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Awards

Central League MVP
Year	Name	Team	POS
2002	Hideki Matsui	Giants	OF
2001	Roberto Petagine	Swallows�	1B
2000	Hideki Matsui	Giants�	OF
1999	Shigeki Noguchi	Dragons�	P
1998	Kazuhiro Sasaki	Bay	P
1997	Atsuya >Furuta	Swallows�	C
1996	Hideki Matsui	Giants�	OF
1995	Tom O'Malley	Swallows�	1B
1994	Masumi Kuwata	Giants�	P
1993	Atsuya Furuta	Swallows�	C
1992	Jack Howell	Swallows�	3B
1991	Shinji Sasaoka	Carp�	P
1990	Masaki Saito	Giants�	P
1989	Warren Cromartie	Giants�	OF
1988	Genji Kaku	Dragons�	P
1987	Kazuhiro Yamakura	Giants�	C
1986	Manabu Kitabeppu	Carp�	P
1985	Randy Bass	Tigers�	1B
1984	Sachio Kinugasa	Carp�	3B
1983	Tatsunori Hara	Giants�	3B
1982	Takayoshi Nakao	Dragons�	C
1981	Suguru Egawa	Giants�	P
1980	Koji Yamamoto	Carp�	OF
1979	Yutaka Enatsu	Carp�	P
1978	Tsutomu Wakamatsu	Swallows�	OF
1977	Sadaharu Oh	Giants�	1B
1976	Sadaharu Oh	Giants�	1B
1975	Koji Yamamoto	Carp�	OF
1974	Sadaharu Oh	Giants�	1B
1973	Sadaharu Oh	Giants�	1B
1972	Tsuneo Horiuchi	Giants�	P
1971	Shigeo Nagashima	Giants�	3B
1970	Sadaharu Oh	Giants�	1B
1969	Sadaharu Oh	Giants�	1B
1968	Shigeo Nagashima	Giants�	3B
1967	Sadaharu Oh	Giants�	1B
1966	Shigeo Nagashima	Giants�	3B
1965	Sadaharu Oh	Giants�	1B
1964	Sadaharu Oh	Giants�	1B
1963	Shigeo Nagashima	Giants�	3B
1962	Minoru Murayama	Tigers�	P
1961	Shigeo Nagashima	Giants�	3B
1960	Noboru Akiyama	Whales (BayStars)	P
1959	Motoshi Fujita	Giants�	P
1958	Motoshi Fujita	Giants�	P
1957	Wally Yonamine	Giants�	OF
1956	Takehiko Bessho	Giants�	P
1955	Tetsuharu Kawakami	Giants�	1B
1954	Shigeru Sugishita	Dragons�	P
1953	Takumi Otomo	Giants�	P
1952	Takehiko Bessho	Giants�	P
1951	Tetsuharu Kawakami	Giants�	1B
1950	Makoto Kozuru	Robins (BayStars)	OF

Pacific League MVP
Year	Name	Team	POS
2002	Alex Cabrera	Lions�	1B
2001	Tuffy Rhodes	Buffaloes�	OF
2000	Nobuhiko Matsunaka	Hawks�	1B
1999	Kimiyasu Kudo	Hawks�	P
1998	Kazuo Matsui	Lions�	SS
1997	Fumiya Nishiguchi	Lions�	P
1996	Ichiro Suzuki	Blue	OF
1995	Ichiro Suzuki	Blue	OF
1994	Ichiro Suzuki	Blue	OF
1993	Kimiyasu Kudo	Lions�	P
1992	Takehiro Ishii	Lions�	P
1991	Taigen Kaku	Lions�	P
1990	Hideo Nomo	Buffaloes�	P
1989	Ralph Bryant	Buffaloes�	OF
1988	Hiromitsu Kadota	Hawks�	OF
1987	Osamu Higashio	Lions�	P
1986	Hiromichi Ishige	Lions�	SS
1985	Hiromitsu Ochiai	Orions	3B
1984	Boomer Wells	Braves	1B
1983	Osamu Higashio	Lions�	P
1982	Hiromitsu Ochiai	Orions	2B
1981	Yutaka Enatsu	Fighters�	P
1980	Isamu Kida	Fighters�	P
1979	Charlie Manuel	Buffaloes�	OF
1978	Hisashi Yamada	Braves	P
1977	Hisashi Yamada	Braves	P
1976	Hisashi Yamada	Braves	P
1975	Hideji Kato	Braves	1B
1974	Tomehiro Kaneda	Orions	P
1973	Katsuya Nomura	Hawks�	C
1972	Yutaka Fukumoto	Braves	OF
1971	Atsushi Nagaike	Braves	OF
1970	Masaaki Kitaru	Orions	P
1969	Atsushi Nagaike	Braves	OF
1968	Tetsuya Yoneda	Braves	P
1967	Mitsuhiro Adachi	Braves	P
1966	Katsuya Nomura	Hawks�	C
1965	Katsuya Nomura	Hawks�	C
1964	Joe Stanka	Hawks�	P
1963	Kazuya Nomura	Hawks�	C
1962	Isao Harimoto	Flyers	OF
1961	Katsuya Nomura	Hawks�	C
1960	Kazuhiro Yamauchi	Orions	OF
1959	Tadashi Sugiura	Hawks�	P
1958	Kazuhisa >Inao	Lions�	P
1957	Kazuhisa Inao	Lions�	P
1956	Futoshi Nakanishi	Lions�	3B
1955	Tokuji Iida	Hawks�	OF
1954	Hiroshi Oshita	Lions�	OF
1953	Isami Okamoto	Hawks�	2B
1952	Susumu Yuki	Hawks�	P
1951	Kazuhito Yamamoto	Hawks�	2B
1950	Kaoru Betto	Orions	OF

Trivia

Nolan Ryan holds the career walks record with 2795.