2023 Central League Most Valuable Player Award

The 2023 Central League Most Valuable Player Award went to Hanshin Tigers ace Shoki Murakami, who became the first CL player ever to win the Rookie of the Year and MVP in the same season. He also broke the NPB record with his 0.741 WHIP, and won the CL ERA title as his numbers were 10-6, 1.75, 137K in 144 1/3 IP.

Voting Results

Finish	Name	Team	Position	1st Place Votes	2nd Place Votes	3rd Place Votes	Points
1	Shoki Murakami	Hanshin Tigers	Pitcher	85	61	45	653
2	Koji Chikamoto	Hanshin Tigers	Outfielder	57	61	31	499
3	Yusuke Ohyama	Hanshin Tigers	3rd Baseman	63	42	49	490
4	Suguru Iwazaki	Hanshin Tigers	Pitcher	56	35	32	417
5	Katsuki Azuma	Yokohama BayStars	Pitcher	14	29	24	181
6	Takumu Nakano	Hanshin Tigers	2nd Baseman	15	23	20	164
7	Kazuma Okamoto	Yomiuri Giants	3rd Baseman	5	15	22	92
8	Kotaro Otake	Hanshin Tigers	Pitcher	5	13	17	81
9	Shugo Maki	Yokohama BayStars	2nd Baseman	3	7	15	51
10	Teruaki Sato	Hanshin Tigers	3rd Baseman	0	3	6	15
	Toshiro Miyazaki	Yokohama BayStars	Outfielder	0	2	3	9
12	Seishiro Sakamoto	Hanshin Tigers	Catcher	1	0	3	8
13	Yuta Iwasada	Hanshin Tigers	Pitcher	1	0	0	5
	Sotaro Shimauchi	Hiroshima Carp	Pitcher	1	0	0	5
	Seiya Kinami	Hanshin Tigers	Shortstop	0	1	2	5
	Hiroki Tokoda	Hiroshima Carp	Pitcher	0	1	2	5
17	Masashi Ito	Hanshin Tigers	Pitcher	0	1	1	4
18	Kento Itohara	Hanshin Tigers	3rd Baseman	0	1	0	3
	Shogo Sakakura	Hiroshima Carp	Catcher	0	1	0	3
	Shosei Togo	Yomiuri Giants	Pitcher	0	1	0	3
21	Trevor Bauer	Yokohama BayStars	Pitcher	0	0	1	1
	Ryoma Nishikawa	Hiroshima Carp	Outfielder	0	0	1	1
	Raidel Martinez	Chunichi Dragons	Pitcher	0	0	1	1

9 voters did not pick any second-place finisher; 31 did not vote for third place

Source: NPB website