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The Top Ranked Baseball Players of All-Time from South Carolina
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 | Shoeless Joe Jackson | RF | 1908 | Pickens County | 48 |
| 2 | Jim Rice | LF | 1974 | Anderson | 93 |
| 3 | Van Mungo | SP | 1931 | Pageland | 256 |
| 4 | Larry Doby | CF | 1947 | Camden | 286 |
| 5 | Al Rosen | 3B | 1947 | Spartanburg | 411 |
| 6 | Bobo Newsom | SP | 1929 | Hartsville | 443 |
| 7 | Billy O'Dell | RP | 1954 | Whitmire | 577 |
| 8 | Kirby Higbe | SP | 1937 | Columbia | 710 |
| 9 | Del Pratt | 2B | 1912 | Walhalia | 729 |
| 10 | Marty Marion | SS | 1940 | Richburg | 849 |
| 11 | Bobby Richardson | 2B | 1955 | Sumter | 907 |
| 12 | Willie Randolph | 2B | 1975 | Holy Hill | 931 |
| 13 | Matt Wieters | C | 2009 | Goose Creek | 1038 |
| 14 | Bobby Bolin | RP | 1961 | Hickory Grove | 1074 |
| 15 | Nat Rogers | RF | 1923 | Spartanburg | 1120 |
| 16 | Barney Brown | SP | 1931 | Hartsville | 1332 |
| 17 | Ben Taylor (1888) | 1B | 1920 | Anderson | 1402 |
| 18 | Orlando Hudson | 2B | 2002 | Darlington | 1422 |
| 19 | Red Smith | 3B | 1911 | Greenville | 1479 |
| 20 | Willie Jones | 3B | 1947 | Dillon | 1510 |
| 21 | Gorman Thomas | CF | 1973 | Charleston | 1652 |
| 22 | Flint Rhem | SP | 1924 | Rhems | 1751 |
| 23 | Bill Voiselle | SP | 1942 | Greenwood | 1796 |
| 24 | Art Fowler | RP | 1954 | Converse | 1955 |
| 25 | Whit Merrifield | 2B | 2016 | Florence | 2028 |
| 26 | Aaron Robinson | C | 1943 | Lancaster | 2067 |
| 27 | LaMarr Hoyt | SP | 1979 | Columbia | 2105 |
| 28 | Lou Brissie | RP | 1947 | Anderson | 2138 |
| 29 | Charles Corbett | SP | 1921 | Orangeburg | 2291 |
| 30 | Brett Gardner | LF | 2008 | Holly Hill | 2407 |
| 31 | John Buzhardt | SP | 1958 | Prosperity | 2449 |
| 32 | Jim Ray | RP | 1965 | Rock Hill | 2623 |
| 33 | Reggie Sanders | RF | 1991 | Florence | 2667 |
| 34 | Roy Mahaffey | SP | 1926 | Belton | 2730 |
| 35 | Tom Williams | SP | 1916 | Charleston | 2923 |
| 36 | Hal Jeffcoat | RP | 1948 | West Columbia | 2931 |
| 37 | Jason Hammel | SP | 2006 | Greenville | 3050 |
| 38 | Dick Jackson | 2B | 1921 | Greenville | 3126 |
| 39 | Preston Wilson | CF | 1998 | Bamberg | 3143 |
| 40 | Dan Driessen | 1B | 1973 | Hilton Head Island | 3249 |
| 41 | Candy Jim Taylor | 3B | 1914 | Anderson | 3309 |
| 42 | Harry Byrd | SP | 1950 | Darlington | 3405 |
| 43 | Ken Harrelson | 1B | 1963 | Woodruff | 3426 |
| 44 | Doc McJames | SP | 1895 | Williamsburg County | 3507 |
| 45 | Don Hood | RP | 1973 | Florence | 3521 |
| 46 | Jordan Montgomery | SP | 2017 | Sumter | 3556 |
| 47 | Chad Green | RP | 2016 | Greenville | 3561 |
| 48 | Ernie White | SP | 1940 | Pacolet Mills | 3581 |
| 49 | Jordan Lyles | SP | 2011 | Hartsville | 3640 |
| 50 | Emilio Pagan | RP | 2017 | Simpsonville | 3660 |
| 51 | Mookie Wilson | CF | 1980 | Bamberg | 3708 |
| 52 | Jim Missouri | SP | 1937 | Bishopville | 3728 |
| 53 | Chick Galloway | SS | 1919 | Clinton | 3890 |
| 54 | Gene Richards | LF | 1977 | Monticello | 3924 |
| 55 | John Boozer | RP | 1962 | Columbia | 4000 |
| 56 | Buzz Clarkson | SS | 1938 | Hopkins | 4173 |
| 57 | Pat Luby | SP | 1890 | Charleston | 4340 |
| 58 | Ed Durham | RP | 1929 | Chester | 4378 |
| 59 | Bill Cooper | C | 1937 | Sumter | 4432 |
| 60 | Dooley Womack | RP | 1966 | Columbia | 4439 |
| 61 | Justin Smoak | 1B | 2010 | Goose Creek | 4446 |
| 62 | Bill Landrum | RP | 1986 | Columbia | 4587 |
| 63 | Ted Alexander | RP | 1938 | Spartanburg | 4801 |
| 64 | Steel Arm Johnny Taylor | SP | 1907 | Anderson | 4814 |
| 65 | Don Buddin | SS | 1956 | Turbeville | 4818 |
| 66 | Brian Williams | RP | 1991 | Lancaster | 5069 |
| 67 | Jared Burton | RP | 2007 | Westminster | 5093 |
| 68 | Willie Aikens | 1B | 1977 | Seneca | 5138 |
| 69 | Sammy Taylor | C | 1958 | Woodruff | 5169 |
| 70 | Bryce Florie | RP | 1994 | Charleston | 5264 |
| 71 | Pokey Reese | 2B | 1997 | Columbia | 5323 |
| 72 | George Dixon | C | 1917 | Greenwood | 5412 |
| 73 | Rube Chambers | SP | 1925 | Spartanburg | 5469 |
| 74 | Mickey Livingston | C | 1938 | Newberry | 5663 |
| 75 | Tom Colcolough | SP | 1893 | Charleston | 5992 |
| 76 | George Jeffcoat | RP | 1936 | New Brookfield | 6168 |
| 77 | Zack Godley | SP | 2015 | Bamberg | 6179 |
| 78 | Charley Smith | 3B | 1960 | Charleston | 6218 |
| 79 | Johnny Wertz | RP | 1926 | Pomaria | 6341 |
| 80 | JP Sears | SP | 2022 | Sumter | 6408 |
| 81 | Leroy Stanton | RF | 1970 | Latta | 6429 |
| 82 | Smoky Owens | SP | 1938 | Manning | 6492 |
| 83 | William Lindsay | 3B | 1934 | Spartanburg | 6513 |
| 84 | Clarence Lindsay | SS | 1920 | Columbia | 6554 |
| 85 | Walter Barbare | 3B | 1914 | Greenville | 6625 |
| 86 | Heath Hembree | RP | 2013 | Spartanburg | 6694 |
| 87 | George Turbeville | RP | 1935 | Turbeville | 6867 |
| 88 | Tom Martin | RP | 1997 | Charleston | 6973 |
| 89 | C.H. Lindsay | SS | 1920 | Columbia | 6984 |
| 90 | Jerry Martin | CF | 1974 | Columbia | 6999 |
| 91 | Henry Gillespie | SP | 1921 | Cheraw | 7020 |
| 92 | Charlie Parks | C | 1938 | Chester | 7097 |
| 93 | Frank Ellerbe | 3B | 1919 | Marion County | 7115 |
| 94 | Charles Sitton | RP | 1909 | Pendleton | 7439 |
| 95 | Spades Wood | SP | 1930 | Spartanburg | 7445 |
| 96 | Carl Edwards | RP | 2015 | Newberry | 7555 |
| 97 | Bill Spiers | SS | 1989 | Orangeburg | 7559 |
| 98 | Nate Snell | RP | 1984 | Orangeburg | 7594 |
| 99 | Jimmy Wilson | CF | 1940 | Newberry | 7863 |
| 100 | Al Shealy | RP | 1928 | Chapin | 8138 |
| 101 | Jimmy Jordan | 2B | 1933 | Tucapau | 8183 |
| 102 | Charley Davidson | SP | 1940 | Cheraw | 8304 |
| 103 | Norm McMillan | 3B | 1922 | Latta | 8318 |
| 104 | Coley Logan | SP | 1940 | Columbia | 8360 |
| 105 | Alex Evans | SP | 1924 | Charleston | 8621 |
| 106 | Ben F. Johnson | RP | 1959 | Greenwood | 8710 |
| 107 | Ben Johnson (1931) | RP | 1959 | Greenwood | 8768 |
| 108 | Dave M. Smith | RP | 1938 | Sellers | 8774 |
| 109 | Ty Cline | CF | 1960 | Hampton | 9047 |
| 110 | Al Yeargin | RP | 1922 | Mauldin | 9086 |
| 111 | Joe Landrum | RP | 1950 | Columbia | 9378 |
| 112 | Terrell Wade | RP | 1995 | Rembert | 9450 |
| 113 | Grant Holmes | SP | 2024 | Conway | 9463 |
| 114 | Pep Harris | RP | 1996 | Lancaster | 9528 |
| 115 | Mike Sharperson | 3B | 1987 | Orangeburg | 9643 |
| 116 | George Fiall | SS | 1920 | Charleston | 9716 |
| 117 | Sam Page | RP | 1939 | Woodruff | 9916 |
| 118 | Ford Garrison | LF | 1943 | Greenville | 10045 |
| 119 | Carmen Mlodzinski | RP | 2023 | Hilton Head Island | 10123 |
| 120 | Asher Wojciechowski | SP | 2015 | Hardeeville | 10206 |
| 121 | Jesse Fowler | RP | 1924 | Spartanburg | 10225 |
| 122 | Britt Reames | RP | 2000 | Seneca | 10355 |
| 123 | Wayne Tolleson | SS | 1981 | Spartanburg | 10356 |
| 124 | Pat Crawford | 2B | 1929 | Society Hill | 10412 |
| 125 | Marv Rackley | LF | 1947 | Seneca | 11007 |
| 126 | Neil Chrisley | LF | 1957 | Calhoun Falls | 11111 |
| 127 | Chris Owings | SS | 2013 | Charleston | 11238 |
| 128 | Mike Anderson | RF | 1971 | Florence | 11240 |
| 129 | Mike Cook | RP | 1986 | Charleston | 11299 |
| 130 | Mike Wright | RP | 2015 | Bennettsville | 11306 |
| 131 | Doug Strange | 3B | 1989 | Greenville | 11493 |
| 132 | Logan Drake | RP | 1922 | Spartanburg | 11525 |
| 133 | Lafayette Currence | RP | 1975 | Rock Hill | 11703 |
| 134 | Herm Winningham | CF | 1984 | Orangeburg | 11725 |
| 135 | Daniel Palka | DH | 2018 | Greenville | 11746 |
| 136 | Jeff Twitty | RP | 1980 | Lancaster | 11749 |
| 137 | Frank Walker | CF | 1917 | Enoree | 11794 |
| 138 | Junior Wooten | CF | 1947 | Pelzer | 12098 |
| 139 | Rob Stanifer | RP | 1997 | Easley | 12407 |
| 140 | Daniel Gossett | SP | 2017 | Lyman | 12448 |
| 141 | Paul Clemens | RP | 2013 | Columbia | 12475 |
| 142 | Xzavion Curry | RP | 2022 | Orangeburg | 12481 |
| 143 | Carson Spiers | SP | 2023 | Greenville | 12541 |
| 144 | Bob Hazle | RF | 1955 | Laurens | 12571 |
| 145 | Syd Smith | C | 1908 | Smithville | 12662 |
| 146 | Michael Kohn | RP | 2010 | Camden | 12750 |
| 147 | John McMakin | SP | 1902 | Spartanburg | 12964 |
| 148 | Taylor Widener | SP | 2020 | Aiken | 13032 |
| 149 | Dewayne Wise | CF | 2000 | Columbia | 13131 |
| 150 | Rich Batchelor | RP | 1993 | Florence | 13376 |
| 151 | Jimmie Coker | C | 1958 | Holly Hill | 13396 |
| 152 | Don Dillard | CF | 1959 | Greenville | 13428 |
| 153 | Matt LeCroy | DH | 2000 | Belton | 13589 |
| 154 | Jim Fairey | LF | 1968 | Orangeburg | 13869 |
| 155 | Morris Madden | RP | 1987 | Laurens | 13892 |
| 156 | Tripp Cromer | SS | 1993 | Lake City | 13966 |
| 157 | Red Borom | 2B | 1944 | Spartanburg | 14044 |
| 158 | Fritz Von Kolnitz | 3B | 1914 | Charleston | 14144 |
| 159 | Mike Cunningham | RP | 1906 | Lancaster | 14148 |
| 160 | Charlie Wilson | SS | 1931 | Clinton | 14176 |
| 161 | Jay Jackson | RP | 2015 | Greenville | 14359 |
| 162 | Sammy Meeks | SS | 1948 | Anderson | 14481 |
| 163 | Steven Jackson | RP | 2009 | Sumter | 14523 |
| 164 | Jaime Bluma | RP | 1996 | Beaufort | 14530 |
| 165 | Charlie Barnes | SP | 2021 | Sumter | 14557 |
| 166 | Ken Gerhart | CF | 1986 | Charleston | 14568 |
| 167 | Zach Neal | SP | 2016 | Columbia | 14793 |
| 168 | Eddie Shokes | 1B | 1941 | Charleston | 14975 |
| 169 | Steven Duggar | CF | 2018 | Spartanburg | 15052 |
| 170 | George Banks | RF | 1962 | Pacolet Mills | 15065 |
| 171 | Eli White | RF | 2020 | Greenville | 15073 |
| 172 | Eric Moody | RP | 1997 | Greenville | 15113 |
| 173 | Daniel Moskos | RP | 2011 | Greenville | 15240 |
| 174 | Brett Jodie | RP | 2001 | Columbia | 15346 |
| 175 | Reggie Taylor | CF | 2000 | Newberry | 15550 |
| 176 | Grayson Greiner | C | 2018 | Columbia | 15704 |
| 177 | Tim Hosley | C | 1970 | Spartanburg | 15782 |
| 178 | Evan Sisk | RP | 2025 | Chester | 15849 |
| 179 | Marcus McBeth | RP | 2007 | Spartanburg | 16037 |
| 180 | Kent Anderson | SS | 1989 | Florence | 16083 |
| 181 | Michael Roth | RP | 2013 | Greenville | 16194 |
| 182 | Tim Jones | SS | 1988 | Sumter | 16284 |
| 183 | Tom Dunbar | LF | 1983 | Graniteville | 16298 |
| 184 | Cad Coles | CF | 1914 | Rock Hill | 16367 |
| 185 | Ike Hampton | C | 1974 | Camden | 16489 |
| 186 | Garrett McDaniels | RP | 2025 | Marion | 16528 |
| 187 | Bryce Teodosio | CF | 2024 | Greenville | 16574 |
| 188 | Michael Mercado | RP | 2024 | Greenville | 16590 |
| 189 | Spencer Kieboom | C | 2016 | Mount Pleasant | 16807 |
| 190 | Steven Tolleson | 2B | 2010 | Spartanburg | 16936 |
| 191 | Glenn Murray | RF | 1996 | Manning | 17086 |
| 192 | Terry Blocker | CF | 1985 | Columbia | 17160 |
| 193 | John Stefero | C | 1983 | Sumter | 17175 |
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