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The Top Ranked Baseball Players by Rookie Year-1949
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 | Minnie Minoso | LF | 177 |
| 2 | Roy Sievers | 1B | 608 |
| 3 | Del Crandall | C | 624 |
| 4 | Smoky Burgess | C | 627 |
| 5 | Bobby Shantz | RP | 677 |
| 6 | Bobby Avila | 2B | 1079 |
| 7 | Gus Zernial | LF | 1612 |
| 8 | Walt Dropo | 1B | 2314 |
| 9 | Max Surkont | SP | 2442 |
| 10 | Wally Post | RF | 2539 |
| 11 | Bob J. Miller | RP | 2768 |
| 12 | Morrie Martin | RP | 2845 |
| 13 | Duane Pillette | SP | 3057 |
| 14 | Saul Rogovin | SP | 3093 |
| 15 | Bud Podbielan | RP | 3171 |
| 16 | Marlin Stuart | RP | 3522 |
| 17 | Solly Hemus | SS | 3606 |
| 18 | Bill Werle | RP | 3723 |
| 19 | Bob Cain | SP | 4247 |
| 20 | Jerry Coleman | 2B | 4298 |
| 21 | Cloyd Boyer | RP | 4759 |
| 22 | Davey Williams | 2B | 4886 |
| 23 | Luke Easter | 1B | 4892 |
| 24 | Wayne Terwilliger | 2B | 5690 |
| 25 | Cal Abrams | RF | 5905 |
| 26 | Dick Kryhoski | 1B | 6095 |
| 27 | Lloyd Hittle | RP | 6306 |
| 28 | Steve Bilko | 1B | 6327 |
| 29 | Rocky Nelson | 1B | 6491 |
| 30 | Jack Bruner | RP | 6748 |
| 31 | Bill Serena | 3B | 6857 |
| 32 | Frank Fanovich | RP | 6990 |
| 33 | Roger Bowman | RP | 7289 |
| 34 | Jim Pearce | RP | 7385 |
| 35 | Kenjiro Tamiya | OF | 7400 |
| 36 | Lloyd Merriman | CF | 7713 |
| 37 | Tommy Glaviano | 3B | 7757 |
| 38 | Fred Marsh | 3B | 8139 |
| 39 | Ralph Buxton | RP | 8658 |
| 40 | Pat McGlothin | RP | 8843 |
| 41 | Frank Quinn | RP | 8911 |
| 42 | Bill Reeder | RP | 8968 |
| 43 | Ribs Raney | SP | 9111 |
| 44 | Bill Howerton | CF | 9148 |
| 45 | Bill Evans (1919) | RP | 9167 |
| 46 | Julio Gonzalez (1920) | RP | 9168 |
| 47 | Herman Reich | 1B | 9217 |
| 48 | Mike Goliat | 2B | 10018 |
| 49 | Bobby Hofman | 2B | 10020 |
| 50 | Bill Glynn | 1B | 10128 |
| 51 | Dino Restelli | CF | 10375 |
| 52 | Owen Friend | 2B | 10459 |
| 53 | Gordon Goldsberry | 1B | 10727 |
| 54 | Johnny Pramesa | C | 11166 |
| 55 | Stan Hollmig | RF | 11576 |
| 56 | Noboru Tsunemi | CF | 11797 |
| 57 | Ed Sauer | LF | 11934 |
| 58 | Tom Saffell | CF | 12503 |
| 59 | Don Wheeler | C | 12570 |
| 60 | Chuck Connors | 1B | 12633 |
| 61 | Haruo Medoki | C | 12657 |
| 62 | Rocky Krsnich | 3B | 12691 |
| 63 | Kiyoshi Harada | 1B | 12719 |
| 64 | Don Thompson | LF | 12725 |
| 65 | Earl Rapp | RF | 12781 |
| 66 | Eddie Malone | C | 12835 |
| 67 | Kazuhiro Kuroda | RF | 12867 |
| 68 | Shigeru Sugishita | SP | 13193 |
| 69 | Hirofumi Naito | 2B | 13817 |
| 70 | Jun Matsui | C | 13948 |
| 71 | Torao Ooka | 1B | 14090 |
| 72 | John Simmons | LF | 14323 |
| 73 | Meiji Tezuka | 3B | 14500 |
| 74 | Shoji Nagasawa | SS | 15218 |
| 75 | Shinpei Ichii | 1B | 15275 |
| 76 | Susumu Kato | RF | 15467 |
| 77 | Shoshichi Kataoka | CF | 15769 |
| 78 | Isamu Uchio | SS | 15843 |
| 79 | Giichi Hayashi | SP | 16601 |
| 80 | Shinya Tsunashima | CF | 16608 |
| 81 | Yasuo Yonekawa | SP | 16630 |
| 82 | Hideo Ogishima | CF | 16694 |
| 83 | Iwao Yoshimura | C | 16700 |
| 84 | Hachiro Abe | SP | 16703 |
| 85 | Yoshiteru Nogusa | LF | 16722 |
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