Major League Gold Gloves

Our stat staff at the Herman have crunched the defensive numbers for the Major League, and our coaches and managers have turned in their ballots for the Gold Gloves.

Catcher: The Penguin's Ray Brooks wins the award, throwing out 45% of basestealers and making only 2 errors.

1B: John Hafner wins the gold glove. His +4 rating was second to John Conner (+6), but the baseball men don't agree with the stats here. The worst 1B was Green Day's Steve Edwards, at -8 in only 41 starts. Per 1400 innings his rating is a brutal -27, nobody was worse than -6.

2B: Yoda Skywalker wins. His rating is +4. B.J. Lewis was not as steady and needs work learning how to turn the DP, but the stats say he has phenomenal range, coming in at +18 runs. Sam Robinson, Willie Dixon, and Rickey Buckley all rated around -10, at the bottom.

3B: Elvis Dixon wins the gold glove and our Defensive Player of the Year award. An amazing, Brooks Robinson like +29 runs. Domingo Chavez came in second at +13. Clyde Frogg and Jason Gonzalez bring up the rear, -10. Detroit's Arnoldo Jimenez is +11. The worst are Jose Isales (-16) and Felix Ravelo (-12).

Outfield gold gloves go to Chad White (+16), Roy Brown (+8), and rightfielder Keith Lee (+21 range and also 27 assists). Chad may be the best defensive centerfielder of all time. Vince Lewis was -14 in center, and Jake Cisco -13 in right. Cisco normally rates well defensively but had an all around off season in 2007.

SS: Brett Solo brings in the gold glove with a little New York pushing. Ozzie Gaedel was just as good. Both rated at +17.