List of Gold Glove Award winners as a utility player explained

The Gold Glove Award is the award given annually to the Major League Baseball players judged to have exhibited superior individual fielding performances at each fielding position in both the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), as voted by the managers and coaches in each league.^[1] Managers are not permitted to vote for their own players. Eighteen Gold Gloves are awarded each year (with the exception of 1957, 1985, 2007 and 2018), one at each of the nine positions in each league. In 1957, the baseball glove manufacturer Rawlings created the Gold Glove Award to commemorate the best fielding performance at each position. The award was created from a glove made from gold lamé-tanned leather and affixed to a walnut base.^[2] Initially, only one Gold Glove per position was awarded to the top fielder at each position in the entire league;^[3] however, separate awards were given for the National and American Leagues beginning in 1958.^{[4] [5]}

Beginning in, Major League Baseball awarded a Gold Glove Award to a utility player (i.e. players who played multiple fielding positions in a given season).^[6]

Key

Year	Links to the corresponding Major League Baseball season
PO	Putout
A	Assist
E	Error
DP	Double play
FPct	Fielding percentage
or **	Winner of the most Gold Glove Awards at his position (** indicates tie)
†	Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

American League winners

Year	Player	Team	PO	A	E	DP	FPct	Ref
			306	210	4	44	.992	^[7]
			199	202	7	56	.983	^[8]
			194	202	5	28	.988	^[9]

National League winners

Year	Player	Team	PO	A	E	DP	FPct	Ref
			208	180	7	49	.982	^[10]
			198	366	7	73	.988	^[11]
			149	228	3	46	.992	^[12]

References

General

• Web site: MLB Awards (Gold Glove Winners). Major League Baseball. June 5, 2009. March 2, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070302082014/http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/awards/mlb_awards_content.jsp?content=gold_gloves_history. live.

Inline citations

External links

• Rawlings Gold Glove Award Website

Notes and References

1. A-Rod breaks Vizquel's streak; AL West earns eight of nine. November 13, 2002. Sports Illustrated. Associated Press. May 26, 2009. January 9, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140109062844/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/news/2002/11/13/al_goldgloves_ap/. dead.
2. Web site: About the Award. Rawlings. June 4, 2009. February 23, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090223165905/http://rawlingsgoldglove.com/about/about_the_award. live.
3. Web site: Rawlings to Unveil Ballot. February 13, 2007. Rawlings. June 4, 2009. "Members of the original 1957 Rawlings Gold Glove Team: Willie Mays, CF (New York Giants); Al Kaline, RF (Detroit Tigers); Minnie Minoso, LF (Chicago White Sox); Frank Malzone, 3B (Boston Red Sox); Nellie Fox, 2B (Chicago White Sox); Gil Hodges, 1B (Dodgers); Roy McMillan, SS (Cincinnati Reds); Sherm Lollar C (Chicago White Sox); and Bobby Shantz, P (New York Yankees).". February 5, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090205220701/http://rawlingsgoldglove.com/about/press_releases/rawlings_to_unveil_ballot. live.
4. Web site: National League Gold Glove Award Winners. Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. June 4, 2009. May 28, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190528001941/https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/gold_glove_nl.shtml. live.
5. Web site: American League Gold Glove Award Winners. Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. June 4, 2009. March 29, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190329233506/https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/gold_glove_al.shtml. live.
6. Philips. Gary. Rawlings Finally Introduces A Gold Glove Award For Utility Players. September 24, 2022. Sports Illustrated. September 24, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220924144407/https://www.si.com/fannation/mlb/fastball/news/rawlings-gold-glove-award-utility-players. live.
7. Web site: 2022 New York Yankees Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics. Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference.com. November 1, 2022.
8. Web site: 2023 Houston Astros Fielding Statistics. Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference.com. November 5, 2023.
9. Web site: 2024 Seattle Mariners Fielding Statistics. Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference.com. November 4, 2024.
10. Web site: 2022 St. Louis Cardinals Fielding Statistics. Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference.com. November 1, 2022.
11. Web site: 2023 San Diego Padres Fielding Statistics. Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference.com. November 5, 2023.
12. Web site: 2024 Pittsburgh Pirates Fielding Statistics. Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference.com. November 4, 2024.