Gold Glove Award

The Gold Glove Award is an annual Major League Baseball honor recognizing outstanding defensive performance, with awards for players at each position in each league.

Rawlings Gold Glove Award voting: The process by which managers, coaches, and statistical analysis determine Gold Glove winners. Managers and coaches cast votes, while a defensive metric contributes to the selection.
Rawlings: An American sporting-goods company known for manufacturing baseball gloves and equipment. Rawlings created and continues to sponsor the award.
Greg Maddux: A Hall of Fame pitcher who won 18 Gold Glove Awards, the most by any player. His record total demonstrates the award’s recognition of sustained defensive excellence.
Fielding Bible Awards: Annual awards recognizing defensive excellence in Major League Baseball through a panel-based selection process. They offer a parallel defensive honor with a different voting structure.
SABR Defensive Index: A statistical measure used as part of Gold Glove voting to evaluate defensive performance. It supplies the statistical portion of the award’s selection process.
1957 Major League Baseball season: The Major League Baseball season in which the first Gold Glove Awards were presented. The award began during this season, initially recognizing top fielders across the majors.
Ozzie Smith: A Hall of Fame shortstop who won 13 Gold Glove Awards during his career. His awards reflect the premium placed on shortstop defense.
Wilson Defensive Player of the Year Awards: Baseball awards recognizing defensive performance at individual positions and across the sport. They provide another award framework for comparing fielders.
Fielding percentage: The proportion of fielding chances a player handles without committing an error. It is a familiar defensive statistic, though it cannot capture the award’s full evaluation.
Jim Kaat: An American pitcher who won 16 consecutive Gold Glove Awards from 1962 through 1977. His winning streak became one of the award’s defining records.

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