1979 Season
1978 / 1980
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Niekro

1979 National League Gold Glove Awards

Catcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Bob Boone
PHI
C
31.6
3.8
6.6
2.8
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Gary Carter
MON
C
25.2
13.3
12.2
7.4
2 John Stearns
NYN
C
27.9
10.6
5.8
1.8
3 Steve Yeager
LAN
C
30.6
9.1
4.1
0.9
4 Tim Blackwell
CHN
C
26.9
4.5
1.5
-0.0
5 Bruce Benedict*
ATL
C
23.9
4.4
0.1
-2.2
6 Bob Boone
PHI
C
31.6
3.8
6.6
2.8
7 Barry Foote
CHN
C
27.4
3.0
5.0
0.9
8 Alex Trevino*
NYN
C
21.8
2.2
2.1
0.9
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Keith Hernandez
SLN
1B
25.7
17.0
2.8
1.0
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Keith Hernandez
SLN
1B
25.7
17.0
2.8
1.0
2 Cesar Cedeno
HOU
1B
28.4
2.8
1.2
0.3
3 Dan Driessen
CIN
1B
27.9
1.2
2.1
0.6
4 Mike Lum
ATL
1B
33.7
1.1
0.4
-0.1
5 Bill Buckner
CHN
1B
29.5
1.0
2.7
1.2
6 Broderick Perkins
SDN
1B
24.6
0.8
0.2
-0.0
7 Dale Murphy
ATL
1B
23.3
0.6
0.6
-0.2
8 Tom Hutton
MON
1B
33.2
0.5
0.2
0.1
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Manny Trillo
PHI
2B
28.5
13.8
4.9
1.4
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Manny Trillo
PHI
2B
28.5
13.8
4.9
1.4
2 Phil Garner
PIT
2B
30.2
8.8
4.1
1.7
3 Ken Oberkfell*
SLN
2B
23.2
6.5
4.5
1.5
4 Joe Strain*
SFN
2B
25.2
4.6
1.7
-0.2
5 Glenn Hubbard
ATL
2B
21.8
3.7
3.2
0.6
6 Art Howe
HOU
2B
32.5
3.6
4.1
2.3
7 Bill Almon
SDN
2B
26.6
3.5
1.3
-0.2
8 Rennie Stennett
PIT
2B
28.2
3.2
4.4
1.7
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Mike Schmidt
PHI
3B
29.8
15.1
6.0
2.7
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Mike Schmidt
PHI
3B
29.8
15.1
6.0
2.7
2 Darrell Evans
SFN
3B
32.1
7.7
4.1
0.6
3 Ron Cey
LAN
3B
31.4
4.4
4.6
1.6
4 Jerry Royster
ATL
3B
26.7
3.8
3.8
2.1
5 Steve Ontiveros
CHN
3B
27.7
3.0
3.9
0.8
6 Richie Hebner
NYN
3B
31.6
2.8
3.3
0.5
7 Bob Horner
ATL
3B
21.9
2.6
2.2
0.5
8 Mike Macha*
ATL
3B
25.4
0.2
0.1
-0.0
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Dave Concepcion
CIN
SS
31.0
2.1
9.4
4.5
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Garry Templeton
SLN
SS
23.3
22.5
8.8
3.7
2 Ozzie Smith
SDN
SS
24.5
15.4
6.2
1.1
3 Bill Russell
LAN
SS
30.7
8.0
4.2
-0.8
4 Tim Foli
MULT
SS
28.6
7.2
8.3
3.9
5 Craig Reynolds
HOU
SS
26.5
6.6
9.0
4.3
6 Chris Speier
MON
SS
29.0
6.2
5.2
1.6
7 Dave Concepcion
CIN
SS
31.0
2.1
9.4
4.5
8 Mike Phillips
SLN
SS
28.9
1.2
1.3
0.6
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Garry Maddox
PHI
CF
29.8
16.6
5.2
1.9
Dave Parker
PIT
RF
28.1
-3.5
3.5
1.1
Dave Winfield
SDN
RF
27.7
3.6
2.9
0.5
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Warren Cromartie
MON
LF
25.8
29.7
4.5
2.2
2 Garry Maddox
PHI
CF
29.8
16.6
5.2
1.9
3 Bake McBride
PHI
RF
30.4
16.3
3.0
0.9
4 Joel Youngblood
NYN
RF
27.8
16.3
2.4
0.3
5 Jose Cruz
HOU
LF
31.9
13.0
4.1
2.0
6 Tony Scott
SLN
CF
27.8
11.7
7.1
3.5
7 Derrel Thomas
LAN
CF
28.5
10.9
2.6
0.2
8 Jerry Turner
SDN
LF
25.5
9.5
1.4
-0.1
9 Omar Moreno
PIT
CF
26.7
8.8
7.2
3.0
10 Terry Puhl
HOU
CF
23.0
7.2
6.1
2.8
11 Cesar Geronimo
CIN
CF
31.3
5.5
3.5
1.0
12 Elliott Maddox
NYN
RF
31.5
5.0
1.2
0.3
13 George Hendrick
SLN
RF
29.7
4.9
3.6
1.5
14 Steve Henderson
NYN
LF
26.6
4.7
1.5
0.1
15 George Foster
CIN
LF
30.6
4.3
1.7
0.1
16 Dave Kingman
CHN
LF
30.5
4.1
2.5
0.7
17 Lee Lacy
PIT
LF
31.2
3.9
0.8
0.2
18 Dave Winfield
SDN
RF
27.7
3.6
2.9
0.5
19 Reggie Smith
LAN
RF
34.2
3.5
1.4
0.5
20 Dusty Baker
LAN
LF
30.0
2.8
2.1
0.0
21 Dave Collins
CIN
RF
26.7
1.9
1.1
-0.0
22 Bill Robinson
PIT
LF
36.0
1.2
1.8
0.6
23 Mike Anderson
PHI
LF
28.0
1.0
0.5
0.1
24 Jerry Mumphrey
SLN
LF
26.8
1.0
2.0
0.6
*Rookie
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

1979 American League Gold Glove Awards

Catcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Jim Sundberg
TEX
C
28.1
6.3
10.4
5.4
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Rick Dempsey
BAL
C
29.8
11.7
9.2
5.2
2 Lance Parrish
DET
C
23.0
9.1
8.6
3.9
3 Jim Essian
OAK
C
28.5
8.0
4.9
2.6
4 Jim Sundberg
TEX
C
28.1
6.3
10.4
5.4
5 Rick Cerone
TOR
C
25.1
5.0
6.5
1.9
6 Jeff Newman
OAK
C
30.8
5.0
5.9
3.2
7 Thurman Munson
NYA
C
32.1
4.7
4.2
1.2
8 Butch Wynegar
MIN
C
23.3
3.6
10.7
5.8
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Cecil Cooper
ML4
1B
29.5
-3.5
2.1
0.6
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ron Jackson
MIN
1B
26.1
19.6
2.2
0.6
2 Lamar Johnson
CHA
1B
28.8
9.8
1.5
0.7
3 Mike Squires
CHA
1B
27.3
8.9
1.6
0.7
4 Bruce Bochte
SEA
1B
28.6
7.7
2.6
1.0
5 Andre Thornton
CLE
1B
29.9
6.3
2.3
0.9
6 Jason Thompson
DET
1B
25.0
4.0
2.2
0.8
7 Pat Putnam*
TEX
1B
25.6
2.7
1.2
0.3
8 Craig Kusick
MULT
1B
30.8
2.0
0.2
0.0
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Frank White
KCA
2B
28.8
1.5
3.3
-0.4
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Lou Whitaker
DET
2B
22.1
13.7
6.7
3.2
2 Bobby Grich
CAL
2B
30.5
10.5
6.9
2.4
3 Julio Cruz
SEA
2B
24.6
7.7
4.8
1.6
4 Bump Wills
TEX
2B
26.9
5.5
5.9
1.6
5 Willie Randolph
NYA
2B
25.0
3.5
7.5
3.0
6 Paul Molitor
ML4
2B
22.9
2.4
6.1
2.4
7 Rob Wilfong
MIN
2B
25.8
1.8
5.7
2.3
8 Bob Randall
MIN
2B
31.1
1.8
2.6
1.1
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Buddy Bell
TEX
3B
27.8
22.2
6.5
3.4
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Buddy Bell
TEX
3B
27.8
22.2
6.5
3.4
2 George Brett
KCA
3B
26.1
15.6
5.3
2.0
3 Doug DeCinces
BAL
3B
28.8
8.7
3.8
1.2
4 Eric Soderholm
MULT
3B
30.8
5.5
3.3
1.6
5 Tom Brookens*
DET
3B
25.9
5.1
2.0
1.2
6 Kevin Bell
CHA
3B
24.0
4.3
1.9
0.5
7 Graig Nettles
NYA
3B
34.9
1.8
3.9
0.7
8 Phil Mankowski
DET
3B
26.5
1.4
1.0
0.5
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Rick Burleson
BOS
SS
28.2
9.7
12.3
7.2
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bucky Dent
NYA
SS
27.6
18.9
8.9
4.3
2 Greg Pryor
CHA
SS
29.7
11.7
3.1
-0.5
3 Rick Burleson
BOS
SS
28.2
9.7
12.3
7.2
4 Mark Belanger
BAL
SS
35.1
6.4
3.4
1.2
5 Alfredo Griffin*
TOR
SS
21.7
5.1
5.6
0.5
6 Roy Smalley
MIN
SS
26.7
4.1
7.9
2.4
7 Bert Campaneris
MULT
SS
37.3
3.1
4.7
2.2
8 Jim Anderson*
CAL
SS
22.4
2.6
3.6
1.4
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Dwight Evans
BOS
RF
27.7
5.6
4.3
2.1
Sixto Lezcano
ML4
RF
25.6
0.5
2.5
0.5
Fred Lynn
BOS
CF
27.4
-2.5
6.6
3.2
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Willie Wilson
KCA
LF
24.0
31.2
4.9
2.7
2 Al Bumbry
BAL
CF
32.2
10.8
6.5
3.2
3 Ben Oglivie
ML4
LF
30.4
10.5
2.2
0.5
4 Ruppert Jones
SEA
CF
24.3
10.3
3.9
-0.0
5 Tony Armas
OAK
RF
26.0
9.6
0.8
-0.5
6 Bombo Rivera
MIN
LF
26.9
7.9
1.8
0.8
7 Rick Bosetti
TOR
CF
25.9
7.4
5.4
1.5
8 Leon Roberts
SEA
RF
28.4
7.2
1.8
0.0
9 Dwight Evans
BOS
RF
27.7
5.6
4.3
2.1
10 Rickey Henderson*
OAK
LF
20.5
5.1
0.8
-0.8
11 Gary Roenicke
BAL
LF
24.6
4.7
3.6
1.8
12 Larry Murray
OAK
RF
26.3
4.7
0.7
-0.3
13 Bob Bailor
TOR
RF
28.0
4.7
2.1
0.6
14 Chet Lemon
CHA
CF
24.4
4.6
6.2
2.6
15 Bill Sample*
TEX
LF
24.2
4.2
2.6
1.3
16 Ron LeFlore
DET
CF
31.0
4.1
3.4
0.7
17 Bobby Bonds
CLE
RF
33.3
3.8
2.1
0.4
18 Lou Piniella
NYA
LF
35.8
3.7
2.2
0.7
19 Dave Edwards*
MIN
LF
25.4
3.7
1.6
0.3
20 Dwayne Murphy*
OAK
CF
24.3
3.5
1.7
-1.1
21 Hosken Powell
MIN
RF
24.1
2.9
1.2
-0.0
22 Jim Norris
CLE
LF
30.5
2.9
1.7
0.3
23 Jim Wohlford
ML4
LF
28.3
2.8
1.0
0.2
24 Lynn Jones*
DET
CF
26.5
2.8
1.4
0.2
*Rookie
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