Roberto Alomar leads all second basemen with 10 Gold Glove Award wins.
The Gold Glove Award is the award given annually to the Major League Baseball players judged to have exhibited superior individual fielding performances at each fielding position in both the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), as voted by the managers and coaches in each league.[1] Managers are not permitted to vote for their own players.[1] Eighteen Gold Gloves are awarded each year (with the exception of 1957, 1985, 2007 and 2018), one at each of the nine positions in each league. In 1957, the baseball glove manufacturer Rawlings created the Gold Glove Award to commemorate the best fielding performance at each position.[2] The award was created from a glove made from gold lamé-tanned leather and affixed to a walnut base.[3] Initially, only one Gold Glove per position was awarded to the top fielder at each position in the entire league;[2] however, separate awards were given for the National and American Leagues beginning in 1958.[4][5]
Only one winning second baseman has had an errorless season; Plácido Polanco set a record among winners by becoming the first to post a season with no errors and, therefore, a 1.000 fielding percentage.[19]Kolten Wong in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season set the National League record among winners with two errors,[20] and Phillips (2010) and Darwin Barney (2012) amassed a .996 fielding percentage to lead all National League winners.[17][21] Grich has made the most putouts in a season, with 484 in 1974.[14] Fox made 453 putouts and the same number of assists in the award's inaugural season; this is more putouts than any National League player has achieved.[18] Mazeroski and Morgan set the National League mark, with 417 in 1967 and 1973 respectively.[8][10] Sandberg's 571 assists in 1983 are the most among winners in the major leagues;[7] the American League leader is Grich, who made 509 in 1973.[14] Mazeroski turned the most double plays by a winner, collecting 161 in 1966.[8] The American League leader is Fox (141 double plays in 1957).[18]
^ 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).