We took a break last week from our MLB Monday miniseries on Gold Gloves, but now we’re back, looking at the players who should have won Gold Gloves in their careers. 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 at least one. Shame!

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. We also are combining both leagues into one now.

Sandy Alomar, C: With 2.1 dWAR in 1970, he deserved a Gold Glove, although he never won one in his career despite posting at least 1.0 dWAR four different years. His 1971 season netted 2.9 dWAR—and still no GG vote win. He was seventh overall in MLB for 1970 dWAR and fourth overall in 1971. He did earn an All-Star nod in 1970, but his career-high 3.0 oWAR in 1971 surely should have gotten him a Gold Glove, too.

Ellie Rodríguez, C: From 1971 to 1974, he compiled 5.7 dWAR without winning a GG vote. He was an All Star in 1972 when he put up 3.7 oWAR, which was a career high. However, he didn’t get any recognition in 1974 for his 3.5 oWAR and 1.4 dWAR. We know there are not enough Gold Gloves to go around for all who deserve them, but sometimes you really see how playing for bad teams can hide talent and get lost in time.

Manny Sanguillén, C: With 11.4 dWAR for his whole career, he was an excellent utility player who took the field at catcher primarily, while also playing some third and outfield, too. Yet from 1969-1976, he earned 11.7 dWAR behind the plate without ever winning a GG vote. He managed to get MVP votes and three All-Star berths, yet the Gold Glove eluded him, for some reason, even as his team was winning the Series, for shame.

Freddie Patek, SS: A three-time All Star, he never won a GG vote despite 13.6 career dWAR. In fact, he led all MLB players with 3.2 dWAR in 1972, to no avail with the Gold Glove voters. He had finished sixth in the 1971 MVP voting based on 4.4 oWAR, but he didn’t get any voting love in 1972 other than making the American League All-Star squad. Imagine this happening today, leading the majors in dWAR and … yeah.

Frank Duffy, SS: Okay, this is just criminal to see a guy put up 9.6 dWAR in a combined four-year stretch (1972-1976) without winning a GG vote in the process. His 3.0 dWAR in 1975 was the second-best effort in the majors overall, too. Perhaps playing somewhere else besides Cleveland could have helped his chances, as he never even made an All-Star team or earned any MVP votes in the process, despite 11.4 career dWAR.

Chris Speier, SS: Despite accruing 17.7 dWAR in his full career, he never won a GG vote, either, as is the case for everyone on this list. He was an All Star for three straight seasons early in his career (1972-1974), but that was about all the recognition he received. Five different years in the decade, he posted at least 1.5 dWAR without getting the Gold Glove love he surely deserved. He never had a full season of negative dWAR.

Tim Foli, SS: His big negative was his bat, as his 64 OPS+ mark can attest. It probably cost him any chance at a Gold Glove, too, despite 16.5 dWAR for his career. Even when he posted a career-high oWAR mark (1.6) with the World Series champs and his usual great defense (1.5 dWAR) in 1979, there was no recognition for it. That’s rough. He played for six organization in his MLB career, so maybe that was the reputation there.

Darrell Evans, 3B: With 2.7 dWAR in 1974, he topped all NL players in defensive value. Yet he was not an All Star, did not garner a single MVP vote, and definitely didn’t win a Gold Glove, either. It’s like it never happened. The year prior, he finished the season with 9.0 WAR overall, including 2.2 dWAR, and finished just 18th in the MVP voting. His misplaced his defensive prowess somewhere after these two seasons, too.

Bill North, CF: He was the starter on two World Series title teams (1973, 1974) as well as another AL West Division winner (1975). In those three seasons, he compiled 6.0 dWAR and did not win a Gold Glove‚ let alone make an All-Star team. In 1973, though, he did finished 28th in the MVP voting. Yeah, he did play on championship teams, so it was “harder” to shine, but he should have gotten a lot of credit in that outfield.

Bill Russell, SS: With 19.4 dWAR in his career, he should have won a GG vote at some point, but he never did despite compiling 17.4 dWAR from 1973-1984. He topped the NL in dWAR in 1973, made the All-Star squad, and finished 32nd in the MVP vote. He was never much at the plate, so maybe that was his downfall in Gold Glove voting. But we’ve seen lots of players in the Dodgers win defensive awards for no good reason.

We will continue this 1970s analysis next week … promise! We ran out of time today; it is a holiday, right?