Golden Glove Contenders 2018
Major League Baseball has announced the finalists for each position in each league for the 2018 Rawlings Gold Glove Awards. Here they are:
- Golden Glove Contenders 2018
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- He’s not nicknamed “Man of Steal” for no reason. White Sox center fielder Adam Engel was named a finalist for a 2018 Gold Glove Award on Thursday. The other American League contenders are the Angels’ Mike Trout and Red Sox outfielder Jackie Bradley, Jr. Engel is most certainly known for his glove and he set his stamp as a contender back in August when he robbed three different hitters.
- List of US national Golden Gloves light flyweight champions; List of US national Golden Gloves bantamweight champions; List of US national Golden Gloves flyweight champions.
- The Chicago Golden Gloves also reserves the right to remove anyone considered to be disruptive or offensive. Team Trophy Award The team trophy award will be presented to the team that has the most amount of wins throughout the finals. There will be one point awarded to winner of contested bouts only, and the trophy will be awarded on the final.
Pitchers
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- AL: Cory Kluber (Indians), Dallas Keuchel (Astros), Masahiro Tanaka (Yankees)
- NL: Julio Teheran (Braves), Zack Greinke (Diamondbacks), Clayton Richard (Padres)
Catchers
Golden Glove Contenders 2018
- AL: Yan Gomes (Indians), Martín Maldonado (Astros), Salvador Pérez (Royals)
- NL: Buster Posey (Giants), Yadier Molina (Cardinals), Manny Piña (Brewers)
First basemen
- AL: Justin Smoak (Blue Jays), Matt Olson (Athletics), Mitch Moreland (Red Sox)
- NL: Joey Votto (Reds), Freddie Freeman (Braves), Anthony Rizzo (Cubs)
Second basemen
- AL: Jed Lowrie (Athletics), Ian Kinsler (Red Sox), Rougned Odor (Rangers)
- NL: DJ LeMahieu (Rockies), Kolten Wong (Cardinals), Javier Báez (Cubs)
Third basemen
- AL: Alex Bregman (Astros), José Ramírez (Indians), Matt Chapman (Athletics)
- NL: Nolan Arenado (Rockies), Anthony Rendon (Nationals), Travis Shaw (Brewers)
Shortstops
- AL: Marcus Semien (Athletics), Andrelton Simmons (Angels), Francisco Lindor (Indians)
- NL: Freddy Galvis (Padres), Brandon Crawford (Giants), Nick Ahmed (Diamondbacks)
Left fielders
- AL: Brett Gardner (Yankees), Alex Gordon (Royals), Andrew Benintendi (Red Sox)
- NL: Christian Yelich (Brewers), Corey Dickerson (Pirates), Adam Duvall (Braves)
Center fielders
- AL: Adam Engel (White Sox), Mike Trout (Angels), Jackie Bradley, Jr. (Red Sox)
- NL: Billy Hamilton (Reds), Lorenzo Cain (Brewers), Ender Inciarte (Braves)
Right fielders
- AL: Kole Calhoun (Angels), Mookie Betts (Red Sox), Aaron Judge (Yankees)
- NL: Jon Jay (Diamondbacks), Jason Heyward (Cubs), Nick Markakis (Braves)
It’s quite interesting to note that some teams were very heavily represented. The Athletics’ entire infield was nominated, as were the outfields of the Red Sox and Braves.
There are also quite a few familiar faces. Last year’s winners who could win another one this year include Maldonado, Simmons, Gordon, and Betts in the AL; Greinke, LeMahieu, Arenado, Crawford, Inciarte, and Heyward in the NL.
The winners of the 2018 Gold Glove Awards will be announced on November 4.
| First event | 1928 |
|---|---|
| Occur every | Year |
| Parent organization | USA Boxing |
| Website | GoldenGlovesusa.com USABoxing.org |
The Golden Gloves is the name given to annual competitions for amateur boxing in the United States, where a small pair of golden boxing gloves[1] are awarded. The Golden Gloves is a term used to refer to the National Golden Gloves competition, but can also represent several other amateur tournaments, including regional golden gloves tournaments and other notable tournaments such as the Intercity Golden Gloves, the Chicago Golden Gloves, and the New York Golden Gloves.
History[edit]
Arch Ward, sports editor of the Chicago Tribune, came up with the idea of a citywide, Chicago amateur boxing tournament in 1923, and gained sponsorship from the Tribune in 1927. An annual tournament was held between Chicago and New York. In later years the idea was taken up by other cities, and a national tournament was held.[2] Along with the New York Golden Gloves, the Chicago tournament was viewed as one of the two elite Golden Gloves Championships in the United States. Winners from selected states and regions headed to Chicago to meet in the Chicago Golden Gloves, while winners from other sections of the U.S. faced each other in the New York Golden Gloves tournaments. Champions from the Chicago tournament went on to face champions from the New York tournament in the Intercity Golden Gloves tournament, and thus the Intercity Golden Gloves served as the National Tournament of Champions[3] held in the Square Garden Chicago and Chicago Stadium. The Intercity Golden Gloves tournament ran from 1928 to 1961, with the event being held at famed venues including the Chicago Coliseum.[3]
The National Golden Gloves[4] contest began in 1962 and continues to be the most highly regarded amateur boxing tournament in the United States.[3] It is sponsored and controlled by the Golden Gloves Association of America, Inc. Winners from 32 regional Golden Gloves competitions, coming up in regional teams of all weight classes, compete in the national competition, called the Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions. This is held once a year, and a new tournament site is selected annually. The U.S. Golden Gloves program is currently organized on a territorial basis to give all sections of the country representation. All tournaments are planned, promoted and directed by the Golden Gloves Charities and within the limits of the amateur boxing code.[2] Many amateur Golden Gloves participants went on to become professional boxers, including Joe Louis, Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, Barney Ross and Iran Barkley.[5]
The Golden Gloves are open to all non-professional pugilists aged 17–34 who are United States citizens.[6] There is also a Silver Gloves amateur tournament, for amateur pugilists aged 10 to 15.[2]
Hierarchy[edit]
To compete nationally, a contender must pass through the following levels:
- Local Golden Gloves
- State Golden Gloves
- Regional Golden Gloves
- State Golden Gloves
Open crown is contended by winners of the local Golden Gloves at:
- Interstate Golden Gloves
As many local gloves were established well before the National Golden Gloves existed, and no unification had been undertook for a long time, as part of a tradition, different states historically had various weight class margins (171 to 178 for light heavyweight upper limit, 200 to 201 for heavyweight limit).
USA franchises[edit]
- Alabama Golden Gloves
- Buffalo Golden Gloves[7]
- Chicago Golden Gloves[8]
- Cincinnati Golden Gloves
- Cleveland Golden Gloves[9]
- Colorado-New Mexico Golden Gloves
- Detroit Golden Gloves
- Florida Golden Gloves[10]
- Hawaii Golden Gloves
- Indiana Golden Gloves[11]
- Iowa Golden Gloves
- Kansas City Golden Gloves[12]
- Kansas-Oklahoma Golden Gloves
- Knoxville Golden Gloves
- Michigan Golden Gloves[13]
- Mid-South Golden Gloves
- Nevada Golden Gloves
- New Jersey Golden Gloves [14]
- New York Metro Golden Gloves[15]
- Omaha Golden Gloves
- Oregon Golden Gloves
- Pacific North West Golden Gloves
- Pennsylvania Golden Gloves[16]
- Rocky Mountain Golden Gloves[17][18]
- St. Louis Golden Gloves[19]
- Syracuse Golden Gloves
- Texas Golden Gloves[20]
- Toledo Golden Gloves
- Tri-State Golden Gloves
- Upper Midwest Golden Gloves
- Washington, D.C. Golden Gloves
- Wisconsin Golden Gloves
Around the world[edit]
Other countries have similar amateur boxing awards, such as Mexico's Guantes De Oro (literally 'Gloves of Gold' in Spanish).
Diamond Belt[edit]
In the past, certain amateur tournaments would award the victor with a Diamond Belt as recognition of their amateur championship status. These tournaments were sponsored by various organizations and newspapers in the United States, with the Philadelphia Inquirer being one of the more notable. Notable Diamond Belt winners include George Foreman, Bobby Chacon, Jimmy McCarter, Logan McElroy, and Lou Brooks.[5]
Pacific North West Golden Gloves[edit]
Four major Golden Gloves annual tournaments that have taken place include BC Golden Gloves,[21] Tacoma Golden Gloves, Seattle Golden Gloves and Oregon Golden Gloves.
Some notable Canadian boxers to win championships in two or more of the four locations are Frank Albert Scott, Freddy Stephen Fuller, Earl McLeay, Dick Findlay and Clint Page from the sixties.[22]
BC Golden Gloves[edit]
The annual Golden Gloves tournament in British Columbia, Canada, has been a regular event since 1939.The first BC Golden Gloves champions were Alan Dunn, Bob Hickey, Eric Burnell, Henry Devine, Kenny Lindsay, Phil Vickery and Wayne Morris.[23]
Regional and special tournaments[edit]
From time to time, there have been special tournaments or regional Golden Gloves tournaments. One that operated from 1954 to the early Sixties was the Vancouver Island Golden Gloves.[24] The first Vancouver Island Golden Boy was Victoria's Bert Wilkinson in 1954.[25] Some of the history was documented in various issues of the Vancouver Island Boxing News in 1983, and the BC Amateur Boxing News between November 1983 and January 1986. A poster of the 1954 tournament and a photo of Bert Wilkinson were recently[when?] used in a video for the induction ceremony of the Greater Victoria Hall of Fame.
See also[edit]
Lists of former Golden Gloves champions, by division:
Golden Glove Contenders 2018 2019
References[edit]
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- ^'Official Indiana Golden Gloves Boxing Organization'. indianagoldengloves.org. Retrieved 2014-04-10.
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- ^'Rocky Mountain Golden Gloves'. Rocky Mountain Golden Gloves. Retrieved 2013-05-18.
- ^'Saint Louis Golden Gloves - Home'. Stlgg.com. Retrieved 2013-05-18.
- ^'Welcome'. Texas Golden Gloves. Retrieved 2013-05-18.
- ^BC Amateur Boxing News
- ^'Vancouver Sun', January 27, 1968
- ^1984 BC Amateur Boxing Annual, editor Brian Zelley, president George Armson, September 1984
- ^Howard Curling, former Vancouver Island Amateur Boxing Commissioner
- ^The Victoria Daily Times, 1954