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The Top Ranked Baseball Players of the 1880s
Notes: This list is based on pro stats.
What players did in college is not factored into this list.
| Rnk | Athlete | POS |
| 1 | John Clarkson | SP |
| 2 | Cap Anson | 1B |
| 3 | Dan Brouthers | 1B |
| 4 | Roger Connor | 1B |
| 5 | Tim Keefe | SP |
| 6 | Old Hoss Radbourn | SP |
| 7 | Larry Corcoran | SP |
| 8 | King Kelly | RF |
| 9 | George Gore | CF |
| 10 | Jim McCormick | SP |
| 11 | Jim Whitney | SP |
| 12 | Mickey Welch | SP |
| 13 | Charlie Buffinton | SP |
| 14 | Abner Dalrymple | LF |
| 15 | Pud Galvin | SP |
| 16 | Jim O'Rourke | LF |
| 17 | Charlie Ferguson | SP |
| 18 | Hardy Richardson | 2B |
| 19 | Monte Ward | SP |
| 20 | Fred Goldsmith | SP |
| 21 | Paul Hines | CF |
| 22 | Pretzels Getzien | SP |
| 23 | Ezra Sutton | 3B |
| 24 | Fred Dunlap | 2B |
| 25 | Jimmy Ryan | CF |
| 26 | Dupee Shaw | SP |
| 27 | Stump Weidman | SP |
| 28 | Jack Glasscock | SS |
| 29 | Jack Rowe | SS |
| 30 | Deacon White | 3B |
| 31 | Fred Pfeffer | 2B |
| 32 | Dan Casey | SP |
| 33 | Ned Williamson | 3B |
| 34 | Buck Ewing | C |
| 35 | Pete Conway | SP |
| 36 | Joe Hornung | LF |
| 37 | Henry Boyle | SP |
| 38 | George Wood | LF |
| 39 | John Morrill | 1B |
| 40 | Joe Start | 1B |
| 41 | Charlie Bennett | C |
| 42 | Sam Wise | SS |
| 43 | Jerry Denny | 3B |
| 44 | Tom Burns | SS |
| 45 | Sam Thompson | RF |
| 46 | Lady Baldwin | SP |
| 47 | Ned Hanlon | CF |
| 48 | George Van Haltren | LF |
| 49 | Billy Nash | 3B |
| 50 | Blondie Purcell | LF |
| 51 | Lee Richmond | SP |
| 52 | Jack Farrell | 2B |
| 53 | Charlie Sweeney | SP |
| 54 | Fred Corey | SP |
| 55 | Egyptian Healy | SP |
| 56 | Jim Fogarty | RF |
| 57 | Emmett Seery | LF |
| 58 | Pete Gillespie | LF |
| 59 | Jack Burdock | 2B |
| 60 | Mike Tiernan | RF |
| 61 | Mike Dorgan | RF |
| 62 | Harry Stovey | CF |
| 63 | Ed Andrews | CF |
| 64 | Ed Daily | SP |
| 65 | George Derby | SP |
| 66 | Pete Hotaling | CF |
| 67 | Tom York | LF |
| 68 | Alex McKinnon | 1B |
| 69 | Ed Morris (1862) | SP |
| 70 | Hank O'Day | SP |
| 71 | Hugh Daily | SP |
| 72 | George Bradley | SP |
| 73 | Mark Baldwin | SP |
| 74 | Kid Madden | SP |
| 75 | John Coleman | SP |
| 76 | Dick Johnston | CF |
| 77 | Ben Sanders | SP |
| 78 | Bobby Mathews | SP |
| 79 | Harry Staley | SP |
| 80 | Orator Shafer | RF |
| 81 | Curry Foley | SP |
| 82 | Cannonball Titcomb | SP |
| 83 | Jocko Flynn | SP |
| 84 | John Kirby | SP |
| 85 | Bill Stemmeyer | SP |
| 86 | Ed Beatin | SP |
| 87 | Hugh Duffy | RF |
| 88 | Billy Serad | SP |
| 89 | Henry Gruber | SP |
| 90 | Bill Hutchinson | SP |
| 91 | Will White | SP |
| 92 | Gus Krock | SP |
| 93 | Bill Sowders | SP |
| 94 | Bill Vinton | SP |
| 95 | Tommy Bond | SP |
| 96 | Jersey Bakley | SP |
| 97 | Will Sawyer | SP |
| 98 | Dummy Hoy | CF |
| 99 | Charley Jones | LF |
| 100 | Ad Gumbert | SP |
| 101 | The Only Nolan | SP |
| 102 | Cinders O'Brien | SP |
| 103 | John Harkins | SP |
| 104 | Frank Gilmore | SP |
| 105 | John Fox | SP |
| 106 | John O'Rourke | CF |
| 107 | John Tener | SP |
| 108 | Buttercup Dickerson | LF |
| 109 | Jack Lynch | SP |
| 110 | Tip O'Neill | SP |
| 111 | Alex Ferson | SP |
| 112 | Ed Bagley | SP |
| 113 | Ed Crane | SP |
| 114 | Frank Meinke | SP |
| 115 | Dick Burns | SP |
| 116 | Ed McKean | SS |
| 117 | Frank Dwyer | SP |
| 118 | Frank Mountain | SP |
| 119 | Otto Schomberg | 1B |
| 120 | Joe Mulvey | 3B |
| 121 | Bill Crowley | CF |
| 122 | Jack Manning | RF |
| 123 | Martin Powell | 1B |
| 124 | Larry Twitchell | LF |
| 125 | Art Hagan | SP |
| 126 | Jake Beckley | 1B |
| 127 | Sam Moffet | SP |
| 128 | Arthur Irwin | SS |
| 129 | Danny Richardson | 2B |
| 130 | Lon Knight | RF |
| 131 | Marty Sullivan | LF |
| 132 | Fred Carroll | C |
| 133 | Kid Gleason | SP |
| 134 | Bob Barr | SP |
| 135 | Pete Wood | SP |
| 136 | Tom Brown | RF |
| 137 | Bob Ferguson | 2B |
| 138 | Cliff Carroll | LF |
| 139 | John Clapp | C |
| 140 | George Haddock | SP |
| 141 | Emil Gross | C |
| 142 | Walt Wilmot | LF |
| 143 | Bill Burdick | SP |
| 144 | Dick Conway | SP |
| 145 | Bill Phillips | 1B |
| 146 | Silver Flint | C |
| 147 | Al Myers | 2B |
| 148 | Lev Shreve | SP |
| 149 | Billy O'Brien | 1B |
| 150 | Amos Rusie | SP |
| 151 | Bill Kuehne | 3B |
| 152 | Patsy Tebeau | 3B |
| 153 | Sid Farrar | 1B |
| 154 | George Keefe | SP |
| 155 | Jackie Hayes (OF) | CF |
| 156 | John Cassidy | CF |
| 157 | Mike Muldoon | 3B |
| 158 | Bill McClellan | SS |
| 159 | Paul Radford | RF |
| 160 | Charley Bassett | 2B |
| 161 | Ed Cogswell | 1B |
| 162 | Sadie Houck | SS |
| 163 | Dude Esterbrook | 3B |
| 164 | Doggie Miller | C |
| 165 | Duke Farrell | C |
| 166 | Jack McGeachey | RF |
| 167 | Mox McQuery | 1B |
| 168 | Cub Stricker | 2B |
| 169 | Jim Lillie | RF |
| 170 | Tom Poorman | RF |
| 171 | Ed Rowen | RF |
| 172 | Ross Barnes | SS |
| 173 | Art Whitney | 3B |
| 174 | Jim Manning | CF |
| 175 | Billy Sunday | CF |
| 176 | Dave Rowe | CF |
| 177 | Joe Quest | 2B |
| 178 | Chief Roseman | RF |
| 179 | Milt Scott | 1B |
| 180 | Pop Smith | SS |
| 181 | Ed Caskin | SS |
| 182 | Joe Farrell | 3B |
| 183 | Pat Deasley | C |
| 184 | Joe Gerhardt | 2B |
| 185 | Charlie Bastian | SS |
| 186 | Hick Carpenter | 3B |
| 187 | George Myers | C |
| 188 | Bill W. Hallman | SS |
| 189 | Charlie Ganzel | 2B |
| 190 | Jake Evans | RF |
| 191 | Frank Hankinson | 3B |
| 192 | Davy Force | SS |
| 193 | John Peters | SS |
| 194 | Barney Gilligan | C |
| 195 | Joe Quinn | LF |
| 196 | Mike Slattery | CF |
| 197 | Jack Fee | RP |
| 198 | Jimmy Knowles | 2B |
| 199 | Mike Sullivan | RP |
| 200 | George Creamer | 2B |
| 201 | Jim Donnelly | 3B |
| 202 | Connie Mack | C |
| 203 | Doc Bushong | C |
| 204 | John Cahill | RF |
| 205 | John Reilly | 1B |
| 206 | Jack Clements | C |
| 207 | Phil Baker | 1B |
| 208 | Germany Smith | 2B |
| 209 | Jimmy McAleer | CF |
| 210 | Doc Kennedy | C |
| 211 | Sam Trott | 2B |
| 212 | Bill Holbert | C |
| 213 | Sam Barkley | 1B |
| 214 | Bill Harbridge | CF |
| 215 | George Shoch | SS |
| 216 | Dasher Troy | 2B |
| 217 | Jay Faatz | 1B |
| 218 | Sam Crane | 2B |
| 219 | Pop Snyder | C |
| 220 | Bill Geiss | 2B |
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