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The Top Ranked Baseball Players by Rookie Year-1947
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 | Duke Snider | CF | 54 |
| 2 | Jackie Robinson | 2B | 181 |
| 3 | Larry Doby | CF | 283 |
| 4 | Ted Kluszewski | 1B | 363 |
| 5 | Al Rosen | 3B | 411 |
| 6 | Curt Simmons | SP | 470 |
| 7 | Larry Jansen | SP | 535 |
| 8 | Vic Wertz | RF | 550 |
| 9 | Nellie Fox | 2B | 607 |
| 10 | Mel Parnell | SP | 633 |
| 11 | Ferris Fain | 1B | 811 |
| 12 | Gerry Staley | RP | 889 |
| 13 | Jim Hearn | SP | 1456 |
| 14 | Willie Jones | 3B | 1496 |
| 15 | Billy Goodman | 2B | 1505 |
| 16 | Wes Westrum | C | 1694 |
| 17 | Spec Shea | SP | 1715 |
| 18 | Earl Torgeson | 1B | 1914 |
| 19 | Chuck Stobbs | SP | 1982 |
| 20 | Lou Brissie | RP | 2121 |
| 21 | Fritz Dorish | RP | 2135 |
| 22 | Wally Westlake | RF | 2511 |
| 23 | Harry Perkowski | RP | 3005 |
| 24 | Sam Mele | RF | 3146 |
| 25 | Gene Bearden | RP | 3280 |
| 26 | Don R. Johnson | RP | 3345 |
| 27 | Frank Baumholtz | RF | 3374 |
| 28 | Willie Ramsdell | SP | 4224 |
| 29 | Eddie Erautt | RP | 4249 |
| 30 | Ken W. Johnson | RP | 4391 |
| 31 | Jack Banta | RP | 5050 |
| 32 | Clint Hartung | SP | 5125 |
| 33 | Matt Batts | C | 5193 |
| 34 | Osamu Mihara | 2B | 5592 |
| 35 | Dick Starr | RP | 5609 |
| 36 | Sam Dente | SS | 5830 |
| 37 | Buddy Lively | RP | 6036 |
| 38 | Ray Coleman | RF | 6201 |
| 39 | Al Widmar | RP | 6219 |
| 40 | Virgil Stallcup | SS | 6396 |
| 41 | Bryan Stephens | RP | 6612 |
| 42 | Pete Castiglione | 3B | 6775 |
| 43 | Chuck Diering | CF | 6812 |
| 44 | Glenn Elliott | RP | 7211 |
| 45 | Tokuji Iida | 1B | 7235 |
| 46 | Phil Haugstad | RP | 7373 |
| 47 | Pete Gebrian | RP | 7596 |
| 48 | Scott Cary | RP | 8103 |
| 49 | Les Willis | RP | 8154 |
| 50 | Steve Nagy | SP | 8369 |
| 51 | Tommy Fine | RP | 8384 |
| 52 | Walter Brown | RP | 8504 |
| 53 | Chuck Kress | 1B | 8787 |
| 54 | Jack Phillips | 1B | 8930 |
| 55 | Allie Clark | RF | 9060 |
| 56 | Jack Lohrke | 3B | 9094 |
| 57 | Ed Chandler | RP | 9313 |
| 58 | Bill Ayers | RP | 9416 |
| 59 | Dixie E. Howell | C | 9631 |
| 60 | Lyman Linde | RP | 9712 |
| 61 | Mario Picone | RP | 9756 |
| 62 | Spider Jorgensen | 3B | 10075 |
| 63 | Marv Rackley | LF | 10809 |
| 64 | Ralph LaPointe | SS | 11584 |
| 65 | Junior Wooten | CF | 11820 |
| 66 | Mitsuo Uno | 3B | 12048 |
| 67 | Lloyd Gearhart | CF | 12106 |
| 68 | Cliff Aberson | LF | 12372 |
| 69 | Sal Yvars | C | 12544 |
| 70 | Joe Frazier | RF | 12592 |
| 71 | Joe Lafata | LF | 12892 |
| 72 | Merl Combs | SS | 12941 |
| 73 | Charles Luis | C | 13438 |
| 74 | Shoji Arakawa | C | 13442 |
| 75 | Ralph Houk | C | 13559 |
| 76 | Jack Albright | SS | 13629 |
| 77 | Bobby Rhawn | 3B | 14118 |
| 78 | Bill Pinckard | LF | 15854 |
| 79 | Noboru Matsuba | RF | 16617 |
| 80 | Toshiaki Tanaka | SS | 16635 |
| 81 | Tadayoshi Kajioka | SP | 16648 |
| 82 | Koichi Akashi | 2B | 16654 |
| 83 | Toshiaki Takemiya | C | 16658 |
| 84 | Shigejiro Kanbayashi | C | 16665 |
| 85 | Shigeru Yabe | LF | 16745 |
| 86 | Toshiaki Ogata | RP | 16748 |
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