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1926 National League Gold Glove Awards

Catcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Zack Taylor
BSN
C
27.9
5.9
7.3
2.9
2 Gabby Hartnett
CHN
C
25.5
4.5
5.1
2.3
3 Charlie Hargreaves
BRO
C
29.5
4.1
4.0
2.1
4 Frank Snyder
NY1
C
32.1
3.2
1.1
-0.5
5 Butch Henline
PHI
C
31.5
2.7
2.3
-0.2
6 Bob O'Farrell
SLN
C
29.7
2.5
9.1
3.9
7 Johnny Gooch
PIT
C
28.6
2.3
2.9
0.7
8 Ernie Vick*
SLN
C
26.0
0.5
0.7
0.4
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 George Kelly
NY1
1B
30.8
18.1
2.3
1.1
2 Wally Pipp
CIN
1B
33.4
16.3
3.1
1.5
3 Babe Herman*
BRO
1B
23.0
5.1
1.5
0.5
4 Bill Terry
NY1
1B
27.7
5.1
0.7
0.3
5 Jim Bottomley
SLN
1B
26.2
1.0
2.3
0.7
6 Johnny Cooney
BSN
1B
25.3
0.7
0.4
0.1
7 Stuffy McInnis
PIT
1B
35.8
0.7
0.4
0.1
8 Jimmy Hudgens*
CIN
1B
23.9
0.1
0.1
0.0
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Frankie Frisch
NY1
2B
27.8
36.5
5.9
2.9
2 Sparky Adams
CHN
2B
31.8
18.9
6.8
3.6
3 Hughie Critz
CIN
2B
25.8
9.3
8.1
4.3
4 Clyde Beck*
CHN
2B
26.5
1.5
1.3
0.7
5 Hal Rhyne*
PIT
2B
27.3
0.4
2.4
0.8
6 Joe Cronin*
PIT
2B
19.7
0.3
0.8
0.3
7 Andy Cohen*
NY1
2B
21.7
0.2
0.0
-0.1
8 Sam Bohne
MULT
2B
29.7
0.1
0.4
-0.2
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Chuck Dressen
CIN
3B
27.8
19.3
6.7
3.2
2 Pie Traynor
PIT
3B
27.6
18.4
6.4
2.3
3 Babe Pinelli
CIN
3B
30.7
7.0
2.3
1.3
4 Heinie Groh
NY1
3B
36.8
0.6
0.3
0.1
5 Howard Freigau
CHN
3B
23.9
0.3
5.0
1.3
6 Joe Graves*
CHN
3B
20.3
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
7 Hank Schreiber*
CHN
3B
35.0
-0.0
0.2
0.1
8 Ed Cotter*
PHI
3B
22.0
-0.0
0.1
-0.0
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Tommy Thevenow
SLN
SS
22.8
35.3
11.7
6.4
2 Glenn Wright
PIT
SS
25.4
9.5
5.4
1.5
3 Dave Bancroft
BSN
SS
35.2
3.7
5.0
0.9
4 Travis Jackson
NY1
SS
22.7
3.2
4.9
1.3
5 Doc Farrell*
NY1
SS
24.5
1.5
1.7
0.3
6 Red Shannon
CHN
SS
29.4
0.3
0.7
0.3
7 Jimmy Cooney
CHN
SS
31.9
0.2
9.5
4.7
8 George Stutz*
PHI
SS
33.4
-0.0
0.1
0.0
Left Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ray Blades
SLN
LF
29.9
8.3
2.5
0.9
2 Rube Bressler
CIN
LF
31.7
3.5
1.7
0.6
3 Clyde Barnhart
PIT
LF
30.5
2.1
1.4
0.7
4 Cuckoo Christensen*
CIN
LF
26.7
1.4
1.5
0.5
5 Carson Bigbee
PIT
LF
31.3
0.9
0.3
0.1
6 Walter Mueller
PIT
LF
31.6
0.5
0.4
0.2
7 Fred Brickell*
PIT
LF
19.6
0.5
0.3
0.1
8 Les Mann
BSN
LF
33.6
0.5
0.2
-0.1
Center Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Taylor Douthit
SLN
CF
25.2
28.9
5.9
2.7
2 Gus Felix
BRO
CF
31.1
7.6
1.8
0.2
3 Ty Tyson*
NY1
CF
34.1
4.4
3.1
1.2
4 Jack Smith
MULT
CF
31.0
3.2
1.0
-0.3
5 Eddie Brown
BSN
CF
35.0
2.4
1.5
-0.3
6 Merwin Jacobson*
BRO
CF
32.3
1.6
1.5
0.4
7 Al Moore*
NY1
CF
23.9
0.7
0.7
0.4
8 Max Carey
MULT
CF
36.5
0.4
4.1
1.7
Right Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Paul Waner*
PIT
RF
23.2
17.7
4.8
2.7
2 Cliff Heathcote
CHN
RF
28.4
13.1
3.8
2.2
3 Curt Walker
CIN
RF
30.0
13.0
4.0
1.6
4 Mandy Brooks
CHN
RF
28.9
-0.0
0.2
0.0
5 Heinie Mueller
MULT
RF
26.8
-0.6
1.4
0.4
6 Jimmy Welsh
BSN
RF
23.7
-0.9
2.0
-0.1
7 Chick Hafey
SLN
RF
23.4
-2.2
0.6
0.1
8 Ross Youngs
NY1
RF
29.2
-3.2
2.4
1.0
*Rookie
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

1926 American League Gold Glove Awards

Catcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Buck Crouse
CHA
C
29.5
5.1
1.4
-0.1
2 Leo Dixon
SLA
C
31.8
3.7
1.5
0.4
3 Benny Bengough
NYA
C
27.9
3.5
1.6
0.7
4 Johnny Bassler
DET
C
31.1
3.5
3.4
1.4
5 Muddy Ruel
WS1
C
30.4
2.2
6.3
2.1
6 Wally Schang
SLA
C
36.9
2.2
3.3
0.8
7 Cy Perkins
PHA
C
30.3
0.9
2.7
1.5
8 Al Stokes*
BOS
C
26.5
0.9
0.5
-0.3
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Phil Todt
BOS
1B
24.9
8.7
2.3
0.7
2 Lu Blue
DET
1B
29.3
3.1
1.4
0.3
3 Joe Harris
WS1
1B
35.1
0.5
0.5
0.2
4 Lou Gehrig
NYA
1B
23.0
0.2
2.8
1.2
5 Joe Judge
WS1
1B
32.1
0.2
2.0
0.7
6 Fred Merkle
NYA
1B
37.5
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
7 Ray Knode
CLE
1B
25.4
-0.0
0.1
0.0
8 Bud Clancy*
CHA
1B
25.8
-0.1
0.1
0.0
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Max Bishop
PHA
2B
26.8
13.2
6.4
3.5
2 Tony Lazzeri*
NYA
2B
22.6
8.9
3.4
-0.2
3 Ray Morehart*
CHA
2B
26.6
2.8
1.0
-0.1
4 Charlie Gehringer*
DET
2B
23.1
1.4
3.3
0.8
5 Les Burke
DET
2B
23.5
0.8
0.3
0.0
6 Mike Herrera*
BOS
2B
28.5
0.7
1.2
0.1
7 Guy Lacy*
CLE
2B
29.1
0.1
0.3
0.1
8 Stuffy Stewart*
WS1
2B
32.4
-0.0
0.3
-0.0
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Willie Kamm
CHA
3B
26.4
12.3
8.6
4.6
2 Ossie Bluege
WS1
3B
25.7
8.2
3.7
0.1
3 Jimmie Dykes
PHA
3B
29.6
2.2
4.1
1.8
4 Bobby Reeves*
WS1
3B
22.0
1.6
0.4
-0.0
5 Sammy Hale
PHA
3B
29.8
0.9
3.3
1.3
6 Rube Lutzke
CLE
3B
28.6
0.7
5.8
1.8
7 Marty McManus
SLA
3B
26.3
0.6
2.9
0.5
8 Johnny Hodapp*
CLE
3B
20.8
0.0
0.0
-0.0
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Mark Koenig*
NYA
SS
22.0
14.6
7.3
2.6
2 Joe Sewell
CLE
SS
27.7
7.5
9.8
4.7
3 Topper Rigney
BOS
SS
29.5
6.8
5.2
0.3
4 Jackie Tavener
DET
SS
28.5
1.5
8.1
2.9
5 Bill Hunnefield*
CHA
SS
27.5
0.9
4.1
1.1
6 Moe Berg*
CHA
SS
24.3
0.2
1.5
0.5
7 Pat Veltman*
CHA
SS
20.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
8 Bobby LaMotte
SLA
SS
28.4
-0.0
0.7
0.0
Left Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Al Wingo
DET
LF
28.2
9.0
0.6
-0.3
2 Goose Goslin
WS1
LF
25.7
8.9
2.0
0.7
3 Ken Williams
SLA
LF
36.0
2.9
1.6
0.3
4 Herschel Bennett
SLA
LF
29.8
1.9
0.7
0.1
5 Bob Fothergill
DET
LF
28.9
0.9
0.9
-0.2
6 Earl McNeely
WS1
LF
28.1
0.5
1.1
0.1
7 Bibb Falk
CHA
LF
27.4
0.2
3.7
1.4
8 Ike Eichrodt*
CLE
LF
23.5
0.2
0.4
0.2
Center Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Johnny Mostil
CHA
CF
30.1
19.2
5.9
2.5
2 Ira Flagstead
BOS
CF
32.8
9.2
3.5
1.3
3 Earle Combs
NYA
CF
27.1
2.3
3.7
0.3
4 Al Simmons
PHA
CF
24.1
1.9
5.7
2.3
5 Pat McNulty
CLE
CF
27.3
0.0
0.1
0.0
6 Cedric Durst*
SLA
CF
29.9
-0.1
1.2
0.2
7 Tex Jeanes*
WS1
CF
25.5
-0.3
0.1
-0.1
8 Tris Speaker
CLE
CF
38.2
-2.2
7.5
4.0
Right Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Harry Rice
SLA
RF
24.6
7.7
1.7
0.3
2 Walter French
PHA
RF
27.0
7.1
2.9
1.4
3 Sam Rice
WS1
RF
36.4
5.7
2.1
0.3
4 Bill Barrett
CHA
RF
26.1
4.2
1.7
0.2
5 Ben Paschal
NYA
RF
30.7
1.2
0.6
-0.1
6 Spencer Harris*
CHA
RF
25.9
0.9
0.7
-0.0
7 Dave Barbee*
PHA
RF
21.2
0.1
0.3
0.2
8 Danny Taylor*
WS1
RF
25.5
0.1
0.2
-0.0
*Rookie
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James