 11/02/2004 5:54 PM ET
Rodriguez wins 11th Gold Glove
Jeter, Wells each pick up first career fielding awards
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| Derek Jeter's catch on July 1 against the Red Sox is considered one of the best plays of the year. (Frank Franklin II/AP)
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American League winners of the 2004 Rawlings Gold Glove Award were announced Tuesday evening. Detroit catcher Ivan Rodriguez won his 11th Gold Glove, while Toronto's Vernon Wells and Derek Jeter of the New York Yankees each picked up his first.
Other American League winners of Rawlings Gold Gloves, presented to 18 players who have exhibited fielding excellence since 1957, included Texas pitcher Kenny Rogers, Anaheim first baseman Darin Erstad, Seattle second baseman Bret Boone, Oakland third baseman Eric Chavez and outfielders Ichiro Suzuki of Seattle and Torii Hunter of Minnesota.
Rodriguez, who won the award for AL catcher every year during 1992-2001, posted a .987 fielding percentage and threw out 19 of 40 baserunners attempting to steal.
Boone won for the third consecutive year and fourth overall. He won the award for National League second basemen as a member of the Cincinnati Reds in 1998. In 1,308 innings last season, he made 14 errors and recorded a .978 fielding percentage.
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