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The Top Ranked Baseball Players by Rookie Year-1981
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 | Cal Ripken | SS | 118 |
| 2 | Ryne Sandberg | 2B | 150 |
| 3 | George Bell | LF | 596 |
| 4 | Steve Bedrosian | RP | 739 |
| 5 | Steve Sax | 2B | 831 |
| 6 | Mike Witt | SP | 913 |
| 7 | Gary Gaetti | 3B | 964 |
| 8 | Brett Butler | CF | 1054 |
| 9 | Chili Davis | DH | 1082 |
| 10 | Kent Hrbek | 1B | 1238 |
| 11 | Jody Davis | C | 1260 |
| 12 | Jesse Barfield | RF | 1427 |
| 13 | Alejandro Pena | RP | 1573 |
| 14 | Von Hayes | RF | 1588 |
| 15 | Eric Show | SP | 1618 |
| 16 | Tom Niedenfuer | RP | 1789 |
| 17 | Brook Jacoby | 3B | 1813 |
| 18 | Bryn Smith | SP | 1852 |
| 19 | Greg A. Harris | RP | 2070 |
| 20 | Bob Brenly | C | 2118 |
| 21 | Atlee Hammaker | SP | 2299 |
| 22 | Johnny Ray | 2B | 2346 |
| 23 | Tom Brunansky | RF | 2350 |
| 24 | Bud Black | SP | 2451 |
| 25 | Dave Schmidt | RP | 2513 |
| 26 | Ted Power | RP | 2523 |
| 27 | Frank DiPino | RP | 2699 |
| 28 | Dave Henderson | CF | 2832 |
| 29 | Andy McGaffigan | RP | 2858 |
| 30 | Gene Nelson | RP | 2880 |
| 31 | Tim Leary | SP | 3194 |
| 32 | Juan Agosto | RP | 3267 |
| 33 | Terry Leach | RP | 3268 |
| 34 | Mike A. Marshall | RF | 3584 |
| 35 | Mel Hall | LF | 3667 |
| 36 | Pat Tabler | 1B | 3685 |
| 37 | Jack W. O'Connor | RP | 3822 |
| 38 | Luis Sanchez | RP | 4313 |
| 39 | Scott Fletcher | SS | 4386 |
| 40 | Jerry Reed | RP | 4440 |
| 41 | Brad Havens | RP | 4468 |
| 42 | Charlie Puleo | RP | 4503 |
| 43 | Koji Akiyama | 3B | 4718 |
| 44 | Luis DeLeon | RP | 4821 |
| 45 | Candy Maldonado | RF | 4904 |
| 46 | Ray Searage | RP | 4934 |
| 47 | Dave Engle | C | 4966 |
| 48 | Bryan Clark | RP | 5057 |
| 49 | Dave Rucker | RP | 5343 |
| 50 | Bob Stoddard | RP | 5491 |
| 51 | Tom P. Gorman | RP | 5629 |
| 52 | Tim Laudner | C | 5681 |
| 53 | Chris Welsh | RP | 6014 |
| 54 | Steve Balboni | 1B | 6034 |
| 55 | Kevin Hickey | RP | 7026 |
| 56 | John Shelby | CF | 7474 |
| 57 | Tom Brennan | RP | 7667 |
| 58 | Len Whitehouse | RP | 8424 |
| 59 | Pat Sheridan | RF | 8435 |
| 60 | Danny Boone | RP | 8837 |
| 61 | Alan Wiggins | 2B | 9245 |
| 62 | Howard Bailey | RP | 9430 |
| 63 | Chuck Porter | SP | 9498 |
| 64 | George Cappuzzello | RP | 9541 |
| 65 | Wayne Tolleson | SS | 10206 |
| 66 | Don Cooper | RP | 10564 |
| 67 | Angel Moreno | SP | 10620 |
| 68 | Bob Long | RP | 10682 |
| 69 | David Green | 1B | 10779 |
| 70 | Joe Edelen | RP | 10780 |
| 71 | Reggie Patterson | RP | 10922 |
| 72 | Bob Tufts | RP | 11052 |
| 73 | Steve Fireovid | RP | 11247 |
| 74 | Jeff Schneider | RP | 11443 |
| 75 | Juan Bonilla | 2B | 11629 |
| 76 | Billy L. Smith | RP | 11658 |
| 77 | Darryl Motley | RF | 11756 |
| 78 | Dave Hostetler | 1B | 11846 |
| 79 | Fred Manrique | 2B | 11933 |
| 80 | Scott Brown | RP | 12016 |
| 81 | Jack O'Connor | RP | 12138 |
| 82 | Terry Francona | 1B | 12243 |
| 83 | Chris Bando | C | 12976 |
| 84 | Rick Leach | 1B | 13096 |
| 85 | Ron Roenicke | CF | 13271 |
| 86 | Len Matuszek | 1B | 13611 |
| 87 | Rufino Linares | LF | 14191 |
| 88 | Albert Hall | CF | 14231 |
| 89 | Ron Gardenhire | SS | 14285 |
| 90 | Brian J. Giles | 2B | 14297 |
| 91 | Andre Robertson | SS | 14459 |
| 92 | Daryl Sconiers | 1B | 14461 |
| 93 | Darrell Brown | CF | 14735 |
| 94 | Wallace Johnson | 1B | 15209 |
| 95 | Joe Pittman | 2B | 15427 |
| 96 | Shooty Babitt | 2B | 15436 |
| 97 | Joe Strain | 2B | 15443 |
| 98 | Jim Maler | 1B | 15510 |
| 99 | Marty Castillo | 3B | 15717 |
| 100 | Paul Runge | 3B | 15718 |
| 101 | Bob E. Johnson | C | 16515 |
| 102 | Glenn Brummer | C | 16516 |
| 103 | Kelvin Moore | 1B | 16517 |
| 104 | Larry Owen | C | 16518 |
| 105 | Mark Bradley | RF | 16519 |
| 106 | Marshall Edwards | RF | 16520 |
| 107 | Mike Gates | 2B | 16521 |
| 108 | Ray Smith | C | 16522 |
| 109 | Steve Lubratich | 3B | 16523 |
| 110 | Tony Johnson | LF | 16524 |
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