We completed the “worst Gold Glove” winners miniseries on MLB Monday a few weeks ago, and now it’s time to look at those players who somehow never won the defensive award—but should have. By looking at yearly Top 10 lists for defensive Win Shares and cross-referencing with the list of GG vote winners, we will isolate, decade by decade, the best defenders in professional baseball who were robbed of glory and gold.

There won’t be a ranking to this, either; it will just be a general list. We start with the 1950s, as Gold Gloves were first awarded in 1957. The players below generally can be described as “underrated” fielders. Enjoy!

Don Blasingame, 2B: He was the top dWAR earner (2.5) in 1957, but he lost out on the GG that year to Nellie Fox, who finished third overall in dWAR (2.2). In 1956, he posted 2.0 dWAR, although for his entire 12-season career, he netted just 6.9 dWAR overall. Either way, he was worthy of a Gold Glove in 1957.

Gil McDougald, SS: With 2.4 dWAR in 1957, he was the most valuable glove man in the American League, but Roy McMillan (1.0 dWAR) somehow won the Gold Glove vote. He retired after the 1960 season with 14.0 career dWAR, but he never won a GG vote, unfortunately. Timing is everything, of course.

Johnny Logan, SS: He compiled 6.5 dWAR from 1957-1960 without winning a GG vote, including his 2.2 dWAR in 1957 and the 2.5 dWAR in 1958. He, too, lost the 1958 NL vote to McMillan (1.4 dWAR) despite superior defensive value. From 1953-1959, he never posted a dWAR mark lower than 1.1, either.

Billy Gardner, 2B: In 1957 and 1959, he posted 2.1 and 2.0 dWAR, respectively, without ever winning a GG vote. No shame in losing the vote to Fox, in either year, of course, as Fox topped the league with 2.6 dWAR in 1959. Again, we can put this down to bad timing, as sometimes you just play at the same time as a true god.

Richie Ashburn, CF: His last great defensive season was 1957, when he posted 2.0 dWAR. Willie Mays (0.2 dWAR) won the GG vote that year on reputation, however, robbing him of his best shot at the award. Through age 31 in 1958, he compiled 9.9 dWAR before time took its toll on his defensive abilities.

Tony Kubek, SS: Definitely overrated simply because he played for the Yankees, he nevertheless was an outstanding glove man, compiling 12.4 dWAR in a nine-year career. In five different seasons, he posted at least 1.9 dWAR without winning a GG vote. Ironically, his shortcomings at the plate may have cost him.

Eddie Mathews, 3B: He finished his career at the hot corner with 5.6 dWAR, and in his two best seasons—1.9 dWAR in 1958 and 1.8 dWAR in 1963—he did not win the GG vote. That can happen, of course, when consistency in defensive play is not there and visible to everyone every day. Still, it’s a shame for him.

Ed Bailey, C: We feel anyone who posted at least 2.0 dWAR in a single season should get a Gold Glove, regardless of all other circumstances. Bailey posted that mark in 1959 as part of a six-year run (1956-1961) where he compiled 7.5 dWAR overall. Alas, we can still remember him for great glove work nonetheless.