The Baseball Guru - Japanese MVP Award Voting 1988-2001 Seasons

Notes: Pts were calculated as the sum of 5 points for a 1st place vote, 3 for 2nd and 1 for 3rd. (BW) indicates Blue Wave franchise. 1998 through 2000 seasons compiled by Garly Garland.

Year	Lg	FName	LName	Team	1st	2nd	3rd	Pts	voters
1988	C	Genji	Kaku	Dragons	227	10	2	1167	240
1988	C	Kazuyuki	Ono	Dragons	7	136	57	500	240
1988	C	Tooru	Nimura	Dragons	0	7	13	34	240
1988	C	Yutaka	Ono	Carp	0	2	9	15	240
1988	P	Hiromitsu	Kadota	Hawks	189	5	6	966	204
1988	P	Koji	Akiyama	Lions	5	28	22	131	204
1988	P	Ralph	Bryant	Buffaloes	1	35	17	127	204
1988	P	Hisanobu	Watanabe	Lions	2	28	21	115	204
1988	P	Masato	Yoshii	Buffaloes	2	16	24	82	204
1989	C	Warren	Cromartie	Giants	142	71	7	930	224
1989	C	Masaaki	Saito	Giants	73	132	13	774	224
1989	C	Hiromi	Makihara	Giants	4	11	73	126	224
1989	C	Takashi	Nishimoto	Dragons	3	4	40	67	224
1989	C	Takayoshi	Nakao	Giants	1	0	19	24	224
1989	P	Ralph	Bryant	Buffaloes	133	51	0	818	189
1989	P	Hideyuki	Awano	Buffaloes	53	130	2	657	189
1989	P	Boomer	Wells	Braves (BW)	0	1	79	82	189
1989	P	Masahiro	Arai	Buffaloes	0	0	15	15	189
1989	P	Koji	Akiyama	Lions	1	0	8	13	189
1990	C	Masaaki	Saito	Giants	145	3	0	734	162
1990	C	Masao	Kida	Giants	1	43	25	159	162
1990	C	Masahiro	Kawai	Giants	1	21	24	92	162
1990	C	Hiromitsu	Ochiai	Dragons	0	20	22	82	162
1990	C	Norihiro	Komada	Giants	0	19	20	77	162
1990	P	Hideo	Nomo	Buffaloes	80	15	14	459	138
1990	P	Kazuhiro	Kiyohara	Lions	33	48	22	331	138
1990	P	Hisanobu	Watanabe	Lions	10	33	41	190	138
1990	P	Orestes	Destrade	Lions	5	17	31	107	138
1990	P	Koji	Akiyama	Lions	1	1	3	11	138
1991	C	Shinji	Sasaoka	Carp	115	39	5	697	172
1991	C	Yutaka	Ono	Carp	40	69	23	430	172
1991	C	Hiromitsu	Ochiai	Dragons	5	20	39	124	172
1991	C	Kenjiro	Nomura	Carp	1	21	19	87	172
1991	C	Atsuya	Furuta	Swallows	0	5	27	42	172
1991	P	Taigen	Kaku	Lions	89	27	11	437	135
1991	P	Koji	Akiyama	Lions	28	54	26	328	135
1991	P	Kimiyasu	Kudo	Lions	5	26	31	134	135
1991	P	Orestes	Destrade	Lions	7	16	28	111	135
1991	P	Hatsuhiko	Tsuji	Lions	6	6	17	65	135
1992	C	Jack	Howell	Swallows	73	81	17	625	175
1992	C	Atsuya	Furuta	Swallows	85	53	16	600	175
1992	C	Yoichi	Okabayashi	Swallows	9	21	75	183	175
1992	P	Takehiro	Ishii	Lions	87	26	10	523	136
1992	P	Kazuhiro	Kiyohara	Lions	25	48	24	263	136
1992	P	Koji	Akiyama	Lions	5	20	21	106	136
1993	C	Atsuya	Furuta	Swallows	146	unk	unk	787	175
1993	C	Katsumi	Hirosawa	Swallows	10	unk	unk	245	175
1993	C	Alonzo	Powell	Dragons	unk	unk	unk	175	175
1993	C	Tomohito	Ito	Swallows	unk	unk	unk	133	175
1993	C	Shinji	Imanaka	Dragons	unk	unk	unk	87	175
1993	C	Masahiro	Yamamoto	Dragons	unk	unk	unk	65	175
1993	P	Kimiyasu	Kudo	Lions	53	34	32	399	129
1993	P	Hatsuhiko	Tsuji	Lions	43	49	20	382	129
1993	P	Hiomichi	Ishige	Lions	unk	unk	unk	287	129
1993	P	Koji	Noda	Blue Wave	unk	unk	unk	23	129
1993	P	Ralph	Bryant	Buffaloes	unk	unk	unk	16	129
1993	P	Hideo	Nomo	Buffaloes	unk	unk	unk	9	129
1994	C	Masumi	Kuwata	Giants	unk	unk	unk	500	160
1994	C	Yasuaki	Taiho	Dragons	unk	unk	unk	306	160
1994	C	Masahiro	Kawai	Giants	unk	unk	unk	152	160
1994	C	Masahiro	Yamamoto	Dragons	unk	unk	unk	136	160
1994	C	Masaaki	Saito	Giants	unk	unk	unk	131	160
1994	C	Hideki	Matsui	Giants	unk	unk	unk	71	160
1994	P	Ichiro	Suzuki	Blue Wave	128	1	0	643	129
1994	P	Hiroshi	Shintani	Lions	unk	unk	unk	85	129
1994	P	Hiroo	Ishii	Buffaloes	unk	unk	unk	79	129
1994	P	Kimiyasu	Kudo	Lions	unk	unk	unk	70	129
1994	P	Makoto	Sasaki	Lions	unk	unk	unk	48	129
1994	P	Hideki	Irabu	Marines	unk	unk	unk	41	129
1995	C	Tom	O'Malley	Swallows	62	unk	unk	439	164
1995	C	Atsuya	Furuta	Swallows	53	unk	unk	429	164
1995	C	Terry	Bross	Swallows	unk	unk	unk	303	164
1995	C	Katsuyuki	Dobashi	Swallows	unk	unk	unk	97	164
1995	C	Kenjiro	Nomura	Carp	unk	unk	unk	79	164
1995	C	Akira	Eto	Carp	unk	unk	unk	42	164
1995	P	Ichiro	Suzuki	Blue Wave	unk	unk	unk	604	129
1995	P	Masafumi	Hirai	Blue Wave	unk	unk	unk	298	129
1995	P	Hideki	Irabu	Marines	unk	unk	unk	22	129
1995	P	Shigetoshi	Hasegawa	Blue Wave	unk	unk	unk	11	129
1995	P	Kip	Gross	Fighters	unk	unk	unk	11	129
1996	C	Hideki	Matsui	Giants	83	77	8	654	172
1996	C	Masaaki	Saito	Giants	85	72	7	648	172
1996	P	Ichiro	Suzuki	Blue Wave	127	8	1	664	136
1996	P	Troy	Neel	Blue Wave	9	84	12	309	136
1997	C	Atsuya	Furuta	Swallows	133	27	5	751	177
1997	C	Duane	Hosey	Swallows	26	102	24	460	177
1997	C	Kazuhiro	Sasaki	Bay Stars	12	21	47	170	177
1997	P	Bunya	Nishiguchi	Lions	60	56	20	488	142
1997	P	Tsutomu	Ito	Lions	26	102	24	460	142
1997	P	Kazuo	Matsui	Lions	8	25	24	139	142
1998	C	Kazuhiro	Sasaki	Bay Stars	178	10	3	923	193
1998	C	Takanori	Suzuki	Bay Stars	0	82	48	294	193
1998	C	Bobby	Rose	Swallows	5	31	27	145	193
1998	P	Kazuo	Matsui	Lions	40	57	17	388	149
1998	P	Ichiro	Suzuki	Blue Wave	50	31	26	369	149
1998	P	Fumiya	Nishiguchi	Lions	45	29	35	347	149
1999	C	Shigeki	Noguchi	Dragons	59	72	41	552	201
1999	C	Koji	Uehara	Giants	80	35	33	538	201
1999	C	Koichi	Sekikawa	Dragons	55	62	43	504	201
1999	P	Kimiyasu	Kudo	Hawks	68	42	21	487	152
1999	P	Daisuke	Matsuzaka	Lions	51	28	24	363	152
1999	P	Kenji	Jojima	Hawks	21	48	34	283	152
2000	C	Hideki	Matsui	Giants	189	6	1	964	196
2000	C	Kimiyasu	Kudo	Giants	6	129	124	541	196
2000	C	Darryl	May	Giants	0	8	33	57	196
2000	P	Nobuhiko	Matsunaka	Hawks	114	24	6	648	151
2000	P	Hiroki	Kokubo	Hawks	12	49	25	232	151
2000	P	Rodney	Pedraza	Hawks	10	45	32	217	151
2001	C	Roberto	Petagine	Swallows	130	50	5	805	188
2001	C	Atsuya	Furuta	Swallows	46	85	25	510	188
2001	C	Shugo	Fujii	Swallows	7	31	64	192	188
2001	C	Hideki	Matsui	Giants	3	6	34	67	188
2001	C	Atsunori	Inaba	Swallows	2	2	12	28	188
2001	C	Shingo	Takatsu	Swallows	0	2	15	21	188
2001	C	Kazuhiro	Kiyohara	Giants	0	2	5	11	188
2001	P	Tuffy	Rhodes	Buffaloes	113	27	0	646	140
2001	P	Norihiro	Nakamura	Buffaloes	26	107	2	453	140
2001	P	Alex	Cabrera	Lions	1	0	22	27	140
2001	P	Koichi	Isobe	Buffaloes	0	0	21	21	140
2001	P	Daisuke	Matsuzaka	Lions	0	0	13	13	140
2001	P	Akinori	Otsuka	Buffaloes	0	0	12	12	140
2001	P	Michihiro	Ogasawara	Fighters	0	1	5	8	140
2001	P	Kazuya	Fukuura	Marines	0	1	4	7	140
2001	P	Hiroki	Kokubo	Hawks	0	0	4	4	140
2001	P	Katsuhiko	Maekwa	Buffaloes	0	0	3	3	140
2001	P	Keisaburo	Tanoue	Hawks	0	0	2	2	140