Overview
- Chicago paced the majors with three winners as Pete Crow-Armstrong earned his first in center, Nico Hoerner collected his second at second base, and Ian Happ secured a fourth straight in left.
- Kansas City’s Bobby Witt Jr. repeated at shortstop and Maikel Garcia won his first at third, Boston’s Ceddanne Rafaela (CF) and Wilyer Abreu (RF) both won, and San Francisco’s Patrick Bailey (C) and Logan Webb (P) formed the first winning battery since 2013.
- Steven Kwan (Guardians) and Max Fried (Yankees) joined Happ as four-time winners, with Kwan tying Kenny Lofton for the most Gold Gloves by a Cleveland outfielder and Atlanta’s Matt Olson notching his third at first base.
- First-time recipients included Masyn Winn (Cardinals SS), Crow-Armstrong (Cubs CF), Rafaela (Red Sox CF), Dillon Dingler (Tigers C), Ty France (Blue Jays 1B), Webb (Giants P) and Javier Sanoja (Marlins utility).
- Voting was 75% managers and coaches and 25% SABR Defensive Index, and the Platinum Glove winners will be announced Nov. 7 in New York with fan voting now open.