1986 Season
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1986 National League Gold Glove Awards

Catcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Jody Davis
CHN
C
29.6
5.3
9.9
4.9
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Mike LaValliere*
SLN
C
25.9
12.0
6.5
3.2
2 Tony Pena
PIT
C
29.1
10.8
6.8
2.1
3 Bob Melvin*
SFN
C
24.7
9.0
4.8
2.2
4 Bo Diaz
CIN
C
33.3
5.8
6.3
1.9
5 Mike Scioscia
LAN
C
27.6
5.4
5.3
1.5
6 Jody Davis
CHN
C
29.6
5.3
9.9
4.9
7 Bruce Benedict
ATL
C
30.9
3.5
2.4
0.7
8 Alex Trevino
LAN
C
28.8
3.3
2.4
0.6
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Keith Hernandez
NYN
1B
32.7
14.3
2.9
1.3
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Sid Bream
PIT
1B
25.9
21.4
1.8
0.2
2 Keith Hernandez
NYN
1B
32.7
14.3
2.9
1.3
3 Glenn Davis
HOU
1B
25.3
7.9
3.6
1.8
4 Greg Brock
LAN
1B
29.0
2.6
1.2
0.3
5 Von Hayes
PHI
1B
27.8
2.6
2.0
0.5
6 Clint Hurdle
SLN
1B
28.9
2.0
0.6
0.2
7 Mike Aldrete*
SFN
1B
25.4
1.9
0.5
0.2
8 Terry Francona
CHN
1B
27.2
1.7
0.2
0.0
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Ryne Sandberg
CHN
2B
26.8
1.6
6.5
2.0
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Glenn Hubbard
ATL
2B
28.8
20.5
6.4
2.6
2 Ron Oester
CIN
2B
30.2
14.1
7.2
2.9
3 Robby Thompson*
SFN
2B
24.1
4.9
4.4
0.3
4 Casey Candaele*
MON
2B
25.5
2.1
1.2
0.6
5 Luis Aguayo
PHI
2B
27.3
1.7
0.5
-0.0
6 Bip Roberts*
SDN
2B
22.7
1.7
2.2
0.4
7 Ryne Sandberg
CHN
2B
26.8
1.6
6.5
2.0
8 Vance Law
MON
2B
29.8
1.1
4.8
2.4
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Mike Schmidt
PHI
3B
36.8
2.0
4.2
1.6
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Tim Wallach
MON
3B
28.8
17.4
6.4
3.5
2 Terry Pendleton
SLN
3B
26.0
16.4
7.7
4.2
3 Jim Morrison
PIT
3B
33.8
3.7
1.6
-1.7
4 Mike Schmidt
PHI
3B
36.8
2.0
4.2
1.6
5 Jeff Hamilton*
LAN
3B
22.3
1.9
1.1
0.2
6 Dave Anderson
LAN
3B
25.9
1.4
0.8
0.1
7 Denny Walling
HOU
3B
32.2
1.2
3.7
1.8
8 Chris Speier
CHN
3B
36.0
0.6
0.4
-0.1
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Ozzie Smith
SLN
SS
31.5
6.2
8.6
3.8
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jose Uribe
SFN
SS
27.4
14.0
6.9
2.1
2 Ozzie Smith
SLN
SS
31.5
6.2
8.6
3.8
3 Garry Templeton
SDN
SS
30.3
5.6
5.0
0.6
4 Rafael Belliard*
PIT
SS
24.7
4.7
2.3
-0.3
5 Barry Larkin*
CIN
SS
22.2
4.3
1.9
0.8
6 Andres Thomas*
ATL
SS
22.6
3.4
4.0
1.3
7 Craig Reynolds
HOU
SS
33.5
3.0
4.6
2.1
8 Sam Khalifa
PIT
SS
22.6
2.1
1.4
-0.1
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Tony Gwynn
SDN
RF
26.1
12.5
2.8
0.5
Willie McGee
SLN
CF
27.7
-4.8
4.7
1.7
Dale Murphy
ATL
CF
30.3
-20.1
3.2
-0.6
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Barry Bonds*
PIT
CF
21.9
14.5
3.7
1.1
2 Glenn Wilson
PHI
RF
27.5
13.7
4.3
2.1
3 Eddie Milner
CIN
CF
31.1
13.2
3.2
0.6
4 Tony Gwynn
SDN
RF
26.1
12.5
2.8
0.5
5 Mookie Wilson
NYN
LF
30.4
11.5
3.7
1.9
6 Tito Landrum
SLN
RF
31.7
9.8
2.0
1.2
7 Lenny Dykstra
NYN
CF
23.4
9.2
4.8
2.2
8 Eric Davis
CIN
LF
24.1
8.0
2.2
0.0
9 Jose Cruz
HOU
LF
38.9
6.7
4.4
2.5
10 Gary Redus
PHI
LF
29.7
5.8
2.2
0.9
11 Chili Davis
SFN
RF
26.5
5.7
3.1
0.5
12 Curt Ford*
SLN
RF
25.7
5.6
1.4
0.6
13 Andy Van Slyke
SLN
RF
25.5
5.4
2.6
1.0
14 Mitch Webster
MON
CF
27.1
5.3
5.4
2.2
15 Randy Kutcher*
SFN
CF
26.2
4.1
1.6
0.7
16 Tim Raines
MON
LF
26.8
3.9
3.7
1.5
17 Kevin Bass
HOU
RF
27.1
3.8
6.0
3.4
18 R.J. Reynolds
PIT
LF
27.2
3.2
1.4
-0.2
19 Omar Moreno
ATL
RF
33.7
3.1
1.6
0.3
20 Franklin Stubbs
LAN
LF
25.7
2.8
1.7
-0.0
21 Milt Thompson
PHI
CF
27.5
2.6
3.1
1.3
22 Joe Orsulak
PIT
RF
24.1
2.6
2.0
0.2
23 Vince Coleman
SLN
LF
24.8
2.3
3.4
1.0
24 Thad Bosley
CHN
LF
29.8
1.9
0.1
-0.2
*Rookie
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

1986 American League Gold Glove Awards

Catcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Bob Boone
CAL
C
38.6
17.2
9.4
4.7
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bob Boone
CAL
C
38.6
17.2
9.4
4.7
2 Joel Skinner
MULT
C
25.4
8.6
3.8
0.4
3 Bob Kearney
SEA
C
29.7
7.7
3.5
1.3
4 Rich Gedman
BOS
C
26.8
5.6
11.3
7.0
5 Ron Karkovice*
CHA
C
22.9
5.6
2.1
0.9
6 Orlando Mercado
TEX
C
24.7
3.1
1.5
0.4
7 Butch Wynegar
NYA
C
30.3
2.2
2.0
0.2
8 Rick Dempsey
BAL
C
36.8
2.0
4.2
0.6
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Don Mattingly
NYA
1B
25.2
-0.2
3.3
1.5
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Willie Upshaw
TOR
1B
29.2
16.8
3.0
1.2
2 Eddie Murray
BAL
1B
30.4
15.5
1.6
0.2
3 Pete O'Brien
TEX
1B
28.4
13.7
3.7
2.1
4 Darrell Evans
DET
1B
39.1
12.7
1.4
0.3
5 Pat Tabler
CLE
1B
28.4
8.5
1.6
0.4
6 Bill Buckner
BOS
1B
36.5
5.9
2.2
0.7
7 Wally Joyner*
CAL
1B
24.0
3.9
1.7
-0.0
8 Bruce Bochte
OAK
1B
35.6
3.6
1.5
0.3
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Frank White
KCA
2B
35.8
-0.0
7.1
2.9
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Tony Phillips
OAK
2B
27.2
14.4
3.4
1.0
2 Rob Wilfong
CAL
2B
32.8
13.4
3.4
1.1
3 Jim Gantner
ML4
2B
33.5
9.5
5.8
2.1
4 Willie Randolph
NYA
2B
32.0
9.5
4.4
0.5
5 Harold Reynolds
SEA
2B
25.6
7.1
4.2
0.6
6 Julio Cruz
CHA
2B
31.6
6.7
2.4
0.3
7 Lou Whitaker
DET
2B
29.1
5.3
6.0
2.1
8 Steve Lombardozzi*
MIN
2B
26.2
4.8
6.7
2.7
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Gary Gaetti
MIN
3B
27.9
12.0
7.3
3.9
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Gary Gaetti
MIN
3B
27.9
12.0
7.3
3.9
2 Steve Buechele
TEX
3B
24.8
7.3
4.7
2.2
3 Garth Iorg
TOR
3B
31.7
3.2
1.5
0.4
4 Doug DeCinces
CAL
3B
35.8
3.0
2.8
-0.0
5 Kelly Gruber*
TOR
3B
24.3
2.9
0.9
0.3
6 Jim Presley
SEA
3B
24.7
2.2
3.8
0.4
7 Wade Boggs
BOS
3B
28.0
2.2
5.8
2.6
8 Rance Mulliniks
TOR
3B
30.5
2.0
3.1
1.2
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Tony Fernandez
TOR
SS
24.0
4.6
8.3
3.0
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ozzie Guillen
CHA
SS
22.4
14.9
8.4
3.5
2 Scott Fletcher
TEX
SS
27.9
10.4
6.4
2.2
3 Alfredo Griffin
OAK
SS
28.7
6.6
4.8
-0.5
4 Greg Gagne
MIN
SS
24.6
6.5
4.8
-0.0
5 Alan Trammell
DET
SS
28.4
5.4
7.8
3.1
6 Dick Schofield
CAL
SS
23.6
5.4
6.6
2.2
7 Angel Salazar
KCA
SS
24.7
4.7
3.2
0.1
8 Tony Fernandez
TOR
SS
24.0
4.6
8.3
3.0
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Jesse Barfield
TOR
RF
26.7
34.0
4.6
2.1
Gary Pettis
CAL
CF
28.2
30.6
5.9
2.2
Kirby Puckett
MIN
CF
26.3
-6.8
4.0
0.2
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jesse Barfield
TOR
RF
26.7
34.0
4.6
2.1
2 Gary Pettis
CAL
CF
28.2
30.6
5.9
2.2
3 Rickey Henderson
NYA
CF
27.5
15.8
5.3
1.9
4 Ruppert Jones
CAL
RF
31.3
9.3
1.8
0.1
5 Mike Davis
OAK
RF
27.1
9.0
3.1
0.9
6 Dave Collins
DET
LF
33.7
8.3
2.3
0.9
7 Dan Pasqua
NYA
LF
24.7
7.1
1.4
0.4
8 Harold Baines
CHA
RF
27.3
6.8
4.5
2.5
9 Mike Kingery*
KCA
RF
25.3
6.8
1.1
0.2
10 Chet Lemon
DET
CF
31.4
5.5
4.4
1.6
11 Larry Herndon
DET
LF
32.7
5.2
1.5
0.5
12 Gary Ward
TEX
LF
32.6
4.7
4.3
2.8
13 Willie Wilson
KCA
CF
31.0
4.3
5.5
1.9
14 Dave Henderson
MULT
CF
27.9
4.2
2.0
0.1
15 Mike Felder*
ML4
LF
24.6
3.8
0.8
0.2
16 Daryl Boston
CHA
CF
23.5
3.1
2.7
1.5
17 Mickey Hatcher
MIN
LF
31.3
3.1
0.5
0.1
18 Stan Javier*
OAK
CF
22.5
3.0
1.8
0.9
19 Devon White*
CAL
LF
23.5
2.9
0.5
0.2
20 Mike Young
BAL
LF
26.3
2.9
1.0
0.1
21 Oddibe McDowell
TEX
CF
23.9
2.8
5.6
2.2
22 Dwayne Murphy
OAK
CF
31.3
2.8
4.0
1.7
23 George Hendrick
CAL
RF
36.7
2.6
1.2
0.2
24 Joe Carter
CLE
RF
26.3
2.2
2.4
0.9
*Rookie
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