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The Top Ranked Baseball Players by Rookie Year-1979
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 | Rickey Henderson | LF | 55 |
| 2 | Tim Raines | LF | 202 |
| 3 | Mike Scott | SP | 330 |
| 4 | Dave Righetti | RP | 382 |
| 5 | Dave Stieb | SP | 461 |
| 6 | Dan Quisenberry | RP | 485 |
| 7 | Jeff Reardon | RP | 506 |
| 8 | Mark Clear | RP | 844 |
| 9 | Jesse Orosco | RP | 915 |
| 10 | John Tudor | SP | 1552 |
| 11 | Dan Petry | SP | 1577 |
| 12 | Bill Caudill | RP | 1593 |
| 13 | Kirk Gibson | LF | 1772 |
| 14 | Brian Harper | C | 1815 |
| 15 | Bill Gullickson | SP | 1893 |
| 16 | Gary Ward | LF | 1941 |
| 17 | Neil Allen | RP | 2010 |
| 18 | Charlie Leibrandt | SP | 2068 |
| 19 | LaMarr Hoyt | SP | 2088 |
| 20 | Richard Dotson | SP | 2155 |
| 21 | Rick Mahler | SP | 2917 |
| 22 | Tom Herr | 2B | 3034 |
| 23 | Frank Pastore | SP | 3246 |
| 24 | Tony Bernazard | 2B | 3664 |
| 25 | Joe Beckwith | RP | 3820 |
| 26 | Dickie Noles | RP | 4148 |
| 27 | Dickie Thon | SS | 4310 |
| 28 | Jerry Don Gleaton | RP | 4439 |
| 29 | Pete Ladd | RP | 4696 |
| 30 | Renie Martin | RP | 4955 |
| 31 | Chuck Rainey | SP | 5471 |
| 32 | Hiromitsu Ochiai | 1B | 5576 |
| 33 | Bert Roberge | RP | 5754 |
| 34 | John Castino | 3B | 5967 |
| 35 | Guy Hoffman | RP | 6222 |
| 36 | Brian Kingman | SP | 6255 |
| 37 | Tom Tellmann | RP | 6361 |
| 38 | Tom Brookens | 3B | 6628 |
| 39 | Randy Niemann | RP | 6942 |
| 40 | Pat Underwood | RP | 6947 |
| 41 | Bob Kearney | C | 7127 |
| 42 | John Fulgham | SP | 7134 |
| 43 | Mickey Hatcher | LF | 7193 |
| 44 | Dave Patterson | RP | 8151 |
| 45 | Mike L. Griffin | RP | 8339 |
| 46 | Bob Babcock | RP | 8588 |
| 47 | Rick Matula | SP | 8675 |
| 48 | Randy Scarbery | RP | 9110 |
| 49 | Fred Howard | RP | 9212 |
| 50 | Tony Brizzolara | SP | 9325 |
| 51 | George Riley | RP | 9807 |
| 52 | Sandy Wihtol | RP | 9869 |
| 53 | Tim Flannery | 2B | 9912 |
| 54 | Brian Allard | SP | 9916 |
| 55 | Bruce Robbins | SP | 9976 |
| 56 | Joel Finch | RP | 10036 |
| 57 | Phil Huffman | SP | 10079 |
| 58 | Win Remmerswaal | RP | 10143 |
| 59 | Dewey Robinson | RP | 10325 |
| 60 | Rady Scarbery | RP | 10461 |
| 61 | Gary Christenson | RP | 10481 |
| 62 | Terry Felton | RP | 10504 |
| 63 | Kim Seaman | RP | 10738 |
| 64 | Mike Chris | SP | 10752 |
| 65 | Danny Heep | RF | 10937 |
| 66 | Ralph Botting | RP | 11179 |
| 67 | Jerry Narron | C | 11424 |
| 68 | Craig Chamberlain | SP | 11570 |
| 69 | Eric Wilkins | SP | 11610 |
| 70 | Larry McCall | RP | 11611 |
| 71 | Dave Schuler | RP | 11825 |
| 72 | Rafael Vasquez | RP | 11900 |
| 73 | Butch Edge | SP | 12017 |
| 74 | Gordie Pladson | RP | 12018 |
| 75 | Craig Eaton | RP | 12104 |
| 76 | Jim Lewis | RP | 12134 |
| 77 | Rick Peters | CF | 12245 |
| 78 | Steve Eddy | SP | 12371 |
| 79 | Bobby Brown | LF | 12397 |
| 80 | Max Venable | LF | 12473 |
| 81 | Roy Branch | SP | 12800 |
| 82 | Bob Ferris | RP | 13106 |
| 83 | Gary Allenson | C | 13389 |
| 84 | Lynn Jones | RF | 13547 |
| 85 | Wayne Krenchicki | 3B | 13731 |
| 86 | Danny Ainge | 2B | 13925 |
| 87 | Rick Sofield | LF | 14081 |
| 88 | Bobby Clark | LF | 14537 |
| 89 | Dan Graham | C | 14547 |
| 90 | Alan Knicely | C | 14699 |
| 91 | Kelvin Chapman | 2B | 15303 |
| 92 | Rod Craig | CF | 15356 |
| 93 | Jesus Vega | DH | 15370 |
| 94 | Rusty Kuntz | CF | 15397 |
| 95 | Tom Donohue | C | 15719 |
| 96 | Derek Bryant | LF | 16536 |
| 97 | Mike O'Berry | C | 16537 |
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