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The Top Ranked Baseball Players by Rookie Year-1966
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 | Nolan Ryan | SP | 15 |
| 2 | Don Sutton | SP | 94 |
| 3 | Reggie Smith | RF | 553 |
| 4 | George Scott | 1B | 599 |
| 5 | Sal Bando | 3B | 651 |
| 6 | Bob Watson | 1B | 840 |
| 7 | Don Wilson | SP | 914 |
| 8 | Woodie Fryman | SP | 1277 |
| 9 | Nate Colbert | 1B | 1284 |
| 10 | Ron Reed | RP | 1286 |
| 11 | Rick Monday | CF | 1404 |
| 12 | Felix Millan | 2B | 1540 |
| 13 | Eddie Watt | RP | 1703 |
| 14 | Willie Montanez | 1B | 1730 |
| 15 | Fritz Peterson | SP | 1864 |
| 16 | Cecil Upshaw | RP | 1896 |
| 17 | Stan Bahnsen | SP | 2044 |
| 18 | Dick Dietz | C | 2154 |
| 19 | Clyde Wright | SP | 2638 |
| 20 | Mike Andrews | 2B | 2721 |
| 21 | Pat Jarvis | SP | 2759 |
| 22 | Tom Phoebus | SP | 2786 |
| 23 | George Culver | RP | 2861 |
| 24 | Jim Nash | SP | 2871 |
| 25 | Dick Bosman | SP | 2874 |
| 26 | Chuck Dobson | SP | 3166 |
| 27 | Bucky Brandon | RP | 3533 |
| 28 | Dennis Higgins | RP | 3593 |
| 29 | George Mitterwald | C | 3748 |
| 30 | Casey Cox | RP | 3755 |
| 31 | Mike Epstein | 1B | 4050 |
| 32 | Bill Robinson | LF | 4090 |
| 33 | Dooley Womack | RP | 4396 |
| 34 | Minnie Rojas | SP | 4568 |
| 35 | Gene Brabender | SP | 4663 |
| 36 | Keishi Suzuki | SP | 4727 |
| 37 | Tsuneo Horiuchi | SP | 4728 |
| 38 | Jim Shellenback | RP | 4878 |
| 39 | Rich Nye | SP | 5205 |
| 40 | John Morris | RP | 5254 |
| 41 | Joe Foy | 3B | 5293 |
| 42 | Dave Baldwin | RP | 5296 |
| 43 | Jay Johnstone | RF | 5392 |
| 44 | Dick Hughes | SP | 5418 |
| 45 | Taira Fujita | SS | 5585 |
| 46 | Ron Willis | RP | 5654 |
| 47 | Dick Lines | RP | 6369 |
| 48 | Joe Verbanic | RP | 6530 |
| 49 | Gary Sutherland | 2B | 7001 |
| 50 | Gene Michael | SS | 7247 |
| 51 | Rich P. Robertson | RP | 7472 |
| 52 | Bill Hepler | RP | 8444 |
| 53 | Bill Connors | RP | 9137 |
| 54 | Jim Ollom | RP | 9234 |
| 55 | Fred Klages | SP | 9542 |
| 56 | John Donaldson | 2B | 9611 |
| 57 | Tim Cullen | RF | 9700 |
| 58 | Jorge Rubio | SP | 9820 |
| 59 | Dick Rusteck | RP | 9839 |
| 60 | Ed Stroud | CF | 9860 |
| 61 | Buddy Bradford | RF | 10031 |
| 62 | Jim Cosman | SP | 10276 |
| 63 | Bill Graham | SP | 10374 |
| 64 | Guido Grilli | RP | 10420 |
| 65 | Ron Keller | RP | 10421 |
| 66 | Al Closter | RP | 10699 |
| 67 | Tom Hutton | 1B | 10857 |
| 68 | George Korince | RP | 11040 |
| 69 | Mike Ferraro | 3B | 11574 |
| 70 | Steve Whitaker | RF | 12622 |
| 71 | Hank Allen | CF | 12643 |
| 72 | Ron Stone | LF | 13089 |
| 73 | Don Mason | 2B | 13355 |
| 74 | Larry Haney | C | 13737 |
| 75 | Ossie Chavarria | SS | 14009 |
| 76 | Lee Elia | SS | 14089 |
| 77 | Jackie Warner | RF | 14426 |
| 78 | Frank Johnson | LF | 14627 |
| 79 | Ken Suarez | C | 14688 |
| 80 | Billy Murphy | CF | 14695 |
| 81 | Don Bosch | CF | 14794 |
| 82 | Ron Clark | 3B | 14817 |
| 83 | Adrian Garrett | DH | 15484 |
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