2015 Pacific League Most Valuable Player Award
The 2015 Pacific League Most Valuable Player Award went to Yuki Yanagita of the Softbank Hawks, the PL's first player to have a 30-30 season in which he was also the batting titlist.
Voting Results[edit]
Finish | Name | Team | Position | 1st Place Votes | 2nd Place Votes | 3rd Place Votes | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Yuki Yanagita | Softbank Hawks | Outfielder | 211 | 13 | 4 | 1,098 |
2 | Shogo Akiyama | Seibu Lions | Outfielder | 11 | 90 | 43 | 368 |
3 | Shohei Otani | Nippon Ham Fighters | P/OF | 7 | 35 | 73 | 213 |
4 | Dennis Sarfate | Softbank Hawks | Pitcher | 0 | 44 | 21 | 153 |
5 | Nobuhiro Matsuda | Softbank Hawks | 3rd Baseman | 0 | 20 | 30 | 90 |
6 | Shota Takeda | Softbank Hawks | Pitcher | 0 | 2 | 10 | 16 |
7 | Seiichi Uchikawa | Softbank Hawks | Outfielder | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
8 | Takeya Nakamura | Seibu Lions | 3rd Baseman | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
9 | Dae-ho Lee | Softbank Hawks | 1st Baseman | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
10 | Rick van den Hurk | Softbank Hawks | Pitcher | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
11 | Akira Nakamura | Softbank Hawks | Outfielder | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Kensuke Tanaka | Nippon Ham Fighters | 2nd Baseman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Hideaki Wakui | Chiba Lotte Marines | Pitcher | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Ikuhiro Kiyota | Chiba Lotte | Outfielder | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Takahiro Norimoto | Rakuten Golden Eagles | Pitcher | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
19 voters did not pick any second-place finisher; 33 did not vote for third place
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