Ezequiel Duran Selected Winner of 2026 Rawlings Gold Glove Award

Arlington, Texas — Rangers infielder/outfielder Ezequiel Duran has been selected as the winner of the 2026 Rawlings Gold Glove Award at the utility position in the American League. The announcement was made by Rawlings tonight in a televised show on ESPN. The Rawlings Gold Gloves are presented for defensive excellence each year.

Duran, a first-time Gold Glove recipient, is the first Ranger to win the utility Gold Glove since Rawlings added the position in 2022, joining previous A.L. winners New York-AL’s DJ LeMahieu in 2022, Houston’s Mauricio Dubón in 2023 and 2025, and Seattle’s Dylan Moore in 2024. The Rangers now have 19 different players with a Gold Glove Award in team history, including five winners in the last four seasons – Duran in 2026, Marcus Semien in 2025, and Adolis García, Nathaniel Lowe, and Jonah Heim in 2023.

Voting was conducted before the end of the regular season and finalists were announced on October 14. Three other Texas finalists were not selected as winners: right-handed pitcher Jacob deGrom, leftfielder Wyatt Langford, and centerfielder Evan Carter.

The 27-year-old Duran was the only Major League player in 2026 to start and finish a game at every non-pitcher/catcher position, as his career-high 153 contests were split among seven defensive assignments – third base (57 games), shortstop (53 games), second base (37 games), leftfield (21 games), centerfield (18 games), rightfield (14 games), and first base (3 games). He totaled 17 outs above average, tied for the 6th-highest figure in MLB per Statcast. His 11 outs above average at shortstop were 4th-most in the A.L. despite making just 49 starts at the position.

Duran appeared at all seven non-battery spots for the second time in his career, also doing so in 2024. He joins previous utility Gold Glove honorees Dubón (2023-25) and Moore (2020, 2022-23) as the only MLB players with multiple seasons of appearances at all non-pitcher/catcher positions since 2020.

Texas players have now claimed Gold Glove awards at eight of the 10 positions currently offered by Rawlings, with the lone exceptions being leftfield and centerfield, although primary centerfielders Gary Pettis (1990) and Juan Beníquez (1977) were named Gold Glove recipients when Rawlings distributed three general outfield awards per league. The Rangers were also honored as the A.L. recipient of the team Gold Glove in 2025.

This year’s Gold Glove Award winners will be honored in a ceremony in New York City this Friday, November 6.

RAWLINGS PLATINUM GLOVE AWARD FAN VOTING

Voting for the 2026 Rawlings Platinum Glove Award will take place from 8:30 p.m. CT tonight through Thursday, November 5 at 10:59 p.m. CT at www.rawlings.com. There will be one winner in both the American League and National League. The only previous winner for Texas was Adrián Beltré, who won the first two A.L. platinum awards in 2011 and 2012.

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