2010 NPB season | |
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League | Nippon Professional Baseball |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | March 20 – November 7 |
Central League Pennant | |
League champions | Chunichi Dragons |
Runners-up | Hanshin Tigers |
Season MVP | Kazuhiro Wada (Chunichi) |
Pacific League Pennant | |
League champions | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks |
Runners-up | Saitama Seibu Lions |
Season MVP | Tsuyoshi Wada (SoftBank) |
Climax Series | |
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 (Lotte) |
The 2010 Nippon Professional Baseball season is the 61st season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950.
Final standings
Central League
Team | Pld | W | L | T | PCT | GB |
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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
Team | Pld | W | L | T | PCT | GB |
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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
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 | |||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||
1 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | 3 | |||||||||||
2 | Saitama Seibu Lions | 0 | 3 | Chiba Lotte Marines | 4 | ||||||||
3 | Chiba Lotte Marines | 2 | |||||||||||
Central League First Stage
Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
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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
Chunichi Dragons have one-win advantage
Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
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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
Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
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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
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks have one-win advantage
Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
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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
Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
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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
Central League
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Pacific League
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See also
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
External links
- Official website
- Official website (English)