By When it comes to sports, being tall has its advantages. But it doesn’t generally mean that a player needs to be taller than average to be an athlete. For baseball, a player comes in all shapes and sizes but do you also know that this story has some of the tallest players? These players are often mistaken to be basketball players where height plays an important role and you’d be surprised to know how tall these baseball players are.
Here we have listed down the 7 tallest baseball players of all time.
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Jon Rauch
Full name: Jon Erich Rauch
Born: September 27, 1978 (age 44)
Team(s): Chicago White Sox (2002, 2004); Montreal Expos / Washington Nationals (2004–2008); Arizona Diamondbacks (2008–2009); Minnesota Twins (2009–2010); Toronto Blue Jays (2011); New York Mets (2012); Miami Marlins (2013)
Position: Pitcher
Height: 6 feet 11 inches (2.11 m)
Jon Rauch is an American retired pro baseball player who played for seven teams in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a pitcher. Standing at a height of 6 feet 11 inches (2.11 m), he is considered to be the tallest baseball player of all time and is tied with Sean Hjelle. Rauch is an Olympic Gold medalist in baseball.
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Sean Hjelle
Full name: Sean Anthony Hjelle
Born: May 7, 1997 (age 25)
Team(s): San Francisco Giants (2022–present)
Position: Pitcher
Height: 6 feet 11 inches (2.11 m)
Sean Hjelle is an American pro baseball pitcher who currently plays in the Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants. He was a part of college baseball for the University of Kentucky. In 2018, Hjelle was selected by the Giants in the 2nd round of the MLB draft. The 6 feet 11 inches pitcher is the same height as former pitcher Jon Rauch and is considered the tallest MLB player of all time.
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Randy Johnson
Full name: Randall David Johnson
Born: September 10, 1963 (age 59)
Team(s): Montreal Expos (1988–1989); Seattle Mariners (1989–1998); Houston Astros (1998); Arizona Diamondbacks (1999–2004; 2007– 2008); New York Yankees (2005–2006); San Francisco Giants (2009)
Position: Pitcher
Height: 6 feet 10 inches (2.08 m)
Randy Johnson is a former pro baseball pitcher who played for 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1988 to 2009. Johnson is considered one of the tallest MLB players in history.
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Chris Young
Full name: Christopher Ryan Young
Born: May 25, 1979 (age 43)
Team(s): Texas Rangers (2004–2005); San Diego Padres (2006–2010); New York Mets (2011–2012); Seattle Mariners (2014); Kansas City Royals (2015–2017)
Position: Pitcher
Height: 6 feet 10 inches (2.08 m)
Chris Young is a retired pro baseball pitcher who played in the Major League Baseball (MLB) for five teams from 2004 to 2017. The right-handed pitcher is considered one of the tallest players to ever play the game. He is a winner of All-Star in 2007, winner of World Series champion in 2015, and also won an AL Comeback Player of the Year in 2014.
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Eric Hillman
Full name: John Eric Hillman
Born: April 27, 1966 (age 56)
Team(s): New York Mets (1992–1994); Chiba Lotte Marines (1995–1996); Yomiuri Giants (1997)
Position: Pitcher
Height: 6 feet 10 inches (2.08 m)
Eric Hillman is an American retired pro baseball player who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) and Nippon Pro Baseball mainly as a pitcher. At 6 feet 9 inches, Hillman is regarded as one of the tallest players in MLB history.
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Aaron Slegers
Full name: Aaron Allan Slegers
Born: September 4, 1992 (age 30)
Team(s): Minnesota Twins (2017–2018); Tampa Bay Rays (2019–2020); Los Angeles Angels (2021)
Position: Pitcher
Height: 6 feet 10 inches (2.08 m)
Aaron Slegers is an American pro baseball player who is a free agent and mainly plays as a pitcher. Throughout his playing career, Slegers played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for three teams (from 2017 to 2021) the Minnesota Twins, Tampa Bay Rays, and Los Angeles Angels. He was also a part of college baseball at Indiana University Bloomington for the squad Indiana Hoosiers.
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Andrew Sisco
Full name: Andrew Frank Sisco
Born: January 13, 1983 (age 39)
Team(s): Kansas City Royals (2005–2006); Chicago White Sox (2007); EDA Rhinos (2013–2014); KT Wiz (2015); EDA Rhinos (2015–2016); Brother Elephants (2016)
Position: Pitcher
Height: 6 feet 10 inches (2.8 m)
Andrew Sisco is an American retired pro baseball pitcher who played in the Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals and Chicago White Sox and the Korean Pro Baseball League the KT Wiz, and the Chinese Pro Baseball League for the EDA Rhinos and the Brother Elephants. Sisco is also included among the tallest baseball players of all time.
Let’s check out the list of the Shortest Baseball Players!
