The 2015 Rawlings Gold Glove Award winners will be announced on Tuesday night, revealing the winners of the longest-tenured defensive honors in baseball.
How to watch 2015 MLB Gold Glove Awards on TV & online, plus finalists at each position
The Gold Glove Awards will be revealed at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN2.
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The Gold Glove Awards have been awarded at each position since 1957, and are voted on by managers and coaching staffs in each league. There is also a statistical component added to the awards in recent years called the SABR defensive index, which according to Rawlings “combines measures from five (5) different defensive data sources and includes factors that rate the defenders arm strength and accuracy, range and his sure-handedness, along with the number of ‘excellent’ and ‘poor’ fielding plays he makes.”
This marks an improvement in the awards over the old guard, which would sometimes overly favor incumbents. Rafael Palmeiro, a Gold Glove winner at first base in the American League in 1997 and 1998, also won the award in 1999 despite playing only 28 games at the position, spending most of his season at first base.
There are minimum game and innings requirements now, which ending up costing Indians superb rookie shortstop Francisco Lindor a shot at a Gold Glove. Lindor, despite making his major league debut on June 15, topped AL shortstops in Defensive Runs Saved (per Baseball Info Solutions) and Total Zone Rating (from BaseballProjection.com) and was rated the top AL shortstop defensively by the Fielding Bible Awards.
But one of the eligibility requirements for the Gold Glove for infielders and outfielders is 690 innings by the team’s 137th game of the season, and through that game, on Sept. 8, Lindor had only 655 defensive innings to his credit.
Managers and coaches can only vote for players in their own league, and they cannot vote for players on their own team.
Three finalists at each position in each league were announced on Oct. 29.
American League
- Pitcher: Mark Buehrle, Blue Jays; Sonny Gray, Athletics; Dallas Keuchel, Astros
- Catcher: Jason Castro, Astros; Russell Martin, Blue Jays; Salvador Perez, Royals
- First base: Eric Hosmer, Royals; Mike Napoli, Rangers; Mark Teixeira, Yankees
- Second base: Jose Altuve, Astros; Brian Dozier, Twins; Ian Kinsler, Tigers
- Third base: Adrian Beltre, Rangers; Evan Longoria, Rays; Manny Machado, Orioles
- Shortstop: Xander Bogaerts, Red Sox; Alcides Escobar, Royals; Didi Gregorius, Yankees
- Left field: Yoenis Cespedes, Tigers; Brett Gardner, Yankees; Alex Gordon, Royals
- Center field: Kevin Kiermaier, Rays; Kevin Pillar, Blue Jays; Mike Trout, Angels
- Right field: Kole Calhoun, Angels; J.D. Martinez, Tigers; Josh Reddick, Athletics
National League
- Pitcher: Jake Arrieta, Cubs; Gerrit Cole, Pirates; Zack Greinke, Dodgers
- Catcher: Yadier Molina, Cardinals; Buster Posey, Giants; Wilson Ramos, Nationals
- First base: Brandon Belt, Giants; Paul Goldschmidt, Diamondbacks; Adrian Gonzalez, Dodgers
- Second base: Dee Gordon, Marlins; DJ LeMahieu, Rockies; Brandon Phillips, Reds
- Third base: Nolan Arenado, Rockies; Matt Duffy, Giants; Todd Frazier, Reds
- Shortstop: Brandon Crawford, Giants; Adeiny Hechavarria, Marlins; Andrelton Simmons, Braves
- Left field: Starling Marte, Pirates; Justin Upton, Padres; Christian Yelich, Marlins
- Center field: Billy Hamilton, Reds; Andrew McCutchen, Pirates; A.J. Pollock, Diamondbacks
- Right field: Curtis Granderson, Mets; Bryce Harper, Nationals; Jason Heyward, Cardinals
The winners get announced Tuesday night on ESPN2 at 7 p.m. ET, and will be available online via Watch ESPN.
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