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| Palestine Daily Herald - July 5, 1910 |
That "is some heavy". How much heavy?
| Team | Weight | |
| Pygmies | total weight | 4827 |
| average weight | 536 |
Here's another claim to be the biggest and heaviest team.
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| Rock Island Argus - June 21, 1910 |
That also "is some heavy".
| Team | Weight | |
| Fat Men | total weight | 3715 |
| average weight | 413 |
Let's compare that to a modern team. I've selected the Boston Red Sox starting nine for the 6th game of the 2013 World Series.
| Name | Position | Weight |
| Jacoby Ellsbury | CF | 195 |
| Dustin Pedroia | 2B | 165 |
| David Ortiz | 1B | 250 |
| Jonny Gomes | LF | 230 |
| Daniel Nava | RF | 200 |
| Xander Bogaerts | 3B | 185 |
| Stephen Drew | SS | 190 |
| David Ross | C | 230 |
| Jon Lester | P | 240 |
| total weight | 1885 | |
| average weight | 209 |
2013 weight info from Baseball-Reference.com.
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