Matsutaro Shoriki Award

Matsutaro Shoriki Award is named in honor of Matsutarō Shōriki, the owner of the Yomiuri Shimbun, whose achievements earned him the label of the real parent of present day Japanese professional baseball. The prize was founded in 1977.

It is presented to a person (a manager or player) who greatly contributed to the development of professional baseball. A gold medal and the prize of 5 million yen are awarded to the recipient. The prize money is provided by Yomiuri Shimbun and Nihon Television.

Recipients

Year	Winner	Team	Ref
Template:Npby	Sadaharu Oh	Yomiuri Giants
Template:Npby	Tatsuro Hirooka	Yakult Swallows
Template:Npby	Yukio Nishimoto	Kintetsu Buffaloes
Template:Npby	Takeshi Koba	Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Template:Npby	Motoshi Fujita	Yomiuri Giants
Template:Npby	Tatsuro Hirooka	Seibu Lions
Template:Npby	Koichi Tabuchi	Seibu Lions
Template:Npby	Sachio Kinugasa	Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Template:Npby	Yoshio Yoshida	Hanshin Tigers
Template:Npby	Masaaki Mori	Seibu Lions
Template:Npby	Kimiyasu Kudō	Seibu Lions
Template:Npby	Hiromitsu Kadota	Nankai Hawks
Template:Npby	Motoshi Fujita	Yomiuri Giants
Template:Npby	Masaaki Mori	Seibu Lions
Template:Npby	Koji Akiyama	Seibu Lions
Template:Npby	Takehiro Ishii	Seibu Lions
Template:Npby	Katsuya Nomura	Yakult Swallows
Template:Npby	Ichiro Suzuki	Orix BlueWave
	Shigeo Nagashima	Yomiuri Giants
Template:Npby	Ichiro Suzuki	Orix BlueWave
Template:Npby	Akira Ohgi	Orix BlueWave
Template:Npby	Atsuya Furuta	Yakult Swallows
Template:Npby	Kazuhiro Sasaki	Yokohama BayStars
Template:Npby	Sadaharu Oh	Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
Template:Npby	Hideki Matsui	Yomiuri Giants
Template:Npby	Tsutomu Wakamatsu	Yakult Swallows
Template:Npby	Tatsunori Hara	Yomiuri Giants
Template:Npby	Sadaharu Oh	Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
	Senichi Hoshino	Hanshin Tigers
Template:Npby	Tsutomu Itō	Seibu Lions
Template:Npby	Bobby Valentine	Chiba Lotte Marines
Template:Npby	Sadaharu Oh	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Template:Npby	Hiromitsu Ochiai	Chunichi Dragons
Template:Npby	Hisanobu Watanabe	Saitama Seibu Lions
Template:Npby	Tatsunori Hara	Yomiuri Giants
Template:Npby	Norifumi Nishimura	Chiba Lotte Marines
Template:Npby	Koji Akiyama	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Template:Npby	Tatsunori Hara	Yomiuri Giants
	Shinnosuke Abe	Yomiuri Giants
Template:Npby	Senichi Hoshino	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Template:Npby	Koji Akiyama	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Template:Npby	Kimiyasu Kudō	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Template:Npby	Hideki Kuriyama	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Template:Npby	Dennis Sarfate	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Template:Npby	Kimiyasu Kudō	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Template:Npby	Kimiyasu Kudō	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Template:Npby	Kimiyasu Kudō	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Template:Npby	Shingo Takatsu	Tokyo Yakult Swallows
Template:Npby	Satoshi Nakajima	Orix Buffaloes
Template:Npby	Akinobu Okada	Hanshin Tigers
Template:Npby	Daisuke Miura	Yokohama DeNA BayStars

See also

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