Kevin Kiermaier has won the sixth Rawlings Gold Glove Award in franchise history. The 2015 American League and National League Gold Glove winners were announced tonight on ESPN’s Baseball Tonight.
The Rays 31st round selection in the 2010 June Draft, Kiermaier joins first baseman Carlos Peña (2008), third baseman Evan Longoria (2009 and 2010), left fielder Carl Crawford (2010) and pitcher Jeremy Hellickson (2012) as the only Rays to win a Gold Glove.
Rawlings Gold Glove voting consists of two components: 75 percent of the vote comes from managers and coaches, who may not vote for a player on their own team, and 25 percent comes from statistical analysis in collaboration with the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR).