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The Top Ranked Baseball Players of All-Time from Iowa
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 | Dazzy Vance | SP | 1915 | Orient | 32 |
| 2 | Bob Feller | SP | 1936 | Van Meter | 34 |
| 3 | Cap Anson | 1B | 1871 | Marshalltown | 50 |
| 4 | Fred Clarke | LF | 1894 | Winterset | 209 |
| 5 | Red Faber | SP | 1914 | Cascade | 238 |
| 6 | Hal Trosky | 1B | 1933 | Norway | 351 |
| 7 | Hank Severeid | C | 1911 | Story City | 738 |
| 8 | Joe Hoerner | RP | 1963 | Dubuque | 1121 |
| 9 | Bob Locker | RP | 1965 | George | 1166 |
| 10 | George Pipgras | SP | 1923 | Ida Grove | 1213 |
| 11 | Jack Coombs | SP | 1906 | Le Grand | 1264 |
| 12 | Mike Boddicker | SP | 1980 | Cedar Rapids | 1282 |
| 13 | Earl Whitehill | SP | 1923 | Cedar Rapids | 1285 |
| 14 | Dave Bancroft | SS | 1915 | Sioux City | 1461 |
| 15 | Jon Lieber | SP | 1994 | Council Bluffs | 1616 |
| 16 | Michael Wacha | SP | 2013 | Iowa City | 1669 |
| 17 | Johnny Niggeling | SP | 1938 | Remsen | 1679 |
| 18 | Cliff Carroll | LF | 1882 | Clay Grove | 1684 |
| 19 | Mace Brown | RP | 1935 | North English | 1691 |
| 20 | Eddie Watt | RP | 1966 | Lamoni | 1718 |
| 21 | Cal McVey | 1B | 1871 | Montrose | 1720 |
| 22 | Bing Miller | RF | 1921 | Vinton | 1778 |
| 23 | Denis Menke | SS | 1962 | Bancroft | 1826 |
| 24 | Joel Hanrahan | RP | 2007 | Des Moines | 1854 |
| 25 | Stan Bahnsen | SP | 1966 | Council Bluffs | 2056 |
| 26 | Bobby Knoop | 2B | 1964 | Sioux City | 2191 |
| 27 | Kevin Tapani | SP | 1989 | Des Moines | 2311 |
| 28 | Joe Hatten | SP | 1946 | Bancroft | 2416 |
| 29 | Tony Watson | RP | 2011 | Sioux City | 2490 |
| 30 | George R. Stone | LF | 1903 | Lost Nation | 2515 |
| 31 | Patsy Gharrity | C | 1916 | Parnell | 2522 |
| 32 | Bill Zuber | RP | 1936 | Middle Amana | 2687 |
| 33 | Jake Weimer | SP | 1903 | Ottumwa | 2767 |
| 34 | Bob Lee | RP | 1964 | Ottumwa | 2789 |
| 35 | Buster Brown | SP | 1905 | Boone | 2850 |
| 36 | Jeremy Hellickson | SP | 2010 | Des Moines | 2858 |
| 37 | Ken Henderson | CF | 1965 | Carroll | 3046 |
| 38 | Ducky Holmes | LF | 1895 | Des Moines | 3073 |
| 39 | Roxie Lawson | RP | 1930 | Donnellson | 3115 |
| 40 | Jackie Collum | RP | 1951 | Victor | 3332 |
| 41 | Cal Eldred | SP | 1991 | Cedar Rapids | 3335 |
| 42 | Joe Magrane | SP | 1987 | Des Moines | 3419 |
| 43 | Mitch Keller | SP | 2019 | Cedar Rapids | 3447 |
| 44 | Jim McAndrew | SP | 1968 | Lost Nation | 3462 |
| 45 | John Wathan | C | 1976 | Cedar Rapids | 3540 |
| 46 | Bill Hoffer | SP | 1895 | Cedar Rapids | 3567 |
| 47 | King Cole | SP | 1909 | Toledo | 3762 |
| 48 | Don Black | SP | 1943 | Salix | 3782 |
| 49 | Gene Baker | 2B | 1953 | Davenport | 3795 |
| 50 | Jack Hamilton | RP | 1962 | Burlington | 3911 |
| 51 | Lee Handley | 3B | 1936 | Clarion | 3922 |
| 52 | Casey Blake | 3B | 1999 | Des Moines | 4015 |
| 53 | Les Tietje | SP | 1933 | Sumner | 4098 |
| 54 | Joe Decker | SP | 1969 | Storm Lake | 4198 |
| 55 | Fred Glade | SP | 1902 | Dubuque | 4248 |
| 56 | Johnny Rawlings | 2B | 1914 | Bloomfield | 4256 |
| 57 | Danny Moeller | RF | 1907 | DeWitt | 4505 |
| 58 | Art Reinhart | RP | 1919 | Ackley | 4522 |
| 59 | Verne Clemons | C | 1916 | Clemons | 4567 |
| 60 | Rich Folkers | RP | 1970 | Waterloo | 4569 |
| 61 | Dick Green | 2B | 1963 | Sioux City | 4610 |
| 62 | Tom Hilgendorf | RP | 1969 | Clinton | 4612 |
| 63 | Harry Gaspar | SP | 1909 | Quorn | 4696 |
| 64 | Duane Josephson | C | 1965 | New Hampton | 4836 |
| 65 | Hal McKain | RP | 1927 | Logan | 4911 |
| 66 | Dick Woodson | SP | 1969 | Oelwein | 4942 |
| 67 | Vive Lindaman | SP | 1906 | Charles City | 4954 |
| 68 | Billy Sunday | CF | 1883 | Ames | 4968 |
| 69 | Dutch Levsen | SP | 1923 | Wyoming | 5063 |
| 70 | Jesse Duryea | SP | 1889 | Osage | 5317 |
| 71 | Paul Zahniser | SP | 1923 | Sac City | 5366 |
| 72 | Tim Laudner | C | 1981 | Mason City | 5691 |
| 73 | Hal L. Smith | SP | 1932 | Creston | 6012 |
| 74 | Ernie Courtney | 3B | 1902 | Des Moines | 6116 |
| 75 | Dick Rozek | RP | 1950 | Cedar Rapids | 6265 |
| 76 | Colin Rea | SP | 2015 | Cascade | 6340 |
| 77 | Foster Edwards | RP | 1925 | Holstein | 6603 |
| 78 | Red Anderson | RP | 1937 | Lawton | 6691 |
| 79 | Al Gould | RP | 1916 | Muscatine | 6756 |
| 80 | Jack Bruner | RP | 1949 | Waterloo | 6779 |
| 81 | George Cobb | SP | 1892 | Independence | 6835 |
| 82 | Jerry McNertney | C | 1964 | Boone | 6927 |
| 83 | Wattie Holm | 3B | 1924 | Peterson | 7012 |
| 84 | Dick Weik | RP | 1948 | Waterloo | 7083 |
| 85 | Herm McFarland | LF | 1896 | Des Moines | 7135 |
| 86 | George Stueland | RP | 1921 | Algona | 7166 |
| 87 | Rod Nichols | RP | 1988 | Burlington | 7205 |
| 88 | Hal Manders | RP | 1941 | Waukee | 7321 |
| 89 | Ned Harris | RF | 1941 | Ames | 7395 |
| 90 | Max Marshall | RF | 1942 | Randolph | 7450 |
| 91 | Frank Blattner | 2B | 1916 | Oskaloosa | 7493 |
| 92 | Maury Kent | RP | 1912 | Marshalltown | 7544 |
| 93 | Steve Melter | RP | 1909 | Cherokee | 7592 |
| 94 | T.J. Brown | SS | 1939 | Des Moines | 7695 |
| 95 | Don Wengert | RP | 1995 | Sioux City | 7973 |
| 96 | A.J. Puk | RP | 2019 | Cedar Rapids | 8046 |
| 97 | Larry Biittner | 1B | 1970 | Pocahontas | 8105 |
| 98 | Joe Lotz | RP | 1916 | Keokuk | 8367 |
| 99 | Jerry Hairston Jr. | 2B | 1998 | Des Moines | 8469 |
| 100 | Matt Perisho | RP | 1997 | Burlington | 8475 |
| 101 | Cy Slapnicka | SP | 1911 | Cedar Rapids | 8733 |
| 102 | Jack Dittmer | 2B | 1952 | Elkader | 8739 |
| 103 | Jim Panther | RP | 1971 | Burlington | 8828 |
| 104 | Adrian Lynch | SP | 1920 | Laurens | 8973 |
| 105 | Roy Crabb | SP | 1912 | Monticello | 9029 |
| 106 | Mike Butcher | RP | 1992 | Davenport | 9206 |
| 107 | Kevin Wickander | RP | 1989 | Fort Dodge | 9211 |
| 108 | Greg Thayer | RP | 1978 | Cedar Rapids | 9224 |
| 109 | Al Epperly | RP | 1938 | Glidden | 9608 |
| 110 | Jack Saltzgaver | 3B | 1932 | Croton | 9651 |
| 111 | George Clark | RP | 1913 | Smithland | 9711 |
| 112 | Wes Obermueller | SP | 2002 | Cedar Rapids | 9838 |
| 113 | Wayne McLeland | RP | 1951 | Stockport | 9870 |
| 114 | Loren Babe | 3B | 1952 | Pisgah | 10019 |
| 115 | Biggs Wehde | RP | 1930 | Holstein | 10077 |
| 116 | Ed Pipgras | RP | 1932 | Scheswig | 10182 |
| 117 | Dick Manville | RP | 1950 | Des Moines | 10274 |
| 118 | Showboat Fisher | RF | 1923 | Wesley | 10282 |
| 119 | Lou Fiene | RP | 1906 | Fort Dodge | 10368 |
| 120 | Red Downs | 2B | 1907 | Neola | 10568 |
| 121 | Gene Ford (1912) | RP | 1936 | Fort Dodge | 10598 |
| 122 | Mike Schwabe | RP | 1989 | Fort Dodge | 10840 |
| 123 | Ryan Sweeney | RF | 2006 | Cedar Rapids | 10865 |
| 124 | Don Eddy | RP | 1970 | Mason City | 10916 |
| 125 | Bobby Mattick | SS | 1938 | Sioux City | 11078 |
| 126 | Ed Keas | SP | 1888 | Dubuque | 11096 |
| 127 | Gus Thompson | SP | 1903 | Humboldt | 11619 |
| 128 | Matt Wagner | SP | 1996 | Cedar Falls | 11747 |
| 129 | Rick Grapenthin | RP | 1983 | Linn Grove | 11988 |
| 130 | Harry Eells | SP | 1906 | Woodbury County | 12047 |
| 131 | Judge McCredie | RF | 1903 | Manchester | 12048 |
| 132 | Scott Schebler | RF | 2015 | Cedar Rapids | 12065 |
| 133 | Shawn Sedlacek | SP | 2002 | Cedar Rapids | 12092 |
| 134 | Steve Dreyer | SP | 1993 | Ames | 12171 |
| 135 | Art Jahn | LF | 1925 | Struble | 12234 |
| 136 | Fred Stanley | SS | 1969 | Farnhamville | 12257 |
| 137 | Jim Dunegan | RP | 1970 | Burlington | 12815 |
| 138 | Bill Wagner | C | 1914 | Jessup | 12856 |
| 139 | A.J. Hinch | C | 1998 | Waverly | 12890 |
| 140 | Raymond Haley | C | 1915 | Danbury | 13114 |
| 141 | Benj Sampson | RP | 1998 | Des Moines | 13219 |
| 142 | Lynn King | CF | 1935 | Villisca | 13326 |
| 143 | Matt Koch | SP | 2016 | Cherokee | 13399 |
| 144 | Keaton Winn | SP | 2023 | Newport Coast | 13427 |
| 145 | Yam Yaryan | C | 1921 | Knowlton | 13518 |
| 146 | Red Morgan | 3B | 1906 | Neola | 13563 |
| 147 | John Terry | RP | 1902 | Fairfax | 14151 |
| 148 | Bill Karns | RP | 1901 | Richmond | 14269 |
| 149 | Benji Sampson | RP | 1998 | Des Moines | 14322 |
| 150 | Ben Ford | RP | 1998 | Cedar Rapids | 14343 |
| 151 | Dick Kenworthy | 3B | 1962 | Red Oak | 15453 |
| 152 | Derek Hill | CF | 2020 | Des Moines | 15698 |
| 153 | Bruce Kimm | C | 1976 | Cedar Rapids | 16056 |
| 154 | Jeff Clement | 1B | 2007 | Marshalltown | 16225 |
| 155 | Matt Dermody | RP | 2016 | Norwalk | 16394 |
| 156 | Cody Ege | RP | 2016 | Sioux City | 16792 |
| 157 | Jeff Larish | DH | 2008 | Iowa City | 16958 |
| 158 | Kory DeHaan | RF | 2000 | Pella | 17055 |
| 159 | Scott Pose | LF | 1993 | Davenport | 17116 |
| 160 | Craig Colbert | C | 1992 | Iowa City | 17117 |
| 161 | Dave Edler | 3B | 1980 | Sioux City | 17194 |
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