2010 Nippon Professional Baseball season

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2010 NPB season
League Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport Baseball
DurationMarch 20 – November 7
Central League Pennant
League champions Chunichi Dragons
  Runners-up Hanshin Tigers
Season MVP Kazuhiro Wada (Chunichi)
Pacific League Pennant
League champions Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
  Runners-up Saitama Seibu Lions
Season MVP Tsuyoshi Wada (SoftBank)
Climax Series
CL champions Chunichi Dragons
  CL runners-up Yomiuri Giants
PL champions Chiba Lotte Marines
  PL runners-up Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Japan Series
Champions Chiba Lotte Marines
  Runners-up Chunichi Dragons
Finals MVP Toshiaki Imae (Lotte)
NPB seasons

The 2010 Nippon Professional Baseball season is the 61st season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950.

Contents

Final standings

Central League

2010 Central League standings
TeamPldWLTPCTGB
Chunichi Dragons 14479623.559—
Hanshin Tigers 14478633.5521
Yomiuri Giants 14479641.5521
Tokyo Yakult Swallows 14472684.5146.5
Hiroshima Carp 14458842.41021.5
Yokohama BayStars 14448951.33732
Source: [ citation needed ]

Pacific League

2010 Pacific League standings
TeamPldWLTPCTGB
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 14476635.545—
Saitama Seibu Lions 14478651.545—
Chiba Lotte Marines 14475672.5282.5
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 14474673.5243
Orix Buffaloes 14469714.4937.5
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 14462793.44115
Source: [ citation needed ]

Climax Series

Note: All of the games that are played in the first two rounds of the Climax Series are held at the higher seed's home stadium. The team with the higher regular-season standing also advances if the round ends in a tie.

First StageFinal Stage Japan Series
Central League
1Chunichi Dragons4
2Hanshin Tigers03Yomiuri Giants1
3Yomiuri Giants2CL1Chunichi Dragons2
PL3Chiba Lotte Marines4
Pacific League
1Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks3
2Saitama Seibu Lions03Chiba Lotte Marines4
3Chiba Lotte Marines2

Central League First Stage

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Hanshin Tigers 1 – 3 Yomiuri GiantsOctober 16 Koshien Stadium 46,868
2Hanshin Tigers 6 – 7 Yomiuri GiantsOctober 17 Koshien Stadium 46,875

Yomiuri Giants win series 2–0

Central League Final Stage

Chunichi Dragons have one-win advantage

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Chunichi Dragons 5 – 0 Yomiuri GiantsOctober 20 Nagoya Dome 37,659
2Chunichi Dragons 2 – 0 Yomiuri GiantsOctober 21 Nagoya Dome 37,298
3Chunichi Dragons 2 – 3 Yomiuri GiantsOctober 22 Nagoya Dome 38,432
4Chunichi Dragons 4 – 3 Yomiuri GiantsOctober 23 Nagoya Dome 38,432

Chunichi Dragons win series 4–1.

Pacific League First Stage

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Saitama Seibu Lions 5 – 6 Chiba Lotte MarinesOctober 9 Seibu Dome 33,918
2Saitama Seibu Lions 4 – 5 Chiba Lotte MarinesOctober 10 Seibu Dome 33,911

Chiba Lotte Marines win series 2–0

Pacific League Final Stage

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks have one-win advantage

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 1 – 3 Chiba Lotte MarinesOctober 14 Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome 35,118
2Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 3 – 1 Chiba Lotte MarinesOctober 15 Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome 35,876
3Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 1 – 0 Chiba Lotte MarinesOctober 16 Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome 36,664
4Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 2 – 4 Chiba Lotte MarinesOctober 17 Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome 36,235
5Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 2 – 5 Chiba Lotte MarinesOctober 18 Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome 33,108
6Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 0 – 7 Chiba Lotte MarinesOctober 19 Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome 33,515

Chiba Lotte Marines win series 4–3.

Japan Series

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Chunichi Dragons 2 – 5 Chiba Lotte MarinesOctober 30 Nagoya Dome 38,066
2Chunichi Dragons 12 – 1 Chiba Lotte MarinesOctober 31 Nagoya Dome 38,065
3Chiba Lotte Marines 7 – 1 Chunichi DragonsNovember 2 Chiba Marine Stadium 26,923
4Chiba Lotte Marines 3 – 4 Chunichi DragonsNovember 3 Chiba Marine Stadium 27,197
5Chiba Lotte Marines 10 – 4 Chunichi DragonsNovember 4 Chiba Marine Stadium 27,209
6Chunichi Dragons 2 – 2 Chiba Lotte MarinesNovember 6 Nagoya Dome 38,094
7Chunichi Dragons 7 – 8 Chiba Lotte MarinesNovember 7 Nagoya Dome 38,075

Chiba Lotte Marines win series 4–2

League leaders

Central League

Pacific League

See also

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References

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  2. ↑ 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "2010 Central League Qualifiers for Earned-Run Average Title & Top Relief Pitchers | NPB.jp 日本野球機構". Npb.jp. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
  3. ↑ 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "2010 Pacific League Qualifiers for Batting Championship | NPB.jp 日本野球機構". Npb.jp. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
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