Gold Glove Award for Shortstops on Baseball Almanac

Gold Glove Shortstops

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 shortstop position.

"We've got a lot of new players on this team. But I don't think they're the right ones." - Gold Glove (thirteen times over) Shortstop Ozzie Smith

Rawlings Gold Glove Award ® / Gold Glove Shortstops 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	Roy McMillan⁽¹⁾	Cincinnati	1957	One Winner Only	n/a
1958	Roy McMillan⁽²⁾	Cincinnati	1958	Luis Aparicio⁽¹⁾	Chicago
1959	Roy McMillan⁽³⁾	Cincinnati	1959	Luis Aparicio⁽²⁾	Chicago
1960	Ernie Banks⁽¹⁾	Chicago	1960	Luis Aparicio⁽³⁾	Chicago
1961	Maury Wills⁽¹⁾	Los Angeles	1961	Luis Aparicio⁽⁴⁾	Chicago
1962	Maury Wills⁽²⁾	Los Angeles	1962	Luis Aparicio⁽⁵⁾	Chicago
1963	Bobby Wine⁽¹⁾	Philadelphia	1963	Zoilo Versalles⁽¹⁾	Minnesota
1964	Ruben Amaro⁽¹⁾	Philadelphia	1964	Luis Aparicio⁽⁶⁾	Baltimore
1965	Leo Cardenas⁽¹⁾	Cincinnati	1965	Zoilo Versalles⁽²⁾	Minnesota
1966	Gene Alley⁽¹⁾	Pittsburgh	1966	Luis Aparicio⁽⁷⁾	Baltimore
1967	Gene Alley⁽²⁾	Pittsburgh	1967	Jim Fregosi⁽¹⁾	California
1968	Dal Maxvill⁽¹⁾	St. Louis	1968	Luis Aparicio⁽⁸⁾	Chicago
1969	Don Kessinger⁽¹⁾	Chicago	1969	Mark Belanger⁽¹⁾	Baltimore
1970	Don Kessinger⁽²⁾	Chicago	1970	Luis Aparicio⁽⁹⁾	Chicago
1971	Bud Harrelson⁽¹⁾	New York	1971	Mark Belanger⁽²⁾	Baltimore
1972	Larry Bowa⁽¹⁾	Philadelphia	1972	Ed Brinkman⁽¹⁾	Detroit
1973	Roger Metzger⁽¹⁾	Houston	1973	Mark Belanger⁽³⁾	Baltimore
1974	Dave Concepcion⁽¹⁾	Cincinnati	1974	Mark Belanger⁽⁴⁾	Baltimore
1975	Dave Concepcion⁽²⁾	Cincinnati	1975	Mark Belanger⁽⁵⁾	Baltimore
1976	Dave Concepcion⁽³⁾	Cincinnati	1976	Mark Belanger⁽⁶⁾	Baltimore
1977	Dave Concepcion⁽⁴⁾	Cincinnati	1977	Mark Belanger⁽⁷⁾	Baltimore
1978	Larry Bowa⁽²⁾	Philadelphia	1978	Mark Belanger⁽⁸⁾	Baltimore
1979	Dave Concepcion⁽⁵⁾	Cincinnati	1979	Rick Burleson⁽¹⁾	Boston
1980	Ozzie Smith⁽¹⁾	San Diego	1980	Alan Trammell⁽¹⁾	Detroit
1981	Ozzie Smith⁽²⁾	San Diego	1981	Alan Trammell⁽²⁾	Detroit
1982	Ozzie Smith⁽³⁾	St. Louis	1982	Robin Yount⁽¹⁾	Milwaukee
1983	Ozzie Smith⁽⁴⁾	St. Louis	1983	Alan Trammell⁽³⁾	Detroit
1984	Ozzie Smith⁽⁵⁾	St. Louis	1984	Alan Trammell⁽⁴⁾	Detroit
1985	Ozzie Smith⁽⁶⁾	St. Louis	1985	Alfredo Griffin⁽¹⁾	Oakland
1986	Ozzie Smith⁽⁷⁾	St. Louis	1986	Tony Fernandez⁽¹⁾	Toronto
1987	Ozzie Smith⁽⁸⁾	St. Louis	1987	Tony Fernandez⁽²⁾	Toronto
1988	Ozzie Smith⁽⁹⁾	St. Louis	1988	Tony Fernandez⁽³⁾	Toronto
1989	Ozzie Smith⁽¹⁰⁾	St. Louis	1989	Tony Fernandez⁽⁴⁾	Toronto
1990	Ozzie Smith⁽¹¹⁾	St. Louis	1990	Ozzie Guillen⁽¹⁾	Chicago
1991	Ozzie Smith⁽¹²⁾	St. Louis	1991	Cal Ripken, Jr.⁽¹⁾	Baltimore
1992	Ozzie Smith⁽¹³⁾	St. Louis	1992	Cal Ripken, Jr.⁽²⁾	Baltimore
1993	Jay Bell⁽¹⁾	Pittsburgh	1993	Omar Vizquel⁽¹⁾	Seattle
1994	Barry Larkin⁽¹⁾	Cincinnati	1994	Omar Vizquel⁽²⁾	Cleveland
1995	Barry Larkin⁽²⁾	Cincinnati	1995	Omar Vizquel⁽³⁾	Cleveland
1996	Barry Larkin⁽³⁾	Cincinnati	1996	Omar Vizquel⁽⁴⁾	Cleveland
1997	Rey Ordonez⁽¹⁾	New York	1997	Omar Vizquel⁽⁵⁾	Cleveland
1998	Rey Ordonez⁽²⁾	New York	1998	Omar Vizquel⁽⁶⁾	Cleveland
1999	Rey Ordonez⁽³⁾	New York	1999	Omar Vizquel⁽⁷⁾	Cleveland
2000	Neifi Perez⁽¹⁾	Colorado	2000	Omar Vizquel⁽⁸⁾	Cleveland
2001	Orlando Cabrera⁽¹⁾	Montreal	2001	Omar Vizquel⁽⁹⁾	Cleveland
2002	Edgar Renteria⁽¹⁾	St. Louis	2002	Alex Rodriguez⁽¹⁾	Texas
2003	Edgar Renteria⁽²⁾	St. Louis	2003	Alex Rodriguez⁽²⁾	Texas
2004	Cesar Izturis⁽¹⁾	Los Angeles	2004	Derek Jeter⁽¹⁾	New York
2005	Omar Vizquel⁽¹⁰⁾	San Francisco	2005	Derek Jeter⁽²⁾	New York
2006	Omar Vizquel⁽¹¹⁾	San Francisco	2006	Derek Jeter⁽³⁾	New York
2007	Jimmy Rollins⁽¹⁾	Philadelphia	2007	Orlando Cabrera⁽²⁾	Los Angeles
2008	Jimmy Rollins⁽²⁾	Philadelphia	2008	Michael Young⁽¹⁾	Texas
2009	Not Yet Announced^(11-2009)	--	2009	Not Yet Announced^(11-2009)	--
Year	National League^(Qty)	Team(s)	Year	American League^(Qty)	Team(s)
Rawlings Gold Glove Award for Shortstops

Rawlings Gold Glove Award ® Most By A Shortstop^{(Min 4)}
Name		Quantity
Ozzie Smith		13
Omar Vizquel		11
Luis Aparicio		9
Mark Belanger		8
Dave Concepcion		5
Tony Fernandez		4
Alan Trammell		4
Rawlings Gold Glove Award ® League Records
Lg	Name	Quantity
AL	Luis Aparicio	9
	Omar Vizquel	9
NL	Ozzie Smith	13
Rawlings Gold Glove Award

Ozzie Smith is in a league "nearly" by himself defensively and he is considered the standard by which all other defensive shortstops are judged.

Did you know that not one shortstop ever won a Gold Glove Award from both the American League and National League until Omar Vizquel did it 2005?

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