Eiji Sawamura Award
Winners
Bold names indicate pitchers who met all seven criteria (limited to 1982 and later winners)

Eiji Sawamura Award

Section Title: Winners
Table Section Text: Bold names indicate pitchers who met all seven criteria (limited to 1982 and later winners)

Year	Player	Team	Ref

1947	Takehiko Bessho	Nankai Hawks

1948	Hiroshi Nakao	Yomiuri Giants

1949	Hideo Fujimoto	Yomiuri Giants

1950	Shigeo Sanada	Shochiku Robins

1951	Shigeru Sugishita	Chunichi Dragons

1952	Shigeru Sugishita	Chunichi Dragons

1953	Takumi Otomo	Yomiuri Giants

1954	Shigeru Sugishita	Chunichi Dragons

1955	Takehiko Bessho	Yomiuri Giants

1956	Masaichi Kaneda	Kokutetsu Swallows

1957	Masaichi Kaneda	Kokutetsu Swallows

1958	Masaichi Kaneda	Kokutetsu Swallows

1959	Minoru Murayama	Hanshin Tigers

1960	Ritsuo Horimoto	Yomiuri Giants

1961	Hiroshi Gondo	Chunichi Dragons

1962	Masaaki Koyama	Hanshin Tigers

1963	Yoshiaki Ito	Yomiuri Giants

1964	Gene Bacque	Hanshin Tigers

1965	Minoru Murayama	Hanshin Tigers

1966	Minoru Murayama	Hanshin Tigers

Tsuneo Horiuchi	Yomiuri Giants

1967	Kentaro Ogawa	Chunichi Dragons

1968	Yutaka Enatsu	Hanshin Tigers

1969	Kazumi Takahashi	Yomiuri Giants

1970	Masaji Hiramatsu	Taiyo Whales

1971	Not awarded

1972	Tsuneo Horiuchi	Yomiuri Giants

1973	Kazumi Takahashi	Yomiuri Giants

1974	Senichi Hoshino	Chunichi Dragons

1975	Yoshiro Sotokoba	Hiroshima Toyo Carp

1976	Kojiro Ikegaya	Hiroshima Toyo Carp

1977	Shigeru Kobayashi	Yomiuri Giants

1978	Hiromu Matsuoka	Yakult Swallows

1979	Shigeru Kobayashi	Hanshin Tigers

1980	Not awarded

1981	Takashi Nishimoto	Yomiuri Giants

1982	Manabu Kitabeppu	Hiroshima Toyo Carp

1983	Kazuhiko Endo	Yokohama Taiyo Whales

1984	Not awarded

1985	Tatsuo Komatsu	Chunichi Dragons

1986	Manabu Kitabeppu	Hiroshima Toyo Carp

1987	Masumi Kuwata	Yomiuri Giants

1988	Yutaka Ohno	Hiroshima Toyo Carp

1989	Masaki Saito	Yomiuri Giants

1990	Hideo Nomo	Kintetsu Buffaloes

1991	Shinji Sasaoka	Hiroshima Toyo Carp

1992	Takehiro Ishii	Seibu Lions

1993	Shinji Imanaka	Chunichi Dragons

1994	Masahiro Yamamoto	Chunichi Dragons

1995	Masaki Saito	Yomiuri Giants

1996	Masaki Saito	Yomiuri Giants

1997	Fumiya Nishiguchi	Seibu Lions

1998	Kenjiro Kawasaki	Yakult Swallows

1999	Koji Uehara	Yomiuri Giants

2000	Not awarded

2001	Daisuke Matsuzaka	Seibu Lions

2002	Koji Uehara	Yomiuri Giants

2003	Kei Igawa	Hanshin Tigers

Kazumi Saito	Fukuoka Daiei Hawks

2004	Kenshin Kawakami	Chunichi Dragons

2005	Toshiya Sugiuchi	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks

2006	Kazumi Saito	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks

2007	Yu Darvish	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters

2008	Hisashi Iwakuma	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles

2009	Hideaki Wakui	Saitama Seibu Lions

2010	Kenta Maeda	Hiroshima Toyo Carp

2011	Masahiro Tanaka	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles

2012	Tadashi Settsu	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks

2013	Masahiro Tanaka	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles

2014	Chihiro Kaneko	Orix Buffaloes

2015	Kenta Maeda	Hiroshima Toyo Carp

2016	Kris Johnson	Hiroshima Toyo Carp

2017	Tomoyuki Sugano	Yomiuri Giants

2018	Tomoyuki Sugano	Yomiuri Giants

Sentence(s)

Hideo Nomo of the Kintetsu Buffaloes won the Eiji Sawamura Award in 1990.

final_sentence: Hideo Nomo of the Kintetsu Buffaloes won the Eiji Sawamura Award in 1990.