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.
"Most pitchers are too smart to manage." - Gold Glove Award Recipient (1976 through 1979) & Hall of Fame Pitcher Jim Palmer
Gold Glove PitchersRawlings Gold Glove Award ® Gold Glove Awards [CA | PI | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | AL OF | NL OF | AL OF | UTIL] |
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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 | 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) | -- |
Year | National League (Qty) | Team(s) | Year | American League (Qty) | Team(s) |
Gold Glove Pitchers | Research by Baseball Almanac | Baseball Awards |
Rawlings Gold Glove Award ®Most Gold Gloves By A Pitcher (5+) |
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Name | Quantity | |
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 | |
Name | Quantity | |
Rawlings Gold Glove Award ®League Records For Glove Glove Pitchers |
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LG | Name | Quantity |
AL | Jim Kaat | 14 |
NL | Greg Maddux | 18 |
LG | Name | Quantity |
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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