Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh, utilityman Dylan Moore win Gold Gloves

ST. LOUIS — Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh and utilityman Dylan Moore were each awarded a Gold Glove, the highest defensive honor in Major League Baseball.

Raleigh and Moorewere among 14 first-time winners of baseball’s most famous fielding honor.

Raleigh played in 135 games as a catcher in 2024, committing just six errors in 1,122 innings and catching 32 runners attempting to steal.

Moore exemplified the definition of a utility player. He played six different fielding positions and committed only five errors in 1,130.1 innings. Moore played in 11 games at first base, 37 games at second base, 45 games at third base, 49 games at shortstop, 22 games in left field, and one game in center field. All five of his errors came at shortstop.

Raleigh was also named a finalist for a Silver Slugger award.

San Francisco third baseman Matt Chapman won his fifth Gold Glove.

Cleveland second baseman Andrés Giménez and left fielder Steven Kwan won for the third consecutive year along with Arizona first baseman Christian Walker and Chicago Cubs left fielder Ian Happ, Rawlings announced Sunday.

Rockies center fielder Brenton Doyle won for the second straight season.

It was Chapman's first Gold Glove in the NL. He won three with Oakland and one playing for Toronto.

St. Louis slugger Nolan Arenado, a 10-time Gold Glove winner, and Colorado's Ryan McMahon also were finalists at third.

“A lot of really good defensive third basemen are stacked in the National League," Chapman said in a video call. “I was able to come over here and win it, so I thought that was pretty cool and to get one in the American League and the National League now means a lot.”

Six teams had two Gold Gloves winners each, with the Guardians joined by Colorado, Kansas City, Milwaukee, San Francisco and Seattle.

Other AL first-time winners include Royals pitcher Seth Lugo, Minnesota first baseman Carlos Santana, Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr., Houston third baseman Alex Bregman, Toronto center fielder Daulton Varsho, and Boston right fielder Wilyer Abreu.

NL first-time winners included Atlanta pitcher Chris Sale, Giants catcher Patrick Bailey, Milwaukee second baseman Brice Turang and right fielder Sal Frelick, Colorado shortstop Ezequiel Tovar and Pittsburgh utilityman Jared Triolo.

Frelick and Turang are the first Brewers to win a Gold Glove since Lorenzo Cain in 2019. They are the second set of Brewers teammates to win Gold Gloves in the same season, joining Cecil Cooper and Sixto Lezcano in 1979.

“It’s obviously an honor,” Frelick said. “A little surreal, still. Obviously I think even cooler to do it with Brice.”

Bregman earned a $50,000 bonus, Giménez, Lugo, Moore and Witt $50,000 and Santana $25,000.

There also were 14 first-time winners in 2022.

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.