2011 Central League Most Valuable Player Award

The 2011 Central League Most Valuable Player Award went to Takuya Asao of the Chunichi Dragons, who led the 2011 Central League with 79 appearances while posting a 0.41 ERA. He also won the Gold Glove. Asao was the first reliever to win the CL MVP since Kazuhiro Sasaki in 1998; unlike Sasaki, Asao was not a full-time closer, setting up Hitoki Iwase mostly. Asao was 7-2 with 10 saves.

Voting Results

Finish	Name	Team	Position	1st Place Votes	2nd Place Votes	3rd Place Votes	Points
1	Takuya Asao	Chunichi Dragons	Pitcher	170	55	4	1,019
2	Kazuki Yoshimi	Chunichi Dragons	Pitcher	70	156	7	825
3	Tetsuya Utsumi	Yomiuri Giants	Pitcher	2	9	46	83
4	Hisayoshi Chono	Yomiuri Giants	Outfielder	4	9	33	80
5	Motonobu Tanishige	Chunichi Dragons	Catcher	3	4	21	48
6	Shinya Miyamoto	Yakult Swallows	3rd Baseman	0	5	29	44
7	Hitoki Iwase	Chunichi Dragons	Pitcher	0	0	21	21
8	Kazuhiro Hatakeyama	Yakult Swallows	1st Baseman	0	3	7	16
9	Maximo Nelson	Chunichi Dragons	Pitcher	0	1	3	6
	Norichika Aoki	Yakult Swallows	Outfielder	0	1	3	6
11	Shohei Tateyama	Yakult Swallows	Pitcher	0	0	5	5
	Shinnosuke Abe	Yomiuri Giants	Catcher	1	0	0	5
	Matt Murton	Hanshin Tigers	Outfielder	0	0	5	5
14	Tony Blanco	Chunichi Dragons	1st Baseman	0	0	3	3
	Takashi Toritani	Hanshin Tigers	Shortstop	0	1	0	3
16	Wladimir Balentien	Yakult Swallows	Outfielder	0	0	1	1
	Keiichi Hirano	Hanshin Tigers	2nd Baseman	0	0	1	1
	Bryan Bullington	Hiroshima Carp	Pitcher	0	0	1	1
	Kenta Kurihara	Hiroshima Carp	1st Baseman	0	0	1	1

7 voters did not pick any second-place finisher; 54 did not vote for third place