1971 Season
1970 / 1972
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Wood

1971 National League Gold Glove Awards

Catcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Johnny Bench
CIN
C
23.6
11.3
7.0
2.5
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Johnny Bench
CIN
C
23.6
11.3
7.0
2.5
2 Manny Sanguillen
PIT
C
27.3
8.5
10.3
5.8
3 Mike Ryan
PHI
C
29.6
7.6
2.6
1.2
4 Johnny Edwards
HOU
C
33.1
4.9
5.5
2.4
5 Bob Barton
SDN
C
29.9
3.8
6.5
2.7
6 Duffy Dyer
NYN
C
25.9
3.3
1.6
0.0
7 Jerry Grote
NYN
C
28.7
2.1
4.0
-0.0
8 John Bateman
MON
C
30.9
1.7
5.0
0.7
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Wes Parker
LAN
1B
31.6
8.1
2.7
1.3
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bob Robertson
PIT
1B
24.7
11.9
1.1
-0.3
2 Ron Fairly
MON
1B
33.0
9.4
1.7
0.4
3 Wes Parker
LAN
1B
31.6
8.1
2.7
1.3
4 Joe Hague
SLN
1B
27.2
8.1
1.1
0.4
5 Willie McCovey
SFN
1B
33.5
2.9
0.2
-0.8
6 Denis Menke
HOU
1B
30.9
2.8
1.4
0.4
7 Donn Clendenon
NYN
1B
36.0
2.3
1.2
0.5
8 Greg Luzinski*
PHI
1B
20.6
2.3
0.4
0.2
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Tommy Helms
CIN
2B
30.2
11.8
7.7
3.4
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Tommy Helms
CIN
2B
30.2
11.8
7.7
3.4
2 Tito Fuentes
SFN
2B
27.5
5.4
7.5
2.9
3 Terry Harmon
PHI
2B
27.2
5.4
2.0
0.5
4 Ted Sizemore
SLN
2B
26.2
4.6
2.5
0.1
5 Julian Javier
SLN
2B
34.9
3.4
1.9
-0.1
6 Dave Campbell
SDN
2B
29.5
3.4
1.8
-0.1
7 Gary Sutherland
MON
2B
26.8
3.2
1.2
0.0
8 Dave Cash
PIT
2B
23.1
3.0
3.3
0.5
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Doug Rader
HOU
3B
26.9
9.0
4.6
1.6
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Doug Rader
HOU
3B
26.9
9.0
4.6
1.6
2 Tony Perez
CIN
3B
29.1
8.3
4.3
1.2
3 Steve Garvey*
LAN
3B
22.5
8.1
2.4
0.9
4 Darrell Evans*
ATL
3B
24.1
5.9
3.0
1.6
5 Garry Jestadt*
MULT
3B
24.3
4.6
1.4
0.6
6 Ron Santo
CHN
3B
31.4
3.4
4.8
1.5
7 Wayne Garrett
NYN
3B
23.6
2.4
1.9
0.8
8 Bob Bailey
MON
3B
28.7
1.8
2.8
0.4
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Bud Harrelson
NYN
SS
27.1
5.1
10.9
6.3
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Chris Speier*
SFN
SS
21.0
17.8
8.9
3.9
2 Dal Maxvill
SLN
SS
32.4
7.7
6.9
3.1
3 Larry Bowa
PHI
SS
25.6
7.6
6.7
1.4
4 Gene Alley
PIT
SS
31.0
5.1
2.8
-0.5
5 Bud Harrelson
NYN
SS
27.1
5.1
10.9
6.3
6 Dave Concepcion
CIN
SS
23.0
2.4
3.2
0.3
7 Jackie Hernandez
PIT
SS
30.8
2.0
2.0
-0.1
8 Maury Wills
LAN
SS
38.7
1.7
6.8
2.2
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Bobby Bonds
SFN
RF
25.3
4.5
4.6
2.0
Roberto Clemente
PIT
RF
36.9
13.0
2.4
0.5
Willie Davis
LAN
CF
31.2
9.4
4.6
0.8
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Roberto Clemente
PIT
RF
36.9
13.0
2.4
0.5
2 Boots Day*
MON
CF
23.8
11.7
3.3
0.9
3 Mike Lum
ATL
RF
25.7
10.9
4.3
2.3
4 Willie Davis
LAN
CF
31.2
9.4
4.6
0.8
5 George Foster*
MULT
CF
22.6
9.3
5.3
2.5
6 Ivan Murrell
SDN
LF
28.2
8.1
1.4
0.4
7 Pete Rose
CIN
RF
30.2
7.7
4.1
1.6
8 Bill Buckner*
LAN
RF
21.5
6.8
1.6
0.4
9 Bernie Carbo
CIN
LF
23.9
6.7
2.0
0.8
10 Tommie Agee
NYN
CF
28.9
6.6
4.5
2.0
11 Ollie Brown
SDN
RF
27.4
6.5
2.7
0.6
12 Ken Henderson
SFN
LF
25.0
6.3
3.1
1.0
13 Cleon Jones
NYN
LF
28.9
6.1
3.0
1.2
14 Hal McRae
CIN
LF
26.0
5.1
1.9
0.5
15 Bobby Bonds
SFN
RF
25.3
4.5
4.6
2.0
16 Jesus Alou
HOU
RF
29.3
3.7
2.5
1.0
17 Vic Davalillo
PIT
RF
34.9
3.7
1.0
0.1
18 Ralph Garr*
ATL
LF
25.6
3.3
3.9
1.7
19 Billy Williams
CHN
LF
33.0
2.8
3.1
1.0
20 Jimmy Rosario*
SFN
CF
26.2
2.4
2.7
1.4
21 Mike Anderson*
PHI
CF
20.0
2.1
1.0
0.4
22 Art Shamsky
NYN
RF
29.7
1.5
1.0
0.6
23 Oscar Gamble
PHI
LF
21.5
1.4
1.2
0.2
24 Roger Freed*
PHI
RF
25.1
1.3
1.9
0.4
*Rookie
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

1971 American League Gold Glove Awards

Catcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Ray Fosse
CLE
C
24.2
6.1
6.3
2.3
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Paul Casanova
WS2
C
29.5
12.3
2.7
-0.1
2 Thurman Munson
NYA
C
24.1
9.0
8.5
4.6
3 Ray Fosse
CLE
C
24.2
6.1
6.3
2.3
4 Andy Etchebarren
BAL
C
28.0
4.1
3.9
1.8
5 George Mitterwald
MIN
C
26.1
3.8
4.7
1.0
6 Ed Herrmann
CHA
C
24.8
3.3
3.7
0.7
7 Jake Gibbs
NYA
C
32.7
3.3
2.6
1.0
8 Jeff Torborg
CAL
C
29.6
2.9
1.6
0.3
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
George Scott
BOS
1B
27.3
9.9
2.6
1.1
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 George Scott
BOS
1B
27.3
9.9
2.6
1.1
2 Mike Hegan
MULT
1B
28.9
5.0
0.8
0.2
3 Don Mincher
MULT
1B
33.0
4.1
1.3
0.1
4 Harmon Killebrew
MIN
1B
35.0
3.8
1.8
0.9
5 Jim Spencer
CAL
1B
23.9
3.4
2.9
1.4
6 Bob Oliver
KCA
1B
28.4
2.8
0.7
0.1
7 Tommy Davis
OAK
1B
32.3
2.3
0.5
0.1
8 John Ellis
NYA
1B
22.9
2.2
0.6
-0.0
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Davey Johnson
BAL
2B
28.4
8.3
5.9
1.8
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Sandy Alomar
CAL
2B
27.7
24.1
8.2
4.1
2 Dick Green
OAK
2B
30.2
14.2
9.1
4.8
3 Davey Johnson
BAL
2B
28.4
8.3
5.9
1.8
4 Ron Theobald*
ML4
2B
27.9
7.7
3.1
0.1
5 Tim Cullen
WS2
2B
29.4
7.3
3.2
1.2
6 Eddie Leon
CLE
2B
24.9
7.0
3.1
0.1
7 Cookie Rojas
KCA
2B
32.3
5.9
4.9
1.8
8 John Lowenstein*
CLE
2B
24.4
1.3
0.9
0.2
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Brooks Robinson
BAL
3B
34.1
7.4
5.8
2.3
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Graig Nettles
CLE
3B
26.9
24.7
9.8
6.2
2 Jerry Kenney
NYA
3B
26.0
12.0
2.0
-0.1
3 Aurelio Rodriguez
DET
3B
23.5
9.3
4.5
1.2
4 Bill Melton
CHA
3B
26.0
7.5
6.7
3.5
5 Brooks Robinson
BAL
3B
34.1
7.4
5.8
2.3
6 Ken McMullen
CAL
3B
29.1
3.8
4.0
0.4
7 Joe Foy
WS2
3B
28.4
2.7
1.0
0.2
8 Ron Hansen
NYA
3B
33.2
1.3
0.4
-0.2
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Mark Belanger
BAL
SS
27.1
10.5
8.4
3.6
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Freddie Patek
KCA
SS
26.7
12.8
8.1
3.4
2 Ed Brinkman
DET
SS
29.6
12.4
8.8
3.5
3 Bert Campaneris
OAK
SS
29.3
11.7
8.9
4.5
4 Mark Belanger
BAL
SS
27.1
10.5
8.4
3.6
5 Jim Fregosi
CAL
SS
29.2
7.0
1.9
-0.5
6 Lee Richard*
CHA
SS
22.8
5.9
2.1
0.2
7 Leo Cardenas
MIN
SS
32.5
4.2
8.3
3.2
8 Bobby Grich*
BAL
SS
22.5
0.3
0.5
0.3
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Paul Blair
BAL
CF
27.4
11.0
4.9
1.8
Amos Otis
KCA
CF
24.2
2.8
6.8
3.3
Carl Yastrzemski
BOS
LF
31.9
0.9
3.6
1.6
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Roy White
NYA
LF
27.5
20.1
2.4
0.4
2 Del Unser
WS2
CF
26.6
16.3
3.4
0.3
3 Paul Blair
BAL
CF
27.4
11.0
4.9
1.8
4 Cesar Tovar
MIN
LF
31.0
10.6
3.6
1.2
5 Ken Berry
CAL
CF
30.1
8.1
5.3
3.3
6 Merv Rettenmund
BAL
RF
28.1
8.0
3.2
0.9
7 Roger Repoz
CAL
RF
30.9
6.2
2.9
1.4
8 Reggie Jackson
OAK
RF
25.1
5.9
4.1
1.8
9 Joe Lahoud
BOS
RF
24.2
5.5
1.6
0.6
10 Tony Gonzalez
CAL
LF
34.8
4.7
2.2
1.0
11 Joe Rudi
OAK
LF
24.8
4.4
3.5
1.8
12 Walt Williams
CHA
RF
27.5
4.1
1.8
0.6
13 Tony Oliva
MIN
RF
32.9
4.0
1.7
-0.1
14 Bill Voss
ML4
RF
27.7
2.8
1.4
0.2
15 Amos Otis
KCA
CF
24.2
2.8
6.8
3.3
16 Tommie Reynolds
CAL
RF
29.9
2.7
0.7
0.4
17 Jim Nettles*
MIN
CF
24.3
2.7
1.8
0.6
18 Elliott Maddox
WS2
CF
23.5
2.4
2.0
0.4
19 Pat Kelly
CHA
RF
26.9
2.2
1.3
0.5
20 Billy Cowan
CAL
LF
32.8
2.2
1.1
0.6
21 Gates Brown
DET
LF
32.2
1.9
0.5
-0.1
22 Felipe Alou
MULT
RF
36.1
1.7
1.0
-0.3
23 Mickey Stanley
DET
CF
28.9
1.6
3.8
1.1
24 Dave May
ML4
CF
27.5
1.6
4.0
1.1
*Rookie
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