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The Top Ranked Baseball Players of All-Time from Massachusetts

 

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 Tom Glavine SP 1987 Concord 75
2 Jeff Bagwell 1B 1991 Boston 82
3 Mickey Cochrane C 1925 Bridgewater 86
4 John Clarkson SP 1882 Cambridge 89
5 Tim Keefe SP 1880 Cambridge 96
6 Joe Kelley LF 1891 Cambridge 200
7 Jack Chesbro SP 1899 North Adams 240
8 Charlie Buffinton SP 1882 Fall River 314
9 Stu Miller RP 1952 Northampton 383
10 Vic Raschi SP 1946 West Springfield 408
11 Bill Donovan SP 1898 Lawrence 419
12 Pie Traynor 3B 1920 Framingham 452
13 Jimmy Ryan CF 1885 Clinton 465
14 Jeff Reardon RP 1979 Dalton 506
15 Wilbur Wood RP 1961 Cambridge 528
16 Turk Farrell RP 1956 Boston 600
17 Steve Bedrosian RP 1981 Methuen 739
18 John Morrill 1B 1876 Boston 812
19 Jim Hegan C 1941 Lynn 830
20 Dick Donovan SP 1950 Boston 905
21 Frank Dwyer SP 1888 Lee 952
22 Bill Monbouquette SP 1958 Medford 1035
23 Fred Tenney 1B 1894 Georgetown 1041
24 Adonis Terry SP 1884 Westfield 1059
25 Jack Sanford SP 1956 Wellesley Hills 1084
26 Jack Manning RF 1873 Braintree 1088
27 Mark Belanger SS 1965 Pittsfield 1115
28 Bump Hadley SP 1926 Lynn 1178
29 Elbie Fletcher 1B 1934 Milton 1228
30 Joe Coleman Jr. SP 1965 Boston 1243
31 Stuffy McInnis 1B 1909 Gloucester 1340
32 Nixey Callahan LF 1894 Fitchburg 1370
33 Danny MacFayden SP 1926 North Truro 1393
34 Shanty Hogan C 1925 Somerville 1516
35 Cy Perkins C 1915 Gloucester 1635
36 Art Ditmar SP 1954 Winthrop 1646
37 Ken Hill SP 1988 Lynn 1685
38 Rabbit Maranville SS 1912 Springfield 1706
39 Rich Gedman C 1980 Worcester 1719
40 Skip Lockwood RP 1965 Roslindale 1723
41 Al Javery SP 1940 Worcester 1757
42 Mark Wohlers RP 1991 Holyoke 1840
43 Kitty Bransfield 1B 1898 Worcester 1869
44 Wayne Granger RP 1968 Springfield 1904
45 Tommy Tucker 1B 1887 Holyoke 1920
46 Tommy McCarthy LF 1884 Boston 1945
47 Steve Cishek RP 2010 Falmouth 1955
48 Eddie Waitkus 1B 1941 Cambridge 2019
49 Alex Cobb SP 2011 Boston 2054
50 Dick Siebert 1B 1932 Fall River 2083
51 Shano Collins RF 1910 Charlestown 2089
52 Joe Coleman Sr. SP 1942 Medford 2105
53 Tommy Dowd RF 1891 Holyoke 2151
54 Whitey Witt CF 1916 Orange 2212
55 Paul Radford RF 1883 Roxbury 2259
56 Cozy Dolan RF 1895 Cambridge 2270
57 Dupee Shaw SP 1883 Charlestown 2291
58 Duke Farrell C 1888 Oakdale 2361
59 Jason Bere SP 1993 Cambridge 2364
60 Rosy Ryan RP 1919 Worcester 2386
61 Jimmy Barrett CF 1899 Athol 2402
62 Rich Hill SP 2005 Boston 2408
63 Tony Conigliaro RF 1964 Revere 2448
64 Chris Capuano SP 2003 Springfield 2457
65 Mike Sullivan SP 1889 Boston 2491
66 Leo Durocher SS 1925 West Springfield 2558
67 Jack McCarthy LF 1893 Hardwick 2565
68 Don Nottebart RP 1960 West Newton 2579
69 Hugh Mulcahy SP 1935 Brighton 2659
70 Doc Casey 3B 1898 Lawrence 2713
71 Bill Travers SP 1974 Norwood 2870
72 Richie Hebner 3B 1968 Boston 2887
73 Jack Burns 1B 1930 Cambridge 2907
74 Paul LaPalme RP 1951 Springfield 2948
75 John Curtis RP 1970 Newton 2985
76 Mike Trombley RP 1992 Springfield 2995
77 Turk Wendell RP 1993 Pittsfield 3145
78 Bill Bergen C 1901 North Brookfield 3176
79 Barney Gilligan C 1879 Cambridge 3218
80 Art Whitney 3B 1880 Brockton 3270
81 John Henry C 1910 Amherst 3297
82 Eddie Mayo 2B 1936 Holyoke 3348
83 Ed Crane SP 1884 Boston 3518
84 Jerry Remy 2B 1975 Fall River 3520
85 Hick Carpenter 3B 1879 Grafton 3559
86 Wilbert Robinson C 1886 Bolton 3562
87 Pat Moran C 1901 Fitchburg 3614
88 Ed Caskin SS 1879 Danvers 3640
89 Eddie Grant 3B 1905 Franklin 3701
90 Vito Tamulis RP 1934 Cambridge 3709
91 Robert Person SP 1995 Lowell 3716
92 Candy Cummings SP 1872 Ware 3774
93 Tom Earley RP 1938 Boston 3829
94 Johnny Broaca SP 1934 Lawrence 3850
95 Jim Corsi RP 1988 Newton 3881
96 Lew Brown C 1876 Leominster 3899
97 Dick Kelley RP 1964 Brighton 3931
98 Mark Fidrych SP 1976 Worcester 3932
99 Malachi Kittridge C 1890 Clinton 3993
100 Alex McKinnon 1B 1884 Boston 4072
101 Chippy McGarr 3B 1884 Worcester 4210
102 Tony Lupien 1B 1940 Chelmsford 4225
103 Bill Barrett RF 1921 Cambridge 4270
104 Ed Sprague Sr. RP 1968 Boston 4348
105 Tom O'Brien 2B 1882 Salem 4365
106 George Derby SP 1881 Webster 4377
107 Pete Smith SP 1987 Abington 4419
108 Nick Ahmed SS 2014 Springfield 4436
109 Dad Clarkson SP 1891 Cambridge 4454
110 Josh Fogg SP 2001 Lynn 4478
111 Marty Sullivan LF 1887 Lowell 4554
112 Arlie Pond SP 1895 Saugus 4561
113 Martin Powell 1B 1881 Fitchburg 4660
114 Paul Sorrento 1B 1989 Somerville 4710
115 Gene Desautels C 1930 Worcester 4782
116 Jim Sullivan SP 1891 Charlestown 4830
117 Bob Ganley LF 1905 Lowell 4872
118 Gene Hermanski RF 1943 Pittsfield 4905
119 Frank Grant 2B 1886 Pittsfield 4908
120 Frank Fennelly SS 1884 Fall River 4919
121 Tanyon Sturtze RP 1995 Worcester 4963
122 Jimmy Bannon RF 1893 Amesbury 4990
123 Jack McGeachey RF 1886 Clinton 5059
124 Jocko Flynn SP 1886 Lawrence 5073
125 Fran Matthews 1B 1938 Cambridge 5074
126 Mike Yastrzemski RF 2019 Andover 5096
127 Hal Janvrin SS 1911 Haverhill 5107
128 Joe D. Sullivan SS 1893 Charlestown 5132
129 Marty McHale SP 1910 Stoneham 5181
130 Bill McGunnigle SP 1879 Boston 5211
131 Foghorn Bradley SP 1876 Medford 5212
132 Tom Vickery SP 1890 Milford 5237
133 Greg Gagne SS 1983 Fall River 5267
134 Johnny Barrett RF 1942 Lowell 5348
135 Paul Mitchell SP 1975 Worcester 5357
136 Lefty Mills SP 1934 Dedham 5377
137 Dave Shean 2B 1906 Arlington 5379
138 Walter Clarkson RP 1904 Cambridge 5401
139 Fred Newman SP 1962 Boston 5464
140 Frank Gilmore SP 1886 Webster 5476
141 Buck O'Brien SP 1911 Brockton 5550
142 Jeff Juden SP 1991 Salem 5627
143 Gary Disarcina SS 1989 Malden 5642
144 Mike Pagliarulo 3B 1984 Medford 5671
145 Bob Brown SP 1930 Dorchester 5780
146 Mike Golden SP 1875 Shirley 5797
147 Fred Mitchell SP 1901 Cambridge 5858
148 Chub Sullivan 1B 1877 Boston 5884
149 Tim McNamara RP 1922 Millville 5894
150 Jack Ryan C 1889 Haverhill 5925
151 Jim Canavan RF 1891 New Bedford 5985
152 Frank Blake SP 1932 Boston 6021
153 Lennie Merullo SS 1941 Boston 6031
154 Steve Balboni 1B 1981 Brockton 6034
155 Allen Ripley SP 1978 Norwood 6064
156 Jimmy Macullar SS 1879 Boston 6128
157 George Wheeler SP 1896 Methuen 6214
158 Doc Powers C 1898 Pittsfield 6245
159 Jack Ferry RP 1910 Pittsfield 6253
160 Jim Manning CF 1884 Fall River 6312
161 Freddie Maguire 2B 1922 Roxbury 6318
162 Dick Burns SP 1883 Holyoke 6360
163 Mike Lynch SP 1904 Holyoke 6371
164 John Doherty 1B 1992 Bronx 6433
165 Connie Mack C 1886 East Brookfield 6478
166 Al Hall CF 1879 Worcester 6484
167 Steve Brady RF 1874 Worcester 6573
168 Bill Hunnefield SS 1926 Dedham 6591
169 Mike Ryan C 1964 Haverhill 6603
170 Joe L.W. Harris SP 1905 Melrose 6615
171 Manny Delcarmen RP 2005 Boston 6668
172 Normie Roy RP 1950 Newton 6695
173 John Brebbia RP 2017 Sharon 6709
174 Dewey Metivier RP 1922 Cambridge 6732
175 Bill Vinton SP 1884 Winthrop 6788
176 Kevin McGlinchy RP 1999 Malden 6791
177 Jocko Thompson SP 1948 Beverly 6808
178 Phil Page RP 1928 Springfield 6814
179 Tom Smith SP 1894 Boston 6850
180 Eddie Phillips C 1924 Worcester 6868
181 Joe Giard SP 1925 Ware 6872
182 Eddie Pellagrini SS 1946 Boston 6877
183 Henry Lampe RP 1894 Boston 6904
184 John Fox SP 1881 Roxbury 6926
185 Rico Brogna 1B 1992 Turners Falls 6983
186 Art Butler SS 1911 Fall River 7044
187 Pat Carney RF 1901 Holyoke 7058
188 Art Johnson RP 1940 Winchester 7063
189 Bill Morrell RP 1926 Hyde Park 7095
190 Dick Conway SP 1886 Lowell 7236
191 Marty Bergen C 1896 North Brookfield 7275
192 Allan Collamore RP 1911 Worcester 7340
193 Sean Newcomb SP 2017 Brockton 7394
194 Ed Warner RP 1912 Fitchburg 7554
195 Scott Stewart RP 2001 Stoughton 7566
196 Charlie Devens SP 1932 Milton 7580
197 Scott Oberg RP 2015 Tewksbury 7585
198 John Deering SP 1903 Lynn 7606
199 Hugh Canavan RP 1918 Worcester 7701
200 Billy Burke RP 1910 Clinton 7702
201 Bob Giggie RP 1959 Dorchester 7742
202 Mike Slattery CF 1884 Boston 7784
203 Steve Peek RP 1941 Springfield 7810
204 Sam Crane 2B 1880 Springfield 7832
205 Jim Moroney RP 1906 Boston 7880
206 Lou Lucier RP 1943 Northbridge 7892
207 Red Shea RP 1918 Ware 7934
208 Blondy Ryan SS 1930 Lynn 8045
209 Denny Driscoll SP 1880 Lowell 8179
210 Chick Davies RP 1914 Peabody 8222
211 Harry Agganis 1B 1954 Lynn 8243
212 Doc Martin RP 1908 Roxbury 8255
213 Henry Coppola RP 1935 East Douglas 8285
214 George Barnicle RP 1939 Fitchburg 8287
215 Ike Kamp RP 1924 Roxbury 8308
216 Joe Johnson SP 1985 Brookline 8418
217 Ted Olson RP 1936 Quincy 8427
218 Pete Walker RP 1995 Beverly 8429
219 Al Pierotti RP 1920 Boston 8454
220 Cap Crowell SP 1915 Roxbury 8464
221 Tim Donahue C 1891 Raynham 8569
222 Joe Callahan RP 1939 East Boston 8591
223 Frank Connaughton SS 1894 Clinton 8625
224 Bill Chamberlain RP 1932 Stoughton 8662
225 Al Blanche RP 1935 Someerville 8697
226 Yale Murphy SS 1894 Southborough 8742
227 Charlie Bowles SP 1943 Norwood 8767
228 John Andre RP 1955 Brockton 8785
229 Bill Merritt C 1891 Lowell 8807
230 Dominic Mulrenan SP 1921 Woburn 8854
231 Tim Fortugno RP 1992 Clinton 8878
232 Frank Quinn RP 1949 Springfield 8911
233 Cy Twombly SP 1921 Groveland 8919
234 Tim Collins RP 2011 Worcester 8944
235 Ed Gill RP 1919 Somerville 9036
236 Art Mahan 1B 1940 Somerville 9172
237 Eddie Eayrs LF 1921 Blackstone 9232
238 Fran Healy C 1969 Holyoke 9239
239 Bill Spanswick RP 1964 Springfield 9267
240 Bill Vargus RP 1925 North Scituate 9277
241 John Leary 1B 1914 Waltham 9300
242 Ralph Lumenti RP 1957 Milford 9306
243 Bob Reed RP 1969 Boston 9339
244 Doc Gautreau 2B 1925 Cambridge 9400
245 Steve Shea RP 1968 Worcester 9450
246 Chippy Gaw RP 1920 West Newton 9486
247 Jack Hoey RF 1906 Watertown 9531
248 Gid Gardner CF 1879 Boston 9617
249 Tom Grieve LF 1970 Pittsfield 9633
250 Stan Partenheimer RP 1944 Chicopee Falls 9649
251 Joe Sherman SP 1915 Yarmouth 9662
252 James Burke SP 1882 Attleboro 9668
253 Carlos Castillo RP 1997 Boston 9674
254 Danny F. Murphy RP 1960 Beverly 9707
255 Bruno Haas RP 1915 Worcester 9720
256 Marty Callaghan LF 1922 Norwood 9729
257 Joe Mulligan RP 1934 Weymouth 9749
258 Keith MacWhorter RP 1980 Worcester 9752
259 Alex Mustaikis RP 1940 Chelsea 9795
260 Oliver Drake RP 2015 Worcester 9809
261 Thorny Hawkes 2B 1879 Danvers 9920
262 John Kelleher 3B 1912 Brookline 9928
263 Chris Howard RP 1993 Lynn 9938
264 Amby Murray RP 1936 Fall River 10042
265 Brian Rose SP 1997 New Bedford 10052
266 Mark Bellhorn 2B 1997 South Weymouth 10057
267 Chuck Essegian LF 1958 Boston 10070
268 Kyle Abbott RP 1991 Newburyport 10113
269 Pete L. Smith RP 1962 Natick 10180
270 Chris Mahoney SP 1910 Milton 10242
271 Joe Lucey RP 1920 Holyoke 10283
272 Bruce Taylor RP 1977 Holden 10307
273 Stan Benjamin RF 1939 Framingham 10323
274 John Keefe SP 1890 Fitchburg 10340
275 Cyclone Miller SP 1884 Springfield 10342
276 Harry Pattee 2B 1908 Charlestown 10348
277 Daisy Davis SP 1884 Boston 10382
278 Johnny Grabowski C 1924 Ware 10402
279 Ed Gallagher RP 1932 Dorchester 10426
280 Jud McLaughlin RP 1931 Brighton 10471
281 Walter Hackett SS 1884 Cambridge 10479
282 Al Stanek RP 1963 Springfield 10654
283 Sal Frelick RF 2023 Boston 10687
284 Bobby Wheelock SS 1887 Charlestown 10768
285 John Henry (1863) LF 1884 Springfield 10794
286 Jack Carney 1B 1889 Salem 10858
287 Sy Rosenthal LF 1925 Boston 10915
288 Glenn Adams DH 1982 Northbridge 10944
289 Ken Turner RP 1967 Framingham 10954
290 Michael McDermott SP 1889 Fall River 10956
291 Con Murphy SP 1884 Worcester 10958
292 Bryan LaHair 1B 2008 Worcester 10980
293 Leo Callahan RF 1913 Jamaica Plain 10992
294 Bob Tufts RP 1981 Medford 11052
295 Mike Pazik SP 1975 Lynn 11062
296 Brandon Gomes RP 2011 Fall River 11173
297 Fred Doe SP 1890 Gloucester 11198
298 Babe Twombly CF 1920 Jamaica Plain 11217
299 John H. Fitzgerald SP 1891 Natick 11239
300 Tom Cahill C 1891 Fall River 11240
301 John Buckley SP 1890 Marlborough 11242
302 Les Burke 2B 1926 Lynn 11268
303 Billy Conigliaro CF 1969 Revere 11293
304 Pete Wilson SP 1909 Springfield 11329
305 Kid Butler CF 1884 Boston 11401
306 Frank Wilson LF 1924 Malden 11407
307 Skippy Roberge 2B 1941 Lowell 11463
308 Ezra Lincoln SP 1890 Raynham 11495
309 George Twombly LF 1914 Boston 11517
310 Charlie Daniels SP 1884 Roxbury 11583
311 Ed Cassian SP 1891 Wilbraham 11616
312 Steve Lombardozzi 2B 1985 Malden 11643
313 Toby Lyons SP 1890 Cambridge 11669
314 Law Daniels C 1887 Newton 11775
315 Dave Schuler RP 1979 Framingham 11825
316 John Kiely RP 1991 Boston 11843
317 Jim Cudworth 1B 1884 Fairhaven 11847
318 Allen Levrault RP 2000 Fall River 11888
319 Jerry White CF 1974 Shirley 11929
320 Gene Moriarty LF 1884 Holyoke 11989
321 Sean Gallagher RP 2007 Boston 12037
322 Dick Blaisdell SP 1884 Bradford 12068
323 Hank Camelli C 1943 Gloucester 12078
324 Jim McGinley SP 1904 Groveland 12190
325 Stuffy McInnis 1B 1909 Gloucester 12194
326 Jack Hannifin 3B 1906 Holyoke 12196
327 Pete Noonan C 1904 West Stockbridge 12294
328 Ed Flanagan 1B 1887 Lowell 12303
329 Joe Harris (1882) SP 1905 Melrose 12332
330 Tyler Beede SP 2018 Worcester 12430
331 Geoff Combe RP 1980 Melrose 12457
332 Mark Sweeney 1B 1995 Framingham 12481
333 Jared Shuster SP 2023 New Bedford 12505
334 Frank Bonner 2B 1894 Lowell 12656
335 Jerry Sweeney 1B 1884 Boston 12713
336 Ed Trumbull LF 1884 Chicopee 12723
337 Bill Cronin C 1928 West Newton 12843
338 Eddie Pick 3B 1923 Attleboro 12919
339 Tom Connolly 3B 1915 Boston 12920
340 Lou Merloni 2B 1998 Framingham 12935
341 Dave Walsh RP 1990 Arlington 13001
342 Allie Strobel 2B 1905 Boston 13050
343 Dan Burke RF 1890 Abington 13053
344 Con Daily C 1885 Blackstone 13054
345 Russ Gibson C 1967 Fall River 13098
346 Gus Salve SP 1908 Boston 13114
347 Casper Asbjornson C 1928 Concord 13334
348 Don Mason 2B 1966 Boston 13355
349 Hugh Bradley 1B 1910 Grafton 13386
350 Dan Long CF 1890 Boston 13397
351 Peter Bergeron CF 1999 Greenfield 13414
352 Bob Pettit RF 1887 Williamstown 13435
353 Mark P. Johnson 1B 1995 Worcester 13444
354 Jack Slattery C 1901 South Boston 13493
355 Jerry Hurley C 1889 Boston 13537
356 Art Williams RF 1902 Somerville 13593
357 Jack Corcoran C 1884 Lowell 13637
358 Leo Hafford RP 1906 Somerville 13680
359 Fred Winchell SP 1909 Arlington 13750
360 Luke Urban C 1927 Fall River 13788
361 Joe Bean SS 1902 Boston 13794
362 Ray Nelson 2B 1901 Holyoke 13796
363 Daff Gammons LF 1901 New Bedford 13837
364 Dick Loftus RF 1924 Concord 13859
365 Ray Tift RP 1907 Fitchburg 13861
366 Bill Fox 2B 1897 Sturbridge 13862
367 Joe M. Morgan 3B 1959 Walpole 13972
368 Pat Hartnett 1B 1890 Boston 13981
369 Sean Burke SP 2024 Worcester 14036
370 Jerry Turbidy SS 1884 Dudley 14073
371 Charlie Baker RF 1884 West Boylston 14122
372 Jonah Bayliss RP 2005 North Adams 14382
373 David Lundquist RP 1999 Beverly 14456
374 Chris Colabello 1B 2013 Framingham 14507
375 Packy Naughton SP 2021 Boston 14540
376 Gene Good LF 1906 Roxbury 14647
377 Dan Woodman RP 1914 Danvers 14677
378 Scott Hemond C 1989 Taunton 14705
379 Jim Mann RP 2000 Brockton 14730
380 Pat Bourque 1B 1971 Worcester 14784
381 Joe Vitiello DH 1995 Cambridge 14815
382 Mike Welch RP 1998 Haverhill 14846
383 Al Boucher 3B 1914 Franklin 14884
384 Kevin Collins 3B 1965 Springfield 15007
385 Ryan O'Rourke RP 2015 Worcester 15034
386 John M. Doherty 1B 1974 Woburn 15113
387 Ben Bowden RP 2021 Lynn 15236
388 Kenny Greer RP 1993 Boston 15245
389 Matt Murray RP 1995 Boston 15435
390 Matt Merullo C 1989 Winchester 15497
391 Scott Barnes RP 2012 Springfield 15507
392 Billy Jo Robidoux 1B 1985 Ware 15703
393 Marc Sullivan C 1982 Quincy 15711
394 Bob Gallagher LF 1972 Newton 15722
395 Gil Whitehouse RF 1912 Somerville 15805
396 Ben Rice 1B 2024 Cohasset 15884
397 Jake Fishman RP 2022 Sharon 15977
398 Paul Campbell RP 2021 Malden 16013
399 Steve Hathaway RP 2016 Acton 16140
400 Jack Leathersich RP 2015 Beverly 16154
401 Pete Varney C 1973 Roxbury 16568
402 Austin Walsh LF 1914 Cambridge 16599

 


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