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The Top Ranked Baseball Players by Rookie Year-1963
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 | Pete Rose | 1B | 44 |
| 2 | Joe Morgan | 2B | 53 |
| 3 | Dick Allen | 1B | 139 |
| 4 | Mickey Lolich | SP | 328 |
| 5 | Jim Wynn | CF | 332 |
| 6 | Rusty Staub | RF | 471 |
| 7 | Denny McLain | SP | 623 |
| 8 | Tommy John | SP | 832 |
| 9 | Ray Culp | SP | 851 |
| 10 | Willie Horton | LF | 1033 |
| 11 | Joe Hoerner | RP | 1110 |
| 12 | Rico Carty | LF | 1335 |
| 13 | Frank Linzy | RP | 1382 |
| 14 | Rico Petrocelli | SS | 1549 |
| 15 | Don Buford | LF | 1722 |
| 16 | Gene Alley | SS | 1774 |
| 17 | Jerry Grote | C | 1782 |
| 18 | Jose Cardenal | CF | 1837 |
| 19 | Jim Ray Hart | 3B | 1986 |
| 20 | Cleon Jones | LF | 2248 |
| 21 | Jimmie Hall | CF | 2318 |
| 22 | Ron Hunt | 2B | 2494 |
| 23 | John Bateman | C | 2725 |
| 24 | Ron Herbel | RP | 3010 |
| 25 | Wally Bunker | SP | 3071 |
| 26 | Don Wert | 3B | 3196 |
| 27 | Vic Davalillo | CF | 3255 |
| 28 | Dave Morehead | SP | 3385 |
| 29 | Ken Harrelson | 1B | 3396 |
| 30 | Dick Egan | RP | 3455 |
| 31 | Jose Santiago (1940) | RP | 3512 |
| 32 | Wade Blasingame | SP | 3869 |
| 33 | Marcelino Lopez | SP | 3903 |
| 34 | Bruce Howard | SP | 4039 |
| 35 | Fred Talbot | SP | 4289 |
| 36 | Danny Coombs | RP | 4534 |
| 37 | Dick Green | 2B | 4565 |
| 38 | Chris Zachary | RP | 4607 |
| 39 | Tommy McCraw | 1B | 4866 |
| 40 | Fred Lasher | RP | 4975 |
| 41 | Jesus Alou | RF | 5521 |
| 42 | Larry Brown | SS | 5542 |
| 43 | Larry Bearnarth | RP | 5696 |
| 44 | Jim Duckworth | RP | 5833 |
| 45 | Bob Sadowski | RP | 5892 |
| 46 | Bob Heffner | RP | 5917 |
| 47 | Sonny Jackson | SS | 6136 |
| 48 | Dan Schneider | RP | 6379 |
| 49 | Bill Landis | RP | 6558 |
| 50 | Garry Roggenburk | RP | 6598 |
| 51 | Gates Brown | LF | 6721 |
| 52 | Dick Calmus | RP | 6792 |
| 53 | Nick Willhite | SP | 6815 |
| 54 | Jerry Stephenson | SP | 6886 |
| 55 | Aubrey Gatewood | RP | 6966 |
| 56 | Grover Powell | RP | 7060 |
| 57 | Dwight Siebler | RP | 7096 |
| 58 | Aurelio Monteagudo | RP | 7184 |
| 59 | Buster Narum | SP | 7226 |
| 60 | Jim Dickson | RP | 7276 |
| 61 | Ron Brand | C | 7303 |
| 62 | Dale Willis | RP | 8152 |
| 63 | Woody Woodward | SS | 8490 |
| 64 | Don Rowe | RP | 8558 |
| 65 | Jim Gosger | CF | 8598 |
| 66 | Tom Parsons | RP | 8626 |
| 67 | Willie Smith | LF | 8705 |
| 68 | Al Ferrara | LF | 8934 |
| 69 | Alan Koch | SP | 9108 |
| 70 | Herm Starrette | RP | 9145 |
| 71 | Ken Rowe | RP | 9249 |
| 72 | Harry Fanok | RP | 9305 |
| 73 | Dave Thies | RP | 9643 |
| 74 | Tom H. Baker | RP | 9705 |
| 75 | John Boccabella | C | 9865 |
| 76 | Sam Bowens | RF | 9979 |
| 77 | Pete Lovrich | RP | 10234 |
| 78 | Tom Metcalf | RP | 10333 |
| 79 | Bob Chance | 1B | 10546 |
| 80 | Al Stanek | RP | 10654 |
| 81 | John Pregenzer | RP | 10700 |
| 82 | Fritz Ackley | SP | 10741 |
| 83 | Conrad Cardinal | RP | 10784 |
| 84 | Tommie Reynolds | LF | 10820 |
| 85 | Dick Scott | RP | 10881 |
| 86 | Jimmy Stewart | LF | 10901 |
| 87 | Larry Yellen | RP | 10988 |
| 88 | Pedro Gonzalez | 2B | 11015 |
| 89 | Phil Gagliano | 2B | 11031 |
| 90 | Dick Nen | 1B | 11458 |
| 91 | Billy Cowan | CF | 11791 |
| 92 | Ivan Murrell | LF | 11997 |
| 93 | George C. Smith | 2B | 12052 |
| 94 | Nate Oliver | 2B | 12164 |
| 95 | Mike White | CF | 12958 |
| 96 | Al Moran | SS | 13043 |
| 97 | Charlie Dees | 1B | 13367 |
| 98 | Derrell Griffith | 3B | 13425 |
| 99 | Bob Perry | CF | 13733 |
| 100 | Brock Davis | CF | 13992 |
| 101 | Jim Beauchamp | 1B | 14929 |
| 102 | Dave Ricketts | C | 14996 |
| 103 | Dave Adlesh | C | 15071 |
| 104 | Paul Ratliff | C | 15227 |
| 105 | Tony Martinez | SS | 15296 |
| 106 | John P. Sullivan | C | 15312 |
| 107 | Tom W. Brown | 1B | 15313 |
| 108 | Tony LaRussa | 2B | 16597 |
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