Field-tested
Griffey, Maddux earn ninth straight Gold Gloves
Posted: Monday October 19, 1998 11:56 PM
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ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Seattle outfielder Ken Griffey
Jr. and Atlanta pitcher Greg Maddux
received their ninth consecutive Gold Glove awards Monday, while San
Francisco outfielder Barry Bonds
collected his eighth.
The annual awards, presented by Rawlings, honor 18 of baseball's best
fielders -- one from each position in both the American and National
leagues. The winners were selected by major league managers and coaches who
cannot vote for players from their own teams.
Maddux's award tied him with Bob Gibson, a former of St. Louis
Cardinal, for the most awards by an NL pitcher.
Texas' Ivan
Rodriguez got his seventh Gold Glove, surpassing Jim Sundberg, formerly
of the Rangers, for the most awards by an AL catcher.
Cincinnati second baseman Bret Boone
received his first award, marking the second time a father-son combination
has won the honor. Boone's father Bob, a catcher, won seven Gold
Gloves.
Bonds and his father Bobby, also an outfielder, were the first
father-son pair to collect awards.
Other American Leaguers winning Gold Gloves this year were Baltimore
first baseman Rafael
Palmeiro, Baltimore second baseman Roberto
Alomar, Chicago third baseman Robin Ventura,
Cleveland shortstop Omar Vizquel,
outfielders Jim
Edmonds of Anaheim and Bernie
Williams of New York, and Baltimore pitcher Mike
Mussina. The other NL winners were San Francisco first baseman
J.T. Snow,
Philadelphia third baseman Scott Rolen, New
York shortstop Rey Ordonez,
outfielders Larry Walker of
Colorado and Andruw Jones of
Atlanta, and Los Angeles catcher Charles
Johnson.
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