1939 Season
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1939 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 Al Lopez
BSN
C
30.9
5.0
4.3
-0.3
2 Wally Millies
PHI
C
32.7
4.6
1.3
-0.8
3 Ray Berres
PIT
C
31.8
3.2
3.4
1.0
4 Mickey Owen
SLN
C
23.2
3.0
5.0
0.5
5 Ray Mueller
PIT
C
27.3
2.2
2.5
0.6
6 Al Todd
BRO
C
37.5
2.0
4.2
1.9
7 Spud Davis
PHI
C
34.5
1.2
1.7
-0.6
8 Bennie Warren*
PHI
C
27.3
0.9
0.3
-0.2
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Buddy Hassett
BSN
1B
27.8
13.7
0.9
-0.3
2 Dolph Camilli
BRO
1B
32.2
6.4
3.1
1.5
3 Frank McCormick
CIN
1B
28.1
4.1
3.3
1.7
4 Zeke Bonura
NY1
1B
30.8
2.5
2.1
0.9
5 Jack Bolling*
PHI
1B
22.4
2.1
0.4
-0.1
6 Len Gabrielson*
PHI
1B
23.8
0.5
0.0
-0.0
7 Pinky Whitney
PHI
1B
34.5
0.2
0.1
-0.0
8 Milt Galatzer
CIN
1B
32.2
-0.0
0.0
-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 Lonny Frey
CIN
2B
28.9
18.2
7.1
3.8
2 Burgess Whitehead
NY1
2B
29.0
6.8
4.2
1.9
3 Pep Young
PIT
2B
31.8
6.5
2.1
-0.1
4 Billy Herman
CHN
2B
30.0
4.8
5.2
1.1
5 Eddie Joost*
CIN
2B
23.1
1.9
1.5
0.7
6 Alex Kampouris
NY1
2B
26.6
1.8
2.4
1.0
7 Stu Martin
SLN
2B
26.6
1.6
4.3
1.6
8 Al Glossop*
NY1
2B
25.0
0.7
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 Pinky May*
PHI
3B
28.5
18.6
4.8
1.5
2 Billy Werber
CIN
3B
31.0
14.5
6.1
2.3
3 Hank Majeski*
BSN
3B
22.6
9.3
3.7
1.5
4 Lee Handley
PIT
3B
25.9
2.1
2.8
0.4
5 Lew Riggs
CIN
3B
29.2
0.9
0.3
0.0
6 Frankie Gustine*
PIT
3B
19.4
0.5
0.7
0.1
7 Stan Benjamin*
PHI
3B
25.1
0.1
0.2
0.0
8 Otto Huber*
BSN
3B
25.3
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 Billy Myers
CIN
SS
28.9
14.6
8.4
3.3
2 Arky Vaughan
PIT
SS
27.3
7.7
6.9
1.9
3 Dick Bartell
CHN
SS
31.6
5.4
4.5
1.2
4 Jimmy Brown
SLN
SS
29.2
1.7
6.4
3.0
5 Rabbit Warstler
BSN
SS
35.8
1.0
1.8
0.3
6 Bobby Mattick*
CHN
SS
23.6
0.8
2.4
0.7
7 Whitey Wietelmann*
BSN
SS
20.3
0.2
0.7
0.1
8 Nolen Richardson
CIN
SS
36.5
0.1
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 Morrie Arnovich
PHI
LF
28.6
20.7
1.8
-0.1
2 Joe Medwick
SLN
LF
27.6
7.5
4.5
2.2
3 Al Simmons
MULT
LF
37.1
4.9
1.8
0.7
4 Jo-Jo Moore
NY1
LF
30.5
0.2
1.3
-0.7
5 Oris Hockett*
BRO
LF
29.8
0.0
0.1
0.1
6 Chet Clemens*
BSN
LF
22.1
0.0
0.0
-0.1
7 Dick West*
CIN
LF
23.6
-0.0
0.1
0.1
8 Vince DiMaggio
CIN
LF
26.8
-0.0
0.1
0.0
Center Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Harry Craft
CIN
CF
24.2
9.9
5.1
1.9
2 Terry Moore
SLN
CF
27.1
8.7
5.1
2.2
3 Johnny Cooney
BSN
CF
38.3
6.9
2.4
-0.3
4 Pepper Martin
SLN
CF
35.3
0.8
1.2
0.7
5 Bob Elliott*
PIT
CF
22.6
0.5
0.9
0.2
6 Lynn King*
SLN
CF
31.6
0.3
0.6
0.2
7 Jimmy Outlaw
BSN
CF
26.4
0.2
0.3
0.1
8 Fern Bell*
PIT
CF
26.4
0.2
0.9
-0.1
Right Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ival Goodman
CIN
RF
30.9
13.2
4.0
2.2
2 Enos Slaughter
SLN
RF
23.2
10.7
5.2
3.0
3 Gene Moore
BRO
RF
29.8
7.5
2.1
0.9
4 Max West
BSN
RF
22.6
4.2
1.0
0.3
5 Debs Garms
BSN
RF
32.0
2.6
1.2
0.2
6 Nino Bongiovanni*
CIN
RF
27.5
1.8
1.0
0.7
7 Bill Nicholson*
CHN
RF
24.6
0.9
1.0
0.2
8 Bud Hafey
MULT
RF
26.9
0.1
0.1
-0.0
*Rookie
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

1939 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 Birdie Tebbetts
DET
C
26.6
5.7
3.8
0.4
2 Bill Dickey
NYA
C
32.1
2.8
7.7
3.2
3 Joe Glenn
SLA
C
30.6
2.7
2.0
-0.4
4 Frankie Pytlak
CLE
C
30.9
2.3
3.6
1.9
5 Rudy York
DET
C
25.9
1.6
2.5
0.4
6 Earle Brucker
PHA
C
38.2
1.1
1.9
0.6
7 Jake Early*
WS1
C
24.1
0.9
0.5
-0.3
8 Ken Silvestri*
CHA
C
23.2
0.5
1.0
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 Dick Siebert
PHA
1B
27.4
10.6
1.2
0.2
2 Hank Greenberg
DET
1B
28.5
7.9
2.2
0.8
3 George McQuinn
SLA
1B
29.1
3.9
2.2
0.6
4 Hal Trosky
CLE
1B
26.6
3.6
2.4
1.2
5 Ossie Bluege
WS1
1B
38.7
0.1
0.1
-0.0
6 Jimmie Foxx
BOS
1B
31.7
-0.2
1.5
0.2
7 Lou Gehrig
NYA
1B
36.0
-0.3
0.1
-0.0
8 Bob Prichard*
WS1
1B
21.7
-0.7
0.2
-0.1
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Joe Gordon
NYA
2B
24.4
31.0
7.0
3.0
2 Bobby Doerr
BOS
2B
21.2
6.0
6.6
3.3
3 Jackie Hayes
CHA
2B
33.0
2.4
3.3
1.5
4 Ray Mack*
CLE
2B
22.8
0.9
1.2
0.4
5 Johnny Berardino*
SLA
2B
22.2
0.7
1.6
-1.4
6 Ollie Bejma
CHA
2B
31.8
0.3
3.3
1.4
7 Johnny Lucadello*
SLA
2B
20.4
0.0
0.1
-0.1
8 Bill Knickerbocker
NYA
2B
27.5
0.0
0.1
-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 Buddy Lewis
WS1
3B
22.9
11.4
5.1
1.7
2 Red Rolfe
NYA
3B
30.7
3.7
4.4
0.5
3 Harlond Clift
SLA
3B
26.9
2.7
5.7
1.9
4 Bob Kennedy*
CHA
3B
18.9
0.0
0.0
-0.0
5 Johnny Gerlach*
CHA
3B
22.1
-0.0
0.0
0.0
6 Bob McNamara*
PHA
3B
22.8
-0.0
0.1
-0.0
7 Jimmie Dykes
CHA
3B
42.6
-0.1
0.0
-0.0
8 Marv Owen
CHA
3B
33.3
-0.5
2.0
0.6
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Frankie Crosetti
NYA
SS
28.7
14.1
9.9
4.8
2 Luke Appling
CHA
SS
32.2
12.1
8.9
3.9
3 Lou Boudreau*
CLE
SS
22.0
5.4
3.0
1.2
4 Cecil Travis
WS1
SS
25.9
3.8
4.8
0.9
5 Billy Rogell
DET
SS
34.6
0.9
1.4
0.3
6 Joe Cronin
BOS
SS
32.7
0.5
5.1
0.3
7 Boze Berger
BOS
SS
29.1
0.3
0.1
-0.0
8 Hal Quick*
WS1
SS
21.7
0.1
0.4
0.1
Left Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Jeff Heath
CLE
LF
24.3
10.6
3.0
1.3
2 Moose Solters
MULT
LF
33.3
5.9
0.4
-0.2
3 George Selkirk
NYA
LF
31.5
3.2
2.4
1.1
4 Roy Weatherly
CLE
LF
24.4
2.3
0.5
0.0
5 Gee Walker
CHA
LF
31.3
1.6
4.1
1.9
6 Jake Powell
NYA
LF
31.0
1.1
0.6
0.3
7 Billy Sullivan
SLA
LF
28.7
0.6
0.3
-0.1
8 Alex Pitko*
WS1
LF
24.6
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
Center Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Mike Kreevich
CHA
CF
31.1
22.1
7.2
3.8
2 Joe DiMaggio
NYA
CF
24.6
12.8
6.3
3.5
3 Barney McCosky*
DET
CF
22.2
5.3
8.0
4.6
4 George Case
WS1
CF
23.6
2.3
2.5
0.7
5 Bob Loane*
WS1
CF
24.9
0.2
0.2
0.1
6 Elmer Gedeon*
WS1
CF
22.2
0.0
0.2
0.1
7 Joe Grace*
SLA
CF
25.5
-0.6
0.2
-0.3
8 Sam West
WS1
CF
34.7
-3.6
2.0
0.7
Right Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ted Williams*
BOS
RF
20.8
10.3
2.5
0.3
2 Pete Fox
DET
RF
30.3
8.9
3.9
2.1
3 Charlie Keller*
NYA
RF
22.8
5.0
1.4
0.6
4 Taffy Wright
WS1
RF
27.9
2.3
1.4
0.2
5 Wally Moses
PHA
RF
28.7
2.0
1.0
-0.4
6 Johnny Welaj*
WS1
RF
25.1
0.9
0.4
0.0
7 Les Fleming*
DET
RF
23.9
0.0
0.1
0.0
8 Hank Steinbacher
CHA
RF
26.3
-0.1
0.5
0.2
*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