Clemente's on-field glove work was stellar. Smith was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2002 in his first year of eligibility. Sure, he helped the Yankees build on their reputation as the winningest franchise in pro sports, and sure, he came up big in the playoffs, both in the field, and especially at the plate. Catcher Top 5 Gold Glove Winners Ivan Rodriguez (13) Johnny Bench (10) Yadier Molina (9) - Active Player Bob Boone (7) @morgensternmlb, Leo Morgenstern is an editor for Just Baseball and a writer for FanGraphs. The results were announced at the 2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. [23] Ozzie Smith has 13 wins at shortstop; he and Rodrguez are tied for the fourth-highest total among all winners. The Rockies outfielder is one of the most accomplished hitters in baseball and was named MVP of the 2017 World Series. The Rawlings Gold Glove Award was created in 1957. This was long before he acquired the additional muscle to swat his way into the homerun records. Subscribe to Stathead Baseball: Get your first month FREEYour All-Access Ticket to the Baseball Reference Database. Andrew McCutchen can also expect to reach the 1,000-walk milestone this season. But Hernandez is perhaps most known for his smooth glove at first base, winning all 11 of his Gold Glove Awards in succession from 1978-88. Disclaimer : All content intended for ages 21+ only. Along with his 18 Gold Glove Awards, Maddux had 17 consecutive seasons of at least 15 wins and is one of only two pitchers to win four consecutive Cy Young Awards alongside Randy Johnson. Rodgers did that despite some struggles in the field, particularly during the first half of the season. Cleveland had a total of four winners, the most this season in both leagues. By He also led all NL catchers with 11 DRS. Kaline led the Tigers to the World Series title in 1968, leading them back from a three-games-to-one deficit against the St. Louis Cardinals for their first championship since 1945. 2022 Al Gold Glove winners included Vladimir Guerrero Jr. With this, he achieved something that his Hall-of-Famer dad could not. It is given to 18 players every year, one award for each position in both the American and National league. Fast forward almost 70 years and the Gold Glove Award has become ubiquitous with the game itself. Ironically, all were won after Mays made one of the most famous catches in MLB history -- The Catch against the Indians Vic Wertz in Game 1 of the 1954 World Series. After nearly 50 years, the award was presented to individuals of each position again in 2011. [28] Other players with 10 or more wins include shortstop Omar Vizquel (11),[29] catcher Johnny Bench (10),[30] third basemen Mike Schmidt (10),[31] and Nolan Arenado (10) and outfielders Ken Griffey Jr., Ichiro Suzuki, Andruw Jones, and Al Kaline (10 each). People forget that considering his hitting prowess and an off-field issue or two. The managers and coaches in each league get to vote for the award, which accounts for 75% of the vote. In order to pass Jimmie Foxx on the leaderboard, Cabrera needs 76 RBI this season. Known for doing everything. [8] In the 1985 American League voting, a tie for third-place resulted in the presentation of Gold Glove Awards to four outfielders (Dwayne Murphy, Gary Pettis, Dwight Evans and Dave Winfield); this scenario was repeated in the National League in 2007 (Andruw Jones, Carlos Beltrn, Aaron Rowand, and Jeff Francoeur). A 2x World Series champion, and, Robert Clemente award winner, Brooks was nicknamed Mr. Hoover and is widely considered the best to ever play third base. He's so good that Griffey can't even really feel bad about being second on the list of Gold Glove winning Centerfielders. Before the involvement of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) in the voting process, The Boston Globe writer Peter Abraham said the Fielding Bible Awards "are far more accurate (and accountable)" than the Gold Glove awards since statistics are used along with the opinions of an expert panel. Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. [3] In 2020, Rawlings began issuing a Gold Glove Award for team defense, with one recipient each in the American and National Leagues. Hes made the team every year since his rookie campaign. Teams: Atlanta Braves (1996-2007), Los Angeles Dodgers (2008), Texas Rangers (2009), Chicago White Sox (2010), New York Yankees (2011-12), Career highlights: 10-time Gold Glove Award winner (1998-2007), five-time MLB All-Star (2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008), Silver Slugger Award winner (2005). Vizquel is one of just 29 players in MLB history to play in four different decades and the only shortstop to do so. 2 overall in the 2022 MLB Draft by the Arizona Diamondbacks. Brooks Robinson is also the player with the most Gold Gloves by position, as all of his sixteen gloves came at third base. That shouldnt be a problem for any of them, barring a severe injury. It's not a stretch to say "Gold Glove Award winner" is something you can have etched on your tombstone or your Hall of Fame plaque. Giancarlo Stanton is one of the great power bats of his time. Stanton is also a lock to earn his 1,000th career RBI this year. A Golden Glove is awarded to a player at every nine positions. Schmidt was also brilliant at the hot corner. Further, the Cardinals also dominated the list of finalists in the NL with six players. Sandberg has seven. Rodriguez threw out two runners in his first career game, nailing Joey Cora in the fifth inning and Warren Newson in the eighth. The Rawlings Gold Glove Award, usually referred to as simply the Gold Glove, is the award given annually to the Major League Baseball (MLB) players judged to have exhibited superior individual fielding performances at each fielding position in both the National League (NL) and the American League (AL). From 1960 to 1975, he patroled the left side of the infield with poise and aplomb. Only one, Jeter, has done it with a career batting average over .300. Only two pairs of batterymates have won Gold Gloves together more than once: Ivn Rodrguez and Kenny Rogers won with the Texas Rangers in 2000, and again with the Detroit Tigers in 2006. Anne Hathaway was a sexy bombshell in a plunging white Versace gown at the Met Gala on Monday night. Theres a reason Altuve is our top-ranked second baseman in baseball right now. One thing to note is that outfielders win a Gold Glove as an OF. He won his first 10 Gold Glove Awards in consecutive years from 1992 to 2001. Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Monday, May 1, 12:21AM. [12] The Associated Press wrote that "some fans have viewed the Gold Gloves as mostly a popularity contest, even suggesting that a player's performance at the plate helped draw extra attention to his glove. Just ask Kris Bryant. The Hall of Fame right-handers first Gold Glove Award came in 1990, and that began a run of 13 straight years in which he was the National Leagues Gold Glove Award winner for pitchers. Arenado's 10 Gold. It will help if his Tigers teammates reach base ahead of him a little more often. More >, Second base: Andrs Gimnez, GuardiansGimnez enjoyed a breakout season at the plate in 2022, posting an .837 OPS with 17 home runs and 20 stolen bases, but he also shined defensively to garner his first Gold Glove. kind of way, Barry Bonds is the all-time leader for Leftfielders. He's definitely in the conversation thanks to his great fielding, but it's his MLB record of 10 consecutive seasons of 200-plus hits that might put him over the top. What's he known for? backflipping his way into the hearts of fans. We often wonder if Maddux's control was so outstandingly good that he knew where the hitter was going to hit the ball, thus giving him a leg up when it came to fielding his position so well - similar to Dennis Rodman's uncanny ability to outrebound everyone. They won sixteen in a row. Swanson led all NL players with 21 Outs Above Average, an increase of 19 from his 2021 total. At 18 Gold Glove awards on the mound, we feel confident in saying no one will ever compete with Greg Maddux. [25][26] Keith Hernandez, the leader at first base, has won 11 times,[27] and Roberto Alomar leads second basemen with 10 wins. Alomar was a slick two bagger. Robinson led the Orioles to two World Series titles and was so good at third base he was nicknamed "The Human Vacuum Cleaner" and "Mr. Hoover" and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility in 1983. ^RF won as a right fielder, On February 20, 2007, Major League Baseball and Rawlings announced that an all-time Gold Glove Team would be named during the 50th anniversary of the first Gold Glove Awards. Since 1957, there have been five Gold Glove batteries. However, they cannot vote for a player on their team. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Roshan Khatiwada [4] Starting in 2022, a Gold Glove Award in each league has been awarded to a utility player. Tip of the cap there. The Gold Gloves are selected by managers and coaches that may have seen a player as few as six times during the season. Sure, we feel bad about Griffey's injuries and what he could have done with a little more field time (and perhaps never leaving Seattle), but that's beyond the scope here. investigation into an accusation of sexual harassment, top outfield prospects of the last decade. Speaking of gloves and Willie Mays, Dusty Baker, the manager of the Houston Astros invited Willie into the clubhouse once to personally give inspiration to his team. RELATED: Most Fun MLB Players to Watch in the 1980s, Teams: Seattle Mariners (1989-93), Cleveland Indians (1994-2004), San Francisco Giants (2005-08), Texas Rangers (2009), Chicago White Sox (2010-11), Toronto Blue Jays (2012), Career highlights: 11-time Gold Glove Award winner (1993-2001, 2005, 2006), three-time MLB All-Star (1998, 1999, 2002), Cleveland Guardians Hall of Fame. Its not quite the 3,000-hit club, but reaching 2,000 big league hits is still a significant accomplishment. Those two words, for a baseball fan, conjure up images of impossible defensive plays being made, spectacularly athletic double plays, and the customary backflip while heading out to his position at shortstop for the Cardinals. Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. Im officially on milestone watch. Do you have a sports website? Bottom line:St. Louis Cardinals shortstop was one of MLB's superstars from the "forgotten era" of the 1980s, literally backflipping his way into the hearts of fans. We're confident that perhaps a million fungoes were hit to these guys over the course of their legendary careers. Willie Mays made the over-the-shoulder, running dead to center catch that will live on in infamy. Part of Bench's genius behind the plate was his ability to handle pitchers. One of the league's true defensive first baseman, Keith had decent, but not prodigious power. Teams: Texas Rangers (1991-2002, 2009), Florida Marlins (2003), Detroit Tigers (2004-08), New York Yankees (2008), Houston Astros (2009), Washington Nationals (2010-11), Career highlights: 13-time Gold Glove Award winner (1992-2001, 2004, 2006, 2007), World Series champion (2003), American League MVP (1999), NLCS MVP (2003), 14-time MLB All-Star (1992-2001, 2004-07), seven-time Silver Slugger Award winner (1994-99, 2004). More >, Center field: Myles Straw, GuardiansThe 28-year-old Straw led all MLB center fielders with an ultimate zone rating of 8.0. He reached that number every year from 2013 to 2019. Shortstops and second basemen depend upon each other for the majority of double plays. His seven Gold Gloves are the fourth-most by a third baseman in major league history, trailing Brooks Robinson (16), Mike Schmidt (10) and Scott Rolen (8). Mariano Rivera, Trevor Hoffman, & Rolaids Relief Award. 113 Gold Gloves have been awarded collectively to the 9 players on this list of Gold Glove winners. He also won World Series championships for both teams and was the unquestioned leader of the 1986 New York Mets team, which is widely regarded as one of the greatest of all time. Most will say it's his power numbers, as he only had 162 career home runs and 1,072 career RBI. Bottom line: Jim Kaat had one of the longest careers in MLB history, spanning four different decades as he pitched his first game for the Washington Senators in 1959, stayed with the franchise as it became the Minnesota Twins and then pitched his final game with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1983. He won 13 consecutive awards from 1990 to 2002, all in the National League. In 1971, the 37-year-old Clemente led the Pirates back to the World Series, where Clemente hit .414 to power Pittsburgh to another world title en route . That's why you see low totals for the top ranked Leftfielders. Smith did much more than backflips he won 13 Gold Glove Awards, made 15 All-Star teams and helped lead the Cardinals to the World Series three times, winning once in 1982. There is a five-way tie for fifth place with ten consecutive wins. Bottom line: One of the most beloved MLB players of all time, Ken Griffey Jr. was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with a then-record 99.32 percent of the vote in 2016, his first year of eligibility. Clementes glove was, of course, only one element to his beautiful game -- he also had exactly 3,000 hits, won the 1966 NL MVP Award, was a two-time World Series champion and an All-Star in 12 of his 18 MLB seasons. If you've ever recalled the 1986 World Series, you've wondered if the Red Sox would have won if Keith Hernandez was the Sox' first baseman. It was Nolan Arenado's 10th award in as many seasons. Teams: Seattle Mariners (2001-12, 2018-19), New York Yankees (2012-14), Miami Marlins (2015-17), Career highlights: 10-time Gold Glove Award winner (2001-10), American League MVP (2001), 10-time MLB All-Star (2001-10), American League Rookie of the Year (2001), three-time Silver Slugger Award winner (2001, 2007, 2009). Left field: Barry Bonds (8)Bonds is the all-time home run king, so hes another player for whom defensive greatness is often overshadowed by offensive accomplishments. First base: Keith Hernandez (11)He was a five-time All-Star, a two-time World Series champion and won the 1979 NL Co-Most Valuable Player Award. More >, Pitcher: Shane Bieber, GuardiansBieber is the first pitcher in Cleveland history to win a Gold Glove, pairing excellent defense off the mound with his typical excellence on it. Arenado has won 10 Gold Gloves, tying Ichiro Suzuki as the only players to win 10 consecutive Gold Gloves to start an MLB career. His latest Gold Glove is the sixth of his career, after he won the honor five straight years from 2016-20. His 16 Gold Glove Awards at the position are the most of any position player in baseball history. Smith was a human highlight reel at short for 19 years, winning the NL Gold Glove Award for the position every year from 1980-92. Robbie Alomar even acquired consideration for the MVP award as a second baseman, which is extremely difficult to do. Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis. He hit, hit for power, could fly around the bases, and made incredible plays in center field. Pitcher: Greg Maddux Greg Maddux is a 23 year season baseball veteran who won the Golden Glove award an incredible 18 times. Greg Maddux holds the record for most Gold Gloves ever with 18, including 13 straight that he . Robinson was an 18-time All-Star, a two-time World Series champion and the 1964 AL MVP. the official stats partner of the NBA, NHL and MLB. Data Provided By Andrew McCutchen needs 52 hits, while Jose Altuve needs 65, and Freddie Freeman needs 97. He won the award 13 times in a row from 1990 to 2002. Pitching ERA Champion. 25 have already secured at least one Gold Glove Award in their career, while 15 of those . Teams: Colorado Rockies (2013-20), St. Louis Cardinals (2021-present), Career highlights: 10-time Gold Glove Award winner (2013-22), seven-time MLB All-Star (2015-19, 2021, 2022), five-time Silver Slugger Award winner (2015-18, 2022). Bryce Harper (needs 15) could also get there, depending on how quickly he returns from Tommy John surgery. [17] In 2013, Rawlings collaborated on the Gold Glove Award with SABR, who provided the SABR Defensive Index (SDI) to add a sabermetric component to the selection process. Others likely to hit this milestone include Manny Machado (needs 17) and Anthony Rizzo (needs 17). Right behind is Omar Vizquel. [11] Geoff Baker of The Seattle Times said the votes for the Gold Gloves rely largely on a player's past reputation. / April 7, 2023 08:37 AM. Active: Starling Marte and Tyler O'Neill (2). More >, First base: Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Blue JaysGuerrero is another first-time Gold Glove winner. Please drink responsibly. Throughout most of his years with the Braves, . Arenado also tied Phillies legend and Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt for the second-most Gold Glove Awards by a third baseman in Major League history, trailing only Brooks Robinson (16). He had 355 wins, 227 losses, an ERA of 3.16 and 3,371 strikeouts. The fact that Mays owns the most Gold Glove Awards in center field often gets overshadowed by the fact that he was also the 1951 NL Rookie of the Year, a two-time NL MVP and an All-Star in 20 of his 22 MLB seasons. The Hall of Famer was a magician at second base, and it was a particular treat to watch him while he partnered with another legendary defensive infielder -- Omar Vizquel -- up the middle for Cleveland. Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. In 1957, the people at Rawlings Sporting Goods came up with the idea to honor the best defensive players in Major League Baseball with an annual award for each position with an award that reflected their signature item a baseball glove. Though he did win Gold Gloves at Third Base in 1994 and 1995, Wade really deserves a Golden Mug award for his legendary drinking record. A no doubter, Brooks was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1983. Only Ichiro Suzuki, as a right fielder, won more Gold Gloves to start his career (10). Ichiro was almost 28 years old when he made his MLB debut in 2001 and won both American League Rookie of the Year and American League MVP in the same year along with his first Gold Glove Award. Prior to Kwan and Straw this year, the most recent Cleveland outfielder to win a Gold Glove was Grady Sizemore in 2008. However, Greg again won the award 5 times in a row from 2004 to 2008, after which he retired. Starting last season, a utility player from each league is also presented with the award. Backflips. If he reaches 500 career home runs, his case for the Hall will look pretty good every eligible player with at least 500 homers and no PED allegations is already enshrined. Here's a look at the player who won the most Gold Glove Awards at each position, along with the active leader at that position: Pitcher: Greg Maddux (18) Maddux was so dominant on the mound that it's sometimes easy to forget that the man won the most Gold Glove Awards of any player at any position in baseball history. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Always eat bacon in healthy amounts according to your lifestyle and personal choices. [46] They also won the team Gold Glove for the National League in the same year. His teammate at Braves, Mike Hampton, stopped his winning streak in 2003. His 10th, which came in 2001, tied Johnny Bench for most all-time by a catcher. Catchers, like McCann, tried stealing just to say that they once tried. The three-time National League MVP is one of just three players in MLB history to hit 500 home runs and win 10 Gold Glove Awards alongside Willie Mays and Ken Griffey Jr., but Schmidt is the only infielder to ever do so. More >, Right field: Kyle Tucker, AstrosKnown primarily for his bat -- and understandably so, considering his .860 OPS and 60 homers over the past two seasons -- Tucker has shown hes also a fantastic right fielder. If you've ever thought of a first baseman's glove, you've thought of Keith Hernandez. Trout needs 81 walks to get to 1,000. He broke Benchs record while with the Tigers in 2004, and finished with 13 in his illustrious career. [51] Mark Belanger won four Gold Gloves with the Baltimore Orioles alongside winning partner Bobby Grich, and Joe Morgan paired with Dave Concepcin for four combination wins with the Cincinnati Reds. ^CF won as a center fielder Active members of the club include Miguel Cabrera, Joey Votto, and Nelson Cruz. We present them here for purely educational purposes. The 1995 World Series champion with the Braves did this in 23 seasons while playing for five different teams. In 2016, Rawlings announced it would begin awarding a gold glove annually to a female fastpitch softball player in the National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) league. If you were an AL third baseman from 1960-75, and your name wasnt Brooks Robinson, you did not win the Gold Glove Award for the hot corner. He won all eight of his Gold Glove Awards from 1990-98, combining his deft ability to run the perfect route to a fly ball with his uncanny skill in positioning a hitter just right to become the premiere defensive left fielder in the game. Bottom line: The only active player to make this list is Nolan Arenado, who won his 10th consecutive Gold Glove Award in 2022. Altuve swiped 18 bags last year and hasnt stolen more than 20 in a season since 2017. Hitting 300 bombs doesnt put these two in the territory of the games great sluggers, but its a solid accomplishment for two players on a Hall of Fame trajectory. Some defensive statistics Copyright Sports Info Solutions, 2010-2023. Postseason World Series MVP. the most efficient start by any pitcher since 1979. The 40-year-old longtime actress - who is the face of the brand's Icon campaign -modeled a look . Join our linker program. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. NPF coaches and managers vote for a winner (excluding those on their respective teams). It marks the second straight year a Blue Jays position player has won a Gold Glove Award (Marcus Semien won at second base last year) after a 15-year drought. "I always say, you know, when you hit 30 (home runs) and drive in 100 (RBI), the one thing you want to win is a Gold Glove, and . Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? [36] The only other player to win Gold Gloves at multiple positions is Plcido Polanco, who won at second base (2007, 2009 AL) and third base (2011 NL). That was earned through nearly two decades of high voltage leather work at Shortstop as a member of the St. Louis Cardinals. More >, Left field: Steven Kwan, GuardiansAnother surprise team this year, the AL Central-champion Guardians had a rookie left fielder who was key to their unexpected surge, both with his offensive and defensive contributions. More >. Managers/Coaches and SABR Defensive Index help determine the winners. His 16 Gold Glove wins (all consecutive) are the most by a position player in baseball history. This was still at a time when baseball players looked more akin to slowpitch beer league softballers, so the show of athleticism was an entertaining sight. The 2021 St. Louis Cardinals hold the record for most Gold Gloves by a single team in a single season with five. Griffey Jr. shot to fame in the late 1980s and early '90s for his tape-measure home runs and his highlight-reel catches as a center fielder for the Seattle Mariners. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. Batting Gloves serve both form and function, helping a baseball or softball player look stylish, while protecting their hands from the various blisters, scrapes and cuts that come from taking extensive batting practice and playing in games. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. Had he come up in the current era, Ichiro would have likely been playing in the majors in his early 20s. He is also the first Yankees player to win a Gold Glove since left fielder Brett Gardner in 2016. 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Winners receive a glove made from gold-tanned leather attached to a walnut base. The Rawlings Gold Glove Award has a long and rich history. Career highlights: 12-time Gold Glove Award winner (1961-72), two-time World Series champion (1960, 1971), National League MVP (1966), World Series MVP (1971). *Note: All Gold Glove Award totals are through the 2022 season. Jim Kaat and Brooks Robinson are tied for second place with 16 each. During 1968 spring training, Cincinnati pitcher Jim Mahoney ignored Bench's signals for breaking balls in order to throw his fastball and cursed Bench when he tried to talk to him. Pudge would eventually pass Hall of Famer Johnny Bench for the most Gold Gloves all-time for the position. Manager of the Year. At his height, Griffey Jr. was arguably the most popular professional athlete in the U.S., with his own signature shoe from Nike and his own video game, which is still one of the most beloved sports video games of all time. Career highlights: 10-time Gold Glove Award winner (1968-77), two-time World Series champion (1975, 1976), two-time National League MVP (1970, 1972), World Series MVP (1976), National League . He's in the midst of what seems like a Hall of Fame career so far he's also a five-time Silver Slugger Award winner, seven-time All-Star and has led the National League in home runs three times.
