Golden Spirit Award

The Golden Spirit Award is given annually to the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) player who "best exemplifies the game of baseball, sportsmanship, community involvement and the individual's contribution to his team", as voted on by members of the media.

Award winners
Year Links to the corresponding Nippon Professional Baseball season
1B First baseman
2B Second baseman
3B Third baseman
C Catcher
DH Designated hitter
OF Outfielder
P Pitcher
SS Shortstop
YearPlayerTeamLeaguePosition
1999Hideki MatsuiYomiuri GiantsCentral
2000Atsushi KataokaNippon-Ham FightersPacific
2001Norihiro NakamuraOsaka Kintetsu BuffaloesPacific
2002Tetsuya IidaYakult SwallowsCentral
2003Kazuki InoueChunichi DragonsCentral
2004Norihiro AkahoshiHanshin TigersCentral
2005Bobby ValentineChiba Lotte MarinesPacificCoach
2006Tsuyoshi WadaFukuoka SoftBank HawksPacificP
2007Daisuke MiuraYokohama BayStarsCentralP
2008Hisashi IwakumaTohoku Rakuten Golden EaglesPacificP
2009Michihiro OgasawaraYomiuri GiantsCentral
2010Yu DarvishHokkaido Nippon-Ham FightersPacificP
2011Takeshi YamasakiTohoku Rakuten Golden EaglesPacific
2012Kyuji FujikawaHanshin TigersCentralP
2013Shinya MiyamotoTokyo Yakult SwallowsCentral
2014Takumi KuriyamaSaitama Seibu LionsPacific
2015Toshiaki ImaeChiba Lotte MarinesPacific
2016Tetsuya UtsumiYomiuri GiantsCentral

See also
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