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 | Jouta Hayashida Chosen WL's Top Player Wednesday, October 22nd , 1975 Kobe's Jouta Hayashida put the wraps on a fine campaign today by winning the 1975 Western League Most Valuable Player Award. The 29-year-old veteran scorched the opposition with a .290 average, picking up 139 hits, 16 doubles, 3 triples, 40 home runs and 98 RBIs, while scoring 98 runs. He received 7 first place votes out of a possible 12. Yasuhiko Kawasaki of the Fukuoka Falcons finished second in voting with 5 first place votes, while Takaki Smith of the Kobe Bulls finished third. Player - Team - First Place - Total Points Jouta Hayashida - Kobe Bulls - 7 - 143 Yasuhiko Kawasaki - Fukuoka Falcons - 5 - 133 Takaki Smith - Kobe Bulls - 0 - 93 Michiki Ichikawa - Nagasaki Stars - 0 - 83 Hidetsugu Ikegami - Vesutan Bees - 0 - 65 Ayato Sugiura - Fukuoka Falcons - 0 - 54 Fusao Tokunaga - Kinboshi Kites - 0 - 46 Tsuruo Akamine - Fukuoka Falcons - 0 - 30 Itaru Nakamura - Fukuoka Falcons - 0 - 28 Hirobumi Takahashi - Fukuoka Falcons - 0 - 19 Sakan Inoue - Nagasaki Stars - 0 - 8 Munemitsu Kawasaki - Kinboshi Kites - 0 - 4 Shougo Iwai - Vesutan Bees - 0 - 1 Taira Kanazawa - Kinboshi Kites - 0 - 1 |   |
