GOLD GLOVE PITCHERS

MLB Pitchers who won a Gold Glove Award | Baseball Almanac

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 pitchers position, research by Baseball Almanac.

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

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Gold Glove Awards [CA | PI | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | AL OF | NL OF | AL OF | UTIL]

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 1962 Jim Kaat (1) Minnesota
St. Louis
1963 Bobby Shantz (7) St. Louis 1963 Jim Kaat (2) Minnesota
1964 Bobby Shantz (8) St. Louis 1964 Jim Kaat (3) Minnesota
Chicago
Philadelphia
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 1987 Mark Langston (1) Seattle
San Francisco
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 2006 Kenny Rogers (5) Detroit
Los Angeles
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 Mark Buehrle (4) Miami 2012 Jeremy Hellickson (1) Tampa Bay
Jake Peavy (1) Chicago
2013 Adam Wainwright (2) St. Louis 2013 R.A. Dickey (1) Toronto
2014 Zack Greinke (1) Los Angeles 2014 Dallas Keuchel (1) Houston
2015 Zack Greinke (2) Los Angeles 2015 Dallas Keuchel (2) Houston
2016 Zack Greinke (3) Arizona 2016 Dallas Keuchel (3) Houston
2017 Zack Greinke (4) Arizona 2017 Marcus Stroman (1) Toronto
2018 Zack Greinke (5) Arizona 2018 Dallas Keuchel (4) Houston
2019 Zack Greinke (6) Arizona 2019 Mike Leake (1) Seattle
Houston Arizona
2020 Max Fried (1) Atlanta 2020 Griffin Canning (1) Los Angeles
2021 Max Fried (2) Atlanta 2021 Dallas Keuchel (5) Chicago
2022 Max Fried (3) Atlanta 2022 Shane Bieber (1) Chicago
2023 Zack Wheeler (1) Philadelphia 2023 José Berríos (1) Toronto
2024 Not Yet Announced (x) -- 2024 Not Yet Announced (x) --
Gold Glove Pitchers | Research by Baseball Almanac | Baseball Awards

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Most Gold Gloves By A Pitcher (5+)

Greg Maddux 18
Jim Kaat (14 A.L. / 2 N.L.) 16
Bob Gibson 9
Bobby Shantz (4 A.L. / 4 N.L.) 8
Mark Langston 7
Mike Mussina 7
Zack Greinke 6
Ron Guidry 5
Dallas Keuchel 5
Phil Niekro 5

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League Records For Glove Glove Pitchers

AL Jim Kaat 14
NL Greg Maddux 18
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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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