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The Top Ranked Baseball Players by Rookie Year-1898
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 | Elmer Flick | RF | 80 |
| 2 | Vic Willis | SP | 191 |
| 3 | Bill Donovan | SP | 419 |
| 4 | Tommy Leach | CF | 609 |
| 5 | Frank Chance | 1B | 616 |
| 6 | Sam Leever | SP | 736 |
| 7 | Bill Dinneen | SP | 885 |
| 8 | Topsy Hartsel | LF | 991 |
| 9 | Harry Howell | SP | 1298 |
| 10 | Frank Kitson | SP | 1463 |
| 11 | Harry Steinfeldt | 3B | 1684 |
| 12 | Danny Green | RF | 1834 |
| 13 | Kitty Bransfield | 1B | 1869 |
| 14 | Bill Duggleby | SP | 2253 |
| 15 | Wiley Piatt | SP | 2328 |
| 16 | Kid Elberfeld | SS | 2435 |
| 17 | Doc Casey | 3B | 2713 |
| 18 | Emmet Heidrick | CF | 2811 |
| 19 | Joe Yeager | SP | 2878 |
| 20 | Frank Isbell | 1B | 2912 |
| 21 | Nick Altrock | SP | 3013 |
| 22 | Harry Wolverton | 3B | 3197 |
| 23 | Jay Hughes | SP | 3342 |
| 24 | Bill Carrick | SP | 4254 |
| 25 | Jack Sutthoff | SP | 4360 |
| 26 | John Ganzel | 1B | 4398 |
| 27 | Dave Fultz | CF | 4921 |
| 28 | Bob Wood | C | 5310 |
| 29 | Billy Lauder | 3B | 5648 |
| 30 | Walt Woods | SP | 5727 |
| 31 | George Magoon | SS | 5791 |
| 32 | Jimmy Burke | 3B | 6112 |
| 33 | Jack Katoll | SP | 6179 |
| 34 | Doc Powers | C | 6245 |
| 35 | Ed Murphy | SP | 6832 |
| 36 | Frank Bates | SP | 7210 |
| 37 | Pop Foster | LF | 7465 |
| 38 | Bill Phyle | SP | 7512 |
| 39 | Cowboy Jones | SP | 7933 |
| 40 | Pop Williams | SP | 7978 |
| 41 | Ralph Miller | SP | 8125 |
| 42 | Art Nichols | C | 8131 |
| 43 | Suter Sullivan | 3B | 8259 |
| 44 | Charlie Carr | 1B | 8422 |
| 45 | Josh Clarke | LF | 8948 |
| 46 | Ed Glenn | SS | 11992 |
| 47 | Mike Heydon | C | 12424 |
| 48 | Frank Gatins | 3B | 13342 |
| 49 | Jack Gilbert | LF | 13636 |
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