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Clemens

1997 National League Gold Glove Awards

Catcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Charles Johnson
FLO
C
25.9
11.3
11.3
7.0
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Charles Johnson
FLO
C
25.9
11.3
11.3
7.0
2 Mike Lieberthal
PHI
C
25.5
9.9
5.4
1.2
3 Jason Kendall
PIT
C
23.0
4.5
8.4
3.6
4 Scott Servais
CHN
C
30.1
4.4
5.2
1.4
5 Eddie Perez
ATL
C
29.2
4.0
2.3
0.4
6 Brad Ausmus
HOU
C
28.2
3.8
6.7
2.6
7 Javy Lopez
ATL
C
26.7
3.2
5.3
1.6
8 Joe Oliver
CIN
C
31.9
2.7
3.1
-0.2
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
J.T. Snow
SFN
1B
29.3
-1.2
2.0
0.3
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jeff Conine
FLO
1B
31.0
18.4
1.6
0.4
2 John Olerud
NYN
1B
28.9
12.2
2.1
0.5
3 Mark Grace
CHN
1B
33.0
8.7
3.0
1.3
4 David Segui
MON
1B
31.0
6.6
2.2
0.8
5 Jeff Bagwell
HOU
1B
29.1
5.7
1.8
0.1
6 Eduardo Perez
CIN
1B
27.8
5.5
1.1
0.4
7 Mark Johnson
PIT
1B
29.7
4.0
1.1
0.5
8 Eric Karros
LAN
1B
29.7
3.5
3.3
1.5
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Craig Biggio
HOU
2B
31.5
-1.9
7.5
2.9
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Mark Lemke
ATL
2B
31.9
15.2
6.5
3.6
2 Tony Graffanino*
ATL
2B
25.1
14.0
3.4
1.8
3 Jeff Kent
SFN
2B
29.3
11.5
4.5
0.4
4 Craig Counsell*
MULT
2B
26.9
4.8
3.0
1.5
5 Bret Boone
CIN
2B
28.2
4.8
6.6
2.9
6 Ralph Milliard*
FLO
2B
23.5
1.0
0.6
0.3
7 Keith Lockhart
ATL
2B
32.6
1.0
0.8
0.4
8 Andy Stankiewicz
MON
2B
32.9
0.7
0.7
0.3
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Ken Caminiti
SDN
3B
34.2
8.3
3.8
1.0
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ken Caminiti
SDN
3B
34.2
8.3
3.8
1.0
2 Kevin Orie*
CHN
3B
24.8
7.3
4.6
2.4
3 Vinny Castilla
COL
3B
30.0
6.8
5.0
1.6
4 Willie Greene
CIN
3B
25.8
3.5
2.2
0.1
5 Joe Randa
PIT
3B
27.5
3.0
3.2
0.8
6 Bill Mueller
SFN
3B
26.3
2.8
2.4
0.1
7 Shane Andrews
MON
3B
25.8
2.7
0.7
0.3
8 Bill Spiers
HOU
3B
31.1
2.1
1.5
0.3
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Rey Ordonez
NYN
SS
25.6
2.9
5.9
2.3
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Greg Gagne
LAN
SS
35.6
12.5
4.8
0.3
2 Royce Clayton
SLN
SS
27.5
10.2
7.7
2.9
3 Tim Bogar
HOU
SS
30.7
6.7
2.4
0.2
4 Kevin Stocker
PHI
SS
27.4
6.4
5.3
0.6
5 Kevin Polcovich*
PIT
SS
27.0
5.4
3.7
1.3
6 Manny Alexander
MULT
SS
26.3
3.6
1.8
0.4
7 Neifi Perez*
COL
SS
24.1
3.3
2.7
1.4
8 Rey Ordonez
NYN
SS
25.6
2.9
5.9
2.3
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Barry Bonds
SFN
LF
32.9
8.6
1.8
-0.5
Raul Mondesi
LAN
RF
26.3
18.8
5.0
2.5
Larry Walker
COL
RF
30.6
-9.0
2.8
0.6
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Andruw Jones*
ATL
RF
20.2
25.0
6.0
3.9
2 Raul Mondesi
LAN
RF
26.3
18.8
5.0
2.5
3 Rondell White
MON
CF
25.4
14.4
8.3
4.7
4 Bernard Gilkey
NYN
LF
30.8
11.4
3.4
1.5
5 Barry Bonds
SFN
LF
32.9
8.6
1.8
-0.5
6 Steve Finley
SDN
CF
32.3
8.5
2.3
-0.8
7 Sammy Sosa
CHN
RF
28.6
8.3
4.1
1.5
8 Carl Everett
NYN
CF
26.1
7.2
2.7
0.6
9 Stan Javier
SFN
RF
33.5
5.4
1.8
-0.2
10 Doug Glanville*
CHN
LF
26.9
5.2
3.3
1.3
11 Todd Hollandsworth
LAN
LF
24.2
4.7
3.0
1.7
12 Reggie Sanders
CIN
RF
29.6
4.4
2.4
1.0
13 Curtis Goodwin
CIN
CF
24.8
4.0
2.8
1.5
14 Jim Eisenreich
FLO
LF
38.2
3.7
0.8
0.1
15 Chris Stynes*
CIN
LF
24.5
3.6
1.2
0.6
16 Butch Huskey
NYN
RF
25.6
3.5
2.2
1.0
17 Turner Ward
PIT
CF
32.2
3.3
0.5
-0.3
18 Ron Gant
SLN
LF
32.3
3.2
1.9
0.1
19 Darren Daulton
MULT
RF
35.5
2.7
1.2
0.2
20 Brian Jordan
SLN
RF
30.3
2.6
0.9
0.2
21 Mark Kotsay*
FLO
CF
21.6
2.5
0.5
0.2
22 Wendell Magee
PHI
CF
24.9
2.4
1.0
0.2
23 Kenny Lofton
ATL
CF
30.1
2.1
5.0
2.2
24 F.P. Santangelo
MON
RF
29.7
2.1
2.8
1.7
*Rookie
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

1997 American League Gold Glove Awards

Catcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Ivan Rodriguez
TEX
C
25.6
16.3
11.5
6.8
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ivan Rodriguez
TEX
C
25.6
16.3
11.5
6.8
2 Jorge Fabregas
MULT
C
27.3
7.5
4.9
1.6
3 Scott Hatteberg*
BOS
C
27.5
7.4
0.0
-3.3
4 Dan Wilson
SEA
C
28.3
4.9
8.9
4.1
5 Charlie O'Brien
TOR
C
37.2
4.4
6.4
4.0
6 Mike Matheny
ML4
C
26.8
4.3
6.1
2.4
7 Terry Steinbach
MIN
C
35.3
3.6
4.8
0.9
8 Chad Kreuter
MULT
C
32.8
3.1
4.9
2.4
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Rafael Palmeiro
BAL
1B
32.8
4.7
3.2
1.5
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jeff King
KCA
1B
32.5
23.7
2.9
1.3
2 Tino Martinez
NYA
1B
29.6
10.7
3.6
1.9
3 Scott Stahoviak
MIN
1B
27.3
5.4
0.8
-0.0
4 Rafael Palmeiro
BAL
1B
32.8
4.7
3.2
1.5
5 Dave Nilsson
ML4
1B
27.5
3.7
0.6
-0.2
6 Darin Erstad
ANA
1B
23.1
2.7
1.6
0.2
7 Carlos Delgado
TOR
1B
25.0
1.1
1.3
-0.0
8 Larry Sutton*
KCA
1B
27.1
0.4
0.2
0.1
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Chuck Knoblauch
MIN
2B
29.0
-1.4
4.7
0.4
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Roberto Alomar
BAL
2B
29.4
12.1
6.0
3.0
2 John Valentin
BOS
2B
30.4
8.9
4.1
1.8
3 Fernando Vina
ML4
2B
28.2
8.0
3.9
1.7
4 Damion Easley
DET
2B
27.6
6.6
5.1
1.3
5 Mark Loretta
ML4
2B
25.9
5.0
3.2
1.5
6 Pat Kelly
NYA
2B
29.7
3.9
1.5
0.5
7 Luis Sojo
NYA
2B
32.5
3.8
2.6
1.0
8 Jeff Reboulet
BAL
2B
33.2
2.8
2.4
1.0
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Matt Williams
CLE
3B
31.6
10.0
5.0
1.8
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Travis Fryman
DET
3B
28.3
12.6
5.8
2.5
2 Scott Brosius
OAK
3B
30.9
11.0
4.3
2.2
3 Matt Williams
CLE
3B
31.6
10.0
5.0
1.8
4 Jeff Cirillo
ML4
3B
27.8
5.9
6.6
3.4
5 Cal Ripken
BAL
3B
36.9
4.3
6.0
2.5
6 Dave Hollins
ANA
3B
31.1
3.5
2.3
-0.5
7 Mike Benjamin
BOS
3B
31.6
2.3
0.7
0.4
8 Scott Cooper
KCA
3B
29.7
1.7
0.7
0.1
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Omar Vizquel
CLE
SS
30.2
-3.6
6.1
1.3
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Deivi Cruz*
DET
SS
24.7
17.6
6.1
1.8
2 Benji Gil
TEX
SS
24.7
10.0
4.1
0.9
3 Alex Gonzalez
TOR
SS
24.2
9.9
7.4
3.3
4 Jose Valentin
ML4
SS
27.7
7.5
6.1
1.8
5 Tony Batista
OAK
SS
23.6
6.0
1.9
0.1
6 Mike Bordick
BAL
SS
31.9
3.0
7.0
2.1
7 Jay Bell
KCA
SS
31.6
2.3
7.6
2.9
8 Gary DiSarcina
ANA
SS
29.6
1.6
6.1
1.2
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Jim Edmonds
ANA
CF
27.0
6.2
4.6
2.0
Ken Griffey
SEA
CF
27.6
5.7
5.1
1.6
Bernie Williams
NYA
CF
28.8
-8.4
3.0
0.0
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jermaine Dye
KCA
RF
23.4
12.0
1.5
0.4
2 Gerald Williams
ML4
CF
30.9
11.4
6.9
3.7
3 Garret Anderson
ANA
LF
25.0
11.2
4.1
1.7
4 Jeffrey Hammonds
BAL
RF
26.3
8.5
3.6
1.8
5 Orlando Merced
TOR
RF
30.7
7.8
2.3
0.8
6 Brian Giles*
CLE
LF
26.4
7.8
1.9
0.3
7 Brian Hunter
DET
CF
26.3
7.7
5.8
2.0
8 Paul O'Neill
NYA
RF
34.4
7.5
3.2
0.9
9 Jim Edmonds
ANA
CF
27.0
6.2
4.6
2.0
10 Matt Lawton
MIN
RF
25.6
6.1
2.2
0.1
11 Mike Cameron*
CHA
CF
24.5
5.8
3.9
1.5
12 Ken Griffey
SEA
CF
27.6
5.7
5.1
1.6
13 Tim Salmon
ANA
RF
28.9
5.6
3.8
1.3
14 Johnny Damon
KCA
CF
23.7
5.6
3.1
0.8
15 Matt Mieske
ML4
RF
29.4
5.3
1.7
0.7
16 Mark Whiten
NYA
LF
30.6
4.7
0.8
0.1
17 Shawn Green
TOR
RF
24.6
4.6
1.9
0.7
18 Marty Cordova
MIN
LF
28.0
4.6
2.0
0.5
19 Albert Belle
CHA
LF
30.9
4.2
2.8
0.5
20 Ernie Young
OAK
CF
28.0
4.1
0.5
-0.7
21 Jason McDonald*
OAK
CF
25.3
3.4
0.5
-0.8
22 Bobby Higginson
DET
LF
26.9
3.4
3.6
1.5
23 Yamil Benitez*
KCA
LF
24.7
2.8
0.8
0.0
24 Warren Newson
TEX
RF
33.0
2.4
0.5
-0.1
*Rookie
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