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The Top Ranked Baseball Players by Rookie Year-1945
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 | Billy Pierce | SP | 161 |
| 2 | Sal Maglie | SP | 449 |
| 3 | Red Schoendienst | 2B | 546 |
| 4 | Jim Wilson | SP | 1288 |
| 5 | Whitey Lockman | LF | 1489 |
| 6 | Art Houtteman | SP | 1740 |
| 7 | Del Rice | C | 1882 |
| 8 | Dave Ferriss | SP | 2323 |
| 9 | Erv Palica | RP | 2349 |
| 10 | Herm Wehmeier | SP | 2356 |
| 11 | Al Gettel | RP | 2743 |
| 12 | Vic Lombardi | RP | 2797 |
| 13 | Cliff Fannin | SP | 2848 |
| 14 | Johnny Hetki | RP | 3448 |
| 15 | Elmer Singleton | RP | 3553 |
| 16 | Marino Pieretti | RP | 3561 |
| 17 | Frank Papish | RP | 3662 |
| 18 | Earl Harrist | RP | 4301 |
| 19 | Ken Burkhart | RP | 4332 |
| 20 | Joe Astroth | C | 4860 |
| 21 | Ken Holcombe | RP | 5021 |
| 22 | Fernando Diaz | RF | 5389 |
| 23 | Angel Garcia | SP | 5514 |
| 24 | Ed Wright | RP | 5537 |
| 25 | Dick Mauney | RP | 5544 |
| 26 | Jimmy Wilkes | CF | 5682 |
| 27 | Frank Thompson | SP | 5900 |
| 28 | Cy Buker | RP | 6100 |
| 29 | Eddie Jefferson | RP | 6109 |
| 30 | Wilmer Harris | RP | 6197 |
| 31 | Bill Salkeld | C | 6309 |
| 32 | Amos Watson | SP | 6326 |
| 33 | Walter McCoy | SP | 6429 |
| 34 | Clarence Locke | RP | 6519 |
| 35 | Ken Gables | RP | 6675 |
| 36 | Chico Renfroe | SS | 6749 |
| 37 | George Dockins | RP | 6750 |
| 38 | Jack Creel | RP | 6751 |
| 39 | Adrian Zabala | RP | 6807 |
| 40 | Lou Knerr | SP | 6912 |
| 41 | Cleveland Clark | CF | 6952 |
| 42 | Al Libke | RF | 6962 |
| 43 | Glenn Gardner | RP | 7107 |
| 44 | Joe Craig | LF | 7152 |
| 45 | John Leftwich | RP | 7153 |
| 46 | Ed Stevens | 1B | 7281 |
| 47 | Don Hendrickson | RP | 7312 |
| 48 | Bill Davis | RP | 7456 |
| 49 | Slim Emmerich | RP | 7597 |
| 50 | Frank Pearson | SP | 7850 |
| 51 | Walter Wilson | RP | 7851 |
| 52 | Claude Poole | RP | 8105 |
| 53 | Mike Modak | RP | 8106 |
| 54 | Bob Maier | 3B | 8156 |
| 55 | Earl Jones | RP | 8244 |
| 56 | Fred Waters | C | 8245 |
| 57 | Randy Heflin | SP | 8262 |
| 58 | Charlie Sproull | SP | 8299 |
| 59 | Warren Peace | SP | 8353 |
| 60 | Art Lopatka | RP | 8447 |
| 61 | Bill Connelly | RP | 8462 |
| 62 | Garvin Hamner | 2B | 8700 |
| 63 | Frank Dasso | SP | 8845 |
| 64 | Mel Bosser | RP | 8846 |
| 65 | Archie Hinton | RP | 8912 |
| 66 | Steve Gerkin | SP | 9021 |
| 67 | Jorge Comellas | RP | 9112 |
| 68 | Otey Clark | SP | 9113 |
| 69 | Izzy Leon | RP | 9169 |
| 70 | Sack Morgan | RP | 9170 |
| 71 | George Mack | RP | 9356 |
| 72 | Hal Schacker | RP | 9357 |
| 73 | Otho Nitcholas | RP | 9417 |
| 74 | Lee Pfund | SP | 9479 |
| 75 | Lefty Scott | RP | 9480 |
| 76 | Don Fisher | SP | 9600 |
| 77 | Don Lund | RF | 9637 |
| 78 | Bob Whitcher | SP | 9843 |
| 79 | Glenn Crawford | RF | 10131 |
| 80 | Ben Steiner | 2B | 10522 |
| 81 | Joe Mack | 1B | 10609 |
| 82 | Vance Dinges | 1B | 10762 |
| 83 | Jackie Tobin | 3B | 11042 |
| 84 | Bitsy Mott | SS | 11154 |
| 85 | Claude Corbitt | SS | 11257 |
| 86 | Vince Shupe | 1B | 11321 |
| 87 | Fred Vaughn | 2B | 11336 |
| 88 | Wally Flager | SS | 11446 |
| 89 | Al Cihocki | SS | 11492 |
| 90 | Ty LaForest | 3B | 12141 |
| 91 | Pete Gray | LF | 12408 |
| 92 | Mayo Smith | LF | 12530 |
| 93 | Emmett Hopkins | SP | 13075 |
| 94 | Tony Daniels | 2B | 13108 |
| 95 | Dick Sipek | RF | 13293 |
| 96 | Bill Ramsey | LF | 13426 |
| 97 | Jose Zardon | CF | 13489 |
| 98 | Roy Zimmerman | 1B | 13786 |
| 99 | Mike Schemer | 1B | 13940 |
| 100 | Ernie Kish | LF | 14068 |
| 101 | Tommy Nelson | 3B | 14181 |
| 102 | Fred Walters | C | 14206 |
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