In what year was the man that passed Eric Hillman for tallest player in the MLB born?
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Eric Hillman John Eric Hillman (born April 27, 1966 in Gary, Indiana) is a former Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher. He pitched his entire 3-year MLB career with the New York Mets (1992–1994). After his MLB career, he pitched in NPB from 1995-1998 for the Chiba Lotte Marines and the Yomiuri Giants. Hillman was tied with fellow former pitcher Randy Johnson and current pitchers Andrew Sisco of the New York Yankees organization and Chris Young of the New York Mets, for the tallest player in the league, at 6 ft , before later being passed by 6 ft Jon Rauch of the Toronto Blue Jays. Hillman worked as an analyst for FSN Rocky Mountain's coverage of the Colorado Rockies between 2005-2008.
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Jon Rauch Jon Erich Rauch (born September 27, 1978) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. At 6 ft , he is the tallest player in Major League Baseball history. He is also an Olympic Gold Medalist.
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Marshall Renfroe Marshall Daniel Renfroe (May 25, 1936 – December 10, 1970) was an American professional baseball player. He was a left-handed pitcher who spent nine seasons (1954–62) in minor league baseball, and saw one game of service in the Major Leagues with the 1959 San Francisco Giants. Born in Century, Florida, he was listed at 6 ft tall and 180 lb .
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Al Heist Alfred Michael Heist (October 5, 1927 – October 2, 2006) was an American professional baseball player, coach and scout. After a long career in the Pacific Coast League of the 1950s, the outfielder made his Major League debut at the age of 32 and appeared in 177 big-league games for the Chicago Cubs (1960–61) and the Houston Colt .45s (1962). He threw and batted right-handed, stood 6 ft tall and weighed 185 lb .
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Mel Behney Melvin Brian Behney (born September 2, 1947) is an American former professional baseball player. Behney was a left-handed pitcher who had a five-game trial, one as a starting pitcher, with the 1970 Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball. He stood 6 ft tall and weighed 180 lb .
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Shags Horan Joseph Patrick "Shags" Horan (September 6, 1895 – February 13, 1969) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. Horan played for the New York Yankees in 1924, and he also spent 11 seasons in the minor leagues, winning two batting titles. He was 5 feet, 10 inches tall and weighed 170 pounds.
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Frank Coggins Franklin Coggins (May 22, 1944 – October 30, 1994) was an American professional baseball player. A switch-hitting native of Griffin, Georgia, who primarily played second base and shortstop, Coggins stood 6 ft tall, weighed 187 lb , and threw right-handed.
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Bill Stumpf (baseball) William Frederick Stumpf (March 21, 1892 – February 14, 1966) was an infielder in Major League Baseball. He played two seasons for the New York Yankees and subsequently spent several years in the minor leagues. Stumpf was 6 feet tall and weighed 175 pounds.
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Jim Breazeale James Leo Breazeale (born October 3, 1949 in Houston, Texas) is a retired American Major League Baseball first baseman. Standing 6 ft tall and weighing 210 lb , he batted left-handed, and threw right-handed. Breazeale was drafted by the Atlanta Braves with the eighth pick of the first round of the January 1968 Major League Baseball Draft.
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Ron Henry (baseball) Ronald Baxter "Ron" Henry (August 7, 1936 – May 14, 2016) was an American professional baseball player. He was a catcher who spent one full season (1961) and part of another (1964) in Major League Baseball as a member of the Minnesota Twins. He threw and batted right-handed, stood 6 ft tall, and weighed 180 lb .
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Rudy Schlesinger William Cordes "Rudy" Schlesinger (born November 5, 1941) is an American former professional baseball player. He had one at bat in Major League Baseball as a pinch hitter for the 1965 Boston Red Sox. Listed at 6 ft , 175 lb , Schlesinger batted and threw right-handed. He spent much of his seven-year (1964–70) professional career in the Red Sox organization, although Boston would lose him on waivers once, trade him twice, and reacquire him twice in the space of four seasons.
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Fats Dantonio John James "Fats" Dantonio (December 31, 1918 – May 28, 1993) was a Major League Baseball catcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1944 and 1945. "Fats" was 5 ft tall and weighed only 165 pounds. He made history in baseball.
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Joe Lovitto Joseph Lovitto, Jr. (January 6, 1951 – May 19, 2001) was an American professional baseball player, a center fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Texas Rangers (1972–1975). He was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed, standing 6 ft tall and weighing 185 lb .
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Ed Charles Edwin Douglas Charles (born April 29, 1933) is a retired third baseman in Major League Baseball. A right-handed hitter, Charles played for the Kansas City Athletics (1962–67) and New York Mets (1967–69). He was listed as 5 ft tall and 170 lb .
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Nate Freiman Nathan Samuel Freiman (born December 31, 1986) is an American professional baseball first baseman for the Pericos de Puebla of the Mexican Baseball League. He is 6 ft tall, weighs 250 lbs , and bats and throws right-handed. In 2013, baseball writer Tim Brown wrote, "Near as anyone can tell, there's never been a taller major-league position player than Freiman."
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Gary Holman (baseball) Gary Richard Holman (born January 25, 1944 in Long Beach, California) is a retired American professional baseball player. A first baseman and outfielder, he appeared in 116 games over two seasons (1968–69) in Major League Baseball for the Washington Senators. Holman threw and batted left-handed, stood 6 ft tall and weighed 200 lb .
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Duke Simpson Thomas Leo "Duke" Simpson (born September 15, 1927) is a retired American professional baseball player. A right-handed pitcher, Simpson had a seven-year (1948–1954) career, which included a full, 1953 season in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs. He stood 6 ft tall and weighed 190 lb .
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Mike Loan William Joseph "Mike" Loan (September 27, 1894 – November 12, 1966) was a Major League Baseball player for the Philadelphia Phillies. He was officially listed as standing 5 ft and weighing 185 lb .
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Mike Sember Michael David Sember (born February 24, 1953) is an American former professional baseball player. Primarily a shortstop in minor league baseball, he appeared in 12 games in the Major Leagues in 1977 –1978 , most often as a late-inning defensive replacement as a third baseman, for the Chicago Cubs. He threw and batted right-handed, stood 6 ft tall and weighed 185 lb .
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Dick Culler Richard Broadus Culler (January 15, 1915 – June 16, 1964), known outside of professional baseball by his middle name, was an American pro baseball player who appeared in 472 Major League games (primarily as a shortstop) for the Philadelphia Athletics (1936), Chicago White Sox (1943), Boston Braves (1944–47), Chicago Cubs (1948) and New York Giants (1949). The native of High Point, North Carolina, stood 5 ft tall and weighed 155 lb .
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Jerry Snyder Gerald George Snyder (born July 21, 1929 in Jenks, Oklahoma) is an American former infielder in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Washington Senators from 1952 to 1958. Listed at 6 ft , 170 lb , he batted and threw right-handed.
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Al Tomaini Aurelio "Al" Tomaini (February 25, 1912 - August 30, 1962), was once the world's tallest individual. Tomaini claimed a height of 8 feet, 5½ inches; however, he was really 7 feet, 4 inches.