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1917 National League Gold Glove Awards

Catcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Frank Snyder
SLN
C
23.1
10.7
5.1
2.1
2 Ivey Wingo
CIN
C
27.0
7.0
3.5
-0.7
3 Hank Gowdy
BSN
C
27.9
6.0
2.3
0.8
4 Walter Schmidt
PIT
C
30.3
5.7
2.0
0.1
5 Rowdy Elliott*
CHN
C
27.0
3.2
3.7
1.6
6 Art Wilson
CHN
C
31.6
2.2
3.9
1.5
7 Bill Wagner*
PIT
C
23.5
2.0
1.1
-0.1
8 Mack Wheat*
BRO
C
24.1
1.5
0.6
0.1
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Fred Merkle
MULT
1B
28.5
2.7
2.0
0.5
2 Fred Luderus
PHI
1B
31.8
2.4
2.4
0.8
3 Jake Daubert
BRO
1B
33.2
1.1
1.8
0.5
4 Bunny Brief
PIT
1B
25.0
0.5
0.3
-0.0
5 Walter Holke*
NY1
1B
24.5
0.5
2.4
0.7
6 Vic Saier
CHN
1B
26.2
0.3
0.1
0.0
7 Sam Covington*
BSN
1B
22.5
0.1
0.3
0.1
8 Roy Leslie*
CHN
1B
22.9
0.1
0.1
-0.0
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Dots Miller
SLN
2B
30.8
9.5
4.1
2.0
2 Bert Niehoff
PHI
2B
33.1
5.8
3.9
1.5
3 Bruno Betzel
SLN
2B
22.6
5.5
2.9
1.3
4 Larry Doyle
CHN
2B
30.9
0.6
4.7
1.6
5 Bill McKechnie
CIN
2B
30.9
0.2
0.4
-0.0
6 Oscar Dugey
PHI
2B
29.7
0.2
0.2
-0.1
7 Al Baird*
NY1
2B
22.1
0.1
0.2
0.1
8 Paddy Driscoll*
CHN
2B
22.5
0.0
0.2
0.0
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Heinie Zimmerman
NY1
3B
30.4
11.6
7.7
3.6
2 Mike Mowrey
BRO
3B
33.2
6.3
2.7
0.7
3 Frank O'Rourke
BRO
3B
22.6
2.5
2.6
0.9
4 Fred Smith
SLN
3B
30.9
2.4
2.3
1.0
5 Heinie Groh
CIN
3B
27.8
2.1
6.8
2.6
6 Doug Baird
MULT
3B
25.8
1.9
5.9
2.1
7 Charlie Pechous*
CHN
3B
20.7
0.2
0.3
0.2
8 Ed Hemingway*
NY1
3B
24.1
0.1
0.4
0.2
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Art Fletcher
NY1
SS
32.5
43.1
12.8
7.8
2 Dave Bancroft
PHI
SS
26.2
15.0
8.5
4.6
3 Rabbit Maranville
BSN
SS
25.6
14.2
7.9
3.2
4 Rogers Hornsby
SLN
SS
21.2
8.8
6.9
2.2
5 Patsy McGaffigan*
PHI
SS
28.8
0.6
0.9
0.4
6 Ike McAuley*
SLN
SS
25.9
0.0
0.0
-0.0
7 Harry Wolfe*
MULT
SS
24.6
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
8 Harry Pearce*
PHI
SS
28.0
-0.2
0.5
0.4
Left Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Possum Whitted
PHI
LF
27.4
13.9
3.6
1.5
2 George Burns
NY1
LF
27.6
13.0
4.3
1.8
3 Sherry Magee
MULT
LF
32.9
9.9
1.4
-0.0
4 Zack Wheat
BRO
LF
29.1
6.5
2.9
1.4
5 Joe Kelly
BSN
LF
30.8
6.2
1.7
0.4
6 Claude Cooper
PHI
LF
25.3
1.5
0.0
-0.1
7 Jimmy Johnston
BRO
LF
27.6
0.6
0.9
0.4
8 Greasy Neale
CIN
LF
25.7
0.5
1.0
-0.1
Center Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Max Carey
PIT
CF
27.5
23.3
6.2
2.5
2 Cy Williams
CHN
CF
29.5
8.5
5.5
2.3
3 Edd Roush
CIN
CF
24.1
3.6
2.7
-0.4
4 Walton Cruise
SLN
CF
27.2
2.8
2.3
0.3
5 Jim Hickman*
BRO
CF
25.1
0.7
2.4
0.7
6 Morrie Schick*
CHN
CF
25.2
0.3
0.2
0.1
7 Ross Youngs*
NY1
CF
20.2
0.0
0.3
0.2
8 Stuffy Stewart*
SLN
CF
23.4
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
Right Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Dave Robertson
NY1
RF
27.8
12.8
2.9
1.0
2 Casey Stengel
BRO
RF
26.9
9.1
4.0
2.1
3 Tommy Griffith
CIN
RF
27.7
4.3
1.4
0.2
4 Gavvy Cravath
PHI
RF
36.3
3.5
2.2
0.4
5 Lee King*
PIT
RF
24.5
3.1
1.9
0.7
6 Jim Thorpe*
MULT
RF
30.1
1.7
0.6
0.1
7 Zip Collins
BSN
RF
25.2
-0.0
0.1
0.0
8 Jesse Altenburg*
PIT
RF
24.5
-0.2
0.0
-0.0
*Rookie
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

1917 American League Gold Glove Awards

Catcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Sam Agnew
BOS
C
30.2
11.9
3.3
0.7
2 Wally Schang
PHA
C
27.9
6.8
1.9
-0.4
3 Eddie Ainsmith
WS1
C
27.4
6.6
6.4
2.2
4 Billy Meyer
PHA
C
24.5
5.0
1.4
-0.5
5 Ray Haley*
PHA
C
26.4
1.8
0.6
-0.3
6 Les Nunamaker
NYA
C
28.4
1.6
4.7
1.8
7 George Hale*
SLA
C
22.9
1.5
0.3
-0.3
8 Walt Alexander
NYA
C
26.3
1.4
0.8
0.2
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Joe Harris*
CLE
1B
26.1
9.4
1.2
0.2
2 Stuffy McInnis
PHA
1B
26.8
7.7
2.1
0.6
3 George Sisler
SLA
1B
24.3
5.0
1.3
-0.1
4 Wally Pipp
NYA
1B
24.4
4.9
3.3
1.6
5 Del Gainer
BOS
1B
30.6
2.8
0.9
0.4
6 Joe Judge
WS1
1B
23.1
1.9
1.0
-0.1
7 Pug Griffin*
PHA
1B
21.2
0.1
0.0
-0.0
8 Babe Ellison*
DET
1B
20.6
-0.4
0.1
0.0
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jack Barry
BOS
2B
30.2
10.3
4.6
1.8
2 Bill Wambsganss
CLE
2B
23.3
10.2
5.5
2.2
3 Del Pratt
SLA
2B
29.5
1.8
3.2
0.4
4 Ralph Young
DET
2B
28.8
1.7
4.2
0.8
5 Paddy Baumann
NYA
2B
31.5
0.7
0.5
0.1
6 Ray Morgan
WS1
2B
28.0
0.7
2.5
0.2
7 Bob Jones*
DET
2B
27.6
0.3
0.3
-0.1
8 Jimmy Cooney*
BOS
2B
22.9
0.2
0.7
0.4
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ossie Vitt
DET
3B
27.5
7.3
3.8
0.0
2 Joe Evans
CLE
3B
22.1
2.8
4.8
1.4
3 Eddie Foster
WS1
3B
30.4
2.7
3.7
1.4
4 Terry Turner
CLE
3B
36.3
2.2
1.3
0.5
5 Joe Leonard
WS1
3B
22.6
1.2
2.4
0.7
6 Frank Baker
NYA
3B
31.3
0.8
6.2
2.2
7 Buck Weaver
CHA
3B
26.9
0.1
5.3
2.3
8 Ivan Howard
CLE
3B
34.7
0.0
0.0
-0.0
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Roger Peckinpaugh
NYA
SS
26.4
9.8
8.2
3.3
2 Doc Lavan
SLA
SS
26.7
5.6
4.0
0.6
3 George McBride
WS1
SS
36.6
5.2
1.8
0.6
4 Ray Chapman
CLE
SS
26.5
4.2
9.8
4.6
5 Ernie Johnson
SLA
SS
29.2
3.3
1.2
0.1
6 Everett Scott
BOS
SS
24.6
2.3
8.8
3.6
7 Aaron Ward*
NYA
SS
20.8
0.2
0.2
-0.0
8 Howie Shanks
WS1
SS
26.9
0.1
4.5
1.5
Left Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bobby Veach
DET
LF
29.0
15.2
3.9
1.3
2 Duffy Lewis
BOS
LF
29.2
7.8
5.7
3.1
3 Mike Menosky
WS1
LF
22.7
7.6
2.1
0.7
4 Burt Shotton
SLA
LF
32.7
5.0
0.7
-1.0
5 Elmer Smith
MULT
LF
24.8
0.5
0.7
0.1
6 Ward Miller
SLA
LF
33.0
0.2
0.1
-0.1
7 Angel Aragon*
NYA
LF
26.9
0.0
0.1
-0.0
8 Gene Bailey*
PHA
LF
23.6
0.0
0.0
-0.0
Center Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Happy Felsch
CHA
CF
25.9
17.6
7.3
3.6
2 Tris Speaker
CLE
CF
29.2
15.3
7.1
3.7
3 Ty Cobb
DET
CF
30.5
7.6
4.7
1.8
4 Clyde Milan
WS1
CF
30.3
1.3
2.9
-0.7
5 Elmer Miller
NYA
CF
26.9
0.5
0.9
-0.3
6 Earl Smith*
SLA
CF
26.4
0.3
0.6
-0.1
7 Howie Camp*
NYA
CF
24.0
0.0
0.1
-0.0
8 Amos Strunk
PHA
CF
28.4
-0.3
3.4
-0.0
Right Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Sam Rice
WS1
RF
27.4
16.7
2.5
0.5
2 Harry Hooper
BOS
RF
29.9
11.8
4.3
2.3
3 Baby Doll Jacobson
SLA
RF
26.9
10.4
0.9
-0.0
4 Shano Collins
CHA
RF
31.6
9.7
1.3
0.6
5 Braggo Roth
CLE
RF
24.8
3.4
3.1
1.3
6 Tim Hendryx
NYA
RF
26.4
1.9
1.1
0.1
7 Frank Gilhooley
NYA
RF
25.1
0.3
0.5
-0.1
8 Sammy Vick*
NYA
RF
22.2
0.1
0.1
-0.1
*Rookie
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

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