Interesting that Buhner won a Gold Glove. I noticed that the Baseball Reference defensive rating absolutely hated him! His Gold Glove season of 1997 was his 7th straight with a negative rating. He certainly seems like the kind of guy who had the reputation for having a big arm, and I would assume that's what got him the award, but he also never had double-digit assists in a season.
The issue with his fielding may have been lack of speed. Six steals, 24 caught stealing in his career. Ouch.
Interesting that Buhner won a Gold Glove. I noticed that the Baseball Reference defensive rating absolutely hated him! His Gold Glove season of 1997 was his 7th straight with a negative rating. He certainly seems like the kind of guy who had the reputation for having a big arm, and I would assume that's what got him the award, but he also never had double-digit assists in a season.
The issue with his fielding may have been lack of speed. Six steals, 24 caught stealing in his career. Ouch.
He had some ridiculous catches as well. Here's one example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEKMUy4C_9I
That is a *ridiculous* catch. HE GOT IIIIIIIIITTTTTT!! (I dunno I didn't have audio on :). I am going to the game tonight with Marta FYI.
Marta! 🤣