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1940 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 Bennie Warren*
PHI
C
28.3
5.9
3.3
0.4
2 Harry Danning
NY1
C
28.8
4.9
7.6
2.9
3 Al Lopez
MULT
C
31.9
2.9
4.3
1.3
4 Ray Berres
MULT
C
32.8
2.7
3.9
1.1
5 Spud Davis
PIT
C
35.5
1.8
3.3
0.8
6 Mickey Owen
SLN
C
24.2
1.7
3.7
-0.3
7 Ken O'Dea
NY1
C
27.3
1.4
1.6
0.7
8 Al Todd
CHN
C
38.5
1.0
3.3
-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 Dolph Camilli
BRO
1B
33.2
10.3
2.2
0.7
2 Frank McCormick
CIN
1B
29.1
9.1
2.9
1.2
3 Buddy Hassett
BSN
1B
28.8
8.8
0.6
-0.4
4 Buddy Gremp*
BSN
1B
20.9
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
5 Johnny McCarthy
NY1
1B
30.5
-0.1
0.1
0.0
6 Gus Suhr
PHI
1B
34.5
-0.6
0.0
-0.0
7 Art Mahan*
PHI
1B
27.1
-0.9
1.3
-0.2
8 Les Scarsella
BSN
1B
26.6
-1.6
0.1
-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 Lonny Frey
CIN
2B
29.9
20.3
7.6
3.7
2 Al Glossop*
MULT
2B
26.0
3.3
1.5
0.5
3 Bama Rowell*
BSN
2B
24.5
1.9
2.7
-0.3
4 Pep Young
PIT
2B
32.8
0.3
0.2
-0.5
5 Ed Leip*
PIT
2B
29.6
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
6 Whitey Wietelmann*
BSN
2B
21.3
-0.0
0.1
-0.0
7 Roy Hughes
PHI
2B
29.5
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
8 Eddie Lake*
SLN
2B
24.3
-0.1
0.4
0.1
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Billy Werber
CIN
3B
32.0
20.5
6.8
3.1
2 Pinky May
PHI
3B
29.5
16.2
5.3
1.9
3 Bill Brubaker
PIT
3B
29.7
2.4
0.6
0.1
4 Pete Reiser*
BRO
3B
21.3
0.5
1.6
0.8
5 Lew Riggs
CIN
3B
30.2
0.4
0.5
0.2
6 Debs Garms
PIT
3B
33.0
0.3
1.7
0.2
7 Cookie Lavagetto
BRO
3B
27.6
0.3
4.2
1.2
8 Don Ross
BRO
3B
26.0
0.2
0.3
0.0
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Pee Wee Reese*
BRO
SS
21.9
9.2
5.2
2.5
2 Billy Myers
CIN
SS
29.9
7.3
4.2
1.4
3 Billy Jurges
NY1
SS
32.1
2.5
2.4
0.4
4 Bobby Mattick
CHN
SS
24.6
1.3
5.2
0.9
5 Mickey Witek*
NY1
SS
24.5
0.9
3.6
0.6
6 Marty Marion*
SLN
SS
22.6
0.6
7.1
2.9
7 Billy Rogell
CHN
SS
35.6
0.1
0.1
-0.1
8 George Jumonville*
PHI
SS
23.1
0.0
0.2
-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
MULT
LF
29.6
12.1
2.6
1.2
2 Chet Ross*
BSN
LF
23.3
11.3
3.0
0.7
3 Joe Medwick
MULT
LF
28.6
2.1
4.4
2.3
4 Mike McCormick*
CIN
LF
23.2
1.7
1.6
0.8
5 Jo-Jo Moore
NY1
LF
31.5
1.7
1.9
-0.3
6 Frank Kalin*
PIT
LF
22.7
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
7 Mike Dejan*
CIN
LF
25.5
-0.0
0.1
0.0
8 Red Jones*
SLN
LF
28.7
-0.1
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 Terry Moore
SLN
CF
28.1
13.0
5.5
2.4
2 Dixie Walker
BRO
CF
29.8
8.8
5.0
2.5
3 Johnny Cooney
BSN
CF
39.3
8.6
2.3
0.3
4 Vince DiMaggio
MULT
CF
27.8
5.6
1.3
-0.9
5 Harry Craft
CIN
CF
25.2
4.5
4.6
2.1
6 Johnny Hopp*
SLN
CF
24.0
2.9
0.5
0.2
7 Max West
BSN
CF
23.6
1.2
1.4
0.2
8 Bob Loane*
BSN
CF
25.9
0.4
0.2
0.0
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
31.9
17.7
3.0
1.0
2 Bob Elliott*
PIT
RF
23.6
9.3
1.1
-0.3
3 Enos Slaughter
SLN
RF
24.2
7.0
3.0
1.1
4 Bill Nicholson
CHN
RF
25.6
6.0
1.6
0.4
5 Danny Litwhiler*
PHI
RF
23.8
1.3
0.6
0.2
6 Gene Moore
MULT
RF
30.8
0.9
2.2
0.9
7 Pepper Martin
SLN
RF
36.3
0.9
0.7
0.3
8 Don Manno*
BSN
RF
25.2
0.1
0.0
0.0
*Rookie
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

1940 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
27.6
11.9
6.3
2.6
2 Mike Tresh
CHA
C
26.4
2.6
6.0
1.2
3 Jake Early*
WS1
C
25.1
2.1
2.1
0.1
4 Gene Desautels
BOS
C
33.1
2.0
3.4
1.0
5 Bill Dickey
NYA
C
33.1
1.0
6.4
3.0
6 Joe Glenn
BOS
C
31.6
0.3
0.5
-0.0
7 Earle Brucker
PHA
C
39.2
0.2
0.3
0.1
8 Al Evans*
WS1
C
23.8
0.1
0.2
-0.0
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
28.4
14.9
1.6
0.0
2 George McQuinn
SLA
1B
30.1
9.2
2.0
0.4
3 Jimmie Foxx
BOS
1B
32.7
4.8
1.4
0.4
4 Joe Kuhel
CHA
1B
34.0
2.9
2.3
0.6
5 Hal Trosky
CLE
1B
27.6
2.7
2.3
0.8
6 Rudy York
DET
1B
26.9
0.0
3.3
1.6
7 Sam West
WS1
1B
35.7
-0.3
0.1
0.0
8 Oscar Grimes
CLE
1B
25.2
-0.3
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 Joe Gordon
NYA
2B
25.4
27.3
7.6
3.5
2 Bobby Doerr
BOS
2B
22.2
4.5
6.0
2.1
3 Eric McNair
CHA
2B
31.2
1.8
1.6
0.0
4 Jimmy Bloodworth
WS1
2B
22.9
1.6
4.1
1.6
5 Skeeter Webb
CHA
2B
30.7
1.4
2.2
0.3
6 Benny McCoy
PHA
2B
24.6
0.8
2.0
-1.3
7 Jackie Hayes
CHA
2B
34.0
0.4
0.3
0.0
8 Don Heffner
SLA
2B
29.4
0.4
4.9
1.7
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Red Rolfe
NYA
3B
31.7
7.6
5.8
2.3
2 Ken Keltner
CLE
3B
23.7
7.2
4.8
1.1
3 Bob Kennedy*
CHA
3B
19.9
4.1
5.6
1.7
4 Cecil Travis
WS1
3B
26.9
1.3
5.0
2.1
5 Harlond Clift
SLA
3B
27.9
0.8
6.1
2.4
6 Charlie Gelbert
MULT
3B
34.4
0.4
0.9
0.2
7 Odell Hale
CLE
3B
31.9
0.1
0.0
-0.1
8 Marv Owen
BOS
3B
34.3
-0.1
0.3
0.1
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Lou Boudreau
CLE
SS
23.0
15.3
11.6
6.4
2 Frankie Crosetti
NYA
SS
29.7
13.4
6.7
1.9
3 Luke Appling
CHA
SS
33.2
10.8
8.8
3.7
4 Dick Bartell
DET
SS
32.6
3.4
6.7
2.0
5 Lyn Lary
SLA
SS
34.4
0.1
0.4
0.1
6 Sherry Robertson*
WS1
SS
21.5
-0.2
0.4
0.0
7 Jack Wallaesa*
PHA
SS
20.8
-0.3
0.1
-0.1
8 Tom Carey
BOS
SS
33.7
-0.5
0.6
0.2
Left Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Moose Solters
CHA
LF
34.3
13.6
3.6
2.0
2 Jeff Heath
CLE
LF
25.3
10.1
2.0
0.6
3 Gee Walker
WS1
LF
32.3
8.7
1.8
-0.4
4 Larry Rosenthal
CHA
LF
30.1
4.3
1.9
0.9
5 George Selkirk
NYA
LF
32.5
2.5
1.5
0.2
6 Al Simmons
PHA
LF
38.1
1.7
0.5
0.2
7 Soup Campbell*
CLE
LF
25.3
0.2
0.1
0.0
8 Jake Powell
NYA
LF
32.0
0.1
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 Mike Kreevich
CHA
CF
32.1
24.5
8.1
4.7
2 Joe DiMaggio
NYA
CF
25.6
17.9
4.3
1.3
3 Barney McCosky
DET
CF
23.2
7.9
5.7
2.4
4 George Case
WS1
CF
24.6
3.6
2.4
-0.3
5 Dom DiMaggio*
BOS
CF
23.4
3.1
2.1
0.7
6 Roy Weatherly
CLE
CF
25.4
0.6
4.7
1.5
7 Pat Mullin*
DET
CF
22.7
-0.1
0.0
-0.0
8 Tuck Stainback
DET
CF
28.9
-0.1
0.7
0.5
Right Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Wally Moses
PHA
RF
29.7
10.2
2.4
0.5
2 Pete Fox
DET
RF
31.3
8.0
2.1
0.9
3 Buddy Lewis
WS1
RF
23.9
7.8
1.3
-0.2
4 Taffy Wright
CHA
RF
28.9
7.7
3.8
1.8
5 Charlie Keller
NYA
RF
23.8
6.3
1.4
0.4
6 Lou Finney
BOS
RF
29.9
2.8
1.5
0.5
7 Mike Chartak*
NYA
RF
24.2
0.2
0.0
-0.0
8 Tommy Henrich
NYA
RF
27.4
-0.3
0.9
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