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The Top Ranked Baseball Players by Rookie Year-1989
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 | Ken Griffey Jr. | CF | 68 |
| 2 | Albert Belle | LF | 175 |
| 3 | Sammy Sosa | RF | 237 |
| 4 | Larry Walker | RF | 317 |
| 5 | John Wetteland | RP | 351 |
| 6 | Kevin Appier | SP | 428 |
| 7 | Juan Gonzalez | RF | 587 |
| 8 | John Olerud | 1B | 779 |
| 9 | Andy Benes | SP | 829 |
| 10 | Kenny Rogers | SP | 918 |
| 11 | Robin Ventura | 3B | 1002 |
| 12 | Omar Vizquel | SS | 1022 |
| 13 | Marquis Grissom | CF | 1034 |
| 14 | Steve Finley | CF | 1050 |
| 15 | David Justice | RF | 1182 |
| 16 | Greg Vaughn | LF | 1187 |
| 17 | Wilson Alvarez | SP | 1235 |
| 18 | Chris Hoiles | C | 1841 |
| 19 | Mike Stanton | RP | 1877 |
| 20 | Mark Gardner | SP | 2107 |
| 21 | Darrin Fletcher | C | 2112 |
| 22 | Stan Belinda | RP | 2133 |
| 23 | Kevin Tapani | SP | 2296 |
| 24 | Kent Mercker | RP | 2345 |
| 25 | Todd Zeile | 3B | 2379 |
| 26 | Ben McDonald | SP | 2479 |
| 27 | Matt Lawton | RF | 2507 |
| 28 | Dean Palmer | 3B | 2654 |
| 29 | Xavier Hernandez | RP | 2711 |
| 30 | Joe Girardi | C | 2734 |
| 31 | Jim Abbott | SP | 2741 |
| 32 | Mike Fetters | RP | 2826 |
| 33 | Jaime Navarro | SP | 2961 |
| 34 | Mark Guthrie | RP | 3090 |
| 35 | Chuck McElroy | RP | 3116 |
| 36 | Joe Oliver | C | 3384 |
| 37 | Rudy Seanez | RP | 3687 |
| 38 | Jeff King | 3B | 3808 |
| 39 | Greg Hibbard | SP | 4241 |
| 40 | Jason Grimsley | RP | 4589 |
| 41 | Tommy Greene | SP | 4668 |
| 42 | Paul Sorrento | 1B | 4710 |
| 43 | Steve Frey | RP | 4883 |
| 44 | Derek Lilliquist | RP | 4941 |
| 45 | Greg Olson | C | 5018 |
| 46 | Kevin Ritz | SP | 5106 |
| 47 | Steve Olin | RP | 5252 |
| 48 | Mike Munoz | RP | 5317 |
| 49 | Kenjiro Nomura | SS | 5567 |
| 50 | Motonobu Tanishige | C | 5568 |
| 51 | Takuro Ishii | SS | 5569 |
| 52 | Gary Disarcina | SS | 5642 |
| 53 | Mike Hartley | RP | 5668 |
| 54 | Wally Whitehurst | RP | 5669 |
| 55 | Glenallen Hill | RF | 6030 |
| 56 | Geronimo Berroa | DH | 6119 |
| 57 | Jose Vizcaino | SS | 6206 |
| 58 | Gene Harris | RP | 6207 |
| 59 | Gary Wayne | RP | 6421 |
| 60 | Francisco Oliveras | RP | 7020 |
| 61 | Julio Machado | RP | 7189 |
| 62 | Junior Felix | RF | 7492 |
| 63 | Bill Spiers | SS | 7526 |
| 64 | Pat Combs | SP | 8098 |
| 65 | Scott Scudder | RP | 8122 |
| 66 | Mike Dyer | RP | 8172 |
| 67 | Mike Blowers | 3B | 8345 |
| 68 | Russ Swan | RP | 8650 |
| 69 | Deion Sanders | CF | 8872 |
| 70 | Kevin Wickander | RP | 9151 |
| 71 | Randy Veres | RP | 9193 |
| 72 | Eric Anthony | RF | 9694 |
| 73 | John Barfield | RP | 9774 |
| 74 | Wayne Edwards | RP | 9818 |
| 75 | Dwight Smith | LF | 10635 |
| 76 | Mike Schwabe | RP | 10648 |
| 77 | Lenny Webster | C | 10733 |
| 78 | Jerome Walton | CF | 10855 |
| 79 | Rick Luecken | RP | 10921 |
| 80 | Mauro Gozzo | RP | 10967 |
| 81 | Brian Dubois | SP | 11001 |
| 82 | Eric Hetzel | SP | 11249 |
| 83 | Doug Strange | 3B | 11259 |
| 84 | Randy McCament | RP | 11352 |
| 85 | Clint Zavaras | SP | 11851 |
| 86 | Mike Roesler | RP | 11939 |
| 87 | Mike Benjamin | SS | 12211 |
| 88 | Steve Cummings | RP | 12366 |
| 89 | Jeff Peterek | SP | 12454 |
| 90 | Dean Wilkins | RP | 12704 |
| 91 | Mickey Weston | RP | 12727 |
| 92 | Jose Cano | SP | 12746 |
| 93 | Shawn Holman | RP | 12747 |
| 94 | Rosario Rodriguez | RP | 12926 |
| 95 | Joe Kraemer | RP | 13105 |
| 96 | Ramon Pena | RP | 13142 |
| 97 | Alex Sanchez (P) | SP | 13218 |
| 98 | Eric Yelding | SS | 13440 |
| 99 | Jack Hardy | RP | 13525 |
| 100 | Matt Kinzer | RP | 13625 |
| 101 | Mike Huff | LF | 13801 |
| 102 | Juan Bell | 2B | 14232 |
| 103 | Greg Litton | 2B | 14276 |
| 104 | Hensley Meulens | LF | 14694 |
| 105 | Scott Hemond | C | 14705 |
| 106 | Chip Hale | 2B | 15109 |
| 107 | Phil Stephenson | 1B | 15483 |
| 108 | Matt Merullo | C | 15497 |
| 109 | Kent Anderson | SS | 15501 |
| 110 | Francisco Cabrera | 1B | 15693 |
| 111 | Scott Coolbaugh | 3B | 15694 |
| 112 | Beau Allred | RF | 16471 |
| 113 | Jeff McKnight | 1B | 16472 |
| 114 | Jeff Richardson | SS | 16473 |
| 115 | Matt Winters | RF | 16474 |
| 116 | Terry Jorgensen | 3B | 16475 |
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