Wednesday, November 2, 2011

2011 Gold Glove Winners Announced

The 2011 Gold Glove Winners were announced yesterday with a number of teams getting multiple selections. The Red Sox and Dodgers each led their respective leagues with three members getting selected, while the Reds and Orioles each had a pair of winners. Overall a lot of new faces as 9 players won the award for the first time as some fairly big names were displaced from the winner's circle this year including Derek Jeter, Joe Mauer, Ichiro Suzuki, Mark Teixeira, Carl Crawford, Michael Bourn and Albert Pujols. Here's a look at your 2011 winners:

AMERICAN LEAGUE

PITCHER - Mark Buehrle, Chicago White Sox, 3rd Award
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CATCHER - Matt Wieters, Baltimore Orioles, 1st Award
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FIRST BASEMAN - Adrian Gonzalez - Boston Red Sox - 3rd Award
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SECOND BASEMAN - Dustin Pedroia - Boston Red Sox - 2nd Award
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THIRD BASEMAN - Adrian Beltre - Texas Rangers - 3rd Award
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SHORTSTOP - Erick Aybar - Los Angeles Angels - 1st Award
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LEFT FIELD - Alex Gordon - Kansas City Royals - 1st Award
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CENTER FIELD - Jacoby Ellsbury - Boston Red Sox - 1st Award
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RIGHT FIELD - Nick Markakis - Baltimore Orioles - 1st Award
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NATIONAL LEAGUE

PITCHER - Clayton Kershaw - Los Angeles Dodgers - 1st Award
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CATCHER - Yadier Molina - St. Louis Cardinals - 4th Award
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FIRST BASEMAN - Joey Votto - Cincinnati Reds - 1st Award
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SECOND BASEMAN - Brandon Phillips - Cincinnati Reds - 3rd Award
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THIRD BASEMAN - Placido Polanco - Philadelphia Phillies - 3rd Award
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SHORTSTOP -Troy Tulowitzki - Colorado Rockies - 2nd Award
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LEFT FIELD - Gerardo Parra - Arizona D-Backs - 1st Award
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CENTER FIELD - Matt Kemp - Los Angeles Dodgers - 2nd Award
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RIGHT FIELD - Andre Ethier - Los Angeles Dodgers - 1st Award
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