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The Top Ranked Baseball Players of All-Time from Connecticut
Notes: This is a list of the greatest pro players that were born in this state.
Where players grew up or went to school does not factor into this list.
| Rnk | Athlete | POS | Rookie Yr | Birthplace | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Roger Connor | 1B | 1880 | Waterbury | 113 |
| 2 | Jim O'Rourke | CF | 1872 | Bridgeport | 149 |
| 3 | Mo Vaughn | 1B | 1991 | Norwalk | 460 |
| 4 | Bill Hutchinson | SP | 1884 | New Haven | 696 |
| 5 | George Springer | CF | 2014 | New Britain | 868 |
| 6 | Rob Dibble | RP | 1988 | Bridgeport | 1112 |
| 7 | Ned Hanlon | CF | 1880 | Montville | 1173 |
| 8 | Jimmy Piersall | CF | 1950 | Waterbury | 1174 |
| 9 | Charles Nagy | SP | 1990 | Bridgeport | 1223 |
| 10 | Red Donahue | SP | 1893 | Waterbury | 1249 |
| 11 | Dick McAuliffe | 2B | 1960 | Hartford | 1305 |
| 12 | Brad Ausmus | C | 1993 | New Haven | 1345 |
| 13 | Mike Dorgan | RF | 1877 | Middletown | 1434 |
| 14 | Joey Jay | SP | 1953 | Middletown | 1581 |
| 15 | Spec Shea | SP | 1947 | Naugatuck | 1715 |
| 16 | Ricky Bottalico | RP | 1994 | New Britain | 1846 |
| 17 | Ray Keating | SP | 1912 | Bridgeport | 1910 |
| 18 | Steve Blass | SP | 1964 | Canaan | 1921 |
| 19 | Matty McIntyre | LF | 1901 | Stonington | 2168 |
| 20 | Tommy Corcoran | SS | 1890 | New Haven | 2180 |
| 21 | Candy LaChance | 1B | 1893 | Putnam | 2223 |
| 22 | Matt Barnes | RP | 2014 | Danbury | 2312 |
| 23 | Walt Dropo | 1B | 1949 | Moosup | 2314 |
| 24 | Johnny Taylor | SP | 1935 | Hartford | 2329 |
| 25 | Fred Goldsmith | SP | 1875 | New Haven | 2381 |
| 26 | Pete Appleton | RP | 1927 | Terryville | 2395 |
| 27 | A.J. Pollock | CF | 2012 | Hebron | 2487 |
| 28 | Carl Pavano | SP | 1998 | New Britain | 2705 |
| 29 | George A. Smith | SP | 1916 | East Port Chester | 2753 |
| 30 | Jack Barry | SS | 1908 | Meriden | 3123 |
| 31 | Monk Dubiel | SP | 1944 | Hartford | 3141 |
| 32 | Bill Dawley | RP | 1983 | Norwich | 3147 |
| 33 | Matt Harvey | SP | 2012 | New London | 3193 |
| 34 | Johnny Moore | RF | 1928 | Waterville | 3472 |
| 35 | Danny Hoffman | CF | 1903 | Canton | 3638 |
| 36 | Tim Murnane | 1B | 1872 | Naugatuck | 3762 |
| 37 | Hod Ford | SS | 1919 | New Haven | 3763 |
| 38 | Larry Kopf | SS | 1913 | Bristol | 4071 |
| 39 | Henry Gruber | SP | 1887 | Hamden | 4193 |
| 40 | Craig Breslow | RP | 2005 | New Haven | 4236 |
| 41 | Scott Barlow | RP | 2018 | New London | 4282 |
| 42 | Billy Gardner | 2B | 1954 | Waterford | 4324 |
| 43 | Aaron Civale | SP | 2019 | East Windsor | 4526 |
| 44 | Jared Hughes | RP | 2011 | Stamford | 4587 |
| 45 | Rollie Sheldon | SP | 1961 | Putnam | 4626 |
| 46 | Jim Donnelly | 3B | 1884 | New Haven | 4629 |
| 47 | Tricky Nichols | SP | 1875 | Bridgeport | 4829 |
| 48 | Fred Klobedanz | SP | 1896 | Waterbury | 4891 |
| 49 | Gary Waslewski | RP | 1967 | Meriden | 4932 |
| 50 | Jim Lillie | RF | 1883 | New Haven | 4993 |
| 51 | Art Ceccarelli | SP | 1955 | New Haven | 4994 |
| 52 | Billy Lush | LF | 1895 | Bridgeport | 5142 |
| 53 | John O'Rourke | CF | 1879 | Bridgeport | 5257 |
| 54 | Jay Johnstone | RF | 1966 | Manchester | 5392 |
| 55 | Dominic Leone | RP | 2014 | Norwich | 5479 |
| 56 | Ed Walsh Jr. | RP | 1928 | Meriden | 5698 |
| 57 | Tom Kelley | RP | 1964 | Manchester | 5776 |
| 58 | Freddy Schmidt | RP | 1944 | Hartford | 5839 |
| 59 | Kiddo Davis | CF | 1926 | Bridgeport | 6230 |
| 60 | Joe Conzelman | RP | 1913 | Bristol | 6314 |
| 61 | John Ellis | 1B | 1969 | New London | 6434 |
| 62 | Rajai Davis | CF | 2006 | Norwich | 6435 |
| 63 | Pinky Woods | SP | 1943 | Waterbury | 6467 |
| 64 | General Stafford | CF | 1890 | Thompson | 6648 |
| 65 | Ole Olsen | RP | 1922 | South Norwalk | 6769 |
| 66 | Pete Castiglione | 3B | 1947 | Greenwich | 6775 |
| 67 | Jesse Hahn | RP | 2014 | Norwich | 7257 |
| 68 | Rufus Baker | SS | 1943 | Bridgeport | 7360 |
| 69 | Brook Fordyce | C | 1995 | New London | 7418 |
| 70 | Jim Keenan | C | 1875 | New Haven | 7426 |
| 71 | Tim Teufel | 2B | 1983 | Greenwich | 7451 |
| 72 | Pop Foster | LF | 1898 | New Haven | 7465 |
| 73 | Frank Woodward | SP | 1918 | New Haven | 7513 |
| 74 | Jim Rogers | 1B | 1896 | Hartford | 7557 |
| 75 | Beauty McGowan | RF | 1922 | Branford | 7747 |
| 76 | Jack Leary | SS | 1880 | New Haven | 8092 |
| 77 | Jayson Durocher | RP | 2002 | Hartford | 8150 |
| 78 | Ed Rowen | C | 1882 | Bridgeport | 8280 |
| 79 | Bill Denehy | RP | 1967 | Middletown | 8595 |
| 80 | Tom Parsons | RP | 1963 | Lakeville | 8626 |
| 81 | Joe Lahoud | RF | 1968 | Danbury | 8751 |
| 82 | John Michaels | RP | 1932 | Bridgeport | 8851 |
| 83 | Pretzel Pezzullo | RP | 1935 | Bridgeport | 8914 |
| 84 | Kurt Kepshire | SP | 1984 | Bridgeport | 8923 |
| 85 | Ed Wojna | SP | 1985 | Bridgeport | 9011 |
| 86 | Johnny Tillman | SP | 1915 | Bridgeport | 9038 |
| 87 | Al Clauss | RP | 1913 | New Haven | 9230 |
| 88 | Paul Hopkins | RP | 1927 | Chester | 9318 |
| 89 | Lefty Wolf | RP | 1921 | Hartford | 9485 |
| 90 | Darren Bragg | RF | 1994 | Waterbury | 9873 |
| 91 | Cy Bentley | SP | 1872 | East Haven | 9908 |
| 92 | Frank Buttery | SP | 1872 | Silvermine | 10229 |
| 93 | Chris Denorfia | RF | 2005 | Bristol | 10249 |
| 94 | Jack Jones | SP | 1883 | Litchfield | 10343 |
| 95 | Morrie Critchley | SP | 1882 | New London | 10344 |
| 96 | Jim Tipper | RF | 1872 | Middletown | 10407 |
| 97 | Bobby Valentine | SS | 1969 | Stamford | 10511 |
| 98 | Ed Beecher | LF | 1887 | Guilford | 10534 |
| 99 | Dan Shannon | 2B | 1889 | Bridgeport | 10639 |
| 100 | Kevin Morton | SP | 1991 | Norwalk | 10646 |
| 101 | Ron Diorio | RP | 1973 | Waterbury | 10698 |
| 102 | George Curry | SP | 1911 | Bridgeport | 10745 |
| 103 | Phil Nastu | SP | 1978 | Bridgeport | 10876 |
| 104 | Mauro Gozzo | RP | 1989 | New Britain | 10967 |
| 105 | Merwin Jacobson | CF | 1915 | New Britain | 10991 |
| 106 | John J. Fitzgerald | SP | 1890 | Waterbury | 10996 |
| 107 | Jesse Carlson | RP | 2008 | New Britain | 11011 |
| 108 | Pete Gilbert | 3B | 1890 | Baltic | 11202 |
| 109 | Evan Scribner | RP | 2011 | New Milford | 11223 |
| 110 | Jim Carleton | 1B | 1871 | Clinton | 11290 |
| 111 | Josh Zeid | RP | 2013 | New Haven | 11332 |
| 112 | Bob Saverine | 2B | 1959 | Norwalk | 11387 |
| 113 | Herman Bronkie | 3B | 1910 | South Manchester | 11398 |
| 114 | Tom Tuckey | SP | 1908 | Union City | 11500 |
| 115 | Dave Wallace | RP | 1973 | Waterbury | 11539 |
| 116 | Mark Vientos | 3B | 2022 | Norwalk | 11564 |
| 117 | Henri Rondeau | LF | 1913 | Danielson | 11578 |
| 118 | Jud Daley | LF | 1911 | South Coventry | 11579 |
| 119 | Jerry Dorgan | RF | 1880 | Meriden | 11595 |
| 120 | Mike Sandlock | C | 1942 | Old Greenwich | 11724 |
| 121 | John Caneira | SP | 1977 | Waterbury | 11901 |
| 122 | Eddie Wilson | RF | 1936 | Hamden | 11941 |
| 123 | George Fields | 3B | 1872 | Waterbury | 12236 |
| 124 | Al Niemiec | 2B | 1934 | Meriden | 12374 |
| 125 | Mike Porzio | RP | 1999 | Waterbury | 12604 |
| 126 | Paul Johnson | CF | 1920 | North Grosvenor Dale | 12807 |
| 127 | John McDonald | SS | 1999 | New London | 12852 |
| 128 | Greg McCarthy | RP | 1996 | Norwalk | 12925 |
| 129 | Tom Leahy | C | 1897 | New Haven | 12990 |
| 130 | Bruce Boisclair | RF | 1974 | Putnam | 13160 |
| 131 | Joe Connor | C | 1895 | Waterbury | 13434 |
| 132 | Pat Dean | RP | 2016 | Naugatuck | 13553 |
| 133 | Fred Crane | 1B | 1873 | Saybrook | 13567 |
| 134 | Nick Greenwood | RP | 2014 | Farmington | 14066 |
| 135 | Queenie O'Rourke | LF | 1908 | Bridgeport | 14139 |
| 136 | Jimmie Savage | RF | 1912 | Southington | 14228 |
| 137 | Angel Echevarria | RF | 1996 | Bridgeport | 15195 |
| 138 | Brian Dayett | LF | 1983 | New London | 15428 |
| 139 | Troy Scribner | RP | 2017 | Washington Depot | 15489 |
| 140 | Mike Olt | 3B | 2012 | New Haven | 15500 |
| 141 | Matt Carasiti | RP | 2016 | New Britain | 15588 |
| 142 | Eric Campbell | 3B | 2014 | Norwich | 15601 |
| 143 | Jason Grabowski | LF | 2002 | New Haven | 15650 |
| 144 | P.J. Higgins | 1B | 2021 | Bridgeport | 15838 |
| 145 | Matthew Batten | 2B | 2022 | Shelton | 15985 |
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