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The Top Ranked Baseball Players by Rookie Year-1950
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 | Whitey Ford | SP | 97 |
| 2 | Jackie Jensen | RF | 346 |
| 3 | Gus Bell | CF | 584 |
| 4 | Dick Donovan | SP | 905 |
| 5 | Lew Burdette | SP | 1019 |
| 6 | Jimmy Piersall | CF | 1174 |
| 7 | Billy Loes | RP | 1281 |
| 8 | Clem Labine | RP | 1346 |
| 9 | Joe Adcock | 1B | 1351 |
| 10 | Charlie Maxwell | LF | 1441 |
| 11 | Johnny Klippstein | RP | 1478 |
| 12 | Vern Law | SP | 1531 |
| 13 | Jim Lemon | RF | 1647 |
| 14 | Chico Carrasquel | SS | 1651 |
| 15 | Ray Herbert | SP | 1906 |
| 16 | Sandy Consuegra | RP | 2011 |
| 17 | Randy Jackson | 3B | 2104 |
| 18 | Ernie T. Johnson | RP | 2207 |
| 19 | Steve Ridzik | RP | 2412 |
| 20 | Jim Busby | CF | 2530 |
| 21 | Willard Nixon | SP | 2645 |
| 22 | Connie Marrero | SP | 2647 |
| 23 | Irv Noren | CF | 2750 |
| 24 | Dick Littlefield | RP | 2793 |
| 25 | Frank T. Smith | RP | 2881 |
| 26 | Frank House | C | 3026 |
| 27 | Danny O'Connell | 2B | 3276 |
| 28 | Harry Byrd | SP | 3376 |
| 29 | Jim McDonald | RP | 3433 |
| 30 | Billy Martin | 2B | 3444 |
| 31 | Tom Poholsky | SP | 3618 |
| 32 | Bob Hooper | RP | 3922 |
| 33 | Al Aber | RP | 4094 |
| 34 | Bubba Church | SP | 4168 |
| 35 | Harry Chiti | C | 4260 |
| 36 | George Strickland | SS | 4421 |
| 37 | Luis Aloma | RP | 4423 |
| 38 | Lou Sleater | RP | 4425 |
| 39 | Sam Jethroe | CF | 4688 |
| 40 | George Spencer | RP | 4699 |
| 41 | Bobby Morgan | 2B | 4861 |
| 42 | Moe Burtschy | RP | 5102 |
| 43 | Hobie Landrith | C | 5143 |
| 44 | Dave Cole | RP | 5234 |
| 45 | Al Sima | RP | 5298 |
| 46 | Fred Hatfield | 3B | 5461 |
| 47 | Wally Kaname Yonamine | 1B | 5591 |
| 48 | Julio Moreno | SP | 5651 |
| 49 | Murray Wall | RP | 6076 |
| 50 | Dick Rozek | RP | 6237 |
| 51 | Don Lenhardt | LF | 6243 |
| 52 | Johnny Kucab | RP | 6381 |
| 53 | Normie Roy | RP | 6695 |
| 54 | Chris Van Cuyk | SP | 6755 |
| 55 | Dave Madison | RP | 6964 |
| 56 | Bill Macdonald | SP | 7106 |
| 57 | Wally Yonamine | LF | 7422 |
| 58 | Jim Suchecki | RP | 8066 |
| 59 | Gus Keriazakos | RP | 8227 |
| 60 | Bob Ross | RP | 8286 |
| 61 | Bob Borkowski | RF | 8370 |
| 62 | Hiroyuki Watanabe | LF | 8483 |
| 63 | Isami Okamoto | 1B | 8582 |
| 64 | Kazuo Kageyama | 3B | 8597 |
| 65 | Sid Schacht | RP | 8699 |
| 66 | Marv Blaylock | 1B | 8762 |
| 67 | Roy Hartsfield | 2B | 8962 |
| 68 | Joe Murray | RP | 9019 |
| 69 | Katsuki Tokura | CF | 9135 |
| 70 | Joe Landrum | RP | 9312 |
| 71 | Bill D. Wilson | CF | 9477 |
| 72 | Bill Pierro | RP | 9520 |
| 73 | Carlos Pascual | SP | 9598 |
| 74 | Ernie Nevel | RP | 9647 |
| 75 | James Atkins | RP | 9710 |
| 76 | Wayne Belardi | 1B | 10056 |
| 77 | Dick Manville | RP | 10130 |
| 78 | Bill Wilson (1928) | CF | 10467 |
| 79 | Don Bollweg | 1B | 10618 |
| 80 | Bob Addis | CF | 10681 |
| 81 | Ed McGhee | CF | 10694 |
| 82 | Masaichi Kaneda | SP | 10728 |
| 83 | Michio Fujii | RF | 10732 |
| 84 | Yuko Minamimura | LF | 10947 |
| 85 | Tookie Gilbert | 1B | 10982 |
| 86 | Itsuro Honda | LF | 11125 |
| 87 | Tom Upton | SS | 11262 |
| 88 | Jim Bolger | CF | 11369 |
| 89 | Junzo Sekine | 1B | 11454 |
| 90 | Takuzo Miyake | LF | 11480 |
| 91 | Takeshi Yamashita | C | 12343 |
| 92 | Leo Thomas | 3B | 12381 |
| 93 | Etsuro Tsukamoto | CF | 12428 |
| 94 | Yasuhiro Fukami | LF | 12556 |
| 95 | Takuji Kouchi | 3B | 12602 |
| 96 | Teruo Shimabara | LF | 12728 |
| 97 | Hiroshi Minohara | RF | 12732 |
| 98 | Jack Maguire | LF | 12751 |
| 99 | Takashi Masuda | RF | 12790 |
| 100 | Bill Sommers | 3B | 12834 |
| 101 | Shigeru Tokuami | C | 12868 |
| 102 | Atsushi Aramaki | RP | 13099 |
| 103 | Dale Coogan | 1B | 13180 |
| 104 | Shoshichi Ito | RF | 13734 |
| 105 | Sunao Imakurusu | 3B | 13769 |
| 106 | Natsuki Higashidani | LF | 13803 |
| 107 | Masataka Tsuchiya (1924) | LF | 14028 |
| 108 | Hiroshi Saito | 3B | 14060 |
| 109 | Teruo Tabe | 1B | 14185 |
| 110 | Akiro Kato | 1B | 14188 |
| 111 | Yukio Nishimoto | 1B | 14338 |
| 112 | Ryohei Hasegawa | SP | 14389 |
| 113 | Kiyoshi Matsuda | OF | 14527 |
| 114 | Kenichi Isoda | LF | 14599 |
| 115 | Soichi Fujita | LF | 14657 |
| 116 | Mamoru Nakajima | CF | 14843 |
| 117 | Yuichi Fukuda | 2B | 14873 |
| 118 | Shoji Hozan | 3B | 14930 |
| 119 | Kaname Miyazaki | 2B | 14965 |
| 120 | Kuniyoshi Niidome | LF | 15031 |
| 121 | Masao Chihara | 3B | 15276 |
| 122 | Takehiko Ueda | SS | 15334 |
| 123 | Eiji Hatsuoka | LF | 15376 |
| 124 | Haruo Kato | CF | 15430 |
| 125 | Kazuo Usami | C | 15446 |
| 126 | Isao Imakurusu | SS | 15724 |
| 127 | Masaichi Kato | 1B | 15760 |
| 128 | Yasuhisa Kimura | 3B | 15794 |
| 129 | Kozo Goi | 3B | 15863 |
| 130 | Toshio Iwahashi | LF | 16605 |
| 131 | Akira Hagiwara | 3B | 16607 |
| 132 | Yuzuru Yamashita | RF | 16609 |
| 133 | Gen Okuda | SS | 16611 |
| 134 | Zenpei Yamazaki | CF | 16615 |
| 135 | Koichi Yasui | 1B | 16620 |
| 136 | Eiji Tanaami | 2B | 16623 |
| 137 | Yoshimasa Aoike | C | 16625 |
| 138 | Shigezo Odagiri | CF | 16628 |
| 139 | Kumeo Chikami | 2B | 16631 |
| 140 | Shuzo Konda | RF | 16637 |
| 141 | Takumi Otomo | SP | 16646 |
| 142 | Kanenori Shimakata | SS | 16659 |
| 143 | Hirokuni Kataoka | 1B | 16660 |
| 144 | Zenjiro Shishido | SS | 16673 |
| 145 | Goichi Kubo | CF | 16678 |
| 146 | Nobuo Oshima | SP | 16687 |
| 147 | Takashi Suzuki (1930) | LF | 16688 |
| 148 | Toshio Ito | CF | 16689 |
| 149 | Shinichiro Inoue | C | 16695 |
| 150 | Sadafumi Shindo | CF | 16698 |
| 151 | Hisatada Ishikawa | LF | 16702 |
| 152 | Haruyasu Eto | SP | 16713 |
| 153 | Mitsumori Kanai | CF | 16715 |
| 154 | Fumio Takechi | SP | 16721 |
| 155 | Isamu Ogimoto | CF | 16727 |
| 156 | Juzo Tadokoro | 3B | 16730 |
| 157 | Masao Kondo | CF | 16738 |
| 158 | Tsutomu Ikeda | 2B | 16742 |
| 159 | Katsuma Shimoo | LF | 16746 |
| 160 | Akira Harada | RF | 16749 |
| 161 | Mitsuro Sawafuji | SP | 16751 |
| 162 | Kiichiro Nomoto | RP | 16753 |
| 163 | Mototoshi Tahara | SP | 16754 |
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