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The Top Ranked Baseball Players by Rookie Year-1946
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 | Ralph Kiner | LF | 66 |
| 2 | Yogi Berra | C | 84 |
| 3 | Vic Raschi | SP | 408 |
| 4 | Del Ennis | LF | 418 |
| 5 | Bobby Thomson | CF | 453 |
| 6 | Sherm Lollar | C | 576 |
| 7 | Carl Furillo | RF | 777 |
| 8 | Al Dark | SS | 803 |
| 9 | Ellis Kinder | RP | 1374 |
| 10 | Ted Gray | SP | 1379 |
| 11 | Dale Mitchell | LF | 1461 |
| 12 | Marv Grissom | RP | 1542 |
| 13 | Russ Meyer | SP | 1674 |
| 14 | Bruce Edwards | C | 1934 |
| 15 | Bob Kuzava | RP | 2164 |
| 16 | Paul Minner | SP | 2273 |
| 17 | Bill Wight | SP | 2301 |
| 18 | Sheldon Jones | RP | 2319 |
| 19 | Joe Hatten | SP | 2397 |
| 20 | Grady Hatton | 3B | 2406 |
| 21 | Harry Simpson | RF | 2517 |
| 22 | Monty Kennedy | SP | 2608 |
| 23 | Karl Drews | RP | 2846 |
| 24 | Bob Dillinger | 3B | 2888 |
| 25 | Dick Sisler | 1B | 3086 |
| 26 | Johnny Groth | CF | 3088 |
| 27 | Lou Kretlow | SP | 3122 |
| 28 | Joe Garagiola | C | 3528 |
| 29 | Bobby Adams | 3B | 3659 |
| 30 | Les Moss | C | 3756 |
| 31 | Frank Hiller | RP | 3821 |
| 32 | Bill Rigney | 2B | 4172 |
| 33 | Gil Coan | LF | 4299 |
| 34 | Hank Behrman | RP | 4350 |
| 35 | Bobby W. Brown | 3B | 4508 |
| 36 | Harry Taylor | RP | 4655 |
| 37 | Doyle Lade | SP | 4794 |
| 38 | Rufus Lewis | SP | 5145 |
| 39 | Bill McCahan | SP | 5655 |
| 40 | Junior Walsh | RP | 5806 |
| 41 | Fred Martin | RP | 5853 |
| 42 | Alex Newkirk | SP | 5951 |
| 43 | Tite Figueroa | SP | 6020 |
| 44 | Ralph Hamner | RP | 6033 |
| 45 | Cuddles Marshall | RP | 6150 |
| 46 | Harold Hairston | RP | 6362 |
| 47 | Clyde Parris | 3B | 6451 |
| 48 | Paul Lehner | CF | 6682 |
| 49 | Ed Bahr | SP | 6694 |
| 50 | Glen Moulder | RP | 6771 |
| 51 | Eddie Pellagrini | SS | 6877 |
| 52 | Nippy Jones | 1B | 6890 |
| 53 | Jim Hamilton | SS | 6903 |
| 54 | Nat Pollard | RP | 7151 |
| 55 | Felix Guilbe | RF | 7198 |
| 56 | Jim Colzie | RP | 7311 |
| 57 | Bud Souchock | LF | 7450 |
| 58 | Mike Budnick | RP | 7453 |
| 59 | Jack Graham | 1B | 7483 |
| 60 | Mickey Grasso | C | 7491 |
| 61 | Bob Thurman | RF | 7523 |
| 62 | Webbo Clarke | SP | 7644 |
| 63 | Clayton Lambert | RP | 7645 |
| 64 | Manuel Godinez | RP | 7646 |
| 65 | Lou Possehl | SP | 7673 |
| 66 | Hiroshi Oshita | LF | 7753 |
| 67 | Mickey Taborn | C | 7807 |
| 68 | Riley Stewart | RP | 7952 |
| 69 | Ciscero Warren | RP | 8010 |
| 70 | Woody Abernathy | RP | 8011 |
| 71 | Jay Heard | SP | 8104 |
| 72 | Cot Deal | RP | 8113 |
| 73 | Bob Romby | SP | 8155 |
| 74 | Sam Woods | RP | 8201 |
| 75 | Doc Bracken | SP | 8446 |
| 76 | Harry Rhodes | RP | 8505 |
| 77 | Ray Shore | RP | 8542 |
| 78 | Alonzo Perry | RP | 8561 |
| 79 | Curtis Jones | RP | 8612 |
| 80 | Bob Usher | LF | 8686 |
| 81 | Luis Marquez | CF | 8775 |
| 82 | Cecil Cole | SP | 8844 |
| 83 | Dick Koecher | RP | 9478 |
| 84 | Lee Griffeth | RP | 9599 |
| 85 | Lee Howard | RP | 9648 |
| 86 | Chet Johnson | SP | 9947 |
| 87 | Del Wilber | C | 10015 |
| 88 | Bob Ramazzotti | 2B | 10172 |
| 89 | Gus Niarhos | C | 10485 |
| 90 | Vern Curtis | RP | 10521 |
| 91 | Dick Whitman | CF | 10616 |
| 92 | Red Adams | RP | 10702 |
| 93 | Eddie Bockman | 3B | 11596 |
| 94 | Hank Schenz | 2B | 11759 |
| 95 | Gene Handley | 2B | 11833 |
| 96 | Shigeya Iijima | LF | 12198 |
| 97 | Eikichi Nagamochi | CF | 12399 |
| 98 | Clarence Maddern | LF | 12529 |
| 99 | Ferrell Anderson | C | 12706 |
| 100 | Kiyoshi Sugiura | SS | 12733 |
| 101 | Shigeyoshi Morishita | RF | 12849 |
| 102 | Kazuo Satake | C | 12943 |
| 103 | Yutaka Tagawa | CF | 13124 |
| 104 | Ralph Weigel | C | 13260 |
| 105 | Hiroshi Tsujii | 1B | 13598 |
| 106 | Isao Mimura | 3B | 13763 |
| 107 | Jerry Witte | 1B | 13785 |
| 108 | Bill Drescher | C | 13829 |
| 109 | Keizo Tsutsui | C | 13843 |
| 110 | Anse Moore | LF | 13891 |
| 111 | Jiro Miyazaki | SS | 14304 |
| 112 | John O'Neil | SS | 14400 |
| 113 | Keiichiro Suzuki | C | 14598 |
| 114 | Toshio Kawanishi | RF | 14675 |
| 115 | Kenji Hirano | 3B | 15736 |
| 116 | Hatsuo Kiyohara | 3B | 15748 |
| 117 | Shigeru Araki | SS | 15761 |
| 118 | Keitaro Kitagawa | SP | 16622 |
| 119 | Hiroyoshi Takano | SP | 16640 |
| 120 | Takeshi Nomura | SP | 16718 |
| 121 | Giichiro Shiraki | SP | 16750 |
| 122 | Shigeaki Kuroo | SP | 16752 |
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