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The Top Ranked Baseball Players by Rookie Year-1965
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 | Steve Carlton | SP | 38 |
| 2 | Jim Palmer | SP | 146 |
| 3 | Fergie Jenkins | SP | 147 |
| 4 | Catfish Hunter | SP | 311 |
| 5 | Bobby Murcer | RF | 527 |
| 6 | Tug McGraw | RP | 593 |
| 7 | John Hiller | RP | 639 |
| 8 | Lee May | 1B | 654 |
| 9 | Roy White | LF | 724 |
| 10 | Davey Johnson | 2B | 870 |
| 11 | Rudy May | SP | 1012 |
| 12 | Darold Knowles | RP | 1070 |
| 13 | Ken Holtzman | SP | 1092 |
| 14 | Mark Belanger | SS | 1115 |
| 15 | Bob Locker | RP | 1155 |
| 16 | Glenn Beckert | 2B | 1189 |
| 17 | Joe Coleman Jr. | SP | 1243 |
| 18 | Grant Jackson | RP | 1338 |
| 19 | Jim Lonborg | SP | 1534 |
| 20 | Paul Lindblad | RP | 1590 |
| 21 | Skip Lockwood | RP | 1723 |
| 22 | Steve Hargan | SP | 1832 |
| 23 | Cesar Tovar | CF | 1996 |
| 24 | Bill Hands | SP | 2073 |
| 25 | Jim Merritt | SP | 2103 |
| 26 | Nelson Briles | SP | 2130 |
| 27 | Jim McGlothlin | SP | 2561 |
| 28 | Jim Ray | RP | 2604 |
| 29 | Dick Selma | RP | 2732 |
| 30 | Paul Casanova | C | 2903 |
| 31 | Bud Harrelson | SS | 2993 |
| 32 | Ken Henderson | CF | 3028 |
| 33 | Luke Walker | RP | 3244 |
| 34 | Horace Clarke | 2B | 3526 |
| 35 | Tito Fuentes | 2B | 3575 |
| 36 | Jim Lefebvre | 2B | 3771 |
| 37 | Bobby Tolan | CF | 3906 |
| 38 | Mike Kekich | RP | 4110 |
| 39 | Larry Jaster | RP | 4151 |
| 40 | Curt Blefary | LF | 4434 |
| 41 | Katsuo Osugi | 1B | 4729 |
| 42 | Sachio Kinugasa | 3B | 4730 |
| 43 | Duane Josephson | C | 4809 |
| 44 | Ollie Brown | RF | 4875 |
| 45 | Chuck Hartenstein | RP | 5017 |
| 46 | Gary Wagner | RP | 5042 |
| 47 | Bob Oliver | 1B | 5133 |
| 48 | Ted Uhlaender | CF | 5195 |
| 49 | Hiroyuki Yamazaki | 2B | 5586 |
| 50 | Ron Swoboda | RF | 5610 |
| 51 | Barry Moore | SP | 5638 |
| 52 | Rob Gardner | RP | 5814 |
| 53 | Ted Davidson | RP | 5947 |
| 54 | Pete Cimino | RP | 6108 |
| 55 | Mike Hedlund | SP | 6370 |
| 56 | Don Dennis | RP | 6585 |
| 57 | Carroll Sembera | RP | 7481 |
| 58 | Art Shamsky | RF | 7725 |
| 59 | Andy Kosco | RF | 8192 |
| 60 | Jerry Moses | C | 8392 |
| 61 | Roberto Pena | SS | 8603 |
| 62 | Jim Bethke | RP | 8782 |
| 63 | Richie Scheinblum | RF | 8943 |
| 64 | Frank Carpin | RP | 9412 |
| 65 | Gil Blanco | RP | 9546 |
| 66 | Ron Tompkins | RP | 9855 |
| 67 | Bruce Von Hoff | SP | 9940 |
| 68 | Norm Miller | RF | 10059 |
| 69 | Don Buschhorn | RP | 10083 |
| 70 | Darrell Osteen | RP | 10110 |
| 71 | Greg Bollo | RP | 10233 |
| 72 | Dennis Musgraves | RP | 10277 |
| 73 | Rich Beck | SP | 10332 |
| 74 | Dick Joyce | SP | 10464 |
| 75 | Ray Oyler | SS | 10665 |
| 76 | Byron Browne | RF | 10678 |
| 77 | Jesse Hickman | RP | 10913 |
| 78 | Bob Barton | C | 11085 |
| 79 | Bill Voss | RF | 11422 |
| 80 | Jackie Hernandez | SS | 11645 |
| 81 | Brant Alyea | LF | 11827 |
| 82 | Chuck Harrison | 1B | 11974 |
| 83 | Don Young | CF | 13073 |
| 84 | Tom Egan | C | 13328 |
| 85 | Frank Quilici | 2B | 13387 |
| 86 | Sandy Valdespino | LF | 13402 |
| 87 | Rene Lachemann | C | 13424 |
| 88 | Jim French | C | 14163 |
| 89 | Chris Krug | C | 14295 |
| 90 | Greg Goossen | 1B | 14606 |
| 91 | Bob Schroder | 2B | 14791 |
| 92 | Bill Heath | C | 14942 |
| 93 | Kevin Collins | 3B | 15007 |
| 94 | Danny Napoleon | LF | 15345 |
| 95 | George Spriggs | RF | 16595 |
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