2012 Central League Most Valuable Player Award

The 2012 Central League Most Valuable Player Award went to Shinnosuke Abe, the catcher and captain of the Yomiuri Giants. He led the 2012 Central League in both average (.340) and RBI (104). He won in a landslide, getting all but two first-place votes out of 261.

Voting Results

Finish	Name	Team	Position	1st Place Votes	2nd Place Votes	3rd Place Votes	Points
1	Shinnosuke Abe	Yomiuri Giants	Catcher	259	1	0	1,298
2	Tetsuya Utsumi	Yomiuri Giants	Pitcher	1	122	49	420
3	Tetsuya Yamaguchi	Yomiuri Giants	Pitcher	1	60	44	229
4	Hayato Sakamoto	Yomiuri Giants	Shortstop	0	21	62	125
5	Toshiya Sugiuchi	Yomiuri Giants	Pitcher	0	12	19	55
6	Kenta Maeda	Hiroshima Carp	Pitcher	0	11	14	47
7	Hisayoshi Chono	Yomiuri Giants	Outfielder	0	2	16	22
8	Kentaro Nishimura	Yomiuri Giants	Pitcher	0	2	5	11
9	Yohei Oshima	Chunichi Dragons	Outfielder	0	1	6	9
10	Tomoaki Kanemoto	Hanshin Tigers	Outfielder	0	1	0	3
11	Wladimir Balentien	Yakult Swallows	Outfielder	0	0	2	2
12	Yoshinobu Takahashi	Yomiuri Giants	Outfielder	0	0	1	1

28 voters did not pick any second-place finisher; 43 did not vote for third place