1996 Pacific League Most Valuable Player Award

The 1996 Pacific League Most Valuable Player Award went to Orix Blue Wave Outfielder Ichiro Suzuki, who won the batting title and also led in runs and hits.

Voting Results

Finish	Name	Team	Position	1st Place Votes	2nd Place Votes	3rd Place Votes	Points
1	Ichiro Suzuki	Orix Blue Wave	Outfielder	127	8	1	660
2	Troy Neel	Orix Blue Wave	Designated Hitter	9	84	12	309
3	Nobuyuki Hoshino	Orix Blue Wave	Pitcher	0	8	24	48
4	Taira Suzuki	Orix Blue Wave	Pitcher	0	1	19	22
5	Kip Gross	Nippon Ham Fighters	Pitcher	0	3	9	18
6	Yukihiro Nishizaki	Nippon Ham Fighters	Pitcher	0	2	7	13
7	Willie Fraser	Orix Blue Wave	Pitcher	0	2	1	7
	Kazuhiro Kiyohara	Seibu Lions	1st Baseman	0	2	1	7
9	Yukio Tanaka	Nippon Ham Fighters	Shortstop	0	1	2	5
10	Takahito Nomura	Orix Blue Wave	Pitcher	0	1	1	4
11	Takeshi Shimazaki	Nippon Ham Fighters	Pitcher	0	0	3	3
	Hideki Irabu	Chiba Lotte Marines	Pitcher	0	0	3	3
	Eric Hillman	Chiba Lotte Marines	Pitcher	0	1	0	3
14	Atsushi Kataoka	Nippon Ham Fighters	1st Baseman	0	0	2	2
15	So Taguchi	Orix Blue Wave	Outfielder	0	0	1	1
	Bernardo Brito	Nippon Ham Fighters	Designated Hitter	0	0	1	1
	Kazunori Yamamoto	Kintetsu Buffaloes	Pitcher	0	0	1	1
	Toshihide Narimoto	Chiba Lotte Marines	Pitcher	0	0	1	1
	Koji Akiyama	Fukuoka Daiei Hawks	Outfielder	0	0	1	1