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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 | 47 |
| 2 | Jim Rice | LF | 1974 | Anderson | 93 |
| 3 | Van Mungo | SP | 1931 | Pageland | 255 |
| 4 | Larry Doby | CF | 1947 | Camden | 283 |
| 5 | Al Rosen | 3B | 1947 | Spartanburg | 411 |
| 6 | Bobo Newsom | SP | 1929 | Hartsville | 443 |
| 7 | Billy O'Dell | RP | 1954 | Whitmire | 571 |
| 8 | Kirby Higbe | SP | 1937 | Columbia | 701 |
| 9 | Del Pratt | 2B | 1912 | Walhalia | 720 |
| 10 | Marty Marion | SS | 1940 | Richburg | 836 |
| 11 | Bobby Richardson | 2B | 1955 | Sumter | 896 |
| 12 | Willie Randolph | 2B | 1975 | Holy Hill | 919 |
| 13 | Matt Wieters | C | 2009 | Goose Creek | 1025 |
| 14 | Bobby Bolin | RP | 1961 | Hickory Grove | 1063 |
| 15 | Nat Rogers | RF | 1923 | Spartanburg | 1109 |
| 16 | Barney Brown | SP | 1931 | Hartsville | 1321 |
| 17 | Ben Taylor (1888) | 1B | 1920 | Anderson | 1389 |
| 18 | Orlando Hudson | 2B | 2002 | Darlington | 1409 |
| 19 | Red Smith | 3B | 1911 | Greenville | 1465 |
| 20 | Willie Jones | 3B | 1947 | Dillon | 1496 |
| 21 | Gorman Thomas | CF | 1973 | Charleston | 1639 |
| 22 | Flint Rhem | SP | 1924 | Rhems | 1736 |
| 23 | Bill Voiselle | SP | 1942 | Greenwood | 1781 |
| 24 | Art Fowler | RP | 1954 | Converse | 1942 |
| 25 | Whit Merrifield | 2B | 2016 | Florence | 2016 |
| 26 | Aaron Robinson | C | 1943 | Lancaster | 2053 |
| 27 | LaMarr Hoyt | SP | 1979 | Columbia | 2088 |
| 28 | Lou Brissie | RP | 1947 | Anderson | 2121 |
| 29 | Charles Corbett | SP | 1921 | Orangeburg | 2275 |
| 30 | Brett Gardner | LF | 2008 | Holly Hill | 2389 |
| 31 | John Buzhardt | SP | 1958 | Prosperity | 2430 |
| 32 | Jim Ray | RP | 1965 | Rock Hill | 2604 |
| 33 | Reggie Sanders | RF | 1991 | Florence | 2648 |
| 34 | Roy Mahaffey | SP | 1926 | Belton | 2712 |
| 35 | Tom Williams | SP | 1916 | Charleston | 2902 |
| 36 | Hal Jeffcoat | RP | 1948 | West Columbia | 2910 |
| 37 | Jason Hammel | SP | 2006 | Greenville | 3031 |
| 38 | Dick Jackson | 2B | 1921 | Greenville | 3109 |
| 39 | Preston Wilson | CF | 1998 | Bamberg | 3125 |
| 40 | Dan Driessen | 1B | 1973 | Hilton Head Island | 3228 |
| 41 | Candy Jim Taylor | 3B | 1914 | Anderson | 3284 |
| 42 | Harry Byrd | SP | 1950 | Darlington | 3376 |
| 43 | Ken Harrelson | 1B | 1963 | Woodruff | 3396 |
| 44 | Doc McJames | SP | 1895 | Williamsburg County | 3478 |
| 45 | Don Hood | RP | 1973 | Florence | 3491 |
| 46 | Jordan Montgomery | SP | 2017 | Sumter | 3524 |
| 47 | Chad Green | RP | 2016 | Greenville | 3529 |
| 48 | Ernie White | SP | 1940 | Pacolet Mills | 3548 |
| 49 | Jordan Lyles | SP | 2011 | Hartsville | 3608 |
| 50 | Mookie Wilson | CF | 1980 | Bamberg | 3677 |
| 51 | Jim Missouri | SP | 1937 | Bishopville | 3697 |
| 52 | Chick Galloway | SS | 1919 | Clinton | 3860 |
| 53 | Gene Richards | LF | 1977 | Monticello | 3892 |
| 54 | John Boozer | RP | 1962 | Columbia | 3965 |
| 55 | Buzz Clarkson | SS | 1938 | Hopkins | 4129 |
| 56 | Pat Luby | SP | 1890 | Charleston | 4292 |
| 57 | Ed Durham | RP | 1929 | Chester | 4328 |
| 58 | Emilio Pagan | RP | 2017 | Simpsonville | 4375 |
| 59 | Bill Cooper | C | 1937 | Sumter | 4389 |
| 60 | Dooley Womack | RP | 1966 | Columbia | 4396 |
| 61 | Justin Smoak | 1B | 2010 | Goose Creek | 4402 |
| 62 | Bill Landrum | RP | 1986 | Columbia | 4542 |
| 63 | Ted Alexander | RP | 1938 | Spartanburg | 4772 |
| 64 | Steel Arm Johnny Taylor | SP | 1907 | Anderson | 4785 |
| 65 | Don Buddin | SS | 1956 | Turbeville | 4789 |
| 66 | Brian Williams | RP | 1991 | Lancaster | 5038 |
| 67 | Jared Burton | RP | 2007 | Westminster | 5063 |
| 68 | Willie Aikens | 1B | 1977 | Seneca | 5105 |
| 69 | Sammy Taylor | C | 1958 | Woodruff | 5137 |
| 70 | Bryce Florie | RP | 1994 | Charleston | 5230 |
| 71 | Pokey Reese | 2B | 1997 | Columbia | 5288 |
| 72 | George Dixon | C | 1917 | Greenwood | 5381 |
| 73 | Rube Chambers | SP | 1925 | Spartanburg | 5437 |
| 74 | Mickey Livingston | C | 1938 | Newberry | 5652 |
| 75 | Tom Colcolough | SP | 1893 | Charleston | 5978 |
| 76 | George Jeffcoat | RP | 1936 | New Brookfield | 6143 |
| 77 | Zack Godley | SP | 2015 | Bamberg | 6155 |
| 78 | Charley Smith | 3B | 1960 | Charleston | 6194 |
| 79 | Johnny Wertz | RP | 1926 | Pomaria | 6311 |
| 80 | Leroy Stanton | RF | 1970 | Latta | 6398 |
| 81 | Smoky Owens | SP | 1938 | Manning | 6460 |
| 82 | William Lindsay | 3B | 1934 | Spartanburg | 6481 |
| 83 | Clarence Lindsay | SS | 1920 | Columbia | 6522 |
| 84 | Walter Barbare | 3B | 1914 | Greenville | 6592 |
| 85 | Heath Hembree | RP | 2013 | Spartanburg | 6662 |
| 86 | George Turbeville | RP | 1935 | Turbeville | 6834 |
| 87 | Tom Martin | RP | 1997 | Charleston | 6944 |
| 88 | C.H. Lindsay | SS | 1920 | Columbia | 6954 |
| 89 | Jerry Martin | CF | 1974 | Columbia | 6968 |
| 90 | Henry Gillespie | SP | 1921 | Cheraw | 6987 |
| 91 | Charlie Parks | C | 1938 | Chester | 7064 |
| 92 | Frank Ellerbe | 3B | 1919 | Marion County | 7082 |
| 93 | Charles Sitton | RP | 1909 | Pendleton | 7411 |
| 94 | Spades Wood | SP | 1930 | Spartanburg | 7417 |
| 95 | Carl Edwards | RP | 2015 | Newberry | 7522 |
| 96 | Bill Spiers | SS | 1989 | Orangeburg | 7526 |
| 97 | Nate Snell | RP | 1984 | Orangeburg | 7558 |
| 98 | JP Sears | SP | 2022 | Sumter | 7741 |
| 99 | Jimmy Wilson | CF | 1940 | Newberry | 7811 |
| 100 | Al Shealy | RP | 1928 | Chapin | 8078 |
| 101 | Jimmy Jordan | 2B | 1933 | Tucapau | 8123 |
| 102 | Charley Davidson | SP | 1940 | Cheraw | 8246 |
| 103 | Norm McMillan | 3B | 1922 | Latta | 8260 |
| 104 | Coley Logan | SP | 1940 | Columbia | 8303 |
| 105 | Alex Evans | SP | 1924 | Charleston | 8564 |
| 106 | Ben F. Johnson | RP | 1959 | Greenwood | 8655 |
| 107 | Ben Johnson (1931) | RP | 1959 | Greenwood | 8721 |
| 108 | Dave M. Smith | RP | 1938 | Sellers | 8727 |
| 109 | Ty Cline | CF | 1960 | Hampton | 8996 |
| 110 | Al Yeargin | RP | 1922 | Mauldin | 9033 |
| 111 | Joe Landrum | RP | 1950 | Columbia | 9312 |
| 112 | Terrell Wade | RP | 1995 | Rembert | 9381 |
| 113 | Pep Harris | RP | 1996 | Lancaster | 9457 |
| 114 | Mike Sharperson | 3B | 1987 | Orangeburg | 9554 |
| 115 | George Fiall | SS | 1920 | Charleston | 9613 |
| 116 | Sam Page | RP | 1939 | Woodruff | 9797 |
| 117 | Ford Garrison | LF | 1943 | Greenville | 9922 |
| 118 | Asher Wojciechowski | SP | 2015 | Hardeeville | 10069 |
| 119 | Jesse Fowler | RP | 1924 | Spartanburg | 10088 |
| 120 | Britt Reames | RP | 2000 | Seneca | 10205 |
| 121 | Wayne Tolleson | SS | 1981 | Spartanburg | 10206 |
| 122 | Pat Crawford | 2B | 1929 | Society Hill | 10258 |
| 123 | Grant Holmes | RP | 2024 | Conway | 10645 |
| 124 | Marv Rackley | LF | 1947 | Seneca | 10809 |
| 125 | Neil Chrisley | LF | 1957 | Calhoun Falls | 10902 |
| 126 | Chris Owings | SS | 2013 | Charleston | 11020 |
| 127 | Mike Anderson | RF | 1971 | Florence | 11023 |
| 128 | Mike Cook | RP | 1986 | Charleston | 11077 |
| 129 | Mike Wright | RP | 2015 | Bennettsville | 11083 |
| 130 | Carmen Mlodzinski | RP | 2023 | Hilton Head Island | 11091 |
| 131 | Doug Strange | 3B | 1989 | Greenville | 11259 |
| 132 | Logan Drake | RP | 1922 | Spartanburg | 11287 |
| 133 | Lafayette Currence | RP | 1975 | Rock Hill | 11444 |
| 134 | Herm Winningham | CF | 1984 | Orangeburg | 11466 |
| 135 | Daniel Palka | DH | 2018 | Greenville | 11487 |
| 136 | Jeff Twitty | RP | 1980 | Lancaster | 11490 |
| 137 | Frank Walker | CF | 1917 | Enoree | 11533 |
| 138 | Junior Wooten | CF | 1947 | Pelzer | 11820 |
| 139 | Rob Stanifer | RP | 1997 | Easley | 12096 |
| 140 | Daniel Gossett | SP | 2017 | Lyman | 12133 |
| 141 | Paul Clemens | RP | 2013 | Columbia | 12156 |
| 142 | Xzavion Curry | RP | 2022 | Orangeburg | 12162 |
| 143 | Bob Hazle | RF | 1955 | Laurens | 12252 |
| 144 | Syd Smith | C | 1908 | Smithville | 12339 |
| 145 | Michael Kohn | RP | 2010 | Camden | 12427 |
| 146 | Carson Spiers | SP | 2023 | Greenville | 12475 |
| 147 | John McMakin | SP | 1902 | Spartanburg | 12638 |
| 148 | Taylor Widener | SP | 2020 | Aiken | 12694 |
| 149 | Dewayne Wise | CF | 2000 | Columbia | 12789 |
| 150 | Rich Batchelor | RP | 1993 | Florence | 13018 |
| 151 | Jimmie Coker | C | 1958 | Holly Hill | 13036 |
| 152 | Don Dillard | CF | 1959 | Greenville | 13066 |
| 153 | Matt LeCroy | DH | 2000 | Belton | 13207 |
| 154 | Jim Fairey | LF | 1968 | Orangeburg | 13460 |
| 155 | Morris Madden | RP | 1987 | Laurens | 13486 |
| 156 | Tripp Cromer | SS | 1993 | Lake City | 13554 |
| 157 | Red Borom | 2B | 1944 | Spartanburg | 13630 |
| 158 | Fritz Von Kolnitz | 3B | 1914 | Charleston | 13714 |
| 159 | Mike Cunningham | RP | 1906 | Lancaster | 13718 |
| 160 | Charlie Wilson | SS | 1931 | Clinton | 13746 |
| 161 | Jay Jackson | RP | 2015 | Greenville | 13921 |
| 162 | Sammy Meeks | SS | 1948 | Anderson | 14042 |
| 163 | Steven Jackson | RP | 2009 | Sumter | 14082 |
| 164 | Jaime Bluma | RP | 1996 | Beaufort | 14088 |
| 165 | Charlie Barnes | SP | 2021 | Sumter | 14116 |
| 166 | Ken Gerhart | CF | 1986 | Charleston | 14128 |
| 167 | Zach Neal | SP | 2016 | Columbia | 14330 |
| 168 | Eddie Shokes | 1B | 1941 | Charleston | 14498 |
| 169 | Steven Duggar | CF | 2018 | Spartanburg | 14563 |
| 170 | George Banks | RF | 1962 | Pacolet Mills | 14575 |
| 171 | Eric Moody | RP | 1997 | Greenville | 14623 |
| 172 | Daniel Moskos | RP | 2011 | Greenville | 14729 |
| 173 | Brett Jodie | RP | 2001 | Columbia | 14827 |
| 174 | Reggie Taylor | CF | 2000 | Newberry | 15009 |
| 175 | Eli White | LF | 2020 | Greenville | 15148 |
| 176 | Grayson Greiner | C | 2018 | Columbia | 15152 |
| 177 | Tim Hosley | C | 1970 | Spartanburg | 15225 |
| 178 | Marcus McBeth | RP | 2007 | Spartanburg | 15460 |
| 179 | Kent Anderson | SS | 1989 | Florence | 15501 |
| 180 | Michael Roth | RP | 2013 | Greenville | 15606 |
| 181 | Tim Jones | SS | 1988 | Sumter | 15696 |
| 182 | Tom Dunbar | LF | 1983 | Graniteville | 15710 |
| 183 | Cad Coles | CF | 1914 | Rock Hill | 15767 |
| 184 | Michael Mercado | RP | 2024 | Greenville | 15916 |
| 185 | Spencer Kieboom | C | 2016 | Mount Pleasant | 16139 |
| 186 | Steven Tolleson | 2B | 2010 | Spartanburg | 16267 |
| 187 | Glenn Murray | RF | 1996 | Manning | 16417 |
| 188 | Terry Blocker | CF | 1985 | Columbia | 16492 |
| 189 | John Stefero | C | 1983 | Sumter | 16507 |
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