Gold Glove Award for Third Basemen on Baseball Almanac

Gold Glove Third Basemen

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 third basemen's position.

"Fifty years from now I'll be just three inches of type in a record book." - Gold Glove (sixteen times over) Third Baseman Brooks Robinson

Rawlings Gold Glove Award ® / Gold Glove Third Basemen 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	Frank Malzone⁽¹⁾	Boston
1958	Ken Boyer⁽¹⁾	St. Louis	1958	Frank Malzone⁽²⁾	Boston
1959	Ken Boyer⁽²⁾	St. Louis	1959	Frank Malzone⁽³⁾	Boston
1960	Ken Boyer⁽³⁾	St. Louis	1960	Brooks Robinson⁽¹⁾	Baltimore
1961	Ken Boyer⁽⁴⁾	St. Louis	1961	Brooks Robinson⁽²⁾	Baltimore
1962	Jim Davenport⁽¹⁾	San Francisco	1962	Brooks Robinson⁽³⁾	Baltimore
1963	Ken Boyer⁽⁵⁾	St. Louis	1963	Brooks Robinson⁽⁴⁾	Baltimore
1964	Ron Santo⁽¹⁾	Chicago	1964	Brooks Robinson⁽⁵⁾	Baltimore
1965	Ron Santo⁽²⁾	Chicago	1965	Brooks Robinson⁽⁶⁾	Baltimore
1966	Ron Santo⁽³⁾	Chicago	1966	Brooks Robinson⁽⁷⁾	Baltimore
1967	Ron Santo⁽⁴⁾	Chicago	1967	Brooks Robinson⁽⁸⁾	Baltimore
1968	Ron Santo⁽⁵⁾	Chicago	1968	Brooks Robinson⁽⁹⁾	Baltimore
1969	Clete Boyer⁽¹⁾	Atlanta	1969	Brooks Robinson⁽¹⁰⁾	Baltimore
1970	Doug Rader⁽¹⁾	Houston	1970	Brooks Robinson⁽¹¹⁾	Baltimore
1971	Doug Rader⁽²⁾	Houston	1971	Brooks Robinson⁽¹²⁾	Baltimore
1972	Doug Rader⁽³⁾	Houston	1972	Brooks Robinson⁽¹³⁾	Baltimore
1973	Doug Rader⁽⁴⁾	Houston	1973	Brooks Robinson⁽¹⁴⁾	Baltimore
1974	Doug Rader⁽⁵⁾	Houston	1974	Brooks Robinson⁽¹⁵⁾	Baltimore
1975	Ken Reitz⁽¹⁾	St. Louis	1975	Brooks Robinson⁽¹⁶⁾	Baltimore
1976	Mike Schmidt⁽¹⁾	Philadelphia	1976	Aurelio Rodriguez⁽¹⁾	Detroit
1977	Mike Schmidt⁽²⁾	Philadelphia	1977	Graig Nettles⁽¹⁾	New York
1978	Mike Schmidt⁽³⁾	Philadelphia	1978	Graig Nettles⁽²⁾	New York
1979	Mike Schmidt⁽⁴⁾	Philadelphia	1979	Buddy Bell⁽¹⁾	Texas
1980	Mike Schmidt⁽⁵⁾	Philadelphia	1980	Buddy Bell⁽²⁾	Texas
1981	Mike Schmidt⁽⁶⁾	Philadelphia	1981	Buddy Bell⁽³⁾	Texas
1982	Mike Schmidt⁽⁷⁾	Philadelphia	1982	Buddy Bell⁽⁴⁾	Texas
1983	Mike Schmidt⁽⁸⁾	Philadelphia	1983	Buddy Bell⁽⁵⁾	Texas
1984	Mike Schmidt⁽⁹⁾	Philadelphia	1984	Buddy Bell⁽⁶⁾	Texas
1985	Tim Wallach⁽¹⁾	Montreal	1985	George Brett⁽¹⁾	Kansas City
1986	Mike Schmidt⁽¹⁰⁾	Philadelphia	1986	Gary Gaetti⁽¹⁾	Minnesota
1987	Terry Pendleton⁽¹⁾	St. Louis	1987	Gary Gaetti⁽²⁾	Minnesota
1988	Tim Wallach⁽²⁾	Montreal	1988	Gary Gaetti⁽³⁾	Minnesota
1989	Terry Pendleton⁽²⁾	St. Louis	1989	Gary Gaetti⁽⁴⁾	Minnesota
1990	Tim Wallach⁽³⁾	Montreal	1990	Kelly Gruber⁽¹⁾	Toronto
1991	Matt Williams⁽¹⁾	San Francisco	1991	Robin Ventura⁽¹⁾	Chicago
1992	Terry Pendleton⁽³⁾	Atlanta	1992	Robin Ventura⁽²⁾	Chicago
1993	Matt Williams⁽²⁾	San Francisco	1993	Robin Ventura⁽³⁾	Chicago
1994	Matt Williams⁽³⁾	San Francisco	1994	Wade Boggs⁽¹⁾	New York
1995	Ken Caminiti⁽¹⁾	San Diego	1995	Wade Boggs⁽²⁾	New York
1996	Ken Caminiti⁽²⁾	San Diego	1996	Robin Ventura⁽⁴⁾	Chicago
1997	Ken Caminiti⁽³⁾	San Diego	1997	Matt Williams⁽⁴⁾	Cleveland
1998	Scott Rolen⁽¹⁾	Philadelphia	1998	Robin Ventura⁽⁵⁾	Chicago
1999	Robin Ventura⁽⁶⁾	New York	1999	Scott Brosius⁽¹⁾	New York
2000	Scott Rolen⁽²⁾	Philadelphia	2000	Travis Fryman⁽¹⁾	Cleveland
2001	Scott Rolen⁽³⁾	Philadelphia	2001	Eric Chavez⁽¹⁾	Oakland
2002	Scott Rolen⁽⁴⁾	Philadelphia / St. Louis	2002	Eric Chavez⁽²⁾	Oakland
2003	Scott Rolen⁽⁵⁾	St. Louis	2003	Eric Chavez⁽³⁾	Oakland
2004	Scott Rolen⁽⁶⁾	St. Louis	2004	Eric Chavez⁽⁴⁾	Oakland
2005	Mike Lowell⁽¹⁾	Florida	2005	Eric Chavez⁽⁵⁾	Oakland
2006	Scott Rolen⁽⁷⁾	St. Louis	2006	Eric Chavez⁽⁶⁾	Oakland
2007	David Wright⁽¹⁾	New York	2007	Adrian Beltre⁽¹⁾	Seattle
2008	Not Yet Announced^(11-2008)	--	2008	Not Yet Announced^(11-2008)	--
Year	National League^(Qty)	Team(s)	Year	American League^(Qty)	Team(s)
Rawlings Gold Glove Award for Third Basemen

Rawlings Gold Glove Award ® Most By A Third Baseman^{(Min 5)}
Name		Quantity
Brooks Robinson		16
Mike Schmidt		10
Scott Rolen		7
Buddy Bell		6
Eric Chavez		6
Robin Ventura		6
Ken Boyer		5
Doug Rader		5
Ron Santo		5
Rawlings Gold Glove Award ® League Records
Lg	Name	Quantity
AL	Brooks Robinson	16
NL	Mike Schmidt	10
Rawlings Gold Glove Award

Brooks Robinson is in a league by himself defensively and he is considered the defensive standard by which all other third baseman are judged.

Did you know that Matt Williams was the first third baseman to win a Gold Glove Award from both the American League (1997) and National League (1991)?

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