Best Nine Award
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The Best Nine Award is an annual Nippon Professional Baseball honor bestowed upon the best players across the Central League and Pacific League at each position during the season. As determined by a p
Katsuya Nomura was given the Best Nine Award 19 times as a catcher, which is the most for his position and the most for any player in NPB history.
Shohei Ohtani
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Shohei Ohtani is a Japanese professional baseball designated hitter and pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball. Nicknamed "Shotime", he has previously played in MLB for the Los A
Best Nine Award
…the Pacific League. He only received the award at second base, and the award for best third baseman went to Tony Roig of the Nishitetsu Lions. In 2016, Shohei Ohtani of Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters received the awards at pitcher and DH. In the Central League, the pitcher that receives the Best Nine Award is also…
Ohtani with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2024
Ohtani batting in 2013 for the Fighters
Ohtani with the Fighters in 2015
Ohtani on the mound in 2018