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The 2010 Boston Red Sox season was the 110th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. With a record of 89 wins and 73 losses, the Red Sox finished third in the American League East, seven games behind the Tampa Bay Rays. The team failed to advance to the postseason for the first time since 2006.
Not all scheduled games are played each season, for reasons such as work stoppages or, infrequently, rained-out games that are not rescheduled. Excluding 2020, the most recent season during which the Red Sox did not play a full 162-game schedule was 2001 , when they played 161 games.
The San Francisco Giants retired the #20 worn by Monte Irvin, one of the first African-American pioneers in Major League Baseball, on June 26 prior to their game against the Boston Red Sox at AT&T Park. Irvin, with Hank Thompson, were the first black players to play for the franchise while the team was based in New York in 1949. [48]
The 2010 Carolina League was a Class A-Advanced baseball season played between April 8 and September 6. Eight teams played a 140-game schedule, with two teams from each division competing in the playoffs. The Potomac Nationals won the Carolina League championship, defeating the Winston-Salem Dash in the final round of the playoffs.
Garciaparra, with the Red Sox in 2002, retired as a member of the Red Sox during Spring training 2010. March 2 – Major League Baseball 2K10 video game published by 2K Sports is released for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Wii and Nintendo DS. The cover features Evan Longoria of the Tampa Bay Rays.
The Red Sox began their season by participating in the third opening day game in MLB history to be played in Japan, where they defeated the Oakland A's in the Tokyo Dome. On May 19, Jon Lester threw the 18th no-hitter in team history, defeating the Kansas City Royals 7–0.
The Rangers won the 2010 ALCS and faced the National League champion San Francisco Giants in the 2010 World Series, the franchise's first ever appearance in the World Series, but would go on to lose to the Giants in five games. [2] The series, the 41st in league history, began October 15 and ended on October 22.
The Chicago White Sox selected him 13th overall in the 2010 MLB draft and he made his MLB debut on August 6, 2010. He was traded to the Boston Red Sox prior to the 2017 season and was a key member of their pitching rotation that helped the team win the 2018 World Series.