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The Top Ranked Baseball Players by Rookie Year-1954
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 | Hank Aaron | RF | 9 |
| 2 | Harmon Killebrew | 1B | 130 |
| 3 | Camilo Pascual | SP | 176 |
| 4 | Billy O'Dell | RP | 571 |
| 5 | Frank Lary | SP | 663 |
| 6 | Wally Moon | LF | 725 |
| 7 | Vic Power | 1B | 845 |
| 8 | Bill Skowron | 1B | 882 |
| 9 | Ryne Duren | RP | 1237 |
| 10 | Bob Purkey | SP | 1334 |
| 11 | Bob Skinner | LF | 1344 |
| 12 | Don Mossi | RP | 1352 |
| 13 | Ray Narleski | RP | 1380 |
| 14 | Jim Brosnan | RP | 1402 |
| 15 | Bob Grim | RP | 1582 |
| 16 | Art Ditmar | SP | 1646 |
| 17 | Frank Bolling | 2B | 1739 |
| 18 | Tom Brewer | SP | 1745 |
| 19 | Art Fowler | RP | 1942 |
| 20 | Don Hoak | 3B | 2017 |
| 21 | Brooks Lawrence | RP | 2084 |
| 22 | Tex Clevenger | RP | 2391 |
| 23 | Joe Cunningham | 1B | 2524 |
| 24 | Russ Kemmerer | RP | 2550 |
| 25 | Walt Moryn | RF | 3163 |
| 26 | Woodie Held | SS | 3291 |
| 27 | Arnie Portocarrero | SP | 3470 |
| 28 | Gordon Jones | RP | 3534 |
| 29 | Jim Finigan | 3B | 3858 |
| 30 | Don Zimmer | 3B | 3900 |
| 31 | Ray Crone | RP | 4113 |
| 32 | Billy Gardner | 2B | 4324 |
| 33 | Jerry Lynch | LF | 4582 |
| 34 | Lou Berberet | C | 4654 |
| 35 | Mutsuo Minagawa | SP | 4732 |
| 36 | Takao Kajimoto | SP | 4733 |
| 37 | Jim Davis | RP | 5015 |
| 38 | Ramon Monzant | RP | 5658 |
| 39 | Paul Giel | RP | 5757 |
| 40 | Alex Grammas | SS | 5779 |
| 41 | Nellie King | RP | 5929 |
| 42 | Tom Hurd | RP | 5983 |
| 43 | Vito Valentinetti | RP | 6297 |
| 44 | Johnny Gray | SP | 6712 |
| 45 | Mel Wright | RP | 6830 |
| 46 | Bill Hall | C | 6852 |
| 47 | Katsuya Nomura | C | 7010 |
| 48 | Jake Thies | SP | 7197 |
| 49 | Bill Tremel | RP | 7294 |
| 50 | Karl Spooner | SP | 7341 |
| 51 | Corky Valentine | SP | 7547 |
| 52 | Laurin Pepper | RP | 7720 |
| 53 | Royce Lint | RP | 7909 |
| 54 | Joey Amalfitano | 2B | 7922 |
| 55 | Ron Mrozinski | RP | 7984 |
| 56 | George O'Donnell | RP | 8200 |
| 57 | Harry Agganis | 1B | 8243 |
| 58 | Tatsuro Hirooka | SS | 8554 |
| 59 | Pete Wojey | RP | 8722 |
| 60 | Bob Greenwood | RP | 8910 |
| 61 | Curt Roberts | 2B | 9165 |
| 62 | Ralph Beard | SP | 9270 |
| 63 | Tom Lasorda | RP | 9271 |
| 64 | Bob Darnell | RP | 9307 |
| 65 | Paul Penson | SP | 9473 |
| 66 | Moe Savransky | RP | 9519 |
| 67 | Dick Strahs | RP | 9596 |
| 68 | Carlos Paula | RF | 9645 |
| 69 | Lee Wheat | RP | 9841 |
| 70 | Al Lary | RP | 9895 |
| 71 | Ozzie Van Brabant | RP | 9896 |
| 72 | Gair Allie | SS | 9944 |
| 73 | Tom Herrin | RP | 9945 |
| 74 | Bill Oster | RP | 10040 |
| 75 | Bob Zick | RP | 10236 |
| 76 | Spook Jacobs | 2B | 10393 |
| 77 | Akira Ogi | 2B | 10403 |
| 78 | Dutch Romberger | RP | 10466 |
| 79 | Akitoshi Kodama | 3B | 10515 |
| 80 | Foster Castleman | 3B | 10693 |
| 81 | Chuck Harmon | 3B | 10712 |
| 82 | Tim Thompson | C | 10861 |
| 83 | Shoichi Busujima | RF | 10970 |
| 84 | Danny Schell | LF | 11041 |
| 85 | Roberto Barbon | 2B | 11137 |
| 86 | Billy Shantz | C | 11837 |
| 87 | Ron Samford | SS | 12105 |
| 88 | Akiteru Kono | SS | 12203 |
| 89 | Rudy Regalado | 3B | 12328 |
| 90 | Hiroharu Okajima | 3B | 12433 |
| 91 | Kosei Komori | 3B | 12811 |
| 92 | Tom Alston | 1B | 12880 |
| 93 | Joe Taylor | LF | 13128 |
| 94 | Joe Durham | LF | 13145 |
| 95 | Jim Robertson | C | 13391 |
| 96 | El Tappe | C | 13400 |
| 97 | Tadao Maekawa | SS | 13656 |
| 98 | Charlie White | C | 13939 |
| 99 | Mitsutsugu Yokoyama | LF | 14353 |
| 100 | Tom Burgess | RF | 14371 |
| 101 | Reijiro Watanabe | SS | 14706 |
| 102 | Mitsuo Yoneyama | SS | 14778 |
| 103 | Morimichi Iwashita | LF | 14883 |
| 104 | Shizuya Mizukami | SS | 14932 |
| 105 | Masaaki Ishida | 1B | 15021 |
| 106 | Carlton Hanta | 2B | 15022 |
| 107 | Katsuhiko Hara | C | 15042 |
| 108 | Takeo Yoshizawa | C | 15089 |
| 109 | Masatoshi Kato | C | 15273 |
| 110 | Junzo Ando | C | 15455 |
| 111 | Mamoru Tanaka | RF | 15469 |
| 112 | Susumu Ishikawa | LF | 15479 |
| 113 | Akitada Tsukuda | C | 15503 |
| 114 | Jimmy McCabe | SS | 15821 |
| 115 | Minoru Kakurai | CF | 15828 |
| 116 | Masayasu Mise | 2B | 16645 |
| 117 | Yasuo Takiuchi | 2B | 16681 |
| 118 | Masaaki Arimachi | SS | 16685 |
| 119 | Hiroomi Oyane | SP | 16708 |
| 120 | Fujiya Nara | LF | 16714 |
| 121 | Takao Dodo | CF | 16719 |
| 122 | Toshiharu Ai | C | 16725 |
| 123 | Motoji Takuwa | RP | 16739 |
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