As we did the last few weeks on MLB Monday, we’re looking at the players who should have won Gold Gloves in their careers. We are taking on the 1960s, taking one league at a time. These players are presented in chronological order, and we do our best to explain why they should have won the Gold Glove vote—some more deserving than others. We realize not everyone can win a GG, of course, but these guys deserved one.

Editor’s Note: We only include those who never won a GG vote at any time in their respective careers, not individual seasons from those who won a Gold Glove at some point in their MLB lives.

Jim Gilliam, 3B: He finished with 8.2 dWAR for his career, and he earned 2.1 dWAR at third in 1960. It was the sixth-best mark in the majors that season—and the best of his career during the Gold Glove era as well. However, the award went to a legacy player who only posted 1.0 DWS during the regular season. This is a shame, of course, to deny someone the honor that could have made a big splash for them. Sad, really, too.

Dick Groat, SS: So, he leads the NL in dWAR (2.6) on his way to winning the 1960 NL MVP vote—but he didn’t win a Gold Glove, this year or any other in a career where he compiled 17.3 dWAR? This has to be one of the greatest travesties ever in the sport. Seriously, what the heck were the voters thinking?! Well, to be fair, the guy who won the vote did post 2.0 dWAR himself for his only GG vote win ever, but this is just weird.

Clay Dalrymple, C: With a 13.0 dWAR mark, he was a great defensive player. In fact, his 2.2 dWAR in 1961 was both sixth best in the majors and the first of seven consecutive seasons with 1.1 dWAR or more. And he never won a Gold Glove—not even in seasons where he posted 2.0 oWAR or more. It’s a shame, really, that in the 1961 season, the GG vote went to a player with a 0.4 dWAR mark. Voters back then just didn’t know.

Denis Menke, SS: In 1963-1964 combined, he posted 3.6 dWAR without winning a Gold Glove. The first of those years was the better one (2.0), yet the GG vote went to a player with a higher dWAR mark, surprisingly—for that player’s only career Gold Glove. We can chalk this one up to bad timing, but in 1964, the winner (also their only GG) posted just 0.1 dWAR. So, we cannot write off two missed ops in a row, huh?

Dick Bertell, C: Similarly, he put up 3.8 dWAR in the same two seasons put together without winning a GG vote. Both were errors by the voters, as the same guy won in both years with just an aggregate 2.1 dWAR. Maybe that guy should have won it in 1962, and then the voters decided to make up for it after the fact? Who knows what was in the mind of these guys back then? All we know is many great glove men were denied.

Chris Cannizzaro, C: Seems like we have a lot of wronged NL catchers. In 1965, this guy posted a career-high 1.8 dWAR yet lost the GG vote to a player in the negative glove world. Admittedly, it was one of just two years in this catcher’s career with at least 1.0 dWAR, but still. To finish 2.0 dWAR ahead of the vote winner at your position is just an insult to hard work. What hurt him? Mostly likely his bat, which was negative.

Tim McCarver, C: He may have been the best defensive backstop in the senior circuit from 1966-1968. Without winning a Gold Glove, he posted 4.3 dWAR, nonetheless, across those three seasons. His 2.2 dWAR in 1967 was the eighth best in MLB, too. That was 0.6 dWAR better than the vote winner, and this player’s 4.7 oWAR was a career high, too. In fact, he finished second in the NL MVP race, oddly, but no GG vote win.

Hal Lanier, SS: With 3.9 dWAR in 1967, he topped the NL in defensive value—but did not win a Gold Glove. Same thing happened in 1969, too, when he posted 2.8 dWAR. How does that happen? Overall, from 1966-1969, he put together a combined 10.6 dWAR without winning a GG vote. This is a close second to the above disgrace noted; voters should have been shamed into another line of work. Not much else to say here, obvi.