Orix Buffaloes announced on the 13th that it had acquired a right-hander with a height of 213 cm, Sean Jerry pitcher (28) = Giants FA = as a new foreigner. In NPB, Rakuten Eagles Fan Mill (14 years) is 216 cm tall and is the tallest ever. In the club, it will exceed Schultz (13 years) and Moya (19~21 years) 201 cm.
The tallest athletes in major sports
▼Soccer: Russian Pavel Podkolzin, a former NBA player, is 226 cm tall. He played in the Cup of Russia last August as a member of Russia's Amkar Moscow. In the J.League, forward Makito Hatanaka, who played for J3 Tottori from 2015 to 2018, is 205 cm tall.
▼Sumo Among the sekitori since the Showa era, former sekiwake Fudoiwa is 214 cm tall.
▼NBA Gheorghe Muresan, a Romanian who joined the Washington Bullets in the 1993 draft, and Manute Bol, who played for the Washington Bullets and Miami Heat in the 1980s and 1990s, are both 231 cm tall.
*Major players are from Baseball Reference. Final affiliation is in parentheses, and Fudoiwa is the highest ranked player.
Related News
・ [Orix Buffaloes] Officially announces the acquisition of Shawn Jerry, the tallest right-hander in the majors at 213 cm, "to bring the team to the top of Japan"
・ [Orix Buffaloes] Agreement reached with new foreign player Shawn Jerry. The tallest right-hander in the majors at 211 cm, the contract will be officially announced soon.
・ [Orix Buffaloes] Major League Baseball is investigating the tallest right-hander in history, Shawn Jerry, at 211cm, and has him listed as one of the top new foreign players.
・ [DeNA] US reports say they will acquire a former two-way player, Yu Darvish and Yuki Matsui, a right-handed pitcher over 2 meters tall. 19 appearances in the majors this season.
・ [Orix Buffaloes] Daiki Tajima plans to run 6 kilometers to become a "top-class" player on the level of NBA's LeBron James, "to get even one step closer"
