Aoki won his third Golden Glove in a row, and third overall, in the outfield. For Ishikawa, 2008 is the first time in his professional career that he has snagged the top spot.

NPB has a full list of the award-winners, but each name in the list links to a stats table that includes no defensive numbers. Go figure.

Here’s a brief rundown of the winners:

Central League

Pitcher – Masanori Ishikawa (Tokyo)

Catcher – Shinnosuke Abe (Yomiuri)

1st Base – (tie) Takahiro Arai (Hanshin) and Kenta Kurihara (Hiroshima)

2nd Base – Masahiro Araki (Chunichi)

3rd Base – Norihiro Nakamura (Chunichi)

Shortstop – Hirokazu Ibata (Chunichi)

Outfield – Norichika Aoki (Tokyo); Norihiro Akahoshi (Hanshin); Takahiro Suzuki (Yomiuri)

Pacific League

Pitcher – Yuu Darvish (Hokkaido)

Catcher – Toru Hosokawa (Saitama)

1st Base – Alex Cabrera (Orix)

2nd Base – Kensuke Tanaka (Hokkaido)

3rd Base – Toshiaki Imae (Chiba)

Shortstop – Hiroyuki Nakajima (Saitama)

Outfield – Atsunori Inaba (Hokkaido); Hichori Morimoto (Hokkaido); Tomotaka Sakaguchi (Orix)