2021 Pacific League Most Valuable Player Award

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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[edit]

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

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