A report on Gold Glove Award and Greg Maddux

Roberto Alomar's 1994 Gold Glove Award
Maddux in 2009
Gil Hodges was one of the first Gold Glove recipients, in 1957.
Maddux pitching for the Braves in 1994
Brooks Robinson won 16 Gold Gloves, the most of any position player.
Greg Maddux won 18 Gold Gloves, the most of any player.
Maddux pitching for the Cubs in 2006
Willie Mays won 12 Gold Gloves and was elected to the all-time team.
Mark Belanger (pictured) won multiple Gold Gloves at shortstop along with teammates Davey Johnson and Bobby Grich at second base.
Maddux pitching for the Padres
As of 2021 Nolan Arenado (with 5) has won the most Platinum Glove Awards of any player.
Maddux in the dugout in 2008

In addition, he holds the record for most Gold Gloves with 18, and most putouts by a pitcher with 546, including a tied live-ball-era record of 39 putouts in a season (1990, 1991, 1993).

- Greg Maddux

The most Gold Gloves ever won by one player is 18 by pitcher Greg Maddux.

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Roberto Alomar's 1994 Gold Glove Award

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Robinson in 2000

Brooks Robinson

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American former professional baseball player.

American former professional baseball player.

Robinson in 2000
Robinson in 1955
Robinson in 1963
1966 baseball card of Robinson
Robinson during his final season
Robinson in 2010

That year, he won the first of 16 consecutive Gold Glove Awards, tied with Jim Kaat for the second-most for any player at any position (behind Greg Maddux's 18).

Kaat c.1965

Jim Kaat

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American former professional baseball player and television sports commentator.

American former professional baseball player and television sports commentator.

Kaat c.1965
Kaat in 2013

Kaat was an All-Star for three seasons and a Gold Glove winner for 16 seasons.

His record for career Gold Gloves by a pitcher is now second to Greg Maddux's 18.

Vizquel with the Toronto Blue Jays in 2012

Omar Vizquel

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Venezuelan former professional baseball shortstop.

Venezuelan former professional baseball shortstop.

Vizquel with the Toronto Blue Jays in 2012
Vizquel with the San Francisco Giants in 2008.
Vizquel as first-base coach of the Detroit Tigers in 2017
Vizquel during his tenure with the Indians in 1996.

Widely considered one of baseball's all-time best fielding shortstops, Vizquel won 11 Gold Glove Awards, including nine consecutive from 1993 to 2001.

Vizquel was Greg Maddux's 3000th strikeout victim on July 26, 2005.