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The Top Ranked Baseball Players by Rookie Year-1970
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 | Bert Blyleven | SP | 151 |
| 2 | Ken Singleton | RF | 324 |
| 3 | Cesar Cedeno | CF | 366 |
| 4 | Greg Luzinski | LF | 402 |
| 5 | Jose Cruz | LF | 686 |
| 6 | Bobby Grich | 2B | 762 |
| 7 | Dave LaRoche | RP | 796 |
| 8 | Davey Concepcion | SS | 804 |
| 9 | Charlie Hough | SP | 910 |
| 10 | Larry Bowa | SS | 949 |
| 11 | Jeff Burroughs | RF | 1003 |
| 12 | Don Gullett | SP | 1184 |
| 13 | Al Hrabosky | RP | 1208 |
| 14 | Ken Forsch | RP | 1230 |
| 15 | Don Baylor | DH | 1289 |
| 16 | Larry Gura | SP | 1616 |
| 17 | Earl Williams | C | 1890 |
| 18 | Joe Ferguson | C | 1899 |
| 19 | Mickey Rivers | CF | 2203 |
| 20 | Wayne Twitchell | RP | 2218 |
| 21 | Milt Wilcox | SP | 2264 |
| 22 | Paul Splittorff | SP | 2444 |
| 23 | Steve Mingori | RP | 2616 |
| 24 | Milt May | C | 2706 |
| 25 | John Curtis | RP | 2985 |
| 26 | Lerrin LaGrow | RP | 3204 |
| 27 | Jackie Brown | RP | 3336 |
| 28 | Roger Moret | RP | 3621 |
| 29 | Wayne Simpson | SP | 3642 |
| 30 | Balor Moore | SP | 3867 |
| 31 | Tom Paciorek | LF | 4341 |
| 32 | Don Carrithers | RP | 4355 |
| 33 | Rich Folkers | RP | 4525 |
| 34 | Roger Metzger | SS | 4563 |
| 35 | Hiromitsu Kadota | DH | 4721 |
| 36 | Bill Gogolewski | RP | 4806 |
| 37 | Jim York | RP | 4913 |
| 38 | Steve Kline (1947) | SP | 5093 |
| 39 | Steve Dunning | SP | 5147 |
| 40 | Mike Strahler | RP | 5488 |
| 41 | Tim Foli | SS | 5500 |
| 42 | Kenichi Yazawa | 1B | 5580 |
| 43 | Rich Hand | SP | 6032 |
| 44 | Harry Parker | RP | 6070 |
| 45 | John Strohmayer | RP | 6146 |
| 46 | Bill Laxton | RP | 6293 |
| 47 | Denny Doyle | 2B | 6334 |
| 48 | Leroy Stanton | RF | 6398 |
| 49 | Denny Riddleberger | RP | 6678 |
| 50 | Doug Griffin | 2B | 6734 |
| 51 | Johnny Oates | C | 6739 |
| 52 | Greg Garrett | RP | 7059 |
| 53 | Ken Reynolds | RP | 7077 |
| 54 | Elliott Maddox | CF | 7085 |
| 55 | Ken Wright | RP | 7397 |
| 56 | Rick Austin | RP | 7619 |
| 57 | Frank Duffy | SS | 7751 |
| 58 | Vince Colbert | RP | 7756 |
| 59 | John Lowenstein | LF | 7800 |
| 60 | Hal Haydel | RP | 7908 |
| 61 | Larry Biittner | 1B | 8047 |
| 62 | Skip Pitlock | RP | 8241 |
| 63 | Jim Magnuson | RP | 8465 |
| 64 | Gerry Janeski | SP | 8526 |
| 65 | Gene Clines | LF | 8538 |
| 66 | Ron Cook | RP | 8959 |
| 67 | Ed Acosta | RP | 8981 |
| 68 | Steve Brye | CF | 9435 |
| 69 | Tom Grieve | LF | 9633 |
| 70 | Jim Nelson | RP | 9672 |
| 71 | Danny Thompson | SS | 9699 |
| 72 | Sandy Vance | SP | 9909 |
| 73 | Roy Foster | LF | 10061 |
| 74 | Dick Such | RP | 10082 |
| 75 | Steve L. Barber | RP | 10508 |
| 76 | Mike Jackson | RP | 10549 |
| 77 | Don Eddy | RP | 10719 |
| 78 | Pete Hamm | SP | 10812 |
| 79 | Al Gallagher | 3B | 10903 |
| 80 | Buddy Harris | RP | 10986 |
| 81 | Jim Rittwage | RP | 11039 |
| 82 | Ed Phillips | RP | 11283 |
| 83 | Migel Puente | SP | 11355 |
| 84 | Luis Melendez | CF | 11479 |
| 85 | Ted Martinez | SS | 11512 |
| 86 | Dennis Saunders | RP | 11818 |
| 87 | Ed Goodson | 1B | 12261 |
| 88 | Gary Jones | RP | 12277 |
| 89 | Jim Dunegan | RP | 12495 |
| 90 | Dick Colpaert | RP | 12568 |
| 91 | Bob Chlupsa | RP | 12670 |
| 92 | Mel Behney | RP | 12801 |
| 93 | Ted Ford | RF | 13027 |
| 94 | Joe Lis | 1B | 13463 |
| 95 | Bob Montgomery | C | 13471 |
| 96 | Rich McKinney | 3B | 13541 |
| 97 | Jim Nettles | CF | 13800 |
| 98 | Roger Freed | RF | 13811 |
| 99 | Carmen Fanzone | 3B | 13812 |
| 100 | Bobby Mitchell (1943) | LF | 14001 |
| 101 | Ed Crosby | SS | 14310 |
| 102 | Rich Severson | SS | 14959 |
| 103 | Larry Howard | C | 15079 |
| 104 | Tim Hosley | C | 15225 |
| 105 | Art Kusnyer | C | 15311 |
| 106 | John Vukovich | 3B | 15723 |
| 107 | Billy Sorrell | 3B | 15814 |
| 108 | Bob Taylor | LF | 16577 |
| 109 | Frank W. Baker | SS | 16578 |
| 110 | Fred Cambria | SS | 16579 |
| 111 | Gene Lamont | C | 16580 |
| 112 | Jim Hutto | LF | 16581 |
| 113 | John Matias | 1B | 16582 |
| 114 | Mike Compton | C | 16583 |
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