Matt Chapman and Patrick Bailey aren’t the only San Francisco Giants teammates to win a Rawlings Gold Glove Award in the same season. In the team’s 67-season-long history in San Francisco, multiple Giants have won the Gold Glove in the same year 9 times. This feat was first achieved in 1959 by San Francisco Giants Wall of Famer Willie Mays and Jackie Brandt, and, before Chapman and Bailey, happened most recently in 2016 when Brandon Crawford, Buster Posey, and Joe Panik took home the award. Let's look at these historic seasons from some of San Francisco’s finest. 

2016- C Buster Posey, SS Brandon Crawford, 2B Joe Panik

In Bruce Bochy’s tenth season as manager of the Giants, the team was anchored by a homegrown defensive trio of Crawford, Posey, and Panik that set the standard for excellence in an era of baseball driven almost completely by offensive prowess. The trio helped to establish the Giants as the third-best defensive team in baseball that year, with each player being in the top five of fielding percentage at their respective positions. Crawford and Posey also proved to be one of the MLB’s premier infield duos that season, with both players coming in the top 15 of NL MVP voting. 

2005- C Mike Matheny, SS Omar Vizquel 

The 2005 offseason was highly eventful for the Giants, as the team signed a pair of veteran stars, bringing in 38-year-old, nine-time Gold Glove-winning shortstop Omar Vizquel and 35-year-old star catcher Mike Matheny. Despite concerns over the age of Vizquel and Matheny, the pair proved to be more than capable of holding down the Giants' infield. While Vizquel hadn’t won the award since 2001, he returned to form defensively in 2005, leading all shortstops in fielding percentage, earning his tenth Gold Glove. As for Matheny, he led the league in assists and double plays turned as a catcher, while also being one of two to lead the league with 39 runners caught stealing.