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Atlanta Braves Gold Glove nominees come up empty: The complex voting process explained

By Fred Owens

The Rawlings Gold Glove Awards signify defensive excellence. Paty Atlanta Braves winners include Ender Inciarte, Nick Markakis, Andrelton Simmons and Jason Heyward. DIGITAL IMAGE. Mandatory Credit: Tom Hauck/Getty Images
The Rawlings Gold Glove Awards signify defensive excellence. Paty Atlanta Braves winners include Ender Inciarte, Nick Markakis, Andrelton Simmons and Jason Heyward. DIGITAL IMAGE. Mandatory Credit: Tom Hauck/Getty Images /
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Rawlings and MLB didn’t need PricewaterhouseCoopers to count votes for the Rawlings Gold Glove. Unfortunately, Atlanta Braves players came up short this year. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images) /

Comparing methods – The Fielding Bible

Comparing the Fielding Bible Awards to the Rawlings Gold Glove Award® is a lot like comparing a show of hands to the Electoral College.

The Fielding Bible Awards began in 2006, and they keep things simple. Winners are determined by the vote of a 12-person committee with three tie-breaker voters. Their website describes the process.

". . . a panel of 12 experts to rank 10 players at each position on a scale from 1 to 10. A first-place vote gets 10 points, second place 9 points, third place 8 points, etc. Total up the points for each player and the player with the most points wins the award. A perfect score is 120 points."

This year’s committee included:

  • Ben Lindbergh, staff writer for The Ringer.
  • Bill James
  • BIS Video Scouts at Baseball Info Solutions
  • Chris Singleton, former player and 13-year broadcaster for the White Sox
  • Christina Kahrl, senior editor for MLB coverage at ESPN.com, member of the Baseball Writers Association of America, and Hall of Fame Voter – New this year
  • Hal Richman, creator of Strat-O-Matic
  • Joe Sheehan writes for Sports Illustrated, Baseball America – New this year
  • John Dewan, CEO, and owner of Baseball Info Solutions (BIS)
  • Mark Simon, senior research analyst at BIS
  • Peter Gammons. J. G. Taylor – Spink Award winner, on-air and online analyst for MLB Network, The Athletic and NESN
  • Rob Neyer, independent journalist, contributor to The New York Times, Vice Sports, and Complex
  • Travis Sawchik, sportswriter for FiveThirtyEight.
  • Tie-breaker voter Dan Casey, veteran Video Scout, and Senior Operations Analyst at BIS
  • Tie-breaker voter, Chris Dial, member the SABR Board of Directors and developer of Runs Effectively Defended (RED)
  • Tie-breaker voter Meg Rowley, managing editor at FanGraphs – New this year

Since they provide a list of ten players at each position, it’s relatively easy to qualify for consideration.  Voters mark their ballots, the numbers are added up and a winner determined; easy, simple math.

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