The monthly MVP for professional baseball in October and November was announced, and Orix pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto won the Pacific League pitcher category four times in a row.
Pitcher Yamamoto scored three wins in line with the league top in four games last month, and the number of strikeouts he took was "32", which was the top of the league, and his ERA was 0.84, which was second in the league.
Among them, in the final match of the team, which was greeted by the heated battle for victory, in the Rakuten match on the 25th of last month, Yamamoto won the fourth shutout victory of the season and extended his consecutive wins to the team's new record of "15". The success of the pitcher was the driving force behind the team's league victory for the first time in 25 years.
Pitcher Yamamoto has won the award four times in a row, following June, July and August, and September.
This is the second person in the Pacific League to receive the award four times in a row since Masahiro Tanaka, pitcher of Rakuten, who won the award five times in a row in 2013.
In the Pacific League batter category, he was selected with a batting average of 30%, 5 minutes and 1 hit in 20 of the 23 games in which Nippon-Ham Fighters Kensuke Kondoh participated.
Kondo is the first award winner in his 10th year as a professional player.
Shugo Maki of DeNA was selected for the first time in the Central League batter category.
Maki participated in all 19 games and marked the league's top batting average of 40%, 5 minutes and 2 minutes.
In addition, on the 26th of last month, he hit the 35th two-base hit this season, breaking the record for newcomers to the Central League marked by Shigeo Nagashima in 1958.
In the Central League pitcher category, Hanshin rookie Masashi Itoh pitched in five games, scoring three wins in line with the league top, and won the award for the first time with an earned run average of 0.98 and stable pitching.
Orix Yoshinobu Yamamoto "I was able to play baseball while feeling the weight of one win."
Orix pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto said, "It was my first time to compete for the championship at the end of the season, and it was a good experience because I was able to play baseball while feeling the weight of one win. I was able to play baseball in good condition until the last month. I'm very happy about that. "
Also, for the climax series final stage starting on the 10th, "I will not forget to enjoy it with all my strength and I will throw it all the way to victory. I will do it if I can win the best in Japan. I will do it, "he said with enthusiasm.
DeNA Shugo Maki "I'm glad I got it in the presence of amazing players"
Shugo Maki of DeNA said, "I'm glad I got a monthly MVP in the presence of amazing players."
In October, he marked a batting average of 40% or more, and at the end of the game he was a rookie, but he also served as No. 4. There was a good batter behind me, so I was able to easily enter the turn at bat. "
Also, for next season, he was enthusiastic, saying, "First of all, I want to build a body that will not hurt me throughout the year. There was a bad time before the open war, so I want to eliminate that time." ..
Hanshin Masashi Ito "I'm glad that the result of my desperate throw led to the award."
Hanshin pitcher Masashi Itoh said, "I'm glad that the result of desperately throwing when the team was competing for the championship led to the award. I think it was good because the pitching to collect low was done in the second half." I did.
In addition, this season, he marked 10 wins in the double digit of the goal he set when he joined the team. "I will smile."