| Rk | Player | Wt | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walter Young | 320 | 2005 | 2005 |
| 2 | Jonathan Broxton | 295 | 2005 | 2010 |
| 3 | Jumbo Brown | 295 | 1925 | 1941 |
| 4 | Brad Eldred | 290 | 2005 | 2010 |
| 5 | Jon Rauch | 290 | 2002 | 2010 |
| 6 | CC Sabathia | 290 | 2001 | 2010 |
| 7 | Adam Dunn | 285 | 2001 | 2010 |
| 8 | Jeff Fulchino | 285 | 2006 | 2010 |
| 9 | Chad Paronto | 285 | 2001 | 2009 |
| 10 | Calvin Pickering | 283 | 1998 | 2005 |
I can't help but see some inherent flaws in Baseball Reference's weight data. For one, you can't just define a player by one measure of weight over his entire career...weight fluctuates a lot over a player's career. Pablo Sandoval just lost 38 pounds for example. Also, nine of the fifteen heaviest players played in 2010. The 25 lightest players, according to Baseball Reference, debuted pre-1940s. Something's going on here...and I don't really understand it. But this all seems quite flawed. Anyone care to chime in with some theories? Also odd, Bengie Molina ranks as the 525th heaviest player of all time. If you ask me, that seems a little low down there in the rankings.
Anyway, this is quite hilarious. Jonathan Broxton: second heaviest (fattest) player of all time (well actually, I set the data from 1901-2010, but whatever).
