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 | Yukio Watanabe Named Premier EL Player Saturday, October 19th , 1974 What a way to finish off the year -- being honored with the 1974 Most Valuable Player Award in the Eastern League. It had already been a very special season for Hosho's Yukio Watanabe, but today's announcement really put the icing on his cake. All season long Yukio Watanabe gave opposing pitchers fits by hitting .287 as he collected 134 hits, 23 doubles, no triples, 45 home runs and 104 RBIs. He received 10 first place votes out of a possible 12. Hideharu Nomura of the Rakisuta Rams finished second in voting with 2 first place votes, while Hank Dunham of the Hosho Reliables finished third. Player - Team - First Place - Total Points Yukio Watanabe - Hosho Reliables - 10 - 158 Hideharu Nomura - Rakisuta Rams - 2 - 114 Hank Dunham - Hosho Reliables - 0 - 100 Hiroshi Yamashita - Kyoto Owls - 0 - 84 Toyohiro Wada - Kyoto Owls - 0 - 61 Bungo Arai - Kyoto Owls - 0 - 55 Shouta Fukushima - Rakisuta Rams - 0 - 54 Daijiro Nakamura - Hosho Reliables - 0 - 36 Shigeru Ishida - Denki Dynamics - 0 - 20 Kinnojo Hirao - Denki Dynamics - 0 - 17 Toyoji Iwamoto - Yokohama Kingfishers - 0 - 6 Shikato Murata - Sapporo Bears - 0 - 2 Tomiyuki Kusumoto - Sapporo Bears - 0 - 1 |   |
