CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs had three major league winners this year, with Pete Crowe-Armstrong, Ian Happ and Nico Hoerner each claiming baseball’s most popular title.
Kansas City, Boston and San Francisco each had winners. St. Louis-based Rawlings announced Sunday that eight players received the award for the first time.
The Giants’ Patrick Bailey and Logan Webb are the first battery from the same team to win a Gold Glove in the same season since Yadier Molina and Adam Wainwright for the Cardinals in 2013. It was Bailey’s second straight win at catcher.
This was Crowe Armstrong’s first Gold Glove, part of a breakout season for the All-Star center fielder. Happ won for the fourth straight year in left field, and Hoerner’s second Gold Glove was at second base.
“Racing four in a row is pretty special,” Happ said. “We had an unbelievable defensive team this year. All around, I think we built each other up and fed off each other’s energy, and that was a real source of pride among the group.”
Horner also won in 2023. He slowed down at the start of this season when he returned from right flexor tendon surgery on October 11, 2024.
“To have an injury that directly impacts your defense and still win this award, yeah, it feels really good,” Horner said.
Bobby Witt Jr. became And Mikel Garcia of the Royals is the first shortstop-III teammates to win in the same season since JJ Hardy and Manny Machado for the Orioles in 2013. It was Witt’s second straight Gold Glove at shortstop.
The winners for the Red Sox were right fielder Wilyer Abreu and center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela. Abreu, 26, also won the award last year, and Rafaela, 25, received the award for the first time.
New York Yankees pitcher Max Fried and Cleveland left fielder Stephen Cowan join Happ as four-time winners. Matt Olson, Atlanta’s first baseman, received his third Gold Glove.
Detroit catcher Dillon Dengler, Texas second baseman Marcus Semien, Houston utility man Mauricio Dupont and first baseman Ty France rounded out the AL winners. France was traded from Minnesota to Toronto on July 31.
San Diego right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr., St. Louis shortstop Macin Wynn, third baseman KeBryan Hayes and Miami utilityman Javier Sanoja also won in the National League. It’s the second Gold Glove for Tatis and Hayes, who was traded from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati on July 30.
Semien received a $100,000 bonus for winning the honor. Cowan and Whitt each received $50,000, and Hayes received a $25,000 bonus.
Voting was held between managers and up to six coaches from each team, who could not select players for their club. Since 2013, the vote has been factored in with the Society for American Baseball Research’s Defensive Index, which makes up about 25% of the total.
The utility class is based on the SABR formula and additional defensive stats.
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