2021 New York Yankees season

2021 New York Yankees
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.

• December 2 – Luis Cessa re-signs with the Yankees for a 1-year, $1 million contract.^[4]

• January 6 – Acquired outfielder Greg Allen from the Cleveland Indians in exchange for James Reeves.^[5]
• January 24 – Acquired starting pitcher Jameson Taillon from the Pittsburgh Pirates for four prospects (Miguel Yajure, Roansy Contreras, Maikol Escotto, and Canaan Smith).^[6]
• January 27 – acquired Cy Young right-handed starting pitcher Corey Kluber from the Texas Rangers signs a one-year, $11 million contract with the Yankees.^[7]
• January 27 – DJ LeMahieu re-signs with the Yankees to a six-year, $90 million contract in free agency.^[8]
• February 10 – Signed sidearm right-handed pitcher Darren O'Day (coming off a season with the Atlanta Braves) to a one-year, $1.75 million contract while in free agency.^[9]
• February 22 – Brett Gardner re-signs with the Yankees to a one-year, $4 million contract while in free agency.^[10]
• February 23 – Acquired left-handed pitcher Justin Wilson from the New York Mets to a one-year, $4 million contract while in free agency.^[11]

• April 6 – Acquired second-baseman Rougned Odor from the Texas Rangers in a trade along with cash considerations and minor-league outfielders Antonio Cabello and Josh Stowers.^[12]
• April 27 – Acquired left-handed pitcher Wandy Peralta and infielder Connor Cannon from the San Francisco Giants in exchange for outfielder Mike Tauchman.^[13][14]
• July 1 – Acquired outfielder Tim Locastro from the Arizona Diamondbacks for minor league right-handed pitcher Keegan Curtis^[15]
• July 26 – Acquired right-handed relief pitcher Clay Holmes from the Pittsburgh Pirates for minor league infielders Diego Castillo and Hoy Park.^[16]
• July 27 – Traded relievers Luis Cessa and Justin Wilson to the Cincinnati Reds for a player to be named later.^[17]
• July 29 – Acquired outfielder Joey Gallo and left-handed relief pitcher Joely Rodríguez from the Texas Rangers for minor leaguer prospects: second basemen Ezequiel Duran and Trevor Hauver, right-handed pitcher Glenn Otto and infielder Josh Smith.^[18]
• July 29 – Acquired first baseman Anthony Rizzo from the Chicago Cubs for minor leaguers right-handed pitcher Alexander Vizcaino and outfielder Kevin Alcantara. The Yankees also acquired cash considerations ($5.5 million), the remaining balance of Rizzo's $16.5 million salary this season.^[19]
• July 30 – Acquired starting left-handed pitcher Andrew Heaney from the Los Angeles Angels and cash considerations for minor league right-handed pitcher Janson Junk and Elvis Peguero.^[20]

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AL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

2021 American League record v t e Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2021
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]
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.

Legend
	Yankees win
	Yankees loss
	Postponement
Bold	Yankees team member

2021 game log: 92–70 (Home: 46–35; Away: 46–35)
April: 12–14 (Home: 5–7; Away: 7–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record 1 April 1 Blue Jays 2–3 (10) Romano (1–0) Nelson (0–1) Merryweather (1) Yankee Stadium 10,850 0–1 2 April 3 Blue Jays 5–3 Loáisiga (1–0) Stripling (0–1) Green (1) Yankee Stadium 10,107 1–1 3 April 4 Blue Jays 1–3 Borucki (1–0) Germán (0–1) Merryweather (2) Yankee Stadium 10,066 1–2 4 April 5 Orioles 7–0 Montgomery (1–0) López (0–1) — Yankee Stadium 9,008 2–2 5 April 6 Orioles 7–2 Cole (1–0) Kremer (0–1) — Yankee Stadium 9,404 3–2 6 April 7 Orioles 3–4 (11) Valdez (1–0) Green (0–1) Fry (1) Yankee Stadium 10,254 3–3 7 April 9 @ Rays 5–10 Hill (1–0) Kluber (0–1) — Tropicana Field 9,021 3–4 8 April 10 @ Rays 0–4 Kittredge (2–0) Germán (0–2) — Tropicana Field 6,270 3–5 9 April 11 @ Rays 8–4 (10) Chapman (1–0) McHugh (0–1) — Tropicana Field 6,965 4–5 10 April 12 @ Blue Jays 3–1 Cole (2–0) Ray (0–1) Chapman (1) TD Ballpark 1,576 5–5 11 April 13 @ Blue Jays 3–7 Ryu (1–1) Taillon (0–1) — TD Ballpark 1,550 5–6 12 April 14 @ Blue Jays 4–5 Dolis (1–0) Green (0–2) — TD Ballpark 1,613 5–7 13 April 16 Rays 2–8 Wacha (1–1) Nelson (0–2) — Yankee Stadium 10,202 5–8 14 April 17 Rays 3–6 Glasnow (2–0) Montgomery (1–1) Castillo (4) Yankee Stadium 10,583 5–9 15 April 18 Rays 2–4 Yarbrough (1–2) Cole (2–1) Springs (1) Yankee Stadium 10,606 5–10 16 April 20 Braves 3–1 Loáisiga (2–0) Matzek (0–2) Chapman (2) Yankee Stadium 10,017 6–10 17 April 21 Braves 1–4 Anderson (1–0) Kluber (0–2) — Yankee Stadium 9,634 6–11 18 April 22 @ Indians 6–3 Germán (1–2) Wittgren (0–1) Chapman (3) Progressive Field 6,380 7–11 19 April 23 @ Indians 5–3 Luetge (1–0) Allen (1–3) Chapman (4) Progressive Field 8,662 8–11 20 April 24 @ Indians 2–1 Cole (3–1) Bieber (2–2) Loáisiga (1) Progressive Field 8,817 9–11 21 April 25 @ Indians 3–7 Hentges (1–0) Taillon (0–2) — Progressive Field 8,766 9–12 22 April 26 @ Orioles 2–4 Harvey (2–1) García (0–1) Valdez (5) Camden Yards 6,367 9–13 23 April 27 @ Orioles 5–1 Kluber (1–2) Zimmermann (1–3) — Camden Yards 6,662 10–13 24 April 28 @ Orioles 7–0 Germán (2–2) Kremer (0–2) — Camden Yards 7,338 11–13 25 April 29 @ Orioles 3–4 (10) Scott (1–2) Loáisiga (2–1) — Camden Yards 7,738 11–14 26 April 30 Tigers 10–0 Cole (4–1) Skubal (0–4) — Yankee Stadium 9,523 12–14
May: 17–11 (Home: 10–5; Away: 7–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record 27 May 1 Tigers 6–4 Taillon (1–2) Turnbull (1–2) Chapman (5) Yankee Stadium 10,015 13–14 28 May 2 Tigers 2–0 Kluber (2–2) Ureña (1–4) Chapman (6) Yankee Stadium 10,021 14–14 29 May 4 Astros 7–3 Luetge (2–0) Bielak (1–1) — Yankee Stadium 10,850 15–14 30 May 5 Astros 6–3 Loáisiga (3–1) Raley (0–2) Chapman (7) Yankee Stadium 9,895 16–14 31 May 6 Astros 4–7 Scrubb (1–0) Green (0–3) Pressly (5) Yankee Stadium 10,042 16–15 32 May 7 Nationals 4–11 Finnegan (2–0) Loáisiga (3–2) — Yankee Stadium 10,010 16–16 33 May 8 Nationals 4–3 (11) Wilson (1–0) Rainey (0–2) — Yankee Stadium 10,850 17–16 34 May 9 Nationals 3–2 Chapman (2–0) Hand (2–1) — Yankee Stadium 10,092 18–16 35 May 11 @ Rays 3–1 Montgomery (2–1) Patiño (1–1) Chapman (8) Tropicana Field 5,441 19–16 36 May 12 @ Rays 1–0 Cole (5–1) Thompson (2–2) Chapman (9) Tropicana Field 5,668 20–16 37 May 13 @ Rays 1–9 Hill (2–1) Taillon (1–3) — Tropicana Field 6,229 20–17 38 May 14 @ Orioles 5–4 Kluber (3–2) Lakins (1–4) Loáisiga (2) Camden Yards 10,809 21–17 39 May 15 @ Orioles 8–2 Germán (3–2) López (1–4) — Camden Yards 10,767 22–17 40 May 16 @ Orioles 6–10 Zimmermann (2–3) King (0–1) — Camden Yards 11,070 22–18 41 May 17 @ Rangers 2–5 Lyles (2–3) Cole (5–2) Kennedy (11) Globe Life Field 28,040 22–19 42 May 18 @ Rangers 7–4 Peralta (1–0) Foltynewicz (1–4) Chapman (10) Globe Life Field 26,522 23–19 43 May 19 @ Rangers 2–0 Kluber (4–2) Yang (0–1) — Globe Life Field 31,689 24–19 44 May 20 @ Rangers 2–0 Germán (4–2) King (4–3) Chapman (11) Globe Life Field 27,581 25–19 45 May 21 White Sox 2–1 Chapman (3–0) Marshall (1–2) — Yankee Stadium 14,011 26–19 46 May 22 White Sox 7–0 Cole (6–2) Cease (2–1) — Yankee Stadium 14,665 27–19 47 May 23 White Sox 5–4 Chapman (4–0) Bummer (0–3) — Yankee Stadium 14,007 28–19 48 May 25 Blue Jays 2–6 Matz (6–2) Kluber (4–3) — Yankee Stadium 12,025 28–20 — May 26 Blue Jays Postponed (Rain, Makeup May 27) 49 May 27 (1) Blue Jays 0–2 (7) Manoah (1–0) Germán (4–3) Romano (2) Yankee Stadium N/A 28–21 50 May 27 (2) Blue Jays 5–3 (7) Loáisiga (4–2) Ray (2–2) Green (2) Yankee Stadium 14,056 29–21 51 May 28 @ Tigers 2–3 (10) Garcia (1–1) Wilson (1–1) — Comerica Park 8,000 29–22 52 May 29 @ Tigers 1–6 Turnbull (4–2) García (0–2) — Comerica Park 8,000 29–23 53 May 30 @ Tigers 2–6 Skubal (2–7) King (0–2) — Comerica Park 8,000 29–24 54 May 31 Rays 1–3 Hill (4–2) Taillon (1–4) Feyereisen (3) Yankee Stadium 17,008 29–25
June: 12–14 (Home: 7–8; Away: 5–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record 55 June 1 Rays 5–3 (11) Cessa (1–0) Kittredge (5–1) — Yankee Stadium 12,537 30–25 56 June 2 Rays 4–3 Montgomery (3–1) McClanahan (2–1) Chapman (12) Yankee Stadium 13,824 31–25 57 June 3 Rays 2–9 Yarbrough (3–3) Cole (6–3) — Yankee Stadium 12,614 31–26 58 June 4 Red Sox 2–5 Eovaldi (7–2) King (0–3) Barnes (13) Yankee Stadium 18,040 31–27 59 June 5 Red Sox 3–7 Whitlock (1–1) Green (0–4) Barnes (14) Yankee Stadium 20,019 31–28 60 June 6 Red Sox 5–6 (10) Barnes (2–1) Cessa (1–1) Valdéz (1) Yankee Stadium 19,103 31–29 61 June 8 @ Twins 8–4 Loáisiga (5–2) Rogers (2–3) — Target Field 17,949 32–29 62 June 9 @ Twins 9–6 Cole (7–3) Dobnak (1–6) — Target Field 17,078 33–29 63 June 10 @ Twins 5–7 Robles (2–2) Chapman (4–1) — Target Field 17,728 33–30 64 June 12 @ Phillies 7–8 (10) Bradley (2–1) Chapman (4–2) — Citizens Bank Park 38,450 33–31 65 June 13 @ Phillies 0–7 Nola (5–4) Germán (4–4) — Citizens Bank Park 38,512 33–32 66 June 15 @ Blue Jays 6–5 Loáisiga (6–2) Mayza (1–1) Chapman (13) Sahlen Field 7,145 34–32 67 June 16 @ Blue Jays 3–2 Cole (8–3) Stripling (2–4) Chapman (14) Sahlen Field 7,271 35–32 68 June 17 @ Blue Jays 8–4 Green (1–4) Castro (1–2) — Sahlen Field 7,288 36–32 69 June 18 Athletics 3–5 Kaprielian (4–1) Peralta (3–2) Trivino (12) Yankee Stadium 24,037 36–33 70 June 19 Athletics 7–5 Green (2–4) Luzardo (2–4) Chapman (15) Yankee Stadium 23,985 37–33 71 June 20 Athletics 2–1 Loáisiga (7–2) Manaea (6–3) Chapman (16) Yankee Stadium 27,807 38–33 72 June 22 Royals 5–6 Brentz (2–0) Loáisiga (7–3) Holland (5) Yankee Stadium 21,130 38–34 73 June 23 Royals 6–5 Chapman (5–2) Holland (2–3) — Yankee Stadium 25,032 39–34 74 June 24 Royals 8–1 Taillon (2–4) Keller (6–8) — Yankee Stadium 21,350 40–34 75 June 25 @ Red Sox 3–5 Whitlock (3–1) Germán (4–5) Barnes (16) Fenway Park 36,869 40–35 76 June 26 @ Red Sox 2–4 Eovaldi (8–4) Montgomery (3–2) Ottavino (5) Fenway Park 36,857 40–36 77 June 27 @ Red Sox 2–9 Rodríguez (6–4) Cole (8–4) — Fenway Park 34,507 40–37 78 June 28 Angels 3–5 Suárez (3–1) King (0–4) Iglesias (14) Yankee Stadium 25,054 40–38 79 June 29 Angels 11–5 Taillon (3–4) Heaney (4–6) — Yankee Stadium 23,152 41–38 80 June 30 Angels 8–11 Mayers (2–3) Luetge (2–1) Iglesias (15) Yankee Stadium 30,714 41–39
July: 14–9 (Home: 5–3; Away: 9–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record — July 1 Angels Postponed (Rain, Makeup August 16) — July 2 Mets Postponed (Rain, Makeup July 4) 81 July 3 Mets 3–8 Walker (7–3) Montgomery (3–3) — Yankee Stadium 40,047 41–40 82 July 4 (1) Mets 5–10 (7) Familia (3–1) Chapman (5–3) — Yankee Stadium 42,714 41–41 83 July 4 (2) Mets 4–2 Green (3–4) Oswalt (1–1) — Yankee Stadium 42,107 42–41 84 July 6 @ Mariners 12–1 Taillon (4–4) Sheffield (5–8) — T-Mobile Park 16,547 43–41 85 July 7 @ Mariners 5–4 Cessa (2–1) Kikuchi (6–4) Green (3) T-Mobile Park 17,205 44–41 86 July 8 @ Mariners 0–4 Gilbert (3–2) Montgomery (3–4) — T-Mobile Park 17,254 44–42 87 July 9 @ Astros 4–0 Luetge (3–1) Odorizzi (3–4) — Minute Maid Park 40,857 45–42 88 July 10 @ Astros 1–0 Cole (9–4) Greinke (8–3) — Minute Maid Park 41,259 46–42 89 July 11 @ Astros 7–8 Garza Jr. (1–2) Green (3–5) — Minute Maid Park 37,928 46–43 91st All-Star Game in Denver, Colorado — July 15 Red Sox Postponed (COVID-19, Makeup August 17) 90 July 16 Red Sox 0–4 Rodríguez (7–5) Montgomery (3–5) Houck (1) Yankee Stadium 40,130 46–44 91 July 17 Red Sox 3–1 (6) Cole (10–4) Sawamura (4–1) — Yankee Stadium 37,095 47–44 92 July 18 Red Sox 9–1 Taillon (5–4) Pérez (7–6) — Yankee Stadium 40,309 48–44 93 July 20 Phillies 6–4 Cessa (3–1) Nola (6–6) Chapman (17) Yankee Stadium 36,106 49–44 94 July 21 Phillies 6–5 (10) Kriske (1–0) Suárez (4–3) — Yankee Stadium 34,112 50–44 95 July 22 @ Red Sox 4–5 (10) Barnes (5–2) Kriske (1–1) — Fenway Park 34,761 50–45 96 July 23 @ Red Sox 2–6 Ríos (3–0) Cole (10–5) — Fenway Park 34,922 50–46 97 July 24 @ Red Sox 4–3 Taillon (5–4) Ottavino (2–3) Chapman (18) Fenway Park 35,136 51–46 98 July 25 @ Red Sox 4–5 Workman (1–2) Loáisiga (7–4) Barnes (21) Fenway Park 32,009 51–47 99 July 27 @ Rays 4–3 Montgomery (4–5) McClanahan (4–4) Chapman (19) Tropicana Field 12,678 52–47 100 July 28 @ Rays 3–1 (10) Green (4–5) Fairbanks (3–4) Chapman (20) Tropicana Field 11,525 53–47 101 July 29 @ Rays 0–14 Patiño (2–2) Cole (10–6) — Tropicana Field 14,134 53–48 102 July 30 @ Marlins 3–1 Taillon (7–4) Thompson (2–4) Chapman (21) loanDepot Park 18,462 54–48 103 July 31 @ Marlins 4–2 Luetge (4–1) Hess (2–1) Loáisiga (3) loanDepot Park 25,767 55–48
August: 21–8 (Home: 12–2; Away: 9–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record 104 August 1 @ Marlins 3–1 Rodríguez (2–3) Bass (1–6) Chapman (22) loanDepot Park 20,758 56–48 105 August 2 Orioles 1–7 López (3–12) Heaney (6–8) — Yankee Stadium 28,879 56–49 106 August 3 Orioles 13–1 Gil (1–0) Wells (1–2) — Yankee Stadium 30,815 57–49 107 August 4 Orioles 10–3 Loáisiga (8–4) Sulser (3–2) — Yankee Stadium 30,055 58–49 108 August 5 Mariners 5–3 Green (5–5) Sewald (6–3) Chapman (23) Yankee Stadium 33,211 59–49 109 August 6 Mariners 3–2 (11) Abreu (1–0) Middleton (0–2) — Yankee Stadium 43,180 60–49 110 August 7 Mariners 5–4 Heaney (7–8) Misiewicz (3–4) Loáisiga (4) Yankee Stadium 35,165 61–49 111 August 8 Mariners 0–2 Sewald (7–3) Luetge (4–2) Steckenrider (4) Yankee Stadium 35,437 61–50 112 August 9 @ Royals 8–6 (11) Holmes (4–2) Holland (2–5) Peralta (3) Kauffman Stadium 18,477 62–50 113 August 10 @ Royals 4–8 Staumont (2–2) Cortés Jr. (0–1) — Kauffman Stadium 18,218 62–51 114 August 11 @ Royals 5–2 Green (6–5) Singer (3–8) Britton (1) Kauffman Stadium 13,748 63–51 115 August 12† @ White Sox 8–9 Hendriks (7–2) Britton (0–1) — Field of Dreams (Iowa)† 7,832 63–52 116 August 14 @ White Sox 7–5 (10) Green (7–5) Hendriks (7–3) Abreu (1) Guaranteed Rate Field 38,477 64–52 117 August 15 @ White Sox 5–3 Cortés Jr. (1–1) Giolito (9–9) Peralta (4) Guaranteed Rate Field 37,696 65–52 118 August 16 Angels 2–1 Cole (11–6) Suárez (5–6) Green (4) Yankee Stadium 37,010 66–52 119 August 17 (1) Red Sox 5–3 (7) Abreu (2–0) Whitlock (4–2) Loáisiga (5) Yankee Stadium 39,078 67–52 120 August 17 (2) Red Sox 2–0 (7) Peralta (4–2) Eovaldi (10–8) Green (5) Yankee Stadium 35,237 68–52 121 August 18 Red Sox 5–2 Heaney (8–8) Pivetta (9–6) Luetge (1) Yankee Stadium 39,166 69–52 122 August 19 Twins 7–5 Taillon (8–4) Gant (4–7) Green (6) Yankee Stadium 30,019 70–52 123 August 20 Twins 10–2 Cortés Jr. (2–1) Barnes (0–3) — Yankee Stadium 39,124 71–52 124 August 21 Twins 7–1 Cole (12–6) Maeda (6–5) — Yankee Stadium 35,247 72–52 — August 22 Twins Postponed (Hurricane Henri, Makeup September 13) 125 August 23 @ Braves 5–1 Montgomery (5–5) Ynoa (4–3) — Truist Park 39,176 73–52 126 August 24 @ Braves 5–4 Holmes (5–2) Morton (12–5) Peralta (5) Truist Park 37,426 74–52 127 August 26 @ Athletics 7–6 Loáisiga (9–4) Trivino (5–7) Chapman (24) Oakland Coliseum 8,147 75–52 128 August 27 @ Athletics 8–2 Cole (13–6) Manaea (8–9) — Oakland Coliseum 22,463 76–52 129 August 28 @ Athletics 2–3 Montas (10–9) Cortés Jr. (2–2) Romo (1) Oakland Coliseum 18,337 76–53 130 August 29 @ Athletics 1–3 Guerra (2–1) Green (7–6) Chafin (2) Oakland Coliseum 18,468 76–54 131 August 30 @ Angels 7–8 Guerra (5–2) Peralta (4–3) Iglesias (28) Angel Stadium 29,436 76–55 132 August 31 @ Angels 4–6 Herget (1–1) Taillon (8–5) Iglesias (29) Angel Stadium 34,813 76–56 †The White Sox were the home team against the Yankees at the Field of Dreams movie site in the inaugural MLB at Field of Dreams game.
September: 15–12 (Home: 6–8; Away: 9–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record 133 September 1 @ Angels 4–1 Cole (14–6) Naughton (0–1) Chapman (25) Angel Stadium 28,753 77–56 134 September 3 Orioles 4–3 (10) Holmes (6–2) Tate (0–6) — Yankee Stadium 34,085 78–56 135 September 4 Orioles 3–4 Sulser (4–3) Chapman (5–4) — Yankee Stadium 34,571 78–57 136 September 5 Orioles 7–8 Diplán (1–0) Heaney (8–9) Wells (1) Yankee Stadium 33,091 78–58 137 September 6 Blue Jays 0–8 Ryu (13–8) Taillon (8–6) — Yankee Stadium 31,196 78–59 138 September 7 Blue Jays 1–5 Matz (11–8) Cole (14–7) — Yankee Stadium 30,164 78–60 139 September 8 Blue Jays 3–6 Richards (6–2) Holmes (6–3) Romano (16) Yankee Stadium 25,873 78–61 140 September 9 Blue Jays 4–6 Berríos (11–7) Romano (0–2) — Yankee Stadium 30,112 78–62 141 September 10 @ Mets 3–10 Megill (3–4) Montgomery (5–6) — Citi Field 37,288 78–63 142 September 11 @ Mets 8–7 Holmes (7–3) May (7–3) Chapman (26) Citi Field 43,144 79–63 143 September 12 @ Mets 6–7 Lugo (4–2) Green (7–7) Díaz (29) Citi Field 33,805 79–64 144 September 13 Twins 6–5 (10) Holmes (8–3) Garza Jr. (1–3) — Yankee Stadium 31,528 80–64 145 September 14 @ Orioles 7–2 Cole (15–7) Wells (1–3) — Camden Yards 10,235 81–64 146 September 15 @ Orioles 4–3 Peralta (5–3) Wells (2–3) Chapman (27) Camden Yards 10,402 82–64 147 September 16 @ Orioles 2–3 (10) Sulser (5–4) Peralta (5–4) — Camden Yards 20,164 82–65 148 September 17 Indians 8–0 Kluber (5–3) Plesac (10–6) — Yankee Stadium 31,403 83–65 149 September 18 Indians 3–11 Civale (11–4) Gil (1–1) — Yankee Stadium 39,088 83–66 150 September 19 Indians 1–11 Morgan (3–7) Cole (15–8) — Yankee Stadium 34,110 83–67 151 September 20 Rangers 4–3 Green (8–7) Alexy (2–1) Chapman (28) Yankee Stadium 22,160 84–67 152 September 21 Rangers 7–1 Montgomery (6–6) Dunning (5–9) — Yankee Stadium 23,335 85–67 153 September 22 Rangers 7–3 Green (9–7) Patton (1–2) — Yankee Stadium 25,170 86–67 154 September 24 @ Red Sox 8–3 Cole (16–8) Eovaldi (10–9) — Fenway Park 36,026 87–67 155 September 25 @ Red Sox 5–3 Severino (1–0) Houck (1–5) Chapman (29) Fenway Park 36,103 88–67 156 September 26 @ Red Sox 6–3 Green (10–7) Richards (7–8) Chapman (30) Fenway Park 36,312 89–67 157 September 28 @ Blue Jays 7–2 King (1–4) Ryu (13–10) — Rogers Centre 28,769 90–67 158 September 29 @ Blue Jays 5–6 Cimber (3–4) Holmes (8–4) Romano (22) Rogers Centre 29,601 90–68 159 September 30 @ Blue Jays 6–2 King (2–4) Ray (13–7) — Rogers Centre 29,659 91–68
October: 1–2 (Home: 1–2; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record 160 October 1 Rays 3–4 Head (2–0) Cortés Jr. (2–3) Kittredge (8) Yankee Stadium 41,469 91–69 161 October 2 Rays 2–12 Patiño (5–3) Montgomery (6–7) — Yankee Stadium 41,648 91–70 162 October 3 Rays 1–0 Chapman (6–4) Fleming (10–8) — Yankee Stadium 40,409 92–70

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
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
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
May 19	Corey Kluber	Kyle Higashioka	Texas Rangers	2–0 (Away)

Date	Batter	Pitcher	Opposing team	Final score
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)

2021 Postseason Game Log (0−1) (Home 0−0; Away 0−1)
American League Wild Card Game: 0−1 # Date Opponent Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 October 5 @ Red Sox Fenway Park 2–6 Eovaldi (1−0) Cole (0−1) — 38,324 0–1

Playoff rosters

American League Wild Card Game Pitchers: 30 Joely Rodríguez 35 Clay Holmes 40 Luis Severino 43 Jonathan Loáisiga 45 Gerrit Cole 54 Aroldis Chapman 55 Domingo Germán 57 Chad Green 58 Wandy Peralta 63 Lucas Luetge 65 Nestor Cortés Jr. 73 Michael King Catchers: 24 Gary Sánchez 62 Rob Brantly 66 Kyle Higashioka Infielders: 12 Rougned Odor 14 Tyler Wade 25 Gleyber Torres 29 Gio Urshela 48 Anthony Rizzo 71 Andrew Velazquez Outfielders: 11 Brett Gardner 13 Joey Gallo 22 Greg Allen 99 Aaron Judge Designated hitters: 27 Giancarlo Stanton

2021 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers 84 Albert Abreu 53 Zack Britton 85 Luis Cessa 54 Aroldis Chapman 45 Gerrit Cole 65 Nestor Cortés Jr. 83 Deivi García 55 Domingo Germán 81 Luis Gil 57 Chad Green 38 Andrew Heaney 35 Clay Holmes 73 Michael King 28 Corey Kluber 61 Brody Koerner 82 Brooks Kriske 43 Jonathan Loáisiga 63 Lucas Luetge 47 Jordan Montgomery 79 Nick Nelson 56 Darren O'Day 58 Wandy Peralta 70 Stephen Ridings 30 Joely Rodríguez 68 Sal Romano 86 Clarke Schmidt 40 Luis Severino 50 Jameson Taillon 34 Justin Wilson 61 Asher Wojciechowski		Catchers 62 Rob Brantly 66 Kyle Higashioka 24 Gary Sánchez Infielders 30 Jay Bruce 36 Mike Ford 92 Chris Gittens 26 DJ LeMahieu 12,18 Rougned Odor 48 Anthony Rizzo 25 Gleyber Torres 29 Gio Urshela 71 Andrew Velazquez 59 Luke Voit 14 Tyler Wade		Outfielders 22 Greg Allen 95 Trey Amburgey 41 Miguel Andújar 36 Jonathan Davis 90 Estevan Florial 77 Clint Frazier 13 Joey Gallo 11 Brett Gardner 31 Aaron Hicks 99 Aaron Judge 39 Ryan LaMarre 33 Tim Locastro 98 Hoy Park 27 Giancarlo Stanton 39 Mike Tauchman		Manager 17 Aaron Boone Coaches 67 Matt Blake (pitching) -- Radley Haddad (bullpen catcher) 60 Mike Harkey (bullpen) 64 Carlos Mendoza (bench/infield) 88 Phil Nevin (third base) 74 P. J. Pilittere (asst. hitting) 76 Tanner Swanson (quality control/catching) 72 Marcus Thames (hitting) -- Brett Weber (assistant coach/instant replay) 75 Reggie Willits (first base/outfield)

Recipient	Award	Ref.
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]

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	Triple-A East	Doug Davis
AA	Somerset Patriots	Double-A Northeast	Julio Mosquera
High-A	Hudson Valley Renegades	High-A East	David Adams
Low-A	Tampa Tarpons	Low-A Southeast	Luis Dorante
Rookie	FCL Yankees	Florida Complex League
Rookie	DSL Yankees 1	Dominican Summer League	Caonabo Cosme
Rookie	DSL Yankees 2	Dominican Summer League	Caonabo Cosme

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