2001 Pacific League Most Valuable Player Award

The 2001 Pacific League Most Valuable Player Award went to Kintetsu Buffaloes slugger Tuffy Rhodes, who set the league record with 55 home runs.

Voting Results

Finish	Name	Team	Position	1st Place Votes	2nd Place Votes	3rd Place Votes	Points
1	Tuffy Rhodes	Kintetsu Buffaloes	Outfielder	113	27	0	646
2	Norihiro Nakamura	Kintetsu Buffaloes	3rd Baseman	26	107	2	453
3	Alex Cabrera	Seibu Lions	1st Baseman	1	0	22	27
4	Koichi Isobe	Kintetsu Buffaloes	Outfielder	0	0	21	21
5	Daisuke Matsuzaka	Seibu Lions	Pitcher	0	0	13	13
6	Akinori Otsuka	Kintetsu Buffaloes	Pitcher	0	0	12	12
7	Michihiro Ogasawara	Nippon Ham Fighters	1st Baseman	0	1	5	6
8	Kazuya Fukuura	Chiba Lotte Marines	1st Baseman	1	0	3	8
9	Hiroki Kokubo	Fukuoka Daiei Hawks	3rd Baseman	0	0	4	4
10	Katsuhiko Maekawa	Kintetsu Buffaloes	Pitcher	0	0	3	3
11	Keisaburo Tanoue	Fukuoka Daiei Hawks	Pitcher	0	0	2	2
12	Akira Okamoto	Kintetsu Buffaloes	Pitcher	0	0	1	1
	Koichi Misawa	Kintetsu Buffaloes	Pitcher	0	0	1	1
	Kenji Johjima	Fukuoka Daiei Hawks	Catcher	0	0	1	1
	Nobuhiko Matsunaka	Fukuoka Daiei Hawks	1st Baseman	0	0	1	1
	Tadahito Iguchi	Fukuoka Daiei Hawks	Shortstop	0	0	1	1
	Kazuo Matsui	Seibu Lions	Shortstop	0	0	1	1
	Yoshitomo Tani	Orix Blue Wave	Outfielder	0	0	1	1