2021 Pacific League Most Valuable Player Award

The 2021 Pacific League Most Valuable Player Award went to Orix Buffaloes ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who was 18-5 with a 1.39 ERA, .85 WHIP and 206 K in 193 2/3 IP, winning a pitching Triple Crown and also leading in complete gamed and shutouts. He got 283 of 286 first-place votes.

Voting Results

Finish	Name	Team	Position	1st Place Votes	2nd Place Votes	3rd Place Votes	Points
1	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	Orix Buffaloes	Pitcher	283	1	1	1,419
2	Yutaro Sugimoto	Orix Buffaloes	Outfielder	2	120	90	460
3	Masataka Yoshida	Orix Buffaloes	Outfielder	0	107	100	421
4	Hiroya Miyagi	Orix Buffaloes	Pitcher	1	29	39	131
5	Naoya Masuda	Chiba Lotte Marines	Pitcher	0	4	4	16
6	Takashi Ogino	Chiba Lotte Marines	Outfielder	0	1	8	11
	Yuki Yanagita	Softbank Hawks	Outfielder	0	3	2	11
8	Brandon Laird	Chiba Lotte Marines	1st Baseman	0	1	4	7
9	Hiroaki Shimauchi	Rakuten Golden Eagles	Outfielder	0	1	2	5
10	Takahiro Norimoto	Rakuten Golden Eagles	Pitcher	0	1	0	3
	Takuya Kai	Softbank Hawks	Catcher	0	1	0	3
	Hiromi Itoh	Nippon Ham Fighters	Pitcher	0	1	0	3
	Tomoya Mori	Seibu Lions	Catcher	0	0	3	3
14	Leonys Martín	Chiba Lotte Marines	Outfielder	0	0	2	2
15	Kotaro Kurebayashi	Orix Buffaloes	Shortstop	0	0	1	1
	Takahiro Okada	Orix Buffaloes	1st Baseman	0	0	1	1
	Yoshihisa Hirano	Orix Buffaloes	Pitcher	0	0	1	1
	Yuma Mune	Orix Buffaloes	3rd Baseman	0	0	1	1
	Chihaya Sasaki	Chiba Lotte Marines	Pitcher	0	0	1	1
	Kaima Taira	Seibu Lions	Pitcher	0	0	1	1

16 voters did not pick anyone for 2nd place and 25 did not pick anyone for 3rd place

Source: NPB website