The Most Valuable Player Award is an annual Nippon Professional Baseball award given to two outstanding players, one each for the Central League and Pacific League.
Sadaharu Oh, nine-time winner—more wins than any other player
Eiji Sawamura won the first Japanese Baseball League MVP award before NPB was formed in 1950.
Victor Starffin was the first player to win multiple MVP awards.
Tetsuharu Kawakami was one of only two players to win the award before and after the formation of NPB.
Tomoyuki Sugano
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Tomoyuki Sugano is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball. He has previously played in MLB for the Baltimore Orioles, and in Nippon Professional Bas
Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award
…340 batting average 27 home runs 104 RBIs 2013 Wladimir Balentien Tokyo Yakult Swallows Outfielder .330 batting average 60 home runs 131 RBIs 2014 Tomoyuki Sugano Yomiuri Giants Starting pitcher 2.33 earned run average 122 strikeouts 12–5 record in 23 games started 2015 Tetsuto Yamada Tokyo Yakult Swallows Second…
Sugano with the Yomiuri Giants in 2013
Sugano in 2014
Sugano in 2016