ST. LOUIS — San Francisco third baseman Matt Chapman won his fifth Gold Glove and Kansas City shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. was among 14 first-time winners of baseball’s most famous fielding honor.
Cleveland second baseman Andrés Giménez and left fielder Steven Kwan won for the third consecutive year along with Arizona first baseman Christian Walker and Chicago Cubs left fielder Ian Happ, Rawlings announced Sunday.
Rockies center fielder Brenton Doyle won for the second straight season.
It was Chapman’s first Gold Glove in the NL. He won three with Oakland and one playing for Toronto.
St. Louis slugger Nolan Arenado, a 10-time Gold Glove winner, and Colorado’s Ryan McMahon also were finalists at third.
“A lot of really good defensive third basemen are stacked in the National League,” Chapman said in a video call. “I was able to come over here and win it, so I thought that was pretty cool and to get one in the American League and the National League now means a lot.”
Six teams had two Gold Gloves winners each, with the Guardians joined by Colorado, Kansas City, Milwaukee, San Francisco and Seattle.
AL first-time winners in addition to Witt include Royals pitcher Seth Lugo, Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh, Minnesota first baseman Carlos Santana, Houston third baseman Alex Bregman, Toronto center fielder Daulton Varsho, Boston right fielder Wilyer Abreu and Mariners utilityman Dylan Moore.
NL first-time winners included Atlanta pitcher Chris Sale, Giants catcher Patrick Bailey, Milwaukee second baseman Brice Turang and right fielder Sal Frelick, Colorado shortstop Ezequiel Tovar and Pittsburgh utilityman Jared Triolo.
Frelick and Turang are the first Brewers to win a Gold Glove since Lorenzo Cain in 2019. They are the second set of Brewers teammates to win Gold Gloves in the same season, joining Cecil Cooper and Sixto Lezcano in 1979.
“It’s obviously an honor,” Frelick said. “A little surreal, still. Obviously I think even cooler to do it with Brice.”
Bregman earned a $50,000 bonus, Giménez, Lugo, Moore and Witt $50,000 and Santana $25,000.
There also were 14 first-time winners in 2022.
Voting was conducted among managers and up to six coaches from each team, who can’t select players on their own club. Since 2013, voting has been factored with a Society for American Baseball Research defensive index, which comprises about 25 per cent of the total.
The utility category is based on a SABR formula and additional defensive statistics.
Below is the complete list of Gold Glove winners this season. (Winner in bold)
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Pitcher
Cole Ragans (Kansas City Royals)
Seth Lugo (Kansas City Royals)
Griffin Canning (Los Angeles Angels)
Catcher
Freddy Fermin (Kansas City Royals)
Cal Raleigh (Seattle Mariners)
Jake Rogers (Detroit Tigers)
First base
Ryan Mountcastle (Baltimore Orioles)
Nathaniel Lowe (Texas Rangers)
Carlos Santana (Minnesota Twins)
Second base
Nicky Lopez (Chicago White Sox)
Marcus Semien (Texas Rangers)
Andrés Giménez (Cleveland Guardians)
Third base
Ernie Clement (Toronto Blue Jays)
José Ramírez (Cleveland Guardians)
Alex Bregman (Houston Astros)
Shortstop
Bobby Witt Jr. (Kansas City Royals)
Anthony Volpe (New York Yankees)
Brayan Rocchio (Cleveland Guardians)
Left field
Alex Verdugo (New York Yankees)
Colton Cowser (Baltimore Orioles)
Steven Kwan (Cleveland Guardians)
Centre field
Jarren Duran (Boston Red Sox)
Jake Meyers (Houston Astros)
Daulton Varsho (Toronto Blue Jays)
Right field
Wilyer Abreu (Boston Red Sox)
Juan Soto (New York Yankees)
Jo Adell (Los Angeles Angels)
Utility
Mauricio Dubón (Houston Astros)
Willi Castro (Minnesota Twins)
Dylan Moore (Seattle Mariners)
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pitchers
Luis Severino (New York Mets)
Zack Wheeler (Philadelphia Phillies)
Chris Sale (Atlanta Braves)
Catcher
Patrick Bailey (San Francisco Giants)
Gabriel Moreno (Arizona Diamondbacks)
Will Smith (Los Angeles Dodgers)
First base
Bryce Harper (Philadelphia Phillies)
Matt Olson (Atlanta Braves)
Christian Walker (Arizona Diamondbacks)
Second base
Ketel Marte (Arizona Diamondbacks)
Brice Turang (Milwaukee Brewers)
Bryson Stott (Philadelphia Phillies)
Third base
Nolan Arenado (St. Louis Cardinals)
Ryan McMahon (Colorado Rockies)
Matt Chapman (San Francisco Giants)
Shortstop
Masyn Winn (St. Louis Cardinals)
Dansby Swanson (Chicago Cubs)
Ezequiel Tovar (Colorado Rockies)
Left field
Ian Happ (Chicago Cubs)
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (Arizona Diamondbacks)
Brandon Marsh (Philadelphia Phillies)
Centre field
Jacob Young (Washington Nationals)
Brenton Doyle (Colorado Rockies)
Blake Perkins (Milwaukee Brewers)
Right field
Jake McCarthy (Arizona Diamondbacks)
Sal Frelick (Milwaukee Brewers)
Mike Yastrzemski (San Francisco Giants)
Utility
Kiké Hernández (Los Angeles Dodgers)
Brendan Donovan (St. Louis Cardinals)
Jared Triolo (Pittsburgh Pirates)
