The Top Ranked Baseball Players by
Rookie Year-2004
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 |
Joe Mauer |
C |
145 |
2 |
Matt Holliday |
LF |
264 |
3 |
Zack Greinke |
SP |
285 |
4 |
Jose Bautista |
RF |
315 |
5 |
Ryan Howard |
1B |
321 |
6 |
David Wright |
3B |
358 |
7 |
Adrian Gonzalez |
1B |
404 |
8 |
Scott Kazmir |
SP |
508 |
9 |
Yadier Molina |
C |
619 |
10 |
Grady Sizemore |
CF |
698 |
11 |
Curtis Granderson |
CF |
731 |
12 |
Heath Bell |
RP |
741 |
13 |
Alex Rios |
RF |
1182 |
14 |
Kevin Youkilis |
1B |
1210 |
15 |
Santiago Casilla |
RP |
1640 |
16 |
Corey Hart |
RF |
1771 |
17 |
Chris R. Young |
SP |
1829 |
18 |
Nick Swisher |
RF |
1870 |
19 |
Adam LaRoche |
1B |
2049 |
20 |
Matt Thornton |
RP |
2240 |
21 |
Joe Blanton |
SP |
2287 |
22 |
Chad Qualls |
RP |
2454 |
23 |
Jorge De La Rosa |
SP |
2525 |
24 |
Frank Francisco |
RP |
2573 |
25 |
Jesse Crain |
RP |
2588 |
26 |
Brandon League |
RP |
2651 |
27 |
Jason Frasor |
RP |
2861 |
28 |
John Buck |
C |
2863 |
29 |
Jeremy Guthrie |
SP |
3153 |
30 |
Dioner Navarro |
C |
3185 |
31 |
Gavin Floyd |
SP |
3249 |
32 |
Melvin Upton |
CF |
3330 |
33 |
Jeff Francis |
SP |
3681 |
34 |
Josh Willingham |
LF |
3777 |
35 |
David Bush |
SP |
3788 |
36 |
Brad Hawpe |
RF |
3801 |
37 |
Daniel Cabrera |
SP |
4038 |
38 |
Matt Guerrier |
RP |
4159 |
39 |
Michael Wuertz |
RP |
4252 |
40 |
Mike Adams |
RP |
4271 |
41 |
George Sherrill |
RP |
4376 |
42 |
Shawn Camp |
RP |
4590 |
43 |
Shingo Takatsu |
RP |
4615 |
44 |
Kameron Loe |
RP |
4718 |
45 |
Jose Lopez |
2B |
4776 |
46 |
Ian Snell |
SP |
4789 |
47 |
David Aardsma |
RP |
4895 |
48 |
Takashi Toritani |
SS |
5161 |
49 |
Takumi Kuriyama |
LF |
5163 |
50 |
John Maine |
SP |
5178 |
51 |
Jason Bartlett |
SS |
5188 |
52 |
Jason Kubel |
LF |
5227 |
53 |
Sean Burnett |
RP |
5386 |
54 |
Akinori Otsuka |
RP |
5635 |
55 |
Lance Cormier |
RP |
5733 |
56 |
Chris Snyder |
C |
5798 |
57 |
Jorge Cantu |
3B |
5935 |
58 |
Scott Atchison |
RP |
6159 |
59 |
Casey Kotchman |
1B |
6484 |
60 |
Scott Proctor |
RP |
6794 |
61 |
Brad Hennessey |
RP |
6850 |
62 |
Kaz Matsui |
2B |
7063 |
63 |
Brian Bruney |
RP |
7744 |
64 |
Joe Horgan |
RP |
7761 |
65 |
Jeff Keppinger |
2B |
7766 |
66 |
Gustavo Chacin |
SP |
7820 |
67 |
Tyler Yates |
RP |
7943 |
68 |
Chad Tracy |
3B |
8025 |
69 |
Justin Germano |
SP |
8182 |
70 |
Willy Taveras |
CF |
8410 |
71 |
Cha-Seung Baek |
SP |
8470 |
72 |
Yhency Brazoban |
RP |
8542 |
73 |
Maicer Izturis |
3B |
8597 |
74 |
Denny Bautista |
RP |
8787 |
75 |
Shawn Hill |
SP |
8788 |
76 |
Brad Halsey |
RP |
8938 |
77 |
Jeff Bennett |
RP |
9214 |
78 |
Scott Hairston |
LF |
9283 |
79 |
Ryan Raburn |
LF |
9291 |
80 |
Gary Majewski |
RP |
9507 |
81 |
Jose Castillo |
2B |
9545 |
82 |
Lenny DiNardo |
RP |
9589 |
83 |
Fernando Cabrera |
RP |
9630 |
84 |
Logan Kensing |
RP |
9638 |
85 |
Jon Leicester |
RP |
9645 |
86 |
Scott Dohmann |
RP |
9756 |
87 |
Roberto Novoa |
RP |
9829 |
88 |
Travis Blackley |
RP |
9910 |
89 |
Brendan Harris |
SS |
10117 |
90 |
Ryan Church |
RF |
10160 |
91 |
Roman Colon |
RP |
10186 |
92 |
Greg Dobbs |
3B |
10274 |
93 |
Greg Aquino |
RP |
10372 |
94 |
Rene Rivera |
C |
10417 |
95 |
Bobby Madritsch |
SP |
10481 |
96 |
Elizardo Ramirez |
SP |
10496 |
97 |
Dan Meyer (RP) |
RP |
10741 |
98 |
Gabe Gross |
RF |
10888 |
99 |
Kazuhito Tadano |
RP |
10940 |
100 |
Chris Shelton |
1B |
11029 |
101 |
Justin Lehr |
RP |
11060 |
102 |
John Van Benschoten |
SP |
11146 |
103 |
Mike Gosling |
RP |
11234 |
104 |
Jose Capellan |
RP |
11453 |
105 |
Matt Treanor |
C |
11631 |
106 |
Ben Hendrickson |
SP |
11678 |
107 |
Felix Diaz |
RP |
11772 |
108 |
Jimmy Serrano |
SP |
11837 |
109 |
Allan Simpson |
RP |
12030 |
110 |
Chris Burke |
2B |
12179 |
111 |
Donnie Murphy |
3B |
12217 |
112 |
Luis A. Gonzalez |
2B |
12228 |
113 |
Russ Adams |
SS |
12290 |
114 |
Jeremy Reed |
CF |
12407 |
115 |
Eddy Rodriguez |
RP |
12442 |
116 |
Merkin Valdez |
RP |
12455 |
117 |
Andres Blanco |
2B |
12596 |
118 |
J.D. Durbin |
RP |
12600 |
119 |
Casey Daigle |
RP |
12616 |
120 |
Juan Padilla |
RP |
12652 |
121 |
Kyle Denney |
SP |
12701 |
122 |
Joey Gathright |
CF |
12744 |
123 |
Randy Williams |
RP |
12750 |
124 |
Wilson Valdez |
SS |
12770 |
125 |
Terrmel Sledge |
LF |
12772 |
126 |
Darnell McDonald |
RF |
12790 |
127 |
Bartolome Fortunato |
RP |
12812 |
128 |
Nick Regilio |
RP |
12875 |
129 |
Nick Green |
2B |
12886 |
130 |
Matt Hensley |
RP |
12922 |
131 |
Clint Nageotte |
RP |
12940 |
132 |
Ruben Gotay |
2B |
13100 |
133 |
Hector Luna |
2B |
13189 |
134 |
Nook Logan |
CF |
13237 |
135 |
Marty McLeary |
RP |
13274 |
136 |
Cliff Bartosh |
RP |
13296 |
137 |
Chad Bentz |
RP |
13329 |
138 |
Mike Johnston |
RP |
13389 |
139 |
Victor Diaz |
RF |
13395 |
140 |
JD Closser |
C |
13434 |
141 |
Frank Brooks |
RP |
13575 |
142 |
Justin Huisman |
RP |
13667 |
143 |
Pedro Liriano |
RP |
13739 |
144 |
Carmen Cali |
RP |
13746 |
145 |
Choo Freeman |
CF |
13794 |
146 |
Dallas McPherson |
3B |
13799 |
147 |
Travis Hughes |
RP |
13942 |
148 |
Charles Thomas |
LF |
13963 |
149 |
Aaron Rakers |
RP |
13984 |
150 |
Franklin Nunez |
RP |
14006 |
151 |
Anastacio Martinez |
RP |
14074 |
152 |
Andy Green |
2B |
14084 |
153 |
Andy Phillips |
1B |
14086 |
154 |
Arnie Munoz |
RP |
14099 |
155 |
Bucky Jacobsen |
1B |
14150 |
156 |
Chris Aguila |
LF |
14174 |
157 |
Doug DeVore |
LF |
14250 |
158 |
Francisco Cruceta |
RP |
14283 |
159 |
Guillermo Quiroz |
C |
14307 |
160 |
Jason Dubois |
LF |
14339 |
161 |
Jason Szuminski |
RP |
14346 |
162 |
Jorge Piedra |
RF |
14402 |
163 |
Steve Watkins |
RP |
14669 |
164 |
Terry Tiffee |
3B |
14686 |
165 |
Tim Olson |
3B |
14694 |
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