Nippon Professional Baseball stats

2013 Hall of Fame Electees: Kazuo Fukushima, Yutaka Ōno, & Yoshirō Sotokoba
2012 Award Winners
Award	Central League	Pacific League
Most Valuable Player	Shinnosuke Abe (Giants)	Mitsuo Yoshikawa (Fighters)
Best Newcomer	Yusuke Nomura (Carp)	Naoya Masuda (Marines)
Best Nine	P: Tetsuya Utsumi (Giants) C: Shinnosuke Abe (Giants) 1B: Tony Blanco (Dragons) 2B: Hiroyasu Tanaka (Swallows) 3B: Shūichi Murata (Giants) SS: Hayato Sakamoto (Giants) OF: Wladimir Balentien (Swallows) OF: Hisayoshi Chōno (Giants) OF: Yōhei Ōshima (Dragons)	P: Mitsuo Yoshikawa (Fighters) C: Shinya Tsuruoka (Fighters) 1B: Dae-Ho Lee (Buffaloes) 2B: Kensuke Tanaka (Fighters) 3B: Takeya Nakamura (Lions) SS: Hiroyuki Nakajima (Lions) OF: Yoshio Itoi (Fighters) OF: Katsuya Kakunaka (Marines) OF: Seiichi Uchikawa (Hawks) DH: Wily Mo Pena (Hawks)
Eiji Sawamura Award	Tadashi Settsu (Hawks)
Matsutarō Shōriki Award	Shinnosuke Abe (Giants) & Tatsunori Hara (Giants)
2012 Nippon Series Winner: Yomiuri Giants