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Sawamura Winners
Note: Pacific League pitchers weren't eligible for the award until 1990
Download yearly Sawamura winners from 1947 to 2001 as Spreadsheet - View Award Counts by Team and Position (through 2001) on screen
| Year | First Name | Last Name | Franchise | Team | Won | Lost | ERA | Innings | K | Saves |
| 1947 | Takehiko | Bessho | Hawks | Hawks | 30 | 19 | 1.86 | 448.1 | 191 | |
| 1948 | Hiroshi | Nakao | Giants | Giants | 27 | 12 | 1.84 | 343.0 | 187 | |
| 1949 | Hideo | Fujimoto | Giants | Giants | 24 | 7 | 1.94 | 288.0 | 137 | |
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| 1950 | Shigeo | Sanada | Robins | Robins | 39 | 12 | 3.05 | 395.2 | 191 | |
| 1951 | Shigeru | Sugishita | Dragons | Dragons | 28 | 13 | 2.35 | 290.1 | 147 | |
| 1952 | Shigeru | Sugishita | Dragons | Dragons | 32 | 14 | 2.33 | 355.2 | 160 | |
| 1953 | Takumi | Otomo | Giants | Giants | 27 | 6 | 1.85 | 281.1 | 173 | |
| 1954 | Shigeru | Sugishita | Dragons | Dragons | 32 | 12 | 1.39 | 395.1 | 273 | |
| 1955 | Takehiko | Bessho | Giants | Giants | 23 | 8 | 1.33 | 312.0 | 152 | |
| 1956 | Masaichi | Kaneda | Swallows | Swallows | 25 | 20 | 1.74 | 367.1 | 316 | |
| 1957 | Masaichi | Kaneda | Swallows | Swallows | 28 | 16 | 1.63 | 353.0 | 306 | |
| 1958 | Masaichi | Kaneda | Swallows | Swallows | 31 | 14 | 1.30 | 332.1 | 311 | |
| 1959 | Minoru | Murayama | Tigers | Tigers | 18 | 10 | 1.19 | 295.1 | 294 | |
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| 1960 | Ritsuo | Horimoto | Giants | Giants | 29 | 18 | 2.00 | 364.2 | 210 | |
| 1961 | Hiroshi | Gondo | Dragons | Dragons | 35 | 19 | 1.70 | 429.1 | 310 | |
| 1962 | Masaaki | Koyama | Tigers | Tigers | 27 | 11 | 1.66 | 352.2 | 270 | |
| 1963 | Yoshiaki | Ito | Giants | Giants | 19 | 8 | 1.90 | 236.1 | 166 | |
| 1964 | Gene | Bacque | Tigers | Tigers | 29 | 9 | 1.89 | 353.1 | 200 | |
| 1965 | Minoru | Murayama | Tigers | Tigers | 25 | 13 | 1.96 | 307.2 | 205 | |
| 1966 | Minoru | Murayama | Tigers | Tigers | 24 | 9 | 1.55 | 290.1 | 207 | |
| 1966 | Tsuneo | Horiuchi | Giants | Giants | 16 | 2 | 1.39 | 181.0 | 117 | |
| 1967 | Kentaro | Ogawa | Dragons | Dragons | 29 | 12 | 2.51 | 279.2 | 178 | |
| 1968 | Yutaka | Enatsu | Tigers | Tigers | 25 | 12 | 2.13 | 329.0 | 401 | |
| 1969 | Kazumi | Takahashi | Giants | Giants | 22 | 5 | 2.21 | 256.0 | 221 | |
| 1970 | ||||||||||
| 1970 | Masaji | Hiramatsu | BayStars | Whales | 25 | 19 | 1.95 | 332.2 | 182 | |
| 1971 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | |
| 1972 | Tsuneo | Horiuchi | Giants | Giants | 26 | 9 | 2.91 | 312.0 | 203 | |
| 1973 | Kazumi | Takahashi | Giants | Giants | 23 | 13 | 2.21 | 306.1 | 238 | |
| 1974 | Senichi | Hoshino | Dragons | Dragons | 15 | 9 | 2.87 | 188.0 | 137 | 10 |
| 1975 | Yoshiro | Sotokoba | Carp | Carp | 20 | 13 | 2.95 | 287.0 | 193 | |
| 1976 | Kojiro | Ikegaya | Carp | Carp | 20 | 15 | 3.26 | 290.1 | 207 | |
| 1977 | Shigeru | Kobayashi | Giants | Giants | 18 | 8 | 2.92 | 216.1 | 155 | |
| 1978 | Hiroshi | Matsuoka | Swallows | Swallows | 16 | 11 | 3.75 | 199.1 | 119 | |
| 1979 | Shigeru | Kobayashi | Tigers | Tigers | 22 | 9 | 2.89 | 273.2 | 200 | |
| 1980 | ||||||||||
| 1980 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | |
| 1981 | Takashi | Nishimoto | Giants | Giants | 18 | 12 | 2.58 | 257.2 | 126 | |
| 1982 | Manabu | Kitabeppu | Carp | Carp | 20 | 8 | 2.43 | 267.1 | 184 | |
| 1983 | Kazuhiko | Endo | BayStars | Whales | 18 | 9 | 2.87 | 238.1 | 186 | |
| 1984 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | |
| 1985 | Tatsuo | Komatsu | Dragons | Dragons | 17 | 8 | 2.65 | 210.1 | 172 | |
| 1986 | Manabu | Kitabeppu | Carp | Carp | 18 | 4 | 2.43 | 230.0 | 123 | |
| 1987 | Matsumi | Kuwata | Giants | Giants | 15 | 6 | 2.17 | 207.2 | 151 | |
| 1988 | Yutaka | Ono | Carp | Carp | 13 | 7 | 1.70 | 185.0 | 183 | |
| 1989 | Masaki | Saito | Giants | Giants | 20 | 7 | 1.62 | 245.0 | 182 | |
| 1990 | ||||||||||
| 1990 | Hideo | Nomo | Buffaloes | Buffaloes | 18 | 8 | 2.91 | 235.0 | 287 | |
| 1991 | Shinji | Sasaoka | Carp | Carp | 17 | 9 | 2.44 | 240.0 | 213 | |
| 1992 | Takehiro | Ishii | Lions | Lions | 15 | 3 | 1.94 | 148.1 | 123 | |
| 1993 | Shinji | Imanaka | Dragons | Dragons | 17 | 7 | 2.20 | 249.0 | 247 | |
| 1994 | Masahiro | Yamamoto | Dragons | Dragons | 19 | 8 | 3.49 | 214.0 | 148 | |
| 1995 | Masaki | Saito | Giants | Giants | 18 | 10 | 2.70 | 213.0 | 187 | |
| 1996 | Masaki | Saito | Giants | Giants | 16 | 4 | 2.36 | 187.0 | 158 | |
| 1997 | Fumiya | Nishiguchi | Lions | Lions | 15 | 5 | 3.12 | 207.2 | 192 | |
| 1998 | Kenjiro | Kawasaki | Swallows | Swallows | 17 | 10 | 3.04 | 204.1 | 94 | |
| 1999 | Koji | Uehara | Giants | Giants | 20 | 4 | 2.09 | 197.2 | 179 | |
| 2000 | ||||||||||
| 2000 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | |
| 2001 | Daisuke | Matsuzaka | Lions | Lions | 15 | 15 | 3.60 | 240.1 | 214 | |
| 2002 | Koji | Uehara | Giants | Giants | 17 | 5 | 2.60 | 204.0 | 182 | |
| 2003T | Kazumi | Saito | Hawks | Hawks | 20 | 3 | 2.83 | 194.0 | 160 | |
| 2003T | Kei | Igawa | Tigers | Tigers | 20 | 5 | 2.80 | 206.0 | 179 | |
| 2004 | Kenshin | Kawakami | Dragons | Dragons | 17 | 7 | 3.32 | 192.1 | 176 |
