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The Top Ranked Baseball Players by Rookie Year-1908
Notes: This is a list of the greatest baseball players to start their pro career in the year listed.
| Rnk | Athlete | POS | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Shoeless Joe Jackson | RF | 47 |
| 2 | Home Run Baker | 3B | 106 |
| 3 | Hippo Vaughn | SP | 212 |
| 4 | Rube Marquard | SP | 225 |
| 5 | Smoky Joe Wood | RF | 613 |
| 6 | Gavvy Cravath | RF | 848 |
| 7 | Larry Gardner | 3B | 1143 |
| 8 | Slim Sallee | SP | 1199 |
| 9 | Donie Bush | SS | 1416 |
| 10 | Bob Bescher | LF | 1546 |
| 11 | Dick Hoblitzell | 1B | 1584 |
| 12 | Chief Wilson | RF | 1744 |
| 13 | Amos Strunk | CF | 1954 |
| 14 | Jack Graney | LF | 2120 |
| 15 | Jean Dubuc | SP | 2304 |
| 16 | Buck Herzog | 2B | 2342 |
| 17 | Jack Warhop | SP | 2468 |
| 18 | Fred Snodgrass | CF | 2537 |
| 19 | Doc Crandall | RP | 2651 |
| 20 | Joe Lake | SP | 2863 |
| 21 | Jack Barry | SS | 3123 |
| 22 | Birdie Cree | LF | 3327 |
| 23 | Beals Becker | RF | 3404 |
| 24 | Ed Summers | SP | 3545 |
| 25 | George Suggs | SP | 3706 |
| 26 | Jeff Sweeney | C | 3866 |
| 27 | Steve Evans | RF | 4086 |
| 28 | Bill Burns | SP | 4248 |
| 29 | Jack Lapp | C | 4646 |
| 30 | Morten Clark | SS | 4670 |
| 31 | Harry Krause | SP | 4769 |
| 32 | Josh Devore | LF | 4982 |
| 33 | Marty O'Toole | SP | 5006 |
| 34 | Bill Foxen | SP | 5131 |
| 35 | Art Wilson | C | 5187 |
| 36 | Herbie Moran | RF | 5785 |
| 37 | Judy Gans | LF | 5916 |
| 38 | Amby McConnell | 2B | 5950 |
| 39 | Al Mattern | SP | 6083 |
| 40 | Fred Olmstead | SP | 6596 |
| 41 | Frank Arellanes | SP | 6898 |
| 42 | Jerry Freeman | 1B | 7112 |
| 43 | Nick Carter | RP | 7113 |
| 44 | Harley Young | RP | 7162 |
| 45 | Bill Grahame | SP | 7740 |
| 46 | Pastor Pareda | SP | 7817 |
| 47 | Dode Criss | RP | 7846 |
| 48 | Billy Purtell | 3B | 7894 |
| 49 | Vin Campbell | CF | 7930 |
| 50 | Burt Keeley | SP | 8025 |
| 51 | Jack Bliss | C | 8120 |
| 52 | Harry Hoch | RP | 8170 |
| 53 | Doc Martin | RP | 8255 |
| 54 | Chappy Charles | 2B | 8522 |
| 55 | Jules Thomas | CF | 8525 |
| 56 | Pelayo Chacon | SS | 8527 |
| 57 | Bob Coulson | RF | 8624 |
| 58 | Al Schweitzer | RF | 8879 |
| 59 | Tommy McMillan | SS | 8951 |
| 60 | Earle Gardner | 2B | 9050 |
| 61 | Biff Schlitzer | SP | 9159 |
| 62 | Wally Clement | LF | 9426 |
| 63 | George Perring | 3B | 9981 |
| 64 | Harry Pattee | 2B | 10348 |
| 65 | Bill Chappelle | RP | 10413 |
| 66 | Tom Daley | CF | 10417 |
| 67 | Tom Tuckey | SP | 11500 |
| 68 | Tom McCarthy (1884) | SP | 11685 |
| 69 | Eli Cates | SP | 11945 |
| 70 | Syd Smith | C | 12339 |
| 71 | Chick Brandom | RP | 12349 |
| 72 | Grover Land | C | 12484 |
| 73 | Jack Flater | SP | 12709 |
| 74 | Ben Egan | C | 12782 |
| 75 | Bill Lattimore | SP | 13078 |
| 76 | Gus Salve | SP | 13114 |
| 77 | Al Kellogg | SP | 13150 |
| 78 | Orson Baldwin | SP | 13229 |
| 79 | Jim Kane | 1B | 13301 |
| 80 | Pat Donahue | C | 13562 |
| 81 | Harry Billiard | RP | 13568 |
| 82 | Ed Foster | RP | 13751 |
| 83 | Bill Malarkey | RP | 13833 |
| 84 | Bill Tozer | RP | 13944 |
| 85 | Ralph Savidge | RP | 14014 |
| 86 | Bob Vail | RP | 14044 |
| 87 | Patsy O'Rourke | SS | 14045 |
| 88 | Fred Stem | 1B | 14069 |
| 89 | Warren Gill | 1B | 14070 |
| 90 | Bill Ludwig | C | 14120 |
| 91 | Queenie O'Rourke | LF | 14139 |
| 92 | Paddy O'Connor | C | 15768 |
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