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The Top Ranked Baseball Players by Rookie Year-1943
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 | Gil Hodges | 1B | 203 |
| 2 | George Kell | 3B | 514 |
| 3 | Andy Pafko | CF | 732 |
| 4 | Andy Seminick | C | 891 |
| 5 | Red Munger | SP | 988 |
| 6 | Eddie Stanky | 2B | 1113 |
| 7 | Snuffy Stirnweiss | 2B | 1388 |
| 8 | Tommy Byrne | SP | 1391 |
| 9 | Al Brazle | RP | 1570 |
| 10 | Mickey Haefner | SP | 1756 |
| 11 | Gene Woodling | LF | 1785 |
| 12 | Aaron Robinson | C | 2053 |
| 13 | Cass Michaels | 2B | 2340 |
| 14 | Al Zarilla | RF | 2446 |
| 15 | Hank Thompson | 3B | 2519 |
| 16 | Billy Johnson | 3B | 2549 |
| 17 | Hal Gregg | SP | 2684 |
| 18 | Stubby Overmire | SP | 2731 |
| 19 | Bud Byerly | RP | 2785 |
| 20 | Carl Scheib | RP | 2816 |
| 21 | Buddy Kerr | SS | 2945 |
| 22 | Milo Candini | RP | 2976 |
| 23 | Bob Harvey | RF | 3043 |
| 24 | Don S. Johnson | 2B | 3352 |
| 25 | Rex Barney | SP | 3428 |
| 26 | George Metkovich | CF | 3438 |
| 27 | Bill Cash | C | 3459 |
| 28 | Ed Klieman | RP | 3681 |
| 29 | Don Black | SP | 3754 |
| 30 | Fred Sanford | SP | 3811 |
| 31 | Andy Karl | RP | 4046 |
| 32 | Ken Trinkle | RP | 4131 |
| 33 | Gordon Maltzberger | RP | 4443 |
| 34 | Al Gerheauser | SP | 4472 |
| 35 | Gene Hermanski | RF | 4905 |
| 36 | Doc Dennis | 1B | 4910 |
| 37 | Marvin Williams | 2B | 4944 |
| 38 | Chuck Carter | SP | 5070 |
| 39 | Roy Partee | C | 5157 |
| 40 | Xavier Rescigno | RP | 5166 |
| 41 | Floyd Baker | 3B | 5242 |
| 42 | Pat Seerey | LF | 5365 |
| 43 | Alfred Saylor | RP | 5419 |
| 44 | Milt Byrnes | CF | 5440 |
| 45 | Frank Russell | RF | 5498 |
| 46 | Jimmie Newberry | RP | 5513 |
| 47 | Sadao Kondo | SP | 5593 |
| 48 | Vidal Lopez | SP | 5930 |
| 49 | Joe Orrell | RP | 5998 |
| 50 | Bud Metheny | RF | 6029 |
| 51 | Emmett O'Neill | SP | 6063 |
| 52 | Mickey Rocco | 1B | 6113 |
| 53 | Luis Olmo | CF | 6261 |
| 54 | Irv Hall | 2B | 6417 |
| 55 | Pinky Woods | SP | 6467 |
| 56 | Cookie Cuccurullo | RP | 6487 |
| 57 | Bob Malloy | RP | 6494 |
| 58 | Eugene Jones | SP | 6520 |
| 59 | Dain Clay | CF | 6553 |
| 60 | R.T. Walker | RP | 6564 |
| 61 | Ox Miller | RP | 6651 |
| 62 | Jim Mertz | RP | 6793 |
| 63 | Butch Nieman | LF | 6804 |
| 64 | Pete Sunkett | RP | 6856 |
| 65 | Howie Schultz | 1B | 6996 |
| 66 | Peanuts Davis | SP | 7109 |
| 67 | Pepper Sharpe | SP | 7154 |
| 68 | Jack Kraus | SP | 7167 |
| 69 | Ben Cardoni | RP | 7212 |
| 70 | Dale Matthewson | RP | 7279 |
| 71 | Joe Hoover | SS | 7317 |
| 72 | Rufus Baker | SS | 7360 |
| 73 | Guy Curtright | LF | 7401 |
| 74 | Frank Seward | RP | 7405 |
| 75 | Everett Fagan | RP | 7468 |
| 76 | John Burrows | RP | 7501 |
| 77 | Ben Hill | RP | 7662 |
| 78 | Woody Wheaton | RP | 7694 |
| 79 | Rufe Gentry | SP | 7703 |
| 80 | Leon Culberson | CF | 7830 |
| 81 | Dave Odom | RP | 7852 |
| 82 | Lou Lucier | RP | 7892 |
| 83 | Kerby Farrell | 1B | 7926 |
| 84 | Ed Busch | SS | 7986 |
| 85 | Lou Ciola | RP | 8013 |
| 86 | Eddie Locke | RP | 8056 |
| 87 | Nap Reyes | 3B | 8141 |
| 88 | Orie Arntzen | SP | 8157 |
| 89 | Hal Peck | RF | 8197 |
| 90 | Dale Alderson | RP | 8261 |
| 91 | Rocky Stone | RP | 8301 |
| 92 | Jim Elam | RP | 8354 |
| 93 | Bert Kuczynski | RP | 8724 |
| 94 | Cotton Williams | SP | 8725 |
| 95 | Charlie Bowles | SP | 8767 |
| 96 | George Eyrich | RP | 8847 |
| 97 | Bob Finley | C | 8937 |
| 98 | Tom McBride | CF | 9043 |
| 99 | Lou Klein | 2B | 9106 |
| 100 | Sid Peterson | RP | 9114 |
| 101 | John Dagenhard | SP | 9418 |
| 102 | Walter Signer | RP | 9521 |
| 103 | Kazuo Horii | LF | 9553 |
| 104 | Tommy O'Brien | RF | 9727 |
| 105 | Jiro Kanayama | 2B | 9864 |
| 106 | Ford Garrison | LF | 9922 |
| 107 | Carl Lindquist | RP | 9949 |
| 108 | Johnny Lazor | RF | 10256 |
| 109 | Buck Etchison | 1B | 10282 |
| 110 | Osamu Takechi | 1B | 10497 |
| 111 | Al LaMacchia | RP | 10743 |
| 112 | Johnny Ostrowski | LF | 10807 |
| 113 | Akiyoshi Kobayashi | 1B | 11330 |
| 114 | Ray Hamrick | SS | 11555 |
| 115 | Heinz Becker | 1B | 11864 |
| 116 | Hank Camelli | C | 12078 |
| 117 | Charlie Metro | LF | 12286 |
| 118 | Ken Sears | C | 12373 |
| 119 | Joe Wood | 2B | 12409 |
| 120 | Jim Tyack | RF | 12707 |
| 121 | Charlie Mead | RF | 12915 |
| 122 | Billy Holm | C | 13019 |
| 123 | Charlie Brewster | SS | 13044 |
| 124 | Vince Castino | C | 13261 |
| 125 | Hugh Poland | C | 13427 |
| 126 | Juzo Sanada | SP | 13538 |
| 127 | John McHale | 1B | 13591 |
| 128 | Joe Burns | 3B | 13631 |
| 129 | Joe Rullo | 2B | 13975 |
| 130 | Naofumi Yasui | 2B | 14327 |
| 131 | Hiroshi Hagiwara | LF | 14976 |
| 132 | Masaaki Noguchi | SP | 16696 |
| 133 | Tokugoro Kasaishi | RF | 16707 |
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