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The Top Ranked Baseball Players by Rookie Year-1938
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 | Enos Slaughter | RF | 234 |
| 2 | Mort Cooper | SP | 293 |
| 3 | Joe Gordon | 2B | 298 |
| 4 | Preacher Roe | SP | 373 |
| 5 | Max Lanier | SP | 380 |
| 6 | Monte Irvin | LF | 420 |
| 7 | Lou Boudreau | SS | 435 |
| 8 | Roy Cullenbine | RF | 756 |
| 9 | Tommy Butts | SS | 1265 |
| 10 | Sam Chapman | CF | 1373 |
| 11 | Johnny Niggeling | SP | 1665 |
| 12 | Mike Tresh | C | 1811 |
| 13 | Bob Klinger | RP | 1836 |
| 14 | Jim Bagby Jr. | SP | 1879 |
| 15 | Nick Etten | 1B | 2050 |
| 16 | Joe Beggs | RP | 2141 |
| 17 | Jimmy Hill | SP | 2146 |
| 18 | Atley Donald | SP | 2305 |
| 19 | Jim Tabor | 3B | 2306 |
| 20 | Taffy Wright | RF | 2664 |
| 21 | Johnny Humphries | SP | 2760 |
| 22 | Pete Coscarart | 2B | 3087 |
| 23 | Max West | LF | 3180 |
| 24 | Jesse Brown | SP | 3423 |
| 25 | Henry Miller | SP | 3487 |
| 26 | Oris Hockett | CF | 3646 |
| 27 | Tot Pressnell | RP | 3679 |
| 28 | Tom Earley | RP | 3829 |
| 29 | Oscar Grimes | 3B | 4079 |
| 30 | Dick Errickson | RP | 4106 |
| 31 | Mark Christman | 3B | 4121 |
| 32 | Buzz Clarkson | SS | 4129 |
| 33 | Charlie Wagner | SP | 4165 |
| 34 | Bill Posedel | SP | 4453 |
| 35 | Ray Mack | 2B | 4469 |
| 36 | David Campbell | 2B | 4762 |
| 37 | Ted Alexander | RP | 4772 |
| 38 | Bob Harris | SP | 4952 |
| 39 | Eddie Dixon | SP | 4986 |
| 40 | Vance Page | RP | 5044 |
| 41 | Fran Matthews | 1B | 5074 |
| 42 | Chuck Workman | RF | 5077 |
| 43 | Percy Forrest | RP | 5164 |
| 44 | Johnny Johnson (1915) | SP | 5190 |
| 45 | Henry Richardson | RP | 5306 |
| 46 | Spencer Davis | 3B | 5344 |
| 47 | C. Williams | 3B | 5382 |
| 48 | Johnny Rizzo | LF | 5387 |
| 49 | Ernie Koy | LF | 5427 |
| 50 | Mickey Livingston | C | 5652 |
| 51 | Max Macon | RP | 5758 |
| 52 | Sam Nahem | RP | 5768 |
| 53 | Johnnie Wittig | SP | 6084 |
| 54 | Purnell Mincy | SP | 6101 |
| 55 | Joe Grace | RF | 6134 |
| 56 | Bill Bradford | RF | 6303 |
| 57 | Rene Monteagudo | RP | 6346 |
| 58 | Steve Mesner | 3B | 6384 |
| 59 | George Myatt | 2B | 6439 |
| 60 | Smoky Owens | SP | 6460 |
| 61 | Don Ross | 3B | 6680 |
| 62 | Bill LeFebvre | RP | 6818 |
| 63 | Benny McCoy | 2B | 6902 |
| 64 | Coaker Triplett | LF | 6921 |
| 65 | Charlie Parks | C | 7064 |
| 66 | Tetsuharu Kawakami | 1B | 7327 |
| 67 | Dario Lodigiani | 3B | 7427 |
| 68 | Heinie Mueller (2B) | 2B | 7471 |
| 69 | Lefty Moses | SP | 7505 |
| 70 | Woody W. Williams | 2B | 7608 |
| 71 | Big Train Jackson | SP | 7695 |
| 72 | Sylvester Snead | RF | 7696 |
| 73 | Ray Robinson | RP | 7910 |
| 74 | Creepy Crespi | 2B | 8053 |
| 75 | Shigeru Chiba | 2B | 8272 |
| 76 | Duke Cleveland | RF | 8507 |
| 77 | Clay Smith | RP | 8571 |
| 78 | Ed Cole | RP | 8614 |
| 79 | Jim Reninger | SP | 8643 |
| 80 | George Archie | 3B | 8660 |
| 81 | Dave M. Smith | RP | 8727 |
| 82 | John Gaddy | SP | 8848 |
| 83 | Jimmie Armstead | RF | 8913 |
| 84 | Bernard Fernandez | RP | 9026 |
| 85 | Lee Rogers | RP | 9078 |
| 86 | Harry Boyles | RP | 9483 |
| 87 | Al Epperly | RP | 9522 |
| 88 | Dick Midkiff | RP | 9759 |
| 89 | Hiker Moran | RP | 9798 |
| 90 | Johnny Lucadello | 2B | 9975 |
| 91 | Glenn McQuillen | LF | 10368 |
| 92 | Don Lang | 3B | 10469 |
| 93 | Tommy Reis | RP | 10470 |
| 94 | Hal Epps | CF | 10575 |
| 95 | Johnny Rizo | RF | 10667 |
| 96 | Bobby Mattick | SS | 10870 |
| 97 | Junji Nakatani | 3B | 11081 |
| 98 | Willard Hershberger | C | 11252 |
| 99 | Lynn Myers | SS | 12045 |
| 100 | Kiyoshi Yamada | SS | 12509 |
| 101 | Norm Schlueter | C | 12862 |
| 102 | Dick West | C | 12917 |
| 103 | Hank Helf | C | 13046 |
| 104 | Nino Bongiovanni | RF | 13368 |
| 105 | Akira Iwamoto | CF | 14329 |
| 106 | Kashiwa Odano | LF | 14383 |
| 107 | Nariharu Sakazawa | 2B | 14611 |
| 108 | Yasuo Kusunoki | C | 14964 |
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