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The Top Ranked Baseball Players by Rookie Year-2008
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 | Clayton Kershaw | SP | 36 |
| 2 | Max Scherzer | SP | 58 |
| 3 | David Price | SP | 413 |
| 4 | Charlie Morton | SP | 649 |
| 5 | Gio Gonzalez | SP | 676 |
| 6 | Evan Longoria | 3B | 798 |
| 7 | Carlos Gonzalez | LF | 816 |
| 8 | Johnny Cueto | SP | 884 |
| 9 | David Robertson | RP | 903 |
| 10 | Daniel Murphy | 2B | 1198 |
| 11 | Jay Bruce | RF | 1266 |
| 12 | Chris Perez | RP | 1410 |
| 13 | Sergio Romo | RP | 1435 |
| 14 | Darren O'Day | RP | 1831 |
| 15 | Jeff Samardzija | SP | 1883 |
| 16 | Marco Estrada | SP | 2196 |
| 17 | Brett Gardner | LF | 2389 |
| 18 | Pablo Sandoval | 3B | 2452 |
| 19 | Hiroki Kuroda | SP | 2578 |
| 20 | Justin Masterson | SP | 2615 |
| 21 | Brad Ziegler | RP | 2714 |
| 22 | Chris Davis | 1B | 2968 |
| 23 | Brooks Conrad | 3B | 3055 |
| 24 | Jaime Garcia | SP | 3121 |
| 25 | Alexei Ramirez | SS | 3205 |
| 26 | Dexter Fowler | CF | 3334 |
| 27 | Jon Niese | SP | 3407 |
| 28 | Alfredo Simon | RP | 3474 |
| 29 | Denard Span | CF | 3558 |
| 30 | Alcides Escobar | SS | 3587 |
| 31 | Jed Lowrie | SS | 3643 |
| 32 | Tommy Hunter | RP | 3705 |
| 33 | Jesse Chavez | RP | 3940 |
| 34 | Clayton Richard | SP | 4183 |
| 35 | Jason Motte | RP | 4232 |
| 36 | Kosuke Fukudome | RF | 4455 |
| 37 | Matt Harrison | SP | 4548 |
| 38 | Matthew Joyce | RF | 4915 |
| 39 | Kevin Jepsen | RP | 4954 |
| 40 | Wade LeBlanc | RP | 5085 |
| 41 | Burke Badenhop | RP | 5662 |
| 42 | Francisco Cervelli | C | 5670 |
| 43 | Jose Arredondo | RP | 6145 |
| 44 | Bobby Parnell | RP | 6168 |
| 45 | Phil Coke | RP | 6187 |
| 46 | Chris Volstad | SP | 6278 |
| 47 | James McDonald | SP | 6488 |
| 48 | Wesley Wright | RP | 6728 |
| 49 | A.J. Ellis | C | 6840 |
| 50 | Jeff Niemann | SP | 6851 |
| 51 | Gaby Sanchez | 1B | 6879 |
| 52 | John Jaso | C | 7415 |
| 53 | Nick Hundley | C | 7439 |
| 54 | Will Venable | RF | 7534 |
| 55 | Mitchell Boggs | RP | 7711 |
| 56 | Kyle McClellan | RP | 7712 |
| 57 | Randy Wells | SP | 7727 |
| 58 | Casey McGehee | 3B | 7780 |
| 59 | Jose Mijares | RP | 7798 |
| 60 | Evan Meek | RP | 7869 |
| 61 | Steven Shell | RP | 8100 |
| 62 | Josh Outman | RP | 8174 |
| 63 | Luis Valbuena | 3B | 8416 |
| 64 | Mike Aviles | SS | 8475 |
| 65 | Gregor Blanco | CF | 9003 |
| 66 | Ramon Troncoso | RP | 9932 |
| 67 | Greg Smith | SP | 10157 |
| 68 | Cliff Pennington | SS | 10164 |
| 69 | Masahide Kobayashi | RP | 10179 |
| 70 | Scott Richmond | SP | 10272 |
| 71 | Mitch Talbot | SP | 10367 |
| 72 | Jim Miller | RP | 10370 |
| 73 | Garrett Mock | RP | 10401 |
| 74 | Cory Wade | RP | 10416 |
| 75 | David Purcey | RP | 10514 |
| 76 | Matt Palmer | RP | 10555 |
| 77 | Collin Balester | RP | 10815 |
| 78 | Sean Rodriguez | 2B | 10845 |
| 79 | Josh Roenicke | RP | 10977 |
| 80 | Bryan LaHair | 1B | 10980 |
| 81 | Jesse Carlson | RP | 11011 |
| 82 | Josh Geer | SP | 11214 |
| 83 | John Baker | C | 11520 |
| 84 | Brian Bass | RP | 11691 |
| 85 | Shairon Martis | SP | 11794 |
| 86 | Jeff M. Gray | RP | 11801 |
| 87 | Mark DiFelice | RP | 11875 |
| 88 | Eddie Bonine | RP | 11950 |
| 89 | Travis Snider | LF | 11957 |
| 90 | Conor Gillaspie | 3B | 12159 |
| 91 | Greg Reynolds | SP | 12218 |
| 92 | Danny Herrera | RP | 12387 |
| 93 | Adam Rosales | 2B | 12515 |
| 94 | Chris Smith | RP | 12517 |
| 95 | Michael Bowden | RP | 12518 |
| 96 | Scott Elbert | RP | 12769 |
| 97 | Alfredo Aceves | RP | 12791 |
| 98 | Blake DeWitt | 2B | 12873 |
| 99 | Chris Getz | 2B | 12944 |
| 100 | Charlie Manning | RP | 13102 |
| 101 | Doug Mathis | RP | 13174 |
| 102 | Scott E. Lewis | SP | 13256 |
| 103 | Roger Bernadina | LF | 13364 |
| 104 | Adam Russell | RP | 13388 |
| 105 | Eric Hurley | SP | 13621 |
| 106 | Bobby Wilson | C | 13644 |
| 107 | Jonathan Herrera | 2B | 13645 |
| 108 | Leo Rosales | RP | 13664 |
| 109 | Alex Hinshaw | RP | 13798 |
| 110 | Jayson Nix | 3B | 13804 |
| 111 | Chad Reineke | SP | 13827 |
| 112 | Tim Dillard | RP | 13838 |
| 113 | Chris Waters | SP | 14026 |
| 114 | Matt DeSalvo | SP | 14158 |
| 115 | George Kottaras | C | 14197 |
| 116 | Chris Dickerson | LF | 14210 |
| 117 | Freddy Dolsi | RP | 14237 |
| 118 | Alberto Castillo (RP) | RP | 14245 |
| 119 | Daryl Thompson | SP | 14345 |
| 120 | Brian Gordon | RP | 14398 |
| 121 | Nick Adenhart | SP | 14420 |
| 122 | Jimmy Barthmaier | SP | 14446 |
| 123 | Yoslan Herrera | RP | 14483 |
| 124 | James Parr | RP | 14528 |
| 125 | Francisley Bueno | RP | 14549 |
| 126 | Brent Lillibridge | RF | 14560 |
| 127 | Randor Bierd | RP | 14708 |
| 128 | Paul Janish | SS | 14712 |
| 129 | Emmanuel Burriss | 2B | 14751 |
| 130 | Matt Tolbert | 2B | 14752 |
| 131 | Yasuhiko Yabuta | RP | 14816 |
| 132 | Clete Thomas | RF | 14836 |
| 133 | Elliot Johnson | SS | 14850 |
| 134 | Ryan Tucker | RP | 14864 |
| 135 | Warner Madrigal | RP | 14874 |
| 136 | Brandon Boggs | LF | 14912 |
| 137 | Mike Ekstrom | RP | 14967 |
| 138 | Reid Brignac | SS | 15005 |
| 139 | Dirk Hayhurst | RP | 15047 |
| 140 | John Bowker | 1B | 15048 |
| 141 | Jason Bourgeois | CF | 15127 |
| 142 | Luis Cruz | 3B | 15129 |
| 143 | Aaron Cunningham | LF | 15176 |
| 144 | Lou Marson | C | 15177 |
| 145 | Kam Mickolio | RP | 15342 |
| 146 | Mike Hinckley | RP | 15381 |
| 147 | Chris Lambert | RP | 15396 |
| 148 | Carlos Rosa | RP | 15448 |
| 149 | Osiris Matos | RP | 15471 |
| 150 | Cedrick Bowers | RP | 15508 |
| 151 | Alex Romero | RF | 15630 |
| 152 | Gregorio Petit | 2B | 15631 |
| 153 | Joe Mather | LF | 15632 |
| 154 | Kila Ka'aihue | 1B | 15633 |
| 155 | Matt Tuiasosopo | LF | 15634 |
| 156 | Nick Evans | LF | 15635 |
| 157 | Omir Santos | C | 15779 |
| 158 | Bobby Korecky | RP | 15823 |
| 159 | Micah Hoffpauir | 1B | 15824 |
| 160 | Geno Espineli | RP | 15871 |
| 161 | Argenis Reyes | 2B | 16280 |
| 162 | Brian Barton | LF | 16281 |
| 163 | Brian Bixler | SS | 16282 |
| 164 | Carlos Guevara | RP | 16283 |
| 165 | Chris Carter (OF) | LF | 16284 |
| 166 | Drew Carpenter | RP | 16285 |
| 167 | German Duran | 3B | 16286 |
| 168 | Ivan Ochoa | SS | 16287 |
| 169 | Jason Pridie | CF | 16288 |
| 170 | Jeff Larish | DH | 16289 |
| 171 | Josh Whitesell | 1B | 16290 |
| 172 | Juan Miranda | 1B | 16291 |
| 173 | Justin Thomas | RP | 16292 |
| 174 | Luis Montanez | LF | 16293 |
| 175 | Luke Carlin | C | 16294 |
| 176 | Marino Salas | RP | 16295 |
| 177 | Mat Gamel | 3B | 16296 |
| 178 | Mike Parisi | RP | 16297 |
| 179 | Nick Stavinoha | RF | 16298 |
| 180 | Randy Ruiz | DH | 16299 |
| 181 | Robinzon Diaz | C | 16300 |
| 182 | Steven Register | RP | 16301 |
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