2002年度 MVP賞

2002年度東京ドームMVP賞が決定！

On November 29th, the 2002 Tokyo Dome MVP Award ceremony was held at TOKYO DOME HOTEL.

This award is given annually to one player from each of the two teams, the Yomiuri Giants and the Nippon Ham Fighters, whose home stadiums are the Tokyo Dome BIG EGG, to the player who has achieved the most outstanding results in the official games held at Tokyo Dome that year.

This year, the 23rd time the award has been given, Hideki Matsui from the Yomiuri Giants and Michihiro Ogasawara from the Nippon Ham Fighters were the recipients of the award. Both players were presented with a prize of 3 million yen each by Ariatsu Hayashi, President and CEO of Tokyo Dome Corporation.

Tokyo Dome MVP Award: Hideki Matsui
Tokyo Dome MVP Award: Michihiro Ogasawara

Comment from winner

2002年度東京ドームMVP賞Hideki Matsui, Yomiuri Giants player

This is my third time receiving this award, and my first in five years, and I am very happy and honored that we were able to achieve such great results at our home stadium, Tokyo Dome, and that our team has also become number one in Japan. This season, I was particularly impressed by my 50th home run in the last game at Tokyo Dome, and by hitting the ball into the ceiling twice, a historic first feat.

I am proud to have been able to play at Tokyo Dome for the past 10 years, with the support of all my fans. I would like to use the experience I have gained so far to do my best in the future, so I would appreciate your continued support.

Results at the 2002 Tokyo Dome official games

Number of matches	62
batting average	.316
Home Run	21
RBI	49

Matsui's Star Memorial Plate

2002年度東京ドームMVP賞Nippon Ham Fighters Team Player Michihiro Ogasawara

Tokyo Dome MVP Award is one of the awards I aim for, and I am very happy to have won it for four consecutive years. Tokyo Dome is a very comfortable stadium to play in, and I think I was able to become the batting champion because of my good performance at Tokyo Dome. I would like to use the 3 million yen prize money to create something that will be remembered as the batting champion.

Next year will be the last year for the Nippon Ham Fighters to call Tokyo Dome their home ground, but we will do our best as a team to win the championship, so we would appreciate your support.