SABR Defensive Index: Final 2022 rankings

November 14, 2022/by sabr

Here are the final SABR Defensive Index™ rankings for the 2022 season among positional qualifiers for the Rawlings Gold Glove Award.

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.

Since 2020, Rawlings has expanded the platform to award the best team defense over the course of the regular season. The St. Louis Cardinals and New York Yankees were the 2022 Gold Glove Team Award winners based on their SABR Defensive Index rankings.

Beginning in 2022, one super utility player will be recognized in both the American and National Leagues, joining the 18 position players receiving awards. Brendan Donovan of the St. Louis Cardinals and DJ LeMahieu of the New York Yankees were the 2022 Gold Glove Super Utility Award winners.

Click here to view the full list of 2022 Rawlings Gold Glove Award winners

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

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

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

2022 Rawlings Gold Glove Award winners are listed in bold.

AL Overall Leaders (Top 25 Fielders)

Player	Team	Position	SDI
Jose Trevino	NYY	C	13.4
Steven Kwan	CLE	LF	12.9
Myles Straw	CLE	CF	12.8
Ramón Urías	BAL	3B	10.2
Andrés Giménez	CLE	2B	9.9
Michael A. Taylor	KCR	CF	9.3
Adley Rutschman	BAL	C	9.2
Marcus Semien	TEX	2B	9.2
Cal Raleigh	SEA	C	9.1
Jeremy Peña	HOU	SS	8.1
Jonathan Schoop	DET	2B	7.9
Jorge Mateo	BAL	SS	7.8
Josh Donaldson	NYY	3B	7.3
Kyle Tucker	HOU	RF	7.1
Alejandro Kirk	TOR	C	6.8
Xander Bogaerts	BOS	SS	6.5
Andrew Velazquez	LAA	SS	6.4
Max Kepler	MIN	RF	6.3
DJ LeMahieu	NYY	3B	5.7
Brandon Marsh	LAA	LF	5.6
Jackie Bradley Jr.	BOS/TOR	RF	5.4
Gleyber Torres	NYY	2B	5.4
Christian Vazquez	BOS	C	5.3
Trevor Story	BOS	2B	4.4
Julio Rodríguez	SEA	CF	4.3

NL Overall Leaders (Top 25 Fielders)

Player	Team	Position	SDI
Ke’Bryan Hayes	PIT	3B	16.0
Mookie Betts	LAD	RF	13.8
Nolan Arenado	STL	3B	13.3
Brendan Rodgers	COL	2B	12.5
Christian Walker	ARI	1B	12.2
Daulton Varsho	ARI	RF	9.9
Trent Grisham	SDP	CF	9.3
J.T. Realmuto	PHI	C	9.2
Víctor Robles	WSN	CF	9.1
Miguel Rojas	MIA	SS	9.0
Nico Hoerner	CHC	SS	8.3
Dansby Swanson	ATL	SS	7.7
Ha-Seong Kim	SDP	SS	7.6
Ian Happ	CHC	LF	7.2
Tommy Edman	STL	2B	7.1
Willy Adames	MIL	SS	6.2
Alek Thomas	ARI	CF	6.0
Travis d’Arnaud	ATL	C	5.9
Tomás Nido	NYM	C	5.2
Brendan Donovan	STL	3B	4.9
Tyler Anderson	LAD	P	4.9
Mike Yastrzemski	SFG	CF	4.2
Michael Harris	ATL	CF	4.1
Ryan McMahon	COL	3B	3.8
Max Muncy	LAD	3B	3.6

AL Team Leaders

Team	Catcher	Infielders	Outfielders	Pitchers	Total SDI
NYY	16.7	25.4	7.4	15.0	64.5
CLE	2.2	16.6	22.1	-2.7	38.2
HOU	-3.3	2.9	22.3	-4.0	17.9
BAL	3.6	9.1	1.4	-0.1	14.0
MIN	1.7	-8.2	15.9	-6.6	2.8
SEA	6.4	-7.5	6.4	-3.4	1.9
TOR	11.2	-7.0	-3.2	-1.1	-0.1
LAA	-6.8	6.8	4.4	-6.1	-1.7
DET	-6.5	-4.8	7.2	-0.6	-4.7
TEX	2.2	-2.0	0.0	-6.8	-6.6
TBR	-2.3	-0.5	4.0	-8.8	-7.6
OAK	4.0	-2.5	-10.5	-2.7	-11.7
KCR	-14.0	-22.7	11.8	2.5	-22.4
BOS	-2.4	0.9	-14.8	-6.6	-22.9
CHW	0.3	-11.5	-20.6	-9.0	-40.8

NL Team Leaders

Team	Catcher	Infielders	Outfielders	Pitchers	Total SDI
STL	1.7	33.7	2.8	6.4	44.6
ARI	-2.2	3.2	25.7	5.3	32.0
LAD	5.3	1.3	15.9	0.2	22.7
MIL	2.6	2.4	6.0	4.2	15.2
ATL	2.5	10.9	-8.5	3.4	8.3
MIA	-2.6	18.9	-11.7	-2.7	1.9
NYM	7.5	-12.1	-3.9	9.1	0.6
SDP	-9.8	5.1	12.8	-12.1	-4.0
CHC	-1.5	1.5	-7.9	1.9	-6.0
COL	-8.1	14.5	-18.6	0.6	-11.6
PHI	7.2	-8.0	-25.1	13.3	-12.6
PIT	4.3	-3.3	-22.3	-2.4	-23.7
CIN	-2.8	-24.5	5.3	-8.4	-30.4
WSN	-7.8	-23.7	0.5	-3.4	-34.4
SFG	-6.5	-25.1	-22.6	1.8	-52.4

AL leaders, by position

(2022 Rawlings Gold Glove Award qualifiers)

Pitchers

Player	Team	SDI
Shane Bieber	CLE	1.9
Jameson Taillon	NYY	1.7
Gerrit Cole	NYY	0.9
Johnny Cueto	CHW	0.9
Jordan Montgomery	NYY	0.8
José Berrios	TOR	0.8
Robbie Ray	SEA	0.7
Shohei Ohtani	LAA	0.6
Alek Manoah	TOR	0.6
Justin Verlander	HOU	0.4
Cole Irvin	OAK	0.2
Jordan Lyles	BAL	0.1
Framber Valdez	HOU	0.1
Martín Pérez	TEX	0.0
Triston McKenzie	CLE	-0.2
Frankie Montas	OAK/NYY	-0.3
Logan Gilbert	SEA	-0.6
José Urquidy	HOU	-0.6
Dane Dunning	TEX	-0.7
Cal Quantrill	CLE	-0.8
Lucas Giolito	CHW	-0.8
Luis Garcia	HOU	-0.9
Corey Kluber	TBR	-0.9
Kevin Gausman	TOR	-0.9
Marco Gonzales	SEA	-1.4
Dylan Cease	CHW	-1.6
Shane McClanahan	TBR	-1.7
Nick Pivetta	BOS	-2.3

Catchers

Player	Team	SDI
Jose Trevino	NYY	13.4
Adley Rutschman	BAL	9.2
Cal Raleigh	SEA	9.1
Alejandro Kirk	TOR	6.8
Christian Vazquez	BOS/HOU	5.3
Jonah Heim	TEX	4.2
Austin Hedges	CLE	3.8
Kyle Higashioka	NYY	3.3
Sean Murphy	OAK	3.2
Reese McGuire	CHW	2.2
Martín Maldonado	HOU	0.8
Gary Sanchez	MIN	0.6
Francisco Mejía	TBR	-0.8
Max Stassi	LAA	-0.9
Tucker Barnhart	DET	-1.5
Eric Haase	DET	-4.9

First base

Player	Team	SDI
Luis Arraez	MIN	2.1
Owen Miller	CLE	1.0
Ji-Man Choi	TBR	0.6
Ty France	SEA	0.3
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	0.2
Jared Walsh	LAA	0.0
José Abreu	CHW	-0.3
Bobby Dalbec	BOS	-0.3
Hunter Dozier	KCR	-0.6
Spencer Torkelson	DET	-0.8
Ryan Mountcastle	BAL	-0.9
Harold Castro	DET	-1.1
Seth Brown	OAK	-1.2
Anthony Rizzo	NYY	-2.9
Yuli Gurriel	HOU	-3.7
Nathaniel Lowe	TEX	-5.7

Second base

Player	Team	SDI
Andrés Giménez	CLE	9.9
Marcus Semien	TEX	9.2
Jonathan Schoop	DET	7.9
Gleyber Torres	NYY	5.4
Trevor Story	BOS	4.4
Santiago Espinal	TOR	3.8
Tony Kemp	OAK	0.7
Luis Rengifo	LAA	0.5
Josh Harrison	CHW	0.2
Adam Frazier	SEA	-0.4
Whit Merrifield	KCR/TOR	-1.6
Leury García	CHW	-1.7
Jorge Polanco	MIN	-2.7
Nicky Lopez	KCR	-4.6
Rougned Odor	BAL	-5.3
Jose Altuve	HOU	-6.6

Third base

Player	Team	SDI
Ramón Urías	BAL	10.2
Josh Donaldson	NYY	7.3
DJ LeMahieu	NYY	5.7
José Ramírez	CLE	2.6
Alex Bregman	HOU	0.8
Gio Urshela	MIN	0.8
Matt Chapman	TOR	0.0
Eugenio Suárez	SEA	-1.4
Jeimer Candelario	DET	-2.7
Rafael Devers	BOS	-3.2
Yandy Díaz	TBR	-6.8

Shortstop

Player	Team	SDI
Jeremy Peña	HOU	8.1
Jorge Mateo	BAL	7.8
Xander Bogaerts	BOS	6.5
Andrew Velazquez	LAA	6.4
Taylor Walls	TBR	3.8
Amed Rosario	CLE	3.8
Elvis Andrus	OAK/CHW	2.2
Isiah Kiner-Falefa	NYY	2.1
Carlos Correa	MIN	1.6
J.P. Crawford	SEA	-2.9
Corey Seager	TEX	-3.2
Javier Báez	DET	-4.2
Bobby Witt	KCR	-11.9
Bo Bichette	TOR	-12.8

Left field

Player	Team	SDI
Steven Kwan	CLE	12.9
Brandon Marsh	LAA	5.6
Andrew Benintendi	KCR/NYY	2.7
AJ Pollock	CHW	0.3
Nick Gordon	MIN	0.1
Austin Hays	BAL	0.0
Robbie Grossman	DET	0.0
Raimel Tapia	TOR	-0.6
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	TOR	-0.8
Alex Verdugo	BOS	-3.0
Randy Arozarena	TBR	-3.3
Joey Gallo	NYY	-4.5
Jesse Winker	SEA	-10.3

Center field

Player	Team	SDI
Myles Straw	CLE	12.8
Michael A. Taylor	KCR	9.3
Julio Rodríguez	SEA	4.3
Cedric Mullins	BAL	4.1
Chas McCormick	HOU	1.8
Aaron Judge	NYY	1.3
Mike Trout	LAA	0.0
Aaron Hicks	NYY	-3.3
Luis Robert	CHW	-4.3

Right field

Player	Team	SDI
Kyle Tucker	HOU	7.1
Max Kepler	MIN	6.3
Jackie Bradley Jr.	BOS/TOR	5.4
Willi Castro	DET	1.7
Adolis García	TEX	1.1
Anthony Santander	BAL	0.5
Taylor Ward	LAA	0.2
Ramón Laureano	OAK	0.0
Teoscar Hernández	TOR	-0.5
Kole Calhoun	TEX	-0.8

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NL leaders, by position