1961 Season
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1961 National League Gold Glove Awards

Catcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Johnny Roseboro
LAN
C
28.1
4.5
6.2
2.2
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Clay Dalrymple
PHI
C
24.6
10.1
4.4
0.7
2 Hal Smith
SLN
C
30.1
5.3
3.3
2.0
3 Johnny Roseboro
LAN
C
28.1
4.5
6.2
2.2
4 Sammy Taylor
CHN
C
28.3
2.7
2.0
-0.1
5 Jerry Zimmerman*
CIN
C
26.8
2.2
2.4
0.3
6 Smoky Burgess
PIT
C
34.4
2.1
3.4
0.5
7 Hal Smith
PIT
C
30.6
1.7
2.1
0.2
8 Jimmie Schaffer*
SLN
C
25.2
1.6
3.0
1.4
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Bill White
SLN
1B
27.4
0.9
2.4
0.8
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Willie McCovey
SFN
1B
23.5
6.2
1.8
0.9
2 Norm Larker
LAN
1B
30.5
4.5
1.6
0.8
3 Gordy Coleman
CIN
1B
27.0
3.7
3.1
1.5
4 Pancho Herrera
PHI
1B
27.0
2.3
1.0
-0.2
5 Bill White
SLN
1B
27.4
0.9
2.4
0.8
6 Andre Rodgers
CHN
1B
26.6
0.6
0.3
-0.1
7 Mel Roach
MULT
1B
28.4
0.3
0.1
-0.0
8 Moe Morhardt*
CHN
1B
24.5
0.2
0.0
-0.0
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Bill Mazeroski
PIT
2B
24.8
9.0
7.9
3.5
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bill Mazeroski
PIT
2B
24.8
9.0
7.9
3.5
2 Jerry Kindall
CHN
2B
26.1
6.7
1.2
-0.0
3 Julian Javier
SLN
2B
24.9
5.3
3.8
0.7
4 Don Zimmer
CHN
2B
30.5
5.1
2.9
-0.2
5 Bobby Malkmus
PHI
2B
30.0
4.6
1.8
0.2
6 Don Blasingame
MULT
2B
29.3
2.2
4.9
1.7
7 Elio Chacon*
CIN
2B
24.7
1.1
1.8
0.8
8 George Williams*
PHI
2B
21.7
0.9
0.3
0.0
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Ken Boyer
SLN
3B
30.1
10.4
6.1
2.6
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ken Boyer
SLN
3B
30.1
10.4
6.1
2.6
2 Jim Davenport
SFN
3B
27.9
7.3
5.6
3.0
3 Jim Gilliam
LAN
3B
32.7
4.7
2.3
1.3
4 Charley Smith*
MULT
3B
23.8
0.8
1.6
-0.5
5 Willie Jones
CIN
3B
35.9
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
6 Gene Baker
PIT
3B
36.0
-0.0
0.1
0.0
7 Cliff Cook
CIN
3B
24.9
-0.0
0.1
0.0
8 Bob Sadowski*
PHI
3B
24.5
-0.1
0.2
-0.0
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Maury Wills
LAN
SS
28.7
4.7
9.1
4.2
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Roy McMillan
ML1
SS
32.0
11.4
6.2
1.1
2 Maury Wills
LAN
SS
28.7
4.7
9.1
4.2
3 Ernie Banks
CHN
SS
30.4
4.4
4.9
1.6
4 Dick Groat
PIT
SS
30.7
3.4
7.1
2.4
5 Ruben Amaro
PHI
SS
25.5
1.7
3.7
-0.4
6 Eddie Bressoud
SFN
SS
29.2
1.7
1.1
0.2
7 Alex Grammas
SLN
SS
35.2
0.9
1.6
0.3
8 Julio Gotay*
SLN
SS
22.1
0.8
0.1
-0.2
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Roberto Clemente
PIT
RF
26.9
5.3
2.7
0.5
Willie Mays
SFN
CF
30.2
5.8
5.4
1.6
Vada Pinson
CIN
CF
22.9
-2.3
9.4
5.7
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Hank Aaron
ML1
CF
27.4
16.0
5.2
2.0
2 Johnny Callison
PHI
LF
22.3
9.6
1.3
-0.4
3 Lee Maye
ML1
RF
26.6
7.8
1.7
0.4
4 Frank Robinson
CIN
RF
25.8
7.6
5.4
3.2
5 Curt Flood
SLN
CF
23.5
7.4
5.8
3.5
6 Willie Davis*
LAN
CF
21.2
6.1
2.5
0.3
7 Willie Mays
SFN
CF
30.2
5.8
5.4
1.6
8 Roberto Clemente
PIT
RF
26.9
5.3
2.7
0.5
9 Bobby Gene Smith
PHI
LF
27.1
3.4
0.8
0.3
10 Bill Virdon
PIT
CF
30.1
2.3
4.4
0.8
11 Don Taussig*
SLN
LF
29.4
1.5
2.4
1.4
12 Al Heist*
CHN
CF
33.7
1.4
2.3
0.3
13 George Altman
CHN
RF
28.3
1.3
2.0
-0.2
14 Felipe Alou
SFN
RF
26.1
0.8
2.3
0.7
15 Frank Thomas
MULT
LF
32.1
0.6
1.8
0.3
16 Bob Will
CHN
RF
30.0
0.5
0.2
-0.0
17 Wally Post
CIN
LF
32.0
0.4
2.2
1.1
18 Walt Moryn
MULT
RF
35.2
0.4
0.2
0.0
19 Hawk Taylor*
ML1
LF
22.2
0.3
0.1
0.1
20 Matty Alou*
SFN
RF
22.5
0.2
0.9
0.1
21 Doug Clemens*
SLN
LF
22.1
0.1
0.0
-0.0
22 Lou Brock*
CHN
CF
22.0
0.0
0.0
-0.1
23 Jim McAnany
CHN
RF
24.8
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
24 Joe Gaines*
CIN
CF
24.6
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
*Rookie
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

1961 American League Gold Glove Awards

Catcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Earl Battey
MIN
C
26.5
5.0
6.0
1.6
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Joe Pignatano
KC1
C
31.9
5.2
2.7
0.2
2 Earl Battey
MIN
C
26.5
5.0
6.0
1.6
3 Ed Sadowski*
LAA
C
30.5
4.2
1.7
0.1
4 Gus Triandos
BAL
C
30.9
3.9
5.3
1.6
5 Sherm Lollar
CHA
C
36.9
3.6
6.0
2.7
6 Pete Daley
WS2
C
31.5
2.7
1.7
-0.4
7 Jim Pagliaroni*
BOS
C
23.6
1.6
0.7
-2.8
8 Haywood Sullivan
KC1
C
30.5
1.1
2.7
0.0
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Vic Power
CLE
1B
33.7
8.7
2.5
1.0
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Vic Power
CLE
1B
33.7
8.7
2.5
1.0
2 Dale Long
WS2
1B
35.4
7.2
0.5
-0.5
3 Norm Cash
DET
1B
26.6
5.9
2.7
1.0
4 Roy Sievers
CHA
1B
34.6
4.7
2.0
0.6
5 Bill Skowron
NYA
1B
30.5
4.1
1.8
0.2
6 Vic Wertz
MULT
1B
36.4
1.5
1.5
0.7
7 Marv Throneberry
MULT
1B
27.8
1.4
0.4
0.1
8 R.C. Stevens*
WS2
1B
26.9
0.4
0.1
-0.1
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Bobby Richardson
NYA
2B
25.9
-10.2
6.4
1.7
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ken Aspromonte
MULT
2B
29.8
11.6
3.7
1.5
2 Chuck Cottier
MULT
2B
25.5
11.1
4.3
1.4
3 Chuck Schilling*
BOS
2B
23.7
10.4
7.6
3.0
4 Marv Breeding
BAL
2B
27.3
8.0
3.9
1.9
5 Mike de la Hoz
CLE
2B
22.7
4.5
0.2
-0.1
6 Jerry Lumpe
KC1
2B
28.1
3.4
5.5
1.3
7 Rocky Bridges
LAA
2B
33.9
2.2
2.2
0.8
8 Billy Moran
LAA
2B
27.6
0.9
1.9
0.5
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Brooks Robinson
BAL
3B
24.1
10.8
5.2
1.5
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Clete Boyer
NYA
3B
24.4
27.3
7.1
4.1
2 Brooks Robinson
BAL
3B
24.1
10.8
5.2
1.5
3 Danny O'Connell
WS2
3B
34.4
7.6
1.9
0.2
4 Gene Leek*
LAA
3B
25.0
3.7
1.9
0.8
5 Wayne Causey
KC1
3B
24.5
3.0
3.0
1.3
6 Tom Satriano*
LAA
3B
20.8
1.8
0.5
0.0
7 Harry Bright*
WS2
3B
31.8
1.5
1.1
0.3
8 Billy Goodman
CHA
3B
35.3
0.5
0.1
-0.0
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Luis Aparicio
CHA
SS
27.2
11.6
6.5
1.6
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Tony Kubek
NYA
SS
25.7
15.8
9.2
4.5
2 Luis Aparicio
CHA
SS
27.2
11.6
6.5
1.6
3 Zoilo Versalles*
MIN
SS
21.5
8.2
6.5
2.4
4 Woodie Held
CLE
SS
29.3
7.5
5.9
1.1
5 Ron Hansen
BAL
SS
23.2
5.0
8.8
3.9
6 Jim Mahoney*
WS2
SS
27.1
1.8
1.3
0.3
7 Coot Veal
WS2
SS
29.0
0.7
2.4
0.5
8 Chico Fernandez
DET
SS
29.3
0.1
5.9
2.2
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Al Kaline
DET
RF
26.5
11.5
3.4
0.9
Jim Landis
CHA
CF
27.3
13.8
4.1
0.6
Jim Piersall
CLE
CF
31.6
12.2
4.0
1.1
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jim Landis
CHA
CF
27.3
13.8
4.1
0.6
2 Jim Piersall
CLE
CF
31.6
12.2
4.0
1.1
3 Jackie Jensen
BOS
RF
34.3
11.7
3.8
1.7
4 Al Kaline
DET
RF
26.5
11.5
3.4
0.9
5 Earl Robinson*
BAL
RF
24.7
10.9
2.7
1.8
6 Bob Allison
MIN
RF
27.0
9.7
3.3
1.0
7 Hector Lopez
NYA
LF
32.0
8.4
1.5
0.6
8 Yogi Berra
NYA
LF
36.1
8.1
2.0
0.8
9 Marty Keough
WS2
LF
26.2
8.0
2.4
0.9
10 Willie Kirkland
CLE
RF
27.4
6.8
2.6
0.5
11 Gene Stephens
MULT
CF
28.4
5.8
1.7
0.4
12 Bob Cerv
MULT
LF
35.2
4.1
0.9
0.4
13 Chuck Hinton*
WS2
LF
27.2
4.0
1.6
0.4
14 Albie Pearson
LAA
RF
26.8
3.6
2.8
0.7
15 Jim Busby
BAL
CF
34.5
3.4
1.7
0.9
16 Jackie Brandt
BAL
CF
27.2
3.0
4.9
1.8
17 Carroll Hardy
BOS
CF
28.1
2.6
1.7
0.4
18 Floyd Robinson*
CHA
RF
25.1
2.6
1.7
0.1
19 Jim King
WS2
RF
28.8
2.4
1.5
0.4
20 Whitey Herzog
BAL
RF
29.6
2.4
2.2
0.9
21 Rocky Colavito
DET
LF
27.9
2.0
2.7
0.5
22 Ty Cline*
CLE
CF
22.0
0.8
0.2
-0.1
23 Mike Hershberger*
CHA
CF
21.7
0.7
0.3
-0.0
24 Charlie Maxwell
DET
LF
34.2
0.6
0.4
0.1
*Rookie
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