List of Gold Glove Award winners at catcher

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 (NL) and the American League (AL), as voted by the managers and coaches in each league.^[1] Managers are not permitted to vote for their own players.^[1] Eighteen Gold Gloves are awarded each year (with the exception of 1957, 1985, 2007 and 2018), 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.^[2] The award was created from a glove made from gold lamé-tanned leather and affixed to a walnut base.^[3] Initially, only one Gold Glove per position was awarded to the top fielder at each position in the entire league;^[2] however, separate awards were given for the National and American Leagues beginning in 1958.^[4][5]

Iván Rodríguez has won 13 Gold Gloves, the most among catchers.

Iván Rodríguez has won the most Gold Gloves at catcher, with 13; all were won with the Texas Rangers or the Detroit Tigers (both American League teams), though Rodríguez has played in both leagues.^[6] Johnny Bench, who spent his entire career with the Cincinnati Reds, leads National Leaguers in wins, and is second overall with 10 Gold Gloves.^[7] Yadier Molina is third overall and second in the NL all time with nine.^[8] Bob Boone, who is a member of one of four family pairs to win Gold Glove Awards, won seven between both leagues during his career.^[9] Jim Sundberg has won six Gold Gloves,^[10] with Bill Freehan and Salvador Pérez winning five.^[11][12] There have been four 4-time winners at catcher: Del Crandall, Mike Matheny, Charles Johnson, and Tony Peña.^{[13][14][15][16]} Hall of Famers who have won as catchers include Bench, Rodriguez, Carlton Fisk, and Gary Carter.^{[7][6][17][18][d]} The other family pair to win Gold Gloves as catchers are brothers Bengie and Yadier Molina, who have won eleven awards between them as of the end of the 2018 season^[update].^[19][8]

J. T. Realmuto set the record for putouts among winning catchers in 2022; he put out 1,151 batters for the Philadelphia Phillies that season.^[20] In the American League, the leader is Roberto Pérez, with 1,082 putouts in 2019.^[21] Assist leaders include Carter (108 in 1980) in the National League and the major leagues and Sundberg (103 in 1977) in the American League.^[10][18] Five Gold Glove-winning catchers have posted errorless seasons with a 1.000 fielding percentage: Johnson (1997),^[15] Matheny (2003),^[14] Salvador Pérez (2018),^[12] Tucker Barnhart (2020),^[22] and Roberto Pérez (2020).^[21] Johnny Edwards and Johnson hold the major league record for double plays turned among winners, with 17 each.^[15][23] Edwards doubled off 17 runners in 1964,^[23] and Johnson matched his total in 1997.^[15] The American League leaders are Ray Fosse, Boone and Matt Wieters (16 double plays in 1971, 1986 and 2011, respectively).^[9][24][25] Bench (NL; 1975), Roberto Pérez (AL; 2019–2020) and Jacob Stallings (NL; 2021) hold the record for the least passed balls in a season with zero.^[7][21][26] Roberto Pérez has the highest percentage of baserunners caught stealing, with a 71% mark set in 2020.^[21] Bench is the National League leader; he threw out 57% of potential base-stealers in 1969.^[7]

Key

Year	Links to the corresponding Major League Baseball season
PO	Putout
A	Assist
E	Error
DP	Double play
FPct	Fielding percentage
PB	Passed balls
CS%	Caught stealing percentage[a]
* or **	Winner of the most Gold Glove Awards at his position (** indicates tie)
†	Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

American League winners

Matt Wieters (2011 AL Gold Glove winner)

Joe Mauer (2008–2010 AL Gold Glove winner)

Jason Varitek (2005 AL Gold Glove winner)

Year	Player	Team	PO	A	E	DP	FPct	PB	CS%	Ref
1957[b]	Sherm Lollar	Chicago White Sox	454	45	1	5	.998	5	48%	[27]
1958	Sherm Lollar	Chicago White Sox	597	63	9	8	.987	5	47%	[28]
1959	Sherm Lollar	Chicago White Sox	623	51	5	14	.993	4	42%	[29]
1960	Earl Battey	Washington Senators	749	65	15	10	.982	18	59%	[30]
1961	Earl Battey	Minnesota Twins	812	60	6	9	.993	13	37%	[31]
1962	Earl Battey	Minnesota Twins	872	82	9	9	.991	13	44%	[32]
1963	Elston Howard	New York Yankees	786	51	5	8	.994	8	41%	[33]
1964	Elston Howard	New York Yankees	939	67	2	9	.998	8	49%	[34]
1965	Bill Freehan	Detroit Tigers	865	57	4	4	.996	20	36%	[35]
1966	Bill Freehan	Detroit Tigers	898	56	4	11	.996	3	35%	[36]
1967	Bill Freehan	Detroit Tigers	950	63	8	9	.992	16	36%	[37]
1968	Bill Freehan	Detroit Tigers	971	73	6	15	.994	7	37%	[38]
1969	Bill Freehan	Detroit Tigers	821	49	7	7	.992	9	32%	[39]
1970	Ray Fosse	Cleveland Indians	854	70	10	7	.989	17	55%	[40]
1971	Ray Fosse	Cleveland Indians	748	73	10	16	.988	13	40%	[41]
1972	Carlton Fisk†	Boston Red Sox	846	72	15	10	.984	8	39%	[42]
1973	Thurman Munson	New York Yankees	673	80	12	11	.984	10	48%	[43]
1974	Thurman Munson	New York Yankees	743	75	22	10	.974	6	35%	[44]
1975	Thurman Munson	New York Yankees	700	95	23	14	.972	9	50%	[45]
1976	Jim Sundberg	Texas Rangers	719	96	7	11	.991	6	42%	[46]
1977	Jim Sundberg	Texas Rangers	801	103	5	12	.994	5	56%	[47]
1978	Jim Sundberg	Texas Rangers	769	91	3	14	.997	8	48%	[48]
1979	Jim Sundberg	Texas Rangers	754	75	4	14	.995	8	41%	[49]
1980	Jim Sundberg	Texas Rangers	853	76	7	7	.993	17	34%	[50]
1981	Jim Sundberg	Texas Rangers	464	52	2	9	.996	8	48%	[51]
1982	Bob Boone	California Angels	650	87	8	8	.989	2	58%	[52]
1983	Lance Parrish	Detroit Tigers	695	73	4	8	.995	10	49%	[53]
1984	Lance Parrish	Detroit Tigers	720	67	7	11	.991	11	46%	[54]
1985	Lance Parrish	Detroit Tigers	695	53	5	9	.993	8	38%	[55]
1986	Bob Boone	California Angels	812	84	11	16	.988	8	51%	[56]
1987	Bob Boone	California Angels	684	56	13	11	.983	7	46%	[57]
1988	Bob Boone	California Angels	506	66	8	9	.986	1	40%	[58]
1989	Bob Boone	Kansas City Royals	752	64	7	6	.991	3	42%	[59]
1990	Sandy Alomar Jr.	Cleveland Indians	686	46	14	6	.981	11	34%	[60]
1991	Tony Peña	Boston Red Sox	864	60	5	15	.995	5	33%	[61]
1992	Iván Rodríguez*†	Texas Rangers	763	85	15	10	.983	10	52%	[62]
1993	Iván Rodríguez*†	Texas Rangers	801	76	8	6	.991	14	44%	[63]
1994	Iván Rodríguez*†	Texas Rangers	600	44	5	3	.992	7	38%	[64]
1995	Iván Rodríguez*†	Texas Rangers	707	67	8	8	.990	8	48%	[65]
1996	Iván Rodríguez*†	Texas Rangers	850	81	10	11	.989	10	51%	[66]
1997	Iván Rodríguez*†	Texas Rangers	821	75	7	11	.992	3	57%	[67]
1998	Iván Rodríguez*†	Texas Rangers	864	72	6	7	.994	10	56%	[68]
1999	Iván Rodríguez*†	Texas Rangers	850	83	7	13	.993	1	55%	[69]
2000	Iván Rodríguez*†	Texas Rangers	507	34	2	10	.996	2	49%	[70]
2001	Iván Rodríguez*†	Texas Rangers	631	52	7	11	.990	2	60%	[71]
2002	Bengie Molina	Anaheim Angels	707	60	1	6	.999	5	45%	[72]
2003	Bengie Molina	Anaheim Angels	672	62	5	10	.993	4	44%	[73]
2004	Iván Rodríguez*†	Detroit Tigers	770	52	11	6	.987	3	32%	[74]
2005	Jason Varitek	Boston Red Sox	783	33	8	4	.990	7	24%	[75]
2006	Iván Rodríguez*†	Detroit Tigers	747	53	2	7	.998	4	51%	[76]
2007	Iván Rodríguez*†	Detroit Tigers	834	50	6	7	.993	7	31%	[77]
2008	Joe Mauer†	Minnesota Twins	831	52	3	1	.997	4	36%	[78]
2009	Joe Mauer†	Minnesota Twins	724	31	3	3	.996	9	26%	[79]
2010	Joe Mauer†	Minnesota Twins	696	34	3	3	.996	4	26%	[80]
2011	Matt Wieters	Baltimore Orioles	859	70	5	16	.995	1	37%	[81]
2012	Matt Wieters	Baltimore Orioles	994	52	10	7	.991	5	39%	[82]
2013	Salvador Pérez	Kansas City Royals	932	71	8	4	.992	3	35%	[83]
2014	Salvador Pérez	Kansas City Royals	1,037	72	9	5	.992	5	30%	[84]
2015	Salvador Pérez	Kansas City Royals	976	90	4	11	.996	4	31%	[85]
2016	Salvador Pérez	Kansas City Royals	992	77	4	4	.996	5	48%	[86]
2017	Martin Maldonado	Los Angeles Angels	1,046	65	2	2	.998	8	39%	[87]
2018	Salvador Pérez	Kansas City Royals	690	69	0	11	1.000	4	48%	[88]
2019	Roberto Pérez	Cleveland Indians	1,082	52	3	12	.997	0	41%	[89]
2020	Roberto Pérez	Cleveland Indians	291	21	0	2	1.000	0	71%	[90]
2021	Sean Murphy	Oakland Athletics	873	42	6	6	.993	1	24%	[91]
2022	Jose Trevino	New York Yankees	828	32	6	1	.993	2	33%	[92]
2023	Jonah Heim	Texas Rangers	938	40	2	8	.998	7	29%	[93]
2024	Cal Raleigh	Seattle Mariners	1,138	51	6	8	.995	5	28%	[94]

National League winners

Yadier Molina (2008–2015 NL Gold Glove winner)

Russell Martin (2007 NL Gold Glove winner)

Brad Ausmus (2001–2002, 2006 NL Gold Glove winner)

Year	Player	Team	PO	A	E	DP	FPct	PB	CS%	Ref
1957[c]	Sherm Lollar	Chicago White Sox (AL)	454	45	1	5	.998	5	48%	[27]
1958	Del Crandall	Milwaukee Braves	659	64	7	6	.990	3	48%	[95]
1959	Del Crandall	Milwaukee Braves	783	71	5	15	.994	2	53%	[96]
1960	Del Crandall	Milwaukee Braves	764	70	10	9	.988	11	45%	[97]
1961	John Roseboro	Los Angeles Dodgers	877	56	13	16	.986	10	47%	[98]
1962	Del Crandall	Milwaukee Braves	460	54	3	7	.994	5	46%	[99]
1963	Johnny Edwards	Cincinnati Reds	1,008	87	6	16	.995	10	46%	[100]
1964	Johnny Edwards	Cincinnati Reds	890	73	8	17	.992	11	40%	[101]
1965	Joe Torre†	Milwaukee Braves	589	43	6	4	.991	13	33%	[102]
1966	John Roseboro	Los Angeles Dodgers	904	65	7	11	.993	7	42%	[103]
1967	Randy Hundley	Chicago Cubs	865	59	4	7	.996	4	40%	[104]
1968	Johnny Bench†	Cincinnati Reds	942	102	9	10	.991	18	47%	[105]
1969	Johnny Bench†	Cincinnati Reds	793	76	7	10	.992	14	57%	[106]
1970	Johnny Bench†	Cincinnati Reds	755	73	12	12	.986	9	48%	[107]
1971	Johnny Bench†	Cincinnati Reds	687	59	9	9	.988	6	41%	[108]
1972	Johnny Bench†	Cincinnati Reds	735	56	6	9	.992	2	56%	[109]
1973	Johnny Bench†	Cincinnati Reds	693	61	4	7	.995	8	49%	[110]
1974	Johnny Bench†	Cincinnati Reds	757	68	6	16	.993	3	49%	[111]
1975	Johnny Bench†	Cincinnati Reds	568	51	7	9	.989	0	46%	[112]
1976	Johnny Bench†	Cincinnati Reds	651	60	2	11	.997	5	42%	[113]
1977	Johnny Bench†	Cincinnati Reds	705	66	10	10	.987	3	40%	[114]
1978	Bob Boone	Philadelphia Phillies	619	55	6	6	.991	5	35%	[115]
1979	Bob Boone	Philadelphia Phillies	527	65	7	8	.988	2	44%	[116]
1980	Gary Carter†	Montréal Expos	822	108	7	8	.993	3	40%	[117]
1981	Gary Carter†	Montréal Expos	509	58	4	11	.993	4	47%	[118]
1982	Gary Carter†	Montréal Expos	954	104	10	6	.991	6	40%	[119]
1983	Tony Peña	Pittsburgh Pirates	976	90	9	9	.992	7	36%	[120]
1984	Tony Peña	Pittsburgh Pirates	895	95	9	15	.991	6	40%	[121]
1985	Tony Peña	Pittsburgh Pirates	922	100	12	9	.988	6	42%	[122]
1986	Jody Davis	Chicago Cubs	885	105	8	14	.992	15	48%	[123]
1987	Mike LaValliere	Pittsburgh Pirates	584	70	5	11	.992	2	45%	[124]
1988	Benito Santiago	San Diego Padres	725	75	12	11	.985	9	45%	[125]
1989	Benito Santiago	San Diego Padres	685	81	20	10	.975	14	41%	[126]
1990	Benito Santiago	San Diego Padres	538	51	12	6	.980	6	34%	[127]
1991	Tom Pagnozzi	St. Louis Cardinals	673	81	7	8	.991	5	45%	[128]
1992	Tom Pagnozzi	St. Louis Cardinals	688	53	1	10	.999	6	29%	[129]
1993	Kirt Manwaring	San Francisco Giants	739	70	2	12	.998	11	46%	[130]
1994	Tom Pagnozzi	St. Louis Cardinals	369	41	1	5	.998	1	50%	[131]
1995	Charles Johnson	Florida Marlins	641	63	6	9	.992	5	43%	[132]
1996	Charles Johnson	Florida Marlins	751	70	4	12	.995	5	48%	[133]
1997	Charles Johnson	Florida Marlins	900	73	0	17	1.000	1	47%	[134]
1998	Charles Johnson	Florida Marlins Los Angeles Dodgers	908	60	8	11	.992	6	40%	[135] [136]
1999	Mike Lieberthal	Philadelphia Phillies	881	62	3	12	.997	11	32%	[137]
2000	Mike Matheny	St. Louis Cardinals	803	75	5	7	.994	4	53%	[138]
2001	Brad Ausmus	Houston Astros	949	62	3	9	.997	1	48%	[139]
2002	Brad Ausmus	Houston Astros	942	65	3	9	.997	2	32%	[140]
2003	Mike Matheny	St. Louis Cardinals	774	49	0	7	1.000	5	27%	[141]
2004	Mike Matheny	St. Louis Cardinals	742	58	1	10	.999	2	30%	[142]
2005	Mike Matheny	San Francisco Giants	784	77	1	12	.999	4	38%	[143]
2006	Brad Ausmus	Houston Astros	933	61	2	8	.998	1	22%	[144]
2007	Russell Martin	Los Angeles Dodgers	1,065	85	14	11	.988	5	33%	[145]
2008	Yadier Molina	St. Louis Cardinals	653	70	10	7	.986	5	35%	[146]
2009	Yadier Molina	St. Louis Cardinals	884	82	5	6	.995	4	41%	[147]
2010	Yadier Molina	St. Louis Cardinals	902	79	5	12	.995	7	49%	[148]
2011	Yadier Molina	St. Louis Cardinals	860	67	6	5	.994	6	29%	[149]
2012	Yadier Molina	St. Louis Cardinals	973	90	3	12	.997	6	48%	[150]
2013	Yadier Molina	St. Louis Cardinals	993	64	4	12	.996	3	43%	[151]
2014	Yadier Molina	St. Louis Cardinals	820	57	2	10	.998	3	48%	[152]
2015	Yadier Molina	St. Louis Cardinals	1,064	56	7	9	.994	4	41%	[153]
2016	Buster Posey	San Francisco Giants	1,003	65	3	8	.997	2	37%	[154]
2017	Tucker Barnhart	Cincinnati Reds	863	89	1	9	.999	4	44%	[155]
2018	Yadier Molina	St. Louis Cardinals	966	42	2	8	.998	4	31%	[156]
2019	J. T. Realmuto	Philadelphia Phillies	1,098	67	9	14	.992	8	47%	[157]
2020	Tucker Barnhart	Cincinnati Reds	341	15	0	0	1.000	2	36%	[158]
2021	Jacob Stallings	Pittsburgh Pirates	868	49	5	2	.995	0	21%	[159]
2022	J. T. Realmuto	Philadelphia Phillies	1,151	49	8	11	.993	2	44%	[160]
2023	Gabriel Moreno	Arizona Diamondbacks	821	55	3	3	.997	1	39%	[161]
2024	Patrick Bailey	San Francisco Giants	904	55	3	7	.997	9	27%	[162]

Footnotes

• ^a "Caught stealing percentage" is calculated as CS⁄SBA, where CS is the number of baserunners caught stealing and SBA is stolen bases attempted (stolen bases + caught stealing).
• ^{b c} In 1957, Gold Gloves were given to the top fielders in Major League Baseball, instead of separate awards for the National and American Leagues; therefore, the winners are the same in each table.
• ^{d c} 1965 winner Joe Torre was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame for his managerial career.

See also

• Gold Glove-winning batterymates