Gold Glove Award for Pitchers on Baseball Almanac

Gold Glove Pitchers

The Gold Glove Award was first presented by the St. Louis-based Rawlings corporation in 1957 to honor the eighteen best fielders at their positions. Rawlings used a combination of defensive statistics along with visual effect to determine the winner and honored the recipient with a large gold glove. Voting is currently done by the managers and coaches from each Major League team who are NOT able to select their own players. Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a comprehensive list of Rawlings Gold Glove Award winners at the pitcher's position.

"Most pitchers are too smart to manage." - Gold Glove Award Recipient (1976 through 1979) & Hall of Fame Pitcher Jim Palmer

Rawlings Gold Glove Award ® / Gold Glove Pitchers Catcher \| Pitcher \| First Base \| Second Base \| Third Base \| Shortstop American League Outfielders \| National League Outfielders
Year	National League^(Qty)	Team(s)	Year	American League^(Qty)	Team(s)
1957	One Winner Only	n/a	1957	Bobby Shantz⁽¹⁾	New York
1958	Harvey Haddix⁽¹⁾	Pittsburgh	1958	Bobby Shantz⁽²⁾	New York
1959	Harvey Haddix⁽²⁾	Pittsburgh	1959	Bobby Shantz⁽³⁾	New York
1960	Harvey Haddix⁽³⁾	Pittsburgh	1960	Bobby Shantz⁽⁴⁾	New York
1961	Bobby Shantz⁽⁵⁾	Pittsburgh	1961	Frank Lary⁽¹⁾	Detroit
1962	Bobby Shantz⁽⁶⁾	Houston/St. Louis	1962	Jim Kaat⁽¹⁾	Minnesota
1963	Bobby Shantz⁽⁷⁾	St. Louis	1963	Jim Kaat⁽²⁾	Minnesota
1964	Bobby Shantz⁽⁸⁾	St. Louis/Chicago/Philadelphia	1964	Jim Kaat⁽³⁾	Minnesota
1965	Bob Gibson⁽¹⁾	St. Louis	1965	Jim Kaat⁽⁴⁾	Minnesota
1966	Bob Gibson⁽²⁾	St. Louis	1966	Jim Kaat⁽⁵⁾	Minnesota
1967	Bob Gibson⁽³⁾	St. Louis	1967	Jim Kaat⁽⁶⁾	Minnesota
1968	Bob Gibson⁽⁴⁾	St. Louis	1968	Jim Kaat⁽⁷⁾	Minnesota
1969	Bob Gibson⁽⁵⁾	St. Louis	1969	Jim Kaat⁽⁸⁾	Minnesota
1970	Bob Gibson⁽⁶⁾	St. Louis	1970	Jim Kaat⁽⁹⁾	Minnesota
1971	Bob Gibson⁽⁷⁾	St. Louis	1971	Jim Kaat⁽¹⁰⁾	Minnesota
1972	Bob Gibson⁽⁸⁾	St. Louis	1972	Jim Kaat⁽¹¹⁾	Minnesota
1973	Bob Gibson⁽⁹⁾	St. Louis	1973	Jim Kaat⁽¹²⁾	Minnesota/Chicago
1974	Andy Messersmith⁽¹⁾	Los Angeles	1974	Jim Kaat⁽¹³⁾	Chicago
1975	Andy Messersmith⁽²⁾	Los Angeles	1975	Jim Kaat⁽¹⁴⁾	Chicago
1976	Jim Kaat⁽¹⁵⁾	Philadelphia	1976	Jim Palmer⁽¹⁾	Baltimore
1977	Jim Kaat⁽¹⁶⁾	Philadelphia	1977	Jim Palmer⁽²⁾	Baltimore
1978	Phil Niekro⁽¹⁾	Atlanta	1978	Jim Palmer⁽³⁾	Baltimore
1979	Phil Niekro⁽²⁾	Atlanta	1979	Jim Palmer⁽⁴⁾	Baltimore
1980	Phil Niekro⁽³⁾	Atlanta	1980	Mike Norris⁽¹⁾	Oakland
1981	Steve Carlton⁽¹⁾	Philadelphia	1981	Mike Norris⁽²⁾	Oakland
1982	Phil Niekro⁽⁴⁾	Atlanta	1982	Ron Guidry⁽¹⁾	New York
1983	Phil Niekro⁽⁵⁾	Atlanta	1983	Ron Guidry⁽²⁾	New York
1984	Joaquin Andujar⁽¹⁾	St. Louis	1984	Ron Guidry⁽³⁾	New York
1985	Rick Reuschel⁽¹⁾	Pittsburgh	1985	Ron Guidry⁽⁴⁾	New York
1986	Fernando Valenzuela⁽¹⁾	Los Angeles	1986	Ron Guidry⁽⁵⁾	New York
1987	Rick Reuschel⁽²⁾	Pittsburgh/San Francisco	1987	Mark Langston⁽¹⁾	Seattle
1988	Orel Hershiser⁽¹⁾	Los Angeles	1988	Mark Langston⁽²⁾	Seattle
1989	Ron Darling⁽¹⁾	New York	1989	Bret Saberhagen⁽¹⁾	Kansas City
1990	Greg Maddux⁽¹⁾	Chicago	1990	Mike Boddicker⁽¹⁾	Boston
1991	Greg Maddux⁽²⁾	Chicago	1991	Mark Langston⁽²⁾	California
1992	Greg Maddux⁽³⁾	Chicago	1992	Mark Langston⁽³⁾	California
1993	Greg Maddux⁽⁴⁾	Atlanta	1993	Mark Langston⁽⁴⁾	California
1994	Greg Maddux⁽⁵⁾	Atlanta	1994	Mark Langston⁽⁵⁾	California
1995	Greg Maddux⁽⁶⁾	Atlanta	1995	Mark Langston⁽⁶⁾	California
1996	Greg Maddux⁽⁷⁾	Atlanta	1996	Mike Mussina⁽¹⁾	Baltimore
1997	Greg Maddux⁽⁸⁾	Atlanta	1997	Mike Mussina⁽²⁾	Baltimore
1998	Greg Maddux⁽⁹⁾	Atlanta	1998	Mike Mussina⁽³⁾	Baltimore
1999	Greg Maddux⁽¹⁰⁾	Atlanta	1999	Mike Mussina⁽⁴⁾	Baltimore
2000	Greg Maddux⁽¹¹⁾	Atlanta	2000	Kenny Rogers⁽¹⁾	Texas
2001	Greg Maddux⁽¹²⁾	Atlanta	2001	Mike Mussina⁽⁵⁾	New York
2002	Greg Maddux⁽¹³⁾	Atlanta	2002	Kenny Rogers⁽²⁾	Texas
2003	Mike Hampton⁽¹⁾	Atlanta	2003	Mike Mussina⁽⁶⁾	New York
2004	Greg Maddux⁽¹⁴⁾	Chicago	2004	Kenny Rogers⁽³⁾	Texas
2005	Greg Maddux⁽¹⁵⁾	Chicago	2005	Kenny Rogers⁽⁴⁾	Texas
2006	Greg Maddux⁽¹⁶⁾	Chicago/Los Angeles	2006	Kenny Rogers⁽⁵⁾	Detroit
2007	Greg Maddux⁽¹⁷⁾	San Diego	2007	Johan Santana⁽¹⁾	Minnesota
2008	Greg Maddux⁽¹⁸⁾	Los Angeles	2008	Mike Mussina⁽⁷⁾	New York
2009	Adam Wainwright⁽¹⁾	St. Louis	2009	Mark Buehrle⁽¹⁾	Chicago
2010	Bronson Arroyo⁽¹⁾	Cincinnati	2010	Mark Buehrle⁽²⁾	Chicago
2011	Clayton Kershaw⁽¹⁾	Los Angeles	2011	Mark Buehrle⁽³⁾	Chicago
2012	Announced^(11-2012)	--	2012	Announced^(11-2012)	--
Year	National League^(Qty)	Team(s)	Year	American League^(Qty)	Team(s)
Rawlings Gold Glove Award for Pitchers

Rawlings Gold Glove Award ® Most By A Pitcher^{(Min 5)}
Name		Quantity
Greg Maddux		18
Jim Kaat^{(14 A.L. / 2 N.L.)}		16
Bob Gibson		9
Bobby Shantz		8
Mark Langston		7
Mike Mussina		7
Ron Guidry		5
Phil Niekro		5
Rawlings Gold Glove Award ® League Records
Lg	Name	Quantity
AL	Jim Kaat	14
NL	Greg Maddux	18
Rawlings Gold Glove Award

Jim Kaat was in a league by himself defensively yet he was never "seriously" considered for a place in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Greg Maddux is in that same league (defensive, but also has more than 300 Wins) and is the only pitcher in Major League history to sweep an actual decade (1990-1999) of Gold Gloves.

Did you know that Bobby Shantz was the first pitcher to win a Gold Glove Award from both the American League (1957) and National League (1961)?

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