2021 New York Yankees season explained

New York Yankees
Season:	2021
Misc:	American League Wild Card Winners
League:	American League
Division:	East
City:	New York
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)

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.

Offseason

Transactions

2020

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

2021

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]

Regular season

Transactions

2021

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]

Season standings

Yankees team leaders

Batting^[21]
Hits		160
		.287
RBIs		98
Home runs		39
		89
Stolen bases		17
Pitching^[22]
Wins		16
	Gerrit Cole	3.23
	Gerrit Cole	1.06
Strikeouts	Gerrit Cole	243
Saves		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

Game log

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

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

|- style="background:#bfb;"| 133 || September 1 || @ Angels || 4–1 || Cole (14–6) || Naughton (0–1) || Chapman (25) || Angel Stadium || 28,753 || 77–56|- style="background:#bfb;" | 134 || September 3 || Orioles || 4–3 || Holmes (6–2) || Tate (0–6) || — || Yankee Stadium || 34,085 || 78–56|- style="background:#fbb;" | 135 || September 4 || Orioles || 3–4 || Sulser (4–3) || Chapman (5–4) || — || Yankee Stadium || 34,571 || 78–57|- style="background:#fbb;" | 136 || September 5 || Orioles || 7–8 || Diplán (1–0) || Heaney (8–9) || Wells (1) || Yankee Stadium || 33,091 || 78–58|- style="background:#fbb;" | 137 || September 6 || Blue Jays || 0–8 || Ryu (13–8) || Taillon (8–6) || — || Yankee Stadium || 31,196 || 78–59|- style="background:#fbb;" | 138 || September 7 || Blue Jays || 1–5 || Matz (11–8) || Cole (14–7) || — || Yankee Stadium || 30,164 || 78–60|- style="background:#fbb;" | 139 || September 8 || Blue Jays || 3–6 || Richards (6–2) || Holmes (6–3) || Romano (16) || Yankee Stadium || 25,873 || 78–61|- style="background:#fbb;" | 140 || September 9 || Blue Jays || 4–6 || Berríos (11–7) || Romano (0–2) || — || Yankee Stadium || 30,112 || 78–62|- style="background:#fbb;" | 141 || September 10 || @ Mets || 3–10 || Megill (3–4) || Montgomery (5–6) || — || Citi Field || 37,288 || 78–63|- style="background:#bfb;" | 142 || September 11 || @ Mets || 8–7 || Holmes (7–3) || May (7–3) || Chapman (26) || Citi Field || 43,144 || 79–63|- style="background:#fbb;" | 143 || September 12 || @ Mets || 6–7 || Lugo (4–2) || Green (7–7) || Díaz (29) || Citi Field || 33,805 || 79–64|- style="background:#bfb;"| 144 || September 13 || Twins || 6–5 || Holmes (8–3) || Garza Jr. (1–3) || — || Yankee Stadium || 31,528 || 80–64|- style="background:#bfb;" | 145 || September 14 || @ Orioles || 7–2 || Cole (15–7) || Wells (1–3) || — || Camden Yards || 10,235 || 81–64|- style="background:#bfb;" | 146 || September 15 || @ Orioles || 4–3 || Peralta (5–3) || Wells (2–3) || Chapman (27) || Camden Yards || 10,402 || 82–64|- style="background:#fbb;" | 147 || September 16 || @ Orioles || 2–3 || Sulser (5–4) || Peralta (5–4) || — || Camden Yards || 20,164 || 82–65|- style="background:#bfb;"| 148 || September 17 || Indians || 8–0 || Kluber (5–3) || Plesac (10–6) || — || Yankee Stadium || 31,403 || 83–65|- style="background:#fbb;" | 149 || September 18 || Indians || 3–11 || Civale (11–4) || Gil (1–1) || — || Yankee Stadium || 39,088 || 83–66|- style="background:#fbb;" | 150 || September 19 || Indians || 1–11 || Morgan (3–7) || Cole (15–8) || — || Yankee Stadium || 34,110 || 83–67|- style="background:#bfb;" | 151 || September 20 || Rangers || 4–3 || Green (8–7) || Alexy (2–1) || Chapman (28) || Yankee Stadium || 22,160 || 84–67|- style="background:#bfb;" | 152 || September 21 || Rangers || 7–1 || Montgomery (6–6) || Dunning (5–9) || — || Yankee Stadium || 23,335 || 85–67|- style="background:#bfb;" | 153 || September 22 || Rangers || 7–3 || Green (9–7) || Patton (1–2) || — || Yankee Stadium || 25,170 || 86–67|- style="background:#bfb;" | 154 || September 24 || @ Red Sox || 8–3 || Cole (16–8) || Eovaldi (10–9) || — || Fenway Park || 36,026 || 87–67|- style="background:#bfb;" | 155 || September 25 || @ Red Sox || 5–3 || Severino (1–0) || Houck (1–5) || Chapman (29) || Fenway Park || 36,103 || 88–67|- style="background:#bfb;" | 156 || September 26 || @ Red Sox || 6–3 || Green (10–7) || Richards (7–8) || Chapman (30) || Fenway Park || 36,312 || 89–67|- style="background:#bfb;" | 157 || September 28 || @ Blue Jays || 7–2 || King (1–4) || Ryu (13–10) || — || Rogers Centre || 28,769 || 90–67|- style="background:#fbb;" | 158 || September 29 || @ Blue Jays || 5–6 || Cimber (3–4) || Holmes (8–4) || Romano (22) || Rogers Centre || 29,601 || 90–68|- style="background:#bfb;" | 159 || September 30 || @ Blue Jays || 6–2 || King (2–4) || Ray (13–7) || — || Rogers Centre || 29,659 || 91–68|-|- style="background:#fbb;" | 160 || October 1 || Rays || 3–4 || Head (2–0) || Cortés Jr. (2–3) || Kittredge (8) || Yankee Stadium || 41,469 || 91–69|- style="background:#fbb;" | 161 || October 2 || Rays || 2–12 || Patiño (5–3) || Montgomery (6–7) || — || Yankee Stadium || 41,648 || 91–70|- style="background:#bfb;"| 162 || October 3 || Rays || 1–0 || Chapman (6–4) || Fleming (10–8) || — || Yankee Stadium || 40,409 || 92–70|-

Player stats

Batting

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

bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="20%"	Player	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	G	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	AB	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	R	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	H	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	2B	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	3B	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	HR	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	RBI	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	SB	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	BB	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	AVG	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	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:https://baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/2021-batting.shtml

Pitching

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

bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="20%"	Player	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	W	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	L	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	ERA	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	G	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	GS	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	SV	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	IP	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	H	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	R	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	ER	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	BB	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	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:https://baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/2021-pitching.shtml

Grand slams

Date	Batter	Opposing team	Final score
April 5			7–0 (Home)
April 30	Aaron Judge		10–0 (Home)
September 5		Baltimore Orioles	7–8 (Home)
September 25	Giancarlo Stanton		5–3 (Away)

Postseason

Postseason Game log

|- style="background:#fbb;" | 1 || October 5 || @ Red Sox || Fenway Park || 2–6 || Eovaldi (1−0) || Cole (0−1) || — || 38,324 || 0–1 |-

Postseason rosters

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- 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

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Roster

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Awards and honors

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Recipient	Award	Ref.
	AL Player of the Week (April 26–May 2)	^[24]
	AL Pitcher of the Month (April)	^[25]
	AL Player of the Week (May 10–16)	^[26]
	AL Player of the Week (May 17–23)	^[27]
	AL Player of the Week (August 16–22)	^[28]

Farm system

External links

Notes and References

http://pix11.com/2015/01/22/new-york-yankees-games-returning-to-wpix-tv-after-deal-with-yes-network-2/ New York Yankees games returning to WPIX-TV after deal with YES Network
Web site: Yankees turn game-ending triple play, tie record. June 20, 2021.
News: Boston Red Sox to host New York Yankees in AL Wild Card Game . ESPN.com . October 3, 2021 . October 3, 2021.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2020/12/02/cessa-agrees-to-1-million-1-year-deal-with-yankees
Web site: Yankees to Acquire Greg Allen from Padres.
Web site: Yankees land RHP Taillon in trade with Pirates. January 24, 2021.
Web site: Sources: Corey Kluber, New York Yankees finalizing one-year, $11M deal. ESPN.com. January 15, 2021. January 29, 2021.
Web site: Sources: Yanks, LeMahieu finalizing $90M deal. January 15, 2021.
Web site: Yankees sign RHP Darren O'Day. MLB.com.
Web site: Sources: Gardner stays with Yanks on $4M deal. February 19, 2021.
https://www.mlb.com/press-release/press-release-yankees-yankees-sign-lhp-justin-wilson{{Dead link|date=February 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Web site: Yankees acquire infielder Rougned Odor from Rangers in three-player trade.
Web site: Giants acquire OF Tauchman in trade with Yanks. April 27, 2021.
Web site: Yankees Acquire Connor Cannon to Complete Mike Tauchman Trade.
Web site: Yanks get outfielder Locastro from D-backs. MLB.com.
Web site: Yankees deal 2 prospects for Pirates RHP Holmes. July 26, 2021.
Web site: Yankees trade relievers Cessa, Wilson to Reds. July 28, 2021.
Web site: Time plays part in Gallo deal for Rangers. MLB.com.
Web site: Yankees acquire All-Star slugger Rizzo from Cubs. July 29, 2021.
Web site: Yanks get Heaney from Angels for minor leaguers. July 30, 2021.
Web site: 2021 Batting Postseason New York Yankees ESPN.
Web site: 2021 Pitching Postseason New York Yankees ESPN.
Web site: Field of Dreams game set for Aug. 12, 2021 . Harrigan. Thomas . 2020-11-23. 2020-11-24 . MLB.com. en.
News: Bryant, Kluber named Players of the Week . 9 May 2021 . . 3 May 2021.
News: Harrigan . Thomas . deGrom, Cole named Pitchers of the Month . 9 May 2021 . . 2 May 2021.
Web site: Aaron Judge, Josh Fuentes named Players of the Week presented by Chevrolet. MLB.com.
News: Adler . David . Players of the Week: Kluber, Turnbull, Riley . 25 May 2021 . . 24 May 2021.
News: Harrigan . Thomas . Voit, Naquin slug way to Players of the Week . 2 September 2021 . . 24 August 2021.