2010 Nippon Professional Baseball season

2010 NPB season
League Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport Baseball
Duration March 20 – November 7, 2010
Regular Season
Season MVP CL:Kazuhiro Wada (CHU)
PL:Tsuyoshi Wada (SFT)
League Postseason
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 (LOT)

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

Final standings

Central League

Central League		 G W L T Win% GB
Chunichi Dragons14479623.560—
Hanshin Tigers14478633.5531
Yomiuri Giants14479641.5521
Tokyo Yakult Swallows14472684.5146½
Hiroshima Carp14458842.40821½
Yokohama BayStars14448951.33632

Pacific League

Pacific League		 G W L T Win% GB
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks14476635.547—
Saitama Seibu Lions14478651.545—
Chiba Lotte Marines14475672.5282½
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters14474673.5253
Orix Buffaloes14469714.4937½
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles14462793.44015

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 Stage     Final Stage     Japan Series
                           
  Central League     1 Chunichi Dragons 4  
  2 Hanshin Tigers 0     3 Yomiuri Giants 1    
  3 Yomiuri Giants 2         CL1 Chunichi Dragons 2
      PL3 Chiba Lotte Marines 4
  Pacific League     1 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 3    
  2 Saitama Seibu Lions 0     3 Chiba Lotte Marines 4  
  3 Chiba Lotte Marines 2  

Central League First Stage

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Hanshin Tigers 1 - 3 Yomiuri GiantsOctober 16Koshien Stadium46,868
2Hanshin Tigers 6 - 7 Yomiuri GiantsOctober 17Koshien Stadium46,875

Yomiuri Giants win series 2-0

Central League Final Stage

Chunichi Dragons have one-win advantage

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Chunichi Dragons 5 - 0 Yomiuri GiantsOctober 20Nagoya Dome37,659
2Chunichi Dragons 2 - 0 Yomiuri GiantsOctober 21Nagoya Dome37,298
3Chunichi Dragons 2 - 3 Yomiuri GiantsOctober 22Nagoya Dome38,432
4Chunichi Dragons 4 - 3 Yomiuri GiantsOctober 23Nagoya Dome38,432

Chunichi Dragons win series 4-1.

Pacific League First Stage

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Saitama Seibu Lions 5 - 6 Chiba Lotte MarinesOctober 9Seibu Dome33,918
2Saitama Seibu Lions 4 - 5 Chiba Lotte MarinesOctober 10Seibu Dome33,911

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 14Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome35,118
2Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 3 - 1 Chiba Lotte MarinesOctober 15Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome35,876
3Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 1 - 0 Chiba Lotte MarinesOctober 16Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome36,664
4Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 2 - 4 Chiba Lotte MarinesOctober 17Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome36,235
5Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 2 - 5 Chiba Lotte MarinesOctober 18Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome33,108
6Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 0 - 7 Chiba Lotte MarinesOctober 19Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome33,515

Chiba Lotte Marines win series 4-3.

Japan Series

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Chunichi Dragons 2 - 5 Chiba Lotte MarinesOctober 30Nagoya Dome38,066
2Chunichi Dragons 12 - 1 Chiba Lotte MarinesOctober 31Nagoya Dome38,065
3Chiba Lotte Marines 7 - 1 Chunichi DragonsNovember 2Chiba Marine Stadium26,923
4Chiba Lotte Marines 3 - 4 Chunichi DragonsNovember 3Chiba Marine Stadium27,197
5Chiba Lotte Marines 10 - 4 Chunichi DragonsNovember 4Chiba Marine Stadium27,209
6Chunichi Dragons 2 - 2 Chiba Lotte MarinesNovember 6Nagoya Dome38,094
7Chunichi Dragons 7 - 8 Chiba Lotte MarinesNovember 7Nagoya Dome38,075

Chiba Lotte Marines win series 4-2

League leaders

Central League

Pacific League

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://npb.jp/bis/eng/2010/stats/bat_c.html
  2. ↑ http://npb.jp/bis/eng/2010/stats/pit_c.html
  3. ↑ http://npb.jp/bis/eng/2010/stats/bat_p.html
  4. ↑ http://npb.jp/bis/eng/2010/stats/pit_p.html


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