| 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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The2021 Tampa Bay Rays season was the 24th season of theTampa Bay Rays franchise and their 14th as the Rays. The Rays played their home games atTropicana Field as members ofMajor League Baseball'sAmerican League East.
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. ManagerKevin Cash was named the American LeagueManager of the Year. However, they were upset in theALDS, losing in 4 games to theBoston Red Sox.
| 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 |
| Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | HOU | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
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| 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.
The 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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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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| 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]
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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| 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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Pitchers
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| Level | 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 |