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The Top Ranked Baseball Players by Rookie Year-1948
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 | Roy Campanella | C | 85 |
| 2 | Robin Roberts | SP | 121 |
| 3 | Satchel Paige | RP | 122 |
| 4 | Johnny Antonelli | SP | 261 |
| 5 | Mike Garcia | SP | 345 |
| 6 | Richie Ashburn | CF | 478 |
| 7 | Bob Rush | SP | 799 |
| 8 | Stan Lopata | C | 1206 |
| 9 | Carl Erskine | SP | 1216 |
| 10 | Ray Boone | 3B | 1291 |
| 11 | Hank Bauer | RF | 1397 |
| 12 | Ned Garver | SP | 1551 |
| 13 | Vern Bickford | SP | 1658 |
| 14 | Jack Harshman | SP | 1664 |
| 15 | Mickey McDermott | SP | 1699 |
| 16 | Bob Porterfield | SP | 1711 |
| 17 | Don Mueller | RF | 1951 |
| 18 | Alex Kellner | SP | 1985 |
| 19 | Warren Hacker | SP | 2037 |
| 20 | Hal Jeffcoat | RP | 2910 |
| 21 | Howie Judson | RP | 3039 |
| 22 | Bill Kennedy | RP | 3108 |
| 23 | Lefty Chambers | SP | 3395 |
| 24 | Bobby Hogue | RP | 3862 |
| 25 | Joe Collins | 1B | 3994 |
| 26 | Joe Ostrowski | RP | 4075 |
| 27 | Ed Fitz Gerald | C | 4521 |
| 28 | Roy Smalley Jr. | SS | 4590 |
| 29 | Jim Delsing | CF | 4594 |
| 30 | Ben Wade | RP | 4787 |
| 31 | Joe Ginsberg | C | 4836 |
| 32 | Windy McCall | RP | 5135 |
| 33 | Preston Ward | 1B | 5173 |
| 34 | Dick Kokos | RF | 5778 |
| 35 | Bobby Young | 2B | 5816 |
| 36 | Al Papai | RP | 5818 |
| 37 | Bob Chesnes | SP | 5944 |
| 38 | Bubba Harris | RP | 6524 |
| 39 | Woody Main | RP | 6617 |
| 40 | Jocko Thompson | SP | 6808 |
| 41 | Forrest Thompson | RP | 6900 |
| 42 | Seiji Sekiguchi | CF | 7008 |
| 43 | Dick Weik | RP | 7051 |
| 44 | Carl Sawatski | C | 7078 |
| 45 | Eddie Kazak | 3B | 7178 |
| 46 | Rube Walker | C | 7194 |
| 47 | Dutch McCall | SP | 7310 |
| 48 | Cliff Mapes | RF | 7333 |
| 49 | Marv Rotblatt | RP | 7403 |
| 50 | Red Webb | RP | 7436 |
| 51 | Dick Welteroth | RP | 7470 |
| 52 | Joe Tipton | C | 7641 |
| 53 | Bob Trice | SP | 7710 |
| 54 | Al Kozar | 2B | 7792 |
| 55 | Walker Cress | RP | 7951 |
| 56 | Wally Holborow | RP | 8079 |
| 57 | Jose Santiago (1928) | RP | 8186 |
| 58 | Satoru Sugiyama | RF | 8224 |
| 59 | Hank Arft | 1B | 8239 |
| 60 | Ken Wood | RF | 8322 |
| 61 | Hal Rice | LF | 8466 |
| 62 | Charlie Bicknell | RP | 8576 |
| 63 | Alex Konikowski | RP | 8743 |
| 64 | Neil Berry | 2B | 8821 |
| 65 | Don Carlsen | SP | 8861 |
| 66 | Masaharu Takita | LF | 8867 |
| 67 | Tokuzo Harada | CF | 8935 |
| 68 | Jim Blackburn | RP | 9020 |
| 69 | Johnny Blatnik | LF | 9076 |
| 70 | Chusuke Kizuka | SS | 9088 |
| 71 | Kozo Kawai | 1B | 9139 |
| 72 | Fred Bradley | RP | 9273 |
| 73 | George Shuba | LF | 9332 |
| 74 | Clarence Evans | RP | 9711 |
| 75 | Sam Vico | 1B | 9738 |
| 76 | Choei Shirasaka | 2B | 9789 |
| 77 | Blackie Schwamb | RP | 9946 |
| 78 | Jim Goodwin | RP | 10001 |
| 79 | Yoshio Hamada | 2B | 10074 |
| 80 | Tom Wright | LF | 10171 |
| 81 | Jim Prendergast | RP | 10237 |
| 82 | Ray Murray | C | 10387 |
| 83 | Roberto Vargas | RP | 10468 |
| 84 | Saburo Hirai | SS | 10847 |
| 85 | Monty Basgall | 2B | 11741 |
| 86 | Carmen Mauro | CF | 11796 |
| 87 | Clint Conatser | CF | 11834 |
| 88 | Tsuguo Goto | LF | 12171 |
| 89 | Don White | LF | 12253 |
| 90 | Ted Beard | RF | 12279 |
| 91 | Johnny Bero | SS | 12459 |
| 92 | Herb Adams | CF | 12543 |
| 93 | Billy DeMars | SS | 12571 |
| 94 | Johnny Bucha | C | 12914 |
| 95 | Paul Burris | C | 13005 |
| 96 | Toshimichi Kunieda | 2B | 13022 |
| 97 | Shizuo Yamamoto | 2B | 13123 |
| 98 | Yukichi Nagatoshi | RF | 13169 |
| 99 | Jackie Mayo | LF | 13529 |
| 100 | Hiromi Tanida | C | 13544 |
| 101 | Kazuo Kasahara | LF | 13661 |
| 102 | Jerry Scala | CF | 13828 |
| 103 | Pete Layden | CF | 13890 |
| 104 | Charlie Silvera | C | 13974 |
| 105 | Sammy Meeks | SS | 14042 |
| 106 | Andy Anderson | SS | 14258 |
| 107 | Ryohei Moriya | 1B | 14526 |
| 108 | Ichiro Nishie | SS | 14559 |
| 109 | Kazuo Matsumoto | SS | 15398 |
| 110 | Toru Tsuchiya | 3B | 15785 |
| 111 | Masao Itakura | C | 16666 |
| 112 | Tsuneo Kobayashi | SP | 16682 |
| 113 | Kazue Watanabe | 1B | 16726 |
| 114 | Susumu Yuki | SP | 16736 |
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