SABR Defensive Index: August 28, 2022

August 31, 2022/by sabr

Here are the SABR Defensive Index™ rankings through games of August 28, 2022.

For the 10th consecutive season, the SDI will be used to help select the winners of the Rawlings Gold Glove Award and Rawlings Platinum Glove Award™, presented by SABR. The SABR Defensive Index accounts for approximately 25 percent of the Rawlings Gold Glove Award selection process which are added to the votes from the managers and coaches.

To learn more about the SABR Defensive Index, visit SABR.org/SDI.

Scroll down to see AL and NL individual leaders, or click a link below to see SDI leaders as ranked by position:

AL: P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF
NL: P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF

AL Overall Leaders (Top 25 Fielders)

Player	Team	Position	SDI
Jose Trevino	NYY	C	11.1
Steven Kwan	CLE	LF	11.0
Myles Straw	CLE	CF	9.3
Jeremy Peña	HOU	SS	8.2
Josh Donaldson	NYY	3B	7.8
Andrew Velazquez	LAA	SS	7.3
Ramón Urías	BAL	3B	7.1
Adley Rutschman	BAL	C	7.0
Jonathan Schoop	DET	2B	6.9
Cal Raleigh	SEA	C	6.7
Michael A. Taylor	KCR	CF	6.7
Kyle Tucker	HOU	RF	6.3
Andrés Giménez	CLE	2B	6.2
Marcus Semien	TEX	2B	5.9
Max Kepler	MIN	RF	5.7
Trevor Story	BOS	2B	5.5
Brandon Marsh	LAA	LF	5.3
DJ LeMahieu	NYY	3B	5.1
Alejandro Kirk	TOR	C	4.6
Julio Rodríguez	SEA	CF	4.5
Santiago Espinal	TOR	2B	4.0
Xander Bogaerts	BOS	SS	4.0
Sean Murphy	OAK	C	3.7
Taylor Walls	TBR	SS	3.6
Jackie Bradley Jr.	BOS/TOR	RF	3.6

NL Overall Leaders (Top 25 Fielders)

Player	Team	Position	SDI
Mookie Betts	LAD	RF	11.9
Ke’Bryan Hayes	PIT	3B	11.6
Nolan Arenado	STL	3B	10.7
Christian Walker	ARI	1B	10.4
Brendan Rodgers	COL	2B	8.9
Nico Hoerner	CHC	SS	7.6
Tommy Edman	STL	2B	7.6
Ha-Seong Kim	SDP	SS	7.4
Dansby Swanson	ATL	SS	6.5
J.T. Realmuto	PHI	C	6.5
Miguel Rojas	MIA	SS	6.1
Víctor Robles	WSN	CF	6.0
Connor Joe	COL	LF	5.0
Daulton Varsho	ARI	RF	4.8
Willy Adames	MIL	SS	4.6
Ryan McMahon	COL	3B	4.1
Tyler Anderson	LAD	P	4.0
Trent Grisham	SDP	CF	3.6
Brendan Donovan	STL	3B	3.6
Tomás Nido	NYM	C	3.5
Alek Thomas	ARI	CF	3.5
Ian Happ	CHC	LF	3.1
Rhys Hoskins	PHI	1B	3.1
Dylan Carlson	STL	CF	3.1
Michael Harris	ATL	CF	3.1

AL leaders, by position

(Likely 2022 Rawlings Gold Glove Award qualifiers)

Pitchers

Player	Team	SDI
Shane Bieber	CLE	2.1
Jameson Taillon	NYY	1.8
Gerrit Cole	NYY	1.8
José Berríos	TOR	1.4
Justin Verlander	HOU	1.1
Robbie Ray	SEA	0.7
Alek Manoah	TOR	0.7
Triston McKenzie	CLE	0.7
Zach Plesac	CLE	0.7
Frankie Montas	OAK/NYY	0.4
Nestor Cortes	NYY	0.4
Cole Irvin	OAK	0.2
Framber Valdez	HOU	0.2
Dane Dunning	TEX	0.2
Jordan Lyles	BAL	0.1
Corey Kluber	TBR	0.0
Shohei Ohtani	LAA	-0.1
Logan Gilbert	SEA	-0.5
Martín Pérez	TEX	-0.7
Luis Garcia	HOU	-0.7
Cal Quantrill	CLE	-0.8
José Urquidy	HOU	-0.9
Shane McClanahan	TBR	-1.0
Nick Pivetta	BOS	-1.5
Kevin Gausman	TOR	-1.5
Dylan Cease	CHW	-1.6
Brad Keller	KCR	-1.8
Marco Gonzales	SEA	-2.0

Catchers

Player	Team	SDI
Jose Trevino	NYY	11.1
Adley Rutschman	BAL	7.0
Cal Raleigh	SEA	6.7
Alejandro Kirk	TOR	4.6
Sean Murphy	OAK	3.7
Austin Hedges	CLE	3.3
Reese McGuire	CHW	3.2
Christian Vazquez	BOS/HOU	2.9
Kyle Higashioka	NYY	2.4
Jonah Heim	TEX	2.1
Gary Sanchez	MIN	0.2
Tucker Barnhart	DET	0.1
Martín Maldonado	HOU	-0.7
Max Stassi	LAA	-1.6
Francisco Mejía	TBR	-1.9
Eric Haase	DET	-3.3

First base

Player	Team	SDI
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	1.5
Luis Arraez	MIN	1.2
Owen Miller	CLE	0.9
Ji-Man Choi	TBR	0.6
José Abreu	CHW	0.6
Spencer Torkelson	DET	0.3
Jared Walsh	LAA	0.3
Ty France	SEA	-0.3
Bobby Dalbec	BOS	-0.3
Hunter Dozier	KCR	-0.5
Ryan Mountcastle	BAL	-0.7
Seth Brown	OAK	-1.5
Harold Castro	DET	-1.7
Anthony Rizzo	NYY	-2.5
Yuli Gurriel	HOU	-3.8
Nathaniel Lowe	TEX	-5.3

Second base

Player	Team	SDI
Jonathan Schoop	DET	6.9
Andrés Giménez	CLE	6.2
Marcus Semien	TEX	5.9
Trevor Story	BOS	5.5
Santiago Espinal	TOR	4.0
Gleyber Torres	NYY	3.4
Josh Harrison	CHW	1.6
Tony Kemp	OAK	0.7
Adam Frazier	SEA	-1.1
Luis Rengifo	LAA	-1.1
Leury García	CHW	-1.7
Whit Merrifield	KCR/TOR	-2.3
Jorge Polanco	MIN	-2.6
Rougned Odor	BAL	-2.9
Nicky Lopez	KCR	-4.6
Jose Altuve	HOU	-6.6

Third base

Player	Team	SDI
Josh Donaldson	NYY	7.8
Ramón Urías	BAL	7.1
DJ LeMahieu	NYY	5.1
Yoan Moncada	CHW	3.2
Eugenio Suárez	SEA	2.6
José Ramírez	CLE	1.6
Matt Chapman	TOR	0.6
Gio Urshela	MIN	-0.2
Rafael Devers	BOS	-0.2
Jeimer Candelario	DET	-2.8
Alex Bregman	HOU	-3.0
Yandy Díaz	TBR	-4.1

Shortstop

Player	Team	SDI
Jeremy Peña	HOU	8.2
Andrew Velazquez	LAA	7.3
Xander Bogaerts	BOS	4.0
Taylor Walls	TBR	3.6
Carlos Correa	MIN	3.1
Jorge Mateo	BAL	2.7
Isiah Kiner-Falefa	NYY	2.2
Amed Rosario	CLE	2.0
Elvis Andrus	OAK/CHW	1.2
J.P. Crawford	SEA	-0.7
Javier Báez	DET	-1.6
Corey Seager	TEX	-2.9
Tim Anderson	CHW	-4.0
Bo Bichette	TOR	-7.8
Bobby Witt	KCR	-10.6

Left field

Player	Team	SDI
Steven Kwan	CLE	11.0
Brandon Marsh	LAA	5.3
Andrew Benintendi	KCR/NYY	2.6
AJ Pollock	CHW	0.9
Nick Gordon	MIN	0.8
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	TOR	0.1
Robbie Grossman	DET	0.0
Chas McCormick	HOU	-0.6
Raimel Tapia	TOR	-0.7
Austin Hays	BAL	-0.9
Randy Arozarena	TBR	-1.8
Alex Verdugo	BOS	-3.4
Joey Gallo	NYY	-4.5
Jesse Winker	SEA	-8.1

Center field

Player	Team	SDI
Myles Straw	CLE	9.3
Michael A. Taylor	KCR	6.7
Julio Rodríguez	SEA	4.5
Cedric Mullins	BAL	2.7
Mike Trout	LAA	1.6
Aaron Judge	NYY	0.8
Aaron Hicks	NYY	-4.0
Luis Robert	CHW	-4.9

Right field

Player	Team	SDI
Kyle Tucker	HOU	6.3
Max Kepler	MIN	5.7
Jackie Bradley Jr.	BOS/TOR	3.6
Teoscar Hernández	TOR	1.6
Willi Castro	DET	1.1
Ramón Laureano	OAK	1.1
Taylor Ward	LAA	0.7
Adolis García	TEX	-0.4
Anthony Santander	BAL	-0.6
Kole Calhoun	TEX	-0.7

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NL leaders, by position