Nippon Professional Baseball Rookie of the Year Award

The Nippon Professional Baseball Rookie of the Year Award is an annual award given to two outstanding rookie players, one each for the Central League (CL) and Pacific League (PL). The award was established upon the creation of the NPB in 1950.

The most recent winners of the award are Kota Shoji of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows for the CL and Mishō Nishikawa of the Chiba Lotte Marines for the PL.

Winners

Central League Year Player Team Position Shochiku Robins P Yomiuri Giants P Kokutetsu Swallows SS Taiyō-Shochiku Robins P Yomiuri Giants SS P Taiyō Whales P Yomiuri Giants P Yomiuri Giants 3B Taiyō Whales 3B Yomiuri Giants P Chunichi Dragons P Yomiuri Giants P ZNot awardedZZ Taiyō Whales P ZNot awardedZZ Yomiuri Giants P Sankei Atoms 2B Yomiuri Giants OF Hanshin Tigers C Chunichi Dragons OF Yomiuri Giants P Yakult Atoms P ZNot awardedZZ Chunichi Dragons OF ZNot awardedZZ Chunichi Dragons OF Taiyō Whales P Yomiuri Giants P Chunichi Dragons P Hanshin Tigers IF Yomiuri Giants IF Hiroshima Toyo Carp P Yomiuri Giants P Hiroshima Toyo Carp IF Hiroshima Toyo Carp P Hiroshima Toyo Carp P Yakult Swallows OF Chunichi Dragons SS Yakult Swallows 2B Chunichi Dragons P Chunichi Dragons P Hanshin Tigers SS Yakult Swallows P Hanshin Tigers P Hiroshima Toyo Carp P Yomiuri Giants 3B Hiroshima Toyo Carp P Chunichi Dragons P Yomiuri Giants P Yokohama BayStars 3B Hanshin Tigers OF Yakult Swallows P Yomiuri Giants P Yakult Swallows P Yakult Swallows OF Hiroshima Toyo Carp IF Hanshin Tigers P Yomiuri Giants P Yomiuri Giants OF Yomiuri Giants OF Yomiuri Giants P Hiroshima Toyo Carp P Tokyo Yakult Swallows P Hiroshima Toyo Carp P Yokohama DeNA BayStars P Hanshin Tigers OF Chunichi Dragons IF Yokohama DeNA BayStars P Tokyo Yakult Swallows IF Hiroshima Toyo Carp P Hiroshima Toyo Carp P Yomiuri Giants P Hanshin Tigers P Yomiuri Giants P Tokyo Yakult Swallows P

Pacific League Year Player Team Position Mainichi Orions P Nankai Hawks 3B Nishitetsu Lions 3B Nishitetsu Lions SS Nankai Hawks P Mainichi Orions 1B Nishitetsu Lions P Nankai Hawks P Nankai Hawks P Toei Flyers OF ZNot awardedZZ Kintetsu Buffaloes P Toei Flyers P ZNot awardedZZ ZNot awardedZZ Nishitetsu Lions P ZNot awardedZZ Toei Flyers P ZNot awardedZZ Lotte Orions 3B Nankai Hawks P Toei Flyers P Nishitetsu Lions P Nittaku Home Flyers P Lotte Orions P Hankyu Braves P Nankai Hawks P Hankyu Braves P Nankai Hawks P Seibu Lions P Nippon-Ham Fighters P Seibu Lions SS Kintetsu Buffaloes 2B Nippon-Ham Fighters OF Hankyu Braves C Hankyu Braves OF Seibu Lions 1B Kintetsu Buffaloes P Seibu Lions P Orix Braves P Kintetsu Buffaloes P Orix BlueWave P Kintetsu Buffaloes P Seibu Lions P Fukuoka Daiei Hawks P Orix BlueWave P Nippon-Ham Fighters 2B Chiba Lotte Marines 2B Seibu Lions OF Seibu Lions P ZNot awardedZZ Orix BlueWave P Nippon-Ham Fighters P Fukuoka Daiei Hawks P Fukuoka Daiei Hawks P Chiba Lotte Marines P Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters P Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles P Orix Buffaloes P Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks P Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters P Saitama Seibu Lions P Chiba Lotte Marines P Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles P Chiba Lotte Marines P Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters P Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters P Saitama Seibu Lions IF Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles OF Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks P Saitama Seibu Lions P Orix Buffaloes P Saitama Seibu Lions P Orix Buffaloes P Saitama Seibu Lions P Chiba Lotte Marines OF

See also

List of Nippon Professional Baseball earned run average champions

References