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
Finals 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	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	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

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

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.

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

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.

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 4-2-1

Nippon Professional Baseball Seasons

1930s–1940s (Japanese Baseball League)	1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 (1945) 1946 1947 1948 1949

1950s–1960s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970s–1980s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s–2000s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s–2020s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Japan Series Climax Series

2010 Nippon Professional Baseball season

Central League	Chunichi Dragons Hanshin Tigers Hiroshima Toyo Carp Tokyo Yakult Swallows Yokohama BayStars Yomiuri Giants

Pacific League	Chiba Lotte Marines Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Orix Buffaloes Saitama Seibu Lions Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles

2010 All-Star Series 2010 Japan Series 2010 Asia Series

Postseason Climax Series Japan Series Asia Series

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