3 Red Sox Players Win Gold Gloves

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Wednesday, November 02, 2011

Scott Cordischi, GoLocalProv Sports Editor

While the2011 Red Sox season may have ended with an historic crash and burn, it wasn’t a complete loss. Three members of the team were awarded Gold Gloves Tuesday.

Jacoby Ellsbury, Dustin Pedroia and Adrian Gonzalez all won Gold Gloves. It was Gonzalez’s third overall and first in the American League. For Pedroia, it was his second and first since 2008. Ellsbury picked up his first.

The last time three members of the Red Sox won Gold Gloves in the same season was back in 1979 when Dwight Evans, Fred Lynn and Rick Burleson all won the award.

Not one member of the AL East champion New York Yankees received a Gold Glove.

Here’s a look at the Gold Glove winners in both the American and National Leagues:

American League
P -- Mark Buehrle, CHW
C -- Matt Wieters, BAL
1B -- Adrian Gonzalez, BOS
2B -- Dustin Pedroia, BOS
SS -- Erick Aybar, LAA
3B -- Adrian Beltre, TEX
LF -- Alex Gordon, KC
CF -- Jacoby Ellsbury, BOS
RF -- Nick Markakis, BAL

National League
P -- Clayton Kershaw, LAD
C -- Yadier Molina, STL
1B -- Joey Votto, CIN
2B -- Brandon Phillips, CIN
SS -- Troy Tulowitzki, COL
3B -- Placido Polanco, PHI
LF -- Gerardo Parra, ARI
CF -- Matt Kemp, LAD
RF -- Andre Ethier, LAD

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