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The Top Ranked Baseball Players by Rookie Year-1982
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 | Wade Boggs | 3B | 39 |
| 2 | Tony Gwynn | RF | 162 |
| 3 | Don Mattingly | 1B | 218 |
| 4 | Doug Jones | RP | 348 |
| 5 | Tom Henke | RP | 399 |
| 6 | Frank Viola | SP | 439 |
| 7 | Julio Franco | SS | 670 |
| 8 | Willie McGee | CF | 712 |
| 9 | Howard Johnson | 3B | 1191 |
| 10 | Scott Garrelts | RP | 1432 |
| 11 | Mike Moore | SP | 1603 |
| 12 | Tony Phillips | 2B | 1610 |
| 13 | Dave Dravecky | SP | 1880 |
| 14 | Gary Pettis | CF | 2032 |
| 15 | Jim Gott | RP | 2194 |
| 16 | Mark Eichhorn | RP | 2369 |
| 17 | Storm Davis | SP | 2407 |
| 18 | Pete O'Brien | 1B | 2419 |
| 19 | Cecilio Guante | RP | 2593 |
| 20 | Don Slaught | C | 2879 |
| 21 | Neal Heaton | SP | 3029 |
| 22 | Ed Nunez | RP | 3114 |
| 23 | Bill Doran | 2B | 3130 |
| 24 | Walt Terrell | SP | 3156 |
| 25 | Oil Can Boyd | SP | 3159 |
| 26 | Ken Dayley | RP | 3274 |
| 27 | Kevin Bass | RF | 3331 |
| 28 | Andy Hawkins | SP | 3707 |
| 29 | Mike Smithson | SP | 3791 |
| 30 | Ed Vande Berg | RP | 3844 |
| 31 | Glenn Wilson | RF | 3916 |
| 32 | Doug Sisk | RP | 4164 |
| 33 | Kimiyasu Kudo | SP | 4717 |
| 34 | Bill Laskey | SP | 4980 |
| 35 | Ron Kittle | DH | 5126 |
| 36 | Bill Scherrer | RP | 5303 |
| 37 | Mike Mason | SP | 5332 |
| 38 | Pete Filson | RP | 5372 |
| 39 | Marty Barrett | 2B | 5455 |
| 40 | Jeff Lahti | RP | 5503 |
| 41 | Salome Barojas | RP | 5547 |
| 42 | Tsunemi Tsuda | RP | 5574 |
| 43 | Tsutomu Ito | C | 5575 |
| 44 | Lee Tunnell | RP | 5694 |
| 45 | Joe Cowley | SP | 5705 |
| 46 | Greg Brock | 1B | 5717 |
| 47 | Greg Walker | 1B | 5738 |
| 48 | Chris Codiroli | SP | 5763 |
| 49 | Carlos Diaz | RP | 5769 |
| 50 | Jim Eisenreich | RF | 6000 |
| 51 | Gary Redus | LF | 6190 |
| 52 | Dave Gumpert | RP | 6270 |
| 53 | John Stuper | SP | 6618 |
| 54 | Tom Filer | SP | 7232 |
| 55 | Ben Hayes | RP | 7455 |
| 56 | Randy Bush | RF | 7477 |
| 57 | Bud Anderson | RP | 8043 |
| 58 | George D. Wright | CF | 8140 |
| 59 | Geno Petralli | C | 8377 |
| 60 | Mike Young | LF | 8473 |
| 61 | Floyd Chiffer | RP | 8497 |
| 62 | Jay Baller | RP | 8520 |
| 63 | Porfi Altamirano | RP | 8924 |
| 64 | Ron Musselman | RP | 9427 |
| 65 | Mike G. Brown | SP | 9443 |
| 66 | Keith Creel | RP | 9460 |
| 67 | Larry Pashnick | RP | 9507 |
| 68 | Brent Gaff | RP | 9537 |
| 69 | Paul Boris | RP | 9564 |
| 70 | Chico Escarrega | RP | 9640 |
| 71 | Ricky Wright | RP | 9693 |
| 72 | Curt Kaufman | RP | 9837 |
| 73 | Rick Steirer | RP | 10026 |
| 74 | Brad Lesley | RP | 10589 |
| 75 | Glenn Adams | DH | 10944 |
| 76 | Alan Fowlkes | SP | 11035 |
| 77 | John Moses | CF | 11206 |
| 78 | Derek Botelho | SP | 11216 |
| 79 | Carmelo Castillo | RF | 11453 |
| 80 | Don Welchel | RP | 11489 |
| 81 | Brian Denman | SP | 11609 |
| 82 | Steve Senteney | RP | 11713 |
| 83 | Rich Barnes | RP | 11729 |
| 84 | Rafael Belliard | SS | 12001 |
| 85 | Jim Farr | RP | 12181 |
| 86 | Steve Shirley | RP | 12456 |
| 87 | Mark Ross | RP | 12589 |
| 88 | John Bohnet | SP | 12750 |
| 89 | Junior Ortiz | C | 12847 |
| 90 | Tom O'Malley | 3B | 12978 |
| 91 | Bryan Little | 2B | 13478 |
| 92 | Duane Walker | LF | 13815 |
| 93 | Brad Wellman | 2B | 14143 |
| 94 | Ron Tingley | C | 14773 |
| 95 | Doug Frobel | RF | 14890 |
| 96 | Randy G. Johnson | 3B | 14924 |
| 97 | Rick Ownbey | RP | 15131 |
| 98 | Buddy Biancalana | SS | 15206 |
| 99 | Dave Van Gorder | C | 15207 |
| 100 | Orlando Mercado | C | 15208 |
| 101 | Mike Stenhouse | LF | 15359 |
| 102 | Gary Rajsich | 1B | 15502 |
| 103 | Marc Sullivan | C | 15711 |
| 104 | Mike Laga | 1B | 15712 |
| 105 | Paul Zuvella | SS | 15713 |
| 106 | Ricky Adams | SS | 15714 |
| 107 | Ronn Reynolds | C | 15715 |
| 108 | Tom Lawless | 2B | 15716 |
| 109 | Leo Hernandez | 3B | 15733 |
| 110 | Alejandro Sanchez | RF | 16508 |
| 111 | Ed Jurak | SS | 16509 |
| 112 | Glenn Gulliver | 3B | 16510 |
| 113 | John Rabb | C | 16511 |
| 114 | Kelly Paris | 3B | 16512 |
| 115 | Mark Ryal | LF | 16513 |
| 116 | Steve Hammond | RF | 16514 |
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