2010 Nippon Professional Baseball season

This article is about the 2010 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 2010 in baseball.
2010 NPB season
League Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport Baseball
Duration March 20, 2010 – 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
Japan Series 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 Dragons 144 79 62 3 .560 —
Hanshin Tigers 144 78 63 3 .553 1
Yomiuri Giants 144 79 64 1 .552 1
Tokyo Yakult Swallows 144 72 68 4 .514 6½
Hiroshima Carp 144 58 84 2 .408 21½
Yokohama BayStars 144 48 95 1 .336 32

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

Central League First Stage

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1 Hanshin Tigers 1 - 3 Yomiuri GiantsOctober 16Koshien Stadium46,868
2 Hanshin 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
1 Chunichi Dragons 5 - 0 Yomiuri GiantsOctober 20Nagoya Dome37,659
2 Chunichi Dragons 2 - 0 Yomiuri GiantsOctober 21Nagoya Dome37,298
3 Chunichi Dragons 2 - 3 Yomiuri GiantsOctober 22Nagoya Dome38,432
4 Chunichi Dragons 4 - 3 Yomiuri GiantsOctober 23Nagoya Dome38,432

Chunichi Dragons win series 4-1.

Pacific League First Stage

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1 Saitama Seibu Lions 5 - 6 Chiba Lotte MarinesOctober 9Seibu Dome33,918
2 Saitama 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
1 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 1 - 3 Chiba Lotte MarinesOctober 14Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome35,118
2 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 3 - 1 Chiba Lotte MarinesOctober 15Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome35,876
3 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 1 - 0 Chiba Lotte MarinesOctober 16Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome36,664
4 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 2 - 4 Chiba Lotte MarinesOctober 17Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome36,235
5 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 2 - 5 Chiba Lotte MarinesOctober 18Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome33,108
6 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 0 - 7 Chiba Lotte MarinesOctober 19Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome33,515

Chiba Lotte Marines win series 4-3.

Japan Series

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

Chiba Lotte Marines win series 4-2-1

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