Ian Happ wins again as the Chicago
Cubs earn a major league-high 3 Gold Glove awards
[November 03, 2025]
By JAY COHEN
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs had a major league-high three Gold
Glove winners this year, with Pete Crow-Armstrong, Ian Happ and Nico
Hoerner all taking home baseball’s most famous fielding honor.
It was the first Gold Glove for Crow-Armstrong, part of a breakout
season for the All-Star center fielder. Happ won for the fourth
consecutive year in left field, and it was the second Gold Glove for
Hoerner at second base.
“Four straight's pretty special,” Happ said. “We had an unbelievable
defensive team this year. Just all around, I think we built off each
other and kind of fed off each other and the energy, and it was a
real source of pride amongst the group.”
Hoerner also won in 2023. He was slowed at the beginning of this
season as he made his way back from right flexor tendon surgery on
Oct. 11, 2024.
“To have an injury that directly impacts your defense and still win
this award, yeah, it feels really good,” Hoerner said.
Kansas City, Boston and San Francisco each had two winners. Eight
players earned the award for the first time, St. Louis-based
Rawlings announced on Sunday.
Bobby Witt Jr. and Maikel Garcia of the Royals became the first
shortstop-third baseman teammates to win in the same season since
J.J. Hardy and Manny Machado for the Orioles in 2013. It was Witt's
second straight Gold Glove at shortstop.
Patrick Bailey and Logan Webb of the Giants are the first battery
from the same team to win a Gold Glove in the same season since
Yadier Molina and Adam Wainwright for the Cardinals in 2013. It was
Bailey's second straight win at catcher.
The Red Sox winners were right fielder Wilyer Abreu and center
fielder Ceddanne Rafaela. The 26-year-old Abreu also won last year,
and the 25-year-old Rafaela earned the award for the first time.
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Chicago Cubs second baseman Nico Hoerner fails to throw out
Cincinnati Reds' Austin Hays at first base during the sixth inning
of a baseball game, Friday, Sept. 19, 2025, in Cincinnati. (AP
Photo/Jeff Dean, File)
New York Yankees pitcher Max Fried and Cleveland
left fielder Steven Kwan joined Happ as four-time winners. Atlanta
first baseman Matt Olson earned his third Gold Glove.
Detroit catcher Dillon Dingler, Texas second baseman Marcus Semien,
Houston utilityman Mauricio Dubón and first baseman Ty France
rounded out the AL winners. France was traded from Minnesota to
Toronto on July 31.
San Diego right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr., St. Louis shortstop
Masyn Winn, third baseman Ke’Bryan Hayes and Miami utilityman Javier
Sanoja also won in the NL. It's the second Gold Glove for Tatis and
Hayes, who was traded from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati on July 30.
Semien earned a $100,000 bonus for winning the honor. Kwan and Witt
each got $50,000, and Hayes earned a $25,000 bonus.
Voting was conducted among managers and up to six coaches from each
team, who can’t select players on their own club. Since 2013, voting
has been factored with a Society for American Baseball Research
defensive index, which comprises about 25% of the total.
The utility category is based on a SABR formula and additional
defensive statistics.
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