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1929 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
26.4
8.2
4.9
1.8
2 Jimmie Wilson
SLN
C
28.9
6.3
5.6
1.4
3 Zack Taylor
MULT
C
30.9
4.2
4.6
1.7
4 Charlie Hargreaves
PIT
C
32.5
3.8
5.0
1.9
5 Mike Gonzalez
CHN
C
38.8
3.3
3.5
1.7
6 Leo Dixon
CIN
C
34.8
0.8
0.7
0.2
7 Butch Henline
BRO
C
34.5
0.7
1.0
0.4
8 Earl Grace*
CHN
C
22.4
0.2
1.7
0.8
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
33.8
17.6
3.1
1.6
2 Bill Terry
NY1
1B
30.7
10.7
2.9
1.3
3 Charlie Grimm
CHN
1B
30.8
1.8
1.7
0.5
4 Harvey Hendrick
BRO
1B
31.6
1.6
0.6
0.1
5 Pat Crawford*
NY1
1B
27.4
0.4
0.1
0.0
6 Chick Tolson
CHN
1B
30.7
0.3
0.4
0.0
7 Terry Lyons*
PHI
1B
20.5
0.0
0.0
-0.0
8 Bill Windle*
PIT
1B
24.6
-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 Frankie Frisch
SLN
2B
30.8
14.4
4.3
1.4
2 Freddie Maguire
BSN
2B
30.1
13.0
3.8
0.5
3 Andy Cohen
NY1
2B
24.7
3.3
4.3
2.2
4 Randy Reese
NY1
2B
25.4
1.2
2.1
1.1
5 Carey Selph*
SLN
2B
27.6
0.2
0.3
0.1
6 Johnny Evers
BSN
2B
47.9
0.0
0.0
-0.0
7 Doc Marshall*
NY1
2B
23.1
-0.0
0.2
0.1
8 Rogers Hornsby
CHN
2B
33.2
-0.1
5.7
1.8
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Wally Gilbert
BRO
3B
28.5
16.9
6.2
2.2
2 Pie Traynor
PIT
3B
30.6
9.4
5.9
2.2
3 Norm McMillan
CHN
3B
33.7
8.7
5.0
1.6
4 Freddie Lindstrom
NY1
3B
23.6
4.0
5.5
1.8
5 Clyde Beck
CHN
3B
29.5
0.7
1.6
0.7
6 Jim Stroner*
PIT
3B
28.1
0.0
0.0
-0.1
7 Fred Haney
SLN
3B
33.2
-0.0
0.4
0.2
8 Henry Peploski*
BSN
3B
23.8
-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 Travis Jackson
NY1
SS
25.7
20.3
9.5
4.3
2 Woody English
CHN
SS
23.3
9.4
8.6
3.6
3 Rabbit Maranville
BSN
SS
37.6
7.9
9.7
4.8
4 Charlie Gelbert*
SLN
SS
23.4
6.4
9.9
4.9
5 Sparky Adams
PIT
SS
34.8
0.3
0.5
-0.2
6 Hod Ford
CIN
SS
31.9
0.2
4.2
0.5
7 Ben Sankey*
PIT
SS
21.8
0.1
0.1
-0.0
8 Glenn Wright
BRO
SS
28.4
0.1
0.0
-0.1
Left Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Rube Bressler
BRO
LF
34.7
7.3
1.2
-0.6
2 Evar Swanson*
CIN
LF
26.7
6.1
1.8
0.5
3 Riggs Stephenson
CHN
LF
31.5
1.8
2.4
0.4
4 Freddy Leach
NY1
LF
31.6
0.4
1.3
-0.1
5 Pid Purdy
CIN
LF
25.0
0.4
0.8
0.3
6 Fred Brickell
PIT
LF
22.6
0.4
0.4
0.3
7 Billy Zitzmann
CIN
LF
33.6
0.1
0.2
0.0
8 Red Barron*
BSN
LF
29.0
0.0
0.1
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 Johnny Frederick*
BRO
CF
27.4
15.6
3.2
-0.5
2 Taylor Douthit
SLN
CF
28.2
13.8
4.3
0.5
3 Earl Clark
BSN
CF
21.7
8.6
2.6
0.9
4 Jimmy Welsh
MULT
CF
26.7
7.4
2.7
1.4
5 Phil Voyles*
BSN
CF
29.1
1.1
0.3
-0.1
6 Heinie Mueller
BSN
CF
29.8
1.0
0.3
0.0
7 Nick Cullop*
BRO
CF
28.7
0.2
0.1
-0.1
8 Jack Smith
BSN
CF
34.0
0.1
0.0
-0.1
Right Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Kiki Cuyler
CHN
RF
30.8
12.1
2.3
0.6
2 Mel Ott
NY1
RF
20.3
10.4
4.1
1.8
3 Paul Waner
PIT
RF
26.2
7.3
4.9
2.7
4 Cliff Heathcote
CHN
RF
31.4
6.6
1.3
0.6
5 Lance Richbourg
BSN
RF
31.5
5.6
3.2
1.2
6 Curt Walker
CIN
RF
33.0
2.6
3.1
0.9
7 Ernie Orsatti
SLN
RF
26.8
1.5
1.3
0.3
8 Danny Taylor*
CHN
RF
28.5
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
*Rookie
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

1929 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 Moe Berg
CHA
C
27.3
5.3
4.5
1.1
2 Buck Crouse
CHA
C
32.5
5.1
1.6
0.3
3 Bill Dickey*
NYA
C
22.1
3.0
5.5
0.9
4 Bennie Tate
WS1
C
27.6
3.0
3.1
0.6
5 Muddy Ruel
WS1
C
33.4
2.4
2.8
0.8
6 Charlie Berry
BOS
C
26.7
2.4
3.6
1.4
7 Rick Ferrell*
SLA
C
23.7
1.7
2.0
0.6
8 Luke Sewell
CLE
C
28.5
1.4
5.3
0.8
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
27.9
13.5
2.0
0.5
2 Lu Blue
SLA
1B
32.3
3.4
2.1
0.5
3 Lew Fonseca
CLE
1B
30.4
1.6
2.6
1.1
4 Charlie Gooch*
WS1
1B
27.1
0.2
0.0
0.0
5 Jerry Standaert*
BOS
1B
27.7
0.1
0.0
0.0
6 George Burns
MULT
1B
36.4
0.0
0.3
0.1
7 Harley Boss*
WS1
1B
20.6
-0.0
0.2
0.1
8 Joe Hauser
CLE
1B
30.5
-0.3
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 Ski Melillo
SLA
2B
29.9
25.4
7.1
3.6
2 John Kerr*
CHA
2B
30.6
8.7
4.4
1.4
3 Max Bishop
PHA
2B
29.8
6.3
4.7
1.4
4 Otis Brannan
SLA
2B
30.3
0.7
0.6
0.3
5 Bill Hunnefield
CHA
2B
30.5
0.1
0.9
0.3
6 Bucky Harris
DET
2B
32.6
0.1
0.1
-0.0
7 Jim Cronin*
PHA
2B
23.9
0.1
0.4
0.2
8 Bud Morse*
PHA
2B
24.8
0.0
0.3
0.1
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bobby Reeves
BOS
3B
25.0
15.9
4.7
1.1
2 Sammy Hale
PHA
3B
32.8
5.3
3.9
1.2
3 Ossie Bluege
WS1
3B
28.7
3.7
1.6
0.6
4 Marty McManus
DET
3B
29.3
3.4
5.8
1.6
5 Joe Sewell
CLE
3B
30.7
1.2
8.3
4.0
6 Jackie Hayes
WS1
3B
23.0
0.9
2.3
0.5
7 Bob Barrett
BOS
3B
30.4
0.2
1.3
0.8
8 Frank Sigafoos*
MULT
3B
25.3
0.0
0.1
-0.0
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Joe Cronin
WS1
SS
22.7
24.7
5.9
1.0
2 Leo Durocher
NYA
SS
23.9
7.1
5.8
2.8
3 Ray Gardner*
CLE
SS
27.7
7.0
4.8
2.4
4 Jackie Tavener
CLE
SS
31.5
6.8
5.1
2.5
5 Wally Gerber
BOS
SS
37.9
2.1
0.5
0.1
6 Mark Koenig
NYA
SS
25.0
1.5
2.6
0.8
7 Ed Roetz*
SLA
SS
23.9
-0.0
0.3
0.1
8 Nolen Richardson*
DET
SS
26.5
-0.0
0.0
-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 Charlie Jamieson
CLE
LF
36.4
9.7
1.9
0.5
2 Russ Scarritt*
BOS
LF
26.5
7.9
2.6
0.7
3 Goose Goslin
WS1
LF
28.7
7.8
2.6
0.4
4 Al Simmons
PHA
LF
27.1
2.9
5.5
3.3
5 Cedric Durst
NYA
LF
32.9
2.5
0.7
0.1
6 Roy Johnson*
DET
LF
26.4
1.7
1.3
-0.0
7 Ben Paschal
NYA
LF
33.7
0.0
0.1
-0.0
8 Doc Cramer*
PHA
LF
23.9
0.0
0.2
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 Sam West
WS1
CF
24.7
14.3
5.2
1.7
2 Fred Schulte
SLA
CF
28.5
5.2
7.5
4.5
3 Dutch Hoffman*
CHA
CF
25.4
2.7
2.7
1.0
4 Jack Rothrock
BOS
CF
24.3
1.4
4.3
1.1
5 Johnny Mostil
CHA
CF
33.1
1.2
0.2
0.0
6 Johnny Watwood*
CHA
CF
23.9
1.1
1.4
0.1
7 Spencer Harris
WS1
CF
28.9
0.1
0.1
-0.0
8 Red Barnes
WS1
CF
24.5
0.0
0.1
-0.2
Right Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bing Miller
PHA
RF
34.8
15.6
3.7
1.6
2 Bill Barrett
MULT
RF
29.1
6.1
2.2
0.9
3 Doug Taitt
MULT
RF
26.9
3.5
0.8
0.3
4 Babe Ruth
NYA
RF
34.4
2.3
1.0
-0.1
5 Sam Rice
WS1
RF
39.4
2.0
2.8
0.6
6 Carl Reynolds
CHA
RF
26.4
2.0
1.9
0.4
7 Beauty McGowan
SLA
RF
27.6
1.1
2.2
1.0
8 Elliot Bigelow*
BOS
RF
31.7
0.9
0.6
-0.1
*Rookie
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

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