2010 Nippon Professional Baseball season

2010 NPB season
2010 NPB season
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)
NPB seasons
	← 2009 2011 →

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

Final standings[]

Central League[]

v t 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[]

v t Pacific League	G	W	L	T	Win%	GB
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks	144	76	63	5	.547	—
Saitama Seibu Lions	144	78	65	1	.545	—
Chiba Lotte Marines	144	75	67	2	.528	2½
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	144	74	67	3	.525	3
Orix Buffaloes	144	69	71	4	.493	7½
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	144	62	79	3	.440	15

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[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

Central League[]

Batting leaders^[1]
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Batting average	Norichika Aoki	Tokyo Yakult Swallows	.358
Home runs	Alex Ramirez	Yomiuri Giants	49
Runs batted in	Alex Ramirez	Yomiuri Giants	129
Runs	Hayato Sakamoto	Yomiuri Giants	107
Hits	Matt Murton	Hanshin Tigers	214
Stolen bases	Eishin Soyogi	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	43

Pitching leaders^[2]
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Wins	Kenta Maeda	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	15
Earned run average	Kenta Maeda	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	2.21
Strikeouts	Kenta Maeda	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	174
Innings pitched	Kenta Maeda	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	215.2
Saves	Hitoki Iwase	Chunichi Dragons	42
Holds	Takuya Asao	Chunichi Dragons	47
Winning percentage	Yasutomo Kubo	Hanshin Tigers	.737

Pacific League[]

Batting leaders^[3]
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Batting average	Tsuyoshi Nishioka	Chiba Lotte Marines	.346
Home runs	Takahiro Okada	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks	33
Runs batted in	Eiichi Koyano	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	109
Runs	Tsuyoshi Nishioka	Chiba Lotte Marines	121
Hits	Tsuyoshi Nishioka	Chiba Lotte Marines	206
Stolen bases	Yuichi Honda Yasuyuki Kataoka	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Saitama Seibu Lions	59

Pitching leaders^[4]
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Wins	Tsuyoshi Wada Chihiro Kaneko	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Orix Buffaloes	17
Earned run average	Yu Darvish	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	1.78
Strikeouts	Yu Darvish	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	222
Innings pitched	Chihiro Kaneko	Orix Buffaloes	204.1
Saves	Brian Sikorski	Saitama Seibu Lions	33
Holds	Brian Falkenborg	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks	39
Winning percentage	Toshiya Sugiuchi	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks	.696

References[]

External links[]

Official website
Official website (English)

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v t Nippon Professional Baseball Seasons
1930s–1940s (Japanese Baseball League)	() 1946 1949
1950s–1960s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
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2010s–2020s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Japan Series Climax Series

v t Nippon Professional Baseball (2021)
Central League	Chunichi Dragons Hanshin Tigers Hiroshima Toyo Carp Tokyo Yakult Swallows Yokohama DeNA BayStars Yomiuri Giants
Pacific League	Chiba Lotte Marines Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Orix Buffaloes Saitama Seibu Lions Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Postseason	Climax Series Japan Series
Awards	Eiji Sawamura Award Most Valuable Player Comeback Player of the Year Rookie of the Year Japan Series Most Valuable Player Award Best Nine Award Golden Spirit Award Matsutaro Shoriki Award
All-Star Series Interleague play World Baseball Classic Hall of Fame Players Foreign players Rosters Seasons Stadiums Western League Eastern League Professional baseball in Japan

2010 Nippon Professional Baseball season

Contents

Final standings[]

Central League[]

Pacific League[]

Climax Series[]

Central League First Stage[]

Central League Final Stage[]

Pacific League First Stage[]

Pacific League Final Stage[]

Japan Series[]

League leaders[]

Central League[]

Pacific League[]

See also[]

References[]

External links[]