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 | WL Top Player, 1974 Choice Is Hayashida Saturday, October 19th , 1974 Jouta Hayashida has been around Baseball Association of Nippon enough to know a good hot streak when he sees one -- and he got to see one firsthand all year. For his standout run through the 1974 season, he's taking home the Most Valuable Player Award in the Western League. The Kobe center fielder put up a batting average of .280 with 31 doubles, 1 triple, 34 home runs and 105 RBIs. He received 8 first place votes out of a possible 12. Fusao Tokunaga of the Kinboshi Kites finished second in voting with 2 first place votes, while Tsuruo Akamine of the Fukuoka Falcons finished third with 2 first place votes. Player - Team - First Place - Total Points Jouta Hayashida - Kobe Bulls - 8 - 148 Fusao Tokunaga - Kinboshi Kites - 2 - 116 Tsuruo Akamine - Fukuoka Falcons - 2 - 107 Hidetsugu Ikegami - Vesutan Bees - 0 - 80 Ayato Sugiura - Fukuoka Falcons - 0 - 72 Kyozo Omori - Vesutan Bees - 0 - 53 Yasuhiko Kawasaki - Fukuoka Falcons - 0 - 47 Takaki Smith - Kobe Bulls - 0 - 40 Tatsuharu Oto - Kobe Bulls - 0 - 29 Taiji Miyakawa - Vesutan Bees - 0 - 15 Akinari Nakamura - Vesutan Bees - 0 - 1 |   |
