2012 Pacific League Most Valuable Player Award

The 2012 Pacific League Most Valuable Player Award went to Mitsuo Yoshikawa, the ace of the Nippon Ham Fighters, who led the 2012 Pacific League in ERA. While Yoshikawa had a commanding vote total, six other players did get first-place votes.

Voting Results

Finish	Name	Team	Position	1st Place Votes	2nd Place Votes	3rd Place Votes	Points
1	Mitsuo Yoshikawa	Nippon Ham Fighters	Pitcher	181	21	4	972
2	Tadashi Settsu	Softbank Hawks	Pitcher	9	44	36	213
3	Yoshio Itoi	Nippon Ham Fighters	Outfielder	3	34	27	144
4	Atsunori Inaba	Nippon Ham Fighters	1st Baseman	9	22	24	135
5	Hirotoshi Masui	Nippon Ham Fighters	Pitcher	3	20	26	101
6	Sho Nakata	Nippon Ham Fighters	Outfielder	4	21	15	98
7	Hisashi Takeda	Nippon Ham Fighters	Pitcher	1	13	7	51
8	Hiroyuki Nakajima	Seibu Lions	Shortstop	0	10	9	39
9	Masaru Takeda	Nippon Ham Fighters	Pitcher	0	3	4	13
10	Katsuya Kakunaka	Chiba Lotte Marines	Outfielder	0	1	8	11
11	Takeya Nakamura	Seibu Lions	3rd Baseman	0	2	3	9
12	Kensuke Tanaka	Nippon Ham Fighters	2nd Baseman	0	1	1	4
13	Dai-Kang Yoh	Nippon Ham Fighters	Outfielder	0	0	3	3
	Masahiro Tanaka	Rakuten Golden Eagles	Pitcher	0	0	3	3
15	Dae-ho Lee	Orix Buffaloes	1st Baseman	0	0	2	2
16	Hideaki Wakui	Seibu Lions	Pitcher	0	0	1	1

18 voters did not pick any second-place finisher; 37 did not vote for third place