1981 Central League Most Valuable Player Award
The 1981 Central League Most Valuable Player Award went to Yomiuri Giants ace Suguru Egawa, who won the Central League pitching triple crown.
Voting Results[edit]
Finish | Name | Team | Position | 1st Place Votes | 2nd Place Votes | 3rd Place Votes | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Suguru Egawa | Yomiuri Giants | Pitcher | 146 | 43 | 26 | 885 |
2 | Takashi Nishimoto | Yomiuri Giants | Pitcher | 55 | 85 | 68 | 598 |
3 | Mitsuo Sumi | Yomiuri Giants | Pitcher | 49 | 81 | 53 | 541 |
4 | Kazunori Shinozuka | Yomiuri Giants | 2nd Baseman | 10 | 27 | 47 | 178 |
5 | Koji Yamamoto | Hiroshima Toyo Carp | Outfielder | 1 | 11 | 27 | 65 |
6 | Taira Fujita | Hanshin Tigers | 1st Baseman | 0 | 3 | 11 | 20 |
7 | Kiyoshi Nakahata | Yomiuri Giants | 1st Baseman | 1 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
8 | Tatsunori Hara | Yomiuri Giants | 3rd Baseman | 0 | 2 | 8 | 14 |
9 | Roy White | Hanshin Tigers | Outfielder | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
Kazumasa Kono | Yomiuri Giants | Shortstop | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
11 | Kazuhiro Yamakura | Yomiuri Giants | Outfielder | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
12 | Jim Lyttle | Hiroshima Toyo Carp | Outfielder | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Central League Most Valuable Player
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