2010 NPB season
LeagueNippon Professional Baseball
SportBaseball
DurationMarch 20 – November 7
Central League Pennant
League championsChunichi Dragons
  Runners-upHanshin Tigers
Season MVPKazuhiro Wada (Chunichi)
Pacific League Pennant
League championsFukuoka SoftBank Hawks
  Runners-upSaitama Seibu Lions
Season MVPTsuyoshi Wada (SoftBank)
Climax Series
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 (Lotte)

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

Final standings

Central League

2010 Central League standings
Team Pld W L T PCT GB
Chunichi Dragons 144 79 62 3 .559
Hanshin Tigers 144 78 63 3 .552 1
Yomiuri Giants 144 79 64 1 .552 1
Tokyo Yakult Swallows 144 72 68 4 .514 6.5
Hiroshima Carp 144 58 84 2 .410 21.5
Yokohama BayStars 144 48 95 1 .337 32
Source:

Pacific League

2010 Pacific League standings
Team Pld W L T PCT GB
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 144 76 63 5 .545
Saitama Seibu Lions 144 78 65 1 .545
Chiba Lotte Marines 144 75 67 2 .528 2.5
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 144 74 67 3 .524 3
Orix Buffaloes 144 69 71 4 .493 7.5
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 144 62 79 3 .441 15
Source:

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 StageJapan Series
1Chunichi Dragons4
2Hanshin Tigers03Yomiuri Giants1
3Yomiuri Giants2CL1Chunichi Dragons2
PL3Chiba Lotte Marines4
1Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks3
2Saitama Seibu Lions03Chiba Lotte Marines4
3Chiba Lotte Marines2

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

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