Eiji Sawamura Award

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Eiji Sawamura with the Tokyo Kyojin.

The Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., commonly known as the Sawamura Award, is an honor bestowed upon the top starting pitcher in Nippon Professional Baseball each year.

The award was originally established by Japanese magazine "Nekkyū" in 1947 to honor the career of Eiji Sawamura, a power pitcher who enjoyed an illustrious career for the Tokyo Giants before being killed in combat during World War II. It is a special award that is independent of the official Most Valuable Pitcher award that is presented to one pitcher in each league (Central and Pacific) each year.

Overview

Selection process

One starting pitcher in Nippon Professional Baseball is chosen at the end of each season based on the following selection criteria.

The selection criteria were established in 1982; prior to this, a pool of journalists voted on the pitcher they thought was most deserving of the award without any particular criteria. These simply serve as guidelines; while the pitcher who fulfills the most criteria has the most likelihood of winning, pitchers who do not fulfill all seven criteria have often been presented the award.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".[1]

In the rare event that another pitcher has a season that is deemed more outstanding, a pitcher may, in turn, fulfill all seven criteria and not win the award. In Template:Npby, Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters starting pitcher Yu Darvish (16–4 win–loss record, 1.88 ERA, 208 strikeouts) fulfilled all seven criteria, but Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles starting pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma won the award despite meeting only six criteria because it was deemed that Iwakuma (21–4, 1.87 ERA, 159 strikeouts) had the better season overall.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

The selection committee usually consists of five former pitchers.[2]

Other notes

Because it began as an independent award by Nekkyū, a magazine catered towards Giants fans, only Central League pitchers were eligible to win the award from Template:Npby (the first year the NPB employed the current two-league format) to 1989. The first pitcher to be bestowed the honors from the Pacific League was Hideo Nomo for the Kintetsu Buffaloes in 1990.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

No pitcher was found to be sufficiently deserving of the award in 1971, 1980, 1984, 2000, and 2019.[2] The award has been presented to two pitchers in the same season twice (1966, Template:Npby).Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Winners

Bold names indicate pitchers who met all seven criteria (limited to 1982 and later winners)

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Hideo Fujimoto, when he won Eiji Sawamura Award in 1949.
Year Player Team Ref
1947 Script error: No such module "Sort". Nankai Hawks
1948 Script error: No such module "Sort". Yomiuri Giants
1949 Script error: No such module "Sort". Yomiuri Giants
1950 Script error: No such module "Sort". Shochiku Robins
1951 Script error: No such module "Sort". Chunichi Dragons
1952 Script error: No such module "Sort". Chunichi Dragons
1953 Script error: No such module "Sort". Yomiuri Giants
1954 Script error: No such module "Sort". Chunichi Dragons
1955 Script error: No such module "Sort". Yomiuri Giants
1956 Script error: No such module "Sort". Kokutetsu Swallows
1957 Script error: No such module "Sort". Kokutetsu Swallows
1958 Script error: No such module "Sort". Kokutetsu Swallows
1959 Script error: No such module "Sort". Hanshin Tigers
1960 Script error: No such module "Sort". Yomiuri Giants
1961 Script error: No such module "Sort". Chunichi Dragons
1962 Script error: No such module "Sort". Hanshin Tigers
1963 Script error: No such module "Sort". Yomiuri Giants
1964 Script error: No such module "Sort". Hanshin Tigers
1965 Script error: No such module "Sort". Hanshin Tigers
1966 Script error: No such module "Sort". Hanshin Tigers
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1967 Script error: No such module "Sort". Chunichi Dragons
1968 Script error: No such module "Sort". Hanshin Tigers
1969 Script error: No such module "Sort". Yomiuri Giants
1970 Script error: No such module "Sort". Taiyo Whales
1971 Not awarded
1972 Script error: No such module "Sort". Yomiuri Giants
1973 Script error: No such module "Sort". Yomiuri Giants
1974 Script error: No such module "Sort". Chunichi Dragons
1975 Script error: No such module "Sort". Hiroshima Toyo Carp
1976 Script error: No such module "Sort". Hiroshima Toyo Carp
1977 Script error: No such module "Sort". Yomiuri Giants
1978 Script error: No such module "Sort". Yakult Swallows
1979 Script error: No such module "Sort". Hanshin Tigers
1980 Not awarded
1981 Script error: No such module "Sort". Yomiuri Giants
1982 Script error: No such module "Sort". Hiroshima Toyo Carp
1983 Script error: No such module "Sort". Yokohama Taiyo Whales
1984 Not awarded
1985 Script error: No such module "Sort". Chunichi Dragons
1986 Script error: No such module "Sort". Hiroshima Toyo Carp
1987 Script error: No such module "Sort". Yomiuri Giants
1988 Script error: No such module "Sort". Hiroshima Toyo Carp
1989 Script error: No such module "Sort". Yomiuri Giants
1990 Script error: No such module "Sort". Kintetsu Buffaloes
1991 Script error: No such module "Sort". Hiroshima Toyo Carp
1992 Script error: No such module "Sort". Seibu Lions
1993 Script error: No such module "Sort". Chunichi Dragons
1994 Script error: No such module "Sort". Chunichi Dragons
1995 Script error: No such module "Sort". Yomiuri Giants
1996 Script error: No such module "Sort". Yomiuri Giants
1997 Script error: No such module "Sort". Seibu Lions
1998 Script error: No such module "Sort". Yakult Swallows
1999 Script error: No such module "Sort". Yomiuri Giants
2000 Not awarded
2001 Script error: No such module "Sort". Seibu Lions
2002 Script error: No such module "Sort". Yomiuri Giants
2003 Script error: No such module "Sort". Hanshin Tigers
Script error: No such module "Sort". Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
2004 Script error: No such module "Sort". Chunichi Dragons
2005 Script error: No such module "Sort". Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
2006 Script error: No such module "Sort". Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
2007 Script error: No such module "Sort". Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
2008 Script error: No such module "Sort". Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
2009 Script error: No such module "Sort". Saitama Seibu Lions
2010 Script error: No such module "Sort". Hiroshima Toyo Carp
2011 Script error: No such module "Sort". Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
2012 Script error: No such module "Sort". Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
2013 Script error: No such module "Sort". Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
2014 Script error: No such module "Sort". Orix Buffaloes
2015 Script error: No such module "Sort". Hiroshima Toyo Carp
2016 Script error: No such module "Sort". Hiroshima Toyo Carp [3]
2017 Script error: No such module "Sort". Yomiuri Giants [4]
2018 Script error: No such module "Sort". Yomiuri Giants [4]
2019 Not awarded [2]
2020 Script error: No such module "Sort". Chunichi Dragons [5]
2021 Script error: No such module "Sort". Orix Buffaloes [4]
2022 Script error: No such module "Sort". Orix Buffaloes [4]
2023 Script error: No such module "Sort". Orix Buffaloes [6]
2024 Not awarded [7]

See also

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References

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