The Golden Spirit Award is given annually to the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) player recognizing outstanding contributions to one's community, as voted on by members of the media.

Award winners YearLinks to the corresponding Nippon Professional Baseball season1BFirst baseman2BSecond baseman3BThird basemanCCatcherDHDesignated hitterOFOutfielderPPitcherSSShortstop Year Player Team League Position 1999 Yomiuri Giants Central OF 2000 Nippon-Ham Fighters Pacific IF 2001 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Pacific 3B 2002 Yakult Swallows Central OF 2003 Chunichi Dragons Central OF 2004 Hanshin Tigers Central OF 2005 Chiba Lotte Marines Pacific Coach 2006 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Pacific P 2007 Yokohama BayStars Central P 2008 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Pacific P 2009 Yomiuri Giants Central IF 2010 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Pacific P 2011 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Pacific 1B, OF 2012 Hanshin Tigers Central P 2013 Tokyo Yakult Swallows Central SS 2014 Saitama Seibu Lions Pacific OF 2015 Chiba Lotte Marines Pacific IF 2016 Yomiuri Giants Central P2017Minoru IwataHanshin TigersCentralP2018Tadahito IguchiChiba Lotte MarinesPacificManagerSadaharu OhFukuoka SoftBank HawksPacificExecutiveSadaaki YoshimuraYomiuri GiantsCentralCoach2019Shogo AkiyamaSaitama Seibu LionsPacificOF2021Akihiro YanoHanshin TigersCentralManager2022Masataka YoshidaOrix BuffaloesPacificOF2023Naoki MiyanishiHokkaido Nippon-Ham FightersPacificP2024Tomoyuki SuganoYomiuri GiantsCentralP

See also Roberto Clemente Award

List of Nippon Professional Baseball ERA champions

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External links Sports Hochi