ozzie smith has the most shortstop gold gloves in mlb history.
ozzie smith has the most shortstop gold gloves in mlb history.
who has the most shortstop  gold gloves in mlb history?
ozzie smith
the most gold gloves ever won by one player is 18 by pitcher greg maddux. he won 13 consecutive awards from 1990 to 2002, all in the national league. brooks robinson has the most wins for a position player, with 16 gold gloves, all at third base, and is tied for the second-highest total overall with pitcher jim kaat, who won his 16 awards consecutively. iván rodríguez has won the most gold gloves as a catcher, with 13 career awards in the american league. ozzie smith has 13 wins at shortstop; he and rodríguez are tied for the fourth-highest total among all winners. among outfielders, roberto clemente and willie mays, who played primarily right field and center field, respectively, are tied for the lead with 12 gold gloves. keith hernandez, the leader at first base, has won 11 times, and roberto alomar leads second basemen with 10 wins. other players with 10 or more wins include shortstop omar vizquel (11), catcher johnny bench (10), third baseman mike schmidt (10), and outfielders ken griffey jr., ichiro suzuki, andruw jones, and al kaline (10 each).
rawlings gold glove award
throughout erstad's angels career, his defense remained exceptionally strong. he led all major league center fielders in range factor (3.39) in 2002. erstad won gold glove awards in 2000, 2002, and 2004, when he made a transition from the outfield to first base. he is the only player in mlb history to have won gold gloves as an infielder and as an outfielder. he was also the first to win the award at different positions (though all outfield gold gloves are voted on together) until plácido polanco won an nl gold glove as a third baseman for the philadelphia phillies in 2011 after having won two gold gloves as a second baseman, thus both being infield awards.
darin erstad