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1996 National League Gold Glove Awards

Catcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Charles Johnson
FLO
C
24.9
14.2
8.7
4.8
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Charles Johnson
FLO
C
24.9
14.2
8.7
4.8
2 Jason Kendall*
PIT
C
22.0
5.9
2.3
-1.9
3 Scott Servais
CHN
C
29.1
5.0
5.2
0.9
4 Rick Wilkins
MULT
C
29.1
4.1
5.8
2.0
5 Joe Oliver
CIN
C
30.9
3.3
3.3
0.5
6 Eddie Perez*
ATL
C
28.2
3.0
2.2
0.8
7 Benito Santiago
PHI
C
31.3
1.7
5.1
1.3
8 Kirt Manwaring
MULT
C
31.0
1.5
4.3
1.9
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Mark Grace
CHN
1B
32.0
4.5
2.6
1.1
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jeff King
PIT
1B
31.5
14.3
1.7
0.8
2 Jeff Bagwell
HOU
1B
28.1
9.5
2.3
0.5
3 Greg Colbrunn
FLO
1B
26.9
8.1
2.3
0.9
4 Hal Morris
CIN
1B
31.2
5.5
1.8
0.3
5 Mark Grace
CHN
1B
32.0
4.5
2.6
1.1
6 Mark Johnson
PIT
1B
28.7
4.1
1.8
0.9
7 David Segui
MON
1B
30.0
3.7
1.9
0.7
8 Eric Karros
LAN
1B
28.7
2.1
3.5
1.8
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Craig Biggio
HOU
2B
30.5
-4.0
6.3
1.7
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Mark Lemke
ATL
2B
30.9
17.8
7.3
3.5
2 Jody Reed
SDN
2B
33.9
10.8
6.3
2.2
3 Luis Alicea
SLN
2B
30.9
8.4
2.2
-1.0
4 Mike Gallego
SLN
2B
35.7
6.1
1.0
-0.2
5 Bret Boone
CIN
2B
27.2
4.5
6.1
2.1
6 Tony Graffanino*
ATL
2B
24.1
3.1
0.7
0.3
7 Mike Lansing
MON
2B
28.2
2.6
6.6
2.1
8 Todd Haney*
CHN
2B
30.9
2.5
0.8
0.3
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Ken Caminiti
SDN
3B
33.2
14.3
6.7
3.6
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ken Caminiti
SDN
3B
33.2
14.3
6.7
3.6
2 Shane Andrews
MON
3B
24.8
13.4
4.8
2.5
3 Matt Williams
SFN
3B
30.6
7.4
2.3
0.3
4 Vinny Castilla
COL
3B
29.0
5.5
8.4
5.1
5 Bill Spiers
HOU
3B
30.1
2.7
1.2
0.3
6 Terry Pendleton
MULT
3B
36.0
2.7
3.3
0.2
7 Willie Greene
CIN
3B
24.8
2.6
2.5
1.2
8 Jeff Branson
CIN
3B
29.4
2.5
1.5
0.5
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Barry Larkin
CIN
SS
32.2
0.4
6.9
2.4
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Greg Gagne
LAN
SS
34.6
13.3
10.5
6.3
2 Rey Sanchez
CHN
SS
28.7
12.0
4.7
1.9
3 Rey Ordonez*
NYN
SS
24.6
9.8
6.6
1.9
4 Royce Clayton
SLN
SS
26.5
8.6
6.7
3.0
5 Kevin Stocker
PHI
SS
26.4
7.5
6.5
2.9
6 Mike Benjamin
PHI
SS
30.6
5.4
1.4
0.5
7 Rich Aurilia*
SFN
SS
24.8
4.8
3.0
0.5
8 Ozzie Smith
SLN
SS
41.5
3.0
3.4
1.8
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Barry Bonds
SFN
LF
31.9
5.0
1.7
-0.4
Steve Finley
SDN
CF
31.3
5.1
5.0
1.2
Marquis Grissom
ATL
CF
29.2
6.0
6.7
3.0
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Raul Mondesi
LAN
RF
25.3
20.0
3.7
1.2
2 Brian Jordan
SLN
RF
29.3
14.9
4.9
2.8
3 Luis Gonzalez
CHN
LF
28.8
14.0
2.7
0.9
4 Bernard Gilkey
NYN
LF
29.8
12.8
2.5
0.5
5 F.P. Santangelo*
MON
CF
28.7
10.6
5.3
3.4
6 Sammy Sosa
CHN
RF
27.6
10.4
3.1
1.2
7 Todd Hollandsworth*
LAN
LF
23.2
9.6
2.3
0.4
8 Jermaine Dye*
ATL
RF
22.4
8.8
1.9
0.8
9 Stan Javier
SFN
CF
32.5
8.0
1.3
-0.2
10 Marquis Grissom
ATL
CF
29.2
6.0
6.7
3.0
11 Andruw Jones*
ATL
RF
19.2
5.7
2.0
1.5
12 Derrick May
HOU
LF
28.0
5.6
0.8
-0.1
13 Steve Finley
SDN
CF
31.3
5.1
5.0
1.2
14 Barry Bonds
SFN
LF
31.9
5.0
1.7
-0.4
15 Ron Gant
SLN
LF
31.3
4.2
2.7
1.1
16 David Justice
ATL
RF
30.2
3.8
1.9
1.3
17 Lenny Dykstra
PHI
CF
33.4
3.8
1.3
0.5
18 Orlando Merced
PIT
RF
29.7
3.5
2.7
0.9
19 Rickey Henderson
SDN
LF
37.5
3.5
2.0
0.2
20 Jim Eisenreich
PHI
RF
37.2
3.5
1.3
0.0
21 Ricky Otero*
PHI
CF
24.2
3.5
2.7
0.4
22 Carl Everett
NYN
RF
25.1
3.3
0.7
0.1
23 Eric Davis
CIN
CF
34.1
3.1
3.5
1.0
24 Brian Hunter
HOU
CF
25.3
2.6
1.9
-0.9
*Rookie
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

1996 American League Gold Glove Awards

Catcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Ivan Rodriguez
TEX
C
24.6
18.0
11.9
7.1
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ivan Rodriguez
TEX
C
24.6
18.0
11.9
7.1
2 Dan Wilson
SEA
C
27.3
7.1
7.3
2.8
3 Charlie O'Brien
TOR
C
36.2
6.2
5.7
2.6
4 Mike Matheny
ML4
C
25.8
4.5
4.1
0.8
5 Jorge Fabregas
CAL
C
26.3
4.5
3.3
0.7
6 Bill Haselman
BOS
C
30.1
4.1
0.5
-1.7
7 Terry Steinbach
OAK
C
34.3
3.2
4.2
-0.3
8 Joe Girardi
NYA
C
31.7
2.5
5.7
1.8
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
J.T. Snow
CAL
1B
28.3
-6.4
2.4
0.8
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jose Offerman
KCA
1B
27.6
13.7
1.7
0.8
2 Scott Stahoviak
MIN
1B
26.3
9.4
2.1
0.9
3 Rafael Palmeiro
BAL
1B
31.8
9.0
2.9
1.2
4 Tino Martinez
NYA
1B
28.6
8.0
3.6
2.0
5 Julio Franco
CLE
1B
37.9
6.8
1.5
0.4
6 John Olerud
TOR
1B
27.9
2.5
0.9
-0.1
7 Ron Coomer*
MIN
1B
29.6
1.5
0.7
0.3
8 Brian Hunter
SEA
1B
28.3
1.4
0.3
-0.0
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Roberto Alomar
BAL
2B
28.4
11.1
7.4
3.4
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Fernando Vina
ML4
2B
27.2
11.7
6.5
2.6
2 Roberto Alomar
BAL
2B
28.4
11.1
7.4
3.4
3 Tomas Perez*
TOR
2B
22.5
10.5
2.9
0.8
4 Mark McLemore
TEX
2B
31.7
7.3
6.3
2.1
5 Tony Batista*
OAK
2B
22.6
3.5
2.4
1.0
6 Keith Lockhart
KCA
2B
31.6
3.5
3.3
1.3
7 Rex Hudler
CAL
2B
35.8
3.3
1.0
-0.3
8 Mariano Duncan
NYA
2B
33.3
2.8
2.9
0.3
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Robin Ventura
CHA
3B
29.0
-4.5
5.4
2.3
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Travis Fryman
DET
3B
27.3
20.8
5.1
2.3
2 George Arias*
CAL
3B
24.3
13.2
3.8
2.2
3 Scott Brosius
OAK
3B
29.9
12.5
4.1
1.8
4 Jeff Cirillo
ML4
3B
26.8
6.6
2.7
-0.3
5 Dave Hollins
MULT
3B
30.1
5.8
4.6
1.6
6 Phil Nevin
DET
3B
25.5
1.4
0.8
0.3
7 Jim Thome
CLE
3B
25.8
1.2
4.1
0.9
8 Jeff Manto
MULT
3B
31.9
0.9
0.8
0.4
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Omar Vizquel
CLE
SS
29.2
-2.8
6.2
1.4
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 David Howard
KCA
SS
29.3
13.7
7.6
3.5
2 Jose Valentin
ML4
SS
26.7
9.7
6.4
1.6
3 Alex Gonzalez
TOR
SS
23.2
7.7
10.3
5.5
4 Cal Ripken
BAL
SS
35.9
4.6
7.3
2.3
5 Gary DiSarcina
CAL
SS
28.6
2.0
5.8
1.1
6 Mike Bordick
OAK
SS
30.9
1.3
7.9
2.9
7 Pat Meares
MIN
SS
27.8
1.2
3.5
-1.1
8 Manny Alexander
BAL
SS
25.3
0.8
0.5
0.1
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Jay Buhner
SEA
RF
31.9
-21.4
1.9
-0.3
Ken Griffey
SEA
CF
26.6
5.5
3.7
0.6
Kenny Lofton
CLE
CF
29.1
5.5
6.1
2.5
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Garret Anderson
CAL
LF
24.0
14.7
2.7
0.7
2 Tony Phillips
CHA
LF
37.2
13.7
3.2
1.2
3 Shawn Green
TOR
RF
23.6
13.1
2.7
1.0
4 Marty Cordova
MIN
LF
27.0
13.0
3.9
1.9
5 Matt Mieske
ML4
RF
28.4
12.6
3.4
1.8
6 Ernie Young*
OAK
CF
27.0
9.6
4.4
1.4
7 Johnny Damon
KCA
CF
22.7
9.3
3.8
1.1
8 Albert Belle
CLE
LF
29.9
9.2
3.8
1.6
9 Jim Edmonds
CAL
CF
26.0
8.1
3.5
1.1
10 Darren Lewis
CHA
CF
28.8
8.0
3.0
0.5
11 Matt Lawton*
MIN
RF
24.6
7.8
2.8
1.6
12 Kimera Bartee*
DET
CF
23.9
7.0
1.2
-0.4
13 Phil Plantier
OAK
LF
27.4
6.9
1.4
0.5
14 Gerald Williams
MULT
LF
29.9
6.5
2.5
0.9
15 Jose Herrera*
OAK
RF
23.8
6.3
1.6
0.3
16 Jeffrey Hammonds
BAL
LF
25.3
6.0
1.0
0.1
17 Ken Griffey
SEA
CF
26.6
5.5
3.7
0.6
18 Kenny Lofton
CLE
CF
29.1
5.5
6.1
2.5
19 Warren Newson
TEX
RF
32.0
5.0
1.3
0.5
20 Rich Becker
MIN
CF
24.4
4.4
6.3
3.3
21 Tim Salmon
CAL
RF
27.9
3.5
2.8
0.5
22 Darin Erstad*
CAL
CF
22.1
3.1
1.3
0.3
23 Jon Nunnally
KCA
RF
24.6
2.8
0.5
0.1
24 Rusty Greer
TEX
LF
27.4
2.3
2.7
0.8
*Rookie
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