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Detroit Tigers Clips Friday, October 28, 2016 Detroit Free Press Tigers' Kinsler, Iglesias, McCann, Verlander finalists for Gold Glove (Fenech) The Detroit News Four Tigers are Gold Glove finalists (Paul) MLive.com 4 Detroit Tigers named Gold Glove Award finalists (Woodbery) MLB.com 4 Tigers named Gold Glove Award finalists (Beck) Associated Press Flashback: Tigers won last World Series game at Wrigley (Staff) Daily Transactions 1 Tigers' Kinsler, Iglesias, McCann, Verlander finalists for Gold Glove October 28, 2016 By Anthony Fenech/ Detroit Free Press The Detroit Tigers haven’t had a full-season American League Gold Glove Award winner since 2009. Last season, leftfielder Yoenis Cespedes won the award as a Tiger — but he played the final two months of the season with the Mets. This season, four Tigers are finalists for the AL Gold Glove, as announced by Rawlings on Thursday: second baseman Ian Kinsler, shortstop Jose Iglesias, catcher James McCann and pitcher Justin Verlander. All but Kinsler — who despite outstanding defense the past three seasons has yet to win baseball’s top defensive honor — are first-time finalists. In 2015, Kinsler lost out to Houston’s Jose Altuve. In 2014, he fell to Boston’s Dustin Pedroia. Kinsler is a finalist with Pedroia — who is seeking his fifth Gold Glove — and Seattle’s Robinson Cano. Kinsler and Pedroia finished tied for the AL lead in Defensive Runs Saved by a second baseman this season with 12 each. Kinsler had a .988 fielding percentage, tying a career high set in 2014. Iglesias, considered one of the best fielding shortstops in the AL, is competing with Cleveland’s Francisco Lindor and the Angels’ Andrelton Simmons. Iglesias compiled the top fielding percentage among shortstops in the AL at .991. The Tigers haven’t had a Gold Glover at shortstop since Alan Trammell in 1984. McCann, recognized after two solid seasons behind the plate, will go up against Kansas City’s Salvador Perez and the Angels’ Carlos Perez. In his rookie year last season, he made no errors. This season, he made four errors in 99 games and ranked second in the AL in Defensive Runs Saved. The Tigers have not had a Gold Glove winner at catcher since Pudge Rodriguez in 2007. Verlander is competing against Houston’s Dallas Keuchel and Toronto’s R.A. Dickey. Keuchel has won the past two Gold Gloves. The Tigers have not had a Gold Glove winner at pitcher since Kenny Rogers in 2006. They have not had multiple Gold Glove winners since 2007, when Rodriguez and Placido Polanco (second base) won. Winners will be named Nov. 8. 2 Four Tigers are Gold Glove finalists October 28, 2016 By Tony Paul/ The Detroit News Detroit -- The Tigers haven't had multiple Gold Glove winners in the same year since 2006. The odds seem pretty good this year. Four Tigers were announced as Gold Glove finalists Thursday, including shortstop Jose Iglesias, second baseman Ian Kinsler, catcher James McCann and pitcher Justin Verlander. None of the four have ever won a Gold Glove. Rawlings made the announcements on Twitter. The Gold Glove winners will be announced Nov. 9 on ESPN. In 2006, the Tigers had multiple Gold Glove winners, in pitcher Kenny Rogers and catcher Pudge Rodriguez. Their last Gold Glove winner was outfielder Yoenis Cespedes last season. He won the award, despite being traded to the New York Mets in July. Before Cespedes, second baseman Placido Polanco was Detroit's last winner, in 2009. Also of note, Colorado Rockies second baseman D.J. LeMahieu is a finalist. The Birmingham Brother Rice alum, who won the batting title in the National League this season after hitting .348, won a Gold Glove back in 2014. Here's the competition the Tigers are facing: Shortstop: Cleveland's Francisco Lindor, L.A.'s Andrelton Simmons Second base: Seattle's Robinson Cano, Boston's Dustin Pedroia Catcher: L.A.'s Carlos Perez, Kansas City's Salvador Perez Pitcher: Toronto's R.A. Dickey, Houston's Dallas Keuchel The Tigers also figure to have strong contenders for AL Rookie of the Year (Michael Fulmer) and Cy Young (Verlander). 3 4 Detroit Tigers named Gold Glove Award finalists October 28, 2016 By Evan Woodbery/ MLive.com DETROIT -- Four Detroit Tigers were selected as finalists for the American League Gold Glove Award at their positions on Thursday. Pitcher Justin Verlander, catcher James McCann, second baseman Ian Kinsler and shortstop Jose Iglesias will find out next month if they have won Gold Gloves. The last Tiger to win a Gold Glove was Yoenis Cespedes in 2015. Verlander, McCann, Kinsler and Iglesias are all looking for the first of their career. Here is the full list of American League finalists, as announced by Rawlings Sports, which sponsors the award: Pitcher: Verlander, Dallas Keuchel (Houston) and R.A. Dickey (Toronto). Catcher: McCann, Carlos Perez (Los Angeles Angels) and Salvador Perez (Royals). First base: Chris Davis (Baltimore), Eric Hosmer (Kansas City) and Mitch Moreland (Texas). Second base: Kinsler, Robinson Cano (Seattle) and Dustin Pedroia (Boston). Third base: Manny Machado (Baltimore), Kyle Seager (Seattle)and Adrian Beltre (Texas). Shortstop: Iglesias, Andrelton Simmons (Los Angeles Angels) and Francisco Lindor (Cleveland). Left field: Brett Gardner (New York Yankees), Alex Gordon (Kansas City) and Colby Rasmus (Houston). Center field: Kevin Pillar (Toronto), Jackie Bradley Jr. (Boston) and Kevin Kiermaier (Tampa Bay). Right field: Adam Eaton (Chicago White Sox), Mookie Betts (Boston) and George Springer (Houston). 4 4 Tigers named Gold Glove Award finalists October 28, 2016 By Jason Beck/ MLB.com DETROIT -- The Tigers haven't had a Gold Glove Award-winning infielder since 2009. They haven't had multiple Gold Glove Award winners in a season since '07. They'll have a chance at both this year. Pitcher Justin Verlander, catcher James McCann, second baseman Ian Kinsler and shortstop Jose Iglesias were all announced as finalists at their respective positions Thursday, as Rawlings announced the Gold Glove Award field on its Twitter account. Winners will be revealed on Nov. 8 at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN. For a team whose only Gold Glove Award winner over the past five years was Yoenis Cespedes for his half- season manning left field in Detroit last year, it's a nice bit of progress. For Kinsler, it's another chance at an honor that has eluded him over the years despite a compilation of defensive metrics in his favor. Major League managers and coaches, voting only within their league and unable to vote for players on their own teams, account for 75 percent of the selection process. The other 25 percent goes to the sabermetrics community. Kinsler is a finalist for the third time in as many seasons as a Tiger. He has dominated his position in Defensive Runs Saved all three years in Detroit, but he lost out to Dustin Pedroia in 2014 and Jose Altuve last year. Pedroia and Robinson Cano are the other finalists this year, with Pedroia back in the hunt for what would be his fifth Gold Glove Award victory. Kinsler and Pedroia finished tied for the lead among AL second basemen this season with 12 DRS, with Cano at 11. Kinsler's 8.5 Ultimate Zone Rating trailed Pedroia (12.5). The other three Tigers are first-time finalists. That includes Verlander, who picked off eight baserunners as a rookie in 2006 and had an errorless season in '07 but hadn't earned much regard for fielding his position until this year. Verlander's five Defensive Runs Saved tied him for fourth among AL pitchers, as did his 29 assists. His standout stats, however, were on the pure pitching side, including his fourth strikeout title and his third time leading AL pitchers in Wins Above Replacement. No AL pitcher has won a strikeout title and a Gold Glove Award in the same season since Seattle's Mark Langston in 1987. Clayton Kershaw did it on the National League side in 2011. Two-time reigning AL Gold Glove Award winner Dallas Keuchel -- who led AL pitchers with seven DRS -- joins Verlander among the finalists, along with Blue Jays knuckleballer R.A. Dickey. If Verlander beats them out, he'll be the first Tigers pitcher to win a Gold Glove Award since Kenny Rogers in 2006. Though McCann and Iglesias are both regarded as strong defensive defenders, they needed a few years to earn that regard among Gold Glove Award voters. McCann threw out 45 percent of would-be basestealers -- second- highest among AL catchers -- and led his position with nine double plays. His nine Defensive Runs Saved also ranked second. In both caught-stealing percentage and DRS, McCann trailed Kansas City's Salvador Perez, who has won the past three AL Gold Glove Awards behind the plate. Not surprisingly, Perez is also a finalist, along with Angels backstop Carlos Perez. No Tigers catcher has won a Gold Glove Award since Ivan Rodriguez in 2007. Though Iglesias has provided highlight-caliber plays since arriving in Detroit in 2013, he hadn't posted the statistics to reflect a full season of defensive prowess until this year. With just five errors in 574 chances, he posted an AL-best .991 fielding percentage. His 11.6 UZR ranked third among AL shortstops, dwarfing his 2.3 UZR last year. Not since the great Alan Trammell in 1984 has a Tigers shortstop won a Gold Glove Award. And with Francisco Lindor and two-time NL Gold Glove Award winner Andrelton Simmons also finalists, Iglesias has a tough class to top. 5 Flashback: Tigers won last World Series game at Wrigley October 28, 2016 By Associated Press Staff/ Associated Press CHICAGO – The Chicago Cubs had only gone 37 years without a championship when they reached the World Series in 1945.