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1928 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 Walt Lerian*
PHI
C
25.4
6.6
2.9
0.5
2 Gabby Hartnett
CHN
C
27.5
4.5
8.8
4.5
3 Jimmie Wilson
MULT
C
27.9
2.8
8.2
3.0
4 Mike Gonzalez
CHN
C
37.8
2.7
3.6
2.2
5 Charlie Hargreaves
MULT
C
31.5
2.5
2.8
-0.3
6 Butch Henline
BRO
C
33.5
2.0
1.5
0.3
7 Zack Taylor
BSN
C
29.9
1.4
4.1
-0.4
8 Johnny Gooch
MULT
C
30.6
1.2
1.9
-0.0
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 George Kelly
CIN
1B
32.8
11.6
1.8
0.9
2 Bill Terry
NY1
1B
29.7
8.1
1.9
0.3
3 Wally Pipp
CIN
1B
35.4
2.6
1.3
0.6
4 George Grantham
PIT
1B
28.1
2.2
1.5
0.2
5 Don Hurst*
PHI
1B
22.9
0.9
1.1
0.1
6 Dick Burrus
BSN
1B
30.4
0.7
0.3
-0.1
7 Specs Toporczer
SLN
1B
29.4
0.1
0.0
-0.0
8 Joe Kelly
CHN
1B
28.2
0.1
0.2
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 Frankie Frisch
SLN
2B
29.8
27.2
6.8
3.2
2 Freddie Maguire*
CHN
2B
29.1
14.5
8.1
4.7
3 Andy Cohen*
NY1
2B
23.7
4.7
5.2
2.1
4 Sparky Adams
PIT
2B
33.8
2.8
2.9
0.3
5 Hughie Critz
CIN
2B
27.8
2.5
5.7
1.9
6 Norm McMillan
CHN
2B
32.7
1.1
0.8
0.3
7 Dick Bartell*
PIT
2B
20.6
0.9
1.1
0.1
8 Mack Hillis*
PIT
2B
26.9
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 Pie Traynor
PIT
3B
29.6
13.7
6.6
2.5
2 Freddie Lindstrom
NY1
3B
22.6
7.2
8.3
4.0
3 Chuck Dressen
CIN
3B
29.8
5.2
5.2
1.3
4 Wally Gilbert*
BRO
3B
27.5
2.6
1.6
0.5
5 Harvey Hendrick
BRO
3B
30.6
2.4
3.4
0.7
6 Clyde Beck
CHN
3B
28.5
1.8
3.3
1.0
7 Eddie Mulligan
PIT
3B
33.8
0.1
0.2
-0.0
8 Elmer Yoter*
CHN
3B
28.0
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 Travis Jackson
NY1
SS
24.7
21.8
10.5
5.4
2 Rabbit Maranville
SLN
SS
36.6
16.0
7.6
3.7
3 Woody English
CHN
SS
22.3
11.3
5.7
1.8
4 Glenn Wright
PIT
SS
27.4
1.9
2.8
-0.6
5 Cobe Jones*
PIT
SS
20.9
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
6 Pinky Pittenger
CIN
SS
29.4
-0.3
0.4
0.1
7 Howard Freigau
MULT
SS
25.9
-0.7
0.2
-0.3
8 Jimmy Cooney
BSN
SS
33.9
-0.9
0.2
-0.2
Left Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Clyde Barnhart
PIT
LF
32.5
3.9
1.3
0.6
2 Rube Bressler
BRO
LF
33.7
2.0
3.6
1.4
3 Riggs Stephenson
CHN
LF
30.5
1.8
3.1
1.0
4 Fred Brickell*
PIT
LF
21.6
1.4
1.3
0.7
5 Adam Comorosky*
PIT
LF
22.6
1.2
1.0
0.5
6 Eddie Moore
BSN
LF
29.5
1.2
0.8
0.0
7 Bill Deitrick*
PHI
LF
26.2
0.6
0.2
-0.1
8 Pid Purdy*
CIN
LF
24.0
0.6
1.0
0.2
Center Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Taylor Douthit
SLN
CF
27.2
22.9
8.8
4.7
2 Jimmy Welsh
NY1
CF
25.7
11.0
3.4
0.8
3 Jigger Statz
BRO
CF
30.7
7.0
1.3
0.2
4 Heinie Mueller
BSN
CF
28.8
4.1
1.1
0.2
5 Max Carey
BRO
CF
38.5
4.1
2.5
0.9
6 Earl Clark*
BSN
CF
20.7
3.6
0.5
-0.1
7 Jack Smith
BSN
CF
33.0
2.4
0.8
-0.2
8 Ty Tyson
BRO
CF
36.1
2.0
1.8
0.9
Right Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Paul Waner
PIT
RF
25.2
15.9
4.7
2.8
2 Kiki Cuyler
CHN
RF
29.8
10.4
2.8
1.2
3 Mel Ott
NY1
RF
19.3
7.8
1.9
0.6
4 Lance Richbourg
BSN
RF
30.5
6.0
2.2
-0.0
5 Curt Walker
CIN
RF
32.0
3.0
2.1
0.3
6 Cliff Heathcote
CHN
RF
30.4
2.4
0.4
0.1
7 Earl Webb
CHN
RF
30.8
1.1
0.8
0.4
8 Ernie Orsatti*
SLN
RF
25.8
0.3
0.3
0.1
*Rookie
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

1928 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 Buck Crouse
CHA
C
31.5
7.8
2.9
0.8
2 Moe Berg
CHA
C
26.3
3.9
3.8
1.2
3 Benny Bengough
NYA
C
29.9
3.7
3.9
2.1
4 Luke Sewell
CLE
C
27.5
2.4
5.7
1.5
5 Muddy Ruel
WS1
C
32.4
2.1
5.1
1.5
6 Charlie Berry*
BOS
C
25.7
1.7
1.1
-0.6
7 Bennie Tate
WS1
C
26.6
1.0
1.4
0.4
8 Larry Woodall
DET
C
33.9
1.0
2.5
0.5
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Phil Todt
BOS
1B
26.9
12.9
2.6
1.1
2 Lu Blue
SLA
1B
31.3
4.8
2.8
1.2
3 Bill Sweeney*
DET
1B
23.5
4.7
0.8
0.1
4 Ossie Orwoll*
PHA
1B
27.6
0.5
0.4
0.1
5 Ed Morgan*
CLE
1B
24.1
0.5
0.3
-0.0
6 Al Van Camp*
CLE
1B
24.8
0.1
0.0
-0.0
7 Harley Boss*
WS1
1B
19.6
-0.0
0.0
0.0
8 Red Rollings
BOS
1B
24.3
-0.0
0.0
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 Tony Lazzeri
NYA
2B
24.6
8.6
3.2
0.5
2 Otis Brannan*
SLA
2B
29.3
8.5
5.3
1.9
3 Jimmie Dykes
PHA
2B
31.6
3.1
1.6
0.8
4 Bucky Harris
WS1
2B
31.6
2.8
3.5
1.2
5 Ski Melillo
SLA
2B
28.9
2.0
1.0
0.5
6 Leo Durocher*
NYA
2B
22.9
1.5
1.6
0.5
7 Max Bishop
PHA
2B
28.8
0.3
6.3
3.2
8 Bill Hunnefield
CHA
2B
29.5
0.1
2.3
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 Bluege
WS1
3B
27.7
20.9
6.3
2.3
2 Jimmie Foxx
PHA
3B
20.7
6.0
3.3
1.6
3 Sammy Hale
PHA
3B
31.8
4.5
4.9
2.5
4 Johnny Hodapp
CLE
3B
22.8
2.2
2.6
-0.1
5 Marty McManus
DET
3B
28.3
0.2
3.2
0.8
6 Jack Warner
DET
3B
24.8
0.1
1.8
0.4
7 Pelham Ballenger*
WS1
3B
34.4
0.0
0.2
0.1
8 Aaron Ward
CLE
3B
31.8
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 Mark Koenig
NYA
SS
24.0
12.0
5.2
0.9
2 Wally Gerber
MULT
SS
36.9
10.5
5.1
1.7
3 Joe Cronin*
WS1
SS
21.7
5.0
2.6
0.5
4 Jackie Tavener
DET
SS
30.5
4.9
6.3
1.8
5 Billy Rogell
BOS
SS
23.6
2.2
2.3
0.5
6 Bobby Reeves
WS1
SS
24.0
0.5
2.2
-0.1
7 Ed Montague*
CLE
SS
22.9
0.2
0.4
-0.0
8 Jonah Goldman*
CLE
SS
21.8
0.1
0.2
-0.0
Left Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Charlie Jamieson
CLE
LF
35.4
7.8
3.2
1.5
2 Goose Goslin
WS1
LF
27.7
7.7
2.9
0.9
3 Bibb Falk
CHA
LF
29.4
4.9
1.9
0.8
4 Al Simmons
PHA
LF
26.1
4.8
3.9
2.2
5 Al Wingo
DET
LF
30.2
3.3
0.4
-0.1
6 Jack Rothrock
BOS
LF
23.3
0.1
0.3
0.0
7 Babe Ganzel*
WS1
LF
27.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
8 Carl Sumner*
BOS
LF
19.8
-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 Fred Schulte
SLA
CF
27.5
16.4
5.9
2.4
2 Johnny Mostil
CHA
CF
32.1
15.5
5.9
3.1
3 Sam West*
WS1
CF
23.7
6.2
2.1
0.7
4 Earle Combs
NYA
CF
29.1
5.9
4.2
0.5
5 George Loepp*
BOS
CF
26.8
0.3
0.2
0.1
6 Ira Flagstead
BOS
CF
34.8
0.1
4.3
1.0
7 Denny Williams
BOS
CF
31.6
0.1
0.0
-0.0
8 Red Barnes*
WS1
CF
23.5
-0.2
3.8
1.4
Right Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Doug Taitt*
BOS
RF
25.9
11.2
2.5
0.7
2 Babe Ruth
NYA
RF
33.4
8.4
1.4
-0.0
3 Ty Cobb
PHA
RF
41.5
7.6
2.3
1.1
4 Bing Miller
PHA
RF
33.8
6.6
1.9
0.9
5 Bill Barrett
CHA
RF
28.1
2.5
0.9
0.4
6 Carl Reynolds*
CHA
RF
25.4
1.3
1.2
0.4
7 Walter French
PHA
RF
29.0
0.9
0.3
0.2
8 Beauty McGowan
SLA
RF
26.6
0.5
0.6
0.0
*Rookie
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James