Source: Bourn Wins Gold Glove

The web site "True Blue LA" claims to have inside information on the NL Gold Glove winners. Michael Bourn is a gold glove winner in the outfield, according to that web site's list.
Since this was first posted, Astros GM Ed Wade confirms that Bourn won a Gold Glove.

3 months ago clack 11 comments 0 recs |

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easily won the title of Astros’ MVP. What a turnaround.

I know we’ve all said this about a billion times already, but Michael Bourn is probably the most surprising player of the year. I think most of us were expecting him to be benched or replaced at some point in the season, but he turned out to be a 4-win player. Hopefully he can keep this up in the future.

by Only_A_Lad on Nov 11, 2009 1:16 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

yes to all of that.

by clack on Nov 11, 2009 1:27 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Way to go, Bourn!

I was over here thinking we wouldn’t win anything. At least we have this :p

by entropic soul on Nov 11, 2009 1:26 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I don’t mean to be a Debbie Downer here, but this information prompted me to look at the NL leaderboards.

Interestingly Michael Bourn (+8.7 UZR/150) is only the third-best center fielder in the NL Central when you rank the center fielders by UZR/150.

Of course, the NL Central has the best center-fielders in the NL, with Colby Rasmus (Cards +13.4 UZR/150) and Mike Cameron (Brewers +10.3 UZR/150) ranking #1 and #2 in the entire NL. Bourn ranks #3. If the Pirates hadn’t traded Nate McLouth to the Braves, he would have had the #4 spot in the NL nailed down.

Did anyone else realize how good the CF defense was in the NL Central?

by AstroAndy on Nov 11, 2009 1:35 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

all three winners are CFers....GG doesn't differentiate OF positions.

This post at BBTF related to this article shows the +/- Fielding Bible rankings vs. the GG. According to the post, Michael Bourn is the top CFer, based on Dewan’s +/- system.

GGs v. Fielding Bible Award winners:

P – Adam Wainwright (#17)
C – Yadier Molina (#1)
1B – Adrian Gonzalez (#2 Pujols)
2B – Orlando Hudson (#2 Utley)
3B – Ryan Zimmerman (#1)
SS – Jimmy Rollins (#4 (or 3) Wilson, Tulowitzki, Escobar)
OF – Shane Victorino (#7 CF Bourn, Gwynn, Cameron, Beltran, Young, Rasmus)
OF – Matt Kemp (#8 CF)
OF – Michael Bourn (#1 CF)

by clack on Nov 11, 2009 1:57 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

By the way, I wrote an article a couple of months ago expressing skepticism of the UZR rankings with respect to Bourn. My reasoning: Michael Bourn’s huge out of zone plays. See MLB RZR and OOZ. Bourn had the highest RZR among NL CFers, but more striking is that his 113 OOZ was 23 plays higher than the next highest NL CFer (Upton) . Bourn and Gutierrez in Seattle are tied for ML lead in OOZ; and Gutierrez is credited by some with a “legendary” defensive season. The 113 OOZ is the highest for any NL player and it is the highest OOZ by any player going back in time as long as the RZR stat is recorded on HT. Examples of other players who have led in OOZ in past years: Pujols, Adam Everett, Andruw Jones, Carlos Beltran…i.e., very high OOZ numbers tend to go with premier fielders. My suggestion was that the high OOZ numbers may indicate that the bad fielder next to Bourn (Lee) could have hurt his UZR rating, or that UZR doesn’t adjust well for MMP CF park effects. Beyond the Box Score had an article referencing my piece and agreed with me, but for different reasons (too small a sample size).

by clack on Nov 11, 2009 2:15 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

correction

make that “20 plays” higher than the next best NL CFer “(Kemp)” Upton is with TB.

by clack on Nov 11, 2009 2:18 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I would agree with that analysis

by OremLK on Nov 11, 2009 10:31 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I saw a tweet two hours ago from JC Bradbury mentioning Victorino’s Gold Glove and just assumed the list had been released…apparently, not, though that does tend to agree with the list clack linked to.

by David Coleman on Nov 11, 2009 1:41 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Confirmed!

Astros GM says Michael Bourn is the first Astros outfielder to win a gold glove in more than 30 years.

by clack on Nov 11, 2009 3:22 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

and the full list is here.

by David Coleman on Nov 11, 2009 3:26 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

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