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The Top Ranked Baseball Players by Rookie Year-1997
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 | David Ortiz | DH | 76 |
| 2 | Todd Helton | 1B | 103 |
| 3 | Chris Carpenter | SP | 422 |
| 4 | Magglio Ordonez | RF | 475 |
| 5 | Bartolo Colon | SP | 650 |
| 6 | Miguel Tejada | SS | 669 |
| 7 | Derrek Lee | 1B | 707 |
| 8 | Paul Konerko | 1B | 713 |
| 9 | Torii Hunter | CF | 940 |
| 10 | Derek Lowe | SP | 972 |
| 11 | Jason Varitek | C | 1017 |
| 12 | Kevin Millwood | SP | 1094 |
| 13 | Keith Foulke | RP | 1195 |
| 14 | Richie Sexson | 1B | 1307 |
| 15 | Matt Morris | SP | 1357 |
| 16 | Sean Casey | 1B | 1783 |
| 17 | Kelvim Escobar | RP | 1794 |
| 18 | Jose Vidro | 2B | 1838 |
| 19 | Orlando Cabrera | SS | 2411 |
| 20 | Antonio Alfonseca | RP | 2690 |
| 21 | Shigetoshi Hasegawa | RP | 2727 |
| 22 | Steve Kline (1972) | RP | 2996 |
| 23 | Brett Tomko | SP | 3023 |
| 24 | Damian Miller | C | 3052 |
| 25 | Cory Lidle | SP | 3064 |
| 26 | Glendon Rusch | SP | 3211 |
| 27 | Jose Guillen | RF | 3552 |
| 28 | Mike DeJean | RP | 3672 |
| 29 | Ricardo Rincon | RP | 3676 |
| 30 | Jose Cruz Jr. | CF | 3740 |
| 31 | John Thomson | SP | 3999 |
| 32 | Kerry Ligtenberg | RP | 4025 |
| 33 | Jason Johnson | SP | 4054 |
| 34 | Mark Kotsay | CF | 4153 |
| 35 | Ben Grieve | RF | 4171 |
| 36 | Dennys Reyes | RP | 4182 |
| 37 | Jamie Walker | RP | 4184 |
| 38 | Jaret Wright | SP | 4304 |
| 39 | Juan Encarnacion | RF | 4644 |
| 40 | Scott Eyre | RP | 4667 |
| 41 | Todd Ritchie | SP | 4779 |
| 42 | Aaron Boone | 3B | 4791 |
| 43 | Yoandy Garlobo | DH | 5116 |
| 44 | Richard Hidalgo | RF | 5200 |
| 45 | Pokey Reese | 2B | 5288 |
| 46 | Wayne Gomes | RP | 5325 |
| 47 | Kazuhiro Wada | OF | 5559 |
| 48 | Kazuya Fukuura | 1B | 5560 |
| 49 | Masahiro Araki | 2B | 5561 |
| 50 | Michihiro Ogasawara | 1B | 5562 |
| 51 | Hideki Irabu | SP | 5693 |
| 52 | Julio Santana | SP | 5957 |
| 53 | Geremi Gonzalez | SP | 6010 |
| 54 | Steve Woodard | SP | 6340 |
| 55 | Sean Lowe | RP | 6359 |
| 56 | Nelson Cruz (RP) | RP | 6582 |
| 57 | Brad Fullmer | DH | 6621 |
| 58 | Frank Catalanotto | LF | 6722 |
| 59 | Deivi Cruz | SS | 6876 |
| 60 | Tom Martin | RP | 6944 |
| 61 | Chad Fox | RP | 7175 |
| 62 | Mike Thurman | SP | 7285 |
| 63 | Chris Brock | RP | 7376 |
| 64 | Jose Santiago (1974) | RP | 7790 |
| 65 | Manny Aybar | RP | 7797 |
| 66 | Fernando Tatis | 3B | 7897 |
| 67 | Jose Cabrera | RP | 8121 |
| 68 | Tony Saunders | SP | 8274 |
| 69 | Rigo Beltran | RP | 8317 |
| 70 | Matt Perisho | RP | 8421 |
| 71 | Will Cunnane | RP | 8493 |
| 72 | Henry Blanco | C | 8772 |
| 73 | Carlos Almanzar | RP | 8876 |
| 74 | Emil Brown | LF | 8987 |
| 75 | David Dellucci | LF | 9290 |
| 76 | Bobby M. Jones | RP | 9296 |
| 77 | Joe Crawford | RP | 9409 |
| 78 | Carlos Castillo | RP | 9674 |
| 79 | Brian Rose | SP | 10052 |
| 80 | Mark Bellhorn | 2B | 10057 |
| 81 | Ken Cloude | SP | 10100 |
| 82 | Bubba Trammell | RF | 10458 |
| 83 | Eli Marrero | C | 10491 |
| 84 | Matt Whisenant | RP | 10551 |
| 85 | Jeff Wallace | RP | 10668 |
| 86 | Mike Cather | RP | 10874 |
| 87 | Shane Halter | 3B | 11010 |
| 88 | Curtis King | RP | 11231 |
| 89 | Mike Johnson | RP | 11460 |
| 90 | Kirt Ojala | RP | 11592 |
| 91 | Abraham Nunez | 3B | 11647 |
| 92 | Marc Pisciotta | RP | 11742 |
| 93 | Heath Murray | RP | 11778 |
| 94 | Randall Simon | 1B | 11870 |
| 95 | Brad Rigby | RP | 12071 |
| 96 | Rob Stanifer | RP | 12096 |
| 97 | Everett Stull | RP | 12476 |
| 98 | Javier Valentin | C | 12698 |
| 99 | Shayne Bennett | RP | 12737 |
| 100 | Scott Winchester | RP | 12819 |
| 101 | Rick DeHart | RP | 12989 |
| 102 | Mike Judd | RP | 13090 |
| 103 | Takashi Kashiwada | RP | 13140 |
| 104 | Todd Erdos | RP | 13212 |
| 105 | Kevin Orie | 3B | 13317 |
| 106 | Ramon Tatis | RP | 13409 |
| 107 | Edgar Ramos | SP | 13449 |
| 108 | Enrique Wilson | 2B | 13461 |
| 109 | Shane Bowers | SP | 13483 |
| 110 | Homer Bush | 2B | 13504 |
| 111 | Rick Gorecki | SP | 13587 |
| 112 | Tom Fordham | RP | 13618 |
| 113 | Brady Raggio | RP | 13707 |
| 114 | Ryan Nye | RP | 13708 |
| 115 | Adrian Brown | CF | 13922 |
| 116 | Oscar Henriquez | RP | 13953 |
| 117 | Bruce Aven | LF | 14055 |
| 118 | Darrin Winston | RP | 14127 |
| 119 | Jose Alberro | RP | 14386 |
| 120 | Todd Dunwoody | CF | 14439 |
| 121 | Jason McDonald | CF | 14450 |
| 122 | Russ Johnson | 3B | 14523 |
| 123 | Robinson Checo | RP | 14530 |
| 124 | Eddie Gaillard | RP | 14590 |
| 125 | Eric Moody | RP | 14623 |
| 126 | Roberto Duran | RP | 14648 |
| 127 | Tim Kubinski | RP | 14799 |
| 128 | Sean Maloney | RP | 14810 |
| 129 | Lou Collier | SS | 14887 |
| 130 | Allen McDill | RP | 14927 |
| 131 | Larry Sutton | 1B | 15106 |
| 132 | Luis Ordaz | SS | 15193 |
| 133 | Ryan McGuire | 1B | 15194 |
| 134 | Jeff Abbott | CF | 15253 |
| 135 | Kevin Polcovich | SS | 15254 |
| 136 | Gary Haught | RP | 15310 |
| 137 | Joey Long | RP | 15386 |
| 138 | Chris Clemons | RP | 15406 |
| 139 | Steve Falteisek | RP | 15434 |
| 140 | Felix Martinez | SS | 15454 |
| 141 | Mike Misuraca | RP | 15462 |
| 142 | Hanley Frias | SS | 15667 |
| 143 | Scott Sheldon | 3B | 15668 |
| 144 | Chris Latham | LF | 16408 |
| 145 | Jed Hansen | 2B | 16409 |
| 146 | Mario Valdez | 1B | 16410 |
| 147 | Pat Watkins | CF | 16411 |
| 148 | Rich Butler | LF | 16412 |
| 149 | Scarborough Green | CF | 16413 |
| 150 | Terrell Lowery | CF | 16414 |
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