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1988 National League Gold Glove Awards

Catcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Benito Santiago
SDN
C
23.3
8.4
9.0
4.4
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Benito Santiago
SDN
C
23.3
8.4
9.0
4.4
2 Mike Scioscia
LAN
C
29.6
7.9
9.5
5.5
3 Nelson Santovenia*
MON
C
26.9
7.8
3.1
0.1
4 Bruce Benedict
ATL
C
32.9
7.4
3.5
0.9
5 Damon Berryhill*
CHN
C
24.6
4.7
4.9
2.0
6 Mike LaValliere
PIT
C
27.9
4.4
5.6
1.8
7 Bob Melvin
SFN
C
26.7
2.6
1.9
-0.7
8 Mark Parent*
SDN
C
26.8
2.2
2.4
1.2
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Keith Hernandez
NYN
1B
34.7
4.8
1.5
0.5
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Sid Bream
PIT
1B
27.9
14.6
2.6
1.2
2 Glenn Davis
HOU
1B
27.3
8.3
3.2
1.5
3 Andres Galarraga
MON
1B
27.0
7.0
2.0
0.3
4 Will Clark
SFN
1B
24.3
5.4
2.5
0.8
5 Keith Hernandez
NYN
1B
34.7
4.8
1.5
0.5
6 Franklin Stubbs
LAN
1B
27.7
3.1
0.8
0.1
7 Von Hayes
PHI
1B
29.8
1.7
1.2
0.3
8 Mike Laga
SLN
1B
28.0
1.6
0.5
0.2
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Ryne Sandberg
CHN
2B
28.8
-0.8
6.3
1.8
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jose Lind
PIT
2B
24.2
12.9
7.0
2.6
2 Roberto Alomar*
SDN
2B
20.4
9.0
6.8
2.6
3 Tom Foley
MON
2B
28.8
8.4
4.0
1.7
4 Casey Candaele
MULT
2B
27.5
4.4
2.1
0.9
5 Rex Hudler*
MON
2B
27.8
3.1
1.7
0.8
6 Tim Teufel
NYN
2B
30.0
2.6
4.3
2.3
7 Jose Oquendo
SLN
2B
25.0
2.3
2.2
0.4
8 Mark Lemke*
ATL
2B
22.9
2.1
0.3
-0.2
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Tim Wallach
MON
3B
30.8
4.9
7.6
4.3
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Chris Sabo*
CIN
3B
26.5
12.1
5.1
2.1
2 Terry Pendleton
SLN
3B
28.0
8.1
3.2
1.0
3 Bobby Bonilla
PIT
3B
25.4
6.9
3.9
0.3
4 Kevin Mitchell
SFN
3B
26.5
6.7
3.0
0.9
5 Tim Wallach
MON
3B
30.8
4.9
7.6
4.3
6 Matt Williams
SFN
3B
22.6
3.4
1.6
0.9
7 Denny Walling
MULT
3B
34.2
2.4
2.2
1.2
8 Mike Schmidt
PHI
3B
38.8
2.2
2.5
0.3
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Ozzie Smith
SLN
SS
33.5
7.1
7.6
2.7
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Barry Larkin
CIN
SS
24.2
23.3
7.0
2.3
2 Jose Uribe
SFN
SS
29.4
10.2
5.8
1.3
3 Garry Templeton
SDN
SS
32.3
8.5
4.8
1.5
4 Ozzie Smith
SLN
SS
33.5
7.1
7.6
2.7
5 Kevin Elster*
NYN
SS
23.9
3.6
7.0
2.9
6 Felix Fermin*
PIT
SS
24.7
2.4
0.8
-0.2
7 Alfredo Griffin
LAN
SS
30.7
2.3
5.1
2.1
8 Dickie Thon
SDN
SS
30.0
1.1
2.2
0.2
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Eric Davis
CIN
CF
26.1
2.7
3.9
0.8
Andre Dawson
CHN
RF
34.0
-5.4
1.9
-0.2
Andy Van Slyke
PIT
CF
27.5
11.1
5.4
1.8
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Barry Bonds
PIT
LF
23.9
19.6
2.7
0.8
2 Kirk Gibson
LAN
LF
31.1
13.3
3.3
1.2
3 Andy Van Slyke
PIT
CF
27.5
11.1
5.4
1.8
4 Brett Butler
SFN
CF
31.0
7.8
3.8
0.2
5 Mike Aldrete
SFN
LF
27.4
7.1
1.6
0.2
6 Gerald Young
HOU
CF
23.7
6.2
5.8
2.3
7 Otis Nixon
MON
CF
29.5
5.3
3.3
1.8
8 Tony Gwynn
SDN
RF
28.1
5.1
2.2
-0.0
9 Dale Murphy
ATL
RF
32.3
5.0
2.9
0.5
10 Shane Mack
SDN
CF
24.6
4.7
1.4
0.4
11 Carmelo Martinez
SDN
LF
27.9
4.5
1.6
0.7
12 Milt Thompson
PHI
CF
29.5
4.4
2.7
0.4
13 Tim Raines
MON
LF
28.8
3.7
3.6
2.0
14 Eric Davis
CIN
CF
26.1
2.7
3.9
0.8
15 Kevin Bass
HOU
RF
29.1
2.5
3.2
1.2
16 Lenny Dykstra
NYN
CF
25.4
2.2
3.6
1.3
17 Curt Ford
SLN
LF
27.7
1.6
0.6
0.3
18 Darryl Strawberry
NYN
RF
26.3
1.5
2.5
0.3
19 Paul O'Neill
CIN
RF
25.4
1.5
2.9
1.1
20 Dave Collins
CIN
RF
35.7
1.3
0.6
0.2
21 Terry Blocker*
ATL
CF
28.9
1.3
1.7
0.3
22 Ron Jones*
PHI
RF
24.1
1.1
0.5
0.1
23 Eddie Milner
CIN
CF
33.1
1.0
0.4
0.2
24 Lonnie Smith
ATL
LF
32.5
0.7
0.4
0.0
*Rookie
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

1988 American League Gold Glove Awards

Catcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Bob Boone
CAL
C
40.6
15.6
5.7
2.0
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bob Boone
CAL
C
40.6
15.6
5.7
2.0
2 Ron Karkovice
CHA
C
24.9
7.7
2.2
0.9
3 Mike Heath
DET
C
33.4
6.5
3.2
1.0
4 Dave Valle
SEA
C
27.7
6.3
4.0
1.3
5 Charlie O'Brien*
ML4
C
28.2
6.0
2.9
1.6
6 Andy Allanson
CLE
C
26.5
3.0
7.3
2.7
7 Larry Owen
KCA
C
33.1
2.1
1.2
0.2
8 Don Slaught
NYA
C
29.8
1.9
1.8
-1.3
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Don Mattingly
NYA
1B
27.2
4.5
2.2
0.6
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Pete O'Brien
TEX
1B
30.4
15.6
4.1
2.4
2 Eddie Murray
BAL
1B
32.4
12.4
1.1
-0.1
3 Fred McGriff
TOR
1B
24.7
11.1
3.0
1.4
4 Willie Upshaw
CLE
1B
31.2
9.7
2.4
0.9
5 Don Mattingly
NYA
1B
27.2
4.5
2.2
0.6
6 Jim Traber
BAL
1B
26.5
4.4
0.6
-0.0
7 Greg Brock
ML4
1B
31.0
1.4
1.4
0.3
8 Dave Bergman
DET
1B
35.1
0.3
0.6
0.1
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Harold Reynolds
SEA
2B
27.6
13.6
7.0
2.3
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Glenn Hubbard
OAK
2B
30.8
13.9
4.8
2.2
2 Harold Reynolds
SEA
2B
27.6
13.6
7.0
2.3
3 Mike Gallego
OAK
2B
27.7
10.7
2.8
1.1
4 Curtis Wilkerson
TEX
2B
27.2
9.5
0.8
-1.5
5 Willie Randolph
NYA
2B
34.0
6.6
5.8
2.6
6 Frank White
KCA
2B
37.8
4.0
8.2
4.2
7 Jim Gantner
ML4
2B
35.5
3.2
7.2
2.8
8 Johnny Ray
CAL
2B
31.3
3.2
2.8
-0.2
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Gary Gaetti
MIN
3B
29.9
-3.1
4.7
2.2
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Kelly Gruber
TOR
3B
26.3
17.7
6.5
3.2
2 Steve Buechele
TEX
3B
26.8
12.3
4.8
1.6
3 Jack Howell
CAL
3B
26.9
8.2
1.9
-1.3
4 Rene Gonzales*
BAL
3B
27.8
8.0
2.2
0.8
5 Paul Molitor
ML4
3B
31.9
3.5
2.5
0.3
6 Kenny Williams
CHA
3B
24.2
0.6
0.5
-0.1
7 Jim Presley
SEA
3B
26.7
0.4
2.6
-0.6
8 Craig Worthington*
BAL
3B
23.2
0.3
0.7
0.2
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Tony Fernandez
TOR
SS
26.0
4.6
8.0
3.1
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ozzie Guillen
CHA
SS
24.4
22.1
9.7
4.6
2 Walt Weiss*
OAK
SS
24.6
16.8
9.7
5.1
3 Greg Gagne
MIN
SS
26.6
8.1
8.1
3.7
4 Alan Trammell
DET
SS
30.4
6.4
5.4
1.5
5 Tony Fernandez
TOR
SS
26.0
4.6
8.0
3.1
6 Bill Pecota
KCA
SS
28.4
1.5
1.5
0.5
7 Dick Schofield
CAL
SS
25.6
1.0
6.8
1.8
8 Dave Owen
KCA
SS
30.2
0.1
0.2
0.1
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Gary Pettis
DET
CF
30.2
11.7
5.1
2.3
Kirby Puckett
MIN
CF
28.3
-6.8
6.0
2.3
Devon White
CAL
CF
25.5
22.2
2.1
-0.6
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Devon White
CAL
CF
25.5
22.2
2.1
-0.6
2 Rickey Henderson
NYA
LF
29.5
14.6
2.1
0.1
3 Jesse Barfield
TOR
RF
28.7
14.4
4.4
2.4
4 Gary Pettis
DET
CF
30.2
11.7
5.1
2.3
5 Luis Polonia
OAK
LF
24.7
10.0
1.3
0.3
6 Dan Gladden
MIN
LF
31.0
9.4
3.4
1.4
7 Stan Javier
OAK
LF
24.5
8.1
2.1
0.4
8 Glenn Braggs
ML4
RF
25.7
7.9
1.7
0.9
9 Joe Orsulak
BAL
RF
26.1
7.7
1.3
-0.2
10 Dan Pasqua
CHA
LF
26.7
7.6
2.6
1.0
11 Cory Snyder
CLE
RF
25.6
7.1
3.3
1.3
12 Cecil Espy*
TEX
LF
25.4
6.7
3.3
1.8
13 Jay Buhner*
MULT
RF
23.9
5.7
2.0
0.8
14 Jose Canseco
OAK
RF
24.0
4.2
2.7
0.6
15 Dwayne Murphy
DET
CF
33.3
3.9
1.8
0.9
16 Ruben Sierra
TEX
RF
22.7
3.5
4.4
2.2
17 Daryl Boston
CHA
LF
25.5
3.5
1.7
0.2
18 Mike Kingery
SEA
CF
27.3
3.0
1.0
0.4
19 Gary Ward
NYA
CF
34.6
2.8
1.2
0.2
20 Pat Sheridan
DET
LF
30.6
2.6
1.9
0.5
21 Thad Bosley
MULT
LF
31.8
2.4
0.2
-0.1
22 Mark Davidson
MIN
RF
27.4
2.4
1.1
0.6
23 Rob Deer
ML4
RF
27.8
2.2
4.1
2.2
24 Claudell Washington
NYA
CF
33.8
2.1
2.9
0.4
*Rookie
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