Former Ohio State catcher Dillon Dingler was the best defensive catcher in the American League for the 2025 MLB season.
He officially received that honor on Sunday night when he was awarded the AL Gold Glove for his position.
Ding, Ding, Ding, we have a winner!
— Detroit Tigers (@tigers) November 3, 2025
Congratulations to Dillon Dingler on his first career Gold Glove Award. #RawlingsGoldGloveAwards pic.twitter.com/Y7XRf4pP2K
Dingler, who played for Ohio State from 2018-20, wins the Gold Glove after his first full season as the Detroit Tigers’ catcher. He helped lead the Tigers to the divisional round of this year’s MLB playoffs, adding to his defensive prowess with a home run in the Tigers’ series-deciding Game 3 win over the Cleveland Guardians – the team he grew up rooting for – in the Wild Card round.
He’s the first Tiger to win a Gold Glove since 2016.
thats GOLD GLOVE catcher Dillon Dingler to all of us now pic.twitter.com/8iR9B7rYs8
— Detroit Tigers (@tigers) November 3, 2025
