378	370	65	19	0	2481	215	511	2022
3	Greg Maddux	1939.2	117	2000	2008	34-42	134	101	.570	235	3.70	308	308	16	7	0	1965	196	308	1211
4	Randy Johnson	1885.1	137	2000	2009	36-45	143	78	.647	221	3.34	287	281	32	12	0	1616	212	484	2182
5	Mike Mussina	1790.2	116	2000	2008	31-39	134	87	.606	221	3.87	283	282	18	9	0	1801	194	364	1488
6	Tom Glavine	1753.2	114	2000	2008	34-42	118	87	.576	205	3.77	283	283	11	7	0	1769	178	600	948
7	Pedro Martínez	1468.0	152	2000	2009	28-37	112	50	.691	162	3.01	227	227	18	6	0	1171	132	350	1620
8	John Smoltz	1058.2	132	2001	2009	34-42	56	42	.571	98	3.28	367	125	6	2	154	982	93	236	986

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Generated 12/7/2025.

Sabathia: 6'6", 300 pounds

Martinez is shorter than 6 feet tall. He pitched from 1992-2009: 2,827 IP.

Small pitchers: how unusual is Dodger World Series star Yoshinobu Yamamoto? And 100 year old Bobby Shantz, 1952 AL MVP.  Saturday, December 6, 2025

What about pitchers in this millennium with at least 1,000 IP? Some with "From" year 2000 started earlier.

https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tiny/JM9IA

For combined seasons, from 2000 to 2025, player height 5-11 or shorter, in the regular season, requiring ERA+ >= 0 and Innings Pitched >= 1000, sorted by ascending Height (ft & inches).

Rk	Player	Ht	IP	ERA+	From	To	Age	W	L	W-L%	Dec	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	HR	BB	IBB	SO
1	Marcus Stroman	5-7	1497.1	111	2014	2025	23-34	90	87	.508	177	3.79	270	261	4	2	1497.1	1468	145	452	5	1230
2	Sonny Gray	5-10	1918.0	117	2013	2025	23-35	125	102	.551	227	3.58	339	330	7	5	1918.0	1675	192	621	5	1925
3	Mike Hampton	5-10	1225.1	100	2000	2010	27-37	78	72	.520	150	4.54	211	201	8	3	1225.1	1330	122	511	36	686
4	Mike Leake	5-10	1829.0	99	2010	2019	22-31	105	98	.517	203	4.05	301	296	6	2	1829.0	1940	238	403	29	1231
5	Bartolo Colon	5-11	2958.2	104	2000	2018	27-45	211	167	.558	378	4.11	483	472	30	10	2958.2	3096	388	748	36	2150
6	Johnny Cueto	5-11	2256.1	116	2008	2024	22-38	144	113	.560	257	3.52	370	365	18	8	2256.1	2094	253	637	22	1857
7	Elmer Dessens	5-11	1071.1	105	2000	2010	29-39	50	56	.472	106	4.28	380	132	2	1	1071.1	1168	133	319	43	635
8	Cory Lidle	5-11	1236.0	97	2000	2006	28-34	74	70	.514	144	4.62	218	196	11	5	1236.0	1306	152	334	30	780
9	Tim Lincecum	5-11	1682.0	104	2007	2016	23-32	110	89	.553	199	3.74	278	270	10	7	1682.0	1506	147	669	33	1736
10	Pedro Martínez	5-11	1468.0	152	2000	2009	28-37	112	50	.691	162	3.01	227	227	18	6	1468.0	1171	132	350	10	1620
11	Wandy Rodríguez	5-11	1557.1	100	2005	2015	26-36	97	98	.497	195	4.10	275	263	2	2	1557.1	1560	185	534	37	1281
12	Framber Valdez	5-11	1080.2	124	2018	2025	24-31	81	52	.609	133	3.36	188	166	9	3	1080.2	912	87	389	1	1053

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Generated 12/6/2025.

Randy Johnson released the ball closer to home plate than at least 99.9% of pitchers.  Friday, January 2, 2015

The biggest by position for more than 100 years: pitchers and first basemen.

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11 of 71 Hall of Fame pitchers since 1900 shorter than 6 feet tall. Only 2 since 1950.  Sunday, December 7, 2025