Our entertaining and ongoing MLB Monday Gold Glove miniseries now examines the American League “winners” in the Decade of Paradigm Shifts, both in real life and sports. The tech world overturned everything with this Internet stuff, and athletics became all about the Benjamins. Along with that stuff came some truly horrid Gold Glove votes, and some of the names here will rally surprise you … again.

Here are the “worst” AL GG winners of the Nineties, in reverse order—including one dishonorable mention:

DM. Jim Edmonds, CF, 1998 (0.0 dWAR): He certainly had a reputation for making highlight-reel catches in the outfield, but he won his GG vote with an average performance. His first vote win as legit, and he later won six consecutive NL GGs with the St. Louis Cardinals, all with positive dWAR marks. We certainly don’t feel this is much of a “disgrace” to the voting process, as he did not win the AL vote in 1999 with -0.1 dWAR.

10. Devon White, CF, 1995 (-0.2 dWAR): He finished his career wuth 16.8 dWAR, so we all know he was a great outfielder. However, this was his last GG vote win at age 32, and even though he recovered to post 3.1 dWAR over the next three seasons, he never won another Gold Glove. It’s almost as if the voters realized they had made a small mistake and decided to never go there again. That’s not right; this was a minor issue.

9. Don Mattingly, 1B, 1991-1994 (-0.3/-0.3/-0.3/-0.1 dWAR): We blasted him in our 1980s AL piece, and the voters did not give him a Gold Glove in 1990 when he posted -0.2 dWAR in a season where he missed a lot of playing time to injury. But they went right back to him in 1991, undeservedly. His dWAR marks for these four straight GG vote wins aren’t terrible, but they’re in the negative, so there had to be someone worthier.

8. Roberto Alomar, 2B, 1991/1993-1995 (0.o/-0.4/-0.4/-0.4 dWAR): Surprise, surprise. This is an interesting issue of a good fielder being hurt by turf, for sure. In San Diego from 1988-1990, he totaled 2.8 dWAR without winning a GG vote, and then he carried a reputation with him to Toronto, where he was never a good fielder (-0.6 dWAR, in total). He recovered well on grass infields for Baltimore and Cleveland.

7. Kelly Gruber, 3B, 1990 (-0.5 dWAR): A one-time offender, he had compiled 3.1 dWAR in the two seasons prior to winning this year’s vote. So, in that traditional fashion, the voters were a year too late in granting him the deserved honor. We can live with it, as he never again won another Gold Glove. This season also represented his offensive peak, so there was that fallacy at play, too. It’s not the worst sin, but still … ugh.

6. Ellis Burks, CF, 1990 (-0.6 dWAR): Fenway Park has a weird outfield, where center is a vast wasteland. He has posted 1.2 dWAR in 1987-1988 combined before dropping to -0.1 dWAR in 1989, so there was something off about this vote, for sure. Yet he won the Silver Slugger for his position this year; we’re sure that had something to do with the only GG vote win in his career. Ironically, he posted 0.7 dWAR in 1991.

5. Jay Buhner, RF, 1996 (-0.7 dWAR): He was mostly known for his cannon-like arm, but playing next to a legend in center, he didn’t have much ground to cover in right—and he still sucked during this season. With -12.5 dWAR for his career, he’s lucky he won this singular GG nod. He was kind of a brick statue out there in right, even if his arm was powerful. But the Mariners were good at the time, and he benefitted from that.

4. Ken Griffey, Jr., CF, 1992/1999 (-0.1/-0.9 dWAR): We’re not sure how/why he only won a single MVP vote in his career, but Griffey was a great outfielder. These two seasons are anomalies in a decade where he compiled 9.5 dWAR on the Seattle turf. He won all 10 GG votes in the 1990s, and we can forgive the voters for making the first mistake in 1992, as well as the last one in 1999. They probably didn’t believe their eyes.

3. Rafael Palmeiro, 1B, 1999 (-1.1 dWAR): This is that infamous vote where he won a third consecutive GG vote despite playing just 28 games at first base—and compiling a -1.1 dWAR in that minimal time, no less. Many could argue successfully that this is the worst, singular GG vote ever … and at least, the worst of the decade in the AL. He had compiled 0.9 dWAR in the prior two seasons combined, so the dropoff was huge. Unreal.

2. Bernie Williams, CF, 1997-1999 (-0.3/-1.1/-1.1 dWAR): Again, so many of these bad votes are a surprise because of mythos. Williams made some highlight-reel plays and earned a reputation. But he compiled -9.5 dWAR for his career, nonetheless. From 1992-1995, he posted a combined 3.5 dWAR, and then that perception carried him forward for a time. He won a fourth GG vote in 2000 with a 0.0 dWAR effort. Huh.

1. J.T. Snow, 1B, 1995-1996 (-2.0/-0.8 dWAR): Like someone else on this at the same position, he won so many undeserved GG votes, it’s not even funny. He will show up in two more columns in this miniseries as well (NL 1990s, NL 2000s). His six-consecutive Gold Gloves came as he compiled a combined -6.5 dWAR in those seasons. Unreal. For his whole career, he totaled -10.8 dWAR, so this was his “consistency” on display.