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The Top Ranked Baseball Players by Rookie Year-1953
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 | Al Kaline | RF | 111 |
| 2 | Ernie Banks | 1B | 138 |
| 3 | Roy Face | RP | 591 |
| 4 | Ed Bailey | C | 629 |
| 5 | Bob Buhl | SP | 645 |
| 6 | Gus Triandos | C | 727 |
| 7 | Johnny Podres | SP | 855 |
| 8 | Frank Sullivan | SP | 938 |
| 9 | Al Worthington | RP | 1031 |
| 10 | Fuzzy Smith | RF | 1137 |
| 11 | Don Elston | RP | 1378 |
| 12 | Jim Gilliam | 2B | 1520 |
| 13 | Joey Jay | SP | 1581 |
| 14 | Don Larsen | RP | 1686 |
| 15 | Paul Foytack | SP | 1988 |
| 16 | Bill Bruton | CF | 2045 |
| 17 | Ruben Gomez | SP | 2149 |
| 18 | Dean Stone | RP | 2534 |
| 19 | Rip Repulski | LF | 2625 |
| 20 | Bob Keegan | SP | 3075 |
| 21 | Ray Jablonski | 3B | 3411 |
| 22 | Gene Baker | 2B | 3765 |
| 23 | Gene Freese | 3B | 3826 |
| 24 | Hank Foiles | C | 4297 |
| 25 | Dave Jolly | RP | 4530 |
| 26 | Don Liddle | RP | 4630 |
| 27 | Billy Hunter | SS | 5338 |
| 28 | Bob G. Miller | RP | 5621 |
| 29 | Bob Milliken | RP | 5749 |
| 30 | Fred Baczewski | SP | 6208 |
| 31 | Dick Schofield Sr. | SS | 6355 |
| 32 | Dick Tomanek | RP | 6440 |
| 33 | Johnny O'Brien | 2B | 6778 |
| 34 | Jerry Lane | RP | 7031 |
| 35 | Reno Bertoia | 3B | 7081 |
| 36 | Mike Blyzka | RP | 7172 |
| 37 | Thornton Kipper | RP | 7250 |
| 38 | Yasumitsu Toyoda | SS | 7259 |
| 39 | Jim Willis | SP | 7266 |
| 40 | Yoshio Yoshida | SS | 7827 |
| 41 | Bobo Holloman | RP | 7848 |
| 42 | Ted Kazanski | 2B | 7873 |
| 43 | Bill Harrington | RP | 7982 |
| 44 | John Romonosky | RP | 8069 |
| 45 | Duke Simpson | RP | 8298 |
| 46 | Tom Umphlett | CF | 8536 |
| 47 | Hal Erickson | RP | 8723 |
| 48 | Billy Consolo | SS | 9153 |
| 49 | Tom Qualters | RP | 9166 |
| 50 | Bill Renna | RF | 9197 |
| 51 | Rinty Monahan | RP | 9308 |
| 52 | Steve Kraly | SP | 9309 |
| 53 | Eddie O'Brien | SS | 9458 |
| 54 | Jack Faszholz | RP | 9474 |
| 55 | Jack Shepard | C | 9615 |
| 56 | Milt Jordan | RP | 9708 |
| 57 | Bob Talbot | CF | 9897 |
| 58 | Jim Pendleton | LF | 10055 |
| 59 | Carlos Bernier | CF | 10281 |
| 60 | John Mackinson | RP | 10608 |
| 61 | Paul Smith | 1B | 10642 |
| 62 | Stan Palys | LF | 10701 |
| 63 | Masaaki Koyama | SP | 10801 |
| 64 | Noboru Inoue | 2B | 11022 |
| 65 | Takashi Iwamoto | RF | 11377 |
| 66 | Teruyuki Takakura | CF | 11523 |
| 67 | Art Schult | 1B | 11532 |
| 68 | Takeshi Suzuki | SS | 11627 |
| 69 | Hiroshi Arakawa | CF | 12038 |
| 70 | Hideshi Miyake | 3B | 12217 |
| 71 | Shigeru Fujio | C | 12395 |
| 72 | George Freese | 3B | 12458 |
| 73 | Mel Roach | LF | 12787 |
| 74 | Harry Hanebrink | 2B | 13379 |
| 75 | Frank Kellert | 1B | 13528 |
| 76 | Vic Janowicz | C | 13628 |
| 77 | Harry Elliott | RF | 13673 |
| 78 | Tony Roig | SS | 13674 |
| 79 | Felipe Montemayor | CF | 13711 |
| 80 | Takatsugu Toguchi | 1B | 13729 |
| 81 | Jim Pisoni | CF | 13888 |
| 82 | Katsumi Ukai | LF | 14075 |
| 83 | Dick Rand | C | 14160 |
| 84 | Ichiro Masumoto | CF | 14299 |
| 85 | Shinsuke Yogi | 3B | 14408 |
| 86 | Kenshi Zenimura | CF | 14541 |
| 87 | Toshiaki Yamada | CF | 14565 |
| 88 | Bunji Kashiwaeda | 3B | 14796 |
| 89 | Takayuki Kuriki | CF | 14920 |
| 90 | Tetsuya Yamamoto | C | 15234 |
| 91 | Hideo Okubo | SS | 15375 |
| 92 | Hiroshi Aoyama | RF | 15725 |
| 93 | Kazuo Ishigaki | C | 15806 |
| 94 | Tatsuo Arai | CF | 15816 |
| 95 | Masaaki Ninomiya | RF | 16600 |
| 96 | Shinkichi Harada | 3B | 16603 |
| 97 | Chikara Hashimoto | RF | 16604 |
| 98 | Tadashi Hyodo | 1B | 16610 |
| 99 | Mitsuo Watanabe | LF | 16639 |
| 100 | Kenichi Kimino | 1B | 16642 |
| 101 | Charlie Hood | 3B | 16653 |
| 102 | Mokuo Sakamoto | SS | 16662 |
| 103 | Kansuke Onishi | CF | 16670 |
| 104 | Sadao Kamiya | SS | 16686 |
| 105 | Koichiro Numazawa | C | 16693 |
| 106 | Yosuke Sano | 1B | 16724 |
| 107 | Kazuyuki Niwa | 3B | 16733 |
| 108 | Masatoshi Gondo | RP | 16734 |
| 109 | Zenjiro Tadokoro | RP | 16735 |
| 110 | Mitsuo Osaki | SP | 16747 |
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