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The Top Ranked Baseball Players by Rookie Year-2002
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 | Victor Martinez | C | 207 |
| 2 | Jake Peavy | SP | 320 |
| 3 | Francisco Rodriguez | RP | 340 |
| 4 | Fernando Rodney | RP | 454 |
| 5 | Cliff Lee | SP | 459 |
| 6 | Brad Lidge | RP | 750 |
| 7 | Carl Crawford | LF | 959 |
| 8 | Brandon Phillips | 2B | 1026 |
| 9 | John Lackey | SP | 1062 |
| 10 | Rafael Soriano | RP | 1102 |
| 11 | Orlando Hudson | 2B | 1409 |
| 12 | Brett Myers | SP | 1759 |
| 13 | Jayson Werth | RF | 1975 |
| 14 | Aaron Harang | SP | 2126 |
| 15 | Oliver Perez | RP | 2368 |
| 16 | Erik Bedard | SP | 2393 |
| 17 | Hank Blalock | 3B | 2720 |
| 18 | Jon Rauch | RP | 2916 |
| 19 | Freddy Sanchez | 2B | 2934 |
| 20 | Chone Figgins | 3B | 2960 |
| 21 | Marlon Byrd | CF | 3036 |
| 22 | Brendan Donnelly | RP | 3184 |
| 23 | Miguel Olivo | C | 3495 |
| 24 | Marco Scutaro | SS | 3514 |
| 25 | Jeremy Affeldt | RP | 3585 |
| 26 | Aaron Cook | SP | 3603 |
| 27 | Colby Lewis | SP | 3818 |
| 28 | Mark Prior | SP | 3948 |
| 29 | Coco Crisp | CF | 3992 |
| 30 | Travis Hafner | DH | 4005 |
| 31 | Carlos Silva | SP | 4188 |
| 32 | Ryan Ludwick | RF | 4195 |
| 33 | Nate Robertson | SP | 4212 |
| 34 | Omar Infante | 2B | 4233 |
| 35 | Mark Hendrickson | SP | 4253 |
| 36 | Ty Wigginton | 3B | 4392 |
| 37 | Pedro Feliciano | RP | 4435 |
| 38 | Jorge Sosa | RP | 4761 |
| 39 | Kazuhisa Ishii | SP | 5342 |
| 40 | Mike Maroth | SP | 5470 |
| 41 | Mark Ellis | 2B | 5772 |
| 42 | Brian Tallet | RP | 6087 |
| 43 | Eric Hinkse | 3B | 6148 |
| 44 | Austin Kearns | RF | 6267 |
| 45 | Brandon Backe | SP | 6420 |
| 46 | Jason Davis | RP | 6508 |
| 47 | Tyler Walker | RP | 6536 |
| 48 | Jae Weong Seo | SP | 6667 |
| 49 | Kirk Saarloos | RP | 6715 |
| 50 | John Patterson | SP | 6866 |
| 51 | Duaner Sanchez | RP | 7043 |
| 52 | Justin M. Miller | RP | 7380 |
| 53 | Jung Bong | RP | 7494 |
| 54 | Clay Condrey | RP | 7840 |
| 55 | Runelvys Hernandez | SP | 8001 |
| 56 | Jayson Durocher | RP | 8150 |
| 57 | Randy Flores | RP | 8221 |
| 58 | Zach Day | RP | 8270 |
| 59 | Kevin Mench | LF | 8485 |
| 60 | Jamey Carroll | 2B | 8487 |
| 61 | Kevin Gryboski | RP | 8710 |
| 62 | Josh Bard | C | 9061 |
| 63 | Ben Broussard | 1B | 9452 |
| 64 | Jason Simontacchi | SP | 9501 |
| 65 | Wes Obermueller | SP | 9730 |
| 66 | Travis Driskill | RP | 9740 |
| 67 | Luke Hudson | SP | 10029 |
| 68 | Ricardo A. Rodriguez | SP | 10124 |
| 69 | Dewon Brazelton | SP | 10201 |
| 70 | Miguel Asencio | SP | 10588 |
| 71 | Andres Torres | CF | 10714 |
| 72 | Scott Cassidy | RP | 10817 |
| 73 | Mike Crudale | RP | 10948 |
| 74 | Franklyn German | RP | 11136 |
| 75 | Marcus Thames | LF | 11256 |
| 76 | David Ross | C | 11311 |
| 77 | Wily Mo Pena | RF | 11420 |
| 78 | Willie Bloomquist | SS | 11464 |
| 79 | Eric DuBose | SP | 11507 |
| 80 | Lee Gardner | RP | 11740 |
| 81 | Jaime Cerda | RP | 11783 |
| 82 | Bud Smith | SP | 11795 |
| 83 | Shawn Sedlacek | SP | 11814 |
| 84 | Sean Burroughs | 3B | 11884 |
| 85 | Corey Thurman | RP | 11961 |
| 86 | Ramon Santiago | SS | 12006 |
| 87 | Josh Hancock | RP | 12043 |
| 88 | Nate Field | RP | 12175 |
| 89 | Dennis Tankersley | SP | 12238 |
| 90 | Ben Howard | RP | 12246 |
| 91 | John Stephens | SP | 12274 |
| 92 | Jason Lane | RF | 12314 |
| 93 | Shane Loux | RP | 12384 |
| 94 | Jason Kershner | RP | 12431 |
| 95 | Satoru Komiyama | RP | 12666 |
| 96 | Jeriome Robertson | SP | 12685 |
| 97 | Steven Kent | RP | 12703 |
| 98 | Jeff Farnsworth | RP | 12910 |
| 99 | Trey Hodges | RP | 12949 |
| 100 | Ryan Langerhans | LF | 12980 |
| 101 | So Taguchi | LF | 13026 |
| 102 | Brandon Puffer | RP | 13203 |
| 103 | Alfredo Amezaga | CF | 13305 |
| 104 | Justin Wayne | RP | 13398 |
| 105 | Hee-Seop Choi | 1B | 13610 |
| 106 | Andy Van Hekken | SP | 13622 |
| 107 | Aaron Guiel | RF | 13660 |
| 108 | Delvin James | SP | 13669 |
| 109 | Francis Beltran | RP | 13810 |
| 110 | Jason Shiell | RP | 13866 |
| 111 | John Foster | RP | 13952 |
| 112 | Mike Bynum | RP | 13994 |
| 113 | Steve Smyth | SP | 14007 |
| 114 | Esteban German | 2B | 14035 |
| 115 | Ben Diggins | SP | 14038 |
| 116 | Ryan Bukvich | RP | 14132 |
| 117 | Ben Kozlowski | SP | 14179 |
| 118 | Wil Nieves | C | 14268 |
| 119 | Hansel Izquierdo | RP | 14321 |
| 120 | Josh Pearce | RP | 14322 |
| 121 | Luis de los Santos | SP | 14346 |
| 122 | Dave Elder | RP | 14447 |
| 123 | Carl Sadler | RP | 14622 |
| 124 | Kevin Pickford | RP | 14709 |
| 125 | Kevin Cash | C | 14756 |
| 126 | Cory Vance | RP | 14808 |
| 127 | Shane Nance | RP | 14909 |
| 128 | Eric Junge | RP | 14975 |
| 129 | Kevin Frederick | RP | 15036 |
| 130 | Joe Borchard | RF | 15072 |
| 131 | Eric Eckenstahler | RP | 15117 |
| 132 | Bobby Hill | 2B | 15186 |
| 133 | Abraham Nunez (OF) | RF | 15461 |
| 134 | Jason Grabowski | LF | 15650 |
| 135 | Oscar Salazar | LF | 15651 |
| 136 | Jason Beverlin | RP | 15731 |
| 137 | Reynaldo Garcia | RP | 15744 |
| 138 | Victor Alvarez | RP | 15751 |
| 139 | Aaron Taylor | RP | 15789 |
| 140 | Kevin Joseph | RP | 15839 |
| 141 | Takahito Nomura | RP | 15849 |
| 142 | Alexis Gomez | LF | 16357 |
| 143 | Chris Snelling | RF | 16358 |
| 144 | Felix Escalona | SS | 16359 |
| 145 | Howie Clark | 3B | 16360 |
| 146 | Jason Romano | CF | 16361 |
| 147 | Joe Lawrence | 2B | 16362 |
| 148 | Joe Thurston | 3B | 16363 |
| 149 | John Ennis | RP | 16364 |
| 150 | Juan Brito | C | 16365 |
| 151 | Julius Matos | 2B | 16366 |
| 152 | Kit Pellow | RF | 16367 |
| 153 | Michael Restovich | RF | 16368 |
| 154 | Mike Ryan (OF) | LF | 16369 |
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