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The Top Ranked Baseball Players of All-Time from Kentucky

 

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.

Ranking Explanation

 

Rnk Athlete POS Rookie Yr Birthplace Overall Rank
1 Jim Bunning SP 1955 Southgate 90
2 Bobby Veach LF 1912 St. Charles 107
3 Carl Mays SP 1915 Liberty 296
4 Paul Derringer SP 1931 Springfield 322
5 Jesse Tannehill SP 1894 Dayton 423
6 Stan Spence CF 1940 South Portsmouth 462
7 Earle Combs CF 1924 Pebworth 501
8 Brandon Webb SP 2003 Ashland 525
9 Pee Wee Reese SS 1940 Ekron 562
10 Gus Bell CF 1950 Louisville 584
11 Clint Thomas LF 1921 Greenup 602
12 Travis Fryman 3B 1990 Lexington 823
13 Fred Pfeffer 2B 1882 Louisville 928
14 Frank Warfield 2B 1914 Pembroke 983
15 Howie Camnitz SP 1904 Covington 1165
16 Will Smith (1995) C 2019 Louisville 1167
17 Don Gullett SP 1970 Lynn 1184
18 Johnny Morrison SP 1920 Pellville 1225
19 Carl Glass SP 1923 Lexington 1258
20 Woodie Fryman SP 1966 Ewing 1277
21 Mike Greenwell LF 1985 Louisville 1295
22 Joe Strong (1902) SP 1922 Jackson 1317
23 Jay Buhner RF 1987 Louisville 1325
24 Dan McGann 1B 1896 Shelbyville 1342
25 Charlie Blackwell RF 1915 Brandenburg 1418
26 Dan Uggla 2B 2006 Louisville 1464
27 John Beckwith 3B 1919 Louisville 1479
28 George Britt SP 1917 Lexington 1530
29 Don Robinson RP 1978 Ashland 1541
30 Tyler Clippard RP 2007 Lexington 1550
31 Vern Bickford SP 1948 Hellier 1658
32 Ray Chapman SS 1912 Beaver Dam 1668
33 Len Barker SP 1976 Fort Knox 1692
34 Red Ehret SP 1888 Louisville 1728
35 Steve Hamilton RP 1961 Columbia 1741
36 Gus Weyhing SP 1888 Louisville 1867
37 Joe Heving RP 1930 Covington 1928
38 Corey Hart RF 2004 Bowling Green 1953
39 Jim Jeffries SP 1915 Louisville 1963
40 Wayne Carr SP 1920 Henderson 2150
41 Walker Buehler SP 2017 Lexington 2171
42 Bill Sweeney 2B 1907 Covington 2403
43 Don Hurst 1B 1928 Maysville 2404
44 Bill Hart SP 1886 Louisville 2417
45 Ferdie Schupp SP 1913 Louisville 2421
46 Sammy Hughes 2B 1930 Louisville 2497
47 Joe Blanton SP 2004 Bowling Green 2546
48 George Harper RF 1916 Arlington 2591
49 Johnny Marcum SP 1933 Campbellsburg 2672
50 Hi Bell RP 1924 Mount Sherman 2674
51 Cliff Fannin SP 1945 Louisa 2848
52 Jon Rauch RP 2002 Louisville 2916
53 Paul Byrd SP 1995 Louisville 2956
54 Adam Duvall LF 2014 Louisville 3070
55 Scott Downs RP 2000 Louisville 3134
56 Pythias Russ SS 1925 Cynthiana 3236
57 Barry McCormick 3B 1895 Maysville 3277
58 Dave Tomlin RP 1972 Maysville 3293
59 Scott Stratton SP 1888 Campbellsburg 3431
60 Mark Reynolds 3B 2007 Pikeville 3492
61 Shawn Kelley RP 2009 Louisville 3505
62 Pete Browning LF 1882 Louisville 3588
63 Aaron Cook SP 2002 Fort Campbell 3603
64 Ted Page RF 1926 Glasgow 3634
65 George Shively LF 1914 Lebanon 3688
66 Lee Tannehill 3B 1903 Dayton 3737
67 Willie Blair RP 1990 Paintsville 3801
68 Earl Grace C 1929 Barlow 3861
69 Trever Miller RP 1996 Louisville 4052
70 Kent Greenfield SP 1924 Guthrie 4124
71 Chicken Wolf RF 1882 Louisville 4510
72 Hub Collins 2B 1886 Louisville 4538
73 Bill Evans CF 1924 Louisville 4583
74 Eddie Moore 2B 1923 Barlow 4642
75 John S. Farrell 2B 1901 Covington 4774
76 Joe Scott 1B 1927 Ohio County 4784
77 Phil Maton RP 2017 Paducah 4793
78 Jonny Venters RP 2010 Pikeville 4862
79 Dixie Howell RP 1940 Harold 4959
80 Joe Sommer LF 1880 Covington 4970
81 Ed Holley SP 1928 Benton 5087
82 Rainey Bibbs 2B 1933 Henderson 5090
83 John Huber SP 1942 Lexington 5231
84 Bill Sowders SP 1888 Louisville 5262
85 Rudy Hulswitt SS 1899 Newport 5327
86 John Grim C 1888 Lebanon 5370
87 Kevin Jarvis SP 1994 Lexington 5376
88 Randy O'Neal RP 1984 Ashland 5424
89 Dale Williams SP 1876 Ludlow 5477
90 Phil Roof C 1961 Paducah 5490
91 George Treadway RF 1893 Greenup County 5603
92 Win Ballou RP 1925 Mount Morgan 5649
93 Joe Cowley SP 1982 Lexington 5705
94 Lev Shreve SP 1887 Louisville 5709
95 Dick Niehaus RP 1913 Covington 5835
96 Mox McQuery 1B 1884 Garrard County 5889
97 Bill Kissinger SP 1895 Dayton 5977
98 Brad Wilkerson LF 2001 Owensboro 6027
99 Pete Center RP 1942 Hazel Green 6028
100 Doug Flynn 2B 1975 Lexington 6164
101 Todd Wellemeyer RP 2003 Louisville 6239
102 Austin Kearns RF 2002 Lexington 6267
103 Hank Gastright SP 1889 Covington 6280
104 Denny Doyle 2B 1970 Glasgow 6334
105 Mack Allison SP 1911 Owensboro 6352
106 Paul Kilgus RP 1987 Bowling Green 6395
107 Robbie Ross RP 2012 Lexington 6477
108 Bob Schultz RP 1951 Louisville 6510
109 Boots McClain SS 1920 Louisville 6521
110 Dick Wallace SS 1907 Owensboro 6523
111 Steve Delabar RP 2011 Fort Knox 6551
112 Bob Fagan 2B 1916 Henderson 6790
113 Jim Park RP 1915 Richmond 6873
114 Nate Jones RP 2012 Butler 6875
115 Kid Baldwin C 1884 Newport 6878
116 Todd Benzinger 1B 1987 Dayton 6887
117 Paul Toth RP 1962 McRoberts 6907
118 Cy Barger SP 1906 Jamestown 6920
119 Charlie Eden RF 1877 Lexington 7009
120 Orlie Weaver SP 1910 Newport 7022
121 Lou Johnson LF 1960 Lexington 7053
122 Frank Williams (1918) RF 1942 Newport 7061
123 Dick Crutcher RP 1914 Frankfort 7122
124 Mose Offutt SP 1925 Auburn 7159
125 Lewis Woolfolk SP 1923 Henderson 7271
126 Jim Holmes RP 1906 Lawrenceburg 7273
127 Drew Hall RP 1986 Louisville 7325
128 Buster Ross RP 1924 Kuttawa 7338
129 Matt Anderson RP 1998 Louisville 7355
130 Chris Peters RP 1996 Fort Thomas 7375
131 Frank Pearce RP 1933 Middletown 7381
132 Ollie Beard SS 1889 Lexington 7444
133 John Shelby CF 1981 Lexington 7474
134 Lefty Bowe SP 1939 Burkesville 7504
135 Herb Moford RP 1955 Brooksville 7545
136 Eugene Keeton RP 1922 Hazelbee 7552
137 Rip Wheeler RP 1921 Marion 7579
138 Phil Reccius 3B 1882 Louisville 7748
139 Bob Clark C 1886 Covington 7782
140 Mark Thompson SP 1994 Russellville 8044
141 Carl Bouldin RP 1961 Germantown 8343
142 Roy Bruner RP 1939 Cecilia 8383
143 Neal Brady RP 1915 Covington 8407
144 Doc Bracken SP 1946 Paducah 8446
145 Trevor Gott RP 2015 Lexington 8653
146 Brandon Pfaadt SP 2023 Louisville 8717
147 Ed Monroe RP 1917 Louisville 8735
148 Chick Smith RP 1913 Dayton 8737
149 Tom McLaughlin SS 1883 Louisville 8822
150 Johnnie Heving C 1920 Covington 8898
151 Monk Cline CF 1882 Louisville 8992
152 Jim Blackburn RP 1948 Warsaw 9020
153 Harvey McClellan SS 1919 Cynthiana 9144
154 Don Durham RP 1972 Yosemite 9250
155 Jack H. Smith RP 1962 Pikeville 9324
156 Frank Browning SP 1910 Falmouth 9373
157 John Reccius CF 1882 Louisville 9377
158 John Sowders SP 1887 Louisville 9394
159 George Payne RP 1920 Mount Vernon 9421
160 Jack Thoney LF 1902 Fort Thomas 9560
161 Dixie E. Howell C 1947 Louisville 9631
162 Clyde Hatter RP 1935 Poplar Hills 9799
163 Matt Turner RP 1993 Lexington 9817
164 Sean Green RP 2006 Louisville 9933
165 Matt Ginter RP 2000 Lexington 10014
166 Charlie Hamburg LF 1890 Louisville 10090
167 Henry Baker RF 1925 Unknown 10240
168 Danny Morris SP 1968 Greenville 10275
169 Denver Grigsby LF 1923 Jackson 10318
170 Bill Graham SP 1966 Flemingsburg 10374
171 Tommy Reis RP 1938 Newport 10470
172 Earl Browne RF 1935 Louisville 10523
173 John Dolan SP 1890 Newport 10529
174 John Weyhing SP 1888 Louisville 10706
175 Lev Shreve SP 1887 Louisville 10793
176 Frank Pears SP 1889 Louisville 11199
177 Irv Jeffries 3B 1930 Louisville 11274
178 Rex Smith SP 1886 Louisville 11288
179 Dave C. Anderson SS 1983 Louisville 11331
180 Terry Shumpert 2B 1990 Paducah 11475
181 Pat Osburn RP 1974 Murray 11573
182 Joel McKeon RP 1986 Covington 11762
183 George Boone SP 1891 Louisville 11859
184 Brian Drahman RP 1991 Kenton 12477
185 Grover Land C 1908 Frankfort 12484
186 John Stephenson C 1964 South Portsmouth 12784
187 Dick West C 1938 Louisville 12917
188 Luke Maile C 2015 Edgewood 12933
189 Nathan Adcock RP 2011 Elizabethtown 12951
190 Bill Schwartz C 1883 Jamestown 13014
191 Jim Jones LF 1897 London 13052
192 John Black 1B 1911 Covington 13149
193 Bob Edmondson SP 1906 Paris 13152
194 Len Sowders CF 1886 Louisville 13268
195 Jack Savage RP 1987 Louisville 13291
196 Fred Koster RF 1931 Louisville 13296
197 Daniel Webb RP 2013 Paducah 13323
198 Bryce Jarvis RP 2023 Lexington 13380
199 Ryan Speier RP 2005 Frankfort 13385
200 Hugh Poland C 1943 Tompkinsville 13427
201 Rudy Schwenck SP 1909 Louisville 13561
202 Chris Burke 2B 2004 Louisville 13603
203 Lee Tinsley CF 1993 Shelbyville 13613
204 Josh Stewart SP 2003 Paducah 13782
205 Jack Littrell SS 1952 Louisville 13857
206 Josh Lueke RP 2011 Covington 13983
207 Ed Merrill 2B 1882 Maysville 14093
208 Bill Ludwig C 1908 Louisville 14120
209 Chandler Shepherd SP 2019 Louisa 14157
210 Jimmy Osting SP 2001 Louisville 14254
211 Moe Thacker C 1958 Louisville 14317
212 John O'Neil SS 1946 Shelbiana 14400
213 Graham Taylor SP 2009 Covington 14572
214 JT Riddle SS 2017 Frankfort 14608
215 Collin Cowgill LF 2011 Lexington 14612
216 Jon Switzer RP 2003 Bowling Green 14717
217 Dale Polley RP 1996 Georgetown 14881
218 Fin Wilson SP 1914 East Fork 14902
219 Chris Snopek 3B 1995 Cynthiana 14922
220 Marv Foley C 1978 Stanford 15211
221 Keith Butler RP 2013 Bowling Green 15490
222 Josh Anderson CF 2007 Somerset 15638
223 Chris Turner C 1993 Bowling Green 15681
224 Kyle McGrath RP 2017 Louisville 15778
225 Billy Sorrell 3B 1970 Morehead 15814
226 Dave Watkins C 1969 Owensboro 15815
227 Trey Sweeney SS 2024 Louisville 15924
228 Dean Kiekhefer RP 2016 Louisville 16127
229 Mike Broadway RP 2015 Paducah 16162
230 Kyle Parker LF 2014 Fort Thomas 16186
231 Steve Stemle RP 2005 Louisville 16332
232 Andy Green 2B 2004 Lexington 16334
233 Brandon Berger RF 2001 Covington 16370
234 Mark Bradley RF 1981 Elizabethtown 16519
235 Derek Bryant LF 1979 Lexington 16536
236 Leo Foster SS 1971 Covington 16573

 


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