Yankees' Jose Trevino earns first career Gold Glove Award

The best professional season of Jose Trevino's career has been capped with his first Rawlings Gold Glove Award, awarded to the best defensive players at each position in the American and National Leagues.

The John Paul II graduate was traded from the Rangers to the Yankees during the preseason and became the primary catcher for the AL heavyweight.

He earned his first career All-Star nod and had his best season offensively, with 11 home runs and along with 43 RBI.

Behind the plate he threw out 15 baserunners and is regarded as one of the best backstops in the MLB at framing pitches, where he saved 17 runs and 53.9% of pitches out of the strike zone were called strikes this season, according to Baseball Savant.

Trevino also garnered the Fielding Bible Award as the best defensive catcher in baseball this season. He becomes the third Yankees catcher to win an AL Gold Glove award, joining Thurman Munson and Elston Howard.

The Yankees won the AL East and advanced to the ALCS, before being eliminated by the Astros.

Editor's note: This story was corrected on Nov. 3 to reflect the Yankees being eliminated in the American League Championship Series by the Houston Astros.

This article originally appeared on Corpus Christi Caller Times: Yankees' catcher Jose Trevino earns first career Gold Glove Award