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2009 National League Gold Glove Awards

Catcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Yadier Molina
SLN
C
27.0
13.4
9.4
4.8
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Yadier Molina
SLN
C
27.0
13.4
9.4
4.8
2 Russell Martin
LAN
C
26.4
6.3
7.0
2.2
3 Bengie Molina
SFN
C
34.9
6.0
5.6
1.5
4 Jason Kendall
MIL
C
35.0
6.0
2.8
-1.8
5 Chris Iannetta
COL
C
26.2
5.3
2.8
-0.2
6 Humberto Quintero
HOU
C
29.9
5.2
2.5
0.8
7 Carlos Ruiz
PHI
C
30.4
3.3
5.0
1.5
8 Dave Ross
ATL
C
32.3
2.3
2.1
0.7
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Adrian Gonzalez
SDN
1B
27.1
4.5
2.5
0.7
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Albert Pujols
SLN
1B
29.5
22.6
2.7
0.9
2 Lance Berkman
HOU
1B
33.4
14.6
2.4
0.9
3 Travis Ishikawa*
SFN
1B
25.8
6.6
2.4
1.3
4 Joey Votto
CIN
1B
25.8
4.9
1.0
-0.4
5 Adrian Gonzalez
SDN
1B
27.1
4.5
2.5
0.7
6 Todd Helton
COL
1B
35.9
3.4
3.3
1.6
7 Daniel Murphy
NYN
1B
24.3
1.1
1.0
-0.1
8 Fernando Tatis
NYN
1B
34.5
0.9
0.4
-0.0
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Orlando Hudson
LAN
2B
31.6
6.3
6.1
1.9
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Felipe Lopez
MULT
2B
29.1
10.9
4.6
0.5
2 Brandon Phillips
CIN
2B
28.0
9.3
5.9
1.6
3 Chase Utley
PHI
2B
30.5
8.7
6.7
2.2
4 Orlando Hudson
LAN
2B
31.6
6.3
6.1
1.9
5 Craig Counsell
MIL
2B
38.9
5.0
1.3
0.0
6 Clint Barmes
COL
2B
30.3
5.0
5.8
2.0
7 Augie Ojeda
ARI
2B
34.5
4.4
1.3
0.5
8 Jeff Baker
MULT
2B
28.0
4.1
2.6
1.3
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Ryan Zimmerman
WAS
3B
24.8
1.9
3.9
0.6
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Andy LaRoche
PIT
3B
25.8
11.3
4.1
1.1
2 Emilio Bonifacio
FLO
3B
24.2
5.5
2.7
0.9
3 Juan Uribe
SFN
3B
29.9
3.5
1.3
0.5
4 Garrett Atkins
COL
3B
29.6
2.6
2.2
0.8
5 Ryan Zimmerman
WAS
3B
24.8
1.9
3.9
0.6
6 Joe Thurston*
SLN
3B
29.8
1.7
1.2
0.1
7 Pedro Feliz
PHI
3B
34.2
1.7
6.7
3.4
8 Chipper Jones
ATL
3B
37.2
1.3
2.7
-0.1
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Jimmy Rollins
PHI
SS
30.6
-16.2
6.0
1.0
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Brendan Ryan
SLN
SS
27.3
13.7
6.0
2.9
2 Rafael Furcal
LAN
SS
31.7
13.6
5.9
1.2
3 Cristian Guzman
WAS
SS
31.3
10.6
1.9
-1.8
4 Yunel Escobar
ATL
SS
26.7
9.0
6.8
2.4
5 Paul Janish*
CIN
SS
26.7
8.0
4.3
2.1
6 Everth Cabrera*
SDN
SS
22.6
7.1
3.3
0.0
7 Alex Cora
NYN
SS
33.7
5.5
1.9
0.2
8 Troy Tulowitzki
COL
SS
24.7
4.2
7.4
2.7
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Michael Bourn
HOU
CF
26.5
-0.2
3.0
-0.6
Matt Kemp
LAN
CF
24.8
-4.0
6.1
2.4
Shane Victorino
PHI
CF
28.6
-10.4
3.7
0.1
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Nyjer Morgan
MULT
LF
29.0
16.0
3.1
0.9
2 Tony Gwynn
SDN
CF
26.7
12.0
2.5
0.1
3 Jay Bruce
CIN
RF
22.2
12.0
2.2
0.8
4 Randy Winn
SFN
RF
35.1
10.1
5.2
3.1
5 Hunter Pence
HOU
RF
26.2
9.0
2.1
-0.3
6 Ryan Ludwick
SLN
RF
31.0
7.9
2.0
0.1
7 Mike Cameron
MIL
CF
36.5
7.9
3.5
0.1
8 Seth Smith*
COL
LF
26.8
7.3
2.1
1.0
9 Gerardo Parra*
ARI
LF
22.2
7.0
2.5
0.5
10 Jayson Werth
PHI
RF
30.1
6.5
3.8
1.4
11 Willy Taveras
CIN
CF
27.5
6.4
3.5
1.2
12 Ryan Braun
MIL
LF
25.6
6.3
2.0
-0.2
13 Brandon Moss
PIT
RF
25.8
6.1
1.9
0.4
14 Cameron Maybin*
FLO
CF
22.2
5.9
1.8
0.6
15 Willie Harris
WAS
CF
31.0
5.1
1.3
-0.2
16 Will Venable*
SDN
RF
26.7
5.0
0.9
-0.3
17 Eric Byrnes
ARI
LF
33.4
4.0
1.3
0.5
18 Andres Torres
SFN
CF
31.4
3.8
2.1
1.3
19 Lastings Milledge
MULT
LF
24.2
3.5
1.1
0.2
20 Jordan Schafer*
ATL
CF
22.8
3.5
1.8
0.7
21 Aaron Rowand
SFN
CF
31.8
3.4
6.2
3.2
22 Carlos Beltran
NYN
CF
32.2
3.4
2.1
0.3
23 Carlos Gonzalez
COL
LF
23.7
3.1
2.8
1.5
24 Brett Carroll*
FLO
RF
26.7
3.0
1.5
0.9
*Rookie
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

2009 American League Gold Glove Awards

Catcher
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Joe Mauer
MIN
C
26.2
-2.9
5.2
1.5
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Gerald Laird
DET
C
29.6
10.5
10.5
6.3
2 Jeff Mathis
LAA
C
26.3
9.7
2.3
-0.3
3 Dioner Navarro
TBA
C
25.4
6.3
4.1
0.5
4 Rob Johnson*
SEA
C
25.9
6.2
6.5
3.8
5 Jason Varitek
BOS
C
37.2
5.0
2.7
-0.9
6 Raul Chavez
TOR
C
36.3
4.8
2.7
1.2
7 Rod Barajas
TOR
C
33.8
3.5
6.2
2.3
8 Jose Molina
NYA
C
34.1
3.5
3.1
1.7
First Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Mark Teixeira
NYA
1B
29.2
9.2
3.2
1.5
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Lyle Overbay
TOR
1B
32.4
11.9
2.2
0.8
2 Russell Branyan
SEA
1B
33.5
10.8
1.4
0.1
3 Mark Teixeira
NYA
1B
29.2
9.2
3.2
1.5
4 Paul Konerko
CHA
1B
33.3
3.9
3.3
1.9
5 Daric Barton
OAK
1B
23.9
2.9
0.7
0.2
6 Kendry Morales
LAA
1B
26.0
2.2
3.3
1.7
7 Kevin Millar
TOR
1B
37.8
2.0
0.7
0.2
8 Ty Wigginton
BAL
1B
31.7
1.2
0.5
0.1
Second Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Placido Polanco
DET
2B
33.7
2.8
8.9
4.7
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ian Kinsler
TEX
2B
27.0
16.0
7.2
3.1
2 Mark Ellis
OAK
2B
32.1
7.2
3.0
0.0
3 Robinson Cano
NYA
2B
26.7
7.2
6.9
2.4
4 Jose Lopez
SEA
2B
25.6
7.2
3.1
-1.0
5 Luis Valbuena*
CLE
2B
23.6
3.4
2.6
0.5
6 Ben Zobrist
TBA
2B
28.1
2.9
2.4
0.0
7 Placido Polanco
DET
2B
33.7
2.8
8.9
4.7
8 Nick Punto
MIN
2B
31.6
2.7
2.6
0.9
Third Base
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Evan Longoria
TBA
3B
23.7
13.1
7.2
4.0
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Evan Longoria
TBA
3B
23.7
13.1
7.2
4.0
2 Chone Figgins
LAA
3B
31.4
6.0
6.1
2.8
3 Brandon Inge
DET
3B
32.1
5.4
4.4
1.0
4 Jhonny Peralta
CLE
3B
27.1
5.1
2.1
-0.2
5 Adrian Beltre
SEA
3B
30.2
4.0
4.8
2.4
6 Alex Rodriguez
NYA
3B
33.9
3.7
3.7
1.3
7 Jack Hannahan
MULT
3B
29.3
3.5
2.6
1.1
8 Joe Crede
MIN
3B
31.2
3.4
3.3
1.5
Shortstop
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Derek Jeter
NYA
SS
35.0
-14.6
5.7
1.1
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Adam Everett
DET
SS
32.4
8.8
4.2
0.7
2 Ramon Santiago
DET
SS
29.8
7.2
2.3
0.5
3 Cliff Pennington*
OAK
SS
25.0
6.2
2.7
0.7
4 Erick Aybar
LAA
SS
25.5
5.5
7.8
3.4
5 Alexei Ramirez
CHA
SS
27.8
5.4
5.7
0.9
6 Elvis Andrus*
TEX
SS
20.8
4.4
8.9
4.3
7 Robert Andino
BAL
SS
25.2
4.0
2.5
0.7
8 Reid Brignac*
TBA
SS
23.5
2.5
0.7
-0.1
Outfield
Winner
Player
Tm
Pos
Torii Hunter
LAA
CF
34.0
4.5
3.6
0.9
Adam Jones
BAL
CF
23.9
4.5
3.1
0.4
Ichiro Suzuki
SEA
RF
35.7
1.2
4.1
1.9
by Fielding Wins Above Replacement
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Nelson Cruz
TEX
RF
29.0
21.4
5.1
3.2
2 David DeJesus
KCA
LF
29.5
15.0
4.2
2.1
3 Carl Crawford
TBA
LF
27.9
12.3
3.5
1.4
4 Alex Rios
MULT
RF
28.4
10.6
2.8
0.2
5 Franklin Gutierrez
SEA
CF
26.4
9.3
7.4
3.8
6 Nick Swisher
NYA
RF
28.6
8.4
2.3
0.4
7 Brett Gardner*
NYA
CF
25.9
7.7
2.6
0.9
8 Carlos Gomez
MIN
CF
23.6
7.6
3.3
1.1
9 Clete Thomas*
DET
RF
25.6
7.5
1.9
0.8
10 Ryan Raburn
DET
LF
28.2
5.6
1.8
0.9
11 Felix Pie
BAL
LF
24.4
5.5
1.7
0.4
12 Ryan Sweeney
OAK
RF
24.4
5.3
3.1
0.8
13 Michael Saunders*
SEA
LF
22.6
5.1
1.1
0.6
14 Endy Chavez
SEA
LF
31.4
4.7
1.4
0.7
15 Torii Hunter
LAA
CF
34.0
4.5
3.6
0.9
16 Adam Jones
BAL
CF
23.9
4.5
3.1
0.4
17 Jacoby Ellsbury
BOS
CF
25.8
4.5
5.8
2.3
18 Dewayne Wise
CHA
CF
31.4
3.8
1.7
0.8
19 Gabe Gross
TBA
RF
29.7
3.7
1.7
0.6
20 Mitch Maier*
KCA
CF
27.0
3.7
4.1
2.0
21 Rajai Davis
OAK
CF
28.7
3.6
2.5
0.2
22 Trevor Crowe*
CLE
LF
25.6
2.7
0.8
-0.2
23 Shin-Soo Choo
CLE
RF
27.0
1.5
1.7
-0.4
24 Fernando Perez*
TBA
CF
26.2
1.4
0.4
0.2
*Rookie
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