2010 Nippon Professional Baseball season

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

This article is about the 2010 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 2010 in baseball.
2010 NPB season
LeagueNippon Professional Baseball
SportBaseball
DurationMarch 20 – November 7, 2010
Regular Season
Season MVPCL:Kazuhiro Wada (CHU)
PL:Tsuyoshi Wada (SFT)
League Postseason
CL championsChunichi Dragons
  CL runners-upYomiuri Giants
PL championsChiba Lotte Marines
  PL runners-upFukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Japan Series
ChampionsChiba Lotte Marines
  Runners-upChunichi Dragons
Finals MVPToshiaki Imae (LOT)

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
Main articles: 2010 Central League Climax Series and 2010 Pacific League 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
Main article: 2010 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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