Major League Baseball announced the 2011 Rawlings Gold Glove winners Tuesday night.
This year seemed to be the year of first time winners as nine recipients took home their first catch of defensive hardware.
The Gold Glove Awards are given annually for the best individual fielding performances at each position in the National and American Leagues, as voted by managers and coaches in each league
Here are this years winners…
American League
P — Mark Buehrle, CHW
C — Matt Wieters, BAL
1B — Adrian Gonzalez, BOS
2B — Dustin Pedroia, BOS
SS — Erick Aybar, LAA
3B — Adrian Beltre, TEX
LF — Alex Gordon, KC
CF — Jacoby Ellsbury, BOS
RF — Nick Markakis, BAL
National League
P — Clayton Kershaw, LAD
C — Yadier Molina, STL
1B — Joey Votto, CIN
2B — Brandon Phillips, CIN
SS — Troy Tulowitzki, COL
3B — Placido Polanco, PHI
LF — Gerardo Parra, ARI
CF — Matt Kemp, LAD
RF — Andre Ethier, LAD
Ref: ESPN, MLB.com, BattleoftheBeltway.com (image)
