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The Top Ranked Baseball Players by Rookie Year-1971
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 | Cecil Cooper | 1B | 270 |
| 2 | Darrell Porter | C | 536 |
| 3 | Jon Matlack | SP | 581 |
| 4 | Burt Hooton | SP | 771 |
| 5 | George Hendrick | RF | 815 |
| 6 | Ron Cey | 3B | 875 |
| 7 | Richie Zisk | RF | 1248 |
| 8 | Ben Oglivie | LF | 1257 |
| 9 | J.R. Richard | SP | 1270 |
| 10 | Doyle Alexander | SP | 1483 |
| 11 | Dave Kingman | 1B | 1507 |
| 12 | Chris Chambliss | 1B | 1637 |
| 13 | Terry Forster | RP | 1773 |
| 14 | Bruce Kison | SP | 1816 |
| 15 | Steve Stone | SP | 1889 |
| 16 | Ed Farmer | RP | 2187 |
| 17 | Chris Speier | SS | 2199 |
| 18 | Jim Slaton | SP | 2220 |
| 19 | Bill Bonham | SP | 2360 |
| 20 | Ross Grimsley | SP | 2439 |
| 21 | Mike Caldwell | SP | 2597 |
| 22 | Andy Hassler | RP | 2737 |
| 23 | Rick Miller | CF | 2970 |
| 24 | Jim Barr | SP | 3059 |
| 25 | Tom House | RP | 3210 |
| 26 | Jim Willoughby | RP | 3341 |
| 27 | Buzz Capra | RP | 3469 |
| 28 | Dave Rader | C | 3605 |
| 29 | Charlie Williams | RP | 3678 |
| 30 | Pete Broberg | SP | 3846 |
| 31 | Bill North | CF | 3978 |
| 32 | Bill Greif | RP | 4354 |
| 33 | Rennie Stennett | 2B | 4376 |
| 34 | Ray Corbin | RP | 4547 |
| 35 | Lenny Randle | 3B | 4595 |
| 36 | Tsutomu Wakamatsu | CF | 4720 |
| 37 | John Milner | 1B | 5008 |
| 38 | Frank Taveras | SS | 5019 |
| 39 | Juan Beniquez | CF | 5068 |
| 40 | Steve Braun | LF | 5221 |
| 41 | Rich Hinton | RP | 5485 |
| 42 | Chuck Seelbach | RP | 5515 |
| 43 | Yasunori Oshima | 1B | 5579 |
| 44 | Derrel Thomas | 2B | 5622 |
| 45 | Eric Soderholm | 3B | 5689 |
| 46 | Ernie McAnally | SP | 5845 |
| 47 | Mike Ivie | 1B | 6341 |
| 48 | Bill Parsons | SP | 6670 |
| 49 | Jerry Bell | RP | 6946 |
| 50 | Don Rose | RP | 8654 |
| 51 | Jim Panther | RP | 8778 |
| 52 | Bob O'Brien | RP | 8781 |
| 53 | Jim Strickland | RP | 8998 |
| 54 | Steve Luebber | SP | 9155 |
| 55 | Enzo Hernandez | SS | 9260 |
| 56 | Stan Perzanowski | SP | 9326 |
| 57 | Earl Stephenson | RP | 9353 |
| 58 | Mike W. Thompson | SP | 9410 |
| 59 | Ray Newman | RP | 9532 |
| 60 | Mike Thompson | SP | 9859 |
| 61 | Monty Montgomery | SP | 10248 |
| 62 | Ron Theobald | 2B | 10400 |
| 63 | Mark Ballinger | RP | 10463 |
| 64 | Roger Hambright | RP | 10651 |
| 65 | Bob Gebhard | RP | 10963 |
| 66 | Mike Anderson | RF | 11023 |
| 67 | Lance Clemons | RP | 11038 |
| 68 | Kurt Bevacqua | 3B | 11271 |
| 69 | Bill Gilbreth | SP | 11397 |
| 70 | Jim Mason | SS | 11675 |
| 71 | Terry Humphrey | C | 11869 |
| 72 | Chuck Machemehl | RP | 12020 |
| 73 | Rudy Arroyo | RP | 12184 |
| 74 | Rusty Torres | RF | 12265 |
| 75 | Manny Muniz | RP | 12326 |
| 76 | Rick Auerbach | SS | 13199 |
| 77 | Hal Breeden | 1B | 13767 |
| 78 | Lee Richard | SS | 14294 |
| 79 | Rich Chiles | LF | 14475 |
| 80 | Rudy Meoli | SS | 14638 |
| 81 | Pat Bourque | 1B | 14784 |
| 82 | Jimmy Rosario | CF | 14958 |
| 83 | Bill Fahey | C | 15004 |
| 84 | Chris Arnold | 2B | 15267 |
| 85 | Dwain Anderson | SS | 15439 |
| 86 | Jim Howarth | CF | 15791 |
| 87 | Tom Ragland | 2B | 15803 |
| 88 | Marvin Lane | LF | 15861 |
| 89 | Billy Parker | 2B | 16571 |
| 90 | Gene Hiser | LF | 16572 |
| 91 | Leo Foster | SS | 16573 |
| 92 | Rob Ellis | 3B | 16574 |
| 93 | Ron Lolich | RF | 16575 |
| 94 | Stan Swanson | LF | 16576 |
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