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Rawlings Sporting Items Firm, Inc., introduced the winners for the 2024 Rawlings Gold Glove Award®, honoring the perfect particular person fielding performances at every place within the American League® and Nationwide League®. The winners have been unveiled on Nov. third.
Acknowledged as the perfect defensive gamers at their respective positions, this yr’s class of honorees consists of six earlier winners of the Rawlings Gold Glove Award and 14 first-time winners.
Of this group, Matt Chapman has earned probably the most awards throughout his profession to date with 5 on the third base place.
A number of groups had a number of winners: the Cleveland Guardians, Kansas Metropolis Royals and Seattle Mariners within the American League; and the Colorado Rockies, Milwaukee Brewers and San Francisco Giants within the Nationwide League.
“The artwork of protection is one thing we’ve deeply admired and treasured over the 67-year historical past of the Rawlings Gold Glove Award, and this yr’s winners are actually masters of their craft,” stated Mike Thompson, chief advertising and marketing officer for Rawlings.
“It’s evident, from this yr’s stacked lineup of Rawlings Gold Glove Award finalists to the newly introduced winners, that superior defensive excellence is what differentiates the nice from the good on this recreation.”
How Gold Glove Winners are Chosen:
To find out the winners of the 18 defensive place awards, every group’s supervisor and as much as six coaches on his employees voted from a pool of certified gamers of their league and couldn’t vote for gamers from their very own group. Moreover, Rawlings consists of the SABR Defensive Index™ (SDI) as a part of the Rawlings Gold Glove Award choice course of, which influences roughly 25 % of the general choice complete, with the managers’ and coaches’ votes persevering with to hold the bulk.
To determine the utility award winners, Rawlings collaborated with SABR to create a specialised defensive method separate from the standard choice course of for the Rawlings Gold Glove Award place winners. Using the SABR method and extra defensive statistics, Rawlings chosen one utility winner from every league.
“We actually worth our function in offering the quantitative metrics used to help in figuring out the winners of a career-defining honor such because the Rawlings Gold Glove Award,” stated Scott Bush, chief government officer for SABR. “The 20 Rawlings Gold Glove Award recipients this yr definitely took protection to a brand new degree, and we congratulate them on their golden achievement this season.”
The Winners!
Under is the entire itemizing of the 2024 Rawlings Gold Glove Award winners from every league and the variety of Rawlings Gold Glove Awards every participant has received in his profession:
AMERICAN LEAGUE:
- P: Seth Lugo – Kansas Metropolis Royals (1)
- C: Cal Raleigh – Seattle Mariners (1)
- 1B: Carlos Santana – Minnesota Twins (1)
- 2B: Andrés Giménez – Cleveland Guardians (3)
- 3B: Alex Bregman – Houston Astros (1)
- SS: Bobby Witt Jr. – Kansas Metropolis Royals (1)
- LF: Steven Kwan – Cleveland Guardians (3)
- CF: Daulton Varsho – Toronto Blue Jays (1)
- RF: Wilyer Abreu – Boston Crimson Sox (1)
- Utility: Dylan Moore – Seattle Mariners (1)
NATIONAL LEAGUE:
- P: Chris Sale – Atlanta Braves (1)
- C: Patrick Bailey – San Francisco Giants (1)
- 1B: Christian Walker – Arizona Diamondbacks (3)
- 2B: Brice Turang – Milwaukee Brewers (1)
- 3B: Matt Chapman – San Francisco Giants (5)
- SS: Ezequiel Tovar – Colorado Rockies (2)
- LF: Ian Happ – Chicago Cubs (3)
- CF: Brenton Doyle – Colorado Rockies (2)
- RF: Sal Frelick – Milwaukee Brewers (1)
- UT: Jared Triolo – Pittsburgh Pirates (1)
“I’m honored to have received my very first Rawlings Gold Glove Award alongside such a gifted group of athletes, together with my very own teammate, which makes it much more particular for me,” stated Cal Raleigh, catcher for the Seattle Mariners. “I can’t wait to put on the enduring Rawlings gold patch on my gear and glove as Gold Glovers like Johnny Bench, Yadier Molina and Salvador Perez have performed all through their spectacular careers as catchers.”
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About Rawlings®:
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