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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
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)
NPB seasons

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

Final standings

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Central League

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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: [citation needed]

Pacific League

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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: [citation needed]

Climax Series

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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 StageFinal StageJapan 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

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Game Score Date Location Attendance
1 Hanshin Tigers 1 – 3 Yomiuri Giants October 16 Koshien Stadium 46,868
2 Hanshin Tigers 6 – 7 Yomiuri Giants October 17 Koshien Stadium 46,875

Yomiuri Giants win series 2–0

Central League Final Stage

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Chunichi Dragons have one-win advantage

Game Score Date Location Attendance
1 Chunichi Dragons 5 – 0 Yomiuri Giants October 20 Nagoya Dome 37,659
2 Chunichi Dragons 2 – 0 Yomiuri Giants October 21 Nagoya Dome 37,298
3 Chunichi Dragons 2 – 3 Yomiuri Giants October 22 Nagoya Dome 38,432
4 Chunichi Dragons 4 – 3 Yomiuri Giants October 23 Nagoya Dome 38,432

Chunichi Dragons win series 4–1.

Pacific League First Stage

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Game Score Date Location Attendance
1 Saitama Seibu Lions 5 – 6 Chiba Lotte Marines October 9 Seibu Dome 33,918
2 Saitama Seibu Lions 4 – 5 Chiba Lotte Marines October 10 Seibu Dome 33,911

Chiba Lotte Marines win series 2–0

Pacific League Final Stage

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Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks have one-win advantage

Game Score Date Location Attendance
1 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 1 – 3 Chiba Lotte Marines October 14 Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome 35,118
2 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 3 – 1 Chiba Lotte Marines October 15 Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome 35,876
3 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 1 – 0 Chiba Lotte Marines October 16 Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome 36,664
4 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 2 – 4 Chiba Lotte Marines October 17 Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome 36,235
5 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 2 – 5 Chiba Lotte Marines October 18 Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome 33,108
6 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 0 – 7 Chiba Lotte Marines October 19 Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome 33,515

Chiba Lotte Marines win series 4–3.

Japan Series

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Main article: 2010 Japan Series
Game Score Date Location Attendance
1 Chunichi Dragons 2 – 5 Chiba Lotte Marines October 30 Nagoya Dome 38,066
2 Chunichi Dragons 12 – 1 Chiba Lotte Marines October 31 Nagoya Dome 38,065
3 Chiba Lotte Marines 7 – 1 Chunichi Dragons November 2 Chiba Marine Stadium 26,923
4 Chiba Lotte Marines 3 – 4 Chunichi Dragons November 3 Chiba Marine Stadium 27,197
5 Chiba Lotte Marines 10 – 4 Chunichi Dragons November 4 Chiba Marine Stadium 27,209
6 Chunichi Dragons 2 – 2 Chiba Lotte Marines November 6 Nagoya Dome 38,094
7 Chunichi Dragons 7 – 8 Chiba Lotte Marines November 7 Nagoya Dome 38,075

Chiba Lotte Marines win series 4–2

League leaders

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Central League

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Pacific League

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See also

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References

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