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The Top Ranked Baseball Players by Rookie Year-1958
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 | Orlando Cepeda | 1B | 135 |
| 2 | Vada Pinson | CF | 271 |
| 3 | Frank Howard | LF | 404 |
| 4 | Johnny Callison | RF | 612 |
| 5 | Felipe Alou | RF | 615 |
| 6 | Norm Cash | 1B | 716 |
| 7 | Gary Bell | RP | 795 |
| 8 | Bob Allison | RF | 854 |
| 9 | John Romano | C | 969 |
| 10 | Bill Monbouquette | SP | 1035 |
| 11 | Leon Wagner | LF | 1107 |
| 12 | Stan Williams | RP | 1108 |
| 13 | Jim O'Toole | SP | 1221 |
| 14 | Larry Sherry | RP | 1316 |
| 15 | Mudcat Grant | RP | 1318 |
| 16 | Dick Stuart | 1B | 1509 |
| 17 | Ken T. Johnson | SP | 1866 |
| 18 | Dick Ellsworth | SP | 2034 |
| 19 | Orlando Pena | RP | 2101 |
| 20 | Ron Fairly | 1B | 2113 |
| 21 | Tony Taylor | 2B | 2230 |
| 22 | John Buzhardt | SP | 2430 |
| 23 | Ron Hansen | SS | 2655 |
| 24 | Jim Davenport | 3B | 2686 |
| 25 | Carl Willey | SP | 2733 |
| 26 | Albie Pearson | CF | 2994 |
| 27 | Howie Reed | RP | 3306 |
| 28 | Willie Kirkland | RF | 3544 |
| 29 | Ted Bowsfield | RP | 3596 |
| 30 | Bob Schmidt | C | 3959 |
| 31 | Jerry Adair | 2B | 4245 |
| 32 | Norm Larker | 1B | 4482 |
| 33 | Gary Geiger | CF | 4858 |
| 34 | Billy Moran | 2B | 4983 |
| 35 | Dom Zanni | RP | 5058 |
| 36 | Sammy Taylor | C | 5137 |
| 37 | Jerry Casale | SP | 5844 |
| 38 | Ray Semproch | SP | 6042 |
| 39 | Curt Raydon | SP | 6054 |
| 40 | Johnny James | RP | 6233 |
| 41 | Pancho Herrera | 1B | 6554 |
| 42 | Ruben Amaro Sr. | SS | 6779 |
| 43 | Shigeo Nagashima | 3B | 6824 |
| 44 | Willie Tasby | CF | 7019 |
| 45 | Ron Blackburn | RP | 7075 |
| 46 | Al Schroll | RP | 7300 |
| 47 | Bob Davis (RP) | RP | 7773 |
| 48 | Bob Mabe | RP | 7891 |
| 49 | Bob Lillis | SS | 7929 |
| 50 | Joe Koppe | SS | 7972 |
| 51 | Zach Monroe | RP | 8055 |
| 52 | Bob W. Smith | RP | 8076 |
| 53 | Bill Smith | RP | 8559 |
| 54 | Joe Shipley | RP | 8628 |
| 55 | Nelson Chittum | RP | 8670 |
| 56 | Ralph Mauriello | SP | 8966 |
| 57 | Bob Giallombardo | SP | 9018 |
| 58 | Marcelino Solis | RP | 9216 |
| 59 | Dolan Nichols | RP | 9268 |
| 60 | John Anderson (P) | RP | 9432 |
| 61 | Jim Marshall | 1B | 9742 |
| 62 | Don Erickson | RP | 9894 |
| 63 | Gene Fodge | RP | 9942 |
| 64 | Chuck Essegian | LF | 10070 |
| 65 | Carroll Hardy | 1B | 10094 |
| 66 | Kent Hadley | 1B | 10423 |
| 67 | Harry Bright | 1B | 10824 |
| 68 | Don Williams | RP | 11115 |
| 69 | George Alusik | LF | 11344 |
| 70 | Dick Gray | 3B | 11810 |
| 71 | Coot Veal | SS | 11951 |
| 72 | Jim McAnany | RF | 12022 |
| 73 | Ellis Burton | CF | 12173 |
| 74 | Earl Robinson | RF | 12831 |
| 75 | Don Taussig | LF | 13004 |
| 76 | Jimmie Coker | C | 13036 |
| 77 | Johnny Schaive | 3B | 13487 |
| 78 | Lou Klimchock | 3B | 13510 |
| 79 | Toru Mori | CF | 13511 |
| 80 | Ossie Alvarez | SS | 13527 |
| 81 | Tadashi Sugiura | SP | 13956 |
| 82 | Kazuhiko Kondo | LF | 14017 |
| 83 | Katsuya Morinaga | CF | 14078 |
| 84 | Yoshitaka Kosaka | 2B | 14241 |
| 85 | Moe Thacker | C | 14317 |
| 86 | Kingo Motoyashiki | SS | 14362 |
| 87 | Takeshi Koba | SS | 14593 |
| 88 | Leo Burke | RF | 14594 |
| 89 | Mitsuo Imazu | SS | 16638 |
| 90 | Goro Toi | 1B | 16652 |
| 91 | Shojiro Namba | 1B | 16669 |
| 92 | Yoshimatsu Yokochi | SS | 16712 |
| 93 | Yukio Tomoto | SS | 16716 |
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