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The Matsutaro Shoriki Award is named in honor of Matsutaro Shoriki (Yomiuri Shimbun Lord), whose achievements earned him the label of the real parent of present age Japanese professional baseball. The prize was founded in 1977.

It is presented to a person (a manager or player) who contributed to the development of professional baseball greatly. 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.

[edit] Award Recipients

Year	Winner	Team
1977	Sadaharu Oh	Yomiuri Giants
1978	Tatsuro Hirooka	Yakult Swallows
1979	Yukio Nishimoto	Kintetsu Buffaloes
1980	Takeshi Koba	Hiroshima Carp
1981	Motoshi Fujita	Yomiuri Giants
1982	Tatsuro Hirooka	Seibu Lions
1983	Koichi Tabuchi	Seibu Lions
1984	Sachio Kinugasa	Hiroshima Carp
1985	Yoshio Yoshida	Hanshin Tigers
1986	Masaaki Mori	Seibu Lions
1987	Kimiyasu Kudo	Seibu Lions
1988	Hiromitsu Kadota	Nankai Hawks
1989	Motoshi Fujita	Yomiuri Giants
1990	Masaaki Mori	Seibu Lions
1991	Koji Akiyama	Seibu Lions
1992	Takehiro Ishii	Seibu Lions
1993	Katsuya Nomura	Yakult Swallows
1994	Ichiro Suzuki	Orix BlueWave
	Shigeo Nagashima	Yomiuri Giants
1995	Ichiro Suzuki	Orix BlueWave
1996	Akira Ohgi	Orix BlueWave
1997	Atsuya Furuta	Yakult Swallows
1998	Kazuhiro Sasaki	Yokohama BayStars
1999	Sadaharu Oh	Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
2000	Hideki Matsui	Yomiuri Giants
2001	Tsutomu Wakamatsu	Yakult Swallows
2002	Tatsunori Hara	Yomiuri Giants
2003	Sadaharu Oh	Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
	Senichi Hoshino	Hanshin Tigers
2004	Tsutomu Ito	Seibu Lions
2005	Bobby Valentine	Chiba Lotte Marines
2006	Sadaharu Oh	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
2007	Hiromitsu Ochiai	Chunichi Dragons
2008	Hisanobu Watanabe	Saitama Seibu Lions
2009	Tatsunori Hara	Yomiuri Giants

[edit] See also

• Nippon Professional Baseball#Awards
• Baseball awards#Japan

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