ST. LOUIS (AP) — San Francisco third baseman Matt Chapman won his fifth Gold Glove and Kansas City shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. was among the first 14 winners of the honor baseball’s most famous defensive player.

Cleveland second baseman Andrés Giménez and left fielder Steven Kwan won for the third straight 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.

This was Chapman’s first Gold Glove in the Netherlands. He won three with Oakland and one with Toronto.

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

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

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

First-time AL winners besides Witt include Royals pitcher Seth Lugo, Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh, Minnesota first baseman Carlos Santana, Houston third baseman Alex Bregman, Toronto center fielder Daulton Varsho, Boston right fielder Wiyer Abreu and Mariners utilityman Dylan Moore.

First-time NL 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 bit surreal, though. Obviously, I think it’s 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 were also 14 new winners in 2022.

Voting took place among managers and up to six coaches from each team, who cannot select players from their own club. Since 2013, votes have been counted in a Society for American Baseball Research defensive index, which represents about 25 percent of the total.

The utility category is based on a SABR formula and additional defensive statistics.

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