Royals' Bobby Witt Jr. among 14 first-time Gold Glove winners - ESPN

ST. LOUIS — San Francisco Giants third baseman Matt Chapman won his fifth Gold Glove, and Kansas City Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. was among 14 first-time winners of baseball's most famous fielding honor.

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.

Giménez and Kwan are the first pair of teammates to win three straight awards since Adam Jones and J.J. Hardy did it for the Orioles from 2012 to 2014.

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

• 5th career Gold Glove Award (2018, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024)
• Joins Matt Williams (3x) and Jim Davenport (1962) as only Giants 3B to win a Gold Glove Award
• Joins Robin Ventura (Mets & White Sox) and Matt Williams (Giants & Cleveland) as only 3B in MLB history to win a Gold Glove in both leagues
• Led all MLB third basemen with 17 DRS this season

— ESPN Research

It was Chapman's first Gold Glove in the National League. 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.

AL first-time winners in addition to Witt include Royals pitcher Seth Lugo, Mariners