MLB 2010

Major League Baseball
season	2010
Period	April 4 - November 1, 2010
Regular season
Season MVP AL	Josh Hamilton (TEX)
Season MVP NL	Joey Votto (CIN)
Postseason
AL Champion	Texas Rangers
Second AL	New York Yankees
NL champion	San Francisco Giants
Second NL	Philadelphia Phillies
World Series
champion	San Francisco Giants
MVP	Edgar Rentería
Playing times
◄ 2009 2011 ►

The 2010 MLB season opened on April 4, 2010 with the opening game between the Boston Red Sox and the reigning 2009 World Series Champion , the New York Yankees , at Fenway Park in Boston . The Boston Red Sox won the game 9-7.

During the regular season , 30 teams fought in 162 games each for a place in the play-offs. The last regular season games took place on October 3, 2010. Subsequently, the so-called postseason took place between the eight qualified teams , in which the winners of the American League and the National League and thus participants in the 2010 World Series were determined. The 106th World Series won the San Francisco Giants 4-1 games against the Texas Rangers . For the Giants it was the first title win since 1954.

The 2010 MLB All-Star Game took place on July 13, 2010 at the Angel Stadium of Anaheim in Anaheim .

Participating teams

For the 2010 season, too, those responsible made no changes to the participating franchises or league and division assignments.

American League
west	Central	East
LA Angels of Anaheim	Minnesota Twins	New York Yankees
Texas Rangers	Detroit Tigers	Boston Red Sox
Seattle Mariners	Chicago White Sox	Tampa Bay Rays
Oakland Athletics	Cleveland Indians	Toronto Blue Jays
	Kansas City Royals	Baltimore Orioles

National League
west	Central	East
Los Angeles Dodgers	St. Louis Cardinals	Philadelphia Phillies
Colorado Rockies	Chicago Cubs	Florida marlins
San Francisco Giants	Milwaukee Brewers	Atlanta Braves
San Diego Padres	Cincinnati Reds	New York Mets
Arizona Diamondbacks	Houston Astros	Washington Nationals
	Pittsburgh Pirates

* Sorted according to the previous year's placements in the respective divisions. The teams that qualified for the postseason in the previous year are colored green .

New stadium

With Target Field , the new home of the Minnesota Twins , another new stadium became the venue for MLB games in 2010. The Twins won the opening game on April 12, 2010 5-2 against the Boston Red Sox .

Season course of the regular season

American League

April

As of April 30, the American League ranked as follows:

East Division						Central Division						West Division
PS	franchise	W.	L.	GB		PS	franchise	W.	L.	GB		PS	franchise	W.	L.	GB
1	Tampa Bay Rays	17th	6th	-		2	Minnesota Twins	15th	8th	-		3	Los Angeles Angels	12	12	-
WC	New York Yankees	15th	7th	1.5			Detroit Tigers	14th	10	1.5			Oakland Athletics	12	12	-
	Toronto Blue Jays	12	12	5.5			Cleveland Indians	9	13	5.5			Seattle Mariners	11	12	0.5
	Boston Red Sox	11	12	6.0			Chicago White Sox	9	14th	6.0			Texas Rangers	11	12	0.5
	Baltimore Orioles	5	18th	12.0			Kansas City Royals	9	14th	6.0

PS = postseason; Number = rank on the seeding list or WC = wild card (best runner-up of all divisions)

W = Wins (victories), L = Losses (defeats), GB = Games Behind (behind leaders: number of necessary defeats for the leader while simultaneously winning)

The Rays came out of the starting blocks best in the AL East and set a new franchise starting record. Their only series defeat they conceded at home against the Yankees, who are hardly inferior to them and also started well. Noticeable is the relatively bad start of the Red Sox, which u. a. were swept by the Rays in a four-game home series.

In AL Central, a lot is going on as usual, only the White Sox are worse off than expected.

In the AL West, the overall extremely average level is remarkable, at which no team was able to set a positive record in April.

May

Dallas Braden threw a Perfect Game on May 9th .

In the AL, the Perfect Game by Dallas Braden on May 9, 2010 (see milestones ) was the most outstanding pitcher performance. It is remarkable that Tampa Bay had to accept such a defeat for the second time within a year (in July of the previous year by Mark Buehrle ). Not so nice for the Seattle Mariners: Ken Griffey Jr. , active player with the most home runs , is only used sporadically in his 22nd season and could be about to end his career. Milton Bradley , enfant terrible with the eighth team in eleven professional years and since this season also with the Mariners, left the squad for two weeks for undisclosed personal reasons, but was back in action at the end of the month.

For the LA Angels , the victory against the Mariners on May 29 ended in an extraordinary way: After scoring the decisive points for the Angels with a walk-off Grand Slam , Kendry Morales injured himself while celebrating at home plate and pulled himself out in need of surgery Fracture of the lower leg too.

As of May 31, the American League ranked as follows:

East Division						Central Division						West Division
PS	franchise	W.	L.	GB		PS	franchise	W.	L.	GB		PS	franchise	W.	L.	GB
1	Tampa Bay Rays	34	18th	-		2	Minnesota Twins	31	20th	-		▲ 3	Oakland Athletics	28	24	-
WC	New York Yankees	31	20th	2.5			Detroit Tigers	26th	24	4.5		▲	Texas Rangers	26th	24	-
	Toronto Blue Jays	31	22nd	3.5		▲	Chicago White Sox	22nd	28	8.5		▼	Los Angeles Angels	26th	27	2.5
	Boston Red Sox	29	23	5.0		▲	Kansas City Royals	21st	31	10.5		▼	Seattle Mariners	19th	31	8.0
	Baltimore Orioles	15th	36	18.5		▼	Cleveland Indians	18th	31	12.0

Arrows: ▲ Improvement vs. April, ▼ worsening vs. April, otherwise see AL April

In the AL East, the Rays are still ahead (and are the best MLB team overall), but have lost some of their meanwhile large lead over the Yankees and lost six of the last ten May games. The Blue Jays are still surprisingly good, while the Red Sox could hardly make up ground. The Orioles remain clearly the last and overall worst MLB team.

In the AL Central, the Indians were passed to last place after 9-18 in May, while the Twins, as division leaders, can call themselves the second-best AL team together with the Yankees. The gaps between the teams are now quite large and thus prevent short-term changes of place, u. a. between the Tigers and the White Sox.

In the AL West, the Angels are doing surprisingly badly, while the A's and Rangers, who are used to success, are happy about the leading division positions. The Mariners continue to disappoint.

June to All-Star Break (July 11, 2010)

At the All-Star-Break (July 11, 2010) the following placements resulted in the AL:

East Division						Central Division						West Division
PS	franchise	W.	L.	GB		PS	franchise	W.	L.	GB		PS	franchise	W.	L.	GB
▲ 1	New York Yankees	56	32	-		▲ 3	Chicago White Sox	49	38	-		▲ 2	Texas Rangers	50	38	-
▼ WC	Tampa Bay Rays	54	34	2.0			Detroit Tigers	48	38	0.5		▲	Los Angeles Angels	47	44	5.0
▲	Boston Red Sox	51	37	5.0		▼	Minnesota Twins	46	42	3.5		▼	Oakland Athletics	43	46	7.5
▼	Toronto Blue Jays	44	45	12.5			Kansas City Royals	39	49	10.5			Seattle Mariners	35	53	15.0
	Baltimore Orioles	29	59	27.0			Cleveland Indians	34	54	15.5

Arrows: ▲ Improvement vs. May, ▼ worsening vs. May, explanations: see AL April

Second half of July and August

As of August 31, 2010, the following placements were made in the AL:

East Division						Central Division						West Division
PS	franchise	W.	L.	GB		PS	franchise	W.	L.	GB		PS	franchise	W.	L.	GB
1	New York Yankees	82	50	-		▲ 2	Minnesota Twins	76	56			3	Texas Rangers	74	58
WC	Tampa Bay Rays	81	51	1.0		▼	Chicago White Sox	72	60	4.0		▲	Oakland Athletics	65	66	9.0
	Boston Red Sox	74	58	8.0		▼	Detroit Tigers	65	67	11.0		▼	Los Angeles Angels	64	69	10.5
	Toronto Blue Jays	69	63	13.0			Kansas City Royals	56	76	20.0			Seattle Mariners	52	80	22.0
	Baltimore Orioles	49	83	33.0			Cleveland Indians	53	79	23.0

Arrows: ▲ Improvement vs. All-Star-Break, ▼ deterioration, explanations: see AL April

Since the All-Star-Break little has happened in the AL East: Yankees and Rays march almost in lockstep, making them the two strongest teams in the MLB. This hits the Red Sox with bad luck with injuries, who would have a much better chance of the postseason in another division. The Blue Jays in fourth are also six games over .500, so with a positive record (more wins than losses). The Orioles replaced the interim coach Juan Samuel with the experienced manager Buck Showalter on August 2, 2010 , as Samuel could only win a third of the games since his appointment in June.

In the AL Central, the Twins have already moved up a bit with an intermediate sprint to first place, while Detroit threatens to lose touch with the leaders.

The Rangers dominate the AL West, but also benefit from the relatively poor performance of their pursuers, all of whom have negative records.

September

The final tables in the American League show the following picture:

East Division						Central Division						West Division
PS	franchise	W.	L.	GB		PS	franchise	W.	L.	GB		PS	franchise	W.	L.	GB
▲ 1	Tampa Bay Rays	96	66	-		2	Minnesota Twins	94	68			3	Texas Rangers	90	72
▼ WC	New York Yankees	95	67	1.0			Chicago White Sox	88	74	6.0			Oakland Athletics	81	81	9
	Boston Red Sox	89	73	7.0			Detroit Tigers	81	81	13.0			Los Angeles Angels	80	82	10.0
	Toronto Blue Jays	85	77	11.0		▲	Cleveland Indians	69	93	25.0			Seattle Mariners	61	101	29.0
	Baltimore Orioles	66	96	30.0		▼	Kansas City Royals	67	95	27.0

Arrows: ▲ Improvement vs. August ▼ worsening vs. August, otherwise see AL April

On September 21, the Minnesota Twins were the first team to take part in the postseason by winning the AL Central Division, eleven game days before the end of the season. The Texas Rangers followed them on September 25th as winners of the AL West Division (eight game days to go). Since September 28, the teams of the Tampa Bay Rays and the New York Yankees were safely qualified in the AL East ; on the last day of the season, the Rays were able to secure the victory of the AL East Division, while the wild card place remained for the Yankees.

National League

April

East Division						Central Division						West Division
PS	franchise	W.	L.	GB		PS	franchise	W.	L.	GB		PS	franchise	W.	L.	GB
3	New York Mets	14th	9	-		1	St. Louis Cardinals	15th	8th	-		2	San Diego Padres	15th	8th	-
	Washington Nationals	13	10	1.0			Cincinnati Reds	12	11	3.0		WC	San Francisco Giants	13	9	2.0
	Philadelphia Phillies	12	10	1.5			Chicago Cubs	11	13	4.5			Arizona Diamondbacks	11	12	4.0
	Florida marlins	11	12	3.0			Pittsburgh Pirates	10	13	5.0			Colorado Rockies	11	12	4.0
	Atlanta Braves	9	14th	5.0			Milwaukee Brewers	9	14th	6.0			Los Angeles Dodgers	9	14th	6.0
							Houston Astros	8th	14th	6.5

Explanations: see AL

May

The twentieth perfect game in major league history was thrown in the NL. On May 29, 2010, Roy Halladay won with the Philadelphia Phillies against the Florida Marlins 1–0.

As of May 31, the National League ranked as follows:

East Division						Central Division						West Division
PS	franchise	W.	L.	GB		PS	franchise	W.	L.	GB		PS	franchise	W.	L.	GB
3 ▲	Atlanta Braves	29	22nd	-		2	Cincinnati Reds	30th	22nd	-		1	San Diego Padres	31	20th	-
▲	Philadelphia Phillies	28	22nd	0.5		WC	St. Louis Cardinals	30th	22nd	-		▲	Los Angeles Dodgers	29	22nd	2
▲	Florida marlins	26th	26th	3.5			Chicago Cubs	24	28	6.0		▼	San Francisco Giants	27	23	3.5
▼	New York Mets	26th	26th	3.5		▲	Milwaukee Brewers	21st	30th	8.5			Colorado Rockies	27	24	4.0
▼	Washington Nationals	26th	26th	3.5		▼	Pittsburgh Pirates	21st	31	9.0		▼	Arizona Diamondbacks	20th	32	11.5
							Houston Astros	17th	34	12.5

Arrows: ▲ Improvement vs. April, ▼ worsening vs. April, otherwise see AL April

In NL East, the Braves were able to catapult themselves from last place in April to first place in May. Conversely, the Mets moved from first to the shared penultimate place, but this division is by far the most competitive of all teams.

The NL Central, on the other hand, is developing into a 2- or 3-class society: In front the Reds and the Cardinals, in the back the Brewers, Pirates and Astros. For the Cubs, the average remains.

In NL West, the Padres are happy to be competitive after their disappointing performance in 2009 (20 games behind the Dodgers at the end of the season). The Diamondbacks, on the other hand, seem to have no chance like last year and are already losing touch with the other teams.

June to All-Star Break (July 11, 2010)

At the All-Star-Break (July 11, 2010) the following placements resulted in the NL:

East Division						Central Division						West Division
PS	franchise	W.	L.	GB		PS	franchise	W.	L.	GB		PS	franchise	W.	L.	GB
1	Atlanta Braves	52	36	-		3	Cincinnati Reds	49	41	-		2	San Diego Padres	51	37	-
▲	New York Mets	48	40	4.0		WC	St. Louis Cardinals	47	41	1.0		WC	Los Angeles Dodgers	49	39	2.0
▼	Philadelphia Phillies	47	40	4.5		▲	Milwaukee Brewers	40	49	8.5		WC ▲	Colorado Rockies	49	39	2.0
▼	Florida marlins	42	46	10.0		▼	Chicago Cubs	39	50	9.5		▼	San Francisco Giants	47	41	4.0
	Washington Nationals	39	50	13.5			Houston Astros	36	53	12.5			Arizona Diamondbacks	34	55	17.5
							Pittsburgh Pirates	30th	58	18.0

Arrows: ▲ Improvement vs. May, ▼ worsening vs. May, otherwise see AL April

Second half of July and August

As of August 31, 2010 the NL had the following placements:

East Division						Central Division						West Division
PS	franchise	W.	L.	GB		PS	franchise	W.	L.	GB		PS	franchise	W.	L.	GB
1	Atlanta Braves	77	55	-		2	Cincinnati Reds	77	55	-		3	San Diego Padres	76	55	-
WC ▲	Philadelphia Phillies	74	58	3.0			St. Louis Cardinals	69	61	7.0		▲	San Francisco Giants	73	60	4.0
▲	Florida marlins	66	65	10.5			Milwaukee Brewers	62	70	15.0			Colorado Rockies	69	62	7.0
▼	New York Mets	65	67	12.0		▲	Houston Astros	61	71	16.0		▼	Los Angeles Dodgers	68	65	9.0
	Washington Nationals	57	76	20.5		▼	Chicago Cubs	56	77	21.5			Arizona Diamondbacks	54	79	23.0
							Pittsburgh Pirates	44	88	33.0

Arrows: ▲ improvement since All-Star-Break, ▼ deterioration, otherwise see AL April

September

The final tables in the National League show the following picture:

East Division						Central Division						West Division
PS	franchise	W.	L.	GB		PS	franchise	W.	L.	GB		PS	franchise	W.	L.	GB
▲ 1	Philadelphia Phillies	97	65	-		3	Cincinnati Reds	91	71	-		▲ 2	San Francisco Giants	92	70	-
▼ WC	Atlanta Braves	91	71	6.0			St. Louis Cardinals	86	76	5.0		▼	San Diego Padres	90	72	2.0
	Florida marlins	80	82	17.0			Milwaukee Brewers	77	85	14.0			Colorado Rockies	83	79	9.0
	New York Mets	79	83	18.0			Houston Astros	76	86	15.0			Los Angeles Dodgers	80	82	12.0
	Washington Nationals	69	93	28.0			Chicago Cubs	75	87	16.0			Arizona Diamondbacks	65	97	27.0
							Pittsburgh Pirates	57	105	34.0

Arrows: ▲ Improvement vs. August ▼ worsening vs. August, otherwise see AL April

On September 26th, the Philadelphia Phillies secured their postseason participation, on September 27th the NL East Division won the fourth consecutive win. The Cincinnati Reds celebrated winning the NL Central Division on September 28th, which means the postseason for the Reds after 15 years of waiting. On the final day of the game, the San Francisco Giants secured victory in the NL West Division with a 3-0 victory over San Diego; this defeat also cost the Padres the chance at the wild card, which (also on the last day of the game) got the Atlanta Braves .

Postseason

→ Main articles: NLDS 2010 , ALDS 2010 , NLCS 2010 , ALCS 2010 , World Series 2010

Mode and participants

As in previous years, the best four teams play the winners of the American League or National League in the postseason, which then determine the World Series winner in the 2010 World Series.

The Division Series and then the respective Championship Series have been played since October 6, 2010 at the latest until October 24, 2010. To this end, the three division winners and the best runner-up (so-called wild card) meet in two division series matches in the best-of-five mode ( ALDS or NLDS = American or National League Division Series). The winners of the Division Series matches then play the respective League Champion in a best-of-seven procedure ( ALCS or NLCS = American or National League Championship Series).

The wild card winners usually play against the best division winner, i.e. the team with the most wins from the regular season games. However, if the team with the most wins comes from the same division as the wild card winner, the wild card team will play against the second best division winner in their league in order to avoid an intra-division duel.

The participants in the American League were the Minnesota Twins (winner AL Central), Texas Rangers (winner AL West), Tampa Bay Rays (winner AL East) and the New York Yankees (Wild Card). Because of the rule described above, the Yankees did not meet the Rays (with the best record), but the Twins.

In the National League , the Philadelphia Phillies (winner NL East), the Cincinnati Reds (winner NL Central), the San Francisco Giants (winner West) and the Atlanta Braves (Wild Card) qualified for the postseason. Again, the Braves did not play against the best Philadelphia team, but against the Giants.

Scheme

The following results were found in the postseason:

	League Division Series					League Championship Series					World Series
	1	Tampa Bay Rays	2
	3	Texas Rangers	3
						3	Texas Rangers	4th
	American League
						WC	New York Yankees	2
	2	Minnesota Twins	0
	WC	New York Yankees	3
											3	Texas Rangers	1
											2	San Francisco Giants	4th
	1	Philadelphia Phillies	3
	3	Cincinnati Reds	0
						1	Philadelphia Phillies	2
	National League
						2	San Francisco Giants	4th
	2	San Francisco Giants	3
	WC	Atlanta Braves	1

ALDS, NLDS (Division Series): Best-of Five; ALCS, NLCS (Championship Series): Best-of-Seven

Special achievements and milestones

Individual services

• Dallas Braden of Oakland Athletics threw the 19th Perfect Game in MLB history on May 9, 2010 . In the 4-0 win over the Tampa Bay Rays, not a single opposing player came on a base. He threw six strikeouts.
• Manny Ramirez of the Los Angeles Dodgers scored the 2.500sten hit of his career in the game against the Florida Marlins on April 10.
• Iván Rodríguez from the Washington Nationals managed his career on April 12, the 550ste double. Only 22 other players succeeded in this before him.
• Ubaldo Jimenez of the Colorado Rockies succeeded on April 17 in the 4–0 win over the Atlanta Braves a no-hitter ; this was the first no-hitter in Rockies history.
• In the three-game series of the Philadelphia Phillies at the New York Mets from May 25 to 27, the Mets pitchers ensured that the Phillies did not score a single run. The last time the Minnesota Twins had such an achievement was in 2004 . The Mets only managed a comparable shutdown sweep once before (1969).
• In the subsequent series of the Phillies, Roy Halladay threw the twentieth Perfect Game in the history of the Major Leagues on May 29, 2010. Josh Johnson and the Florida Marlins as the losers of the game also only allowed the Phillies to run one run , so the game ended with the minimum score of 1–0.

The almost perfect game

Armando Galarraga

On June 2, 2010, pitcher Armando Galarraga of the Detroit Tigers almost played the third perfect game of the MLB season. In the match against the Cleveland Indians , he had already identified 26 of the opponent's 27 batter without them reaching first base. After Cleveland's last batter, Jason Donald , hit a ground ball to first baseman, the latter threw it to Galarraga, who covered first base. The pitcher caught the ball and spotted Donald, as evidenced by the video. The experienced first-base umpire Jim Joyce, however, decided on safe for the batter.

In retrospect, Joyce admitted his mistake and deeply regretted that his wrong decision stole the perfect game from a pitcher.

As a result, the performance of Galarraga as will one hit - shutout performed because after the official and valid votes in the last at-bat a hit succeeded.

The next day, instead of the manager, Galarraga handed over the line-up card for the next game to Joyce. The two shook hands and Joyce patted the pitcher on the shoulder. In addition, the sponsor General Motors Galarraga presented a red Corvette . It was emphasized that this should not only be a sign of the almost perfect game, but also for the sporting and fair treatment of the referee.

Coach dismissals

In the season and immediately after the end of the season, a total of eleven teams fired their manager, i.e. the person primarily responsible for sport. Since the Baltimore Orioles put their interim coach back into the second tier after less than two months and the Seattle Mariners did not hold onto their interim coach after the end of the season, a total of 13 managers were affected:

date	team	Manager	successor
05/13/2010	Kansas City Royals	Trey Hillman	Ned Yost
06/04/2010	Baltimore Orioles	Dave Trembley	Juan Samuel
06/23/2010	Florida marlins	Fredi Gonzalez	Edwin Rodriguez
07/01/2010	Arizona Diamondbacks	AJ Hinch	Kirk Gibson
08/02/2010	Baltimore Orioles	Juan Samuel	Buck Showalter
08/09/2010	Seattle Mariners	Don Wakamatsu	Daren Brown
08/22/2010	Chicago Cubs	Lou Piniella (Retired)	Mike Quade
03/10/2010	Los Angeles Dodgers	Joe Torre (retired)	Don Mattingly
03/10/2010	Toronto Blue Jays	Cito Gaston (end of career)	John Farrell
04/10/2010	New York Mets	Jerry Manuel	Terry Collins
04/10/2010	Milwaukee Brewers	Ken Macha	Ron Roenicke
04/10/2010	Pittsburgh Pirates	John Russell	Clint Hurdle
October 18, 2010	Seattle Mariners	Daren Brown	Eric Wedge

honors and awards

Second baseman Robinson Canó. Player of the month April in the AL .

Pitcher Roy Halladay. Pitcher of the month July in the NL .

Player of the month

month	American League	National League
April	Robinson Canó	Kelly Johnson
May	David Ortiz	Troy Glaus
June	Josh Hamilton	David Wright
July	José Bautista Delmon Young	Buster Posey
August	José Bautista	Albert Pujols
September	Alex Rodríguez	Troy Tulowitzki

Pitcher of the month

month	American League	National League
April	Francisco Liriano	Ubaldo Jimenez
May	Jon Lester	Ubaldo Jimenez
June	Cliff Lee	Josh Johnson
July	Gavin Floyd	Roy Halladay
August	Clay Buchholz	Tim Hudson
September	David Price	Derek Lowe

Rookie of the month

month	American League	National League
April	Austin Jackson	Jason Heyward
May	Brennan Boesch	Jason Heyward
June	Brennan Boesch	Gaby Sanchez
July	Wade Davis	Buster Posey
August	Brian Matusz	Daniel Hudson
September	Neftali Feliz	Pedro Alvarez

Comeback Player of the Year

• Tim Hudson, Atlanta Braves
• Francisco Liriano, Minnesota Twins

Hank Aaron Award

• José Bautista , Toronto Blue Jays
• Joey Votto, Cincinnati Reds

Roberto Clemente Award

Tim Wakefield, Boston Red Sox

Gold Glove Award

Ichirō Suzuki won his 10th consecutive Gold Glove.

position	American League	National League
C.	Joe Mauer	Yadier Molina
1B	Mark Teixeira	Albert Pujols
2 B	Robinson Canó	Brandon Phillips
3B	Evan Longoria	Scott Rolen
SS	Derek Jeter	Troy Tulowitzki
OF	Ichirō Suzuki	Michael Bourn
OF	Carl Crawford	Carlos Eduardo González
OF	Franklin Gutierrez	Shane Victorino
P	Mark Buehrle	Bronson Arroyo

Josh Hamilton, AL MVP

Silver Slugger Award

position	American League	National League
C.	Joe Mauer	Brian McCann
1B	Miguel Cabrera	Albert Pujols
2 B	Robinson Canó	Dan Uggla
3B	Adrián Beltré	Ryan Zimmerman
SS	Alexei Ramirez	Troy Tulowitzki
OF	José Bautista	Ryan Braun
OF	Carl Crawford	Carlos Eduardo González
OF	Josh Hamilton	Matt Holliday
DH / P	Vladimir Guerrero	Yovani Gallardo

Rookie of the Year

• NL: Buster Posey , San Francisco Giants
• AL: Neftali Feliz , Texas Rangers

Cy Young Award

• NL: Roy Halladay , Philadelphia Phillies
• AL: Felix Hernandez , Seattle Mariners

Manager of the Year

• NL: Bud Black , San Diego Padres
• AL: Ron Gardenhire , Minnesota Twins

Most Valuable Player

• NL: Joey Votto , Cincinnati Reds
• AL: Josh Hamilton , Texas Rangers

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Schedule of the Regular Season 2010 . mlb.com. Retrieved January 12, 2010.
2. ^ All-Star Game 2010 . mlb.com. Retrieved January 12, 2010.
3. ^ Bradley finding a place to be comfortable . In: MLB.com . May 28, 2010. Retrieved May 27, 2010.
4. ↑ Kendry's walk-off slam comes with injury . In: MLB.com . May 29, 2010. Archived from the original on June 2, 2010. Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 30, 2010. 
5. ^ Phils' Halladay throws MLB's 20th perfecto . In: MLB.com . May 30, 2010. Retrieved May 30, 2010.
6. ^ Dallas Braden, Perfect Game . In: MLB.com . May 9, 2010. Retrieved May 10, 2010.
7. ↑ Jimenez throws first no-hitter in Rox history . In: MLB.com . April 18, 2010. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
8. ^ Pelfrey leads Mets to third straight shutout . In: MLB.com . May 28, 2010. Archived from the original on May 30, 2010. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 28, 2010. 
9. ↑ Video: Interview with scenes of the "almost perfect game" . In: mlb.com . mlb.com. June 4, 2010. Retrieved June 6, 2010.
10. ↑ Jason Beck: Galarraga brings lineup to tearful Joyce ( English ) MLB Advanced Media, LP. June 3, 2010. Retrieved June 3, 2010.
11. ^ Ian O'Connor: Imperfect Selig ditches perfect game . In: ESPN.com . ESPN Internet Ventures. June 3, 2010. Retrieved June 4, 2010.
12. ↑ Day of change for skippers and a GM . In: MLB.com . October 5, 2010. Retrieved October 5, 2010.
13. ^ Blue Jay's name Farrell new manager . In: mlb.mlb.com . Retrieved October 25, 2010.
14. ^ Fiery Collins takes over as Mets manager . mlb.mlb.com. Retrieved November 24, 2010.
15. ↑ Brewers 'choice for skipper is Angels' Roenicke . In: mlb.mlb.com . Retrieved November 2, 2010.
16. ^ Pirates name Hurdle to be their new skipper . In: mlb.mlb.com . Retrieved November 15, 2010.
17. ↑ Seattle Mariners name Eric Wedge manager . In: seattle.mariners.mlb.com . Retrieved November 3, 2010.
18. ^ Baseball Almanac, MLB Player of the Month
19. ^ Baseball Almanac, MLB Pitcher of the Month
20. ^ Baseball Almanac, MLB Rookie of the Month
21. ↑ Hudson, Liriano win 2010 MLB Comeback Player of the Year Awards . mlb.mlb.com. Retrieved October 6, 2010.
22. ↑ Votto and Bautista named winners of Hank Aaron Award - Yahoo! News . In: news.yahoo.com . Retrieved November 2, 2010.
23. ↑ Boston Red Sox's Tim Wakefield receives Roberto Clemente Award - ESPN Boston . In: sports.espn.go.com . Retrieved November 2, 2010.
24. ^ Three Reds take NL Gold Glove honors . In: mlb.mlb.com . Retrieved November 11, 2010.
25. ↑ Ichiro wins 10th straight Gold Glove . In: mlb.mlb.com . Retrieved November 11, 2010.
26. ^ Silver Slugger winners not your usual suspects . In: mlb.mlb.com . Retrieved November 12, 2010.
27. ↑ Posey catches NL Rookie of the Year honors . In: mlb.mlb.com . Retrieved November 15, 2010.
28. ^ Halladay unanimous NL Cy Young winner . In: mlb.mlb.com . Retrieved November 17, 2010.
29. ^ Felix is ​​King of AL pitchers, taking Cy Young . In: mlb.mlb.com . Retrieved November 19, 2010.
30. ↑ Black edges Baker by one for top NL skipper . In: mlb.mlb.com . Retrieved November 19, 2010.
31. ↑ Twins' Gardenhire voted AL's top manager . In: mlb.mlb.com . Retrieved November 19, 2010.
32. ↑ Votto wins NL MVP by overwhelming margin . mlb.mlb.com. Retrieved November 24, 2010.
33. ↑ Hamilton deemed to be AL's Most Valuable . mlb.mlb.com. Retrieved November 24, 2010.