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Here are the full SABR Defensive Index™ rankings, through games of August 3, 2014. The SABR Defensive Index draws on and aggregates two types of existing defensive metrics: those derived from batted ball location-based data and those collected from play-by-play accounts. The three metrics representing batted ball data include Defensive Runs Saved from Baseball Info […]

Here are the final SABR Defensive Index™ rankings for the 2017 season among positional qualifiers for the Rawlings Gold Glove Award. Related link: Vote now for the 2017 Rawlings Platinum Glove Award, presented by SABR For the fifth consecutive season, the SDI was used to help select the winners of the Rawlings Gold Glove Award […]

Here are the SABR Defensive Index™ rankings through games of August 22, 2021. For the ninth 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 […]

Here are the final SABR Defensive Index™ rankings for the 2021 season among positional qualifiers for the Rawlings Gold Glove Award. For the ninth 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 […]

Here are the SABR Defensive Index™ rankings through games of July 7, 2019. For the seventh 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 […]

Here are the SABR Defensive Index™ rankings through games of July 9, 2017. For the fifth 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 […]

Here are the SABR Defensive Index™ rankings through games of June 13, 2021. For the ninth 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 […]

Here are the full SABR Defensive Index™ rankings, through games of August 31, 2014. Scroll down to see AL and NL overall 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   […]

Here are the SABR Defensive Index™ rankings through games of June 16, 2019. For the seventh 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 […]

Here are the final SABR Defensive Index™ rankings for the 2020 season among positional qualifiers for the Rawlings Gold Glove Award. Due to the compressed 2020 MLB season, the Rawlings Gold Glove Award qualifications have been amended to rely solely on the SABR Defensive Index, rather than a combination of the SDI and the managers […]