[10/20/2015] 2015 Battery Award: Otani/Ono and Ishikawa/Nakamura
by Gen on Oct.20, 2015 @ 7:32 pm, under NPB
The winners of the 2015 Battery Award were announced today.
2015 Battery Award
| League | Catcher | Pitcher | Team | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific | Ono, Shota | Otani, Shohei | Nippon Ham | official announcement |
| Central | Nakamura, Yuhei | Ishikawa, Masanori | Yakult | official announcement |
A Nippon Ham battery won the award for the first time since 2012 (Shinya Tsuruoka and Mitsuo Yoshikawa).
A Yakult battery won the award for the first time since 2001 (Atsuya Furuta and Shugo Fujii)
[UPDATE 10/21 @ 10:59pm]
Other candidates that were considered:
Pacific League:
- Softbank's Hiroaki Takaya and Dennis Sarfate
- Lotte's Tatsuhiro Tamura and Hideaki Wakui
Central League
- Hanshin's Kazunari Tsuruoka and Shintaro Fujinami
- Hiroshima's Yoshiyuki Ishihara and Kenta Maeda
Selection Committee: Isao Harimoto, Michiyo Arito, Koichi Tabuchi, Osamu Higashio, Kazuhiko Ushijima, Kenjiro Nomura, Sadaaki Yoshimura, Hiromi Makihara, and Kazuhisa Ishii.
Source: Sponichi 10/21/2015
Tags: 2015 Awards, Battery Award