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Jon Erich Rauch (born September 27, 1978) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. At 6 feet 11 inches (2.11 m), he is tied with Sean Hjelle as the tallest player in Major League Baseball (MLB) history. He is also an Olympic Gold Medalist in baseball.
Ludovicus Jacobus Maria "Loek" van Mil (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈluk fɑ ˈmɪl]; 15 September 1984 – 28 July 2019) was a Dutch professional baseball pitcher.At the height of 7 feet 1 inch (2.16 m), he was and still is the tallest player in the history of professional baseball. [2]
Randall David Johnson (born September 10, 1963), nicknamed "the Big Unit", is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (1988–2009) for six teams, primarily the Seattle Mariners and Arizona Diamondbacks.
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Sean Anthony Hjelle (/ ˈ dʒ ɛ l i / JEL-ee; [1] born May 7, 1997) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played college baseball for the University of Kentucky. The Giants selected Hjelle in the second round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft. He is listed at 6 feet ...
Should he make it to the major leagues, 7-foot left-handed pitcher Jared Beck, a former Savannah Banana, would be the tallest player in MLB history. ... would be the tallest player in MLB history.
Before Gee's debut, the tallest player to appear in the major leagues had been "Big Jim" Weaver, a six-foot, seven inch pitcher who debuted for the Washington Senators in 1928. [25] Gee held the record as the tallest person ever to play Major League Baseball until Randy Johnson debuted for the Montreal Expos in September 1988. [26] [27] [28] [29]
The tallest players in MLB history are retired pitcher Jon Rauch and active pitcher Sean Hjelle, both standing at 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m). [25] In 2019 and 2020, the average size of non-pitchers in MLB, weighted by games started, was 6 ft 0.9 in (1.85 m).