By JT
Using Sean Smith's Defensive WAR and Rtot, Michael Humphrey's DRA, Bill James's FiWS, Pete Palmer's FR, Clay Davenport's FRAA, Tom Thress' net fielding wins and other indicators, I've awarded "Virtual" Gold Gloves to the most deserving players.
1954 Virtual Gold Gloves
NL
C- Del Crandall, Roy Campenella
1B- Gil Hodges
2B- Red Schoendienst; O’Connell, Williams
SS- Grammas; Logan
3B- Hank Thompson
OF- Willie Mays; Richie Ashburn; Monte Irvin; Bruton close
AL
C- Yogi Berra Hegan runner-up then Loller
1B- Harry Agganis, Al Rosen, Mickey Vernon
2b- Bobby Avila, McDougald, Nellie Fox
SS- Chico Carrasquel, pretty much dominated but Boling and Strickland both a distant 2nd
3B- Andy Carey, like Hodges #1 in all metrics
OF- Minnie Minoso, Jim Busby, Al Kaline, the next in line for AL OF—Jim Piersall and Larry Doby.
Platinum Gloves: AL - Avila, NL - Mays
1B- Gil Hodges
2B- Red Schoendienst; O’Connell, Williams
SS- Grammas; Logan
3B- Hank Thompson
OF- Willie Mays; Richie Ashburn; Monte Irvin; Bruton close
AL
C- Yogi Berra Hegan runner-up then Loller
1B- Harry Agganis, Al Rosen, Mickey Vernon
2b- Bobby Avila, McDougald, Nellie Fox
SS- Chico Carrasquel, pretty much dominated but Boling and Strickland both a distant 2nd
3B- Andy Carey, like Hodges #1 in all metrics
OF- Minnie Minoso, Jim Busby, Al Kaline, the next in line for AL OF—Jim Piersall and Larry Doby.
Platinum Gloves: AL - Avila, NL - Mays
Crandall ranked #1 in most categories, the ones I looked at were; DRA, win shares, WSAB, and what they used in total baseball. Campenella was usually second.
Hodges dominated all metrics with 16 runs saved in FRAA and 14 in Rtot and 26 in DRA and so on. At 2B #2 OConnell; #3 Williams. Runners-up at SS#2 Dark; #3 Logan; #4 Reese. Third base could have gone to Eddie Matthews and Willie Jones would be 3rd. OF hm would be Bruton. They both were often close or ahead of Irvin, but he was just #3 in too many categories.
Hodges dominated all metrics with 16 runs saved in FRAA and 14 in Rtot and 26 in DRA and so on. At 2B #2 OConnell; #3 Williams. Runners-up at SS#2 Dark; #3 Logan; #4 Reese. Third base could have gone to Eddie Matthews and Willie Jones would be 3rd. OF hm would be Bruton. They both were often close or ahead of Irvin, but he was just #3 in too many categories.
The NL outfield had a clear leader in Mays. He was first in Michael Humphreys' DRA (around 30 runs saved) and also in and dWAR and in Total Run Zones (all around 20 runs saved) and was second in Palmer's fielding runs and (we think—if memory serves) tops in Bill James' Win Shares though we cannot confirm since BaseballGauge.com has been taken down. Statistically, it may have been Mays' best season, and certainly in the top three.
Al Kaline (a rookie) and Jim Piersall and Larry Doby—any one of the three could have been the third outfielder. An honorable mention may need to go with Mickey Mantle, Baseballprojection.com gave him credit for saving 11 runs with his arm in 1954,
Perhaps someone else can re-evaluate the NL shortstop stats...it's hard to know who was really number one, I just do my best.
Agree or disagree? Let me know. In fact, I'd love someone better to do this.
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