How tall is Nolan Ryan?

Nolan Ryan is commonly listed at 6 ft 2 in (188 cm).

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Nolan Ryan’s 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) is very tall for a US man: more than 95 in 100 US men are shorter.

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Nolan Ryan beside others

Nolan Ryan is one of the taller baseball players we have heights for: Randy Johnson (6 ft 10 in) stands 8 in (20.3 cm) taller and Yogi Berra (5 ft 7 in) is 7 in (18 cm) shorter.

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6 ft 2 in (188 cm)

A commonly listed height: it appears across many profiles, but none says when or how it was measured, so shoes and rounding may be part of the number.

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Nolan Ryan, 6 ft 2 in (188 cm), drawn to scale beside the average US man, 5 ft 9 in (175 cm), and the average US woman, 5 ft 3.5 in (161 cm)