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The Top Ranked Baseball Players by Rookie Year-1897
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 | Honus Wagner | SS | 11 |
| 2 | Rube Waddell | SP | 24 |
| 3 | Roger Bresnahan | C | 204 |
| 4 | Chick Stahl | CF | 568 |
| 5 | Jack Powell | SP | 610 |
| 6 | Jimmy Sheckard | LF | 646 |
| 7 | Ossee Schrecongost | C | 1299 |
| 8 | Charlie Hickman | 1B | 1575 |
| 9 | Tully Sparks | SP | 1649 |
| 10 | Willie Sudhoff | SP | 1755 |
| 11 | Claude Ritchey | 2B | 1909 |
| 12 | Dick Harley | LF | 3060 |
| 13 | Jack Dunn | SP | 3113 |
| 14 | Ed Abbaticchio | 2B | 3513 |
| 15 | Pete Dowling | SP | 4584 |
| 16 | Jack Fifield | SP | 4895 |
| 17 | Bill Magee | SP | 5364 |
| 18 | Roy Evans | SP | 5936 |
| 19 | Bill Dammann | RP | 6213 |
| 20 | Cy Swaim | SP | 6323 |
| 21 | Jake Gettman | RF | 6608 |
| 22 | Percy Coleman | RP | 6848 |
| 23 | Frank Huelsman | LF | 7316 |
| 24 | Kid Nance | LF | 7366 |
| 25 | Davey Dunkle | SP | 8759 |
| 26 | Heinie Smith | 2B | 9257 |
| 27 | Joe Stanley | RF | 11593 |
| 28 | Roger Denzer | SP | 12064 |
| 29 | Tom Leahy | C | 12990 |
| 30 | Jim Jones | LF | 13052 |
| 31 | Aleck Smith | C | 13723 |
| 32 | Bill Fox | 2B | 13862 |
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