2021 New York Yankees | ||
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American League Wild Card Winners | ||
League | American League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Yankee Stadium | |
City | New York | |
Record | 92–70 (.568) | |
Divisional place | 3rd | |
Owners | Yankee Global Enterprises | |
General managers | Brian Cashman | |
Managers | Aaron Boone | |
Television | YES Network WPIX-TV[1] (Michael Kay, Ken Singleton, Ryan Ruocco, several others as analysts) | |
Radio | WFAN SportsRadio 66 AM / 101.9 FM New York Yankees Radio Network (John Sterling, Suzyn Waldman) WADO 1280 AM TUDN Radio Cadena Radio Yankees (Francisco Rivera, Rickie Ricardo) | |
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The 2021 New York Yankees season was the 119th season for the New York Yankees.
The Yankees entered the 2021 season expecting to contend for the World Series. The Yankees' Opening Day was on April 1 against the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium with 20% capacity. The full crowd at Globe Life Field got to witness starting pitcher Corey Kluber throw a no-hitter against the Texas Rangers on May 19. The Yankees turned an 'around-the-horn' triple play on May 21 against the Chicago White Sox starting with third baseman Gio Urshela to second baseman Rougned Odor and then to first baseman Luke Voit.
During a game against the Toronto Blue Jays in Buffalo, New York, on June 17, the Yankees turned the first 1-3-6-2-5-6 triple play in major league history. The franchise had never turned more than one triple play in a season. Then on June 20, with 100% full crowd capacity, the Yankees turned their record-tying third triple play of the season to strand the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth inning, shutting down the Oakland Athletics and winning the game.[2]
The Yankees underperformed throughout the regular season and were 41–41, with 80 games left to play on July 4. The Yankees went 51–29 in their final 80 games including a season-high 13 game winning streak, their longest winning streak since 1961. On October 3, the Yankees clinched a Wild Card berth with a 1–0 win against the Tampa Bay Rays. The Yankees finished the regular season with a 92–70 record and qualified for the postseason as the fifth seed in the American League (AL), before losing to the fourth-seed Boston Red Sox in the AL Wild Card Game at Fenway Park on October 5, their fifth consecutive playoff exit.[3]
From September 6–9, the Yankees never led in the 4-game series against the Blue Jays, the first time since 1924 they never led in a 4-game series in the regular season.
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Tampa Bay Rays | 100 | 62 | .617 | — | 52–29 | 48–33 |
Boston Red Sox | 92 | 70 | .568 | 8 | 49–32 | 43–38 |
New York Yankees | 92 | 70 | .568 | 8 | 46–35 | 46–35 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 91 | 71 | .562 | 9 | 47–33 | 44–38 |
Baltimore Orioles | 52 | 110 | .321 | 48 | 27–54 | 25–56 |
American League Wild Card[edit]
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Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2021 |
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Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | HOU | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
Baltimore | — | 6–13 | 0–7 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 8–11 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 1–18 | 4–3 | 5–14 | 7–13 |
Boston | 13–6 | — | 3–4 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 10–9 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 10–9 | 16–4 |
Chicago | 7–0 | 4–3 | — | 10–9 | 12–7 | 2–5 | 9–10 | 2–5 | 13–6 | 1–5 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 14–6 |
Cleveland | 5–2 | 2–4 | 9–10 | — | 12–7 | 1–6 | 14–5 | 5–1 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 1–6 | 4–2 | 2–5 | 9–11 |
Detroit | 5–2 | 3–3 | 7–12 | 7–12 | — | 5–2 | 8–11 | 1–6 | 8–11 | 3–3 | 1–6 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 6–1 | 3–3 | 11–9 |
Houston | 3–3 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 6–1 | 2–5 | — | 3–4 | 13–6 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 11–8 | 11–8 | 4–2 | 14–5 | 4–2 | 9–11 |
Kansas City | 3–4 | 2–5 | 10–9 | 5–14 | 11–8 | 4–3 | — | 2–4 | 10–9 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 12–8 |
Los Angeles | 4–2 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 1–5 | 6–1 | 6–13 | 4–2 | — | 5–2 | 4–3 | 4–15 | 8–11 | 1–6 | 11–8 | 4–3 | 11–9 |
Minnesota | 4–2 | 2–5 | 6–13 | 11–8 | 11–8 | 4–3 | 9–10 | 2–5 | — | 1–6 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 10–10 |
New York | 11–8 | 9–10 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 6–1 | — | 4–3 | 5–2 | 8–11 | 6–1 | 8–11 | 12–8 |
Oakland | 3–3 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 8–11 | 5–2 | 15–4 | 5–1 | 3–4 | — | 4–15 | 4–3 | 10–9 | 2–5 | 11–9 |
Seattle | 4–3 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 11–8 | 4–2 | 2–5 | 15–4 | — | 6–1 | 13–6 | 4–2 | 9–11 |
Tampa Bay | 18–1 | 11–8 | 3–3 | 6–1 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 3–3 | 11–8 | 3–4 | 1–6 | — | 3–4 | 11–8 | 15–5 |
Texas | 3–4 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 1–6 | 5–14 | 4–2 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 1–6 | 9–10 | 6–13 | 4–3 | — | 2–4 | 7–13 |
Toronto | 14–5 | 9–10 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 11–8 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 8–11 | 4–2 | — | 14–6 |
Updated with the results of all games through October 3, 2021.
Batting[21] | ||
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Hits | DJ LeMahieu | 160 |
Batting average† | Aaron Judge | .287 |
RBIs | 98 | |
Home runs | 39 | |
Runs scored | 89 | |
Stolen bases | Tyler Wade | 17 |
Pitching[22] | ||
Wins | Gerrit Cole | 16 |
ERA‡ | Gerrit Cole | 3.23 |
WHIP‡ | 1.06 | |
Strikeouts | Gerrit Cole | 243 |
Saves | Aroldis Chapman | 30 |
Updated through game of September 30.
† Minimum 3.1 plate appearances per team games played
AVG qualified batters: Judge, Stanton, LeMahieu
‡ Minimum 1 inning pitched per team games played
ERA & WHIP qualified pitchers: Cole
On November 23, MLB announced that the Yankees would face the Chicago White Sox in the first MLB at Field of Dreams game in Dyersville, Iowa on August 12.[23] This game was originally scheduled for August 13, 2020. Yankees went on to lose the game 9-8.
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April: 12–14 (Home: 5–7; Away: 7–7)
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May: 17–11 (Home: 10–5; Away: 7–6)
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June: 12–14 (Home: 7–8; Away: 5–6)
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July: 14–9 (Home: 5–3; Away: 9–6)
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August: 21–8 (Home: 12–2; Away: 9–6)
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September: 15–12 (Home: 6–8; Away: 9–4)
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October: 1–2 (Home: 1–2; Away: 0–0)
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Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | AVG | SLG |
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DJ LeMahieu | 150 | 597 | 84 | 160 | 24 | 1 | 10 | 57 | 4 | 73 | .268 | .362 |
Aaron Judge | 148 | 550 | 89 | 158 | 24 | 0 | 39 | 98 | 6 | 75 | .287 | .544 |
Giancarlo Stanton | 139 | 510 | 64 | 139 | 19 | 0 | 35 | 97 | 0 | 63 | .273 | .516 |
Gleyber Torres | 127 | 459 | 50 | 119 | 22 | 0 | 9 | 51 | 14 | 50 | .259 | .366 |
Gio Urshela | 116 | 420 | 42 | 112 | 18 | 2 | 14 | 49 | 1 | 20 | .267 | .419 |
Brett Gardner | 140 | 387 | 47 | 86 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 39 | 4 | 60 | .222 | .362 |
Gary Sánchez | 117 | 383 | 54 | 78 | 13 | 1 | 23 | 54 | 0 | 52 | .204 | .423 |
Rougned Odor | 102 | 322 | 42 | 65 | 12 | 0 | 15 | 39 | 0 | 27 | .202 | .379 |
Luke Voit | 68 | 213 | 26 | 51 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 35 | 0 | 21 | .239 | .437 |
Kyle Higashioka | 67 | 193 | 20 | 35 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 29 | 0 | 17 | .181 | .389 |
Joey Gallo | 58 | 188 | 33 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 22 | 0 | 37 | .160 | .404 |
Clint Frazier | 60 | 183 | 20 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 32 | .186 | .317 |
Anthony Rizzo | 49 | 173 | 32 | 43 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 2 | 16 | .249 | .428 |
Miguel Andújar | 45 | 154 | 19 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 7 | .253 | .383 |
Tyler Wade | 103 | 127 | 31 | 34 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 16 | .268 | .323 |
Aaron Hicks | 32 | 108 | 13 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 14 | .194 | .333 |
Andrew Velazquez | 28 | 67 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | .224 | .358 |
Mike Ford | 22 | 60 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11 | .133 | .283 |
Greg Allen | 15 | 37 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | .270 | .432 |
Chris Gittens | 16 | 36 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | .111 | .194 |
Jay Bruce | 10 | 34 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | .118 | .235 |
Ryan LaMarre | 9 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .190 | .476 |
Tim Locastro | 9 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .190 | .429 |
Estevan Florial | 11 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | .300 | .550 |
Rob Brantly | 6 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .150 | .200 |
Jonathan Davis | 12 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .059 | .059 |
Mike Tauchman | 11 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .214 | .286 |
Trey Amburgey | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 |
Hoy Park | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 |
Pitcher Totals | 162 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 |
Team Totals | 162 | 5331 | 711 | 1266 | 213 | 12 | 222 | 666 | 63 | 621 | .237 | .407 |
Source:[2]
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts
Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
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Gerrit Cole | 16 | 8 | 3.23 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 181.1 | 151 | 69 | 65 | 41 | 243 |
Jordan Montgomery | 6 | 7 | 3.83 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 157.1 | 150 | 73 | 67 | 51 | 162 |
Jameson Taillon | 8 | 6 | 4.30 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 144.1 | 130 | 73 | 69 | 44 | 140 |
Domingo Germán | 4 | 5 | 4.58 | 22 | 18 | 0 | 98.1 | 89 | 52 | 50 | 27 | 98 |
Nestor Cortés Jr. | 2 | 3 | 2.90 | 22 | 14 | 0 | 93.0 | 75 | 32 | 30 | 25 | 103 |
Chad Green | 10 | 7 | 3.12 | 67 | 0 | 6 | 83.2 | 57 | 32 | 29 | 17 | 99 |
Corey Kluber | 5 | 3 | 3.83 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 80.0 | 74 | 37 | 34 | 33 | 82 |
Lucas Luetge | 4 | 2 | 2.74 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 72.1 | 67 | 30 | 22 | 15 | 78 |
Jonathan Loáisiga | 9 | 4 | 2.17 | 57 | 0 | 5 | 70.2 | 56 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 69 |
Michael King | 2 | 4 | 3.55 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 63.1 | 57 | 29 | 25 | 24 | 62 |
Aroldis Chapman | 6 | 4 | 3.36 | 61 | 0 | 30 | 56.1 | 36 | 23 | 21 | 38 | 97 |
Wandy Peralta | 3 | 3 | 2.95 | 46 | 1 | 3 | 42.2 | 38 | 19 | 14 | 18 | 35 |
Luis Cessa | 3 | 1 | 2.82 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 38.1 | 31 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 31 |
Albert Abreu | 2 | 0 | 5.15 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 36.2 | 27 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 35 |
Andrew Heaney | 2 | 2 | 7.32 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 35.2 | 38 | 29 | 29 | 10 | 37 |
Luis Gil | 1 | 1 | 3.07 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 29.1 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 19 | 38 |
Clay Holmes | 5 | 2 | 1.61 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 34 |
Joely Rodríguez | 1 | 0 | 2.84 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 17 |
Zach Britton | 0 | 1 | 5.89 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 18.1 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 16 |
Justin Wilson | 1 | 1 | 7.50 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 15 |
Nick Nelson | 0 | 2 | 8.79 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 14.1 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 22 |
Darren O'Day | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 10.2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
Deivi García | 0 | 2 | 6.48 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8.1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
Brooks Kriske | 1 | 1 | 15.26 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 7 |
Clarke Schmidt | 0 | 0 | 5.68 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6.1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
Luis Severino | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
Stephen Ridings | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
Asher Wojciechowski | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Sal Romano | 0 | 1 | 5.40 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
Brody Koerner | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Team Totals | 92 | 70 | 3.74 | 162 | 162 | 47 | 1435.1 | 1243 | 669 | 596 | 492 | 1569 |
Source:[3]
Date | Pitcher | Catcher | Opposing team | Final score |
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May 19 | Corey Kluber | Kyle Higashioka | Texas Rangers | 2–0 (Away) |
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April 5 | Giancarlo Stanton | Shawn Armstrong | Baltimore Orioles | 7–0 (Home) |
April 30 | Aaron Judge | Buck Farmer | Detroit Tigers | 10–0 (Home) |
September 5 | Gary Sánchez | Keegan Akin | Baltimore Orioles | 7–8 (Home) |
September 25 | Giancarlo Stanton | Darwinzon Hernandez | Boston Red Sox | 5–3 (Away) |
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American League Wild Card Game: 0−1
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Playoff rosters | |
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American League Wild Card Game
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Recipient | Award | Ref. |
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Corey Kluber | AL Player of the Week (April 26–May 2) | [24] |
Gerrit Cole | AL Pitcher of the Month (April) | [25] |
Aaron Judge | AL Player of the Week (May 10–16) | [26] |
Corey Kluber | AL Player of the Week (May 17–23) | [27] |
Luke Voit | AL Player of the Week (August 16–22) | [28] |