Yahoo! At least one Angel had a good season last year. Go Bengie!!!!!!
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A little more Gold for Molina
By Doug Miller / MLB.com
Bengie Molina has won two straight Gold Gloves.
Bengie Molina has clearly established himself as the premier defensive catcher in the American League, and now he's got a pair of Gold Glove Awards to prove it.
Molina, the Angels' 29-year-old catcher, claimed his second consecutive honor for fielding excellence when the American League's 2003 winners of Rawlings Gold Glove Awards were announced Tuesday. Molina joins three-time winners Ichiro Suzuki of Seattle and Eric Chavez of Oakland in a seven-man AL West contingent among the nine players honored.
While toppling Ivan Rodriguez's 10-year reign over the award last year was an impressive Gold Glove debut for Molina, winning this year's award despite missing the last month of the season with an injury was pretty impressive as well.
Molina ranked second in the American League in caught stealing percentage, tossing out 36 of 81 attempted base stealers (44 percent). He registered a .993 fielding percentage, committing five errors in 740 total chances in 117 games (109 starts).
Molina missed the final month of the season after suffering a fractured distal ulna and distal radius above the left wrist in a home plate collision with Dustan Mohr, Sept. 3 at Minnesota. He currently ranks third in club history with 491 games caught.
The Angels have had a Rawlings Gold Glove Award recipient in 11 of the last 13 seasons. Molina and Bob Boone (1982, 1986-88) are the only Angels' catchers to claim the honor.
Last year, the Angels had two recipients with outfielder Darin Erstad also claiming the prize.
The Rawlings Gold Glove Award acknowledges outstanding fielding achievement and is presented annually to 18 players, one from each position in both the American and National Leagues. The award was introduced in 1957 and the winners are chosen by Major League managers and coaches before the end of the regular season. Voters cannot vote for players on their own team.
John Schlegel is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
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