List of Gold Glove Award winners at catcher
Introduction alt=A baseball player in uniform runs across the infield.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. Managers are not permitted to vote for their own players. 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. The award was created from a glove made from gold lamé-tanned leather and affixed to a walnut base. Initially, only one Gold Glove per position was awarded to the top fielder at each position in the entire league; however, separate awards were given for the National and American Leagues beginning in 1958.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. Johnny Bench, who spent his entire career with the Cincinnati Reds, leads National Leaguers in wins, and is second overall with 10 Gold Gloves. Yadier Molina is third overall and second in the NL all time with nine. 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. Jim Sundberg has won six Gold Gloves, with Bill Freehan and Salvador Pérez winning five. There have been four 4-time winners at catcher: Del Crandall, Mike Matheny, Charles Johnson, and Tony Peña. Hall of Famers who have won as catchers include Bench, Rodriguez, Carlton Fisk, and Gary Carter. The other family pair to win Gold Gloves as catchers are brothers Bengie and Yadier Molina, who have won eleven awards between them .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. In the American League, the leader is Roberto Pérez, with 1,082 putouts in 2019.Assist leaders include Carter (108 in 1980) in the National League and the major leagues and Sundberg (103 in 1977) in the American League. Five Gold Glove-winning catchers have posted errorless seasons with a 1.000 fielding percentage: Johnson (1997), Matheny (2003), Salvador Pérez (2018),, Tucker Barnhart (2020), and Roberto Pérez (2020). Johnny Edwards and Johnson hold the major league record for double plays turned among winners, with 17 each. Edwards doubled off 17 runners in 1964, and Johnson matched his total in 1997.The American League leaders are Ray Fosse, Boone and Matt Wieters (16 double plays in 1971, 1986 and 2011, respectively). 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. Roberto Pérez has the highest percentage of baserunners caught stealing, with a 71% mark set in 2020.Bench is the National League leader; he threw out 57% of potential base-stealers in 1969.
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 * ''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 alt=A baseball player wearing a white baseball jersey and black chest protector, both with orange trim, and a white-and-black baseball helmet with an orange brim and a cartoon bird on the facealt=A baseball player in a pinstriped uniform follows through with a swing of a baseball bat.alt=A baseball player walks off the field in his catcher's gear; he is wearing a chest protector, with a catcher's mask in hand Year  Player  Team  PO  A  E  DP  FPct  PB  CS%  Ref     Chicago White Sox  454  45  1  5  .998  5  48%       Chicago White Sox  597  63  9  8  .987  5  47%       Chicago White Sox  623  51  5  14  .993  4  42%       Washington Senators  749  65  15  10  .982  18  59%       Minnesota Twins  812  60  6  9  .993  13  37%       Minnesota Twins  872  82  9  9  .991  13  44%       New York Yankees  786  51  5  8  .994  8  41%       New York Yankees  939  67  2  9  .998  8  49%       Detroit Tigers  865  57  4  4  .996  20  36%       Detroit Tigers  898  56  4  11  .996  3  35%       Detroit Tigers  950  63  8  9  .992  16  36%       Detroit Tigers  971  73  6  15  .994  7  37%       Detroit Tigers  821  49  7  7  .992  9  32%       Cleveland Indians  854  70  10  7  .989  17  55%       Cleveland Indians  748  73  10  16  .988  13  40%     †  Boston Red Sox  846  72  15  10  .984  8  39%       New York Yankees  673  80  12  11  .984  10  48%      New York Yankees  743  75  22  10  .974  6  35%       New York Yankees  700  95  23  14  .972  9  50%       Texas Rangers  719  96  7  11  .991  6  42%       Texas Rangers  801  103  5  12  .994  5  56%       Texas Rangers  769  91  3  14  .997  8  48%       Texas Rangers  754  75  4  14  .995  8  41%       Texas Rangers  853  76  7  7  .993  17  34%       Texas Rangers  464  52  2  9  .996  8  48%       California Angels  650  87  8  8  .989  2  58%       Detroit Tigers  695  73  4  8  .995  10  49%       Detroit Tigers  720  67  7  11  .991  11  46%       Detroit Tigers  695  53  5  9  .993  8  38%       California Angels  812  84  11  16  .988  8  51%       California Angels  684  56  13  11  .983  7  46%       California Angels  506  66  8  9  .986  1  40%       Kansas City Royals  752  64  7  6  .991  3  42%       Cleveland Indians  686  46  14  6  .981  11  34%       Boston Red Sox  864  60  5  15  .995  5  33%     *†  Texas Rangers  763  85  15  10  .983  10  52%     *†  Texas Rangers  801  76  8  6  .991  14  44%     *†  Texas Rangers  600  44  5  3  .992  7  38%     *†  Texas Rangers  707  67  8  8  .990  8  48%     *†  Texas Rangers  850  81  10  11  .989  10  51%     *†  Texas Rangers  821  75  7  11  .992  3  57%     *†  Texas Rangers  864  72  6  7  .994  10  56%     *†  Texas Rangers  850  83  7  13  .993  1  55%     *†  Texas Rangers  507  34  2  10  .996  2  49%     *†  Texas Rangers  631  52  7  11  .990  2  60%       Anaheim Angels  707  60  1  6  .999  5  45%       Anaheim Angels  672  62  5  10  .993  4  44%     *†  Detroit Tigers  770  52  11  6  .987  3  32%       Boston Red Sox  783  33  8  4  .990  7  24%     *†  Detroit Tigers  747  53  2  7  .998  4  51%     *†  Detroit Tigers  834  50  6  7  .993  7  31%     †  Minnesota Twins  831  52  3  1  .997  4  36%     †  Minnesota Twins  724  31  3  3  .996  9  26%     †  Minnesota Twins  696  34  3  3  .996  4  26%       Baltimore Orioles  859  70  5  16  .995  1  37%       Baltimore Orioles  994  52  10  7  .991  5  39%       Kansas City Royals  932  71  8  4  .992  3  35%       Kansas City Royals  1,037  72  9  5  .992  5  30%       Kansas City Royals  976  90  4  11  .996  4  31%       Kansas City Royals  992  77  4  4  .996  5  48%       Los Angeles Angels  1,046  65  2  2  .998  8  39%       Kansas City Royals  690  69  0  11  1.000  4  48%       Cleveland Indians  1,082  52  3  12  .997  0  41%       Cleveland Indians  291  21  0  2  1.000  0  71%       Oakland Athletics  873  42  6  6  .993  1  24%       New York Yankees  828  32  6  1  .993  2  33%       Texas Rangers  938  40  2  8  .998  7  29%
National League winners alt=A baseball player walks in from the bullpen in his catcher's gear.alt=A baseball player plays catch in the infield at Spring Training. He is wearing a blue jersey with the word "Dodgers" in front.alt=A baseball player standing at first base with his glove, wearing a red jersey with the word "Astros" in front Year  Player  Team  PO  A  E  DP  FPct  PB  CS%  Ref    Chicago White Sox (AL)  454  45  1  5  .998  5  48%       Milwaukee Braves  659  64  7  6  .990  3  48%       Milwaukee Braves  783  71  5  15  .994  2  53%       Milwaukee Braves  764  70  10  9  .988  11  45%       Los Angeles Dodgers  877  56  13  16  .986  10  47%       Milwaukee Braves  460  54  3  7  .994  5  46%       Cincinnati Reds  1,008  87  6  16  .995  10  46%       Cincinnati Reds  890  73  8  17  .992  11  40%     †  Milwaukee Braves  589  43  6  4  .991  13  33%       Los Angeles Dodgers  904  65  7  11  .993  7  42%       Chicago Cubs  865  59  4  7  .996  4  40%     †  Cincinnati Reds  942  102  9  10  .991  18  47%     †  Cincinnati Reds  793  76  7  10  .992  14  57%     †  Cincinnati Reds  755  73  12  12  .986  9  48%     †  Cincinnati Reds  687  59  9  9  .988  6  41%     †  Cincinnati Reds  735  56  6  9  .992  2  56%     †  Cincinnati Reds  693  61  4  7  .995  8  49%     †  Cincinnati Reds  757  68  6  16  .993  3  49%     †  Cincinnati Reds  568  51  7  9  .989  0  46%     †  Cincinnati Reds  651  60  2  11  .997  5  42%     †  Cincinnati Reds  705  66  10  10  .987  3  40%       Philadelphia Phillies  619  55  6  6  .991  5  35%       Philadelphia Phillies  527  65  7  8  .988  2  44%     †  Montréal Expos  822  108  7  8  .993  3  40%     †  Montréal Expos  509  58  4  11  .993  4  47%     †  Montréal Expos  954  104  10  6  .991  6  40%       Pittsburgh Pirates  976  90  9  9  .992  7  36%       Pittsburgh Pirates  895  95  9  15  .991  6  40%       Pittsburgh Pirates  922  100  12  9  .988  6  42%       Chicago Cubs  885  105  8  14  .992  15  48%       Pittsburgh Pirates  584  70  5  11  .992  2  45%       San Diego Padres  725  75  12  11  .985  9  45%       San Diego Padres  685  81  20  10  .975  14  41%       San Diego Padres  538  51  12  6  .980  6  34%       St. Louis Cardinals  673  81  7  8  .991  5  45%       St. Louis Cardinals  688  53  1  10  .999  6  29%       San Francisco Giants  739  70  2  12  .998  11  46%       St. Louis Cardinals  369  41  1  5  .998  1  50%       Florida Marlins  641  63  6  9  .992  5  43%       Florida Marlins  751  70  4  12  .995  5  48%       Florida Marlins  900  73  0  17  1.000  1  47%       Florida MarlinsLos Angeles Dodgers  908  60  8  11  .992  6  40%       Philadelphia Phillies  881  62  3  12  .997  11  32%       St. Louis Cardinals  803  75  5  7  .994  4  53%       Houston Astros  949  62  3  9  .997  1  48%       Houston Astros  942  65  3  9  .997  2  32%       St. Louis Cardinals  774  49  0  7  1.000  5  27%       St. Louis Cardinals  742  58  1  10  .999  2  30%       San Francisco Giants  784  77  1  12  .999  4  38%       Houston Astros  933  61  2  8  .998  1  22%       Los Angeles Dodgers  1,065  85  14  11  .988  5  33%       St. Louis Cardinals  653  70  10  7  .986  5  35%       St. Louis Cardinals  884  82  5  6  .995  4  41%       St. Louis Cardinals  902  79  5  12  .995  7  49%       St. Louis Cardinals  860  67  6  5  .994  6  29%       St. Louis Cardinals  973  90  3  12  .997  6  48%       St. Louis Cardinals  993  64  4  12  .996  3  43%       St. Louis Cardinals  820  57  2  10  .998  3  48%       St. Louis Cardinals  1,064  56  7  9  .994  4  41%       San Francisco Giants  1,003  65  3  8  .997  2  37%       Cincinnati Reds  863  89  1  9  .999  4  44%       St. Louis Cardinals  966  42  2  8  .998  4  31%       Philadelphia Phillies  1,098  67  9  14  .992  8  47%       Cincinnati Reds  341  15  0  0  1.000  2  36%       Pittsburgh Pirates  868  49  5  2  .995  0  21%       Philadelphia Phillies  1,151  49  8  11  .993  2  44%       Arizona Diamondbacks  821  55  3  3  .997  1  39%
Footnotes *"Caught stealing percentage" is calculated as , where CS is the number of baserunners caught stealing and SBA is stolen bases attempted (stolen bases + caught stealing). *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. *1965 winner Joe Torre was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame for his managerial career.
See also *Gold Glove-winning batterymates
References ;General*;Inline citations
External links * Rawlings Gold Glove Award Website