Page "Rawlings Gold Glove Award" Paragraph 2

Individual awards for left fielder, center fielder, and right fielder were issued from 1957 to 1960.

The phrase " at each position " was not strictly accurate from 1961 through 2010, when the prize was presented to three outfielders irrespective of their specific position.

Any combination of outfielders, often three center fielders, could win the award in the same year.

Critics called for awarding a single Gold Glove for each individual outfield position, arguing that the three outfield positions are not equivalent defensively.

The awards for individual outfield positions were again issued in 2011.

In the 1985 American League voting, a tie for third place resulted in the presentation of Gold Glove Awards to four outfielders ( Dwayne Murphy, Gary Pettis, Dwight Evans and Dave Winfield ); this scenario was repeated in the National League in 2007 ( Andruw Jones, Carlos Beltrán, Aaron Rowand, and Jeff Francoeur ).