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The Top Ranked Baseball Players by Rookie Year-1959
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 | Billy Williams | LF | 41 |
| 2 | Bob Gibson | SP | 79 |
| 3 | Willie McCovey | 1B | 114 |
| 4 | Jim Kaat | SP | 529 |
| 5 | Gary Peters | SP | 595 |
| 6 | Mike Cuellar | SP | 630 |
| 7 | Maury Wills | SS | 667 |
| 8 | Jim Perry | SP | 769 |
| 9 | Tim McCarver | C | 828 |
| 10 | Chris Short | SP | 876 |
| 11 | Zoilo Versalles | SS | 1247 |
| 12 | Tommy Davis | LF | 1256 |
| 13 | Claude Raymond | RP | 1326 |
| 14 | Eddie Fisher | RP | 1348 |
| 15 | Earl Wilson | SP | 1648 |
| 16 | Jack Kralick | SP | 1970 |
| 17 | Ernie Broglio | SP | 2170 |
| 18 | Wes Stock | RP | 2424 |
| 19 | Bob Bruce | SP | 2454 |
| 20 | Ken McBride | SP | 2729 |
| 21 | Jack Fisher | SP | 2756 |
| 22 | George Altman | RF | 2833 |
| 23 | Marshall Bridges | RP | 2886 |
| 24 | Al Jackson | SP | 2911 |
| 25 | Gene Oliver | C | 3380 |
| 26 | Bobby Locke | RP | 3694 |
| 27 | Lee Maye | LF | 4258 |
| 28 | Bob Duliba | RP | 4532 |
| 29 | Eli Grba | SP | 4656 |
| 30 | Russ Snyder | LF | 4900 |
| 31 | Jim Umbricht | RP | 5005 |
| 32 | Gordy Coleman | 1B | 5201 |
| 33 | Ted Wills | RP | 5336 |
| 34 | Marty Kutyna | RP | 5422 |
| 35 | Jose Pagan | SS | 5512 |
| 36 | Fred Green | RP | 6192 |
| 37 | Joe Schaffernoth | RP | 6215 |
| 38 | John Gabler | RP | 6238 |
| 39 | Al Spangler | LF | 6375 |
| 40 | Isao Harimoto | CF | 6716 |
| 41 | Bob Giggie | RP | 7742 |
| 42 | Rudy Arias | RP | 7761 |
| 43 | J.C. Martin | 1B | 7779 |
| 44 | Joe Christopher | RF | 7899 |
| 45 | Mark Freeman | RP | 7945 |
| 46 | Gary Blaylock | RP | 7949 |
| 47 | Sadaharu Oh | 1B | 8288 |
| 48 | Fred Valentine | RF | 8346 |
| 49 | Howie Nunn | RP | 8477 |
| 50 | Ben F. Johnson | RP | 8655 |
| 51 | Ben Johnson (1931) | RP | 8721 |
| 52 | Chuck Cottier | 2B | 8758 |
| 53 | Dick Ricketts | SP | 8784 |
| 54 | Cam Carreon | C | 8866 |
| 55 | Minoru Murayama | SP | 9103 |
| 56 | Shinichi Eto | 1B | 9200 |
| 57 | Jerry Davie | RP | 9413 |
| 58 | Sparky Anderson | 2B | 9595 |
| 59 | Bob Hartman | RP | 10181 |
| 60 | Gene Snyder | RP | 10182 |
| 61 | Jim Baxes | 2B | 10235 |
| 62 | Ed Donnelly (1932) | RP | 10279 |
| 63 | Pumpsie Green | 2B | 10364 |
| 64 | Jim Bailey | RP | 10955 |
| 65 | Ken L. Hunt | CF | 11225 |
| 66 | Bob Saverine | 2B | 11387 |
| 67 | Dan Dobbek | CF | 12053 |
| 68 | Norm Sherry | C | 12739 |
| 69 | Don Dillard | CF | 13066 |
| 70 | Gene Leek | 3B | 13526 |
| 71 | Cliff Cook | 3B | 13698 |
| 72 | Duke Carmel | CF | 13744 |
| 73 | Joe Hicks | CF | 13761 |
| 74 | Takeshi Kuwata | 3B | 13855 |
| 75 | Joe M. Morgan | 3B | 13972 |
| 76 | Jim Mahoney | SS | 14813 |
| 77 | Masuho Maeda | 3B | 14998 |
| 78 | Saneo Aso | SS | 15247 |
| 79 | Yukio Shimada | 1B | 15282 |
| 80 | Tatsuo Okitsu | 3B | 16621 |
| 81 | Toshiharu Ueda | C | 16627 |
| 82 | Hidenori Kanemitsu | RF | 16649 |
| 83 | Yoshio Kitagawa | SP | 16699 |
| 84 | Kenichi Akagi | RF | 16710 |
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