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The Top Ranked Baseball Players by Rookie Year-1871
Notes: This is a list of the greatest baseball players to start their pro career in the year listed.
| Rnk | Athlete | POS | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Cap Anson | 1B | 49 |
| 2 | Deacon White | 3B | 257 |
| 3 | Joe Start | 1B | 492 |
| 4 | Ezra Sutton | 3B | 746 |
| 5 | Tom York | LF | 864 |
| 6 | Bob Ferguson | 3B | 1390 |
| 7 | Cal McVey | 1B | 1705 |
| 8 | Bobby Mathews | SP | 1766 |
| 9 | Davy Force | SS | 2256 |
| 10 | George Wright | SS | 2463 |
| 11 | Lip Pike | CF | 2932 |
| 12 | Ross Barnes | 2B | 2944 |
| 13 | Andy Leonard | CF | 3063 |
| 14 | Al Spalding | SP | 3281 |
| 15 | Mike McGeary | 2B | 3356 |
| 16 | George Hall | SS | 3650 |
| 17 | Dave Eggler | CF | 3767 |
| 18 | Dick Higham | RF | 3812 |
| 19 | Cherokee Fisher | SP | 3957 |
| 20 | Joe Quest | 2B | 4028 |
| 21 | Bill Craver | 2B | 4074 |
| 22 | Chick Fulmer | SS | 4118 |
| 23 | Ned Cuthbert | LF | 4221 |
| 24 | George Zettlein | SP | 4380 |
| 25 | Joe Battin | 3B | 4690 |
| 26 | Denny Mack | 1B | 4691 |
| 27 | Levi Meyerle | 3B | 4695 |
| 28 | John McMullin | LF | 4930 |
| 29 | John Glenn | LF | 4931 |
| 30 | Harry Schafer | 3B | 5013 |
| 31 | Everett Mills | 1B | 5040 |
| 32 | Wes Fisler | 3B | 5213 |
| 33 | Scott Hastings | C | 5616 |
| 34 | Doug Allison | C | 5620 |
| 35 | Jimmy Hallinan | SS | 5708 |
| 36 | Fred Treacey | LF | 5710 |
| 37 | Charlie Pabor | LF | 5774 |
| 38 | Dick McBride | SP | 5837 |
| 39 | Bill Stearns | SP | 6089 |
| 40 | Bob Addy | CF | 6205 |
| 41 | Charlie Gould | 1B | 6626 |
| 42 | Asa Brainard | SP | 6837 |
| 43 | Charlie Sweasy | 2B | 6845 |
| 44 | Harry Wright | CF | 6914 |
| 45 | George Bechtel | RF | 7023 |
| 46 | Dickey Pearce | SS | 7027 |
| 47 | Frank Fleet | 2B | 7080 |
| 48 | Fergy Malone | C | 7191 |
| 49 | John Hatfield | LF | 7283 |
| 50 | John Radcliff | SS | 7680 |
| 51 | Jimmy Wood | 2B | 8088 |
| 52 | Rynie Wolters | SP | 8812 |
| 53 | Al Pratt | SP | 8814 |
| 54 | Art Allison | LF | 8952 |
| 55 | Al Reach | RF | 9131 |
| 56 | Ed Pinkham | 3B | 9621 |
| 57 | Steve King | LF | 9725 |
| 58 | Warren White | 3B | 9825 |
| 59 | Fred Waterman | 3B | 10024 |
| 60 | Tommy Beals | CF | 10169 |
| 61 | Charlie Hodes | C | 10295 |
| 62 | James McDermott | SP | 10346 |
| 63 | Dave Birdsall | RF | 10396 |
| 64 | Bub McAtee | 1B | 10398 |
| 65 | Clipper Flynn | 1B | 10480 |
| 66 | Dickie Flowers | SS | 10795 |
| 67 | Steve Bellan | 3B | 10797 |
| 68 | Count Sensenderfer | CF | 10841 |
| 69 | Joe Simmons | LF | 10968 |
| 70 | Jim Carleton | 1B | 11290 |
| 71 | Gat Stires | RF | 11368 |
| 72 | Charlie Mills | C | 11451 |
| 73 | Frank Sellman | C | 11625 |
| 74 | Harry Deane | CF | 11672 |
| 75 | John Bass | SS | 11673 |
| 76 | Ed Duffy | SS | 11773 |
| 77 | Tom Patterson | CF | 11824 |
| 78 | Jim Foran | 1B | 11948 |
| 79 | George Bird | CF | 11990 |
| 80 | Marshall King | CF | 12032 |
| 81 | Ralph Ham | LF | 12070 |
| 82 | Fred Cone | LF | 12115 |
| 83 | Gene Kimball | 2B | 12146 |
| 84 | George Heubel | RF | 12193 |
| 85 | Sam Jackson | 2B | 12338 |
| 86 | Charlie Smith (1840) | 3B | 12377 |
| 87 | Harry Berthrong | LF | 12419 |
| 88 | Bill Kelly | RF | 12502 |
| 89 | Wally Goldsmith | 3B | 12552 |
| 90 | Henry Burroughs | RF | 12585 |
| 91 | Frank Barrows | LF | 12642 |
| 92 | Paddy Quinn | C | 12676 |
| 93 | Elmer White | RF | 12716 |
| 94 | Bill Lennon | C | 12765 |
| 95 | William Johnson | 2B | 12766 |
| 96 | Ed Mincher | LF | 12842 |
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