Best Nine

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The Best Nine is a post-season All-Star honor given out in Nippon Pro Baseball since 1947 and also in 1940. It is also an honor in Japanese college leagues. One player per league is voted as the best at their position, with a very rare tie (Greg LaRocca and Masahiro Araki as the top Central League 2B in 2004). Since the Pacific League instituted the DH rule, the "Best Nine" in the PL has really been a "Best 10".

NPB Central League Winners (1950-present)[edit]

Year Pitcher Catcher First Baseman Second Baseman Third Baseman Shortstop Outfielder Outfielder Outfielder
2024 Tomoyuki Sugano
Yomiuri Giants
Yudai Yamamoto
Yokohama BayStars
Kazuma Okamoto
Yomiuri Giants
Naoki Yoshikawa
Yomiuri Giants
Munetaka Murakami
Yakult Swallows
Hideki Nagaoka
Yakult Swallows
Koji Chikamoto
Hanshin Tigers
Domingo Santana
Yakult Swallows
Seiya Hosokawa
Chunichi Dragons
2023 Katsuki Azuma
Yokohama BayStars
Takumi Oshiro
Yomiuri Giants
Yusuke Ohyama
Hanshin Tigers
Shugo Maki
Yokohama BayStars
Toshiro Miyazaki
Yokohama BayStars
Seiya Kinami
Hanshin Tigers
Koji Chikamoto
Hanshin Tigers
Ryoma Nishikawa
Hiroshima Carp
Yuki Okabayashi
Chunichi Dragons
2022 Koyo Aoyagi
Hanshin Tigers
Yuhei Nakamura
Yakult Swallows
José Osuna
Yakult Swallows
Shugo Maki
Yokohama BayStars
Munetaka Murakami
Yakult Swallows
Takumu Nakano
Hanshin Tigers
Koji Chikamoto
Hanshin Tigers
Keita Sano
Yokohama BayStars
Yuki Okabayashi
Chunichi Dragons
2021 Yuya Yanagi
Chunichi Dragons
Yuhei Nakamura
Yakult Swallows
Jefry Marté
Chunichi Dragons
Tetsuto Yamada
Yakult Swallows
Munetaka Murakami
Yakult Swallows
Hayato Sakamoto
Yomiuri Giants
Koji Chikamoto
Hanshin Tigers
Seiya Suzuki
Hiroshima Carp
Yasutaka Shiomi
Yakult Swallows
2020 Tomoyuki Sugano
Yomiuri Giants
Takumi Oshiro
Yomiuri Giants
Munetaka Murakami
Yakult Swallows
Ryosuke Kikuchi
Hiroshima Carp
Kazuma Okamoto
Yomiuri Giants
Hayato Sakamoto
Yomiuri Giants
Keita Sano
Yokohama BayStars
Seiya Suzuki
Hiroshima Carp
Yoshihiro Maru
Yomiuri Giants
2019 Shun Yamaguchi
Yomiuri Giants
Tsubasa Aizawa
Hiroshima Carp
Dayán Viciedo
Chunichi Dragons
Tetsuto Yamada
Yakult Swallows
Shuhei Takahashi
Chunichi Dragons
Hayato Sakamoto
Yomiuri Giants
Neftali Soto
Yokohama BayStars
Seiya Suzuki
Hiroshima Carp
Yoshihiro Maru
Yomiuri Giants
2018 Tomoyuki Sugano
Yomiuri Giants
Tsubasa Aizawa
Hiroshima Carp
Dayán Viciedo
Chunichi Dragons
Tetsuto Yamada
Yakult Swallows
Toshiro Miyazaki
Yokohama BayStars
Hayato Sakamoto
Yomiuri Giants
Neftali Soto
Yokohama BayStars
Seiya Suzuki
Hiroshima Carp
Yoshihiro Maru
Hiroshima Carp
2017 Tomoyuki Sugano
Yomiuri Giants
Tsubasa Aizawa
Hiroshima Carp
José López
Yokohama BayStars
Ryosuke Kikuchi
Hiroshima Carp
Toshiro Miyazaki
Yokohama BayStars
Kosuke Tanaka
Hiroshima Carp
Yoshitomo Tsutsugo
Yokohama BayStars
Seiya Suzuki
Hiroshima Carp
Yoshihiro Maru
Hiroshima Carp
2016 Yusuke Nomura
Hiroshima Carp
Yoshiyuki Ishihara
Hiroshima Carp
Takahiro Arai
Hiroshima Carp
Tetsuto Yamada
Yakult Swallows
Shuichi Murata
Yomiuri Giants
Hayato Sakamoto
Yomiuri Giants
Yoshitomo Tsutsugo
Yokohama BayStars
Seiya Suzuki
Hiroshima Carp
Yoshihiro Maru
Hiroshima Carp
2015 Kenta Maeda
Hiroshima Carp
Yuhei Nakamura
Yakult Swallows
Kazuhiro Hatakeyama
Yakult Swallows
Tetsuto Yamada
Yakult Swallows
Shingo Kawabata
Yakult Swallows
Takashi Toritani
Hanshin Tigers
Yoshitomo Tsutsugo
Yokohama BayStars
Kosuke Fukudome
Hanshin Tigers
Ryosuke Hirata
Chunichi Dragons
2014 Tomoyuki Sugano
Yomiuri Giants
Shinnosuke Abe
Yomiuri Giants
Mauro Gomez
Hanshin Tigers
Tetsuto Yamada
Yakult Swallows
Hector Luna
Chunichi Dragons
Takashi Toritani
Hanshin Tigers
Yoshihiro Maru
Hiroshima Carp
Matt Murton
Hanshin Tigers
Yuhei Takai
Yakult Swallows
2013 Kenta Maeda
Hiroshima Carp
Shinnosuke Abe
Yomiuri Giants
Tony Blanco
Yokohama BayStars
Tsuyoshi Nishioka
Hanshin Tigers
Shuichi Murata
Yomiuri Giants
Takashi Toritani
Hanshin Tigers
Hisayoshi Chono
Yomiuri Giants
Matt Murton
Hanshin Tigers
Wladimir Balentien
Yakult Swallows
2012 Tetsuya Utsumi
Yomiuri Giants
Shinnosuke Abe
Yomiuri Giants
Tony Blanco
Chunichi Dragons
Hiroyasu Tanaka
Yakult Swallows
Shuichi Murata
Yomiuri Giants
Hayato Sakamoto
Yomiuri Giants
Hisayoshi Chono
Yomiuri Giants
Yohei Oshima
Chunichi Dragons
Wladimir Balentien
Yakult Swallows
2011 Kazuki Yoshimi
Chunichi Dragons
Shinnosuke Abe
Yomiuri Giants
Kenta Kurihara
Hiroshima Carp
Keiichi Hirano
Hanshin Tigers
Shinya Miyamoto
Yakult Swallows
Takashi Toritani
Hanshin Tigers
Hisayoshi Chono
Yomiuri Giants
Norichika Aoki
Yakult Swallows
Matt Murton
Hanshin Tigers
2010 Kenta Maeda
Hiroshima Carp
Shinnosuke Abe
Yomiuri Giants
Craig Brazell
Hanshin Tigers
Keiichi Hirano
Hanshin Tigers
Masahiko Morino
Chunichi Dragons
Takashi Toritani
Hanshin Tigers
Kazuhiro Wada
Chunichi Dragons
Norichika Aoki
Yakult Swallows
Matt Murton
Hanshin Tigers
2009 Dicky Gonzalez
Yomiuri Giants
Shinnosuke Abe
Yomiuri Giants
Tony Blanco
Chunichi Dragons
Akihiro Higashide
Hiroshima Carp
Michihiro Ogasawara
Yomiuri Giants
Hayato Sakamoto
Yomiuri Giants
Alex Ramirez
Yomiuri Giants
Norichika Aoki
Yakult Swallows
Seiichi Uchikawa
Yokohama BayStars
2008 Seth Greisinger
Yomiuri Giants
Shinnosuke Abe
Yomiuri Giants
Seiichi Uchikawa
Yokohama BayStars
Akihiro Higashide
Hiroshima Carp
Shuichi Murata
Yokohama BayStars
Takashi Toritani
Hanshin Tigers
Alex Ramirez
Yomiuri Giants
Tomoaki Kanemoto
Hanshin Tigers
Norichika Aoki
Yakult Swallows
2007 Hisanori Takahashi
Yomiuri Giants
Shinnosuke Abe
Yomiuri Giants
Tyrone Woods
Chunichi Dragons
Hiroyasu Tanaka
Tokyo Yakult Swallows
Michihiro Ogasawara
Yomiuri Giants
Hirokazu Ibata
Chunichi Dragons
Norichika Aoki
Tokyo Yakult Swallows
Alex Ramirez
Tokyo Yakult Swallows
Yoshinobu Takahashi
Yomiuri Giants
2006 Kenshin Kawakami
Chunichi Dragons
Akihiro Yano
Hanshin Tigers
Tyrone Woods
Chunichi Dragons
Masahiro Araki
Chunichi Dragons
Akinori Iwamura
Tokyo Yakult Swallows
Hirokazu Ibata
Chunichi Dragons
Norichika Aoki
Tokyo Yakult Swallows
Kosuke Fukudome
Chunichi Dragons
Tomoaki Kanemoto
Hanshin Tigers
2005 Hiroki Kuroda
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Akihiro Yano
Hanshin Tigers
Takahiro Arai
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Masahiro Araki
Chunichi Dragons
Hirokazu Ibata
Chunichi Dragons
Makoto Imaoka
Hanshin Tigers
Norihiro Akahoshi
Hanshin Tigers
Norichika Aoki
Yakult Swallows
Tomoaki Kanemoto
Hanshin Tigers
2004 Kenshin Kawakami
Chunichi Dragons
Atsuya Furuta
Yakult Swallows
Tyrone Woods
Yokohama BayStars
Masahiro Araki / Greg LaRocca
Chunichi Dragons / Hiroshima Carp
Kazuyoshi Tatsunami
Chunichi Dragons
Hirokazu Ibata
Chunichi Dragons
Tomoaki Kanemoto
Hanshin Tigers
Tuffy Rhodes
Yomiuri Giants
Shigenobu Shima
Hiroshima Carp
2003 Kei Igawa
Hanshin Tigers
Akihiro Yano
Hanshin Tigers
George Arias
Hanshin Tigers
Makoto Imaoka
Hanshin Tigers
Ken Suzuki
Yakult Swallows
Tomohiro Nioka
Yomiuri Giants
Norihiro Akahoshi
Hanshin Tigers
Kosuke Fukudome
Chunichi Dragons
Alex Ramirez
Yakult Swallows
2002 Koji Uehara
Yomiuri Giants
Shinnosuke Abe
Yomiuri Giants
Roberto Petagine
Yakult Swallows
Makoto Imaoka
Hanshin Tigers
Akinori Iwamura
Yakult Swallows
Hirokazu Ibata
Chunichi Dragons
Kosuke Fukudome
Chunichi Dragons
Hideki Matsui
Yomiuri Giants
Takayuki Shimizu
Yomiuri Giants
2001 Shugo Fujii
Yakult Swallows
Atsuya Furuta
Yakult Swallows
Roberto Petagine
Yakult Swallows
Eddy Diaz
Hiroshima Carp
Akira Eto
Yomiuri Giants
Takuro Ishii
Yokohama BayStars
Atsunori Inaba
Yakult Swallows
Tomoaki Kanemoto
Hiroshima Carp
Hideki Matsui
Yomiuri Giants
2000 Kimiyasu Kudo
Yomiuri Giants
Atsuya Furuta
Yakult Swallows
Roberto Petagine
Yakult Swallows
Bobby Rose
Yokohama BayStars
Akira Eto
Yomiuri Giants
Takuro Ishii
Yokohama BayStars
Tomoaki Kanemoto
Hiroshima Carp
Hideki Matsui
Yomiuri Giants
Tsuyoshi Shinjo
Hanshin Tigers
1999 Koji Uehara
Yomiuri Giants
Atsuya Furuta
Yakult Swallows
Roberto Petagine
Yakult Swallows
Bobby Rose
Yokohama BayStars
Leo Gomez
Chunichi Dragons
Takuro Ishii
Yokohama BayStars
Hideki Matsui
Yomiuri Giants
Koichi Sekikawa
Chunichi Dragons
Yoshinobu Takahashi
Yomiuri Giants
1998 Kazuhiro Sasaki
Yokohama BayStars
Motonobu Tanishige
Yokohama BayStars
Norihiro Komada
Yokohama BayStars
Bobby Rose
Yokohama BayStars
Akira Eto
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Takuro Ishii
Yokohama BayStars
Tomonori Maeda
Hiroshima Carp
Hideki Matsui
Yomiuri Giants
Takanori Suzuki
Yokohama BayStars
1997 Masahiro Yamamoto
Chunichi Dragons
Atsuya Furuta
Yakult Swallows
Luis Lopez
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Bobby Rose
Yokohama BayStars
Leo Gomez
Chunichi Dragons
Takuro Ishii
Yokohama BayStars
Dwayne Hosey
Yakult Swallows
Hideki Matsui
Yomiuri Giants
Takanori Suzuki
Yokohama BayStars
1996 Masaki Saito
Yomiuri Giants
Shuji Nishiyama
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Luis Lopez
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Kazuyoshi Tatsunami
Chunichi Dragons
Akira Eto
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Kenjiro Nomura
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Hideki Matsui
Yomiuri Giants
Alonzo Powell
Chunichi Dragons
Takeshi Yamasaki
Chunichi Dragons
1995 Masaki Saito
Yomiuri Giants
Atsuya Furuta
Yakult Swallows
Tom O'Malley
Yakult Swallows
Bobby Rose
Yokohama BayStars
Akira Eto
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Kenjiro Nomura
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Tomoaki Kanemoto
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Hideki Matsui
Yomiuri Giants
Alonzo Powell
Chunichi Dragons
1994 Masahiro Yamamoto
Chunichi Dragons
Shuji Nishiyama
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Yasuaki Taiho
Chunichi Dragons
Yutaka Wada
Hanshin Tigers
Akira Etoh
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Masahiro Kawai
Yomiuri Giants
Glenn Braggs
Yokohama BayStars
Tomonori Maeda
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Alonzo Powell
Chunichi Dragons
1993 Shinji Imanaka
Chunichi Dragons
Atsuya Furuta
Yakult Swallows
Katsumi Hirosawa
Yakult Swallows
Bobby Rose
Yokohama BayStars
Akira Etoh
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Takahiro Ikeyama
Yakult Swallows
Tomonori Maeda
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Alonzo Powell
Chunichi Dragons
Tsuyoshi Shinjo
Hanshin Tigers
1992 Masaki Saito
Yomiuri Giants
Atsuya Furuta
Yakult Swallows
Jim Paciorek
Hanshin Tigers
Yutaka Wada
Hanshin Tigers
Jack Howell
Yakult Swallows
Takahiro Ikeyama
Yakult Swallows
Tetsuya Iida
Yakult Swallows
Tomonori Maeda
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Larry Sheets
Yokohama Taiyo Whales
1991 Shinji Sasaoka
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Atsuya Furuta
Yakult Swallows
Hiromitsu Ochiai
Chunichi Dragons
Yutaka Takagi
Yokohama Taiyo Whales
Ryuzo Yamasaki
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Kenjiro Nomura
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Tatsunori Hara
Yomiuri Giants
Katsumi Hirosawa
Yakult Swallows
R.J. Reynolds
Yokohama Taiyo Whales
1990 Masaki Saito
Yomiuri Giants
Shinichi Murata
Yomiuri Giants
Hiromitsu Ochiai
Chunichi Dragons
Yutaka Takagi
Yokohama Taiyo Whales
Vance Law
Chunichi Dragons
Takahiro Ikeyama
Yakult Swallows
Tatsunori Hara
Yomiuri Giants
Katsumi Hirosawa
Yakult Swallows
Carlos Ponce
Yokohama Taiyo Whales
1989 Masaki Saito
Yomiuri Giants
Takayoshi Nakao
Yomiuri Giants
Larry Parrish
Yakult Swallows
Kozo Shoda
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Hiromitsu Ochiai
Chunichi Dragons
Takahiro Ikeyama
Yakult Swallows
Warren Cromartie
Yomiuri Giants
Toshikatsu Hikono
Chunichi Dragons
Kenichi Yamazaki
Yokohama Taiyo Whales
1988 Kazuyuki Ono
Chunichi Dragons
Mitsuo Tatsukawa
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Hiromitsu Ochiai
Chunichi Dragons
Kozo Shoda
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Tatsunori Hara
Yomiuri Giants
Takahiro Ikeyama
Yakult Swallows
Katsumi Hirosawa
Yakult Swallows
Jim Paciorek
Yokohama Taiyo Whales
Carlos Ponce
Yokohama Taiyo Whales
1987 Masumi Kuwata
Yomiuri Giants
Kazuhiro Yamakura
Yomiuri Giants
Randy Bass
Hanshin Tigers
Kazunori Shinozuka
Yomiuri Giants
Tatsunori Hara
Yomiuri Giants
Masaru Uno
Chunichi Dragons
Warren Cromartie
Yomiuri Giants
Carlos Ponce
Yokohama Taiyo Whales
Sadaaki Yoshimura
Yomiuri Giants
1986 Manabu Kitabeppu
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Mitsuo Tatsukawa
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Randy Bass
Hanshin Tigers
Kazunori Shinozuka
Yomiuri Giants
Leon Lee
Yakult Swallows
Yoshihiko Takahashi
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Warren Cromartie
Yomiuri Giants
Koji Yamamoto
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Sadaaki Yoshimura
Yomiuri Giants
1985 Tatsuo Komatsu
Chunichi Dragons
Yukio Yaegashi
Yakult Swallows
Randy Bass
Hanshin Tigers
Akinobu Okada
Hanshin Tigers
Masayuki Kakefu
Hanshin Tigers
Yutaka Takagi
Yokohama Taiyo Whales
Akinobu Mayumi
Hanshin Tigers
Toru Sugiura
Yakult Swallows
Ryuzo Yamasaki
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
1984 Kazuo Yamane
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Mitsuo Tatsukawa
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Kenichi Yazawa
Chunichi Dragons
Kazunori Shinozuka
Yomiuri Giants
Sachio Kinugasa
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Masaru Uno
Chunichi Dragons
Tsutomu Wakamatsu
Yakult Swallows
Koji Yamamoto
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Ryuzo Yamasaki
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
1983 Kazuhiko Endo
Yokohama Taiyo Whales
Kazuhiro Yamakura
Yomiuri Giants
Kenichi Yazawa
Chunichi Dragons
Akinobu Mayumi
Hanshin Tigers
Tatsunori Hara
Yomiuri Giants
Yoshihiko Takahashi
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Tadashige Matsumoto
Yomiuri Giants
Yasushi Tao
Chunichi Dragons
Koji Yamamoto
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
1982 Manabu Kitabeppu
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Takayoshi Nakao
Chunichi Dragons
Kenichi Yazawa
Chunichi Dragons
Kazunori Shinozuka
Yomiuri Giants
Masayuki Kakefu
Hanshin Tigers
Masaru Uno
Chunichi Dragons
Keiji Nagasaki
Yokohama Taiyo Whales
Yasushi Tao
Chunichi Dragons
Koji Yamamoto
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
1981 Suguru Egawa
Yomiuri Giants
Kazuhiro Yamakura
Yomiuri Giants
Taira Fujita
Hanshin Tigers
Kazunori Shinozuka
Yomiuri Giants
Masayuki Kakefu
Hanshin Tigers
Daisuke Yamashita
Yokohama Taiyo Whales
Jim Lyttle
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Yasushi Tao
Chunichi Dragons
Koji Yamamoto
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
1980 Suguru Egawa
Yomiuri Giants
Akihiko Oya
Yakult Swallows
Kenichi Yazawa
Chunichi Dragons
Mitsuo Motoi
Yokohama Taiyo Whales
Sachio Kinugasa
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Yoshihiko Takahashi
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Toru Sugiura
Yakult Swallows
Tsutomu Wakamatsu
Yakult Swallows
Koji Yamamoto
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
1979 Shigeru Kobayashi
Hanshin Tigers
Tatsuhiko Kimata
Chunichi Dragons
Sadaharu Oh
Yomiuri Giants
Felix Millan
Yokohama Taiyo Whales
Masayuki Kakefu
Hanshin Tigers
Yoshihiko Takahashi
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Mike Reinbach
Hanshin Tigers
Tsutomu Wakamatsu
Yakult Swallows
Koji Yamamoto
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
1978 Hisao Niura
Yomiuri Giants
Akihiko Oya
Yakult Swallows
Sadaharu Oh
Yomiuri Giants
Dave Hilton
Yakult Swallows
Masayuki Kakefu
Hanshin Tigers
Yoshihiko Takahashi
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Charlie Manuel
Yakult Swallows
Tsutomu Wakamatsu
Yakult Swallows
Koji Yamamoto
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
1977 Shigeru Kobayashi
Yomiuri Giants
Tatsuhiko Kimata
Chunichi Dragons
Sadaharu Oh
Yomiuri Giants
Morimichi Takagi
Chunichi Dragons
Masayuki Kakefu
Hanshin Tigers
Kazumasa Kono
Yomiuri Giants
Isao Harimoto
Yomiuri Giants
Tsutomu Wakamatsu
Yakult Swallows
Koji Yamamoto
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
1976 Kojiro Ikegaya
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Koichi Tabuchi
Hanshin Tigers
Sadaharu Oh
Yomiuri Giants
Davey Johnson
Yomiuri Giants
Masayuki Kakefu
Hanshin Tigers
Toshiyuki Mimura
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Isao Harimoto
Yomiuri Giants
Tsutomu Wakamatsu
Yakult Swallows
Kenichi Yazawa
Chunichi Dragons
1975 Yoshiro Sotokoba
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Koichi Tabuchi
Hanshin Tigers
Sadaharu Oh
Yomiuri Giants
Tsuyoshi Oshita
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Sachio Kinugasa
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Toshiyuki Mimura
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Hiroaki Inoue
Chunichi Dragons
Roger Repoz
Yakult Swallows
Koji Yamamoto
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
1974 Tsuneo Horiuchi
Yomiuri Giants
Koichi Tabuchi
Hanshin Tigers
Sadaharu Oh
Yomiuri Giants
Morimichi Takagi
Chunichi Dragons
Shigeo Nagashima
Yomiuri Giants
Taira Fujita
Hanshin Tigers
Gene Martin
Chunichi Dragons
Toshimitsu Suetsugu
Yomiuri Giants
Tsutomu Wakamatsu
Yakult Swallows
1973 Kazumi Takahashi
Yomiuri Giants
Koichi Tabuchi
Hanshin Tigers
Sadaharu Oh
Yomiuri Giants
John Sipin
Taiyo Whales
Shigeo Nagashima
Yomiuri Giants
Taira Fujita
Hanshin Tigers
Akira Ejiri
Taiyo Whales
Isao Shibata
Yomiuri Giants
Tsutomu Wakamatsu
Yakult Atoms
1972 Tsuneo Horiuchi
Yomiuri Giants
Koichi Tabuchi
Hanshin Tigers
Sadaharu Oh
Yomiuri Giants
John Sipin
Taiyo Whales
Shigeo Nagashima
Yomiuri Giants
Toshiyuki Mimura
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Isao Shibata
Yomiuri Giants
Shigeru Takada
Yomiuri Giants
Tsutomu Wakamatsu
Yakult Atoms
1971 Masaji Hiramatsu
Taiyo Whales
Tatsuhiko Kimata
Chunichi Dragons
Sadaharu Oh
Yomiuri Giants
Yasuhiro Kunisada
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Shigeo Nagashima
Yomiuri Giants
Taira Fujita
Hanshin Tigers
Jitsuo Mizutani
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Isao Shibata
Yomiuri Giants
Shigeru Takada
Yomiuri Giants
1970 Masaji Hiramatsu
Taiyo Whales
Tatsuhiko Kimata
Chunichi Dragons
Sadaharu Oh
Yomiuri Giants
Motoo Ando
Hanshin Tigers
Shigeo Nagashima
Yomiuri Giants
Taira Fujita
Hanshin Tigers
Akira Ejiri
Taiyo Whales
Toshio Naka
Chunichi Dragons
Shigeru Takada
Yomiuri Giants
1969 Kazumi Takahashi
Yomiuri Giants
Tatsuhiko Kimata
Chunichi Dragons
Sadaharu Oh
Yomiuri Giants
Shozo Doi
Yomiuri Giants
Shigeo Nagashima
Yomiuri Giants
Taira Fujita
Hanshin Tigers
Dave Roberts
Sankei Atoms
Shigeru Takada
Yomiuri Giants
Kazuyoshi Yamamoto
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
1968 Yutaka Enatsu
Hanshin Tigers
Masaaki Mori
Yomiuri Giants
Sadaharu Oh
Yomiuri Giants
Shozo Doi
Yomiuri Giants
Shigeo Nagashima
Yomiuri Giants
Yukinobu Kuroe
Yomiuri Giants
Shinichi Eto
Chunichi Dragons
Dave Roberts
Sankei Atoms
Kazuhiro Yamauchi
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
1967 Kentaro Ogawa
Chunichi Dragons
Masaaki Mori
Yomiuri Giants
Sadaharu Oh
Yomiuri Giants
Morimichi Takagi
Chunichi Dragons
Shigeo Nagashima
Yomiuri Giants
Taira Fujita
Hanshin Tigers
Kazuhiko Kondo
Taiyo Whales
Toshio Naka
Chunichi Dragons
Isao Shibata
Yomiuri Giants
1966 Minoru Murayama
Hanshin Tigers
Masaaki Mori
Yomiuri Giants
Sadaharu Oh
Yomiuri Giants
Morimichi Takagi
Chunichi Dragons
Shigeo Nagashima
Yomiuri Giants
Shuhei Ichieda
Chunichi Dragons
Shinichi Eto
Chunichi Dragons
Toshio Naka
Chunichi Dragons
Kazuyoshi Yamamoto
Hiroshima Carp
1965 Minoru Murayama
Hanshin Tigers
Masaaki Mori
Yomiuri Giants
Sadaharu Oh
Yomiuri Giants
Morimichi Takagi
Chunichi Dragons
Shigeo Nagashima
Yomiuri Giants
Yoshio Yoshida
Hanshin Tigers
Shinichi Eto
Chunichi Dragons
Kazuhiko Kondo
Taiyo Whales
Toshio Naka
Chunichi Dragons
1964 Gene Bacque
Hanshin Tigers
Masaaki Mori
Yomiuri Giants
Sadaharu Oh
Yomiuri Giants
Morimichi Takagi
Chunichi Dragons
Shigeo Nagashima
Yomiuri Giants
Yoshio Yoshida
Hanshin Tigers
Shinichi Eto
Chunichi Dragons
Kazuhiko Kondo
Taiyo Whales
Shozo Shigematsu
Taiyo Whales
1963 Masaichi Kaneda
Kokutetsu Swallows
Masaaki Mori
Yomiuri Giants
Sadaharu Oh
Yomiuri Giants
Morimichi Takagi
Chunichi Dragons
Shigeo Nagashima
Yomiuri Giants
Takeshi Koba
Hiroshima Carp
Shinichi Eto
Chunichi Dragons
Eiji Fujii
Hanshin Tigers
Kazuhiko Kondo
Taiyo Whales
1962 Minoru Murayama
Hanshin Tigers
Masaaki Mori
Yomiuri Giants
Sadaharu Oh
Yomiuri Giants
Yoshitaka Kosaka
Hiroshima Carp
Shigeo Nagashima
Yomiuri Giants
Yoshio Yoshida
Hanshin Tigers
Kazuhiko Kondo
Taiyo Whales
Katsuya Morinaga
Hiroshima Carp
Teruo Namiki
Hanshin Tigers
1961 Hiroshi Gondo
Chunichi Dragons
Masaaki Mori
Yomiuri Giants
Katsumi Fujimoto
Hanshin Tigers
Masataka Tsuchiya
Kokutetsu Swallows
Shigeo Nagashima
Yomiuri Giants
Akiteru Kono
Chunichi Dragons
Shinichi Eto
Chunichi Dragons
Kazuhiko Kondo
Taiyo Whales
Katsuya Morinaga
Hiroshima Carp
1960 Noboru Akiyama
Taiyo Whales
Kiyoshi Doi
Taiyo Whales
Kazuhiko Kondo
Taiyo Whales
Noboru Inoue
Chunichi Dragons
Shigeo Nagashima
Yomiuri Giants
Yoshio Yoshida
Osaka Tigers
Toru Mori
Chunichi Dragons
Toshio Naka
Chunichi Dragons
Teruo Namiki
Osaka Tigers
1959 Motoshi Fujita
Yomiuri Giants
Shigeru Fujio
Yomiuri Giants
Katsumi Fujimoto
Osaka Tigers
Masataka Tsuchiya
Yomiuri Giants
Shigeo Nagashima
Yomiuri Giants
Yoshio Yoshida
Osaka Tigers
Toru Mori
Chunichi Dragons
Akira Owada
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Kazuhiko Sakazaki
Yomiuri Giants
1958 Masaichi Kaneda
Kokutetsu Swallows
Shigeru Fujio
Yomiuri Giants
Tetsuharu Kawakami
Yomiuri Giants
Noboru Inoue
Chunichi Dragons
Shigeo Nagashima
Yomiuri Giants
Yoshio Yoshida
Osaka Tigers
Toru Mori
Chunichi Dragons
Kenjiro Tamiya
Osaka Tigers
Wally Yonamine
Yomiuri Giants
1957 Masaichi Kaneda
Kokutetsu Swallows
Shigeru Fujio
Yomiuri Giants
Tetsuharu Kawakami
Yomiuri Giants
Noboru Inoue
Chunichi Dragons
Hideshi Miyake
Osaka Tigers
Yoshio Yoshida
Osaka Tigers
Noboru Aota
Taiyo Whales
Kenjiro Tamiya
Osaka Tigers
Wally Yonamine
Yomiuri Giants
1956 Takehiko Bessho
Yomiuri Giants
Shigeru Fujio
Yomiuri Giants
Tetsuharu Kawakami
Yomiuri Giants
Noboru Inoue
Chunichi Dragons
Riichi Kodama
Chunichi Dragons
Yoshio Yoshida
Osaka Tigers
Noboru Aota
Taiyo Whales
Kenjiro Tamiya
Osaka Tigers
Wally Yonamine
Yomiuri Giants
1955 Takehiko Bessho
Yomiuri Giants
Jun Hirota
Yomiuri Giants
Tetsuharu Kawakami
Yomiuri Giants
Noboru Inoue
Chunichi Dragons
Riichi Kodama
Chunichi Dragons
Yoshio Yoshida
Osaka Tigers
Yukihiko Machida
Kokutetsu Swallows
Hiroyuki Watanabe
Osaka Tigers
Wally Yonamine
Yomiuri Giants
1954 Shigeru Sugishita
Chunichi Dragons
Jun Hirota
Yomiuri Giants
Michio Nishizawa
Chunichi Dragons
Jun Hakota
Kokutetsu Swallows
Mitsuo Uno
Kokutetsu Swallows
Tatsuro Hirooka
Yomiuri Giants
Satoru Sugiyama
Chunichi Dragons
Hiroyuki Watanabe
Osaka Tigers
Wally Yonamine
Yomiuri Giants
1953 Takumi Otomo
Yomiuri Giants
Jun Hirota
Yomiuri Giants
Tetsuharu Kawakami
Yomiuri Giants
Shigeru Chiba
Yomiuri Giants
Alan Yogi
Osaka Tigers
Saburo Hirai
Yomiuri Giants
Masayasu Kaneda
Osaka Tigers
Yuko Minamimura
Yomiuri Giants
Wally Yonamine
Yomiuri Giants
1952 Takehiko Bessho
Yomiuri Giants
Akira Noguchi
Nagoya Dragons
Michio Nishizawa
Nagoya Dragons
Shigeru Chiba
Yomiuri Giants
Fumio Fujimura
Osaka Tigers
Saburo Hirai
Yomiuri Giants
Yuko Minamimura
Yomiuri Giants
Satoru Sugiyama
Nagoya Dragons
Wally Yonamine
Yomiuri Giants
1951 Takehiko Bessho
Yomiuri Giants
Akira Noguchi
Nagoya Dragons
Tetsuharu Kawakami
Yomiuri Giants
Shigeru Chiba
Yomiuri Giants
Fumio Fujimura
Osaka Tigers
Saburo Hirai
Yomiuri Giants
Noboru Aota
Yomiuri Giants
Yoshiyuki Iwamoto
Shochiku Robins
Masayasu Kaneda
Osaka Tigers
1950 Juzo Sanada
Shochiku Robins
Shoji Arakawa
Shochiku Robins
Michio Nishizawa
Chunichi Dragons
Shigeru Chiba
Yomiuri Giants
Fumio Fujimura
Osaka Tigers
Katsumi Shiraishi
Hiroshima Carp
Noboru Aota
Yomiuri Giants
Yoshiyuki Iwamoto
Shochiku Robins
Makoto Kozuru
Shochiku Robins

NPB Pacific League Winners (1975-present)[edit]

Year Pitcher Catcher First Baseman Second Baseman Third Baseman Shortstop Outfielder Outfielder Outfielder Designated Hitter
2024 Kohei Arihara
Softbank Hawks
Toshiya Satoh
Chiba Lotte Marines
Hotaka Yamakawa
Softbank Hawks
Hiroto Kobukata
Rakuten Golden Eagles
Ryoya Kurihara
Softbank Hawks
Kenta Imamiya
Softbank Hawks
Ryosuke Tatsumi
Rakuten Golden Eagles
Ukyo Shuto
Softbank Hawks
Kensuke Kondo
Softbank Hawks
Franmil Reyes
Nippon Ham Fighters
2023 Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Orix Buffaloes
Tomoya Mori
Orix Buffaloes
Yuma Tongu
Orix Buffaloes
Hideto Asamura
Rakuten Golden Eagles
Yuma Mune
Orix Buffaloes
Kotaro Kurebayashi
Orix Buffaloes
Yuki Yanagita
Softbank Hawks
Chusei Mannami
Nippon Ham Fighters
Kensuke Kondo
Softbank Hawks
Gregory Polanco
Chiba Lotte Marines
2022 Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Orix Buffaloes
Takuya Kai
Softbank Hawks
Hotaka Yamakawa
Seibu Lions
Hideto Asamura
Rakuten Golden Eagles
Yuma Mune
Orix Buffaloes
Kenta Imamiya
Softbank Hawks
Yuki Yanagita
Softbank Hawks
Go Matsumoto
Nippon Ham Fighters
Hiroaki Shimauchi
Rakuten Golden Eagles
Masataka Yoshida
Orix Buffaloes
2021 Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Orix Buffaloes
Tomoya Mori
Seibu Lions
Brandon Laird
Chiba Lotte Marines
Shogo Nakamura
Chiba Lotte Marines
Yuma Mune
Orix Buffaloes
Sosuke Genda
Seibu Lions
Yuki Yanagita
Softbank Hawks
Yutaro Sugimoto
Orix Buffaloes
Masataka Yoshida
Orix Buffaloes
Kensuke Kondo
Nippon Ham Fighters
2020 Kodai Senga
Softbank Hawks
Takuya Kai
Softbank Hawks
Sho Nakata
Nippon Ham Fighters
Hideto Asamura
Rakuten Golden Eagles
Daichi Suzuki
Rakuten Golden Eagles
Sosuke Genda
Seibu Lions
Yuki Yanagita
Softbank Hawks
Kensuke Kondo
Nippon Ham Fighters
Masataka Yoshida
Orix Buffaloes
Takumi Kuriyama
Seibu Lions
2019 Kodai Senga
Softbank Hawks
Tomoya Mori
Seibu Lions
Hotaka Yamakawa
Seibu Lions
Hideto Asamura
Rakuten Golden Eagles
Takeya Nakamura
Seibu Lions
Sosuke Genda
Seibu Lions
Takashi Ogino
Chiba Lotte Marines
Shogo Akiyama
Seibu Lions
Masataka Yoshida
Orix Buffaloes
Alfredo Despaigne
Softbank Hawks
2018 Yusei Kikuchi
Seibu Lions
Tomoya Mori
Seibu Lions
Hotaka Yamakawa
Seibu Lions
Hideto Asamura
Seibu Lions
Nobuhiro Matsuda
Softbank Hawks
Sosuke Genda
Seibu Lions
Yuki Yanagita
Softbank Hawks
Shogo Akiyama
Seibu Lions
Masataka Yoshida
Orix Buffaloes
Kensuke Kondo
Nippon Ham Fighters
2017 Yusei Kikuchi
Nippon Ham Fighters
Takuya Kai
Softbank Hawks
Ginji Akaminai
Rakuten Golden Eagles
Hideto Asamura
Seibu Lions
Zelous Wheeler
Rakuten Golden Eagles
Kenta Imamiya
Softbank Hawks
Yuki Yanagita
Softbank Hawks
Shogo Akiyama
Seibu Lions
Haruki Nishikawa
Nippon Ham Fighters
Alfredo Despaigne
Softbank Hawks
2016 Shohei Otani
Nippon Ham Fighters
Tatsuhiro Tamura
Chiba Lotte Marines
Sho Nakata
Nippon Ham Fighters
Hideto Asamura
Seibu Lions
Brandon Laird
Nippon Ham Fighters
Daichi Suzuki
Chiba Lotte Marines
Katsuya Kakunaka
Chiba Lotte Marines
Yoshio Itoi
Orix Buffaloes
Haruki Nishikawa
Nippon Ham Fighters
Shohei Otani
Nippon Ham Fighters
2015 Shohei Otani
Nippon Ham Fighters
Ginjiro Sumitani
Seibu Lions
Sho Nakata
Nippon Ham Fighters
Kensuke Tanaka
Nippon Ham Fighters
Takeya Nakamura
Seibu Lions
Takuya Nakashima
Nippon Ham Fighters
Shogo Akiyama
Seibu Lions
Ikuhiro Kiyota
Chiba Lotte Marines
Yuki Yanagita
SoftBank Hawks
Dae-ho Lee
Softbank Hawks
2014 Chihiro Kaneko
Orix Buffaloes
Hikaru Ito
Orix Buffaloes
Ernesto Mejia
Seibu Lions
Kazuya Fujita
Rakuten Golden Eagles
Ginji Akaminai
Rakuten Golden Eagles
Kenta Imamiya
Softbank Hawks
Sho Nakata
Nippon Ham Fighters
Yoshio Itoi
Orix Buffaloes
Yuki Yanagita
SoftBank Hawks
Takeya Nakamura
Seibu Lions
2013 Masahiro Tanaka
Rakuten Golden Eagles
Motohiro Shima
Rakuten Golden Eagles
Hideto Asamura
Seibu Lions
Kazuya Fujita
Rakuten Golden Eagles
Casey McGehee
Rakuten Golden Eagles
Daichi Suzuki
Chiba Lotte Marines
Sho Nakata
Nippon Ham Fighters
Yuya Hasegawa
Softbank Hawks
Seiichi Uchikawa
SoftBank Hawks
Michel Abreu
Nippon Ham Fighters
2012 Mitsuo Yoshikawa
Nippon Ham Fighters
Shinya Tsuruoka
Nippon Ham Fighters
Dae-ho Lee
Orix Buffaloes
Kensuke Tanaka
Nippon Ham Fighters
Takeya Nakamura
Seibu Lions
Hiroyuki Nakajima
Seibu Lions
Yoshio Itoi
Nippon Ham Fighters
Katsuya Kakunaka
Chiba Lotte Marines
Seiichi Uchikawa
SoftBank Hawks
Wily Mo Pena
Softbank Hawks
2011 Masahiro Tanaka
Rakuten Golden Eagles
Toru Hosokawa
Softbank Hawks
Hiroki Kokubo
Softbank Hawks
Yuichi Honda
Softbank Hawks
Takeya Nakamura
Seibu Lions
Hiroyuki Nakajima
Seibu Lions
Yoshio Itoi
Nippon Ham Fighters
Seiichi Uchikawa
Softbank Hawks
Takumi Kuriyama
Seibu Lions
Jose Fernandez
Seibu Lions
2010 Tsuyoshi Wada
Softbank Hawks
Motohiro Shima
Rakuten Golden Eagles
Alex Cabrera
Orix Buffaloes
Kensuke Tanaka
Nippon Ham Fighters
Eiichi Koyano
Nippon Ham Fighters
Tsuyoshi Nishioka
Chiba Lotte Marines
Hitoshi Tamura
Softbank Hawks
Takahiro Okada
Orix Buffaloes
Takumi Kuriyama
Seibu Lions
Kazuya Fukuura
Chiba Lotte Marines
2009 Yu Darvish
Nippon Ham Fighters
Hidenori Tanoue
Softbank Hawks
Shinji Takahashi
Nippon Ham Fighters
Kensuke Tanaka
Nippon Ham Fighters
Takeya Nakamura
Seibu Lions
Hiroyuki Nakajima
Seibu Lions
Atsunori Inaba
Nippon Ham Fighters
Yoshio Itoi
Nippon Ham Fighters
Teppei Tsuchiya
Rakuten Golden Eagles
Takeshi Yamasaki
Rakuten Golden Eagles
2008 Hisashi Iwakuma
Rakuten Golden Eagles
Toru Hosokawa
Seibu Lions
Alex Cabrera
Orix Buffaloes
Yasuyuki Kataoka
Seibu Lions
Takeya Nakamura
Seibu Lions
Hiroyuki Nakajima
Seibu Lions
Takumi Kuriyama
Seibu Lions
Rick Short
Rakuten Golden Eagles
Atsunori Inaba
Nippon Ham Fighters
Tuffy Rhodes
Orix Buffaloes
2007 Yu Darvish
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Tomoya Satozaki
Chiba Lotte Marines
Alex Cabrera
Seibu Lions
Kensuke Tanaka
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Greg LaRocca
Orix Buffaloes
Tsuyoshi Nishioka
Chiba Lotte Marines
Atsunori Inaba
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Hichori Morimoto
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Naoyuki Omura
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Takeshi Yamasaki
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
2006 Kazumi Saitoh
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Tomoya Satozaki
Chiba Lotte Marines
Michihiro Ogasawara
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Kensuke Tanaka
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Jose Fernandez
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Munenori Kawasaki
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Atsunori Inaba
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Nobuhiko Matsunaka
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Kazuhiro Wada
Seibu Lions
Fernando Seguignol
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
2005 Toshiya Sugiuchi
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Kenji Johjima
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Julio Zuleta
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Koichi Hori
Chiba Lotte Marines
Tsuyoshi Nishioka
Chiba Lotte Marines
Toshiaki Imae
Chiba Lotte Marines
Matt Franco
Chiba Lotte Marines
Kazuhiko Miyaji
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Kazuhiro Wada
Seibu Lions
Nobuhiko Matsunaka
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
2004 Hisashi Iwakuma
Kintetsu Buffaloes
Kenji Johjima
Daiei Hawks
Nobuhiko Matsunaka
Daiei Hawks
Tadahito Iguchi
Daiei Hawks
Michihiro Ogasawara
Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters
Munenori Kawasaki
Daiei Hawks
Tsuyoshi Shinjo
Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters
Yoshitomo Tani
Orix BlueWave
Kazuhiro Wada
Seibu Lions
Fernando Seguignol
Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters
2003 Kazumi Saito
Daiei Hawks
Kenji Johjima
Daiei Hawks
Nobuhiko Matsunaka
Daiei Hawks
Tadahito Iguchi
Daiei Hawks
Michihiro Ogasawara
Nippon Ham Fighters
Kazuo Matsui
Seibu Lions
Tuffy Rhodes
Kintetsu Buffaloes
Yoshitomo Tani
Orix BlueWave
Kazuhiro Wada
Seibu Lions
Alex Cabrera
Seibu Lions
2002 Jeremy Powell
Kintetsu Buffaloes
Tsutomu Ito
Seibu Lions
Alex Cabrera
Seibu Lions
Hiroyuki Takagi
Seibu Lions
Norihiro Nakamura
Kintetsu Buffaloes
Kazuo Matsui
Seibu Lions
Tatsuya Ozeki
Seibu Lions
Tuffy Rhodes
Kintetsu Buffaloes
Yoshitomo Tani
Orix BlueWave
Kazuhiro Wada
Seibu Lions
2001 Daisuke Matsuzaka
Seibu Lions
Kenji Johjima
Daiei Hawks
Michihiro Ogasawara
Nippon Ham Fighters
Tadahito Iguchi
Daiei Hawks
Norihiro Nakamura
Kintetsu Buffaloes
Kazuo Matsui
Seibu Lions
Koichi Isobe
Kintetsu Buffaloes
Tuffy Rhodes
Kintetsu Buffaloes
Yoshitomo Tani
Orix BlueWave
Frank Bolick
Chiba Lotte Marines
2000 Daisuke Matsuzaka
Seibu Lions
Kenji Johjima
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
Nobuhiko Matsunaka
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
Koichi Oshima
Orix BlueWave
Norihiro Nakamura
Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes
Kazuo Matsui
Seibu Lions
Sherman Obando
Nippon Ham Fighters
Hiroshi Shibahara
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
Ichiro Suzuki
Orix BlueWave
Nigel Wilson
Nippon Ham Fighters
1999 Daisuke Matsuzaka
Seibu Lions
Kenji Johjima
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
Michihiro Ogasawara
Nippon Ham Fighters
Makoto Kaneko
Nippon Ham Fighters
Norihiro Nakamura
Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes
Kazuo Matsui
Seibu Lions
Tuffy Rhodes
Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes
Ichiro Suzuki
Orix BlueWave
Yoshitomo Tani
Orix BlueWave
Phil Clark
Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes
1998 Fumiya Nishiguchi
Seibu Lions
Tsutomu Ito
Seibu Lions
Phil Clark
Kintetsu Buffaloes
Julio Franco
Chiba Lotte Marines
Atsushi Kataoka
Nippon Ham Fighters
Kazuo Matsui
Seibu Lions
Naoyuki Omura
Kintetsu Buffaloes
Hiroshi Shibahara
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
Ichiro Suzuki
Orix BlueWave
Nigel Wilson
Nippon Ham Fighters
1997 Fumiya Nishiguchi
Seibu Lions
Tsutomu Ito
Seibu Lions
Phil Clark
Kintetsu Buffaloes
Hiroki Kokubo
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
Ken Suzuki
Seibu Lions
Kazuo Matsui
Seibu Lions
Tuffy Rhodes
Kintetsu Buffaloes
Makoto Sasaki
Seibu Lions
Ichiro Suzuki
Orix BlueWave
Domingo Martinez
Seibu Lions
1996 Eric Hillman
Chiba Lotte Marines
Koichiro Yoshinaga
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
Atsushi Kataoka
Nippon Ham Fighters
Koichi Oshima
Orix BlueWave
Norihiro Nakamura
Kintetsu Buffaloes
Yukio Tanaka
Nippon Ham Fighters
Arihito Muramatsu
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
Ichiro Suzuki
Orix BlueWave
So Taguchi
Orix BlueWave
Troy Neel
Orix BlueWave
1995 Hideki Irabu
Chiba Lotte Marines
Satoshi Nakajima
Orix BlueWave
Julio Franco
Chiba Lotte Marines
Hiroki Kokubo
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
Kiyoshi Hatsushiba
Chiba Lotte Marines
Yukio Tanaka
Nippon Ham Fighters
Darrin Jackson
Seibu Lions
Makoto Sasaki
Seibu Lions
Ichiro Suzuki
Orix BlueWave
Troy Neel
Orix BlueWave
1994 Hideki Irabu
Chiba Lotte Marines
Koichiro Yoshinaga
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
Hiroo Ishii
Kintetsu Buffaloes
Junichi Fukura
Orix BlueWave
Hiromi Matsunaga
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
Tetsuro Hirose
Nippon Ham Fighters
Kevin Reimer
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
Makoto Sasaki
Seibu Lions
Ichiro Suzuki
Orix BlueWave
Ralph Bryant
Kintetsu Buffaloes
1993 Kimiyasu Kudo
Seibu Lions
Fujio Tamura
Nippon Ham Fighters
Hiroo Ishii
Kintetsu Buffaloes
Hatsuhiko Tsuji
Seibu Lions
Hiromichi Ishige
Seibu Lions
Tetsuro Hirose
Nippon Ham Fighters
Koji Akiyama
Seibu Lions
Yasuo Fujii
Orix BlueWave
Makoto Sasaki
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
Ralph Bryant
Kintetsu Buffaloes
1992 Takehiro Ishii
Seibu Lions
Tsutomu Ito
Seibu Lions
Kazuhiro Kiyohara
Seibu Lions
Hatsuhiko Tsuji
Seibu Lions
Hiromichi Ishige
Seibu Lions
Norio Tanabe
Seibu Lions
Koji Akiyama
Seibu Lions
Makoto Sasaki
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
Satoshi Takahashi
Orix BlueWave
Orestes Destrade
Seibu Lions
1991 Taigen Kaku
Seibu Lions
Tsutomu Ito
Seibu Lions
Jim Traber
Kintetsu Buffaloes
Hatsuhiko Tsuji
Seibu Lions
Hiromi Matsunaga
Orix BlueWave
Hirofumi Ogawa
Orix BlueWave
Koji Akiyama
Seibu Lions
Mitsuchika Hirai
Lotte Orions
Makoto Sasaki
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
Orestes Destrade
Seibu Lions
1990 Hideo Nomo
Kintetsu Buffaloes
Tsutomu Ito
Seibu Lions
Kazuhiro Kiyohara
Seibu Lions
Daijiro Oishi
Kintetsu Buffaloes
Hiromi Matsunaga
Orix Braves
Yukio Tanaka
Nippon Ham Fighters
Koji Akiyama
Seibu Lions
Kazuhiko Ishimine
Orix Braves
Norifumi Nishimura
Lotte Orions
Orestes Destrade
Seibu Lions
1989 Hideyuki Awano
Kintetsu Buffaloes
Kazuhiko Yamashita
Kintetsu Buffaloes
Boomer Wells
Orix Braves
Hatsuhiko Tsuji
Seibu Lions
Hiromi Matsunaga
Orix Braves
Norio Tanabe
Seibu Lions
Koji Akiyama
Seibu Lions
Ralph Bryant
Kintetsu Buffaloes
Yasuo Fujii
Orix Braves
Hiromitsu Kadota
Orix Braves
1988 Yukihiro Nishizaki
Nippon Ham Fighters
Tsutomu Ito
Seibu Lions
Kazuhiro Kiyohara
Seibu Lions
Junichi Fukura
Hankyu Braves
Hiromi Matsunaga
Hankyu Braves
Yukio Tanaka
Nippon Ham Fighters
Koji Akiyama
Seibu Lions
Ken Hirano
Seibu Lions
Hideaki Takazawa
Lotte Orions
Hiromitsu Kadota
Nankai Hawks
1987 Kimiyasu Kudo
Seibu Lions
Tsutomu Ito
Seibu Lions
Boomer Wells
Hankyu Braves
Kazuyuki Shirai
Nippon Ham Fighters
Hiromichi Ishige
Seibu Lions
Yoshio Mizukami
Lotte Orions
Koji Akiyama
Seibu Lions
Hiromasa Arai
Kintetsu Buffaloes
Tony Brewer
Nippon Ham Fighters
Kazuhiko Ishimine
Hankyu Braves
1986 Hisanobu Watanabe
Seibu Lions
Tsutomu Ito
Seibu Lions
Boomer Wells
Hankyu Braves
Hatsuhiko Tsuji
Seibu Lions
Hiromitsu Ochiai
Lotte Orions
Hiromichi Ishige
Seibu Lions
Koji Akiyama
Seibu Lions
Hiromasa Arai
Kintetsu Buffaloes
Masashi Yokota
Lotte Orions
Kazuhiko Ishimine
Hankyu Braves
1985 Osamu Higashio
Seibu Lions
Tsutomu Ito
Seibu Lions
Dick Davis
Kintetsu Buffaloes
Norifumi Nishimura
Lotte Orions
Hiromitsu Ochiai
Lotte Orions
Hiromichi Ishige
Seibu Lions
Eiji Kanamori
Seibu Lions
Terumitsu Kumano
Hankyu Braves
Masashi Yokota
Lotte Orions
Leron Lee
Lotte Orions
1984 Yutaro Imai
Hankyu Braves
Hiromasa Fujita
Hankyu Braves
Boomer Wells
Hankyu Braves
Daijiro Oishi
Kintetsu Buffaloes
Hiromitsu Ochiai
Lotte Orions
Keijiro Yumioka
Hankyu Braves
Tommy Cruz
Nippon Ham Fighters
Koji Minoda
Hankyu Braves
Hideaki Takazawa
Lotte Orions
Leron Lee
Lotte Orions
1983 Osamu Higashio
Seibu Lions
Nobuyuki Kagawa
Nankai Hawks
Hiromitsu Ochiai
Lotte Orions
Daijiro Oishi
Kintetsu Buffaloes
Steve Ontiveros
Seibu Lions
Hiromichi Ishige
Seibu Lions
Koji Minoda
Hankyu Braves
Makoto Shimada
Nippon Ham Fighters
Terry Whitfield
Seibu Lions
Hiromitsu Kadota
Nankai Hawks
1982 Mikio Kudo
Nippon Ham Fighters
Shinji Nakazawa
Hankyu Braves
Junichi Kashiwabara
Nippon Ham Fighters
Hiromitsu Ochiai
Lotte Orions
Steve Ontiveros
Seibu Lions
Hiromichi Ishige
Seibu Lions
Hiromasa Arai
Nankai Hawks
Yutaka Fukumoto
Hankyu Braves
Shigeru Kurihashi
Kintetsu Buffaloes
Tony Solaita
Nippon Ham Fighters
1981 Choji Murata
Lotte Orions
Masataka Nashida
Kintetsu Buffaloes
Junichi Kashiwabara
Nippon Ham Fighters
Hiromitsu Ochiai
Lotte Orions
Michiyo Arito
Lotte Orions
Hiromichi Ishige
Seibu Lions
Yutaka Fukumoto
Hankyu Braves
Makoto Shimada
Nippon Ham Fighters
Terry Whitfield
Seibu Lions
Hiromitsu Kadota
Nankai Hawks
1980 Isamu Kida
Nippon Ham Fighters
Masataka Nashida
Kintetsu Buffaloes
Leon Lee
Lotte Orions
Hiroyuki Yamazaki
Seibu Lions
Michiyo Arito
Lotte Orions
Nobuhiro Takashiro
Nippon Ham Fighters
Yutaka Fukumoto
Hankyu Braves
Shigeru Kurihashi
Kintetsu Buffaloes
Leron Lee
Lotte Orions
Charlie Manuel
Kintetsu Buffaloes
1979 Hisashi Yamada
Hankyu Braves
Masataka Nashida
Kintetsu Buffaloes
Hideji Kato
Hankyu Braves
Bobby Marcano
Hankyu Braves
Kinji Shimatani
Hankyu Braves
Shigeru Ishiwata
Kintetsu Buffaloes
Hiromasa Arai
Nankai Hawks
Yutaka Fukumoto
Hankyu Braves
Shigeru Kurihashi
Kintetsu Buffaloes
Charlie Manuel
Kintetsu Buffaloes
1978 Keishi Suzuki
Kintetsu Buffaloes
Shinji Nakazawa
Hankyu Braves
Junichi Kashiwabara
Nippon Ham Fighters
Bobby Marcano
Hankyu Braves
Kinji Shimatani
Hankyu Braves
Akinobu Mayumi
Crown Lighter Lions
Yutaka Fukumoto
Hankyu Braves
Koji Minoda
Hankyu Braves
Kyosuke Sasaki
Kintetsu Buffaloes
Masahiro Doi
Crown Lighter Lions
1977 Hisashi Yamada
Hankyu Braves
Toshio Kato
Nippon Ham Fighters
Hideji Kato
Hankyu Braves
Bobby Marcano
Hankyu Braves
Michiyo Arito
Lotte Orions
Shigeru Ishiwata
Kintetsu Buffaloes
Yutaka Fukumoto
Hankyu Braves
Hiromitsu Kadota
Nankai Hawks
Leron Lee
Lotte Orions
Yasuhiro Takai
Hankyu Braves
1976 Hisashi Yamada
Hankyu Braves
Katsuya Nomura
Nankai Hawks
Hideji Kato
Hankyu Braves
Satoru Yoshioka
Taiheiyo Club Lions
Mitsuru Fujiwara
Nankai Hawks
Yutaka Ohashi
Hankyu Braves
Yutaka Fukumoto
Hankyu Braves
Sumio Hirota
Lotte Orions
Hiromitsu Kadota
Nankai Hawks
Takuji Ota
Taiheiyo Club Lions
1975 Keishi Suzuki
Kintetsu Buffaloes
Katsuya Nomura
Nankai Hawks
Hideji Kato
Hankyu Braves
Bobby Marcano
Hankyu Braves
Michiyo Arito
Lotte Orions
Yutaka Ohashi
Hankyu Braves
Jinten Haku
Taiheiyo Club Lions
Sumio Hirota
Lotte Orions
Kyosuke Sasaki
Kintetsu Buffaloes
Atsushi Nagaike
Hankyu Braves

NPB Pacific League Winners (1950-1974)[edit]

Year Pitcher Catcher First Baseman Second Baseman Third Baseman Shortstop Outfielder Outfielder Outfielder
1974 Tomehiro Kaneda
Lotte Orions
Kimiyasu Murakami
Lotte Orions
Clarence Jones
Kintetsu Buffaloes
Hiroyuki Yamazaki
Lotte Orions
Michiyo Arito
Lotte Orions
Yutaka Ohashi
Hankyu Braves
Don Buford
Taiheiyo Club Lions
Yutaka Fukumoto
Hankyu Braves
Isao Harimoto
Nippon Ham Fighters
1973 Fumio Narita
Lotte Orions
Katsuya Nomura
Nankai Hawks
Hideji Kato
Hankyu Braves
Teruhide Sakurai
Nankai Hawks
Michiyo Arito
Lotte Orions
Yutaka Ohashi
Hankyu Braves
Yutaka Fukumoto
Hankyu Braves
Isao Harimoto
Nittaku Home Flyers
Atsushi Nagaike
Hankyu Braves
1972 Hisashi Yamada
Hankyu Braves
Katsuya Nomura
Nankai Hawks
Katsuo Osugi
Toei Flyers
Mitsuo Motoi
Nishitetsu Lions
Michiyo Arito
Lotte Orions
Yutaka Ohashi
Hankyu Braves
Yutaka Fukumoto
Hankyu Braves
Isao Harimoto
Toei Flyers
Atsushi Nagaike
Hankyu Braves
1971 Hisashi Yamada
Hankyu Braves
Katsuya Nomura
Nankai Hawks
Katsuo Osugi
Toei Flyers
Hiroyuki Yamazaki
Lotte Orions
Michiyo Arito
Lotte Orions
Toshizo Sakamoto
Hankyu Braves
George Altman
Lotte Orions
Hiromitsu Kadota
Nankai Hawks
Atsushi Nagaike
Hankyu Braves
1970 Masaaki Kitaru
Lotte Orions
Katsuya Nomura
Nankai Hawks
Katsuo Osugi
Toei Flyers
Hiroyuki Yamazaki
Lotte Orions
Michiyo Arito
Lotte Orions
Toshizo Sakamoto
Hankyu Braves
George Altman
Lotte Orions
Isao Harimoto
Toei Flyers
Atsushi Nagaike
Hankyu Braves
1969 Keishi Suzuki
Kintetsu Buffaloes
Koji Okamura
Hankyu Braves
Katsuo Osugi
Toei Flyers
Hiroyuki Yamazaki
Lotte Orions
Michiyo Arito
Lotte Orions
Toshizo Sakamoto
Hankyu Braves
Isao Harimoto
Toei Flyers
Youzou Nagafuchi
Kintetsu Buffaloes
Atsushi Nagaike
Hankyu Braves
1968 Mutsuo Minagawa
Nankai Hawks
Katsuya Nomura
Nankai Hawks
Kihachi Enomoto
Tokyo Orions
Don Blasingame
Nankai Hawks
Yasuhiro Kunisada
Nankai Hawks
Toshizo Sakamoto
Hankyu Braves
George Altman
Tokyo Orions
Masahiro Doi
Kintetsu Buffaloes
Isao Harimoto
Toei Flyers
1967 Mitsuhiro Adachi
Hankyu Braves
Katsuya Nomura
Nankai Hawks
Katsuo Osugi
Toei Flyers
Don Blasingame
Nankai Hawks
Kiyoshi Morimoto
Hankyu Braves
Tsuyoshi Oshita
Toei Flyers
Masahiro Doi
Kintetsu Buffaloes
Isao Harimoto
Toei Flyers
Atsushi Nagaike
Hankyu Braves
1966 Tsutomu Tanaka
Nishitetsu Lions
Katsuya Nomura
Nankai Hawks
Kihachi Enomoto
Tokyo Orions
Yasuhiro Kunisada
Nankai Hawks
Tony Roig
Nishitetsu Lions
Kenji Koike
Nankai Hawks
Shoichi Busujima
Toei Flyers
Isao Harimoto
Toei Flyers
Teruyuki Takakura
Nishitetsu Lions
1965 Yukio Ozaki
Toei Flyers
Katsuya Nomura
Nankai Hawks
Takashi Takagi
Kintetsu Buffaloes
Daryl Spencer
Hankyu Braves
Akitoshi Kodama
Kintetsu Buffaloes
Kenji Koike
Nankai Hawks
Isao Harimoto
Toei Flyers
Yoshinori Hirose
Nankai Hawks
Motoaki Horigome
Nankai Hawks
1964 Joe Stanka
Nankai Hawks
Katsuya Nomura
Nankai Hawks
Kihachi Enomoto
Tokyo Orions
Daryl Spencer
Hankyu Braves
Akitoshi Kodama
Kintetsu Buffaloes
Kenji Koike
Nankai Hawks
Isao Harimoto
Toei Flyers
Yoshinori Hirose
Nankai Hawks
Teruyuki Takakura
Nishitetsu Lions
1963 Kazuhisa Inao
Nishitetsu Lions
Katsuya Nomura
Nankai Hawks
Kihachi Enomoto
Daimai Orions
Jack Bloomfield
Kintetsu Buffaloes
Akitoshi Kodama
Kintetsu Buffaloes
Kenji Koike
Nankai Hawks
Isao Harimoto
Toei Flyers
Yoshinori Hirose
Nankai Hawks
Kazuhiro Yamauchi
Daimai Orions
1962 Kazuhisa Inao
Nishitetsu Lions
Katsuya Nomura
Nankai Hawks
Kihachi Enomoto
Daimai Orions
Jack Bloomfield
Kintetsu Buffaloes
Akitoshi Kodama
Kintetsu Buffaloes
Yasumitsu Toyoda
Nishitetsu Lions
Isao Harimoto
Toei Flyers
Kazuhiro Yamauchi
Daimai Orions
Katsutoyo Yoshida
Toei Flyers
1961 Kazuhisa Inao
Nishitetsu Lions
Katsuya Nomura
Nankai Hawks
Kihachi Enomoto
Daimai Orions
Nobushige Morishita
Nankai Hawks
Futoshi Nakanishi
Nishitetsu Lions
Yasumitsu Toyoda
Nishitetsu Lions
Isao Harimoto
Toei Flyers
Kenjiro Tamiya
Daimai Orions
Kazuhiro Yamauchi
Daimai Orions
1960 Shoichi Ono
Daimai Orions
Katsuya Nomura
Nankai Hawks
Kihachi Enomoto
Daimai Orions
Akira Ogi
Nishitetsu Lions
Akitoshi Kodama
Kintetsu Buffaloes
Yasumitsu Toyoda
Nishitetsu Lions
Isao Harimoto
Toei Flyers
Kenjiro Tamiya
Daimai Orions
Kazuhiro Yamauchi
Daimai Orions
1959 Tadashi Sugiura
Nankai Hawks
Katsuya Nomura
Nankai Hawks
Kihachi Enomoto
Daimai Orions
Isami Okamoto
Nankai Hawks
Takao Katsuragi
Daimai Orions
Yasumitsu Toyoda
Nishitetsu Lions
Seiji Sekiguchi
Nishitetsu Lions
Kohei Sugiyama
Nankai Hawks
Teruyuki Takakura
Nishitetsu Lions
1958 Kazuhisa Inao
Nishitetsu Lions
Katsuya Nomura
Nankai Hawks
Stanley Hashimoto
Toei Flyers
Chico Barbon
Hankyu Braves
Futoshi Nakanishi
Nishitetsu Lions
Takao Katsuragi
Daimai Orions
Shoichi Busujima
Toei Flyers
Seiji Sekiguchi
Nishitetsu Lions
Kohei Sugiyama
Nankai Hawks
1957 Kazuhisa Inao
Nishitetsu Lions
Katsuya Nomura
Nankai Hawks
Kenichiro Okamoto
Hankyu Braves
Isami Okamoto
Nankai Hawks
Futoshi Nakanishi
Nishitetsu Lions
Yasumitsu Toyoda
Nishitetsu Lions
Shoichi Busujima
Toei Flyers
Hiroshi Oshita
Nishitetsu Lions
Kazuhiro Yamauchi
Mainichi Orions
1956 Takao Kajimoto
Hankyu Braves
Katsuya Nomura
Nankai Hawks
Kihachi Enomoto
Mainichi Orions
Shinya Sasaki
Takahashi Unions
Futoshi Nakanishi
Nishitetsu Lions
Yasumitsu Toyoda
Nishitetsu Lions
Kohei Sugiyama
Nankai Hawks
Katsuki Tokura
Hankyu Braves
Kazuhiro Yamauchi
Mainichi Orions
1955 Taisei Nakamura
Nankai Hawks
Charlie Luis
Mainichi Orions
Kohei Sugiyama
Nankai Hawks
Isami Okamoto
Nankai Hawks
Futoshi Nakanishi
Nishitetsu Lions
Chusuke Kizuka
Nankai Hawks
Tokuji Iida
Nankai Hawks
Katsuki Tokura
Hankyu Braves
Kazuhiro Yamauchi
Mainichi Orions
1954 Sadao Nishimura
Nishitetsu Lions
Charlie Luis
Mainichi Orions
Kozo Kawai
Hankyu Braves
Nobushige Morishita
Nankai Hawks
Futoshi Nakanishi
Nishitetsu Lions
Larry Raines
Hankyu Braves
Hiroshi Oshita
Nishitetsu Lions
Seiji Sekiguchi
Nishitetsu Lions
Kazuhiro Yamauchi
Mainichi Orions
1953 Tokuji Kawasaki
Nishitetsu Lions
Jun Matsui
Nankai Hawks
Tokuji Iida
Nankai Hawks
Isami Okamoto
Nankai Hawks
Futoshi Nakanishi
Nishitetsu Lions
Chusuke Kizuka
Nankai Hawks
Kaoru Betto
Mainichi Orions
Kazuo Horii
Nankai Hawks
Hiroshi Oshita
Nishitetsu Lions
1952 Susumu Yuki
Nankai Hawks
Takeshi Doigaki
Mainichi Orions
Tokuji Iida
Nankai Hawks
Isami Okamoto
Nankai Hawks
Kazuo Kageyama
Nankai Hawks
Chusuke Kizuka
Nankai Hawks
Kaoru Betto
Mainichi Orions
Shigeya Iijima
Daiei Stars
Hiroshi Oshita
Nishitetsu Lions
1951 Haruyasu Eto
Nankai Hawks
Takeshi Doigaki
Mainichi Orions
Tokuji Iida
Nankai Hawks
Kazuto Tsuruoka
Nankai Hawks
Kazuo Kageyama
Nankai Hawks
Chusuke Kizuka
Nankai Hawks
Kaoru Betto
Mainichi Orions
Shigeya Iijima
Daiei Stars
Hiroshi Oshita
Tokyu Flyers
1950 Atsushi Aramaki
Mainichi Orions
Takeshi Doigaki
Mainichi Orions
Tokuji Iida
Nankai Hawks
Yasuya Hondo
Mainichi Orions
Junji Nakatani
Hankyu Braves
Chusuke Kizuka
Nankai Hawks
Kaoru Betto
Mainichi Orions
Shigeya Iijima
Daiei Stars
Hiroshi Oshita
Tokyu Flyers

NPB Winners (1940,1947-1949)[edit]

Year Pitcher Catcher First Baseman Second Baseman Third Baseman Shortstop Outfielder Outfielder Outfielder
1940 Victor Starffin
Tokyo Kyojin
Yoshio Tanaka
Hanshin
Tetsuharu Kawakami
Tokyo Kyojin
Hisanori Karita
Tsubasa
Shigeru Mizuhara
Tokyo Kyojin
Fujio Ueda
Hankyu
Kazuo Kito
Lion
Haruyasu Nakajima
Tokyo Kyojin
Den Yamada
Hankyu
1947 Takehiko Bessho
Nankai Hawks
Takeshi Doigaki
Osaka Tigers
Tetsuharu Kawakami
Yomiuri Giants
Shigeru Chiba
Yomiuri Giants
Fumio Fujimura
Osaka Tigers
Kiyoshi Sugiura
Chunichi Dragons
Masayasu Kaneda
Osaka Tigers
Hiroshi Oshita
Tokyu Flyers
Michinori Tsubouchi
Yomiuri Giants
1948 Takehiko Bessho / Hiroshi Nakao / Juzo Sanada
Nankai Hawks / Yomiuri Giants / Taiyo Robins
Takeshi Doigaki
Osaka Tigers
Tetsuharu Kawakami
Yomiuri Giants
Shigeru Chiba
Yomiuri Giants
Fumio Fujimura
Osaka Tigers
Chusuke Kizuka
Nankai Hawks
Noboru Aota
Yomiuri Giants
Kaoru Betto
Osaka Tigers
Michinori Tsubouchi
Kinsei Stars
1949 Hideo Fujimoto
Yomiuri Giants
Takeshi Doigaki
Osaka Tigers
Tetsuharu Kawakami
Yomiuri Giants
Shigeru Chiba
Yomiuri Giants
Fumio Fujimura
Osaka Tigers
Chusuke Kizuka
Nankai Hawks
Makoto Kozuru
Daiei Stars
Hiroshi Oshita
Tokyu Flyers
Kaoru Betto
Osaka Tigers