CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs had three Gold Glove Award winners, more than any other Major League Baseball team for the 2025 season, with Pete Crow-Armstrong, Ian Happ and Nico Hoerner all taking home the sport’s most famous fielding honor.
It was the first Gold Glove for Crow-Armstrong, part of a breakout season for the 23-year-old center fielder who was an MLB All-Star for the first time this year. Happ won for the fourth consecutive year in left field, and it was the second career Gold Glove for Hoerner at second base.
“Four straight’s pretty special,” Happ said. “We had an unbelievable defensive team this year. Just all around, I think we built off each other and kind of fed off each other and the energy, and it was a real source of pride amongst the group.”
Hoerner also won in 2023. He was slowed at the beginning of this season as he made his way back from right flexor tendon surgery on Oct. 11, 2024.
“To have an injury that directly impacts your defense and still win this award, yeah, it feels really good,” Hoerner said.
The Boston Red Sox, Kansas City Royals and San Francisco Giants each had two winners. Eight players earned the award for the first time, St. Louis-based Rawlings, which sponsors the honors, announced Sunday. One player at each of the nine fielding positions and a utility player in both the American League and the National League are honored annually for 20 honorees each season.
Maikel Garcia and Bobby Witt Jr. of the Royals became the first third baseman and shortstop from the same team to win in the same season since Manny Machado and J.J. Hardy for the Baltimore Orioles in 2013. It was Witt’s second straight Gold Glove at shortstop.
Catcher Patrick Bailey and right-hander Logan Webb of the Giants 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 St. Louis Cardinals in 2013. It was Bailey’s second straight honor.
Boston’s winners were right fielder Wilyer Abreu and center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela. The 26-year-old Abreu also won last year, and the 25-year-old Rafaela earned the award for the first time.
New York Yankees pitcher Max Fried and Cleveland Guardians left fielder Steven Kwan joined Happ as four-time winners.
Atlanta Braves first baseman Matt Olson earned his third Gold Glove, getting his first two in 2018 and 2019, when he was with the Oakland Athletics. The 31-year-old Atlanta native spent his first six MLB seasons in Oakland before being traded to the Braves, and he was also an MLB All-Star for the third time this year after previous selections in 2021 and 2023.
It’s the fifth time in six seasons the Braves have had at least one Gold Glove winner, including Fried winning his first three in Atlanta from 2020 to 2022.
Detroit Tigers catcher Dillon Dingler, Texas Rangers second baseman Marcus Semien, Houston Astros utility player Mauricio Dubón and Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Ty France rounded out the AL winners. France was traded to Toronto by the Minnesota Twins on July 31.
San Diego Padres right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr., Cardinals shortstop Masyn Winn, Cincinnati Reds third baseman Ke’Bryan Hayes and Miami Marlins utility player Javier Sanoja also won in the NL. It’s the second Gold Glove for Tatis and Hayes, who was traded to Cincinnati by the Pittsburgh Pirates on July 30.
Semien earned a $100,000 bonus for winning the honor. Kwan and Witt each got $50,000, and Hayes earned a $25,000 bonus.
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% of the total.
The utility category is based on a SABR formula and additional defensive statistics.