The 2010 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 61st season since the NPB was reorganized in .
Final standings
Central League
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.
Central League first stage GameScoreDateLocationAttendance1 Hanshin Tigers 1 – 3 Yomiuri GiantsOctober 16Koshien Stadium46,8682 Hanshin Tigers 6 – 7 Yomiuri GiantsOctober 17Koshien Stadium46,875 Yomiuri Giants win series 2–0
Central League final stage Chunichi Dragons have one-win advantage
GameScoreDateLocationAttendance1 Chunichi Dragons 5 – 0 Yomiuri GiantsOctober 20Nagoya Dome37,6592 Chunichi Dragons 2 – 0 Yomiuri GiantsOctober 21Nagoya Dome37,2983 Chunichi Dragons 2 – 3 Yomiuri GiantsOctober 22Nagoya Dome38,4324 Chunichi Dragons 4 – 3 Yomiuri GiantsOctober 23Nagoya Dome38,432
Chunichi Dragons win series 4–1.
Pacific League first stage
GameScoreDateLocationAttendance1 Saitama Seibu Lions 5 – 6 Chiba Lotte MarinesOctober 9Seibu Dome33,9182 Saitama 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
GameScoreDateLocationAttendance1 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 1 – 3 Chiba Lotte MarinesOctober 14Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome35,1182 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 3 – 1 Chiba Lotte MarinesOctober 15Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome35,8763 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 1 – 0 Chiba Lotte MarinesOctober 16Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome36,6644 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 2 – 4 Chiba Lotte MarinesOctober 17Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome36,2355 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 2 – 5 Chiba Lotte MarinesOctober 18Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome33,1086 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 0 – 7 Chiba Lotte MarinesOctober 19Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome33,515
Chiba Lotte Marines win series 4–3.
Japan Series
GameScoreDateLocationAttendance1 Chunichi Dragons 2 – 5 Chiba Lotte MarinesOctober 30Nagoya Dome38,0662 Chunichi Dragons 12 – 1 Chiba Lotte MarinesOctober 31Nagoya Dome38,0653 Chiba Lotte Marines 7 – 1 Chunichi DragonsNovember 2Chiba Marine Stadium26,9234 Chiba Lotte Marines 3 – 4 Chunichi DragonsNovember 3Chiba Marine Stadium27,1975 Chiba Lotte Marines 10 – 4 Chunichi DragonsNovember 4Chiba Marine Stadium27,2096 Chunichi Dragons 2 – 2 Chiba Lotte MarinesNovember 6Nagoya Dome38,0947Chunichi Dragons 7 – 8 Chiba Lotte MarinesNovember 7Nagoya Dome38,075
Chiba Lotte Marines win series 4–2
League leaders
Central League
+ Batting leaders Stat Player Team Total Batting averageNorichika Aoki Tokyo Yakult Swallows .358 Home runsAlex Ramirez Yomiuri Giants 49 Runs batted inAlex Ramirez Yomiuri Giants 129 RunsHayato Sakamoto Yomiuri Giants 107 HitsMatt Murton Hanshin Tigers 214 Stolen basesEishin Soyogi Hiroshima Toyo Carp 43
+ Pitching leaders Stat Player Team Total WinsKenta Maeda Hiroshima Toyo Carp 15 Earned run averageKenta Maeda Hiroshima Toyo Carp 2.21 StrikeoutsKenta Maeda Hiroshima Toyo Carp 174 Innings pitchedKenta 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 Stat Player Team Total Batting averageTsuyoshi Nishioka Chiba Lotte Marines .346 Home runsTakahiro Okada Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 33 Runs batted inEiichi Koyano Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 109 RunsTsuyoshi Nishioka Chiba Lotte Marines 121 HitsTsuyoshi Nishioka Chiba Lotte Marines 206 Stolen basesYuichi HondaYasuyuki Kataoka Fukuoka SoftBank HawksSaitama Seibu Lions 59
+ Pitching leaders Stat Player Team Total Wins Tsuyoshi WadaChihiro Kaneko Fukuoka SoftBank HawksOrix Buffaloes 17 Earned run averageYu Darvish Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 1.78 StrikeoutsYu Darvish Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 222 Innings pitchedChihiro 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
See also 2010 Korea Professional Baseball season 2010 Major League Baseball season
References
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