Richard Castle - contributing reporter
The Cobbfather Gazette started a new look into ranking players by defensive value last season and we'll pick up where we left off. As a first look we are omitting catchers for now, until we can find a better way to include passed balls, and all things related to stolen bases...still looking. Bold names indicate Gold Glove winners. Unlike last year where majority of the time they will be top of the list, this year it varies a bit. Sometimes it might be because someone switched leagues or because the commissioner's office uses a different minimum games played than our database. To make the lists easier, we'll list top 10 and bottom 10.
First Base - Top 10
- 7.12 - Dee Valle - Atlanta
- 3.94 - Bernard Morton - Washington DC
- 3.56 - Leonel Romano - Austin
- 3.56 - Reymond Balboa - Jacksonville
- 3.12 - Yadier Saenz - Santa Fe
- 2.74 - Louie Cubillan - Austin
- 2.47 - Yannick Meyers - Philadelphia
- 2.40 - Rich Rendon - Augusta
- 2.40 - Quincy Bates - Pittsburgh
- 2.13 - Shea Crowe - Chicago
First Base - Bottom 10
- -17.95 - Alex Perez - Hartford
- -16.58 - Raul Fernandez - Montreal
- -15.45 - Jody Guthrie - Anahiem
- -14.79 - Alex Tarraga - New York
- -10.00 - Spud Campbell - Tokyo
- -8.21 - Nomar Roberts - Dover
- -7.78 - Bengie Ramirez - Chicago
- -7.52 - Max Olivo - New York
- -6.97 - Ehire Cruz - Salt Lake City
- -6.67 - Paulo Tabata - Houston
Second Base - Top 10
- 11.43 - Brad Vernon - Vancouver
- 5.35 - Zach Fussell - Columbus
- 5.22 - Junior Wang - Montreal
- 5.10 - Javier Quevedo - New Orleans
- 4.86 - Reese Jacobs - Tacoma
- 4.81 - Bobby Durham - Helena
- 4.42 - J.P. Avilan - Tokyo
- 3.11 - Brian Lorick - Minnesota
- 2.87 - Mark Webster - Austin
- 2.57 - Conor Christiansen - Buffalo
Second Base - Bottom 10
- -20.33 - Nicholas Cornely - Pittsburgh
- -13.15 - Tike Crosby - Milwaukee
- -12.65 - Damaso Ordonez - Anaheim
- -10.28 - Juan Gonzalez - Augusta
- -9.92 - Wilton Cheng - Chicago
- -9.79 - Bey Combs - Charleston
- -9.18 - Brennan Howard - Montreal
- -7.78 - Bert Swann - New York
- -7.31 - Ramon Yang - Washington D.C.
- -7.18 - Domonic Malone - Jacksonville
Shortstop - Top 10
- 4.04 - Louie DeLeon - Mexico City
- 4.03 - John Costello - Montreal
- 3.29 - Archie Fitzgerald - Pittsburgh
- 3.13 - Sammy Beltre - Minnesota
- 3.00 - Allan Ott - Anaheim
- 2.53 - Luigi GIl - Tokyo
- 2.39 - Chase Watson - Colorado Springs
- 1.97 - Thumper Treinen - Dover
- 1.96 - Dayan Flores - Jacksonville
- 1.59 - Rafael Chavez - Salt Lake City
Shortstop - Bottom 10
- -42.57 - Mark Cuddyer - New York
- Only thing that would have tanked better would be a ghost playing short.
- -22.98 - Norberto Martinez - Washington DC
- -13.53 - Benji Astacio - Austin
- -10.95 - Jhonantan Castro - Salem
- -7.24 - Brandom Grim - Jacksonville
- -6.70 - Enos Haas - Buffalo
- -6.41 - Banjo Urlaub - Helena
- -5.40 - Leonel Martinez - Hartford
- -5.33 - Victor Abad - Vancouver
- -3.93 - Bubba Alexander - New Orleans
Third Base - Top 10
- 5.25 - Vince Saarloos - Atlanta
- 5.25 - Rafael Rodriguez - Oklahoma City
- 4.77 - Mariano Villano - Pittsburgh
- 3.28 - David Quintana - Helena
- 3.02 - Charlie Hinojosa - Minnesota
- 2.82 - Josh Hunt - New Olreans/Salt Lake City
- 2.10 - Woodie Yarnall - Boston
- 2.08 - Bernie Mendez - Tokyo
- 1.58 - Bennie Serra - Houston
- 0.83 - Jimmie Bryant - Jacksonville
Third Base - Bottom 10
- -34.78 - Juan Benitez - Augusta
- -17.04 - Benny Ward - Dover
- -14.05 - Noe Lecuona - Hartford
- -11.59 - Jimmy Blaser - Milwaukee
- -11.36 - Zoltan Shelby - Mexico City
- -10.40 - Alan Harris - Anaheim
- -7.22 - Erasmo Rodriguez - Austin
- -6.68 - Antonio Lincoln - Salem
- -6.37 - Chat Trout - Washington DC
- -4.74 - Tanyon Jordan - Buffalo
Leftfield - Top 10
- 9.96 - Lewis Gaetti - New York
- Alt LF - 2.72 Phillip Burnett - New York
- 5.88 - Anderson Toussaint - Colorado Springs
- 5.44 - Johnnie Daniels - Atlanta
- 4.08 - Al Cervantes - Philadelphia
- 4.07 - Juancito Martin - New Orleans / Salt Lake City
- 4.07 - Dicky Chang - Salt Lake City / New Orleans
- 2.95 - T.J. Christenson - Anaheim
- 2.94 - Hugh McMillan - Pittsburgh
- Alt LF - 2.61 - Julio Pascual - Pittsburgh
- 2.51 - Tsubasa Maeda - Columbus
- 1.82 - Pedro Alberro - Oklahoma City
Leftfield - Bottom 10
- -18.65 - Tom Hines - Hartford
- -15.50 - Earl Hawkins - Augusta
- -13.25 - Ron Simon - Chicago
- -12.02 - Tomas Urias - Vancouver
- -11.90 - Roy Guerrero - Oklahoma City
- -11.02 - Ned Geer - Charleston
- -10.11 - Aaron Pitt - DOver
- -8.76 - Leury Barcelo - Washington DC
- -7.64 - Sammy Alou - Buffalo
- -7.53 - Turner Pryor - Mexico City
Centerfield - Top 10
- 6.67 - TJ Nick - Washington DC
- 6.35 - Asdrubal Unamuno - Colorado Springs
- 4.99 - J.O. Avila - Tokyo
- 4.83 - Teoscar Cleto - Hungtington
- 4.83 - Tyrone Greer - Santa Fe
- 4.07 - Yu Iwamura - Augusta
- 3.75 - Josias Albaladejo - Houston
- 2.72 - Leonys Guerrero - Charleston
- 2.16 - Ed Blevins - Montreal
- 2.12 - D'Arby Barbato - Hartford
Centerfield - Bottom 10
- -24.27 - Isaac Monroe - Austin
- -20.32 - Jordany Solarte - Pittsburgh
- -10.16 - Davy Oliver - Boston
- -9.70 - Pepper Hill - Jacksonville
- -8.83 - Cyrus Sisk - Dover
- -7.93 - Kevin Cambridge - Chicago
- -7.50 - Francis Jefferson - Buffalo
- -6.87 - Mac Wilkerson - New York
- -6.18 - Brandon Stevens - Oklahoma City
- -5.57 - Anibal Castillo - Columbus
Rightfield - Top 10
- 24.76 - Juancito Uribe - Boston
- 13.13 - Carl Conine - Austin
- 6.81 - Viosergy Schoenewe - Salem
- 6.72 - Paco Garces - Salt Lake City
- 6.32 - Leon Beck - Anaheim
- 5.53 - Patsy Shipley - Vancouver
- -0.35 - Ned Fussell - Charleston
- -0.75 - Lisalverto Lobaton - Houston
- -1.15 - Hugh McMillan - Pittsburgh
Rightfield - Bottom 10
- -16.27 - Vic Nova - Colorado Springs
- -14.32 - Arismendy Butera - Chicago
- -12.75 - Omar Gonzales - Tokyo
- -12.09 - Billy Ray Peterson - Dover
- -11.43 - Luis Perez - Augusta
- -10.38 - Daniel Federowicz - Washington DC
- -9.71 - Yovani Franco - Buffalo
- -8.60 - Omar Villano - Atlanta
- -8.35 - Cooper Monzon - Columbus
- -7.49 - Brace Lansing - Oklahoma City