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The Top Ranked Baseball Players by Rookie Year-1939
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 | Ted Williams | LF | 4 |
| 2 | Early Wynn | SP | 63 |
| 3 | Hal Newhouser | SP | 78 |
| 4 | Charlie Keller | LF | 263 |
| 5 | Bob Elliott | 3B | 379 |
| 6 | Dizzy Trout | SP | 503 |
| 7 | Mickey Vernon | 1B | 515 |
| 8 | Phil Masi | C | 685 |
| 9 | Buddy Rosar | C | 835 |
| 10 | Joe Dobson | SP | 978 |
| 11 | Murry Dickson | SP | 1156 |
| 12 | Ken Raffensberger | SP | 1180 |
| 13 | Fred Hutchinson | SP | 1245 |
| 14 | Barney McCosky | CF | 1313 |
| 15 | Jack Kramer | SP | 1341 |
| 16 | Walt Masterson | SP | 1424 |
| 17 | Frankie Gustine | 2B | 1737 |
| 18 | Joe Haynes | RP | 1804 |
| 19 | Johnny Hopp | CF | 1932 |
| 20 | Elmer Riddle | SP | 1974 |
| 21 | Alex Carrasquel | RP | 2367 |
| 22 | Jake Early | C | 2476 |
| 23 | Max Manning | SP | 2670 |
| 24 | Marius Russo | SP | 2724 |
| 25 | Junior Thompson | RP | 3132 |
| 26 | Willie Hutchinson | SP | 3161 |
| 27 | Hank Majeski | 3B | 3302 |
| 28 | Eddie Lake | SS | 3565 |
| 29 | Bob Kennedy | RF | 3610 |
| 30 | Pinky May | 3B | 3814 |
| 31 | Ike Pearson | RP | 3904 |
| 32 | Al Evans | C | 3918 |
| 33 | Manny Salvo | SP | 4032 |
| 34 | Willie Hubert | SP | 4378 |
| 35 | Johnny Berardino | 2B | 4385 |
| 36 | Marv Breuer | SP | 4581 |
| 37 | Sibby Sisti | 2B | 4615 |
| 38 | Charlie Biot | CF | 4760 |
| 39 | Vern Olsen | SP | 4977 |
| 40 | Bob Bowman | RP | 5108 |
| 41 | Buster Adams | CF | 5159 |
| 42 | Bill Beckmann | RP | 5192 |
| 43 | Red Lynn | RP | 5350 |
| 44 | Frank Barrett | RP | 5492 |
| 45 | Fred Wilson | LF | 5643 |
| 46 | Bennie Warren | C | 5790 |
| 47 | Ramon Heredia | 3B | 5803 |
| 48 | Johnny Gee | RP | 5809 |
| 49 | Maurice Van Robays | LF | 5877 |
| 50 | Eric Tipton | LF | 5961 |
| 51 | Bama Rowell | 2B | 6004 |
| 52 | Ralph Hodgin | LF | 6161 |
| 53 | Mike Naymick | RP | 6176 |
| 54 | Bill Crouch | RP | 6273 |
| 55 | Charlie Rivera | 3B | 6365 |
| 56 | Leslie Green | LF | 6409 |
| 57 | Les Fleming | 1B | 6449 |
| 58 | Woody Rich | RP | 6572 |
| 59 | Ewald Pyle | SP | 6763 |
| 60 | Norman Robinson | CF | 6795 |
| 61 | Jess Dobernic | RP | 7104 |
| 62 | Les McCrabb | SP | 7138 |
| 63 | Floyd Giebell | RP | 7182 |
| 64 | Harry Cozart | RP | 7242 |
| 65 | Whitey Wietelmann | SS | 7256 |
| 66 | Chet Ross | LF | 7475 |
| 67 | Lefty Bowe | SP | 7504 |
| 68 | Rip Russell | 1B | 7525 |
| 69 | T.J. Brown | SS | 7649 |
| 70 | Bill Sayles | RP | 7793 |
| 71 | James Brown | LF | 7955 |
| 72 | Joe Orengo | 3B | 7967 |
| 73 | Bob Joyce | RP | 8067 |
| 74 | Loy Hanning | RP | 8082 |
| 75 | Oad Swigart | SP | 8264 |
| 76 | George Barnicle | RP | 8287 |
| 77 | Roy Bruner | RP | 8383 |
| 78 | Joe Callahan | RP | 8591 |
| 79 | Tom Drake | RP | 8669 |
| 80 | Bill Clemensen | RP | 8890 |
| 81 | Bill Kirksieck | RP | 8971 |
| 82 | Al Glossop | 2B | 9154 |
| 83 | Al Brancato | SS | 9247 |
| 84 | Frank Croucher | SS | 9341 |
| 85 | Johnny Welaj | RF | 9535 |
| 86 | Charlie Letchas | 2B | 9651 |
| 87 | Lefty Sullivan | RP | 9652 |
| 88 | Joe Gantenbein | 2B | 9778 |
| 89 | Sam Page | RP | 9797 |
| 90 | Floyd Stromme | RP | 9950 |
| 91 | Bill Nagel | 2B | 10025 |
| 92 | Stan Benjamin | RF | 10323 |
| 93 | Joe Gallagher | LF | 10326 |
| 94 | Tsutomu Kimura | RF | 10490 |
| 95 | Fern Bell | CF | 10832 |
| 96 | Bob Repass | 2B | 10884 |
| 97 | Jack Bolling | 1B | 11546 |
| 98 | LeGrant Scott | RF | 11662 |
| 99 | Tom Hafey | 3B | 11716 |
| 100 | Herman Franks | C | 11737 |
| 101 | Eddie T. Collins | RF | 11986 |
| 102 | Bill Lillard | SS | 12024 |
| 103 | Kazuto Tsuruoka | 3B | 12093 |
| 104 | Takeshi Hibino | C | 12595 |
| 105 | Dixie Parsons | C | 12717 |
| 106 | Morrie Aderholt | LF | 12916 |
| 107 | Jiro Noguchi | SP | 13251 |
| 108 | Jim Shilling | 2B | 13450 |
| 109 | Joe Schultz (1918) | C | 13858 |
| 110 | Hal Spindel | C | 13976 |
| 111 | Bob Prichard | 1B | 14012 |
| 112 | Kazuo Yoshida | CF | 14951 |
| 113 | Shoji Kato | LF | 15090 |
| 114 | Tsuguhiro Hattori | SP | 15755 |
| 115 | Narihide Tanaka | 3B | 16598 |
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