Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site fisher.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!mhuxn!mhuxb!mhuxr!ulysses!allegra!princeton!astrovax!fisher!david From: david@fisher.UUCP (David Rubin) Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball Subject: Re: Gold Gloves - Here They Are Message-ID: <518@fisher.UUCP> Date: Wed, 6-Feb-85 09:14:38 EST Article-I.D.: fisher.518 Posted: Wed Feb 6 09:14:38 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 8-Feb-85 01:21:11 EST References: <1046@ihuxw.UUCP> Organization: Princeton Univ. Statistics Lines: 32 >Here are the `84 Gold Glove winners. Players with * by >their name led the league in fielding at their position. >Note the lack of *s! Only 2!!!!! Good thing, too! Fielding percentage is a perverse measurement of defensive performance: it rewards players with relatively good hands and minimum range. Gold Gloves tend to be awarded with an EMPHASIS upon range; therefore, it is not surprising (and is desirable) that there be a substantial difference between the group of fielding "leaders" and the gold glovees. If Tom could post the list of "fielding leaders", I'm confident that the net consensus would be that the gold glovers are a substantially superior group of defenders. David Rubin {allegra|astrovax|princeton}!fisher!david Gold Glovers: >1B K. Hernandez, E. Murray >2B L. Whitaker, R. Sandberg* >SS A. Trammell, O. Smith* >3B B. Bell, M. Schmidt >OF D. Evans, D. Murphey >OF D. Winfield, B. Dernier >OF D. Murphy, A. Dawson >C L. Parrish, T. Pena >P R. Guidry, J. Andujar >Tom O`Connor >ihuxw!tommyo