ST. LOUIS, Nov. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Rawlings
Sporting Goods Company, Inc., announced the winners for the 2021
Rawlings Gold Glove Award®, honoring the best individual fielding
performances at each position in the American League® and National
League®. The winners were unveiled during a one-hour,
special-edition "Sunday Night Baseball" broadcast hosted by
Kevin Connors and Doug Glanville that aired on ESPN Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021, at 8:30 p.m. ET.
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Recognized as the best defensive players at their respective
positions, this year's class of honorees includes eight previous
winners of the Rawlings Gold Glove Award and 10 first-time winners.
Nolan Arenado of the St. Louis
Cardinals is the consecutive award leader with nine straight
awards. Additionally, the St. Louis Cardinals set a new single
season record for awards won by a team with five in 2021.
"Rawlings is proud to honor the tremendous displays of defensive
excellence baseball fans witnessed during regular and post-season
play this year," said Mike Thompson,
chief marketing officer for Rawlings. "The 2021 recipients of the
iconic Rawlings Gold Glove Award have proven to be skilled masters
of the art of defense and have rightfully earned a special place in
baseball history amongst some of the game's all-time defensive
greats."
The Rawlings Gold Glove Award winners are selected by the
managers of the 30 MLB teams and up to six of each team's
respective coaches. Each manager and coach vote from a pool of
qualified players in their League and cannot vote for players from
their own team. In 2013, Rawlings added a sabermetric component to
the Rawlings Gold Glove Award selection process, as part of its
collaboration with the Society for American Baseball Research
(SABR). The SABR Defensive Index™ (SDI) comprises approximately 25
percent of the overall selection total, with the managers and
coaches' votes continuing to carry the majority.
"The Society for American Baseball Research would like to
congratulate the 2021 Rawlings Gold Glove Award winners for their
"golden" performance this season," said Scott Bush, chief executive officer for SABR.
"We take pride in maintaining accurate, statistical in-game-data
that supports and reaffirms Gold-Glove winning defense year after
year."
Below are the complete rosters of the 2021 Rawlings Gold Glove
Award winners from each League and the number of Rawlings Gold
Glove Awards each player has won in his career:
AMERICAN LEAGUE:
Position
|
Player
|
Team
|
Award(s)
Won
|
P
|
Dallas
Keuchel
|
Chicago White
Sox
|
5 ('14-'16, '18,
'21)
|
C
|
Sean
Murphy
|
Oakland
Athletics
|
1 ('21)
|
1B
|
Yuli
Gurriel
|
Houston
Astros
|
1 ('21)
|
2B
|
Marcus
Semien
|
Toronto Blue
Jays
|
1 ('21)
|
3B
|
Matt
Chapman
|
Oakland
Athletics
|
3 ('18-'19,
'21)
|
SS
|
Carlos
Correa
|
Houston
Astros
|
1 ('21)
|
LF
|
Andrew
Benintendi
|
Kansas City
Royals
|
1 ('21)
|
CF
|
Michael A.
Taylor
|
Kansas City
Royals
|
1 ('21)
|
RF
|
Joey Gallo
|
Texas Rangers/New
York Yankees
|
2
('20-'21)
|
NATIONAL LEAGUE:
Position
|
Player
|
Team
|
Award(s)
Won
|
P
|
Max Fried
|
Atlanta
Braves
|
2
('20-'21)
|
C
|
Jacob
Stallings
|
Pittsburgh
Pirates
|
1 ('21)
|
1B
|
Paul
Goldschmidt
|
St. Louis
Cardinals
|
4 ('13, '15, '17,
'21)
|
2B
|
Tommy
Edman
|
St. Louis
Cardinals
|
1 ('21)
|
3B
|
Nolan
Arenado
|
St. Louis
Cardinals
|
9
('13-'21)
|
SS
|
Brandon
Crawford
|
San Francisco
Giants
|
4 ('15-'17,
'21)
|
LF
|
Tyler
O'Neill
|
St. Louis
Cardinals
|
2
('20-'21)
|
CF
|
Harrison
Bader
|
St. Louis
Cardinals
|
1 ('21)
|
RF
|
Adam
Duvall
|
Miami Marlins/Atlanta
Braves
|
1 ('21)
|
Voting for the Rawlings Platinum Glove Award presented by SABR
will begin online at www.Rawlings.com on Sunday, Nov. 7 at 9:30
p.m. ET and will remain open through Wednesday, Nov. 10 at 11:59 p.m. ET. The Rawlings Platinum Glove and
Team Award winners will be unveiled exclusively on MLB Network's
"2021 Rawlings Platinum Glove and Team Defensive Awards Show" on
Friday, Nov. 12 at 6 p.m. ET, co-hosted by Greg Amsinger, Yonder Alonso and Harold Reynolds.
About the Rawlings Gold Glove Award®
The Rawlings Gold
Glove Award® is a registered trademark owned by Rawlings
Sporting Goods Company, Inc. The award is correctly identified as
the Rawlings Gold Glove Award. The name should not be shortened,
abbreviated, or otherwise misused. Proper identification of this
service mark using the registration symbol and the Rawlings name is
important to protect the integrity of the program and perpetuate
this worthy tradition. For more information including how players
qualify for the Award, please visit www.Rawlings.com.
About Rawlings
Established in 1887, Rawlings is an
innovative leading global brand and manufacturer of premium
baseball and softball equipment, including gloves, balls, and
protective headwear. Rawlings' unparalleled quality, innovative
engineering and expert craftsmanship are the fundamental reasons
why more professional athletes, national governing bodies and
sports leagues choose Rawlings.
Rawlings is the Official Baseball, Helmet, Face Guard and Glove
of Major League Baseball, the Official Baseball of Minor League
Baseball and the Official Baseball and Softball of the NCAA and the
NAIA. The company is headquartered in St. Louis. For more information, please visit
www.Rawlings.com.
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