2025 Rawlings Gold Glove Award finalists announced
OCTOBER 15, 2025 — The SABR Defensive Index (SDI) will be used to help select the winners of the Rawlings Gold Glove Award® and Rawlings Platinum Glove Award™, presented by SABR.
On Wednesday, Rawlings announced the finalists for the 2025 Rawlings Gold Glove Award, honoring the best individual fielding performances at each position in the American League™ and National League™. The winners will be unveiled during a one-hour, special-edition ESPN Baseball Tonight broadcast at 8:30 p.m. Eastern on Sunday, November 2.
Following the show, voting will begin online for the Rawlings Platinum Glove Award, presented by SABR. A combination of the SABR Defensive Index and the national fan vote will determine who takes home the honor in each League. The final SABR Defensive Index rankings will be released at SABR.org/SDI on November 2, immediately following the ESPN broadcast. The Rawlings Platinum Glove Award winners will be unveiled at the Rawlings Gold Glove Award Ceremony on Friday, November 7 in New York.
“This year’s Rawlings Gold Glove Award finalists embody everything our brand stands for: precision, performance, and pride,” said Mike Thompson, chief marketing officer of Rawlings. “Their defensive excellence is what brings energy and excitement to the game, and this announcement provides an opportunity to honor the defining moments that highlight why the glove remains such an essential part of baseball.”
To determine the winners of the 18 defensive position Awards, each team’s manager and up to six coaches on his staff vote from a pool of qualified players in their League and cannot vote for players from their own team. In 2013, Rawlings added the SABR Defensive Index™ (SDI) to the Rawlings Gold Glove Award selection process, which comprises approximately 25 percent of the overall selection total, with the managers’ and coaches’ votes continuing to carry the majority.
To identify the utility Award winners, Rawlings collaborated with the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) to create a specialized defensive formula separate from the traditional selection process for the Rawlings Gold Glove Award position winners. Utilizing the SABR formula and additional defensive statistics, Rawlings will select one utility winner from each League.
The 2025 Rawlings Gold Glove Award® finalists are:
AL finalists
- Pitcher: Jacob deGrom (TEX), Max Fried (NYY), Luis Severino (ATH)
- Catcher: Dillon Dingler (DET), Alejandro Kirk (TOR), Carlos Narváez (BOS)
- First base: Ty France (MIN/TOR), Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (TOR), Carlos Santana (CLE)
- Second base: Andrés Giménez (TOR), Luis Rengifo (LAA), Marcus Semien (TEX)
- Third base: Ernie Clement (TOR), Maikel Garcia (KCR), José Ramírez (CLE)
- Shortstop: Corey Seager (TEX), Taylor Walls (TBR), Bobby Witt Jr. (KCR)
- Left field: Steven Kwan (CLE), Wyatt Langford (TEX), Tyler Soderstrom (ATH)
- Center field: Kyle Isbel (KCR), Ceddanne Rafaela (BOS), Julio Rodríguez (SEA)
- Right field: Wilyer Abreu (BOS), Adolis García (TEX), Cam Smith (HOU)
- Utility: Ernie Clement (TOR), Mauricio Dubón (HOU), Daniel Schneemann (CLE)
NL finalists
- Pitcher: Matthew Boyd (CHC), David Peterson (NYM), Logan Webb (SFG)
- Catcher: Patrick Bailey (SFG), Carson Kelly (CHC), Luis Torrens (NYM)
- First base: Bryce Harper (PHI), Matt Olson (ATL), Spencer Steer (CIN)
- Second base: Xavier Edwards (MIA), Nico Hoerner (CHC), Brice Turang (MIL)
- Third base: Ke’Bryan Hayes (PIT/CIN), Ryan McMahon (COL), Matt Shaw (CHC)
- Shortstop: Nick Allen (ATL), Mookie Betts (LAD), Masyn Winn (STL)
- Left field: Ian Happ (CHC), Tommy Pham (PIT), Kyle Stowers (MIA)
- Center field: Pete Crow-Armstrong (CHC), Victor Scott II (STL), Jacob Young (WSN)
- Right field: Corbin Carroll (ARI), Sal Frelick (MIL), Fernando Tatis Jr. (SDP)
- Utility: Miguel Rojas (LAD), Javier Sanoja (MIA), Jared Triolo (PIT)
To learn more about the SABR Defensive Index, visit SABR.org/SDI.
Originally published: October 15, 2025. Last Updated: October 15, 2025.