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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. A comprehensive list of Rawlings Gold Glove Award winners at the first basemans position, research by Baseball Almanac.
"The difference between the old ballplayer and the new ballplayer is the jersey. The old ballplayer cared about the name on the front. The new ballplayer cares about the name on the back." - Gold Glove First Baseman Steve Garvey
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Year | National League (Qty) | Team | Year | American League (Qty) | Team |
1957 | Gil Hodges (1) | Brooklyn | 1957 | One Winner Only | n/a |
1958 | Gil Hodges (2) | Los Angeles | 1958 | Vic Power (1) | Cleveland |
1959 | Gil Hodges (3) | Los Angeles | 1959 | Vic Power (2) | Cleveland |
1960 | Bill White (1) | St. Louis | 1960 | Vic Power (3) | Cleveland |
1961 | Bill White (2) | St. Louis | 1961 | Vic Power (4) | Cleveland |
1962 | Bill White (3) | St. Louis | 1962 | Vic Power (5) | Minnesota |
1963 | Bill White (4) | St. Louis | 1963 | Vic Power (6) | Minnesota |
1964 | Bill White (5) | St. Louis | 1964 | Vic Power (7) | Minnesota |
1965 | Bill White (6) | St. Louis | 1965 | Joe Pepitone (1) | New York |
1966 | Bill White (7) | Philadelphia | 1966 | Joe Pepitone (2) | New York |
1967 | Wes Parker (1) | Los Angeles | 1967 | George Scott (1) | Boston |
1968 | Wes Parker (2) | Los Angeles | 1968 | George Scott (2) | Boston |
1969 | Wes Parker (3) | Los Angeles | 1969 | Joe Pepitone (3) | New York |
1970 | Wes Parker (4) | Los Angeles | 1970 | Jim Spencer (1) | California |
1971 | Wes Parker (5) | Los Angeles | 1971 | George Scott (3) | Boston |
1972 | Wes Parker (6) | Los Angeles | 1972 | George Scott (4) | Milwaukee |
1973 | Mike Jorgensen (1) | Montreal | 1973 | George Scott (5) | Milwaukee |
1974 | Steve Garvey (1) | Los Angeles | 1974 | George Scott (6) | Milwaukee |
1975 | Steve Garvey (2) | Los Angeles | 1975 | George Scott (7) | Milwaukee |
1976 | Steve Garvey (3) | Los Angeles | 1976 | George Scott (8) | Milwaukee |
1977 | Steve Garvey (4) | Los Angeles | 1977 | Jim Spencer (2) | Chicago |
1978 | Keith Hernandez (1) | St. Louis | 1978 | Chris Chambliss (1) | New York |
1979 | Keith Hernandez (2) | St. Louis | 1979 | Cecil Cooper (1) | Milwaukee |
1980 | Keith Hernandez (3) | St. Louis | 1980 | Cecil Cooper (2) | Milwaukee |
1981 | Keith Hernandez (4) | St. Louis | 1981 | Mike Squires (1) | Chicago |
1982 | Keith Hernandez (5) | St. Louis | 1982 | Eddie Murray (1) | Baltimore |
1983 | Keith Hernandez (6) | St. Louis / NY | 1983 | Eddie Murray (2) | Baltimore |
1984 | Keith Hernandez (7) | New York | 1984 | Eddie Murray (3) | Baltimore |
1985 | Keith Hernandez (8) | New York | 1985 | Don Mattingly (1) | New York |
1986 | Keith Hernandez (9) | New York | 1986 | Don Mattingly (2) | New York |
1987 | Keith Hernandez (10) | New York | 1987 | Don Mattingly (3) | New York |
1988 | Keith Hernandez (11) | New York | 1988 | Don Mattingly (4) | New York |
1989 | Andres Galarraga (1) | Montreal | 1989 | Don Mattingly (5) | New York |
1990 | Andres Galarraga (2) | Montreal | 1990 | Mark McGwire (1) | Oakland |
1991 | Will Clark (1) | San Francisco | 1991 | Don Mattingly (6) | New York |
1992 | Mark Grace (1) | Chicago | 1992 | Don Mattingly (7) | New York |
1993 | Mark Grace (2) | Chicago | 1993 | Don Mattingly (8) | New York |
1994 | Jeff Bagwell (1) | Houston | 1994 | Don Mattingly (9) | New York |
1995 | Mark Grace (3) | Chicago | 1995 | J.T. Snow (1) | California |
1996 | Mark Grace (4) | Chicago | 1996 | J.T. Snow (2) | California |
1997 | J.T. Snow (3) | San Francisco | 1997 | Rafael Palmeiro (1) | Baltimore |
1998 | J.T. Snow (4) | San Francisco | 1998 | Rafael Palmeiro (2) | Baltimore |
1999 | J.T. Snow (5) | San Francisco | 1999 | Rafael Palmeiro (3) | Texas |
2000 | J.T. Snow (6) | San Francisco | 2000 | John Olerud (1) | Seattle |
2001 | Todd Helton (1) | Colorado | 2001 | Doug Mientkiewicz (1) | Minnesota |
2002 | Todd Helton (2) | Colorado | 2002 | John Olerud (2) | Seattle |
2003 | Derrek Lee (1) | Florida | 2003 | John Olerud (3) | Seattle |
2004 | Todd Helton (3) | Colorado | 2004 | Darin Erstad (1) | Anaheim |
2005 | Derrek Lee (2) | Chicago | 2005 | Mark Teixeira (1) | Texas |
2006 | Albert Pujols (1) | St. Louis | 2006 | Mark Teixeira (2) | Texas |
2007 | Derrek Lee (3) | Chicago | 2007 | Kevin Youkilis (1) | Boston |
2008 | Adrian Gonzalez (1) | San Diego | 2008 | Carlos Pena (1) | Tampa Bay |
2009 | Adrian Gonzalez (2) | San Diego | 2009 | Mark Teixeira (3) | New York |
2010 | Albert Pujols (2) | St. Louis | 2010 | Mark Teixeira (4) | New York |
2011 | Joey Votto (1) | Cincinnati | 2011 | Adrian Gonzalez (3) | Boston |
2012 | Adam LaRoche (1) | Washington | 2012 | Mark Teixeira (5) | New York |
2013 | Paul Goldschmidt (1) | Arizona | 2013 | Eric Hosmer (1) | Kansas City |
2014 | Adrian Gonzalez (3) | Los Angeles | 2014 | Eric Hosmer (2) | Kansas City |
2015 | Paul Goldschmidt (2) | Arizona | 2015 | Eric Hosmer (3) | Kansas City |
2016 | Anthony Rizzo (1) | Chicago | 2016 | Mitch Moreland (1) | Texas |
2017 | Paul Goldschmidt (3) | Arizona | 2017 | Eric Hosmer (4) | Kansas City |
2018 | Freddie Freeman (1) | Atlanta | 2018 | Matt Olson (1) | Oakland |
Anthony Rizzo (2) | Chicago | ||||
2019 | Anthony Rizzo (3) | Chicago | 2019 | Matt Olson (2) | Oakland |
2020 | Anthony Rizzo (4) | Chicago | 2020 | Evan White (1) | Seattle |
2021 | Paul Goldschmidt (4) | St. Louis | 2021 | Yuli Gurriel (1) | Houston |
2022 | Christian Walker (1) | Arizona | 2022 | Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (1) | Toronto |
2023 | Christian Walker (2) | Arizona | 2023 | Nathaniel Lowe (1) | Texas |
2024 | Not Yet Announced (x) | -- | 2024 | Not Yet Announced (x) | -- |
Year | National League (Qty) | Team | Year | American League (Qty) | Team |
Gold Glove First Basemen | Research by Baseball Almanac | Baseball Awards |
Rawlings Gold Glove Award ®Most Gold Gloves By A First Basemen (6+) |
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First Basemen | Gold Gloves | |
Keith Hernandez | 11 | |
Don Mattingly | 9 | |
George Scott | 8 | |
Vic Power | 7 | |
Bill White | 7 | |
Wes Parker | 6 | |
J.T. Snow | 6 | |
First Basemen | Gold Gloves | |
Rawlings Gold Glove Award ®League Records for Gold Glove First Basemen |
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LG | First Basemen | Gold Gloves |
AL | Don Mattingly | 9 |
NL | Keith Hernandez | 11 |
LG | First Basemen | Gold Gloves |
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Keith Hernandez is truly in a league by himself defensively, yet he was never "seriously" considered for a place in the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Did you know that J.T. Snow was the first player to win a Gold Glove Award at first base from both the American League (1995) and National League (1997)? Too easy? Did you know that when Darin Erstad won in 2004 he became the first player in Major League history to win a gold glove from both an infield and outfield position?
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