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1947 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 Clyde Kluttz
PIT
C
29.6
11.3
3.4
1.3
2 Andy Seminick
PHI
C
26.8
5.7
2.9
-0.8
3 Ray Mueller
CIN
C
35.3
2.5
2.6
0.9
4 Clyde McCullough
CHN
C
30.3
1.5
3.6
1.4
5 Phil Masi
BSN
C
31.5
1.3
6.4
2.1
6 Bobby Bragan
BRO
C
29.7
1.1
0.8
0.3
7 Billy Sullivan
PIT
C
36.7
0.3
0.5
0.1
8 Roy Jarvis*
PIT
C
21.1
0.3
0.5
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 Hank Greenberg
PIT
1B
36.5
10.4
1.1
-0.2
2 Johnny Mize
NY1
1B
34.5
8.8
2.4
0.8
3 Eddie Waitkus
CHN
1B
27.8
7.2
2.5
1.2
4 Earl Torgeson*
BSN
1B
23.5
7.2
1.5
0.2
5 Frank McCormick
MULT
1B
36.1
1.2
0.8
0.2
6 Chuck Kress*
CIN
1B
25.6
0.3
0.1
-0.0
7 Ed Stevens
BRO
1B
22.5
0.1
0.0
-0.0
8 Ted Kluszewski*
CIN
1B
22.8
-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 Bill Rigney
NY1
2B
29.4
7.0
2.6
0.5
2 Eddie Stanky
BRO
2B
30.8
5.3
8.1
3.6
3 Bobby Adams
CIN
2B
25.5
3.2
2.1
0.1
4 Mickey Witek
NY1
2B
31.5
2.2
1.5
0.3
5 Buddy Blattner
NY1
2B
27.4
1.2
1.0
0.0
6 Emil Verban
PHI
2B
31.8
1.0
8.4
3.7
7 Bobby Rhawn*
NY1
2B
28.4
0.3
0.2
-0.0
8 Eddie Miksis
BRO
2B
20.8
0.2
0.5
0.2
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Frankie Gustine
PIT
3B
27.4
16.1
5.7
2.2
2 Spider Jorgensen*
BRO
3B
27.7
7.3
4.4
1.5
3 Lee Handley
PHI
3B
33.9
5.2
2.0
0.2
4 Peanuts Lowrey
CHN
3B
29.8
4.2
3.8
1.9
5 Stan Hack
CHN
3B
37.6
2.2
2.8
1.5
6 Willie Jones*
PHI
3B
21.9
1.7
0.5
0.1
7 Bob Elliott
BSN
3B
30.6
0.2
5.5
2.2
8 Cookie Lavagetto
BRO
3B
34.6
0.1
0.6
0.3
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Pee Wee Reese
BRO
SS
28.9
8.2
8.1
3.4
2 Buddy Kerr
NY1
SS
24.7
6.6
6.0
1.4
3 Marty Marion
SLN
SS
29.6
6.4
10.6
5.8
4 Ralph LaPointe*
PHI
SS
25.5
3.0
2.3
0.6
5 Jack Albright*
PHI
SS
26.0
1.3
1.2
0.3
6 Granny Hamner*
PHI
SS
20.2
0.3
0.1
0.1
7 Billy Jurges
CHN
SS
39.1
0.2
0.3
-0.0
8 Stan Rojek*
BRO
SS
28.2
0.0
0.8
0.3
Left Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Del Ennis
PHI
LF
22.1
13.4
3.0
0.8
2 Ralph Kiner
PIT
LF
24.7
9.6
2.7
0.3
3 Enos Slaughter
SLN
LF
31.2
6.1
3.7
2.0
4 Bama Rowell
BSN
LF
31.5
5.2
2.1
0.8
5 Danny Litwhiler
BSN
LF
30.8
3.0
1.5
0.6
6 Gene Hermanski
BRO
LF
27.1
2.9
1.5
0.7
7 Marv Rickert
CHN
LF
26.5
0.4
0.3
0.0
8 Arky Vaughan
BRO
LF
35.3
0.2
0.7
0.4
Center Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Carl Furillo
BRO
CF
25.3
18.7
3.6
1.6
2 Harry Walker
MULT
CF
30.7
12.9
4.2
1.2
3 Bobby Thomson*
NY1
CF
23.7
7.6
3.2
0.3
4 Clyde Vollmer*
CIN
CF
25.8
3.3
0.6
-0.5
5 Jim Russell
PIT
CF
28.8
2.9
2.5
0.2
6 Tommy Tatum*
MULT
CF
28.0
1.1
0.7
-0.1
7 Mike McCormick
BSN
CF
30.2
0.2
1.4
0.7
8 Bob Usher
CIN
CF
22.3
-0.1
0.1
-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 Tommy Holmes
BSN
RF
30.3
17.6
5.0
2.8
2 Bill Nicholson
CHN
RF
32.6
7.8
2.9
0.8
3 Willard Marshall
NY1
RF
26.4
7.5
2.8
0.5
4 Wally Westlake*
PIT
RF
26.6
6.9
1.5
0.1
5 Chuck Diering*
SLN
RF
24.4
1.1
0.3
-0.0
6 Fuzz White*
NY1
RF
31.0
0.2
0.1
0.0
7 Marv Rackley*
BRO
RF
25.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
8 Erv Dusak
SLN
RF
26.9
-0.1
1.1
0.6
*Rookie
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

1947 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 Buddy Rosar
PHA
C
33.0
3.6
6.7
3.1
2 Mike Tresh
CHA
C
33.4
2.1
2.5
-0.3
3 Rick Ferrell
WS1
C
41.7
1.9
1.9
0.8
4 Al Lopez
CLE
C
38.9
1.5
2.2
1.4
5 Jake Early
SLA
C
32.1
1.5
2.8
0.3
6 Aaron Robinson
NYA
C
32.0
1.2
3.6
1.2
7 Mike Guerra
PHA
C
34.7
1.0
2.8
0.9
8 Les Moss*
SLA
C
22.1
0.6
3.0
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 Roy Cullenbine
DET
1B
33.7
24.2
2.7
1.2
2 Ferris Fain*
PHA
1B
26.3
12.6
1.6
0.2
3 Les Fleming
CLE
1B
31.9
7.1
1.0
0.3
4 George McQuinn
NYA
1B
37.1
5.2
2.9
1.4
5 Eddie Robinson*
CLE
1B
26.5
1.8
1.2
0.3
6 Dick Adams*
PHA
1B
27.2
0.9
0.3
0.1
7 Pat Cooper*
PHA
1B
29.6
-0.0
0.0
0.0
8 Jack Phillips*
NYA
1B
25.8
-0.4
0.1
0.1
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
CLE
2B
32.4
16.7
5.8
1.0
2 Bobby Doerr
BOS
2B
29.2
14.0
7.9
3.4
3 Jerry Priddy
WS1
2B
27.6
6.3
6.5
2.0
4 Snuffy Stirnweiss
NYA
2B
28.7
3.0
6.0
1.5
5 Hank Thompson*
SLA
2B
21.6
0.7
0.6
0.0
6 Don Kolloway
CHA
2B
28.9
0.5
4.0
0.9
7 Cass Michaels
CHA
2B
21.3
0.2
2.5
0.7
8 Larry Doby*
CLE
2B
23.6
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 Floyd Baker
CHA
3B
30.7
10.3
4.7
2.4
2 Ken Keltner
CLE
3B
30.7
9.9
4.2
0.8
3 Hank Majeski
PHA
3B
30.6
8.0
5.3
2.3
4 Bobby Brown*
NYA
3B
22.7
1.0
0.4
-0.2
5 Eddie Bockman*
CLE
3B
26.9
0.5
0.3
0.1
6 Mickey Rutner*
PHA
3B
27.3
0.1
0.2
-0.0
7 Al Rosen*
CLE
3B
23.3
0.1
0.0
-0.0
8 Don Richmond*
PHA
3B
27.7
0.1
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 Lou Boudreau
CLE
SS
30.0
20.5
7.8
2.8
2 Vern Stephens
SLA
SS
26.7
13.3
8.4
3.4
3 Phil Rizzuto
NYA
SS
30.8
6.9
11.4
6.3
4 Luke Appling
CHA
SS
40.2
6.8
4.9
0.5
5 Eddie Joost
PHA
SS
31.1
3.9
6.7
1.6
6 Johnny Pesky
BOS
SS
27.8
0.6
5.5
0.9
7 Jack Conway
CLE
SS
28.9
0.5
0.4
-0.0
8 Perry Currin*
SLA
SS
18.8
0.0
0.1
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 Johnny Lindell
NYA
LF
30.8
15.0
3.3
1.7
2 Dale Mitchell*
CLE
LF
25.9
4.1
1.4
0.2
3 Joe Grace
WS1
LF
33.5
3.7
1.0
0.1
4 Ralph Hodgin
CHA
LF
32.4
2.8
0.9
0.2
5 Dick Wakefield
DET
LF
26.2
0.9
1.5
-0.1
6 Loyd Christopher*
CHA
LF
27.5
0.5
0.3
0.1
7 Tom McBride
MULT
LF
32.7
0.5
0.6
-0.1
8 Johnny Groth*
DET
LF
20.9
0.1
0.1
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 Dom DiMaggio
BOS
CF
30.4
14.3
6.1
3.1
2 Sam Chapman
PHA
CF
31.2
9.9
5.7
2.6
3 Hoot Evers
DET
CF
26.4
9.3
4.0
1.2
4 Catfish Metkovich
CLE
CF
26.7
7.8
4.5
1.7
5 Dave Philley*
CHA
CF
27.1
7.7
3.0
0.8
6 Thurman Tucker
CHA
CF
29.8
1.9
1.8
0.3
7 Felix Mackiewicz
MULT
CF
29.6
0.2
0.1
-0.0
8 Junior Wooten*
WS1
CF
23.5
0.0
0.1
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 Tommy Henrich
NYA
RF
34.4
14.5
3.1
1.3
2 Elmer Valo
PHA
RF
26.3
3.4
2.2
0.7
3 Hank Edwards
CLE
RF
28.4
2.9
1.2
0.3
4 Al Zarilla
SLA
RF
28.2
1.0
1.1
0.0
5 Willard Brown*
SLA
RF
32.0
0.6
0.3
0.0
6 Austin Knickerbocker*
PHA
RF
28.7
0.5
0.2
0.0
7 George Binks
PHA
RF
33.0
0.4
1.1
0.3
8 Leon Culberson
BOS
RF
27.9
0.3
0.3
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