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The Top Ranked Baseball Players by Rookie Year-1937
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 | Johnny Vander Meer | SP | 276 |
| 2 | Spud Chandler | SP | 355 |
| 3 | Bobby Doerr | 2B | 357 |
| 4 | Tommy Henrich | RF | 500 |
| 5 | Bill Hoskins | LF | 636 |
| 6 | Ken Keltner | 3B | 662 |
| 7 | Kirby Higbe | SP | 701 |
| 8 | Henry Kimbro | CF | 908 |
| 9 | George Case | LF | 1001 |
| 10 | Lennie Pearson | 1B | 1047 |
| 11 | Mickey Owen | C | 1069 |
| 12 | Cliff Melton | SP | 1083 |
| 13 | Jim Turner | SP | 1365 |
| 14 | Buck O'Neil | 1B | 1454 |
| 15 | Bob Muncrief | SP | 1632 |
| 16 | Jonas Gaines | SP | 1698 |
| 17 | Roy Partlow | SP | 1714 |
| 18 | Jim Tobin | SP | 1775 |
| 19 | Vince DiMaggio | CF | 1833 |
| 20 | Red Barrett | SP | 2018 |
| 21 | Johnny Wright | SP | 2261 |
| 22 | Ken Heintzelman | SP | 2295 |
| 23 | Johnny Rigney | SP | 2300 |
| 24 | Jimmy Brown | 2B | 2687 |
| 25 | Hal Wagner | C | 2780 |
| 26 | Nate Andrews | SP | 2803 |
| 27 | Chet Laabs | LF | 2841 |
| 28 | David Whatley | RF | 2890 |
| 29 | Lou Fette | SP | 2967 |
| 30 | Willie Jefferson | SP | 3192 |
| 31 | Provine Bradley | SP | 3346 |
| 32 | Archie McKain | RP | 3441 |
| 33 | Hersh Martin | CF | 3543 |
| 34 | Joe Krakauskas | RP | 3577 |
| 35 | Jim Missouri | SP | 3697 |
| 36 | Preacher Henry | SP | 3708 |
| 37 | Bert Haas | 1B | 3835 |
| 38 | Jimmy Bloodworth | 2B | 3921 |
| 39 | Howie Krist | RP | 4191 |
| 40 | Goody Rosen | CF | 4230 |
| 41 | Felix Evans | SP | 4255 |
| 42 | George Walker | SP | 4286 |
| 43 | Jack Bruton | SP | 4330 |
| 44 | Bill Trotter | RP | 4351 |
| 45 | Bill Cooper | C | 4389 |
| 46 | Frank McAllister | SP | 4641 |
| 47 | Johnny Peacock | C | 4649 |
| 48 | Newt Kimball | RP | 4652 |
| 49 | Jimmy Wasdell | 1B | 4653 |
| 50 | Willie Ferrell | SP | 4697 |
| 51 | Dom Dallessandro | LF | 4798 |
| 52 | Tommy Johnson | SP | 5014 |
| 53 | Cliff Blackmon | RP | 5051 |
| 54 | Pen Gilliard | LF | 5071 |
| 55 | Gabby Kemp | 2B | 5161 |
| 56 | Don Padgett | C | 5249 |
| 57 | Lester Lockett | LF | 5278 |
| 58 | Lefty Sunkel | RP | 5352 |
| 59 | Vet Barnes | SP | 5373 |
| 60 | Jess Brooks | 3B | 5474 |
| 61 | Slick Coffman | RP | 5507 |
| 62 | Donald Reeves | RF | 5594 |
| 63 | Clemente Carreras | 3B | 5624 |
| 64 | Jimmy Outlaw | LF | 5650 |
| 65 | Red Howard | SP | 5664 |
| 66 | Don Pelham | CF | 5683 |
| 67 | Mike Guerra | C | 5728 |
| 68 | Clifford Allen | SP | 5743 |
| 69 | Andy Harvey | SS | 5800 |
| 70 | Fred Bankhead | 2B | 5879 |
| 71 | Joe Marty | CF | 5891 |
| 72 | George Gill | SP | 5893 |
| 73 | Johnny Ray (1911) | CF | 5909 |
| 74 | Harry Craft | CF | 5922 |
| 75 | Kenneth Robinson | 2B | 5990 |
| 76 | Joe Sparks | SS | 6056 |
| 77 | Clarence Lamar | SS | 6174 |
| 78 | Mex Johnson | SS | 6321 |
| 79 | Parnell Woods | 3B | 6457 |
| 80 | Roosevelt Cox | 3B | 6630 |
| 81 | Red Anderson | RP | 6659 |
| 82 | Jimmy Ford | 3B | 6725 |
| 83 | Boots Poffenberger | SP | 6806 |
| 84 | Jimmy Direaux | 3B | 6854 |
| 85 | Emil Bildilli | RP | 6858 |
| 86 | Earle Brucker | C | 7304 |
| 87 | Frank Makosky | RP | 7506 |
| 88 | Ken Jungels | RP | 7537 |
| 89 | Michio Nishizawa | 1B | 7541 |
| 90 | Elbert Eatmon | RP | 7663 |
| 91 | Willie Williams | SP | 7812 |
| 92 | George Scharein | SS | 7823 |
| 93 | Bill Ellis | SP | 7956 |
| 94 | Gibby Brack | RF | 8029 |
| 95 | Al Williams | RP | 8083 |
| 96 | Julio Bonetti | RP | 8132 |
| 97 | Bob Dean | RP | 8304 |
| 98 | George Hennessey | RP | 8356 |
| 99 | Claude Hayslett | SP | 8401 |
| 100 | Cornelius Cook | RP | 8450 |
| 101 | Ben Henderson | SP | 8508 |
| 102 | Bud Barbee | 1B | 8562 |
| 103 | Bucky Jacobs | RP | 8575 |
| 104 | Joe Kohlman | RP | 8594 |
| 105 | Julius Osley | RP | 8661 |
| 106 | Jonathan Hill | RP | 8790 |
| 107 | Scottie Duncan | RP | 8849 |
| 108 | Dutch Meyer | 2B | 9069 |
| 109 | Jimmy Reese | RP | 9115 |
| 110 | Bill Kalfass | RP | 9359 |
| 111 | Joe Gonzales | RP | 9523 |
| 112 | Babe Barna | LF | 9765 |
| 113 | Pat McLaughlin | RP | 9846 |
| 114 | Orrel Thomas | SP | 9900 |
| 115 | Del Young | SS | 9968 |
| 116 | Hank Steinbacher | RF | 10033 |
| 117 | Earl Allen | RP | 10085 |
| 118 | Bill Strickland | RP | 10133 |
| 119 | Wayne Ambler | SS | 10361 |
| 120 | Shosei Go | RF | 10622 |
| 121 | Wayne LaMaster | SP | 10866 |
| 122 | Nobuo Osawa | 1B | 11561 |
| 123 | Art Parks | RF | 11940 |
| 124 | Ben Huffman | C | 12410 |
| 125 | Ace Parker | SS | 12591 |
| 126 | Yasuya Hondo | 2B | 12718 |
| 127 | Gene Hasson | 1B | 12881 |
| 128 | Herb Bremer | C | 12961 |
| 129 | Bill Schuster | SS | 13109 |
| 130 | Merv Connors | 3B | 13223 |
| 131 | George Fallon | 2B | 13332 |
| 132 | Nig Lipscomb | 2B | 13333 |
| 133 | Red Barkley | 2B | 13369 |
| 134 | Lindsay Brown | SS | 13428 |
| 135 | Sam Harshaney | C | 13745 |
| 136 | Herb Crompton | C | 14161 |
| 137 | Kikuji Hirayama | LF | 14821 |
| 138 | Sadayuki Minagawa | SS | 15065 |
| 139 | Hiroyoshi Tsukamoto | CF | 15399 |
| 140 | Shigeru Takagi | LF | 16711 |
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