Talk:Rawlings Gold Glove Award

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[edit] Merge

Oops. Missed "Gold Glove" entirely. Thanks for merging the articles.

RadicalBender 04:23, 27 Sep 2003 (UTC)

[edit] Disagree with mention of Silver Bat award

I think this should be removed:

At the time, there was an award called the "Silver Bat," which was awarded by Hillerich & Bradsby, the Major League Baseball bat provider of the time, to the league's leading hitters, but there was no award for fielding.

because the Silver Bat is given to the player in the league with the highest batting average, and I don't think its one per position. This doesn't seem anything like the Gold Glove award, which is subjective and is one per position.

Any thoughts please?

Mattingly23 15:24, 5 Aug 2004 (UTC)

No need to omit, it simply shows that the award for batting average came first.

[edit] Controversial Gold Gloves

I think the main entry would benefit from some discussion of the often controversial and/or arbitrary nature of the Gold Glove awards. For example, Rafael Palmeiro winning the 1999 American League Gold Glove at first base even though he only played 28 games at the position during that season (he played 135 as the Designated Hitter). Some degree of research would be required to determine if this was the fewest number of starts for a past winner in the award's history, but it's certainly absurd considering a 162-game regular season. This is given a line in the main entry but is a big deal in baseball circles! http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/palmera01.shtml

In this year's American League awards Derek Jeter wins again as "best fielder" at shortstop despite committing twice as many errors (15) as Boston shortstop Alex Gonzalez (7) and despite sporting a lower fielding percentage (.975 to .985). Last year Torii Hunter won one in the American League outfield despite playing little over half a season (98 games). Oakland second baseman Mark Ellis this year had one of (if not the) the best fielding percentages in the history of baseball for a second baseman this year (.997) and was somehow overlooked.

Sound reasonable?Jimsurge74 21:12, 3 November 2006 (UTC)