List of Gold Glove Award winners at third base


The Rawlings Gold Glove Award, usually referred to as the Gold Glove, 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 and the American League, as voted by the managers and coaches in each league. Managers are not permitted to vote for their own players. Eighteen Gold Gloves are awarded each year, 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. The award was created from a glove made from gold lamé-tanned leather and affixed to a walnut base. Initially, only one Gold Glove per position was awarded to the top fielder at each position in the entire league; however, separate awards were given for the National and American Leagues beginning in 1958.
Brooks Robinson won 16 Gold Gloves with the Baltimore Orioles, leading both the American League and all third basemen in awards won. Mike Schmidt is second in wins at third base; he won 10 with the Philadelphia Phillies and leads National League third basemen in Gold Gloves. Scott Rolen has the third-highest total, winning eight awards with the Phillies, the St. Louis Cardinals, and the Cincinnati Reds. Nolan Arenado ranks fourth with seven awards, all with the Colorado Rockies. Six-time winners at third base are Buddy Bell, Eric Chavez, and Robin Ventura. Adrián Beltré, Ken Boyer, Doug Rader, and Ron Santo have each won five Gold Gloves at third base, and four-time winners include Gary Gaetti and Matt Williams. Hall of Famers who have won a Gold Glove at the position include Robinson, Schmidt, Santo, Wade Boggs, and George Brett.
The fewest errors committed in a third baseman's winning season is five, achieved by Boggs in 1995 and Chavez in 2006. Two National League winners have made six errors in a season to lead that league: Mike Lowell in 2005, and Schmidt in 1986. Chavez' fielding percentage of.987 in 2006 leads all winners; Lowell leads the National League with his.983 mark. Robinson leads all winners with 410 assists in 1974, and made the most putouts in the American League. The most putouts by a winner was 187, made by Santo in 1967. Schmidt leads the National League in assists, with 396 in 1977. The most double plays turned in a season was 46 by Evan Longoria in 2010. Arenado leads the National League with 44 in 2018.
Ken Boyer and Clete Boyer are the only pair of brothers to have won Gold Glove Awards at third base. Older brother Ken won five Gold Gloves in six years with the Cardinals, and Clete won in 1969 with the Atlanta Braves.

Key

American League winners

YearPlayerTeamPOAEDPFPctRef
Boston Red Sox1513702531.954
Boston Red Sox1393782736.950
Boston Red Sox1343572440.953
*†Baltimore Orioles1713281234.977
*†Baltimore Orioles1513311434.972
*†Baltimore Orioles1633391132.979
*†Baltimore Orioles1533301243.976
*†Baltimore Orioles1533271440.972
*†Baltimore Orioles1442961536.967
*†Baltimore Orioles1743131226.976
*†Baltimore Orioles1474051137.980
*†Baltimore Orioles1683531631.970
*†Baltimore Orioles1633701337.976
*†Baltimore Orioles1573211730.966
*†Baltimore Orioles1313541635.968
*†Baltimore Orioles1293331127.977
*†Baltimore Orioles1293541525.970
*†Baltimore Orioles1154101844.967
*†Baltimore Orioles96326930.979
Detroit Tigers120280921.978
New York Yankees1323211231.974
New York Yankees1093261130.975
Texas Rangers1123641522.969
Texas Rangers123282826.981
Texas Rangers662811418.961
Texas Rangers1313961335.976
Texas Rangers1233831729.967
Texas Rangers1293232028.958
†Kansas City Royals1073391533.967
Minnesota Twins1183342136.956
Minnesota Twins1342611128.973
Minnesota Twins105189724.977
Minnesota Twins1042511023.973
Toronto Blue Jays1232801921.955
Chicago White Sox1342871829.959
Chicago White Sox1413722329.957
Chicago White Sox1122781426.965
†New York Yankees402141019.962
†New York Yankees69193511.981
Chicago White Sox1332391034.974
Cleveland Indians882991221.970
Chicago White Sox1023301538.966
New York Yankees872391320.962
Cleveland Indians79276820.978
Oakland Athletics1003211227.972
Oakland Athletics1203011724.961
Oakland Athletics1253431433.971
Oakland Athletics1132761331.968
Oakland Athletics1213011527.966
Oakland Athletics105281542.987
Seattle Mariners1212871824.958
Seattle Mariners1002721427.964
Tampa Bay Rays1123021343.970
Tampa Bay Rays1272761446.966
Texas Rangers932081124.965
Texas Rangers95209823.974
Baltimore Orioles1163551342.973
Seattle Mariners87327836.981
Baltimore Orioles1323371938.961
Texas Rangers1043011043.976
Tampa Bay Rays962671233.968
Oakland Athletics1333312037.959
Oakland Athletics146311927.981

National League winners

YearPlayerTeamPOAEDPFPctRef
Boston Red Sox 1513702531.954
St. Louis Cardinals1563502041.962
St. Louis Cardinals1343002032.956
St. Louis Cardinals1403001937.959
St. Louis Cardinals1173462423.951
San Francisco Giants1252561928.953
St. Louis Cardinals1292933423.925
†Chicago Cubs1563672031.963
†Chicago Cubs1553732427.957
†Chicago Cubs1503912536.956
†Chicago Cubs1873932633.957
†Chicago Cubs1303781533.971
Atlanta Braves1392751518.965
Houston Astros1473571839.966
Houston Astros932752128.946
Houston Astros1193402031.958
Houston Astros1342962524.945
Houston Astros1283471728.965
St. Louis Cardinals1242792321.946
†Philadelphia Phillies1393772129.961
†Philadelphia Phillies1063961933.964
†Philadelphia Phillies983241634.963
†Philadelphia Phillies1143612336.954
†Philadelphia Phillies983722731.946
†Philadelphia Phillies742491520.956
†Philadelphia Phillies1103242328.950
†Philadelphia Phillies1073321929.959
†Philadelphia Phillies853292619.941
Montréal Expos1483831834.967
†Philadelphia Phillies78220627.980
St. Louis Cardinals1173692627.949
Montréal Expos1233281831.962
St. Louis Cardinals1133921525.971
Montréal Expos1283092123.954
San Francisco Giants1312931630.964
Atlanta Braves1333251927.960
San Francisco Giants1172661234.970
San Francisco Giants792351222.963
San Diego Padres1022952728.936
San Diego Padres1033102028.954
San Diego Padres902912420.941
Philadelphia Phillies1353191428.970
New York Mets123320933.980
Philadelphia Phillies892451014.971
Philadelphia Phillies1043251222.973
Philadelphia Phillies
St. Louis Cardinals		1333351641.967
St. Louis Cardinals1092981323.969
St. Louis Cardinals933251023.977
Florida Marlins107243634.983
St. Louis Cardinals933181532.965
New York Mets1073242124.954
New York Mets1142861621.962
Washington Nationals1173251728.963
Cincinnati Reds83259828.977
Philadelphia Phillies79259815.977
San Diego Padres1003151020.976
Colorado Rockies913091127.973
Colorado Rockies692801531.959
Colorado Rockies1053851742.966
Colorado Rockies993781339.973
Colorado Rockies103311939.979
Colorado Rockies1043121444.967
Colorado Rockies111337943.980

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