The 2021 Tampa Bay Rays season was the 24th season of the Tampa Bay Rays franchise and their 14th as the Rays. The Rays played their home games at Tropicana Field as members of Major League Baseball's American League East.
2021 Tampa Bay Rays | ||
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American League East Champions | ||
League | American League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Tropicana Field | |
City | St. Petersburg, Florida | |
Record | 100–62 (.617) | |
Divisional place | 1st | |
Owners | Stuart Sternberg | |
Manager | Kevin Cash | |
Television | Bally Sports Sun Bally Sports Florida (Dewayne Staats, Brian Anderson) | |
Radio | Tampa Bay Rays Radio Network (English) (Andy Freed, Dave Wills) WGES (Spanish) (Ricardo Taveras, Enrique Oliu) | |
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The Rays finished with a 100–62 record, winning the American League East division title for the second consecutive season. It was the first time in franchise history the Rays repeated as division champions, and the first time in franchise history the Rays won 100 games. Manager Kevin Cash was named the American League Manager of the Year. However, they were upset in the ALDS, losing in 4 games to the Boston Red Sox.
Season standings
editAmerican League East
editTeam | 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 Cardedit
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Rays team leadersedit
Source:2021 Tampa Bay Rays statistics at Baseball Reference Updated through game of September 9.
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Record against opponents
editSource: 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.
Game log
editRegular season
editThe 2021 regular season schedule was announced on July 9, 2020.[1]
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April: 13–14 (Home: 6–9; Away: 7–5)
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May: 22–6 (Home: 9–4; Away: 13–2)
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June: 12–14 (Home: 8–3; Away: 4–11)
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July: 16–8 (Home: 10–4; Away: 6–4)
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August: 21–6 (Home: 10–3; Away: 11–3)
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September: 14–13 (Home: 9–6; Away: 5–7)
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October: 2–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 2–1)
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- a Games played at TD Ballpark in Dunedin, Florida.[2]
- b Games played at Sahlen Field in Buffalo, New York.[3]
Player stats
editBatting
editNote: 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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Brandon Lowe | 149 | 535 | 97 | 132 | 31 | 0 | 39 | 99 | 7 | 68 | .247 | .523 |
Randy Arozarena | 141 | 529 | 94 | 145 | 32 | 3 | 20 | 69 | 20 | 56 | .274 | .459 |
Austin Meadows | 142 | 518 | 79 | 121 | 29 | 3 | 27 | 106 | 4 | 59 | .234 | .458 |
Yandy Díaz | 134 | 465 | 62 | 119 | 20 | 1 | 13 | 64 | 1 | 69 | .256 | .387 |
Joey Wendle | 136 | 460 | 73 | 122 | 31 | 4 | 11 | 54 | 8 | 28 | .265 | .422 |
Manuel Margot | 125 | 421 | 55 | 107 | 18 | 3 | 10 | 57 | 13 | 37 | .254 | .382 |
Kevin Kiermaier | 122 | 348 | 54 | 90 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 37 | 9 | 33 | .259 | .388 |
Mike Zunino | 109 | 333 | 64 | 72 | 11 | 2 | 33 | 62 | 0 | 34 | .216 | .559 |
Wander Franco | 70 | 281 | 53 | 81 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 39 | 2 | 24 | .288 | .463 |
Ji-man Choi | 83 | 258 | 36 | 59 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 45 | 0 | 45 | .229 | .411 |
Brett Phillips | 118 | 253 | 50 | 52 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 44 | 14 | 33 | .206 | .427 |
Francisco Mejía | 84 | 250 | 31 | 65 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 0 | 17 | .260 | .416 |
Nelson Cruz | 55 | 217 | 35 | 49 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 36 | 0 | 16 | .226 | .442 |
Taylor Walls | 54 | 152 | 15 | 32 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 23 | .211 | .296 |
Mike Brosseau | 57 | 150 | 21 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 15 | .187 | .347 |
Willy Adames | 41 | 132 | 16 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 10 | .197 | .371 |
Yoshi Tsutsugo | 26 | 78 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | .167 | .218 |
Jordan Luplow | 25 | 65 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 7 | .246 | .477 |
Vidal Bruján | 10 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .077 | .077 |
Kevin Padlo | 9 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .083 | .167 |
Kevan Smith | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 |
Joseph Odom | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 |
Josh Lowe | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
Pitcher Totals | 162 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .118 | .118 |
Team Totals | 162 | 5507 | 857 | 1336 | 288 | 36 | 222 | 810 | 88 | 585 | .243 | .429 |
Source:[1]
Pitching
editNote: 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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Ryan Yarbrough | 9 | 7 | 5.11 | 30 | 21 | 0 | 155.0 | 163 | 96 | 88 | 27 | 117 |
Michael Wacha | 3 | 5 | 5.05 | 29 | 23 | 0 | 124.2 | 132 | 73 | 70 | 31 | 121 |
Shane McClanahan | 10 | 6 | 3.43 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 123.1 | 120 | 49 | 47 | 37 | 141 |
Josh Fleming | 10 | 8 | 5.09 | 26 | 11 | 1 | 104.1 | 110 | 60 | 59 | 31 | 65 |
Rich Hill | 6 | 4 | 3.87 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 95.1 | 75 | 41 | 41 | 36 | 91 |
Tyler Glasnow | 5 | 2 | 2.66 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 88.0 | 55 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 123 |
Luis Patiño | 5 | 3 | 4.31 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 77.1 | 69 | 40 | 37 | 29 | 74 |
Andrew Kittredge | 9 | 3 | 1.88 | 57 | 4 | 8 | 71.2 | 55 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 77 |
Collin McHugh | 6 | 1 | 1.55 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 64.0 | 48 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 74 |
Drew Rasmussen | 4 | 0 | 2.44 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 59.0 | 44 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 48 |
Jeffrey Springs | 5 | 1 | 3.43 | 43 | 0 | 2 | 44.2 | 35 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 63 |
Pete Fairbanks | 3 | 6 | 3.59 | 47 | 0 | 5 | 42.2 | 40 | 22 | 17 | 21 | 56 |
J. P. Feyereisen | 4 | 2 | 2.45 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 36.2 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 33 |
Diego Castillo | 2 | 4 | 2.72 | 37 | 0 | 14 | 36.1 | 26 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 49 |
Louis Head | 2 | 0 | 2.31 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 35.0 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 32 |
Ryan Thompson | 3 | 2 | 2.38 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 37 |
Matt Wisler | 2 | 3 | 2.15 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 29.1 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 36 |
Chris Mazza | 0 | 0 | 4.61 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 27.1 | 26 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 21 |
JT Chargois | 5 | 1 | 1.90 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 23.2 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 24 |
Dietrich Enns | 2 | 0 | 2.82 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 22.1 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 25 |
Adam Conley | 0 | 0 | 2.29 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 19.2 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 |
Chris Archer | 1 | 1 | 4.66 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 19.1 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 21 |
Hunter Strickland | 0 | 0 | 1.69 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 |
Shawn Armstrong | 1 | 0 | 4.50 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 22 |
Ryan Sherriff | 0 | 1 | 5.52 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 14.2 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 16 |
Shane Baz | 2 | 0 | 2.03 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13.1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
Trevor Richards | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12.0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
David Robertson | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 12.0 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
Cody Reed | 0 | 1 | 3.72 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 9.2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
Nick Anderson | 0 | 1 | 4.50 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Brent Honeywell Jr. | 0 | 0 | 8.31 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4.1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
Chris Ellis | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
Evan Phillips | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
DJ Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
David Hess | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
Francisco Mejía | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Brett Phillips | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Jordan Luplow | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Joey Krehbiel | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Sean Poppen | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Chaz Roe | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Team Totals | 100 | 62 | 3.67 | 162 | 162 | 42 | 1455.2 | 1264 | 651 | 593 | 436 | 1478 |
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Postseason
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Postseason rosters
editPlayoff rosters | |
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American League Division Series
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Roster
editFarm system
editLevel | Team | League | Manager |
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AAA | Durham Bulls | Triple-A East | Brady Williams |
AA | Montgomery Biscuits | Double-A South | Morgan Ensberg |
High-A | Bowling Green Hot Rods | High-A East | Jeff Smith |
A | Charleston RiverDogs | Low-A East | Blake Butera |
Rookie | FCL Rays | Florida Complex League | Rafael Valenzuela |
Foreign Rookie | DSL Rays 1 | Dominican Summer League | Esteban Gonzalez |
Foreign Rookie | DSL Rays 2 | Dominican Summer League | Julio Zorrilla |
References
edit- ^ "Rays Announce 2021 Regular Season Schedule" (Press release). St. Petersburg, Florida: Major League Baseball. July 9, 2020. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
- ^ "Blue Jays to play third homestand in Dunedin". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. March 30, 2021. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
- ^ "Blue Jays to move home location to Sahlen Field beginning June 1". milb.com. Minor League Baseball. May 5, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
External links
edit- Tampa Bay Rays 2021 Schedule at MLB.com
- 2021 Tampa Bay Rays season at ESPN
- 2021 Tampa Bay Rays season at Baseball Reference