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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | October 6 – November 1, 2010[1] |
| Teams | 8 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | San Francisco Giants (6th title) |
| Runner-up | Texas Rangers (1st World Series appearance) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| MVP | Édgar Rentería (SF) |
The 2010 Major League Baseball postseason was the playoff tournament of Major League Baseball for the 2010 season. The winners of the League Division Series would move on to the League Championship Series to determine the pennant winners that face each other in the World Series.
In the American League, the New York Yankees returned for the fifteenth time in the past sixteen years, the Minnesota Twins returned for the sixth time in the past nine years, the Tampa Bay Rays returned for the second time in three years, and the Texas Rangers returned for the first time since 1999. This would be the first of three consecutive postseason appearances for the Rangers, and the last postseason appearance for the Twins until 2017.
In the National League, the Philadelphia Phillies returned to the postseason for the fourth straight time, the San Francisco Giants made their first postseason appearance since 2003, the Atlanta Braves returned for the first time since 2005, and the Cincinnati Reds made their first postseason appearance since 1995.
The postseason began on October 6, 2010, and ended on November 1, 2010, with the Giants defeating the Rangers in five games in the 2010 World Series, ending the Curse of Coogan's Bluff. It was the Giants' first title since 1954 and their sixth overall.
- ^ "2010 Major Leagues Schedule". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 13, 2022.