List of Gold Glove Award winners at shortstop


The Rawlings Gold Glove Award, usually referred to as the Gold Glove, 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 and the American League, as voted by the managers and coaches in each league. Managers are not permitted to vote for their own players. Eighteen Gold Gloves are awarded each year, 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. Initially, only one Gold Glove per position was awarded to the top fielder at each position in the entire league; however, separate awards were given for the National and American Leagues beginning in 1958.
Ozzie Smith, known as "the Wizard of Oz", has won the most Gold Glove Awards at shortstop; he captured 13 awards in his 19 seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals. Omar Vizquel is second among shortstops with 11 wins; he won two with the San Francisco Giants in the National League after winning nine with the Seattle Mariners and the Cleveland Indians in the American League. Luis Aparicio won nine times at shortstop for the third-highest total, followed by Mark Belanger with eight wins. Dave Concepción and Derek Jeter have won five awards; four-time winners at shortstop include Tony Fernández, Jimmy Rollins, Andrelton Simmons and Alan Trammell. Hall of Famers who have won Gold Glove Awards at shortstop include Smith, Aparicio, Trammell, Ernie Banks, Robin Yount, Barry Larkin and Cal Ripken Jr., whose 2,632 consecutive games played earned him his "Iron Man" nickname.
Vizquel made the fewest errors during a shortstop's winning season, with three in 2000; his.995 fielding percentage that season leads American League and major league shortstops, and his 2006 total of four errors is tied for the National League lead with Rey Ordóñez. Ordóñez'.994 fielding percentage in 1999 leads National Leaguers in that category. Aparicio leads winners in putouts, with 305 in 1960; Concepción and Smith are tied for the National League lead with 304. Smith's 621 assists are best among all shortstops, and Belanger is the American League leader. Gene Alley turned 128 double plays in 1966 to lead winners in that category; Ripken leads American Leaguers, with 119 turned in 1992.

Key

American League winners

YearPlayerTeamPOAEDPFPctRef
Cincinnati Redlegs 2534181686.977
†Chicago White Sox2894632190.973
†Chicago White Sox2824602387.970
†Chicago White Sox30555118117.979
†Chicago White Sox2644873086.962
†Chicago White Sox28045220102.973
Minnesota Twins3014483087.961
†Baltimore Orioles2604371598.979
Minnesota Twins24848739105.950
†Baltimore Orioles30344117104.978
California Angels2584352573.965
†Chicago White Sox2695351992.977
Baltimore Orioles2514492379.968
†Chicago White Sox2514831899.976
Baltimore Orioles2804431677.978
Detroit Tigers233495781.990
Baltimore Orioles24153023100.971
Baltimore Orioles24355213100.984
Baltimore Orioles25950817105.978
Baltimore Orioles2395451497.982
Baltimore Orioles2444171082.985
Baltimore Orioles184409976.985
Boston Red Sox27252316109.980
†Detroit Tigers2254121389.980
†Detroit Tigers181347965.983
†Milwaukee Brewers2534892495.969
†Detroit Tigers2363671371.979
†Detroit Tigers1803141071.980
Oakland Athletics2784403087.960
Toronto Blue Jays29444513103.983
Toronto Blue Jays2703961488.979
Toronto Blue Jays24747014106.981
Toronto Blue Jays260475693.992
Chicago White Sox25247417100.977
†Baltimore Orioles26752811114.986
†Baltimore Orioles28744512119.984
Seattle Mariners24547515108.980
Cleveland Indians113204654.981
Cleveland Indians210405984.986
Cleveland Indians2264472091.971
Cleveland Indians2454291098.985
Cleveland Indians273442594.993
Cleveland Indians2213961588.976
Cleveland Indians231416399.995
Cleveland Indians219414788.989
Texas Rangers25947210108.987
Texas Rangers2274648111.989
†New York Yankees2733921396.981
†New York Yankees2624541596.979
†New York Yankees2143811581.975
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim23941511104.983
Texas Rangers19346511113.984
†New York Yankees206340875.986
†New York Yankees182365694.989
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim24040613102.980
Baltimore Orioles2445296113.992
Baltimore Orioles23040312108.981
Baltimore Orioles1873941399.978
Kansas City Royals2174171380.980
Cleveland Indians2154471283.982
Los Angeles Angels2354361499.980
Los Angeles Angels22837210114.984
Cleveland Indians1593121068.979

National League winners

YearPlayerTeamPOAEDPFPctRef
Cincinnati Redlegs2534181686.977
Cincinnati Redlegs2783941481.980
Cincinnati Redlegs1632051050.974
†Chicago Cubs2834881894.977
Los Angeles Dodgers25342829104.959
Los Angeles Dodgers2954933686.956
Philadelphia Phillies2203591773.971
Philadelphia Phillies1411911044.971
Cincinnati Reds2924401992.975
Pittsburgh Pirates23547215128.979
Pittsburgh Pirates25750026105.967
St. Louis Cardinals2324582281.969
Chicago Cubs26654220101.976
Chicago Cubs2575012286.972
New York Mets2574411686.978
Philadelphia Phillies212494988.987
Houston Astros2314291283.982
Cincinnati Reds2395363099.963
Cincinnati Reds23844516102.977
Cincinnati Reds3045062793.968
Cincinnati Reds28049011101.986
Philadelphia Phillies2245021087.986
Cincinnati Reds28449527102.967
*†San Diego Padres28862124113.974
*†San Diego Padres2204221672.976
*†St. Louis Cardinals27953513101.984
*†St. Louis Cardinals30451921100.975
*†St. Louis Cardinals2334371294.982
*†St. Louis Cardinals26454914111.983
*†St. Louis Cardinals2294531596.978
*†St. Louis Cardinals24551610111.987
*†St. Louis Cardinals2345192279.972
*†St. Louis Cardinals2094831773.976
*†St. Louis Cardinals2123781266.980
*†St. Louis Cardinals244387879.987
*†St. Louis Cardinals2324201082.985
Pittsburgh Pirates25652711100.986
†Cincinnati Reds1783121062.980
†Cincinnati Reds1923411172.980
†Cincinnati Reds2304261780.975
New York Mets171355971.983
New York Mets2654011782.975
New York Mets220416491.994
Colorado Rockies28852418120.978
Montréal Expos24651511106.986
St. Louis Cardinals2024101972.970
St. Louis Cardinals1914391683.975
Los Angeles Dodgers2344301096.985
San Francisco Giants234426880.988
San Francisco Giants205389486.993
Philadelphia Phillies22747911110.985
Philadelphia Phillies193393771.988
Philadelphia Phillies212389672.990
Colorado Rockies21138810103.984
Colorado Rockies261417698.991
Philadelphia Phillies2043771374.978
Atlanta Braves2404991494.981
Atlanta Braves2174111499.978
San Francisco Giants1914271389.979
San Francisco Giants2094131190.983
San Francisco Giants2213741185.982
Arizona Diamondbacks165432998.985
Arizona Diamondbacks2074121379.979

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