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The Top Ranked Baseball Players by Rookie Year-1888
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 | Ed Delahanty | LF | 61 |
| 2 | Sliding Billy Hamilton | CF | 124 |
| 3 | Hugh Duffy | CF | 166 |
| 4 | Jake Beckley | 1B | 364 |
| 5 | Dummy Hoy | CF | 718 |
| 6 | Cupid Childs | 2B | 933 |
| 7 | Frank Dwyer | SP | 952 |
| 8 | Kid Gleason | 2B | 970 |
| 9 | Harry Staley | SP | 1193 |
| 10 | Walt Wilmot | LF | 1488 |
| 11 | Red Ehret | SP | 1728 |
| 12 | Ad Gumbert | SP | 1862 |
| 13 | Gus Weyhing | SP | 1867 |
| 14 | Bill W. Hallman | 2B | 2008 |
| 15 | Duke Farrell | C | 2361 |
| 16 | Scott Stratton | SP | 3431 |
| 17 | Shorty Fuller | SS | 3981 |
| 18 | Ben Sanders | SP | 3982 |
| 19 | Lee Viau | SP | 4093 |
| 20 | George Haddock | SP | 4112 |
| 21 | Phil Knell | SP | 4256 |
| 22 | Farmer Weaver | RF | 4509 |
| 23 | Dad Clarke | SP | 4818 |
| 24 | Bill Sowders | SP | 5262 |
| 25 | John Grim | C | 5370 |
| 26 | Gus Krock | SP | 5663 |
| 27 | Bill Burdick | SP | 5850 |
| 28 | Cinders O'Brien | SP | 6137 |
| 29 | Sam LaRocque | 2B | 6454 |
| 30 | Dick Buckley | C | 8365 |
| 31 | Mickey Hughes | SP | 8649 |
| 32 | Harry Raymond | 3B | 9972 |
| 33 | Ted Scheffler | RF | 10009 |
| 34 | Parson Nicholson | 2B | 10341 |
| 35 | Irv Ray | SS | 10405 |
| 36 | Willard Mains | SP | 10433 |
| 37 | Phil Tomney | SS | 10444 |
| 38 | John Weyhing | SP | 10706 |
| 39 | Frank Hoffman | SP | 10747 |
| 40 | Jim Burns | CF | 10804 |
| 41 | Ed Keas | SP | 10888 |
| 42 | Sam Shaw | SP | 10918 |
| 43 | Bill Blair | SP | 10957 |
| 44 | Count Campau | RF | 11120 |
| 45 | George Walker (1856) | SP | 11159 |
| 46 | Doc Oberlander | SP | 11243 |
| 47 | Pat Whitaker | SP | 11399 |
| 48 | George Proeser | RF | 11468 |
| 49 | Frank Hafner | SP | 11543 |
| 50 | Bill Higgins | 2B | 12067 |
| 51 | Charlie Hoover | C | 12111 |
| 52 | Skyrocket Smith | 1B | 12192 |
| 53 | Pete Sweeney | 3B | 12581 |
| 54 | Bart Cantz | C | 12845 |
| 55 | Jake Wells | C | 13303 |
| 56 | Billy Klusman | 2B | 13724 |
| 57 | Ed Silch | LF | 13725 |
| 58 | Sam Nicholl | LF | 14016 |
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