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The Top Ranked Baseball Players by Rookie Year-1956
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 | Frank Robinson | RF | 30 |
| 2 | Don Drysdale | SP | 88 |
| 3 | Bill White | 1B | 474 |
| 4 | Luis Aparicio | SS | 556 |
| 5 | Turk Farrell | RP | 600 |
| 6 | Bill Mazeroski | 2B | 679 |
| 7 | Norm Siebern | 1B | 789 |
| 8 | Curt Flood | CF | 954 |
| 9 | Jack Sanford | SP | 1084 |
| 10 | Moe Drabowsky | RP | 1234 |
| 11 | Mike F. McCormick | SP | 1253 |
| 12 | Ralph Terry | SP | 1322 |
| 13 | Hal Woodeshick | RP | 1808 |
| 14 | Tito Francona | LF | 1998 |
| 15 | Charlie Neal | 2B | 2093 |
| 16 | Jackie Brandt | CF | 2132 |
| 17 | Jim Coates | RP | 2280 |
| 18 | Jerry Lumpe | 2B | 2317 |
| 19 | Dave Sisler | RP | 2374 |
| 20 | George Brunet | SP | 2477 |
| 21 | Hal R. Smith | C | 2553 |
| 22 | Eddie Bressoud | SS | 3003 |
| 23 | Gino Cimoli | RF | 3074 |
| 24 | Don Demeter | CF | 3349 |
| 25 | Bob Aspromonte | 3B | 3712 |
| 26 | Felix Mantilla | 2B | 3984 |
| 27 | Taylor Phillips | RP | 4240 |
| 28 | Bob Trowbridge | RP | 4361 |
| 29 | Tom Acker | RP | 4599 |
| 30 | Don Buddin | SS | 4789 |
| 31 | Ed Bouchee | 1B | 4804 |
| 32 | Wes Covington | LF | 4827 |
| 33 | Chico Fernandez | SS | 5256 |
| 34 | Hal Griggs | RP | 5737 |
| 35 | Wally Burnette | RP | 5871 |
| 36 | Al Pilarcik | RF | 6386 |
| 37 | Marty Keough | CF | 6496 |
| 38 | John Briggs (RP) | RP | 6649 |
| 39 | Earl Averill Jr. | C | 6730 |
| 40 | Whitey Herzog | RF | 6894 |
| 41 | Jerry Kindall | 2B | 7025 |
| 42 | Frank Torre | 1B | 7286 |
| 43 | Yoshinori Hirose | SS | 7343 |
| 44 | Charlie Beamon | RP | 7578 |
| 45 | Jim Constable | RP | 7614 |
| 46 | Joe Margoneri | RP | 8077 |
| 47 | Ron Moeller | SP | 8218 |
| 48 | Evelio Hernandez | RP | 8335 |
| 49 | Herb Plews | 2B | 8391 |
| 50 | Troy Herriage | SP | 8503 |
| 51 | Bob Blaylock | RP | 8611 |
| 52 | Red Murff | RP | 8644 |
| 53 | Lou Skizas | RF | 8860 |
| 54 | Jack McMahan | RP | 9472 |
| 55 | Connie Grob | RP | 9518 |
| 56 | Angelo LiPetri | RP | 9793 |
| 57 | Jim Derrington | RP | 9794 |
| 58 | Cholly Naranjo | RP | 9943 |
| 59 | Charlie Lau | C | 10442 |
| 60 | Fred Besana | RP | 10465 |
| 61 | Gene Host | RP | 10607 |
| 62 | Kazuhisa Inao | RP | 11059 |
| 63 | Ozzie Virgil Sr. | 3B | 11171 |
| 64 | Tetsuya Yoneda | SP | 11644 |
| 65 | Danny Kravitz | C | 11829 |
| 66 | Solly Drake | CF | 11985 |
| 67 | Mike Baxes | SS | 12478 |
| 68 | Joe Lonnett | C | 12988 |
| 69 | Atsushi Otsu | RF | 13121 |
| 70 | Shigeo Hasegawa | LF | 13242 |
| 71 | Shinya Sasaki | 2B | 13437 |
| 72 | Yoshio Anabuki | RF | 13441 |
| 73 | Teruo Ishihara | 3B | 13445 |
| 74 | Yosuke Terada | 1B | 13502 |
| 75 | Lyle Luttrell | SS | 13557 |
| 76 | Masatoshi Matsuoka | 2B | 13875 |
| 77 | Hachiro Yamamoto | RF | 14109 |
| 78 | Keiji Osawa | LF | 14165 |
| 79 | Katsumi Fujimoto | 1B | 14306 |
| 80 | Noboru Akiyama | SP | 14332 |
| 81 | Terutoshi Okiyama | CF | 14404 |
| 82 | Jack Ladra | LF | 14435 |
| 83 | Kiyoshi Doi | C | 14477 |
| 84 | Kazuhiko Sakazaki | CF | 14486 |
| 85 | Soichi Arakawa | CF | 14624 |
| 86 | Yutaka Sudo | 2B | 14704 |
| 87 | Sachio Himoto | LF | 14893 |
| 88 | Kazuyoshi Nishiyama | CF | 15001 |
| 89 | Kusuo Tanaka | LF | 15321 |
| 90 | Hiroshi Masuda | 3B | 15421 |
| 91 | Yasuhiro Iwaoka | SS | 15486 |
| 92 | Seikichi Nishioka | 3B | 15494 |
| 93 | Hideyuki Suzuki | LF | 15835 |
| 94 | Junro Anan | 3B | 15855 |
| 95 | Yukinaga Hosaka | C | 15873 |
| 96 | Shosuke Doi | SS | 16613 |
| 97 | Tadashi Higaki | LF | 16647 |
| 98 | Yoshizo Tanabe | C | 16667 |
| 99 | Toshiaki Sakai | C | 16668 |
| 100 | Hideaki Homoto | LF | 16684 |
| 101 | Masayuki Dobashi | SP | 16691 |
| 102 | Shoichi Ono | RP | 16704 |
| 103 | Seisaku Ishiguro | CF | 16732 |
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