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The Top Ranked Baseball Players by Rookie Year-1884
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 | Pretzels Getzien | SP | 502 |
| 2 | Bill Hutchinson | SP | 696 |
| 3 | Billy Nash | 3B | 937 |
| 4 | Adonis Terry | SP | 1059 |
| 5 | Doggie Miller | C | 1734 |
| 6 | Al Myers | 2B | 1850 |
| 7 | Tommy McCarthy | LF | 1945 |
| 8 | Charley Bassett | 2B | 2072 |
| 9 | Jack Clements | C | 2129 |
| 10 | Henry Boyle | SP | 2161 |
| 11 | Jim Fogarty | RF | 2228 |
| 12 | Danny Richardson | 2B | 2231 |
| 13 | Oyster Burns | RF | 2274 |
| 14 | Joe Quinn | 2B | 2321 |
| 15 | Deacon McGuire | C | 2384 |
| 16 | Germany Smith | SS | 2589 |
| 17 | Bones Ely | SS | 2757 |
| 18 | Chief Zimmer | C | 2798 |
| 19 | Dave Foutz | 1B | 2925 |
| 20 | Ed Andrews | CF | 2950 |
| 21 | Emmett Seery | LF | 2979 |
| 22 | Charlie Ferguson | SP | 2992 |
| 23 | Bob Caruthers | SP | 2998 |
| 24 | Frank Foreman | SP | 3004 |
| 25 | Ed Morris (1862) | SP | 3056 |
| 26 | Dan Casey | SP | 3105 |
| 27 | Fred Carroll | C | 3231 |
| 28 | George Pinkney | 3B | 3328 |
| 29 | Ed Crane | SP | 3518 |
| 30 | Al Maul | SP | 3583 |
| 31 | Hank O'Day | SP | 3669 |
| 32 | Dick Johnston | CF | 3725 |
| 33 | Henry Larkin | 1B | 3745 |
| 34 | Perry Werden | 1B | 3810 |
| 35 | Lady Baldwin | SP | 4031 |
| 36 | Alex McKinnon | 1B | 4072 |
| 37 | Chippy McGarr | 3B | 4210 |
| 38 | Curt Welch | CF | 4267 |
| 39 | Jim Donnelly | 3B | 4629 |
| 40 | Frank Fennelly | SS | 4919 |
| 41 | Phenomenal Smith | SP | 5321 |
| 42 | John Kirby | SP | 5385 |
| 43 | Billy Serad | SP | 5386 |
| 44 | George Myers | C | 5390 |
| 45 | Henry Porter | SP | 5509 |
| 46 | Sam Barkley | 2B | 5530 |
| 47 | Frank Meinke | SS | 5623 |
| 48 | Sam Moffet | SP | 5684 |
| 49 | Joseph Knight | LF | 5724 |
| 50 | Mox McQuery | 1B | 5889 |
| 51 | Jocko Milligan | C | 6017 |
| 52 | Billy O'Brien | 1B | 6052 |
| 53 | John Kerins | 1B | 6065 |
| 54 | John Harkins | SP | 6138 |
| 55 | Jim Manning | CF | 6312 |
| 56 | Charlie Ganzel | C | 6483 |
| 57 | Jimmy Peoples | C | 6787 |
| 58 | Bill Vinton | SP | 6788 |
| 59 | Charlie Bastian | SS | 6843 |
| 60 | Kid Baldwin | C | 6878 |
| 61 | Ed Bagley | SP | 7102 |
| 62 | Joe Ardner | 2B | 7116 |
| 63 | Jumbo Davis | 3B | 7258 |
| 64 | Al Atkinson | SP | 7296 |
| 65 | Jimmy Knowles | 3B | 7745 |
| 66 | Mike Slattery | CF | 7784 |
| 67 | Al McCauley | 1B | 7904 |
| 68 | Tom Sullivan | SP | 8050 |
| 69 | Larry McKeon | SP | 8117 |
| 70 | Paul Cook | C | 8175 |
| 71 | Chris Fulmer | C | 8631 |
| 72 | Abner Powell | SP | 8680 |
| 73 | Jay Faatz | 1B | 8709 |
| 74 | Jim Conway | SP | 8833 |
| 75 | John Cahill | RF | 8901 |
| 76 | Lou Sylvester | CF | 8990 |
| 77 | Joe Werrick | 3B | 9188 |
| 78 | Harry Decker | C | 9466 |
| 79 | Pete Meegan | SP | 9492 |
| 80 | Henry Easterday | SS | 9548 |
| 81 | Henry Moore | LF | 9667 |
| 82 | Gus Shallix | SP | 9819 |
| 83 | Jumbo Schoeneck | 1B | 9964 |
| 84 | Charlie Geggus | SP | 10046 |
| 85 | Doug Crothers | SP | 10051 |
| 86 | Barney McLaughlin | SP | 10062 |
| 87 | Alex Voss | SP | 10141 |
| 88 | Fleury Sullivan | SP | 10142 |
| 89 | Jack Brennan | C | 10197 |
| 90 | Bob Black | CF | 10215 |
| 91 | Jake Aydelott | SP | 10262 |
| 92 | John Murphy | SP | 10289 |
| 93 | Sam Kimber | SP | 10290 |
| 94 | John Sneed | RF | 10297 |
| 95 | Cyclone Miller | SP | 10342 |
| 96 | Daisy Davis | SP | 10382 |
| 97 | Dick Phelan | 2B | 10435 |
| 98 | Tom Lee | SP | 10478 |
| 99 | Walter Hackett | SS | 10479 |
| 100 | John Peltz | CF | 10484 |
| 101 | Joe Miller | SS | 10553 |
| 102 | Milt Whitehead | SS | 10579 |
| 103 | Charlie Levis | 1B | 10613 |
| 104 | Ernie Hickman | SP | 10614 |
| 105 | Buster Hoover | CF | 10634 |
| 106 | Ed Dugan | SP | 10661 |
| 107 | Patrick Horan | SP | 10707 |
| 108 | Ernie Burch | LF | 10710 |
| 109 | John Henry (1863) | LF | 10794 |
| 110 | John Fischer | SP | 10889 |
| 111 | Lefty Johnson (1861) | LF | 10908 |
| 112 | John Hamill | SP | 10919 |
| 113 | Con Murphy | SP | 10958 |
| 114 | John Ryan | SP | 10959 |
| 115 | Jim Brown (1860) | RF | 10998 |
| 116 | John Connor | SP | 11049 |
| 117 | Ed Smith (1863) | SP | 11074 |
| 118 | Joe Flynn | RF | 11075 |
| 119 | Sy Sutcliffe | C | 11094 |
| 120 | Joe Brown | SP | 11121 |
| 121 | Taylor Shafer | 2B | 11124 |
| 122 | Sandy Griffin | CF | 11131 |
| 123 | Marr Phillips | SS | 11180 |
| 124 | Buck Becannon | SP | 11201 |
| 125 | Peek-A-Boo Veach | LF | 11212 |
| 126 | Bill Krieg | C | 11337 |
| 127 | John Cattanach | SP | 11364 |
| 128 | Mac MacArthur | SP | 11365 |
| 129 | Mortimer Hogan | RF | 11381 |
| 130 | Kid Butler | CF | 11401 |
| 131 | Lou Galvin | SP | 11402 |
| 132 | Willis Wyman | LF | 11473 |
| 133 | Milo Lockwood | SP | 11531 |
| 134 | Bill Nelson | SP | 11544 |
| 135 | Al Bauer | SP | 11582 |
| 136 | Charlie Daniels | SP | 11583 |
| 137 | Elias Peak | 2B | 11619 |
| 138 | Frank Beck | SP | 11620 |
| 139 | Jim McLaughlin | SP | 11670 |
| 140 | Dennis Casey | CF | 11684 |
| 141 | Charlie Barber | 3B | 11722 |
| 142 | Jim Cudworth | 1B | 11847 |
| 143 | Wes Curry | SP | 11861 |
| 144 | Charlie Briggs | CF | 11946 |
| 145 | Gene Moriarty | LF | 11989 |
| 146 | Gus Alberts | 3B | 12013 |
| 147 | Chuck Lauer | RF | 12028 |
| 148 | Joe Connors | SP | 12029 |
| 149 | Bill Hughes | 1B | 12054 |
| 150 | Dick Blaisdell | SP | 12068 |
| 151 | Bernie Graham | LF | 12113 |
| 152 | Steve Matthias | SS | 12235 |
| 153 | Joe Gunson | C | 12237 |
| 154 | Joe Strauss | LF | 12269 |
| 155 | Elmer Cleveland | 3B | 12288 |
| 156 | Charlie Berry (1860) | 2B | 12336 |
| 157 | Steve Behel | RF | 12416 |
| 158 | Clarence Cross | SS | 12423 |
| 159 | John Deasley | SS | 12468 |
| 160 | Pat Callaghan | 3B | 12469 |
| 161 | Joe Kappel | CF | 12537 |
| 162 | Thomas Gorman | 1B | 12538 |
| 163 | Jim Powell | 1B | 12545 |
| 164 | Jerry Sweeney | 1B | 12713 |
| 165 | Scrappy Carroll | RF | 12714 |
| 166 | Ed Trumbull | LF | 12723 |
| 167 | Thomas Tinney | RF | 12764 |
| 168 | Jon Morrison | CF | 12924 |
| 169 | Frank Olin | LF | 12970 |
| 170 | Ed McKenna | C | 13083 |
| 171 | Pat Sullivan | 3B | 13119 |
| 172 | Ike Benners | LF | 13237 |
| 173 | Pop Joy | 1B | 13238 |
| 174 | Walt Goldsby | LF | 13285 |
| 175 | Moxie Hengel | 2B | 13304 |
| 176 | James Harris | 1B | 13345 |
| 177 | Jerry Moore | C | 13377 |
| 178 | Charlie Dougherty | 2B | 13457 |
| 179 | Tom Gunning | C | 13496 |
| 180 | Dave Drew | SS | 13566 |
| 181 | Fleet Walker | C | 13595 |
| 182 | Harry Koons | 3B | 13596 |
| 183 | Jack Corcoran | C | 13637 |
| 184 | Lou Hardie | C | 13638 |
| 185 | Wally Andrews | 1B | 13653 |
| 186 | Patrick Larkins | 3B | 13685 |
| 187 | Joe Moffet | 1B | 13757 |
| 188 | Tom Lynch | RF | 13758 |
| 189 | Tom Gillen | C | 13797 |
| 190 | Buck West | LF | 13863 |
| 191 | Pat Dealy | C | 13904 |
| 192 | Tom Sexton | SS | 13905 |
| 193 | Pat Carroll | C | 13946 |
| 194 | Jim McKeever | C | 14047 |
| 195 | Jerry Turbidy | SS | 14073 |
| 196 | Charlie Baker | RF | 14122 |
| 197 | Chub Collins | 2B | 14141 |
| 198 | Nin Alexander | C | 14183 |
| 199 | Bill Watkins | 3B | 14259 |
| 200 | Billy Colgan | C | 14401 |
| 201 | John Hanna | C | 14518 |
| 202 | Henry Mullin | CF | 14535 |
| 203 | George Meister | 3B | 14558 |
| 204 | Jim McDonald (1860) | 3B | 14576 |
| 205 | Ed Yewell | 2B | 14626 |
| 206 | Tug Wilson | RF | 14672 |
| 207 | Marshall Quinton | C | 14696 |
| 208 | Charlie Robinson | C | 14733 |
| 209 | Charlie Jones (1861) | 2B | 14847 |
| 210 | Jimmy Woulfe | RF | 14961 |
| 211 | Johnny Lavin | CF | 14977 |
| 212 | Charlie Krehmeyer | LF | 15000 |
| 213 | Lawrence Farley | LF | 15064 |
| 214 | John Ake | 3B | 15100 |
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