The Top Ranked Baseball Players by
Rookie Year-2001
Notes: This is a list of the
greatest baseball players to start their pro career in the year listed.
Ranking Explanation
Rnk |
Athlete |
POS |
Overall Rank |
1 |
Albert Pujols |
1B |
7 |
2 |
CC Sabathia |
SP |
295 |
3 |
Roy Oswalt |
SP |
305 |
4 |
Josh Beckett |
SP |
408 |
5 |
Ichiro Suzuki |
RF |
430 |
6 |
Carlos Zambrano |
SP |
459 |
7 |
Ben Sheets |
SP |
643 |
8 |
Brian Fuentes |
RP |
837 |
9 |
Adam Dunn |
LF |
954 |
10 |
Brian Roberts |
2B |
1514 |
11 |
Michael Cuddyer |
RF |
1560 |
12 |
Danys Baez |
RP |
1679 |
13 |
R.A. Dickey |
SP |
1704 |
14 |
Grant Balfour |
RP |
1884 |
15 |
Joaquin Benoit |
RP |
1928 |
16 |
Scot Shields |
RP |
1958 |
17 |
Carlos Pena |
1B |
2098 |
18 |
Kyle Lohse |
SP |
2261 |
19 |
Justin Duchscherer |
RP |
2266 |
20 |
Shea Hillenbrand |
3B |
2646 |
21 |
Brandon Lyon |
RP |
2709 |
22 |
Shawn Chacon |
SP |
2723 |
23 |
Aaron Rowand |
CF |
2821 |
24 |
Johnny Estrada |
C |
3037 |
25 |
David Eckstein |
SS |
3297 |
26 |
Mike MacDougal |
RP |
3396 |
27 |
Lyle Overbay |
1B |
3434 |
28 |
Scott Podsednik |
LF |
3486 |
29 |
Jorge Julio |
RP |
3545 |
30 |
Juan Cruz |
RP |
3551 |
31 |
Felipe Lopez |
SS |
3558 |
32 |
Brandon Inge |
3B |
3584 |
33 |
Josh Fogg |
SP |
4080 |
34 |
Juan Rincon |
RP |
4139 |
35 |
Joe Kennedy |
SP |
4253 |
36 |
Jason Jennings |
SP |
4298 |
37 |
Victor Zambrano |
SP |
4300 |
38 |
Aaron Crow |
RP |
4304 |
39 |
Marcus Giles |
2B |
4469 |
40 |
Brian Lawrence |
SP |
4504 |
41 |
Jack E. Wilson |
SS |
4514 |
42 |
Tim Redding |
SP |
4532 |
43 |
Chris Reitsma |
RP |
4722 |
44 |
Jesus Colome |
RP |
4794 |
45 |
Cesar Izturis |
SS |
4819 |
46 |
Casey Fossum |
SP |
4999 |
47 |
Joe Beimel |
RP |
5023 |
48 |
Seiichi Uchikawa |
1B |
5149 |
49 |
Shinnosuke Abe |
C |
5155 |
50 |
Josh Towers |
SP |
5214 |
51 |
Juan Uribe |
SS |
5291 |
52 |
Brad Wilkerson |
LF |
5571 |
53 |
Victor Santos |
RP |
5853 |
54 |
Brandon Duckworth |
SP |
5930 |
55 |
Juan Rivera |
LF |
5939 |
56 |
Joe Nelson |
RP |
5973 |
57 |
Nick Johnson |
1B |
5980 |
58 |
Damian Moss |
SP |
6524 |
59 |
Yorvit Torrealba |
C |
6555 |
60 |
Ryan Drese |
SP |
6857 |
61 |
Scott Stewart |
RP |
7023 |
62 |
Craig Monroe |
LF |
7038 |
63 |
David Williams |
SP |
7065 |
64 |
Jack Cust |
DH |
7135 |
65 |
Rick Bauer |
RP |
7212 |
66 |
Jay Gibbons |
RF |
7259 |
67 |
Sun-Woo Kim |
SP |
7599 |
68 |
Mike Koplove |
RP |
7641 |
69 |
Ken Harvey |
1B |
7784 |
70 |
Bobby Seay |
RP |
7855 |
71 |
Jason Phillips |
C |
8028 |
72 |
Jose Acevedo |
SP |
8038 |
73 |
Junior Spivey |
2B |
8124 |
74 |
Dan Wright |
SP |
8357 |
75 |
Ricky Stone |
RP |
8479 |
76 |
Jose A. Nunez |
RP |
8658 |
77 |
Angel Berroa |
SS |
8686 |
78 |
Tim Spooneybarger |
RP |
8745 |
79 |
Craig Wilson |
1B |
8904 |
80 |
Juan Moreno |
RP |
9012 |
81 |
Nick Punto |
2B |
9093 |
82 |
Gary Knotts |
RP |
9099 |
83 |
Rob Mackowiak |
RF |
9125 |
84 |
Adam Everett |
SS |
9126 |
85 |
Chris George |
SP |
9308 |
86 |
Nate Cornejo |
SP |
9337 |
87 |
Travis Phelps |
RP |
9398 |
88 |
Chad Paronto |
RP |
9403 |
89 |
Wilson Betemit |
3B |
9437 |
90 |
Courtney Duncan |
RP |
9457 |
91 |
Ryan Freel |
CF |
9548 |
92 |
Michael Bacsik |
SP |
9559 |
93 |
Willie Harris |
LF |
9592 |
94 |
Bobby Kielty |
RF |
9667 |
95 |
Sean Douglass |
SP |
9701 |
96 |
Carlos Hernandez (P) |
SP |
9852 |
97 |
Endy Chavez |
CF |
9870 |
98 |
Jason Michaels |
LF |
10025 |
99 |
Lance Davis |
SP |
10075 |
100 |
Alex Cintron |
SS |
10147 |
101 |
Kurt Ainsworth |
SP |
10401 |
102 |
Nick Bierbrodt |
SP |
10440 |
103 |
Ryan Jensen |
SP |
10444 |
104 |
Ramon Vazquez |
SS |
10451 |
105 |
Bob File |
RP |
10453 |
106 |
Jeremy Fikac |
RP |
10495 |
107 |
Bret Prinz |
RP |
10822 |
108 |
Jason Middlebrook |
RP |
10832 |
109 |
Brian Reith |
RP |
10854 |
110 |
Dicky Gonzalez |
RP |
10936 |
111 |
Geronimo Gil |
C |
10994 |
112 |
Alex Sanchez |
CF |
11069 |
113 |
Wascar Serrano |
RP |
11094 |
114 |
Blaine Neal |
RP |
11141 |
115 |
Jason Standridge |
RP |
11147 |
116 |
Dustan Mohr |
RF |
11240 |
117 |
Nick Neugebauer |
SP |
11294 |
118 |
Jared Fernandez |
RP |
11384 |
119 |
Adam Pettyjohn |
SP |
11466 |
120 |
Brad Thomas |
RP |
11538 |
121 |
Kevin Olsen |
RP |
11673 |
122 |
Larry Bigbie |
LF |
11676 |
123 |
Troy Mattes |
SP |
11906 |
124 |
Troy Brohawn |
RP |
11924 |
125 |
Mark Corey |
RP |
12012 |
126 |
Jeff Austin |
RP |
12106 |
127 |
Eddie Oropesa |
RP |
12111 |
128 |
Junior Herndon |
SP |
12121 |
129 |
Tsuyoshi Shinjo |
CF |
12253 |
130 |
Scott MacRae |
RP |
12433 |
131 |
Luis Pineda |
RP |
12444 |
132 |
Brent Abernathy |
2B |
12517 |
133 |
Adam Johnson |
RP |
12620 |
134 |
Brad Voyles |
RP |
12672 |
135 |
Jimmy Osting |
SP |
12719 |
136 |
Mark Lukasiewicz |
RP |
12786 |
137 |
Adrian Hernandez |
RP |
12969 |
138 |
Jared Sandberg |
3B |
12983 |
139 |
Brian Bowles |
RP |
13052 |
140 |
Brandon Knight |
RP |
13066 |
141 |
Tony Cogan |
RP |
13080 |
142 |
Brett Jodie |
RP |
13216 |
143 |
Brent Butler |
2B |
13251 |
144 |
Tom Wilson |
C |
13267 |
145 |
Eric Knott |
RP |
13349 |
146 |
Cody Ransom |
SS |
13400 |
147 |
Eric Valent |
LF |
13402 |
148 |
Chris Magruder |
RF |
13422 |
149 |
Roy Smith (1976) |
RP |
13463 |
150 |
Jamie Burke |
C |
13488 |
151 |
Jason Smith |
2B |
13489 |
152 |
Mike Rivera |
C |
13509 |
153 |
Chris Piersoll |
RP |
13552 |
154 |
Kris Foster |
RP |
13587 |
155 |
Bart Miadich |
RP |
13618 |
156 |
Humberto Cota |
C |
13627 |
157 |
Gus Gandarillas |
RP |
13634 |
158 |
Alex Escobar |
CF |
13766 |
159 |
Brandon Larson |
3B |
13779 |
160 |
Corky Miller |
C |
13798 |
161 |
Justin Atchley |
RP |
13975 |
162 |
Brandon Berger |
RF |
14130 |
163 |
Cesar Crespo |
2B |
14163 |
164 |
Donaldo Mendez |
SS |
14248 |
165 |
Erick Almonte |
SS |
14275 |
166 |
Henry Mateo |
2B |
14314 |
167 |
Ken Huckaby |
C |
14455 |
168 |
Luis Lopez |
3B |
14485 |
169 |
Tim Raines Jr. |
CF |
14695 |
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