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The Top Ranked Baseball Players by Rookie Year-1980
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 | Fernando Valenzuela | SP | 220 |
| 2 | Lee Smith | RP | 244 |
| 3 | Tony Pena | C | 582 |
| 4 | Harold Baines | DH | 647 |
| 5 | Jay Howell | RP | 857 |
| 6 | Dave Smith | RP | 858 |
| 7 | Tim Wallach | 3B | 883 |
| 8 | Bruce Hurst | SP | 1078 |
| 9 | Mike Boddicker | SP | 1272 |
| 10 | Mark Davis | RP | 1300 |
| 11 | Steve Howe | RP | 1460 |
| 12 | Lloyd Moseby | CF | 1657 |
| 13 | Mike Scioscia | C | 1688 |
| 14 | Rich Gedman | C | 1719 |
| 15 | Leon Durham | 1B | 1863 |
| 16 | Ozzie Virgil | C | 1990 |
| 17 | Pascual Perez | SP | 2119 |
| 18 | Bob Ojeda | SP | 2122 |
| 19 | Hubie Brooks | RF | 2145 |
| 20 | Gary Lucas | RP | 2172 |
| 21 | Doug Corbett | RP | 2334 |
| 22 | Joe Price | RP | 2692 |
| 23 | Charlie Lea | SP | 2728 |
| 24 | Bob Walk | SP | 2813 |
| 25 | Rod Scurry | RP | 2913 |
| 26 | Dave LaPoint | SP | 3208 |
| 27 | Tim Lollar | SP | 3519 |
| 28 | Bruce Berenyi | SP | 3657 |
| 29 | Mookie Wilson | CF | 3677 |
| 30 | Ken Schrom | SP | 3710 |
| 31 | Steve Crawford | RP | 3853 |
| 32 | Rafael Ramirez | SS | 3875 |
| 33 | Vance Law | 3B | 4177 |
| 34 | Ed Lynch | RP | 4296 |
| 35 | Luis Leal | SP | 4451 |
| 36 | John Butcher | SP | 4477 |
| 37 | Mike Armstrong | RP | 4961 |
| 38 | Fred Breining | RP | 5134 |
| 39 | Rich Bordi | RP | 5199 |
| 40 | Ernie Camacho | RP | 5289 |
| 41 | Dave Beard | RP | 5320 |
| 42 | Jeff Jones | RP | 5836 |
| 43 | Mike Davis | RF | 6131 |
| 44 | Albert Williams | SP | 6183 |
| 45 | Marty Bystrom | SP | 6294 |
| 46 | Dave Stapleton | 1B | 6514 |
| 47 | John Martin | RP | 6560 |
| 48 | Luis Aponte | RP | 6669 |
| 49 | Bob Dernier | CF | 6761 |
| 50 | Luis Salazar | 3B | 6943 |
| 51 | Rick Lysander | RP | 7101 |
| 52 | Eddie Milner | CF | 7218 |
| 53 | John Littlefield | RP | 7237 |
| 54 | Jerry Ujdur | SP | 7305 |
| 55 | Wally Backman | 2B | 7571 |
| 56 | Roger Weaver | RP | 8295 |
| 57 | Randy Martz | SP | 8390 |
| 58 | Mike Jones | RP | 8537 |
| 59 | Ken Phelps | DH | 8572 |
| 60 | Alfredo Martinez | SP | 9641 |
| 61 | Glenn Hoffman | SS | 9678 |
| 62 | Keith MacWhorter | RP | 9752 |
| 63 | Andy Rincon | SP | 9871 |
| 64 | Jeff Little | RP | 9969 |
| 65 | George Vukovich | RF | 10212 |
| 66 | Scott Holman | RP | 10214 |
| 67 | Jack Perconte | 2B | 10494 |
| 68 | Mike Rowland | RP | 10507 |
| 69 | Alan Hargesheimer | SP | 10535 |
| 70 | Rickey Keeton | RP | 10860 |
| 71 | Bob Veselic | RP | 11281 |
| 72 | Mike Kinnunen | RP | 11301 |
| 73 | Joe Charboneau | LF | 11335 |
| 74 | Jeff Twitty | RP | 11490 |
| 75 | Paul Householder | RF | 11501 |
| 76 | Terry Harper | LF | 11678 |
| 77 | Joe Lefebvre | RF | 11928 |
| 78 | Nardi Contreras | RP | 12103 |
| 79 | Al Olmstead | SP | 12182 |
| 80 | Steve Ratzer | RP | 12370 |
| 81 | Bill Bordley | SP | 12420 |
| 82 | Geoff Combe | RP | 12457 |
| 83 | Don Kainer | SP | 12528 |
| 84 | Reid Nichols | CF | 12734 |
| 85 | Chico Walker | 3B | 12772 |
| 86 | Mike Richardt | 2B | 12879 |
| 87 | George Stablein | SP | 13003 |
| 88 | Mark Brouhard | LF | 13062 |
| 89 | Jim Dorsey | SP | 13144 |
| 90 | Luis Aguayo | SS | 13774 |
| 91 | Floyd Rayford | 3B | 13802 |
| 92 | Manny Castillo | 3B | 13844 |
| 93 | Bobby V. Mitchell | CF | 13988 |
| 94 | Tito Landrum | RF | 14100 |
| 95 | Onix Concepcion | SS | 14164 |
| 96 | Jerry Dybzinski | SS | 14326 |
| 97 | Randy S. Johnson | DH | 14645 |
| 98 | Sal Butera | C | 14774 |
| 99 | Ned Yost | C | 15085 |
| 100 | Lenny Faedo | SS | 15350 |
| 101 | Carlos Lezcano | CF | 16525 |
| 102 | Dan Whitmer | C | 16526 |
| 103 | Dave Edler | 3B | 16527 |
| 104 | Fran Mullins | 3B | 16528 |
| 105 | Guy Sularz | SS | 16529 |
| 106 | Jeff Cox | 2B | 16530 |
| 107 | Jesus Figueroa | CF | 16531 |
| 108 | Jim Tracy | LF | 16532 |
| 109 | Joe Pettini | SS | 16533 |
| 110 | Mario Ramirez | SS | 16534 |
| 111 | Rich Murray | 1B | 16535 |
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