[2] The award was created from a glove made from gold lamé-tanned leather and affixed to a walnut base.
[4][5] Greg Maddux has won the most Gold Glove Awards among all players, including pitchers, in Major League Baseball history.
[13] Gold Glove winners at pitcher who have been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame include Gibson, Kaat, Mussina, Maddux, Steve Carlton, Jim Palmer, and Phil Niekro.
[6] Four pitchers have also thrown no wild pitches in a winning season: Maddux (1997, 2006),[6] Kaat (1975),[8] Shantz (1961, 1962),[10] and Kenny Rogers (2005).
[20][21][22] Buehrle picked off the most runners from the pitcher's mound in a winning season, with 11 in 2010;[22] Clayton Kershaw leads the National League with 9 pickoffs in 2011.
[23] Rogers posted both the highest (100% in 2002) and lowest (0% in 2005) caught stealing percentage in a winning season; the latter also tied with Dallas Keuchel (2015 and 2018) in the American League.