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The Top Ranked Baseball Players by Rookie Year-1951
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 | Willie Mays | CF | 5 |
| 2 | Mickey Mantle | CF | 25 |
| 3 | Sam Jones | SP | 239 |
| 4 | Bob Turley | SP | 309 |
| 5 | Bob Friend | SP | 671 |
| 6 | Frank J. Thomas | LF | 1000 |
| 7 | Gil McDougald | 2B | 1106 |
| 8 | Pete Runnels | 1B | 1121 |
| 9 | Sammy White | C | 1343 |
| 10 | Johnny Logan | SS | 1527 |
| 11 | Roy McMillan | SS | 1609 |
| 12 | Turk Lown | RP | 1733 |
| 13 | Tom Morgan | RP | 1826 |
| 14 | Clint Courtney | C | 2052 |
| 15 | Hal Brown | SP | 2297 |
| 16 | Bob Nieman | LF | 2390 |
| 17 | Dale Long | 1B | 2466 |
| 18 | Chet Nichols Jr. | RP | 2691 |
| 19 | George Zuverink | RP | 2877 |
| 20 | Dee Fondy | 1B | 2906 |
| 21 | Paul LaPalme | RP | 2948 |
| 22 | Leo Kiely | RP | 3032 |
| 23 | Jackie Collum | RP | 3307 |
| 24 | Bob Chakales | RP | 3497 |
| 25 | Bill Sarni | C | 3670 |
| 26 | Joe DeMaestri | SS | 3686 |
| 27 | Bob Cerv | LF | 3779 |
| 28 | Joe Presko | RP | 4227 |
| 29 | Dick Williams | LF | 4527 |
| 30 | Rocky Bridges | SS | 4546 |
| 31 | Al Corwin | RP | 4606 |
| 32 | Dick Marlowe | RP | 5124 |
| 33 | Red Wilson | C | 5248 |
| 34 | Bob Kelly | RP | 5270 |
| 35 | Bob Boyd | 1B | 5725 |
| 36 | Phil Paine | RP | 5751 |
| 37 | Bob Wiesler | SP | 5867 |
| 38 | Art Schallock | RP | 5980 |
| 39 | Bob Schultz | RP | 6510 |
| 40 | Ben Flowers | RP | 6511 |
| 41 | Willy Miranda | SS | 7098 |
| 42 | Dick Bokelmann | RP | 7624 |
| 43 | Bob Mahoney | RP | 7849 |
| 44 | Jack Crimian | RP | 7865 |
| 45 | Jim Dyck | 3B | 7996 |
| 46 | George Estock | RP | 8102 |
| 47 | Joe Muir | RP | 8134 |
| 48 | Dick Cole | SS | 8275 |
| 49 | Leo Cristante | RP | 8337 |
| 50 | Hal Naragon | C | 8372 |
| 51 | Norm Zauchin | 1B | 8548 |
| 52 | Ross Grimsley Sr. | RP | 8786 |
| 53 | Jack Merson | 2B | 9310 |
| 54 | Niles Jordan | SP | 9311 |
| 55 | Duke Markell | RP | 9415 |
| 56 | Bill Koski | RP | 9476 |
| 57 | Bunjiro Sakamoto | 3B | 9494 |
| 58 | Alton Brown | RP | 9597 |
| 59 | Riichi Kodama | 3B | 9626 |
| 60 | Paul Pettit | RP | 9646 |
| 61 | Wayne McLeland | RP | 9755 |
| 62 | Harry Fisher | RP | 10041 |
| 63 | Lou Limmer | 1B | 10107 |
| 64 | Len Yochim | RP | 10183 |
| 65 | Mel Clark | RF | 10409 |
| 66 | Karl Olson | CF | 10664 |
| 67 | Jim Brideweser | SS | 11100 |
| 68 | Jun Hakota | 2B | 11207 |
| 69 | Bob Thorpe | RF | 11661 |
| 70 | Ebba St. Claire | C | 12122 |
| 71 | Mel Hoderlein | 2B | 12230 |
| 72 | Ray Noble | C | 12392 |
| 73 | Al Federoff | 2B | 12407 |
| 74 | Bill Jennings | SS | 12569 |
| 75 | Gene Verble | SS | 13107 |
| 76 | Jack Cusick | SS | 13221 |
| 77 | Archie Wilson | LF | 13292 |
| 78 | Frank Campos | LF | 13889 |
| 79 | Ben Taylor (1927) | 1B | 14067 |
| 80 | Junichi Yano | CF | 16612 |
| 81 | Hiroshi Nonomura | 3B | 16641 |
| 82 | Don Bussan | RF | 16674 |
| 83 | Akira Kusaka | CF | 16679 |
| 84 | Onpei Minami | 2B | 16706 |
| 85 | Shigemasa Masu | 3B | 16737 |
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