2014 Central League Most Valuable Player Award

The 2014 Central League Most Valuable Player Award went to Tomoyuki Sugano of the Yomiuri Giants, who was 12-5 with a league-best 2.33 ERA. 16 different players got first-place votes.

Voting Results

Finish	Name	Team	Position	1st Place Votes	2nd Place Votes	3rd Place Votes	Points
1	Tomoyuki Sugano	Yomiuri Giants	Pitcher	201	33	11	1,115
2	Tetsuto Yamada	Yakult Swallows	2nd Baseman	21	65	44	344
3	Randy Messenger	Hanshin Tigers	Pitcher	9	23	17	131
4	Seung-hwan Oh	Hanshin Tigers	Pitcher	7	11	24	92
5	Hayato Sakamoto	Yomiuri Giants	Shortstop	4	17	14	85
6	Hisayoshi Chono	Yomiuri Giants	Outfielder	4	15	17	82
7	Mauro Gomez	Hanshin Tigers	1st Baseman	2	16	14	72
8	Matt Murton	Hanshin Tigers	Outfielder	6	8	13	67
9	Ryosuke Kikuchi	Hiroshima Carp	2nd Baseman	2	12	13	59
10	Takahiro Suzuki	Yomiuri Giants	Outfielder	3	4	13	40
11	Toshiya Sugiuchi	Yomiuri Giants	Pitcher	2	6	3	31
12	Shinnosuke Abe	Yomiuri Giants	Catcher	2	6	0	28
13	Tetsuya Yamaguchi	Yomiuri Giants	Pitcher	2	3	1	20
14	Brad Eldred	Hiroshima Carp	1st Baseman	1	3	3	17
15	Takashi Toritani	Hanshin Tigers	Shortstop	1	2	3	14
16	Yoshihiro Maru	Hiroshima Carp	Outfielder	0	3	0	9
17	Scott Mathieson	Yomiuri Giants	Pitcher	0	1	3	6
	Kenta Maeda	Hiroshima Carp	Pitcher	0	1	3	6
19	Shuichi Murata	Yomiuri Giants	3rd Baseman	0	1	0	3
	Minoru Iwata	Hanshin Tigers	Pitcher	0	1	0	3
	Shinobu Fukuhara	Hanshin Tigers	Pitcher	0	1	0	3
	Daisuke Yamai	Chunichi Dragons	Pitcher	0	1	0	3
23	Kosuke Tanaka	Hiroshima Carp	Infielder	0	0	1	1
	Masahiro Yamamoto	Chunichi Dragons	Pitcher	0	0	1	1
	Yuhei Takai	Yakult Swallows	Outfielder	0	0	1	1

34 voters did not pick any second-place finisher; 68 did not vote for third place