1938 Season
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1938 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 Al Todd
PIT
C
36.5
6.6
8.6
3.8
2 Mickey Owen
SLN
C
22.2
4.8
4.3
0.1
3 Merv Shea
BRO
C
37.8
4.5
1.4
0.1
4 Al Lopez
BSN
C
29.9
3.6
4.3
1.9
5 Ray Mueller
BSN
C
26.3
2.7
4.6
2.2
6 Spud Davis
MULT
C
33.5
1.7
1.7
-0.4
7 Ken O'Dea
CHN
C
25.3
1.2
3.4
1.0
8 Johnny Riddle*
BSN
C
32.7
1.1
1.3
0.6
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Dolph Camilli
BRO
1B
31.2
6.7
2.3
0.7
2 Ripper Collins
CHN
1B
34.3
2.9
2.2
0.7
3 Elbie Fletcher
BSN
1B
22.3
2.1
2.6
1.1
4 Phil Weintraub
PHI
1B
30.7
1.2
1.2
0.2
5 Earl Browne
PHI
1B
27.3
0.5
0.2
0.0
6 Sam Leslie
NY1
1B
32.9
0.2
0.4
0.1
7 Johnny McCarthy
NY1
1B
28.5
-0.2
2.0
0.6
8 Gene Corbett*
PHI
1B
24.7
-1.0
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 Pep Young
PIT
2B
30.8
13.2
7.7
3.7
2 Billy Herman
CHN
2B
29.0
12.8
8.9
4.9
3 Lonny Frey
CIN
2B
27.9
11.4
3.3
0.0
4 Stu Martin
SLN
2B
25.6
3.7
2.8
0.2
5 Jimmy Brown
SLN
2B
28.2
3.5
1.5
0.2
6 Johnny Hudson*
BRO
2B
26.0
3.0
4.0
0.5
7 Lou Chiozza
NY1
2B
28.1
2.0
1.2
0.4
8 Bill Cissell
NY1
2B
34.5
0.5
1.9
1.0
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Lew Riggs
CIN
3B
28.2
14.1
4.9
1.1
2 Lee Handley
PIT
3B
24.9
8.1
6.1
2.5
3 Bill Brubaker
PIT
3B
27.7
2.8
0.4
-0.0
4 Debs Garms
BSN
3B
31.0
0.8
1.9
0.6
5 Don Lang*
CIN
3B
23.3
0.2
0.5
0.1
6 Gil English
BSN
3B
29.0
-0.0
1.5
0.6
7 Justin Stein*
MULT
3B
26.9
-0.1
0.2
-0.0
8 Eddie Mayo
BSN
3B
28.2
-0.1
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 Dick Bartell
NY1
SS
30.6
14.6
7.5
3.2
2 Arky Vaughan
PIT
SS
26.3
13.6
8.7
3.7
3 Billy Myers
CIN
SS
27.9
8.4
5.6
1.5
4 Rabbit Warstler
BSN
SS
34.8
8.2
5.2
0.6
5 George Myatt*
NY1
SS
24.0
1.0
1.4
0.5
6 Nolen Richardson
CIN
SS
35.5
0.8
1.4
0.4
7 Jim Hitchcock*
BSN
SS
27.0
0.0
0.6
-0.0
8 Bobby Mattick*
CHN
SS
22.6
0.0
0.0
-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 Morrie Arnovich
PHI
LF
27.6
15.8
2.2
0.3
2 Max West*
BSN
LF
21.6
5.4
1.6
0.6
3 Augie Galan
CHN
LF
26.1
1.5
2.8
1.6
4 Roy Johnson
BSN
LF
35.4
0.2
0.0
-0.1
5 Wally Berger
MULT
LF
32.7
0.1
2.1
0.6
6 Jim Asbell*
CHN
LF
24.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
7 Johnny Dickshot
PIT
LF
28.4
0.1
0.1
0.0
8 Tom Winsett
BRO
LF
28.6
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 Vince DiMaggio
BSN
CF
25.8
26.0
6.1
2.4
2 Harry Craft*
CIN
CF
23.2
9.6
6.9
3.1
3 Terry Moore
SLN
CF
26.1
3.9
2.8
1.0
4 Lloyd Waner
PIT
CF
32.3
1.7
4.6
1.1
5 Pepper Martin
SLN
CF
34.3
1.5
0.9
-0.0
6 Frenchy Bordagaray
SLN
CF
28.5
1.0
0.3
0.0
7 Gibby Brack
MULT
CF
30.3
-0.0
0.6
-0.3
8 Woody Jensen
PIT
CF
30.9
-0.2
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 Ival Goodman
CIN
RF
29.9
15.8
3.7
1.6
2 Enos Slaughter*
SLN
RF
22.2
6.8
1.2
0.2
3 Gene Moore
BSN
RF
28.8
6.0
1.1
0.5
4 Johnny Cooney
BSN
RF
37.3
4.4
1.7
0.6
5 Kiki Cuyler
BRO
RF
39.8
2.9
0.7
0.1
6 Goody Rosen*
BRO
RF
25.8
1.8
1.2
0.3
7 Don Padgett
SLN
RF
26.6
0.4
1.3
0.4
8 Kiddo Davis
CIN
RF
36.4
0.0
0.1
0.0
*Rookie
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

1938 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 Frankie Pytlak
CLE
C
29.9
5.0
5.7
2.5
2 Bill Dickey
NYA
C
31.1
3.9
6.2
1.7
3 Billy Sullivan
SLA
C
27.7
3.0
5.1
2.0
4 Luke Sewell
CHA
C
37.5
2.1
3.0
0.9
5 Rollie Hemsley
CLE
C
31.0
2.1
3.7
1.5
6 Earle Brucker
PHA
C
37.2
1.7
0.8
-0.9
7 Hal Wagner*
PHA
C
23.0
1.6
0.4
-0.4
8 Joe Glenn
NYA
C
29.6
1.1
1.3
0.3
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Hank Greenberg
DET
1B
27.5
9.5
3.0
1.4
2 Zeke Bonura
WS1
1B
29.8
4.0
1.8
0.4
3 Hal Trosky
CLE
1B
25.6
3.6
2.6
1.0
4 George McQuinn
SLA
1B
28.1
2.2
2.6
1.1
5 Joe Kuhel
CHA
1B
32.0
1.5
1.6
0.4
6 Merv Connors*
CHA
1B
24.4
0.7
0.2
0.0
7 Jimmie Foxx
BOS
1B
30.7
0.6
1.1
-0.5
8 Tommy Thompson
CHA
1B
28.1
-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 Joe Gordon*
NYA
2B
23.4
29.3
6.4
3.1
2 Bobby Doerr
BOS
2B
20.2
12.6
6.3
2.5
3 Jackie Hayes
CHA
2B
32.0
6.0
1.8
0.2
4 Charlie Gehringer
DET
2B
35.1
3.8
5.9
2.0
5 Bill Knickerbocker
NYA
2B
26.5
0.6
1.4
0.5
6 Ray Mack*
CLE
2B
21.8
0.1
0.1
0.1
7 Jesse Landrum*
CHA
2B
25.9
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
8 Oscar Grimes*
CLE
2B
23.2
-0.0
0.0
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 Harlond Clift
SLA
3B
25.9
10.0
6.7
2.9
2 Buddy Lewis
WS1
3B
21.9
8.3
3.7
-0.3
3 Billy Werber
PHA
3B
30.0
5.7
5.2
1.8
4 Don Ross*
DET
3B
24.0
3.0
3.3
1.4
5 Mark Christman*
DET
3B
24.7
2.3
3.4
1.7
6 Red Rolfe
NYA
3B
29.7
1.2
4.5
0.5
7 Johnny Lucadello*
SLA
3B
19.4
0.0
0.1
-0.0
8 Lou Boudreau*
CLE
3B
21.0
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 Frankie Crosetti
NYA
SS
27.7
16.6
8.3
3.0
2 Luke Appling
CHA
SS
31.2
10.6
3.8
1.2
3 Cecil Travis
WS1
SS
24.9
5.4
6.3
1.4
4 Boze Berger
CHA
SS
28.1
4.3
3.5
1.2
5 Johnny Gerlach*
CHA
SS
21.1
0.1
0.4
0.1
6 Skeeter Newsome
PHA
SS
27.7
0.1
0.4
-0.1
7 Rusty Peters
PHA
SS
23.5
0.1
0.0
-0.0
8 Tommy Irwin*
CLE
SS
25.5
-0.0
0.1
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 Jeff Heath*
CLE
LF
23.3
11.7
2.8
1.1
2 Al Simmons
WS1
LF
36.1
6.5
1.7
0.2
3 George Selkirk
NYA
LF
30.5
6.4
2.1
0.7
4 Dixie Walker
DET
LF
27.8
3.3
1.6
0.4
5 John Stone
WS1
LF
32.7
3.2
0.5
0.1
6 Jake Powell
NYA
LF
30.0
2.2
0.8
0.2
7 Moose Solters
CLE
LF
32.3
2.0
1.0
0.4
8 Myril Hoag
NYA
LF
30.3
0.5
0.6
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 Mike Kreevich
CHA
CF
30.1
19.9
5.5
2.4
2 Joe DiMaggio
NYA
CF
23.6
16.6
5.8
2.3
3 Roy Weatherly
CLE
CF
23.4
2.1
1.3
0.3
4 Larry Rosenthal
CHA
CF
28.1
2.0
0.5
0.0
5 Paul Easterling
PHA
CF
32.8
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
6 Ethan Allen
SLA
CF
34.5
-0.2
0.0
-0.1
7 Chet Morgan*
DET
CF
28.1
-0.5
2.4
0.8
8 Bob Johnson
PHA
CF
32.6
-0.8
3.9
1.0
Right Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ben Chapman
BOS
RF
29.5
10.4
3.3
1.5
2 Pete Fox
DET
RF
29.3
9.7
3.4
1.2
3 Gee Walker
CHA
RF
30.3
4.0
1.0
0.2
4 Wally Moses
PHA
RF
27.7
3.9
2.6
0.6
5 George Case*
WS1
RF
22.6
3.4
1.2
0.0
6 Taffy Wright*
WS1
RF
26.9
3.1
0.7
0.0
7 Tommy Henrich
NYA
RF
25.4
2.2
3.2
1.3
8 Red Nonnenkamp*
BOS
RF
28.0
1.7
0.8
0.4
*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