Central League and Pacific League 2012 MVPs announced
by Gen on Nov.21, 2012 @ 5:36 pm, under NPB
The NPB announced the winneres of the 2012 MVP Award today:
Central League: Shinnsouke Abe (Yomiuri)
138 G, 159-for-467, 72 R, 22 2B, 1 3B, 27 HR, 264 TB, 104 RBI, 47 SO, 69 BB, .340/.429/.565
Pacific League: Mitsuo Yoshikawa (Nippon Ham)
25 G, 25 GS, 14-5, 5 CG, 3 ShO, 173.2 IP, 108 H, 6 HR, 158 K, 45 BB, 35 R, 33 ER, 1.71 ERA, 0.88 WHIP
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Central League
Total Votes: 262
Total Valid Votes: 261
1st place = 5 points, 2nd place = 3 points, and 3rd place = 1 point
| Name JPN | Name ENG | Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | |
| ★ | 阿部慎之助 | Abe, Shinnosuke | YOM | 259 | 1 | 0 | 1298 |
| 内海 哲也 | Utsumi, Tetsuya | YOM | 1 | 122 | 49 | 420 | |
| 山口 鉄也 | Yamaguchi, Tetsuya | YOM | 1 | 60 | 44 | 229 | |
| 坂本 勇人 | Sakamoto, Hayato | YOM | 0 | 21 | 62 | 125 | |
| 杉内 俊哉 | Sugiuchi, Toshiya | YOM | 0 | 12 | 19 | 55 | |
| 前田 健太 | Maeda, Kenta | HIR | 0 | 11 | 14 | 47 | |
| 長野 久義 | Chono, Hisayoshi | YOM | 0 | 2 | 16 | 22 | |
| 西村健太朗 | Nishimura, Kentaro | YOM | 0 | 2 | 5 | 11 | |
| 大島 洋平 | Oshima, Yohei | CHU | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 | |
| 金本 知憲 | Kanemoto, Tomoaki | HAN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Ｗ．バレンティン | Balentien, Wladimir | YAK | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 高橋 由伸 | Takahashi, Yoshinobu | YOM | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| （白票） | Blank | 0 | 28 | 43 | 127 |
Pacific League
Total Votes: 213
Total Valid Votes: 210
1st place = 5 points, 2nd place = 3 points, and 3rd place = 1 point
| Name JPN | Name ENG | Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | |
| ★ | 吉川 光夫 | Yoshikawa, Mitsuo | HAM | 181 | 21 | 4 | 972 |
| 攝津 正 | Settsu, Tadashi | SOF | 9 | 44 | 36 | 213 | |
| 糸井 嘉男 | Itoi, Yoshio | HAM | 3 | 34 | 27 | 144 | |
| 稲葉 篤紀 | Inaba, Atsunori | HAM | 9 | 22 | 24 | 135 | |
| 増井 浩俊 | Masui, Hirotoshi | HAM | 3 | 20 | 26 | 101 | |
| 中田 翔 | Nakata, Sho | HAM | 4 | 21 | 15 | 98 | |
| 武田 久 | Takeda, Hisashi | HAM | 1 | 13 | 7 | 51 | |
| 中島 裕之 | Nakajima, Hiroyuki | SEI | 0 | 10 | 9 | 39 | |
| 武田 勝 | Takeda, Masaru | HAM | 0 | 3 | 4 | 13 | |
| 角中 勝也 | Kakunaka, Katsuya | LOT | 0 | 1 | 8 | 11 | |
| 中村 剛也 | Nakamura, Takeya | SEI | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| 田中 賢介 | Tanaka, Kensuke | HAM | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 陽 岱鋼 | Yoh, Dai-Kang | HAM | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 田中 将大 | Tanaka, Masahiro | RAK | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 李 大浩 | Lee, Dae-Ho | ORI | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 涌井 秀章 | Wakui, Hideaki | SEI | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| （白票） | Blank | 0 | 18 | 37 | 91 |
While I don’t argue with Abe and really not with Yoshikawa, what the hell is going on with those vote totals??? The top 5 in the Central are Yomiuri and 6 of the top 7 are Nippon Ham in the Pacific?
Who voted for this? Awful.