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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. [48] Rawlings asked 70 baseball reporters, former players, and former managers to select 50 names for the ballot, from an initial selection of 250 names. [49] The team was selected by fans, who voted at the Rawlings Gold Glove website, at United States Postal Service offices, and at sporting goods stores. The results were announced at the 2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. [50]
First base | Wes Parker |
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Second base | Joe Morgan † |
Third base | Brooks Robinson*† |
Shortstop | Ozzie Smith*† |
Outfield | Willie Mays**† |
Roberto Clemente**† | |
Ken Griffey Jr. † | |
Catcher | Johnny Bench † |
Pitcher | Greg Maddux*† |
In the history of the Gold Glove Award, there have been twelve double-play combinations, or pairs of middle infielders, [51] that have won awards in the same year. Shortstops and second basemen depend upon each other for the majority of double plays. The most common type of double play occurs with a runner on first base and a ground ball hit towards the middle of the infield. The player fielding the ball (generally the shortstop or second baseman) throws to the fielder covering second base, who steps on the base before the runner from first arrives to force that runner out, and then throws the ball to the first baseman to force out the batter for the second out. [52] Mark Belanger won four Gold Gloves with the Baltimore Orioles alongside winning partner Bobby Grich, and Joe Morgan paired with Dave Concepción for four combination wins with the Cincinnati Reds. The most recent teammates to accomplish the feat are Dansby Swanson and Nico Hoerner, who won with the Chicago Cubs in 2023.
Shortstop | Second baseman | Team | Times won | Years | Ref(s) |
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Luis Aparicio † | Nellie Fox † | Chicago White Sox | 2 | 1959–1960 | |
Gene Alley | Bill Mazeroski † | Pittsburgh Pirates | 2 | 1966–1967 | |
Jim Fregosi | Bobby Knoop | California Angels | 1 | 1967 | |
Mark Belanger | Davey Johnson | Baltimore Orioles | 2 | 1969, 1971 | |
Mark Belanger | Bobby Grich | Baltimore Orioles | 4 | 1973–1976 | |
Dave Concepción | Joe Morgan † | Cincinnati Reds | 4 | 1974–1977 | |
Alan Trammell † | Lou Whitaker | Detroit Tigers | 2 | 1983–1984 | |
Omar Vizquel | Roberto Alomar *† | Cleveland Indians | 3 | 1999–2001 | |
Édgar Rentería | Fernando Viña | St. Louis Cardinals | 1 | 2002 | |
Derek Jeter † | Robinson Canó | New York Yankees | 1 | 2010 | |
Brandon Crawford | Joe Panik | San Francisco Giants | 1 | 2016 | |
Andrelton Simmons | Ian Kinsler [c] | Los Angeles Angels | 1 | 2018 | |
Dansby Swanson | Nico Hoerner | Chicago Cubs | 1 | 2023 |
† = Hall of Fame
Since 1957, there have been five Gold Glove batteries. The pitcher and catcher, collectively known as the battery, are the only two players on the field involved in every pitch. In particular, the pitcher and catcher control the running game with tools such as pickoffs or the strength of the catcher's throwing arm. [78] The first pitcher and catcher on the same team to win Gold Gloves in the same year were Jim Kaat and Earl Battey, with the Minnesota Twins in 1962. Only two pairs of batterymates have won Gold Gloves together more than once: Iván Rodríguez and Kenny Rogers won with the Texas Rangers in 2000, and again with the Detroit Tigers in 2006. Yadier Molina and Adam Wainwright matched the feat, winning in both 2009 and 2013.
Pitcher | Catcher | Team | Times won | Years | Ref |
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Jim Kaat † | Earl Battey | Minnesota Twins | 1 | 1962 | |
Rick Reuschel | Tony Peña | Pittsburgh Pirates | 1 | 1985 | |
Bret Saberhagen | Bob Boone | Kansas City Royals | 1 | 1989 | |
Kenny Rogers | Iván Rodríguez*† | Texas Rangers | 2 | 2000 | |
Detroit Tigers | 2006 | ||||
Adam Wainwright | Yadier Molina | St. Louis Cardinals | 2 | 2009, 2013 |
In 2011, Rawlings added an annual Platinum Glove Award awarded to the best defensive player in each league, as selected by fans from the year's Gold Glove winners. [86] Numbers after a player's name indicate that he has won the award multiple times.
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. [87] NPF coaches and managers vote for a winner (excluding those on their respective teams). This award is in addition to the collegiate and high school awards added in 2007, the 50th anniversary of the inaugural Gold Glove Awards. [88]
Year | Player | Team | Position | Ref |
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2016 | AJ Andrews | Akron Racers | RF | [89] |
2017 | Chelsea Goodacre | USSSA Pride | C | [90] |
2018 | Jade Rhodes | Cleveland Comets | 1B | [91] |
2019 | Jessie Warren | USSSA Pride | 3B | [92] |
2020 | Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic | [93] | ||
2021 | Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic and unavailability of home venues for teams(league folded in 2021) | [94] |
These awards are far more accurate (and accountable) than the Gold Gloves in that statistics are employed along with the opinions of a large panel of experts.
Unlike the Gold Glove awards, chosen by coaches and based largely on reputation, the Fielding Bible Awards are picked by a panel of experts relying heavily on new-wave statistical analysis for defense.
For years, 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.
Jeter—like many players—dismisses defensive statistics as meaningless because of the many factors that cannot be quantified.
common double play baseball.
pitcher catcher running game.