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1951 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 Clyde McCullough
PIT
C
34.3
8.0
4.4
1.6
2 Wes Westrum
NY1
C
28.6
7.3
7.1
2.8
3 Del Rice
SLN
C
28.7
5.7
6.5
2.2
4 Walker Cooper
BSN
C
36.5
3.7
4.4
1.6
5 Rube Walker
MULT
C
25.1
3.4
1.5
0.1
6 Dixie Howell
CIN
C
31.2
2.7
1.8
-0.5
7 Ray Mueller
BSN
C
39.3
0.8
1.3
0.6
8 Sal Yvars*
NY1
C
27.4
0.8
0.3
-0.1
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Earl Torgeson
BSN
1B
27.5
7.1
2.3
0.7
2 Gil Hodges
BRO
1B
27.2
4.3
2.0
0.3
3 Phil Cavarretta
CHN
1B
35.0
2.7
0.4
-0.1
4 Steve Bilko*
SLN
1B
22.6
1.2
0.3
0.1
5 Fred Richards*
CHN
1B
23.7
0.3
0.1
-0.0
6 Don Bollweg*
SLN
1B
30.4
-0.1
0.0
-0.0
7 Whitey Lockman
NY1
1B
24.9
-1.1
1.1
-0.2
8 Jack Phillips
PIT
1B
29.8
-1.2
0.4
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 Jackie Robinson
BRO
2B
32.4
12.9
9.1
4.6
2 Eddie Stanky
NY1
2B
34.8
7.5
7.8
3.6
3 Red Schoendienst
SLN
2B
28.4
6.4
6.2
2.5
4 Connie Ryan
CIN
2B
31.3
0.9
4.3
0.6
5 Davey Williams*
NY1
2B
23.7
0.1
0.9
0.4
6 Wayne Terwilliger
MULT
2B
26.0
0.0
2.3
0.6
7 Artie Wilson*
NY1
2B
30.7
0.0
0.1
0.1
8 Jimmy Bloodworth
PHI
2B
33.9
-0.2
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 Hank Thompson
NY1
3B
25.6
7.2
1.3
-0.2
2 Pete Castiglione
PIT
3B
30.4
6.2
3.0
0.9
3 Billy Cox
BRO
3B
31.8
4.7
3.6
0.5
4 Bobby Thomson
NY1
3B
27.7
1.3
1.7
0.1
5 Wally Westlake
MULT
3B
30.6
1.0
0.9
0.2
6 Rocky Bridges*
BRO
3B
23.9
0.8
0.5
0.1
7 Dick Smith*
PIT
3B
23.9
0.6
0.4
0.1
8 Bobby Adams
CIN
3B
29.5
0.3
2.5
1.2
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Granny Hamner
PHI
SS
24.2
13.6
8.8
3.7
2 George Strickland*
PIT
SS
25.5
8.4
3.6
-0.6
3 Johnny Logan*
BSN
SS
24.3
5.3
2.4
0.7
4 Roy McMillan*
CIN
SS
22.0
2.6
2.5
1.1
5 Solly Hemus*
SLN
SS
28.2
2.3
5.0
1.5
6 Alvin Dark
NY1
SS
29.5
1.0
8.8
3.5
7 Gene Mauch
BSN
SS
25.6
-0.1
0.3
0.1
8 Bob Ramazzotti
CHN
SS
34.5
-0.9
1.3
-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 Joe Adcock
CIN
LF
23.7
16.7
2.8
1.3
2 Monte Irvin
NY1
LF
32.4
5.8
2.3
0.8
3 Hank Sauer
CHN
LF
34.3
5.7
3.7
1.6
4 Hal Rice
SLN
LF
27.4
1.4
0.9
0.2
5 Don Thompson*
BRO
LF
27.5
1.3
0.7
-0.1
6 Sid Gordon
BSN
LF
33.9
0.6
1.4
-0.1
7 Jackie Mayo*
PHI
LF
25.9
0.4
0.0
-0.0
8 Dino Restelli
PIT
LF
26.8
0.1
0.1
-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 Willie Mays*
NY1
CF
20.2
25.0
5.1
2.2
2 Richie Ashburn
PHI
CF
24.3
17.2
6.2
2.5
3 Chuck Diering
SLN
CF
28.4
6.5
0.7
-0.1
4 Hal Jeffcoat
CHN
CF
26.8
3.4
1.3
0.4
5 Luis Marquez*
BSN
CF
25.7
2.9
0.4
-0.1
6 Lloyd Merriman
CIN
CF
26.9
2.2
4.2
2.5
7 Carmen Mauro
CHN
CF
24.6
0.0
0.2
0.1
8 Wally Post*
CIN
CF
22.0
-0.0
0.4
0.2
Right Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Johnny Wyrostek
CIN
RF
32.0
10.2
2.9
0.9
2 Carl Furillo
BRO
RF
29.3
9.9
3.8
1.6
3 Gene Hermanski
MULT
RF
31.1
8.5
1.6
0.8
4 Del Ennis
PHI
RF
26.1
7.6
1.8
0.2
5 Don Mueller
NY1
RF
24.2
2.1
2.4
0.7
6 Mel Clark*
PHI
RF
25.0
0.4
0.1
0.0
7 Bob Borkowski
CHN
RF
25.4
0.2
0.1
-0.0
8 Bill Nicholson
PHI
RF
36.6
0.0
0.5
-0.0
*Rookie
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

1951 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 Joe Tipton
PHA
C
29.4
6.1
3.5
1.2
2 Mike Guerra
MULT
C
38.7
3.8
0.9
-1.3
3 Sherm Lollar
SLA
C
26.9
2.5
3.9
1.0
4 Jim Hegan
CLE
C
30.9
2.3
8.9
4.3
5 Mickey Grasso
WS1
C
31.1
1.6
0.4
-1.4
6 Birdie Tebbetts
CLE
C
38.6
1.5
2.4
1.4
7 Ray Murray
MULT
C
33.7
0.6
1.7
0.6
8 Frank House*
DET
C
21.4
0.6
0.6
0.1
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ferris Fain
PHA
1B
30.3
8.0
1.5
0.4
2 Luke Easter
CLE
1B
35.9
6.8
1.1
-0.2
3 Don Kolloway
DET
1B
32.9
4.7
0.9
0.4
4 Joe Collins
NYA
1B
28.6
2.5
1.0
0.3
5 Gordon Goldsberry
CHA
1B
23.8
0.1
0.0
0.0
6 Fred Taylor*
WS1
1B
26.6
0.1
0.0
0.0
7 Norm Zauchin*
BOS
1B
21.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
8 Roy Hawes*
WS1
1B
25.0
-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 Jerry Priddy
DET
2B
31.6
10.9
6.8
2.2
2 Bobby Young*
SLA
2B
26.4
1.7
4.5
0.1
3 Billy Martin*
NYA
2B
23.1
1.3
0.8
0.3
4 Bobby Avila
CLE
2B
27.2
0.4
7.4
3.3
5 Snuffy Stirnweiss
CLE
2B
32.7
0.3
1.3
0.6
6 Tod Davis*
PHA
2B
26.9
0.0
0.0
-0.0
7 Ed Samcoff*
PHA
2B
26.8
-0.0
0.1
0.0
8 Al Federoff*
DET
2B
27.0
-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 Hank Majeski
MULT
3B
34.6
10.8
3.2
1.1
2 Vern Stephens
BOS
3B
30.7
8.9
4.1
2.2
3 Al Rosen
CLE
3B
27.3
6.1
5.2
1.7
4 Fred Hatfield*
BOS
3B
26.3
3.2
2.1
1.1
5 Bobby Brown
NYA
3B
26.7
2.5
2.2
0.4
6 Gil McDougald*
NYA
3B
23.1
2.5
1.6
0.2
7 Floyd Baker
CHA
3B
34.7
1.2
0.5
-0.1
8 Billy Hitchcock
PHA
3B
34.9
1.1
1.2
0.2
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Chico Carrasquel
CHA
SS
23.4
18.2
10.4
5.3
2 Ray Boone
CLE
SS
27.9
7.2
7.6
2.4
3 Phil Rizzuto
NYA
SS
34.8
4.1
8.9
4.1
4 Johnny Lipon
DET
SS
28.6
3.3
2.9
-1.4
5 Lou Boudreau
BOS
SS
34.0
2.0
2.1
0.4
6 Merl Combs
CLE
SS
31.6
0.5
0.5
0.3
7 Willy Miranda*
WS1
SS
25.1
0.2
0.0
-0.1
8 Al Richter*
BOS
SS
24.4
0.0
0.2
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 Gil Coan
WS1
LF
29.1
11.0
4.2
2.1
2 Gene Woodling
NYA
LF
28.9
7.7
1.6
0.1
3 Gus Zernial
MULT
LF
28.0
4.5
3.3
1.0
4 Hoot Evers
DET
LF
30.4
3.4
1.2
0.3
5 Ray Coleman
MULT
LF
29.1
3.3
1.6
0.6
6 Steve Souchock
DET
LF
32.3
2.3
0.5
0.0
7 Russ Sullivan*
DET
LF
28.4
0.1
0.1
0.0
8 Clarence Maddern
CLE
LF
29.8
-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 Jim Busby*
CHA
CF
24.5
17.3
5.0
1.5
2 Irv Noren
WS1
CF
26.6
5.6
6.0
3.0
3 Dom DiMaggio
BOS
CF
34.4
3.8
4.9
1.3
4 Joe DiMaggio
NYA
CF
36.6
0.3
2.8
0.1
5 Larry Doby
CLE
CF
27.6
0.3
3.7
0.5
6 Sam Chapman
MULT
CF
35.2
-0.5
1.0
0.0
7 Roy Sievers
SLA
CF
24.6
-0.9
0.4
0.1
8 Paul Lehner
MULT
CF
31.0
-2.1
0.6
0.2
Right Field
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
The Gold Glove was not awarded this season
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Bob Kennedy
CLE
RF
30.9
11.8
1.7
0.4
2 Harry Simpson*
CLE
RF
25.6
7.3
1.0
0.3
3 Hank Bauer
NYA
RF
28.9
4.3
0.7
0.0
4 Elmer Valo
PHA
RF
30.3
2.3
1.5
0.2
5 Wally Moses
PHA
RF
40.7
1.6
0.5
0.2
6 Sherry Robertson
WS1
RF
32.5
1.4
0.5
0.2
7 Karl Olson*
BOS
RF
21.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
8 Archie Wilson*
NYA
RF
27.6
0.0
0.0
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