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The Top Ranked Baseball Players by Rookie Year-1942
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 | Warren Spahn | SP | 48 |
| 2 | Allie Reynolds | SP | 254 |
| 3 | Ewell Blackwell | SP | 410 |
| 4 | Johnny Sain | SP | 487 |
| 5 | Tommy Holmes | RF | 621 |
| 6 | Eddie Robinson | 1B | 735 |
| 7 | Johnny Pesky | SS | 827 |
| 8 | Hank Borowy | SP | 865 |
| 9 | Willard Marshall | RF | 1183 |
| 10 | Russ Christopher | RP | 1717 |
| 11 | Bill Voiselle | SP | 1781 |
| 12 | Ray Scarborough | SP | 1913 |
| 13 | Johnny Wyrostek | RF | 1931 |
| 14 | Hank Wyse | SP | 2004 |
| 15 | Joe Coleman Sr. | SP | 2105 |
| 16 | Jim Russell | LF | 2410 |
| 17 | Peanuts Lowrey | LF | 2415 |
| 18 | Jesse Flores | SP | 2679 |
| 19 | Connie Ryan | 2B | 2822 |
| 20 | Ron Northey | RF | 3014 |
| 21 | Thurman Tucker | CF | 3813 |
| 22 | Les Webber | RP | 3912 |
| 23 | Ray Poat | RP | 3926 |
| 24 | Mel Queen Sr. | SP | 3950 |
| 25 | Ray Sanders | 1B | 3975 |
| 26 | Murray Watkins | 3B | 4024 |
| 27 | Johnny Lipon | SS | 4259 |
| 28 | Jim LaMarque | SP | 4576 |
| 29 | Joe Berry | RP | 4701 |
| 30 | Bob Savage | RP | 4811 |
| 31 | Clyde Vollmer | LF | 4816 |
| 32 | Felix McLaurin | CF | 4885 |
| 33 | Hi Bithorn | SP | 4928 |
| 34 | Lou Louden | C | 4979 |
| 35 | John Sullivan | SS | 5046 |
| 36 | Billy Hitchcock | 3B | 5196 |
| 37 | John Huber | SP | 5231 |
| 38 | Clyde Kluttz | C | 5268 |
| 39 | Johnny Barrett | RF | 5348 |
| 40 | Joe Spencer | 2B | 5534 |
| 41 | Garnett Blair | SP | 5831 |
| 42 | Paul Calvert | RP | 5862 |
| 43 | Pete Center | RP | 6028 |
| 44 | Ed Hanyzewski | RP | 6075 |
| 45 | Ed Steele | RF | 6173 |
| 46 | Martin Crue | SP | 6247 |
| 47 | Piper Davis | 2B | 6329 |
| 48 | Lefty Wallace | RP | 6400 |
| 49 | Charlie Fuchs | RP | 6418 |
| 50 | Frank Biscan | RP | 6498 |
| 51 | Stan Ferens | RP | 6677 |
| 52 | Norris Phillips | RP | 6703 |
| 53 | Bill Donovan (1916) | RP | 6855 |
| 54 | Stan Rojek | SS | 6934 |
| 55 | Frank Williams (1918) | RF | 7061 |
| 56 | Noboru Aota | RF | 7083 |
| 57 | Dewey Adkins | RP | 7277 |
| 58 | Nanny Fernandez | 3B | 7293 |
| 59 | Lou Tost | SP | 7361 |
| 60 | Max Marshall | RF | 7423 |
| 61 | Makoto Kozuru | 1B | 7488 |
| 62 | Buddy Blair | 3B | 7502 |
| 63 | Harry Shuman | RP | 7659 |
| 64 | Gerves Fagan | 2B | 7853 |
| 65 | Marv Rickert | LF | 7890 |
| 66 | Larry Kimbrough | RP | 8014 |
| 67 | Ollie West | RP | 8015 |
| 68 | Whitey Platt | LF | 8097 |
| 69 | Len Perme | RP | 8158 |
| 70 | Dee Phillips | 3B | 8613 |
| 71 | Hardin Cathey | RP | 9025 |
| 72 | Sam Lowry | RP | 9077 |
| 73 | Ellis Clary | 3B | 9431 |
| 74 | Buddy Blattner | 2B | 9456 |
| 75 | Ted Abernathy (1921) | RP | 9565 |
| 76 | Earl Naylor | CF | 9783 |
| 77 | Andy Lapihuska | SP | 9844 |
| 78 | Tamaichi Yasui | RF | 9973 |
| 79 | Masayasu Kaneda | LF | 10228 |
| 80 | Frank Colman | RF | 10765 |
| 81 | Al Lakeman | C | 11105 |
| 82 | Jimmy Grant | 3B | 11566 |
| 83 | Mike Sandlock | C | 11724 |
| 84 | Al Unser | C | 11879 |
| 85 | Otto Denning | C | 12082 |
| 86 | Tony Criscola | LF | 12125 |
| 87 | Paul Gillespie | C | 12634 |
| 88 | Chico Hernandez | C | 12645 |
| 89 | Takehiko Bessho | SP | 12823 |
| 90 | Huck Geary | SS | 12960 |
| 91 | Frankie Kelleher | LF | 13222 |
| 92 | Hideo Fujimoto | SP | 13244 |
| 93 | Sakae Nakamura | SS | 13308 |
| 94 | Hiroyoshi Komatsubara | LF | 13839 |
| 95 | Leo Wells | 3B | 14043 |
| 96 | Tetsunosuke Fujiwara | C | 15429 |
| 97 | Rikizo Kogure | LF | 16671 |
| 98 | Yoshio Tenbo | SP | 16731 |
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