Among winners, Steve Garvey has made the most putouts in a season, with 1,606 in 1977.[17] Murray leads American League winners in that category, with 1,538 in 1984.[14]Kevin Youkilis has made the fewest errors in a season, also achieving the highest fielding percentage, when he went the entire 2007 season without an error for a fielding percentage of 1.000.[18] Several players have made one error in a winning season, including Parker in 1968,[11] Snow in 1998,[12]Rafael Palmeiro in 1999,[19] and Teixeira in 2012.[13] Parker, Snow and Teixeira achieved a .999 fielding percentage in those seasons, as did Todd Helton in 2001.[11][12][13][20] The player with the most errors in an award-winning season was Scott; he made 19 errors in 1967.[8]Joey Votto made the most assists in a season, with 173 in 2011.[21] The highest double play total in the major leagues belongs to Cecil Cooper, who turned 160 double plays in 1980.[22]
Darin Erstad won a Gold Glove as a first baseman in 2004 after winning two awards in the outfield (2000, 2002), making him the only player to win the award as an infielder and an outfielder.[23] In 1999, Palmeiro won the Gold Glove with the Texas Rangers while only appearing in 28 games as a first baseman; he appeared in 135 games as a designated hitter that season,[19] resulting in some controversy over his selection.[24][25][26][27] The oldest player to win at the position is Yuli Gurriel, who won the award for the Houston Astros at the age of 37 in 2021.
^ ab"Rawlings to Unveil Ballot". Rawlings. February 13, 2007. Archived from the original on February 5, 2009. Retrieved June 4, 2009. Members of the original 1957 Rawlings Gold Glove Team: Willie Mays, CF (New York Giants); Al Kaline, RF (Detroit Tigers); Minnie Minoso, LF (Chicago White Sox); Frank Malzone, 3B (Boston Red Sox); Nellie Fox, 2B (Chicago White Sox); Gil Hodges, 1B (Dodgers); Roy McMillan, SS (Cincinnati Reds); Sherm Lollar C (Chicago White Sox); and Bobby Shantz, P (New York Yankees).
^Luft, Jacob (September 17, 2003). "Baseball's rubber stamp". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on October 24, 2012. Retrieved June 5, 2009.
^Haudricourt, Tom (May 19, 2009). "Melvin not looking for a 2B". Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal-Sentinel. Archived from the original on May 21, 2009. Retrieved June 5, 2009.
^Dierker, Larry (2006). My Team. Simon and Schuster. p. 13. ISBN0-7432-7513-6. Retrieved June 5, 2009.