The Rawlings Gold Glove Award, usually referred to as the Gold Glove, is the award given annually to the Major League Baseball players judged to have exhibited superior individual fielding performances at each fielding position in both the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), as voted by the managers and coaches in each league. Managers are not permitted to vote for their own players. Eighteen Gold Gloves are awarded each year (with the exception of 1957, 1985, 2007 and 2018), one at each of the nine positions in each league. In 1957, the baseball glove manufacturer Rawlings created the Gold Glove Award to commemorate the best fielding performance at each position. The award was created from a glove made from gold lamé-tanned leather and affixed to a walnut base. Initially, only one Gold Glove per position was awarded to the top fielder at each position in the entire league; however, separate awards were given for the National and American Leagues beginning in 1958.

Iván Rodríguez has won the most Gold Gloves at catcher, with 13; all were won with the Texas Rangers or the Detroit Tigers (both American League teams), though Rodríguez has played in both leagues. Johnny Bench, who spent his entire career with the Cincinnati Reds, leads National Leaguers in wins, and is second overall with 10 Gold Gloves. Yadier Molina is third overall and second in the NL all time with nine. Bob Boone, who is a member of one of four family pairs to win Gold Glove Awards, won seven between both leagues during his career. Jim Sundberg has won six Gold Gloves, with Bill Freehan and Salvador Pérez winning five. There have been four 4-time winners at catcher: Del Crandall, Mike Matheny, Charles Johnson, and Tony Peña. Hall of Famers who have won as catchers include Bench, Rodriguez, Carlton Fisk, and Gary Carter. The other family pair to win Gold Gloves as catchers are brothers Bengie and Yadier Molina, who have won eleven awards between them .

J. T. Realmuto set the record for putouts among winning catchers in 2022; he put out 1,151 batters for the Philadelphia Phillies that season. In the American League, the leader is Roberto Pérez, with 1,082 putouts in 2019. Assist leaders include Carter (108 in 1980) in the National League and the major leagues and Sundberg (103 in 1977) in the American League. Five Gold Glove-winning catchers have posted errorless seasons with a 1.000 fielding percentage: Johnson (1997), Matheny (2003), Salvador Pérez (2018), Tucker Barnhart (2020), and Roberto Pérez (2020). Johnny Edwards and Johnson hold the major league record for double plays turned among winners, with 17 each. Edwards doubled off 17 runners in 1964, and Johnson matched his total in 1997. The American League leaders are Ray Fosse, Boone and Matt Wieters (16 double plays in 1971, 1986 and 2011, respectively). Bench (NL; 1975), Roberto Pérez (AL; 2019–2020) and Jacob Stallings (NL; 2021) hold the record for the least passed balls in a season with zero. Roberto Pérez has the highest percentage of baserunners caught stealing, with a 71% mark set in 2020. Bench is the National League leader; he threw out 57% of potential base-stealers in 1969.

Key Year Links to the corresponding Major League Baseball season PO Putout A Assist E Error DP Double play FPct Fielding percentage PB Passed balls CS% Caught stealing percentage * or ** Winner of the most Gold Glove Awards at his position (** indicates tie) † Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

American League winners

Year Player Team PO A E DP FPct PB CS% Ref Chicago White Sox 454 45 1 5 .998 5 48% Chicago White Sox 597 63 9 8 .987 5 47% Chicago White Sox 623 51 5 14 .993 4 42% Washington Senators 749 65 15 10 .982 18 59% Minnesota Twins 812 60 6 9 .993 13 37% Minnesota Twins 872 82 9 9 .991 13 44% New York Yankees 786 51 5 8 .994 8 41% New York Yankees 939 67 2 9 .998 8 49% Detroit Tigers 865 57 4 4 .996 20 36% Detroit Tigers 898 56 4 11 .996 3 35% Detroit Tigers 950 63 8 9 .992 16 36% Detroit Tigers 971 73 6 15 .994 7 37% Detroit Tigers 821 49 7 7 .992 9 32% Cleveland Indians 854 70 10 7 .989 17 55% Cleveland Indians 748 73 10 16 .988 13 40% † Boston Red Sox 846 72 15 10 .984 8 39% New York Yankees 673 80 12 11 .984 10 48% New York Yankees 743 75 22 10 .974 6 35% New York Yankees 700 95 23 14 .972 9 50% Texas Rangers 719 96 7 11 .991 6 42% Texas Rangers 801 103 5 12 .994 5 56% Texas Rangers 769 91 3 14 .997 8 48% Texas Rangers 754 75 4 14 .995 8 41% Texas Rangers 853 76 7 7 .993 17 34% Texas Rangers 464 52 2 9 .996 8 48% California Angels 650 87 8 8 .989 2 58% Detroit Tigers 695 73 4 8 .995 10 49% Detroit Tigers 720 67 7 11 .991 11 46% Detroit Tigers 695 53 5 9 .993 8 38% California Angels 812 84 11 16 .988 8 51% California Angels 684 56 13 11 .983 7 46% California Angels 506 66 8 9 .986 1 40% Kansas City Royals 752 64 7 6 .991 3 42% Cleveland Indians 686 46 14 6 .981 11 34% Boston Red Sox 864 60 5 15 .995 5 33% *† Texas Rangers 763 85 15 10 .983 10 52% *† Texas Rangers 801 76 8 6 .991 14 44% *† Texas Rangers 600 44 5 3 .992 7 38% *† Texas Rangers 707 67 8 8 .990 8 48% *† Texas Rangers 850 81 10 11 .989 10 51% *† Texas Rangers 821 75 7 11 .992 3 57% *† Texas Rangers 864 72 6 7 .994 10 56% *† Texas Rangers 850 83 7 13 .993 1 55% *† Texas Rangers 507 34 2 10 .996 2 49% *† Texas Rangers 631 52 7 11 .990 2 60% Anaheim Angels 707 60 1 6 .999 5 45% Anaheim Angels 672 62 5 10 .993 4 44% *† Detroit Tigers 770 52 11 6 .987 3 32% Boston Red Sox 783 33 8 4 .990 7 24% *† Detroit Tigers 747 53 2 7 .998 4 51% *† Detroit Tigers 834 50 6 7 .993 7 31% † Minnesota Twins 831 52 3 1 .997 4 36% † Minnesota Twins 724 31 3 3 .996 9 26% † Minnesota Twins 696 34 3 3 .996 4 26% Baltimore Orioles 859 70 5 16 .995 1 37% Baltimore Orioles 994 52 10 7 .991 5 39% Kansas City Royals 932 71 8 4 .992 3 35% Kansas City Royals 1,037 72 9 5 .992 5 30% Kansas City Royals 976 90 4 11 .996 4 31% Kansas City Royals 992 77 4 4 .996 5 48% Los Angeles Angels 1,046 65 2 2 .998 8 39% Kansas City Royals 690 69 0 11 1.000 4 48% Cleveland Indians 1,082 52 3 12 .997 0 41% Cleveland Indians 291 21 0 2 1.000 0 71% Oakland Athletics 873 42 6 6 .993 1 24% New York Yankees 828 32 6 1 .993 2 33% Texas Rangers 938 40 2 8 .998 7 29% Seattle Mariners 1,138 51 6 8 .995 5 28% Detroit Tigers 1,023 39 7 5 .993 0 32%

National League winners

Year Player Team PO A E DP FPct PB CS% Ref Chicago White Sox (AL) 454 45 1 5 .998 5 48% Milwaukee Braves 659 64 7 6 .990 3 48% Milwaukee Braves 783 71 5 15 .994 2 53% Milwaukee Braves 764 70 10 9 .988 11 45% Los Angeles Dodgers 877 56 13 16 .986 10 47% Milwaukee Braves 460 54 3 7 .994 5 46% Cincinnati Reds 1,008 87 6 16 .995 10 46% Cincinnati Reds 890 73 8 17 .992 11 40% † Milwaukee Braves 589 43 6 4 .991 13 33% Los Angeles Dodgers 904 65 7 11 .993 7 42% Chicago Cubs 865 59 4 7 .996 4 40% † Cincinnati Reds 942 102 9 10 .991 18 47% † Cincinnati Reds 793 76 7 10 .992 14 57% † Cincinnati Reds 755 73 12 12 .986 9 48% † Cincinnati Reds 687 59 9 9 .988 6 41% † Cincinnati Reds 735 56 6 9 .992 2 56% † Cincinnati Reds 693 61 4 7 .995 8 49% † Cincinnati Reds 757 68 6 16 .993 3 49% † Cincinnati Reds 568 51 7 9 .989 0 46% † Cincinnati Reds 651 60 2 11 .997 5 42% † Cincinnati Reds 705 66 10 10 .987 3 40% Philadelphia Phillies 619 55 6 6 .991 5 35% Philadelphia Phillies 527 65 7 8 .988 2 44% † Montreal Expos 822 108 7 8 .993 3 40% † Montreal Expos 509 58 4 11 .993 4 47% † Montreal Expos 954 104 10 6 .991 6 40% Pittsburgh Pirates 976 90 9 9 .992 7 36% Pittsburgh Pirates 895 95 9 15 .991 6 40% Pittsburgh Pirates 922 100 12 9 .988 6 42% Chicago Cubs 885 105 8 14 .992 15 48% Pittsburgh Pirates 584 70 5 11 .992 2 45% San Diego Padres 725 75 12 11 .985 9 45% San Diego Padres 685 81 20 10 .975 14 41% San Diego Padres 538 51 12 6 .980 6 34% St. Louis Cardinals 673 81 7 8 .991 5 45% St. Louis Cardinals 688 53 1 10 .999 6 29% San Francisco Giants 739 70 2 12 .998 11 46% St. Louis Cardinals 369 41 1 5 .998 1 50% Florida Marlins 641 63 6 9 .992 5 43% Florida Marlins 751 70 4 12 .995 5 48% Florida Marlins 900 73 0 17 1.000 1 47% Florida MarlinsLos Angeles Dodgers 908 60 8 11 .992 6 40% Philadelphia Phillies 881 62 3 12 .997 11 32% St. Louis Cardinals 803 75 5 7 .994 4 53% Houston Astros 949 62 3 9 .997 1 48% Houston Astros 942 65 3 9 .997 2 32% St. Louis Cardinals 774 49 0 7 1.000 5 27% St. Louis Cardinals 742 58 1 10 .999 2 30% San Francisco Giants 784 77 1 12 .999 4 38% Houston Astros 933 61 2 8 .998 1 22% Los Angeles Dodgers 1,065 85 14 11 .988 5 33% St. Louis Cardinals 653 70 10 7 .986 5 35% St. Louis Cardinals 884 82 5 6 .995 4 41% St. Louis Cardinals 902 79 5 12 .995 7 49% St. Louis Cardinals 860 67 6 5 .994 6 29% St. Louis Cardinals 973 90 3 12 .997 6 48% St. Louis Cardinals 993 64 4 12 .996 3 43% St. Louis Cardinals 820 57 2 10 .998 3 48% St. Louis Cardinals 1,064 56 7 9 .994 4 41% San Francisco Giants 1,003 65 3 8 .997 2 37% Cincinnati Reds 863 89 1 9 .999 4 44% St. Louis Cardinals 966 42 2 8 .998 4 31% Philadelphia Phillies 1,098 67 9 14 .992 8 47% Cincinnati Reds 341 15 0 0 1.000 2 36% Pittsburgh Pirates 868 49 5 2 .995 0 21% Philadelphia Phillies 1,151 49 8 11 .993 2 44% Arizona Diamondbacks 821 55 3 3 .997 1 39% San Francisco Giants 904 55 3 7 .997 9 27% San Francisco Giants 1,013 57 7 9 .994 8 31%

Footnotes "Caught stealing percentage" is calculated as , where CS is the number of baserunners caught stealing and SBA is stolen bases attempted (stolen bases + caught stealing). In 1957, Gold Gloves were given to the top fielders in Major League Baseball, instead of separate awards for the National and American Leagues; therefore, the winners are the same in each table. 1965 winner Joe Torre was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame for his managerial career.

See also Gold Glove-winning batterymates

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External links Rawlings Gold Glove Award Website