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The Top Ranked Baseball Players by Rookie Year-1923
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 | Lou Gehrig | 1B | 8 |
| 2 | Hack Wilson | CF | 179 |
| 3 | Bill Terry | 1B | 192 |
| 4 | Charlie Root | SP | 245 |
| 5 | Heinie Manush | LF | 253 |
| 6 | Ted Lyons | SP | 384 |
| 7 | Rube Walberg | SP | 701 |
| 8 | Jimmie Wilson | C | 851 |
| 9 | Guy Bush | SP | 973 |
| 10 | George Pipgras | SP | 1097 |
| 11 | Red Lucas | SP | 1149 |
| 12 | Earl Whitehill | SP | 1165 |
| 13 | Firpo Marberry | RP | 1235 |
| 14 | Larry Benton | SP | 1411 |
| 15 | Bob E. Smith | SP | 1837 |
| 16 | Bill Foster | SP | 1853 |
| 17 | Willie Kamm | 3B | 1939 |
| 18 | Harry Rice | CF | 2036 |
| 19 | Phil Collins | RP | 2169 |
| 20 | William Bell | SP | 2183 |
| 21 | Martin Dihigo | SP | 2219 |
| 22 | Sloppy Thurston | SP | 2259 |
| 23 | Ed Wells | RP | 2282 |
| 24 | Freddy Leach | LF | 2430 |
| 25 | Jumbo Elliott | SP | 2502 |
| 26 | Taylor Douthit | CF | 2547 |
| 27 | Nat Rogers | RF | 2701 |
| 28 | Walter Davis | RF | 2746 |
| 29 | Rats Henderson | SP | 2764 |
| 30 | Carl Glass | SP | 2781 |
| 31 | Darltie Cooper | SP | 2907 |
| 32 | George McAllister | 1B | 3285 |
| 33 | John Henry Russell | 2B | 3360 |
| 34 | Geechie Meredith | 2B | 3426 |
| 35 | George Harney | SP | 3432 |
| 36 | Les Bell | 3B | 3501 |
| 37 | Hubert Lockhart | SP | 3557 |
| 38 | Fred Bell | SP | 3592 |
| 39 | Heinie Sand | SS | 3596 |
| 40 | Harvey Hendrick | 1B | 3648 |
| 41 | Sanford Jackson | CF | 3833 |
| 42 | Square Moore | SP | 4022 |
| 43 | Pete Washington | CF | 4171 |
| 44 | Willie Bobo | 1B | 4530 |
| 45 | Eddie Moore | 2B | 4658 |
| 46 | Leo Dickerman | RP | 4842 |
| 47 | Paul Zahniser | SP | 4880 |
| 48 | Henry Williams | C | 4899 |
| 49 | Bill Harris | RP | 4923 |
| 50 | Bob Miller | 2B | 5060 |
| 51 | Felton Stratton | 3B | 5072 |
| 52 | Charlie Hargreaves | C | 5218 |
| 53 | Gus Felix | LF | 5287 |
| 54 | Willie Spearman | SP | 5308 |
| 55 | Ruben Jones | RF | 5434 |
| 56 | Ted Wingfield | SP | 5572 |
| 57 | Cliff Carter | SP | 5638 |
| 58 | Pinky Hargrave | C | 5703 |
| 59 | Omer Newsome | SP | 5739 |
| 60 | Bullet Campbell | SP | 5755 |
| 61 | Rube Lutzke | 3B | 5756 |
| 62 | Buck Crouse | C | 5806 |
| 63 | Anderson Pryor | 2B | 5860 |
| 64 | George Grant | RP | 5892 |
| 65 | Will Owens | SS | 5949 |
| 66 | Walt Huntzinger | RP | 6023 |
| 67 | Dutch Levsen | SP | 6031 |
| 68 | Buck Alexander | SP | 6154 |
| 69 | Lefty Robinson | SP | 6649 |
| 70 | Moe Berg | C | 6664 |
| 71 | Sam Cooper | SP | 6905 |
| 72 | Ray Steineder | RP | 7201 |
| 73 | Arnie Stone | RP | 7233 |
| 74 | Dennis Burns | RP | 7277 |
| 75 | Nick Dumovich | RP | 7286 |
| 76 | Jack Combs | SP | 7315 |
| 77 | Roy Meeker | RP | 7618 |
| 78 | Earl Kunz | RP | 7706 |
| 79 | John Kerr | 2B | 7719 |
| 80 | Wally Roettger | LF | 7733 |
| 81 | Dutch Schliebner | 1B | 7758 |
| 82 | Herman Gordon | SP | 7768 |
| 83 | Archie Stewart | SP | 7872 |
| 84 | Eli Juran | 1B | 7912 |
| 85 | Curtis Green | SP | 7985 |
| 86 | Johnny Juran | SP | 8009 |
| 87 | Ralph Head | RP | 8013 |
| 88 | Percy Wilson | 1B | 8108 |
| 89 | Herschel Bennett | LF | 8276 |
| 90 | John Young | SP | 8397 |
| 91 | Roberto Campos | LF | 8400 |
| 92 | Admiral Walker | SP | 8463 |
| 93 | Benny Bengough | C | 8559 |
| 94 | Walt French | RF | 8628 |
| 95 | Ernie Padgett | 3B | 8688 |
| 96 | Jake Flowers | 2B | 8765 |
| 97 | Lewis Woolfolk | SP | 8772 |
| 98 | James Turner | RP | 8851 |
| 99 | Andrew Wilson | CF | 8910 |
| 100 | Harry Riconda | 3B | 8913 |
| 101 | Tack Summers | LF | 8932 |
| 102 | Herman Roth | C | 8955 |
| 103 | Wally Shaner | LF | 8991 |
| 104 | Charles Hudson (1901) | RP | 9147 |
| 105 | Wid Matthews | CF | 9177 |
| 106 | Maurice Archdeacon | CF | 9188 |
| 107 | Homer Ezzell | 3B | 9211 |
| 108 | Bennie Wilson | RF | 9250 |
| 109 | Moore | SP | 9273 |
| 110 | Sam Ross | RP | 9277 |
| 111 | John Kemp | CF | 9373 |
| 112 | Bob Barrett | 3B | 9382 |
| 113 | Denver Grigsby | LF | 9399 |
| 114 | Buck | SP | 9529 |
| 115 | Hooty Phillips | 2B | 9964 |
| 116 | Jimmy O'Connell | CF | 10100 |
| 117 | Spencer Adams | 2B | 10207 |
| 118 | Johnny Schulte | C | 10226 |
| 119 | Chano Garcia | 2B | 10482 |
| 120 | Roy Elsh | LF | 10635 |
| 121 | Bill McCarren | 3B | 10759 |
| 122 | Mike Gazella | 3B | 10819 |
| 123 | Joe Goodrich | 3B | 10842 |
| 124 | George Collins | RF | 10905 |
| 125 | Louis Smallwood | 2B | 11013 |
| 126 | Rich Gee | C | 11133 |
| 127 | Otto Vogel | RF | 11263 |
| 128 | Allen Elliott | 1B | 11283 |
| 129 | Eddie Pick | 3B | 11611 |
| 130 | Bill Bagwell | LF | 11893 |
| 131 | Boob Fowler | SS | 11963 |
| 132 | Andy Woehr | 3B | 11989 |
| 133 | Ray Knode | 1B | 12497 |
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