2014 Pacific League Most Valuable Player Award

The 2014 Pacific League Most Valuable Player Award went to Chihiro Kaneko of the Orix Buffaloes, who went 16-5 with a 1.98 ERA and 199 K in 191 IP. He led the league in wins and ERA and was second in strikeouts. It was a much closer race than in 2013, when Masahiro Tanaka got all 233 first-place votes. This year, Kaneko got barely half the first-place votes.

Voting Results

Finish	Name	Team	Position	1st Place Votes	2nd Place Votes	3rd Place Votes	Points
1	Chihiro Kaneko	Orix Buffaloes	Pitcher	125	58	28	827
2	Yuki Yanagita	Softbank Hawks	Outfielder	39	40	34	349
3	Shohei Otani	Nippon Ham Fighters	P/OF	35	26	38	291
4	Ryota Igarashi	Softbank Hawks	Pitcher	17	27	21	187
5	Yoshio Itoi	Orix Buffaloes	Outfielder	3	31	35	143
6	Dennis Sarfate	Softbank Hawks	Pitcher	8	16	15	103
7	Seiichi Uchikawa	Softbank Hawks	Outfielder	10	10	6	86
8	Dae-ho Lee	Softbank Hawks	1st Baseman	3	7	9	45
9	Akira Nakamura	Softbank Hawks	Outfielder	0	6	3	21
10	Tatsuya Sato	Orix Buffaloes	Pitcher	0	2	5	11
11	Nobuhiro Matsuda	Softbank Hawks	3rd Baseman	2	0	0	10
12	Sho Nakata	Nippon Ham Fighters	Outfielder	0	1	5	8
13	Jason Standridge	Softbank Hawks	Pitcher	0	2	1	7
14	Kenji Otonari	Softbank Hawks	Pitcher	1	0	0	5
	Yoshihisa Hirano	Orix Buffaloes	Pitcher	0	1	2	5
	Ernesto Mejia	Seibu Lions	Infielder	0	0	5	5
17	Takahiro Norimoto	Rakuten Golden Eagles	Pitcher	0	1	1	4
18	Takayuki Kishi	Seibu Lions	Pitcher	0	1	0	3
	Takeya Nakamura	Seibu Lions	Designated Hitter	0	1	0	3
20	Wily Mo Pena	Orix Buffaloes	Designated Hitter	0	0	1	1
	Dai-Kang Yoh	Nippon Ham Fighters	Outfielder	0	0	1	1
	Ginji Akaminai	Rakuten Golden Eagles	Infielder	0	0	1	1

13 voters did not pick any second-place finisher; 32 did not vote for third place