The winners of the Rawlings Gold Glove Awards were announced on ESPN on Tuesday night. Here they are:
Catcher
- National League: Buster Posey, San Francisco Giants (1st Gold Glove)
- American League: Salvador Perez, Kansas City Royals (4th)
First Base
- National League: Anthony Rizzo, Chicago Cubs (1st)
- American League: Mitch Moreland, Texas Rangers (1st)
Second Base
- National League: Joe Panik, San Francisco Giants (1st)
- American League: Ian Kinsler, Detroit Tigers (1st)
Third Base
- National League: Nolan Arenado, Colorado Rockies (4th)
- American League: Adrian Beltre, Texas Rangers (5th)
Shortstop
- National League: Brandon Crawford, San Francisco Giants (2nd)
- American League: Francisco Lindor, Cleveland Indians (1st)
Left Field
- National League: Starling Marte, Pittsburgh Pirates (2nd)
- American League: Brett Gardner, New York Yankees (1st)
Center Field
- National League: Ender Inciarte, Atlanta Braves (1st)
- American League: Kevin Kiermaier, Tampa Bay Rays (2nd)
Right Field
- National League: Jason Heyward, Chicago Cubs (4th)
- American League: Mookie Betts, Boston Red Sox (1st)
Pitcher
- National League: Zack Greinke, Arizona Diamondbacks (3rd)
- American League: Dallas Keuchel, Houston Astros (3nd)
The Giants cleaned up in the infield with Posey behind the plate, Panik at second base, and Crawford at shortstop. No other team topped the Giants’ three Gold Glove Award winners.
Nine players won their first Gold Glove Award. Three others won their second. Adrian Beltre won his fifth career Gold Glove, the most among Tuesday’s winners. Nolan Arenado and Salvador Perez each won their fourth consecutive Gold Glove Award. Jason Heyward, Zack Greinke, and Dallas Keuchel have won the Gold Glove Award in each of the last three years.