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The Top Ranked Baseball Players by Rookie Year-1944
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 | Don Newcombe | SP | 262 |
| 2 | Ralph Branca | SP | 694 |
| 3 | Eddie Lopat | SP | 768 |
| 4 | Eddie Yost | 3B | 1129 |
| 5 | Joe Nuxhall | SP | 1138 |
| 6 | Joe Page | RP | 1241 |
| 7 | Granny Hamner | SS | 1287 |
| 8 | Ted Wilks | RP | 1559 |
| 9 | Jim Konstanty | RP | 1762 |
| 10 | Cal McLish | SP | 1994 |
| 11 | Dave Hoskins | RP | 2081 |
| 12 | Emil Verban | 2B | 2293 |
| 13 | Blix Donnelly | RP | 2320 |
| 14 | Sam Zoldak | RP | 2436 |
| 15 | Andy Hansen | RP | 2646 |
| 16 | Clyde King | RP | 2665 |
| 17 | Howie Fox | SP | 2957 |
| 18 | Monk Dubiel | SP | 3141 |
| 19 | Frankie Austin | SS | 3696 |
| 20 | Bill Ricks | SP | 3974 |
| 21 | Bill Bevens | SP | 4222 |
| 22 | Charley Schanz | RP | 4447 |
| 23 | Kent Peterson | RP | 4639 |
| 24 | Eddie Miksis | 2B | 4870 |
| 25 | Johnie Scott | LF | 4911 |
| 26 | Johnny Williams | RP | 5078 |
| 27 | Al Jurisich | RP | 5123 |
| 28 | Pat Scantlebury | SP | 5153 |
| 29 | Steve Wylie | SP | 5292 |
| 30 | Lee Moody | 1B | 5346 |
| 31 | Freddy Schmidt | RP | 5839 |
| 32 | Artie Wilson | SS | 5848 |
| 33 | Lazaro Medina | SP | 5865 |
| 34 | Antonio Ruiz | SP | 6055 |
| 35 | Arnold Carter | SP | 6058 |
| 36 | Donald Troy | SP | 6140 |
| 37 | George Hausmann | 2B | 6156 |
| 38 | Steve Roser | RP | 6263 |
| 39 | Earl Bumpus | LF | 6285 |
| 40 | Hector Rodriguez | 3B | 6302 |
| 41 | Johnny Johnson | RP | 6305 |
| 42 | Charlie Gassaway | RP | 6339 |
| 43 | John McFarland | SP | 6363 |
| 44 | Tommy De La Cruz | SP | 6364 |
| 45 | Al Jones (1920) | RP | 6450 |
| 46 | Clem Dreisewerd | RP | 6512 |
| 47 | Bob Gillespie | RP | 6533 |
| 48 | Frank Mancuso | C | 6547 |
| 49 | Lefty West | RP | 6723 |
| 50 | George Jefferson | SP | 6959 |
| 51 | Clem Hausmann | RP | 6988 |
| 52 | Zeb Eaton | RP | 7016 |
| 53 | Willie Wynn | C | 7108 |
| 54 | Al Lyons | RP | 7171 |
| 55 | Vic Johnson | RP | 7179 |
| 56 | Stan Klopp | RP | 7199 |
| 57 | Jack Brewer | SP | 7238 |
| 58 | Walter Hardy | SS | 7359 |
| 59 | Hubert Glenn | SP | 7404 |
| 60 | Mance Smith | CF | 7457 |
| 61 | Tommy Warren | RP | 7458 |
| 62 | Sandy Ullrich | RP | 7500 |
| 63 | Mack Stewart | RP | 7514 |
| 64 | John Brown | RP | 7808 |
| 65 | Pretty Boy Walker | SP | 7935 |
| 66 | Edgar Chatman | SP | 7953 |
| 67 | Frankie Zak | SS | 7977 |
| 68 | Mike Garbark | C | 7995 |
| 69 | Chet Covington | RP | 8012 |
| 70 | Tommy Brown | SS | 8093 |
| 71 | Bob Katz | RP | 8202 |
| 72 | Ule Mahoney | RP | 8300 |
| 73 | Rex Cecil | SP | 8318 |
| 74 | Earl Henry | RP | 8428 |
| 75 | Barney Mussill | RP | 8448 |
| 76 | George McCrary | RP | 8449 |
| 77 | George Binks | RF | 8555 |
| 78 | Buck Fausett | RP | 8788 |
| 79 | Moon Mullen | 2B | 8789 |
| 80 | Bill Russell (1924) | RP | 8969 |
| 81 | Jug Thesenga | RP | 8970 |
| 82 | Bob Ferguson (1919) | RP | 9022 |
| 83 | Frank Carswell | SP | 9023 |
| 84 | John Antonelli | 3B | 9024 |
| 85 | Ken Brondell | RP | 9171 |
| 86 | Danny Gardella | LF | 9261 |
| 87 | Roger McKee | RP | 9274 |
| 88 | Len Schulte | 3B | 9481 |
| 89 | Augie Bergamo | RF | 9575 |
| 90 | Hal Kleine | RP | 9601 |
| 91 | Stan Partenheimer | RP | 9649 |
| 92 | John Wells | SP | 9713 |
| 93 | Baby Ortiz | SP | 9757 |
| 94 | Chink Zachary | SP | 9948 |
| 95 | Al Gionfriddo | CF | 10155 |
| 96 | Russ Derry | LF | 10309 |
| 97 | Gene Mauch | 2B | 10583 |
| 98 | Mike Milosevich | SS | 10656 |
| 99 | Eddie Basinski | SS | 10725 |
| 100 | Chuck Hostetler | RF | 10990 |
| 101 | Kermit Wahl | 3B | 11132 |
| 102 | Red Treadway | LF | 11134 |
| 103 | Don Savage | 3B | 11155 |
| 104 | Paul O'Dea | RF | 11270 |
| 105 | Dewey Williams | C | 11486 |
| 106 | Putsy Caballero | 3B | 11707 |
| 107 | Red Hayworth | C | 12176 |
| 108 | Stew Hofferth | C | 12197 |
| 109 | Ted Cieslak | 3B | 12280 |
| 110 | Frank Drews | 2B | 12393 |
| 111 | Grey Clarke | 3B | 12460 |
| 112 | Vic Barnhart | SS | 12802 |
| 113 | Babe Martin | LF | 13181 |
| 114 | Bobby Wilkins | SS | 13393 |
| 115 | Bruce Sloan | RF | 13589 |
| 116 | Fats Dantonio | C | 13590 |
| 117 | Red Borom | 2B | 13630 |
| 118 | Barney Koch | 2B | 13941 |
| 119 | Steve Filipowicz | LF | 14011 |
| 120 | Len Rice | C | 14119 |
| 121 | Kiyoharu Sakata | SS | 15734 |
| 122 | Toyoshi Sakai | 3B | 16664 |
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