MLB’s 2025 Gold Glove Award Winners

• Pitcher: Max Fried , New York Yankees (4x)
• Catcher: Dillon Dingler , Detroit Tigers (1x)
• First Base: Ty France , Minnesota Twins/ Toronto Blue Jays (1x)
• Second Base: Marcus Semien , Texas Rangers (2x)
• Third Base: Maikel Garcia , Kansas City Royals (1x)
• Shortstop: Bobby Witt Jr., Kansas City Royals (2x)
• Left Field: Steven Kwan , Cleveland Guardians (4x)
• Center Field: Ceddanne Rafaela , Boston Red Sox (1x)
• Right Field: Wilyer Abreu, Boston Red Sox (2x)
• Utility: Mauricio Dubón , Houston Astros (2x)

National League Winners

• Pitcher: Logan Webb, San Francisco Giants (1x)
• Catcher: Patrick Bailey, San Francisco Giants (2x)
• First Base: Matt Olson, Atlanta Braves (3x)
• Second Base: Nico Hoerner, Chicago Cubs (2x)
• Third Base: Ke’Bryan Hayes, Pittsburgh Pirates/Cincinnati Reds (2x)
• Shortstop: Masyn Winn, St. Louis Cardinals (1x)
• Left Field: Ian Happ, Chicago Cubs (4x)
• Center Field: Pete Crow-Armstrong, Chicago Cubs (1x)
• Right Field: Fernando Tatis Jr., San Diego Padres (2x)
• Utility: Javier Sanoja, Miami Marlins (1x)

First-Time Gold Glovers

This year’s class of Gold Glove talent features eight players receiving their first Gold Glove Award (Dingler, France, Garcia, Rafaela, Webb, Winn, Crow-Armstrong, Sanoja). This isn’t to say that this is their first season performing well on the defensive side of the ball, however, but it’s the first time they’ve been acknowledged as the best in their field (literally).

Many of these players enjoyed their first true breakout season in 2025. PCA became just the second player in Cubs history to notch a 30/30 season, joining Sammy Sosa as the only Cubs to do so. He excelled on all side of the baseball, ranking second among all outfielders this year in FRV (21) and leading all outfielders with a 22 OAA. His 96th-percentile sprint speed also allows him to track balls down in the field that an average fielder would have no chance to get.

Maikel Garcia dazzled at the hot corner this year, beating out Ernie Clement of the Blue Jays and José Ramírez of the Guardians for the award. He led the American League in Outs Above Average by a wide margin, posting a mark of 18 OAA which stood much higher than second-place Ernie Clement and José Ramírez 7 OAA.

It’s also worth highlighting the play of Ceddanne Rafaela, who manned center field in a very difficult Fenway Park outfield and also in Just Baseball’s All-Defensive Team. Rafaela has been one of the best defenders in baseball since being called up and it’s about time the 25-year-old gets his flowers. He ranks in the top 10% of players in arm strength (93.4 MPH), OAA (21), and sprint speed (29.1 f/s), so it makes sense that he’s getting this award.

Perennial Winners

There are several players receiving Gold Gloves this season that have made themselves known throughout recent memory to possess well-above-average defensive abilities. Whether through receiving multiple of these awards before or simply being at the top of their craft and being finally rewarded for it, these players exemplify the reason why this award is given out.

Steven Kwan has been nothing short of dominant in left field for the Cleveland Guardians, winning his fourth consecutive Gold Glove Award in just his fourth season in MLB. He is the third player in MLB history to tally a streak of at least four seasons with a Gold Glove Award to start a career, only behind Ichiro Suzuki and Nolan Arenado who each had streaks of ten consecutive seasons to open their MLB careers.

Ian Happ of the Chicago Cubs also won his fourth consecutive Gold Glove Award this season, and he might not be the best defender but among his NL contemporaries in left field he takes this home handily. Happ has been one of the most underrated players in the league in recent years and has been a consistent mainstay for the Cubs.

Matt Olson took home his third career Gold Glove and his first since joining the Atlanta Braves, his first two awards coming when he was with the (then) Oakland Athletics. His 9 OAA led all NL first basemen and his 8 FRV led all first basemen this season. He’s been one of the league’s best first basemen ever since getting the call to the majors and he’s being honoured for it yet again this year.

Snubbed Players

While the players who were awarded these trophies are absolutely some of the finest fielders in the league, there are always a few names that deserve more consideration than they end up getting. This isn’t to take anything away from these winners because they are evidently well-deserving of their awards, but rather to shine a light on the names that were left off the list this year.

Ernie Clement, Toronto Blue Jays

Ernie Clement had an unfathomably-amazing season in 2025 and his 15 OAA rank in the 98th-percentile of all qualified players this season. He was one of only 12 players to reach such a mark this season and was nominated as a finalist for the AL Gold Glove at both third base and at the utility position.

Clement played at least 150 innings at second base, third base, and shortstop, as well as nearly 70 innings at first base when Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was not playing defense this season. AL Utility Gold Glove winner Mauricio Dubón did play a hefty amount of the outfield as well as every infield position, but Clement being nominated for two positions and losing out on both is just adding insult to injury after losing the World Series a matter of days ago.

Alejandro Kirk, Toronto Blue Jays

Without sounding like a salty Blue Jay fan whose players didn’t get the awards many thought they deserve, Alejandro Kirk is another Toronto player who deserved a lot of consideration for the AL Gold Glove at catcher. Kirk’s +21 Blocks Above Average led all of MLB, with second place Danny Jansen having only 2/3 of Kirk’s total.

Kirk’s framing ability is also second to virtually none in MLB (Patrick Bailey exists, so Kirk has to settle for second) according to almost every Statcast framing metric. Dingler has the edge on Kirk in his ability to throw out baserunners in terms of accuracy and arm strength, but in almost every other area, Kirk appears to have deserved to have won his first-ever Gold Glove Award.

Victor Scott II, St. Louis Cardinals

Victor Scott II played an incredible center field for the Cardinals this season, sitting in the 99th-percentile league-wide in OAA (17) and is tied for second in the league in sprint speed (30.2 f/s) – only Trea Turner of the Phillies was faster this season than him.

According to Baseball Savant, he made the fifth-most “5-star catches” this season among all outfielders. A “5-star catch” is a term used to identify batted balls that are calculated to have a catch probability between 0-25%, and he was one of the best in the league at turning these hits into outs. Unfortunately for Scott, the league-leader in this category was Crow-Armstrong who dwarfed his 5 such catches by catching 19 of them…Oh, and he took home the NL Gold Glove, too.