He might be the only guy to ever lead his league in defensive WAR at 2 different positions. That is among all players, regardless of position. All data from Baseball Reference.
I made a list of all the guys who led their league in defensive WAR more than once since 1901 (Just the AL & NL). There were 51 guys. I counted OF as one position (this actually did not matter). Then I looked at each guy one by one and only Mookie Betts has led his league in defensive WAR at 2 different positions(OF in 2016, SS in 2025).
A guy had to play 100+ games at a position for it to count. Lee Tannehill led the AL in 1909 & 1911. In 1911 he played 102 of his 141 games at SS. In 1909 he played 91 games at 3B and 64 at SS. That fails to meet my criteria but it is close.
Rabbit Maranville led in 1914 & 1916 & 1923 exclusively at SS. In 1924 he played exclusively at 2B. He had 2.9 dWAR and was 2nd but Glenn Wright led the NL with 4.0. Somewhat close.
I looked at pre-1901 guys, just eyeballing who appeared more than once and checked each of them. Did not see any guys who did it.
Please let me know if you think anyone else has done it.
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