Hotaka Yamakawa was named the Pacific League MVP for the months of March/April for the 2019 season on Wednesday afternoon. It was the fifth time Yamakawa has won such an award.
"I was looking at it and thought it was going to be [Tomoya Mori] would would win," Yamakawa said in an interview. "I was hitting home runs, but it was when the team was not winning. Last year I won this award for March/April, but this year, I had a lower batting average. Currently, I'm on pace for about 61 HRs this season with 16 home runs already."
Yamakawa had a .271 batting average, but his slugging average was .688, which was first in the Pacific League. He had the most HRs with 11, while also being at No. 1 in RBIs with 31. With an OBP of .397, his OPS for March/April was 1.085.
The last time Yamakawa won this award was for September/October of 2018 and he has won two monthly awards each beginning with 2017. Mori had the highest batting average of March/April among Pacific League hitters.
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Other March/April MVP winners:
Kohei Arihara (Fighters): (4-0), 35 IP, 35 K, 0.51 ERA, 2 ER
Shun Yamaguchi (Giants): (4-0), 34 IP, 30 K, 1.59 ERA, 6 ER
Hayato Sakamoto (Giants): .350/.440/.590, 7 HR, 35 H, 15 RBI
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