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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.
Ranking Explanation
|
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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