Wilson Defensive Player of the Year - Historical Winners

Historical list of winners for the Wilson Defensive Player of the Year. MLB award history should be complete while other leagues are skewed more recent.

If you notice recent award winners are missing or have not been updated in a reasonable time frame, please feel free to send us a link or information about the missing data.

Historical Winners

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year

player

award notes

pos

born

place

hilvl

mlb years

stat years

draft info

status

cur-org

cur-lev

2019

Roberto Perez

5-11

220

1988-12-23

Mayaguez,PR

MLB

2014-2023

2009-2025

2008- 33-1011-CLE

Retired

2018

Matt Chapman

6-1

225

1993-04-28

Victorville,CA

MLB

2017-2026

2012-2026

2014-  1-  25-OAK

IL-60

SFN

MLB

2017

Byron Buxton

CF-DH

6-2

190

1993-12-18

Baxley,GA

MLB

2015-2026

2012-2026

2012-  1-   2-MIN

IL-10

MIN

MLB

2016

Mookie Betts

SS-RF

5-10

180

1992-10-07

Nashville,TN

MLB

2014-2026

2011-2026

2011-  5- 172-BOS

Active

LAN

MLB

2015

Andrelton Simmons

SS-2B

6-2

195

1989-09-04

Mundo Nobo,NA

MLB

2012-2022

2010-2025

2010-  2-  70-ATL

Retired

2014

Jason Heyward

6-5

240

1989-08-09

Ridgewood,NJ

MLB

2010-2025

2007-2025

2007-  1-  14-ATL

Retired

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