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The Top Ranked Baseball Players by Rookie Year-1940
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 | Walker Cooper | C | 227 |
| 2 | Harry Brecheen | SP | 376 |
| 3 | Stan Spence | CF | 462 |
| 4 | Dom DiMaggio | CF | 484 |
| 5 | Pee Wee Reese | SS | 562 |
| 6 | Leniel Hooker | SP | 813 |
| 7 | Marty Marion | SS | 836 |
| 8 | Tiny Bonham | SP | 1203 |
| 9 | Pete Reiser | CF | 1251 |
| 10 | Mickey Harris | RP | 1599 |
| 11 | Sid Hudson | SP | 1642 |
| 12 | Al Javery | SP | 1757 |
| 13 | Clyde McCullough | C | 1993 |
| 14 | Connie Johnson | SP | 2021 |
| 15 | Orval Grove | SP | 2221 |
| 16 | Verdell Mathis | SP | 2240 |
| 17 | Elmer Valo | RF | 2269 |
| 18 | Harry Walker | CF | 2286 |
| 19 | Gentry Jessup | SP | 2388 |
| 20 | Danny Litwhiler | LF | 2465 |
| 21 | Phil Marchildon | SP | 2551 |
| 22 | Johnny Davis | LF | 2689 |
| 23 | Herb Souell | 3B | 2761 |
| 24 | Mahlon Duckett | 2B | 2789 |
| 25 | Nick Strincevich | SP | 2840 |
| 26 | Johnny Gorsica | RP | 2862 |
| 27 | Earl Johnson | RP | 2883 |
| 28 | Dan Bankhead | RP | 2919 |
| 29 | Pat Mullin | RF | 2926 |
| 30 | Wally Judnich | CF | 2978 |
| 31 | Don Kolloway | 2B | 3408 |
| 32 | Ernie White | SP | 3548 |
| 33 | Jack Matchett | SP | 3586 |
| 34 | Pancho Coimbre | RF | 3689 |
| 35 | Bob Swift | C | 3695 |
| 36 | Bill Fleming | RP | 3891 |
| 37 | Clarence Isreal | 3B | 3930 |
| 38 | Eugene Smith | SP | 4015 |
| 39 | Lamb Barbee | RF | 4083 |
| 40 | Joe Fillmore | SP | 4098 |
| 41 | Johnny Hutchings | RP | 4145 |
| 42 | Tony Lupien | 1B | 4225 |
| 43 | Ed Head | RP | 4327 |
| 44 | Rogelio Linares | LF | 4339 |
| 45 | Jack Hallett | RP | 4609 |
| 46 | Johnny Rucker | CF | 4617 |
| 47 | Yank Terry | SP | 4756 |
| 48 | J.C. Hamilton | SP | 4786 |
| 49 | Bob Carpenter | RP | 4849 |
| 50 | Dixie Howell | RP | 4959 |
| 51 | Mike W. McCormick | CF | 5150 |
| 52 | Herman Besse | RP | 5225 |
| 53 | Dutch Dietz | RP | 5226 |
| 54 | Alejandro Crespo | CF | 5315 |
| 55 | Tommy Sampson | 2B | 5405 |
| 56 | Johnny Podgajny | SP | 5410 |
| 57 | Mickey Witek | 2B | 5423 |
| 58 | Carrenza Howard | RP | 5531 |
| 59 | Nate Moreland | SP | 5721 |
| 60 | Jose Figueroa | SP | 5799 |
| 61 | Robert Keyes | SP | 5908 |
| 62 | Li'l Professor Johnson | SP | 5952 |
| 63 | Wilmer Fields | SP | 6098 |
| 64 | Sy Morton | SS | 6157 |
| 65 | Lefty Hoerst | RP | 6184 |
| 66 | Sherry Robertson | 2B | 6401 |
| 67 | Tom Seats | RP | 6416 |
| 68 | Bill Barnes | SP | 6772 |
| 69 | Bobby Bragan | SS | 6811 |
| 70 | Bill Butland | RP | 6869 |
| 71 | Russell Awkard | RF | 6953 |
| 72 | Leroy Sutton | RP | 7014 |
| 73 | Allen Bryant | RP | 7062 |
| 74 | Art Johnson | RP | 7063 |
| 75 | Jack Walker | RP | 7201 |
| 76 | Eddie Snead | SP | 7267 |
| 77 | Zeke Keyes | SP | 7268 |
| 78 | Andy Sarvis | RP | 7322 |
| 79 | Bill Savage | RP | 7362 |
| 80 | Hank LaManna | RP | 7434 |
| 81 | Bradford Bennett | LF | 7503 |
| 82 | Henry Merchant | CF | 7548 |
| 83 | Jimmy Hicks | SP | 7581 |
| 84 | Jesse Douglas | 2B | 7648 |
| 85 | Frank Moody | RP | 7763 |
| 86 | Jimmy Wilson | CF | 7811 |
| 87 | Mike Chartak | RF | 7822 |
| 88 | Herb Hash | RP | 7854 |
| 89 | Satchel Davis | RP | 7855 |
| 90 | Wes Flowers | RP | 7936 |
| 91 | Charlie Frye | RP | 7954 |
| 92 | Carden Gillenwater | CF | 7969 |
| 93 | Lefty Smoll | RP | 8017 |
| 94 | Lyman Bostock Sr. | 1B | 8059 |
| 95 | W. Miller | RF | 8159 |
| 96 | Al Piechota | RP | 8203 |
| 97 | Willie Stevenson | SP | 8204 |
| 98 | Charley Davidson | SP | 8246 |
| 99 | Coley Logan | SP | 8303 |
| 100 | Julio Baez | RF | 8355 |
| 101 | Porter Vaughan | SP | 8380 |
| 102 | Gil Torres | SS | 8387 |
| 103 | Jacinto Roque | CF | 8659 |
| 104 | Lefty Boone | SP | 8726 |
| 105 | Bobby Sturgeon | SS | 9046 |
| 106 | Art Mahan | 1B | 9172 |
| 107 | Steve Rachunok | SP | 9314 |
| 108 | Maury Newlin | RP | 9358 |
| 109 | Glen Stewart | SS | 9428 |
| 110 | Al Rubeling | 3B | 9628 |
| 111 | Cal Dorsett | RP | 9650 |
| 112 | Jimmy Pofahl | SS | 9670 |
| 113 | Alex Mustaikis | RP | 9795 |
| 114 | Dick Conger | SP | 9796 |
| 115 | Ed Weiland | RP | 9845 |
| 116 | Charlie Gilbert | RF | 9863 |
| 117 | Paul Masterson | RP | 9899 |
| 118 | Buster Maynard | CF | 9924 |
| 119 | Ham Schulte | 2B | 10238 |
| 120 | Tom Turner | C | 10350 |
| 121 | Max Wilson | RP | 10574 |
| 122 | Soup Campbell | CF | 10744 |
| 123 | Jack Wallaesa | SS | 11013 |
| 124 | John Britton | 3B | 11384 |
| 125 | Crash Davis | 2B | 11388 |
| 126 | Takeshi Doigaki | C | 11562 |
| 127 | Bill Baker | C | 11787 |
| 128 | Yoshiyuki Iwamoto | RF | 11799 |
| 129 | Buddy Gremp | 1B | 12462 |
| 130 | Takeshi Miyazaki | 2B | 12658 |
| 131 | Ed Levy | LF | 12671 |
| 132 | Hal Marnie | 2B | 13006 |
| 133 | Bob Collins | C | 13331 |
| 134 | Jim Mallory | LF | 13712 |
| 135 | Masumi Isekawa | C | 13805 |
| 136 | Takenori Yamakawa | 3B | 13955 |
| 137 | Masakazu Kito | 3B | 14216 |
| 138 | Takao Fujimura | SP | 15233 |
| 139 | Sal Recca | C | 15364 |
| 140 | Yoshiaki Ueno | LF | 16618 |
| 141 | Tokuji Kawasaki | SP | 16624 |
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