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Template:Short description Template:Redirect Template:Infobox sports awardThe 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. It is awarded at each fielding position in both the National League (NL) and the American League (AL). The Gold Glove is widely considered one of the most prestigious defensive awards in baseball.

Winners for position awards are determined from voting by the managers and coaches in each league,<ref name="GG">Template:Cite web</ref> who are not permitted to vote for their own players.<ref name="GG" /> Additionally, a sabermetric component provided by the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) accounts for about 25 percent of the vote.<ref name="sabr_vote">Template:Cite press release</ref> For the utility player awards, the sabermetric component and other defensive statistics are exclusively used to select the winners, without any voting by coaches.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>

In 1957, the baseball glove manufacturer Rawlings created the Gold Glove Award to commemorate the best fielding performance at each position.<ref name="RawlingsPR"/> Winners receive a glove made from gold lamé-tanned leather and affixed to a walnut base.<ref name="RawlingsPR" /> In the inaugural year, one Gold Glove was awarded to the top fielder at each position in MLB;<ref name="RawlingsPR">Template:Cite web</ref> since 1958, separate awards have been given to the top fielders in each league.<ref name="RawlingsPR" /> In 2020, Rawlings began issuing a Gold Glove Award for team defense, with one recipient each in the American and National Leagues.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Starting in 2022, a Gold Glove Award in each league has been awarded to a utility player.<ref name=GGUtility>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

For 2016–2019, a Gold Glove was also awarded each year to one fastpitch softball player in the National Pro Fastpitch league.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

History

Gil Hodges was one of the first Gold Glove recipients, in 1957

For the first four seasons of the award (1957 to 1960), individual awards were presented to left fielders, center fielders, and right fielders. From 1961 through 2010, the phrase "at each position" was no longer strictly accurate, since the prize was presented to three outfielders irrespective of their specific position.<ref name=espn_encyc>Template:Cite book</ref> Any combination of outfielders, often three center fielders, could win the award in the same year.<ref name=connolly/><ref name=kurkjian/> Critics called for awarding a single Gold Glove for each individual outfield position, arguing that the three outfield positions are not equivalent defensively.<ref name=kurkjian>Template:Cite book</ref> Starting in 2011, separate awards for each outfield position were once again presented.<ref name=connolly>Template:Cite news</ref> 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 Beltrán, Aaron Rowand, and Jeff Francoeur).

Criticism

Before the involvement of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) in the voting process in 2013, The Boston Globe writer Peter Abraham argued 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. The Gold Gloves are selected by managers and coaches who may have seen a player as few as six times during the season.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Naturally, statistics can be contentious, and there is still no universally agreed system of fielding stats (even with advanced metrics) in 2024; moreover, a manager gets to see each team in their league during a season, and can indeed form an opinion over that span of whom they felt was the best fielder at each position.

Bill Chuck of Comcast SportsNet New England claimed that Gold Glove voters frequently counted only errors to determine winners.<ref name=chuck>Template:Cite news</ref> Geoff Baker of The Seattle Times maintained the votes for the Gold Gloves rely largely on a player's past reputation.<ref name=baker>Template:Cite news</ref> The Associated Press proposed 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."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> After winning the AL Gold Glove at first base in both 1997 and 1998, Rafael Palmeiro won again in 1999 with the Texas Rangers while only appearing in 28 games as a first baseman; he played in 128 games as a designated hitter that season, resulting in a controversy.<ref name=chuck/><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Derek Jeter, winner of five Gold Gloves, believes that many defensive factors cannot be quantified.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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. The index accounted for 25 percent of the vote, while managers and coaches continued to provide the majority.<ref name=sabr_vote/> Afterwards, Jay Jaffe of Sports Illustrated wrote that the Gold Gloves "appear to have significantly closed the gap on their more statistically driven counterparts."<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> SABR and FiveThirtyEight believed that the impact to the voting results by SDI, which is also included on the voters' ballots, went beyond its own 25% weight and also influenced the managers' and coaches' voting.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Multiple winners

Brooks Robinson won 16 Gold Gloves, the most of any position player.

The most Gold Gloves ever won by one player is 18 by pitcher Greg Maddux. He won 13 consecutive awards from 1990 to 2002, all in the National League.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brooks Robinson has the most wins for a position player, with 16 Gold Gloves,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> all at third base, and is tied for the second-highest total overall with pitcher Jim Kaat; both players won their 16 awards consecutively.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Iván Rodríguez has won the most Gold Gloves as a catcher, with 13 career awards in the American League.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Ozzie Smith has 13 wins at shortstop; he and Rodríguez are tied for the fourth-highest total among all winners.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Among outfielders, Roberto Clemente and Willie Mays, who played primarily right field and center field, respectively, are tied for the lead with 12 Gold Gloves.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Keith Hernandez, the leader at first base, has won 11 times,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and Roberto Alomar leads second basemen with 10 wins.<ref name="Sports Reference LLC">Template:Cite web</ref> Other players with 10 or more wins include shortstop Omar Vizquel (11),<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> catcher Johnny Bench (10),<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> third basemen Mike Schmidt (10),<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and Nolan Arenado (10) and outfielders Ken Griffey Jr., Ichiro Suzuki, Andruw Jones, and Al Kaline (10 each).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The only player to win Gold Gloves as an infielder and outfielder is Darin Erstad, who won Gold Gloves as an outfielder in 2000 and 2002 and as a first baseman in 2004, all with the Los Angeles Angels.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The only other player to win Gold Gloves at multiple positions is Plácido Polanco, who won at second base (2007, 2009 AL) and third base (2011 NL).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Family pairs to win Gold Gloves include brothers Ken and Clete Boyer (third base),<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> brothers Sandy Alomar Jr. (catcher) and Roberto Alomar (second base),<ref name="Sports Reference LLC"/> Bengie and Yadier Molina (catcher),<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> father and son Bobby and Barry Bonds (outfield),<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and father and son Bob (catcher) and Bret Boone (second base).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The 2021 St. Louis Cardinals hold the record for most Gold Gloves by a single team in a single season with five.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> They also won the team Gold Glove for the National League in the same year. The St. Louis Cardinals are the first team to win 100 total Gold Gloves.

Winners by year

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Greg Maddux won 18 Gold Gloves, the most of any player.
Key to symbols and headers in player lists
Year Links to the corresponding Major League Baseball season
1B First baseman (list of winners)
2B Second baseman (list of winners)
3B Third baseman (list of winners)
SS Shortstop (list of winners)
OF OutfielderTemplate:Efn (list of winners)
C Catcher (list of winners)
P Pitcher (list of winners)
UT Utility player
* or ** Winner of the most Gold Glove Awards at his position (** indicates tie)
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American League

Gold Glove winners in the American League, listed by position
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National League

Gold Glove winners in the National League, listed by position
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All-time Gold Glove Team

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Hall of Fame centerfielder Willie Mays won 12 Gold Gloves and was elected to the joint MLB/Rawlings all-time team compiled in 2007, the 50th anniversary of the Gold Glove award

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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Rawlings asked 70 baseball reporters, former players, and former managers to select 50 names for the ballot, from an initial selection of 250 names.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

All-time Gold Glove Team members by position
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Middle infield duos

Mark Belanger (pictured) won multiple Gold Gloves at shortstop along with teammates Davey Johnson and Bobby Grich at second base.

In the history of the Gold Glove Award, there have been twelve double-play combinations, or pairs of middle infielders,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> 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.

Double-play combinations to win Gold Gloves for the same team in the same season
Shortstop Second baseman Team Times won Years Ref(s)
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Batteries

Template:Multiple image Since 1957, there have been six 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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> 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.

Batterymates to win Gold Gloves for the same team in the same season
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Platinum Glove Award

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As of 2024, Nolan Arenado (with 6) has won the most Platinum Glove Awards of any player.

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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Numbers after a player's name indicate that he has won the award multiple times.

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2018 Template:Sortname Oakland Athletics 3B Template:Sortname Template:Small Colorado Rockies 3B
2019 Template:Sortname Template:Small Oakland Athletics 3B Template:Sortname Template:Small Colorado Rockies 3B
2020 Template:Sortname Template:Small Kansas City Royals LF Template:Sortname Template:Small Colorado Rockies 3B
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2022 Jose Trevino New York Yankees C Template:Sortname Template:Small St. Louis Cardinals 3B
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National Pro Fastpitch

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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Gold Glove winners in National Pro Fastpitch
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2018 Template:Sortname Cleveland Comets 1B <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2019 Template:Sortname USSSA Pride 3B <ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>
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