The "Sapporo Dome MVP Award 2022 Baseball Division" was announced on November 18th (Friday) by Sapporo Dome Co., Ltd., with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters receiving the award for the first time. The award ceremony is scheduled to take place before the start of the "Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Fan Festival 2022" to be held at Sapporo Dome on November 23rd (Wednesday, national holiday).

■ Sapporo Dome MVP Award: Go Matsumoto

An outfielder known for his ability to hit the ball to all fields. He was the first right-handed batter in the team's history to win the batting title.

—Target players

○ The player who performed best at Sapporo Dome that year
○The player who achieved outstanding results this season and whose most memorable and inspiring plays throughout the season left the biggest impression.

—Selection Method

The decision will be made after consideration based on the results of the fan vote.

— Prize money

1 million yen

—Matsumoto's acceptance speech

"I'm truly glad that I was able to achieve a career-high performance in this milestone season, the final year of Sapporo Dome. My professional career actually started at Sapporo Dome, but I think I have more bitter memories there than happy ones. However, I always played with the sole desire to somehow repay the support of the fans who came to the stadium. It's regrettable that we couldn't win the championship at Sapporo Dome again, but being able to play in front of a full stadium of fans for the first time in three years is a memory I'll cherish forever. Next season, I want to work hard so that we can share the joy of winning the championship with everyone in Hokkaido."

—Previous award winners

[2004] Tsuyoshi Shinjo, B.B. (Special Award)
[2005] Yu Darvish
[2006] Hidetoshi Morimoto and Makoto Kaneko (Special Award)
[2007] Atsunori Inaba (player), Yu Darvish (pitcher) (Special Award), Trey Hillman (manager) (Meritorious Service Award), Yukio Tanaka (player) (Meritorious Service Award)
[2008] Yu Darvish (2nd time)
[2009] Makoto Kaneko
[2010] Eiichi Kotani
[2011] Yu Darvish (3rd time)
[2012] Pitcher Mitsuo Yoshikawa
[2013] Yang Dai-kang
[2014] Yang Dai-kang (2nd consecutive year, 2nd time overall), Inaba Atsunori (Meritorious Service Award), Kaneko Makoto (Meritorious Service Award)
[2015] Shohei Ohtani
[2016] Shohei Ohtani (2nd consecutive year, 2nd time overall)
[2017] Haruki Nishikawa
[2018] Naoyuki Uesawa (pitcher)
[2019] Kohei Arihara (pitcher)
[2020] Sho Nakata
[2021] Naoyuki Uesawa (2nd time in 3 years)