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The Top Ranked Baseball Players of the 1870s
Notes: This list is based on pro stats.
What players did in college is not factored into this list.
| Rnk | Athlete | POS |
| 1 | Monte Ward | SP |
| 2 | Will White | SP |
| 3 | Jim Devlin | SP |
| 4 | John O'Rourke | CF |
| 5 | Pud Galvin | SP |
| 6 | Tommy Bond | SP |
| 7 | Terry Larkin | SP |
| 8 | George Hall | LF |
| 9 | Sam Weaver | SP |
| 10 | The Only Nolan | SP |
| 11 | Jim McCormick | SP |
| 12 | Bill McGunnigle | SP |
| 13 | Buttercup Dickerson | LF |
| 14 | Foghorn Bradley | SP |
| 15 | Candy Cummings | SP |
| 16 | George Bradley | SP |
| 17 | Tricky Nichols | SP |
| 18 | Joe Borden | SP |
| 19 | Tom Healey | SP |
| 20 | Deacon White | C |
| 21 | Dick Higham | RF |
| 22 | Cal McVey | 1B |
| 23 | Curry Foley | SP |
| 24 | Harry Wheeler | SP |
| 25 | Lon Knight | SP |
| 26 | Bobby Mathews | SP |
| 27 | Bobby Mitchell | SP |
| 28 | Paul Hines | CF |
| 29 | Jim O'Rourke | CF |
| 30 | Cherokee Fisher | SP |
| 31 | Harry McCormick | SP |
| 32 | Cap Anson | 3B |
| 33 | Charley Jones | LF |
| 34 | King Kelly | RF |
| 35 | Dory Dean | SP |
| 36 | Harry Salisbury | SP |
| 37 | Levi Meyerle | 3B |
| 38 | George Zettlein | SP |
| 39 | Sadie Houck | RF |
| 40 | John Cassidy | RF |
| 41 | Dale Williams | SP |
| 42 | Abner Dalrymple | LF |
| 43 | Orator Shafer | RF |
| 44 | Ross Barnes | 2B |
| 45 | Pete Hotaling | CF |
| 46 | Lip Pike | CF |
| 47 | Joe Start | 1B |
| 48 | Frank Hankinson | SP |
| 49 | Al Spalding | SP |
| 50 | Hardy Richardson | 3B |
| 51 | Tom York | LF |
| 52 | John Clapp | C |
| 53 | Jack Manning | RF |
| 54 | John Peters | SS |
| 55 | Bob Ferguson | 3B |
| 56 | Ned Williamson | 3B |
| 57 | George Wright | SS |
| 58 | Mike Dorgan | RF |
| 59 | John Morrill | 3B |
| 60 | John Glenn | LF |
| 61 | Blondie Purcell | SP |
| 62 | Ezra Sutton | SS |
| 63 | Joe Battin | 3B |
| 64 | Mike Golden | SP |
| 65 | Bill Harbridge | C |
| 66 | Joe Gerhardt | 2B |
| 67 | Joe Blong | SP |
| 68 | Amos Booth | SP |
| 69 | Lew Brown | C |
| 70 | Tim Murnane | 1B |
| 71 | Jack Remsen | CF |
| 72 | Silver Flint | C |
| 73 | Charlie Eden | RF |
| 74 | Jumbo Latham | 1B |
| 75 | Andy Leonard | LF |
| 76 | Mike McGeary | 2B |
| 77 | Wes Fisler | 2B |
| 78 | Ed Cogswell | 1B |
| 79 | Jimmy Hallinan | SS |
| 80 | Will Foley | 3B |
| 81 | Jack Burdock | 2B |
| 82 | Bill Phillips | 1B |
| 83 | Bill Crowley | CF |
| 84 | Bob Addy | RF |
| 85 | Jack Farrell | 2B |
| 86 | Jake Goodman | 1B |
| 87 | Joe Hornung | LF |
| 88 | Bill Hague | 3B |
| 89 | Chub Sullivan | 1B |
| 90 | Tom Carey | SS |
| 91 | Oscar Walker | 1B |
| 92 | Russ McKelvy | CF |
| 93 | Chick Fullmer | SS |
| 94 | Harry Schafer | 3B |
| 95 | Bill Craver | SS |
| 96 | Pop Snyder | C |
| 97 | George Gore | CF |
| 98 | Davy Force | SS |
| 99 | Billy Geer | SS |
| 100 | Ned Cuthbert | LF |
| 101 | Jim Holdsworth | CF |
| 102 | Dave Eggler | CF |
| 103 | Charlie Bennett | C |
| 104 | Scott Hastings | CF |
| 105 | Joe Quest | 2B |
| 106 | Art Croft | 1B |
| 107 | Bill McClellan | 2B |
| 108 | Everett Mills | 1B |
| 109 | Ed Caskin | SS |
| 110 | Billy Redmond | SS |
| 111 | Johnny Ryan | LF |
| 112 | Doc Kennedy | C |
| 113 | Fred Warner | SS |
| 114 | Al Hall | CF |
| 115 | George Creamer | 2B |
| 116 | Henry Kessler | SS |
| 117 | Charlie Gould | 1B |
| 118 | Doug Allison | C |
| 119 | Jake Evans | RF |
| 120 | Dave Pierson | C |
| 121 | Charlie Sweasy | 2B |
| 122 | Jack Glasscock | 2B |
| 123 | William Coon | RF |
| 124 | Bill Holbert | RF |
| 125 | Fred Treacey | LF |
| 126 | John Richmond | CF |
| 127 | Nat Hicks | C |
| 128 | Charlie Reilley | C |
| 129 | Denny Mack | SS |
| 130 | Mike Mansell | LF |
| 131 | Eddie Booth | RF |
| 132 | Thorny Hawkes | 2B |
| 133 | Herman Dehlman | 1B |
| 134 | Hick Carpenter | 1B |
| 135 | Ed Somerville | 2B |
| 136 | Jimmy Macullar | SS |
| 137 | Herm Doscher | 3B |
| 138 | Al Nichols | 3B |
| 139 | George Strief | CF |
| 140 | Redleg Snyder | LF |
| 141 | Barney Gilligan | C |
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