2009 Pacific League Most Valuable Player Award
The 2009 Pacific League Most Valuable Player Award went to Yu Darvish, the Pacific League ERA leader for 2009. It was Darvish's second time taking the award, which he had also won in 2007.
Voting Results[edit]
Finish | Name | Team | Position | 1st Place Votes | 2nd Place Votes | 3rd Place Votes | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Yu Darvish | Nippon Ham Fighters | Pitcher | 134 | 20 | 7 | 737 |
2 | Atsunori Inaba | Nippon Ham Fighters | Outfielder | 15 | 34 | 13 | 190 |
3 | Hisashi Takeda | Nippon Ham Fighters | Pitcher | 15 | 30 | 19 | 184 |
4 | Teppei Tsuchiya | Rakuten Golden Eagles | Outfielder | 7 | 17 | 22 | 108 |
5 | Takeya Nakamura | Seibu Lions | Infielder | 5 | 17 | 25 | 101 |
6 | Masahiro Tanaka | Rakuten Golden Eagles | Pitcher | 1 | 21 | 19 | 87 |
7 | Hideaki Wakui | Seibu Lions | Pitcher | 5 | 13 | 19 | 83 |
8 | Takeshi Yamasaki | Rakuten Golden Eagles | Designated Hitter | 1 | 11 | 11 | 49 |
9 | Makoto Kaneko | Nippon Ham Fighters | Infielder | 3 | 6 | 12 | 45 |
10 | Shinji Takahashi | Nippon Ham Fighters | Catcher | 0 | 5 | 4 | 19 |
11 | Toshiya Sugiuchi | Softbank Hawks | Pitcher | 0 | 3 | 8 | 17 |
12 | Yoshio Itoi | Nippon Ham Fighters | Outfielder | 1 | 1 | 6 | 14 |
13 | Kensuke Tanaka | Nippon Ham Fighters | Infielder | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
14 | Terrmel Sledge | Nippon Ham Fighters | Outfielder | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
15 | Eiichi Koyano | Nippon Ham Fighters | Infielder | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
16 | Kazuo Fukumori | Rakuten Golden Eagles | Pitcher | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Tadashi Settsu | Softbank Hawks | Pitcher | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
7 voters did not pick any second-place finisher; 17 did not vote for third place
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