2021 Tampa Bay Rays season explained

Tampa Bay Rays
Season:	2021
Misc:	American League East Champions
League:	American League
Division:	East
Ballpark:	Tropicana Field
City:	St. Petersburg, Florida
Divisional Place:	1st
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)

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.

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

Rays team leaders

Batting
		.274
		97
RBIs		106
Home runs		39
Stolen bases		20
Pitching
		5.11
		1.23
Wins	Josh Fleming Shane McClanahan	10
Strikeouts		141
Saves		14

Source:2021 Tampa Bay Rays statistics at Baseball Reference

Updated through game of September 9.
Minimum 3.1 plate appearances per team games played
AVG qualified batters: Arozarena, Díaz, Lowe, Meadows
Minimum 1 inning pitched per team games played
ERA & WHIP qualified pitchers: None

Record against opponents

Game log

Regular season

The 2021 regular season schedule was announced on July 9, 2020.^[1]

Legend
	Rays win
	Rays loss
	Postponement
Bold	Rays team member

|-style="background:#bfb;"| 1 || April 1 || @ Marlins || 1–0 || Thompson (1–0) || García (0–1) || Castillo (1) || 7,062 || 1–0 || W1|-style="background:#bfb;"| 2 || April 2 || @ Marlins || 6–4 || Kittredge (1–0) || Bass (0–1) || Castillo (2) || 6,115 || 2–0 || W2|-style="background:#fbb;"| 3 || April 3 || @ Marlins || 7–12 || Bleier (1–0) || Archer (0–1) || — || 6,179 || 2–1 || L1|-style="background:#fbb;"| 4 || April 5 || @ Red Sox || 2–11 || Pivetta (1–0) || Wacha (0–1) || — || 4,577 || 2–2 || L2|-style="background:#fbb;"| 5 || April 6 || @ Red Sox || 5–6 || Valdéz (1–0) || Thompson (1–1) || — || 4,682 || 2–3 || L3|-style="background:#fbb;"| 6 || April 7 || @ Red Sox || 2–9 || Eovaldi (1–1) || Yarbrough (0–1) || — || 4,751 || 2–4 || L4|-style="background:#bfb;"| 7 || April 9 || Yankees || 10–5 || Hill (1–0) || Kluber (0–1) || — || 9,021 || 3–4 || W1|-style="background:#bfb;"| 8 || April 10 || Yankees || 4–0 || Kittredge (2–0) || Germán (0–2) || — || 6,270 || 4–4 || W2|-style="background:#fbb;"| 9 || April 11 || Yankees || 4–8 || Chapman (1–0) || McHugh (0–1) || — || 6,965 || 4–5 || L1|-style="background:#bfb;"| 10 || April 12 || Rangers || 1–0 || Glasnow (1–0) || Hearn (0–1) || Castillo (3) || 3,627 || 5–5 || W1|-style="background:#fbb;"| 11 || April 13 || Rangers || 3–8 || Gibson (2–0) || Yarbrough (0–2) || — || 4,753 || 5–6 || L1|-style="background:#fbb;"| 12 ||April 14 || Rangers || 1–5 || Arihara (1–1) || Fleming (0–1) || — || 3,021 || 5–7 || L2|-style="background:#fbb;"| 13 || April 15 || Rangers || 4–6 || Sborz (1–0) || Reed (0–1) || Kennedy (3) || 4,217 || 5–8 || L3|-style="background:#bfb;"| 14 || April 16 || @ Yankees || 8–2 || Wacha (1–1) || Nelson (0–2) || — || 10,202 || 6–8 || W1|-style="background:#bfb;"| 15 || April 17 || @ Yankees || 6–3 || Glasnow (2–0) || Montgomery (1–1) || Castillo (4) || 10,583 || 7–8 || W2|-style="background:#bfb;"| 16 || April 18 || @ Yankees || 4–2 || Yarbrough (1–2) || Cole (2–1) || Springs (1) || 10,606 || 8–8 || W3|-style="background:#bfb;"| 17 || April 19 || @ Royals || 4–1 || Fleming (1–1) || Duffy (2–1) || — || 5,589 || 9–8 || W4|-style="background:#bfb;"| 18 || April 20 || @ Royals || 14–7 || Kittredge (3–0) || Keller (1–2) || Richards (1) || 4,481 || 10–8 || W5|-style="background:#fbb;"| 19 || April 21 || @ Royals || 8–9 || Barlow (1–0) || Castillo (0–1) || — || 5,053 || 10–9 || L1|-style="background:#fbb;"| 20 || April 23 || Blue Jays || 3–5 || Matz (4–0) || Glasnow (2–1) || Dolis (1) || 5,564 || 10–10 || L2|-style="background:#bfb;"| 21 || April 24 || Blue Jays || 5–3 || Thompson (2–1) || Romano (1–1) || Kittredge (1) || 6,688 || 11–10 || W1|-style="background:#fbb;"| 22 || April 25 || Blue Jays || 0–1 || Mayza (1–0) || Fleming (1–2) || Dolis (2) || 6,372 || 11–11 || L1|-style="background:#fbb;"| 23 || April 26 || Athletics || 1–2 || Manaea (3–1) || Hill (1–1) || Trivino (3) || 2,981 || 11–12 || L2|-style="background:#bfb;"| 24 || April 27 || Athletics || 4–3 || Springs (1–0) || Montas (2–2) || Castillo (5) || 2,924 || 12–12 || W1|-style="background:#bfb;"| 25 || April 28 || Athletics || 2–0 || Glasnow (3–1) || Irvin (2–3) || Castillo (6) || 3,374 || 13–12 || W2|-style="background:#fbb;"| 26 || April 29 || Athletics || 2–3 || Diekman (1–0) || Castillo (0–2) || Trivino (4) || 3,737 || 13–13 || L1|-style="background:#fbb;"| 27 || April 30 || Astros || 2–9 || McCullers Jr. (2–1) || Yarbrough (1–3) || — || 6,169 || 13–14 || L2|-|-style="background:#fbb;"| 28 || May 1 || Astros || 1–3 || Urquidy (2–2) || Fleming (1–3) || Pressly (4) || 7,335 || 13–15 || L3|-style="background:#bfb;"| 29 || May 2 || Astros || 5–4 || Springs (2–0) || Raley (0–1) || Castillo (7) || 6,933 || 14–15 || W1|-style="background:#bfb;"| 30 || May 3 || @ Angels || 7–3 || Glasnow (4–1) || Quintana (0–3) || — || 10,641 || 15–15 || W2|-style="background:#bfb;"| 31 || May 4 || @ Angels || 8–3 || Patiño (1–0) || Cobb (1–2) || — || 8,152 || 16–15 || W3|-style="background:#bfb;"| 32 || May 5 || @ Angels || 3–1 || Yarbrough (2–3) || Guerra (2–1) || Springs (2) || 9,169 || 17–15 || W4|-style="background:#bfb;"| 33 || May 6 || @ Angels || 8–3 || Fleming (2–3) || Mayers (1–2) || — || 8,840 || 18–15 || W5|-style="background:#fbb;"| 34 || May 7 || @ Athletics || 1–2 || Diekman (2–0) || Springs (2–1) || — || 5,058 || 18–16 || L1|-style="background:#fbb;"| 35 || May 8 || @ Athletics || 3–6 || Montas (4–2) || Glasnow (4–2) || Trivino (6) || 7,707 || 18–17 || L2|-style="background:#bfb;"| 36 || May 9 || @ Athletics || 4–3 || Springs (3–1) || Irvin (3–4) || Kittredge (2) || 6,911 || 19–17 || W1|-style="background:#fbb;"| 37 || May 11 || Yankees || 1–3 || Montgomery (2–1) || Patiño (1–1) || Chapman (8) || 5,441 || 19–18 || L1|-style="background:#fbb;"| 38 || May 12 || Yankees || 0–1 || Cole (5–1) || Thompson (2–2) || Chapman (9) || 5,668 || 19–19 || L2|-style="background:#bfb;"| 39 || May 13 || Yankees || 9–1 || Hill (2–1) || Taillon (1–3) || — || 6,229 || 20–19 || W1|-style="background:#bfb;"| 40 || May 14 || Mets || 3–2 || Fairbanks (1–0) || Castro (0–1) || — || 7,123 || 21–19 || W2|-style="background:#bfb;"| 41 || May 15 || Mets || 12–5 || McClanahan (1–0) || Lucchesi (1–3) || — || 7,536 || 22–19 || W3|-style="background:#bfb;"| 42 || May 16 || Mets || 7–1 || Fleming (3–3) || Stroman (3–4) || — || 7,355 || 23–19 || W4|-style="background:#bfb;"| 43 || May 18 || @ Orioles || 13–6 || Kittredge (4–0) || Harvey (3–4) || — || 5,429 || 24–19 || W5|-style="background:#bfb;"| 44 || May 19 || @ Orioles || 9–7 || Thompson (3–2) || Fry (0–1) || Fairbanks (1) || 6,581 || 25–19 || W6|-style="background:#bfb;"| 45 || May 20 || @ Orioles || 10–1 || Hill (3–1) || Kremer (0–4) || — || 6,916 || 26–19 || W7|-style="background:#bfb;"| 46 || May 21 || @ Blue Jays || 9–7 || Castillo (1–2) || Beasley (0–1) || — || 1,437 || 27–19 || W8|-style="background:#bfb;"| 47 || May 22 || @ Blue Jays || 3–1 || Kittredge (5–0) || Castro (0–1) || Castillo (8) || 1,514 || 28–19 || W9|-style="background:#bfb;"| 48 || May 23 || @ Blue Jays || 6–4 || Fleming (4–3) || Chatwood (0–1) || Feyereisen (1) || 1,496 || 29–19 || W10|-style="background:#bfb;"| 49 || May 24 || @ Blue Jays || 14–8 || Springs (4–1) || Payamps (0–2) || — || 1,641 || 30–19 || W11|-style="background:#fbb;"| 50 || May 25 || Royals || 1–2 || Keller (4–4) || Hill (3–2) || Zimmer (2) || 4,946 || 30–20 || L1|-style="background:#bfb;"| 51 || May 26 || Royals || 2–1 || Feyereisen (1–2) || Zuber (0–2) || — || 4,973 || 31–20 || W1|-style="background:#bfb;"| 52 || May 27 || Royals || 7–2 || McClanahan (2–0) || Singer (2–4) || — || 5,519 || 32–20 || W2|-style="background:#bfb;"| 53 || May 29 || Phillies || 5–3 || Castillo (2–2) || Coonrod (0–2) || Feyereisen (2) || 7,316 || 33–20 || W3|-style="background:#bfb;"| 54 || May 30 || Phillies || 6–2 || Fleming (5–3) || Eflin (2–5) || — || 7,479 || 34–20 || W4|-style="background:#bfb;"| 55 || May 31 || @ Yankees || 3–1 || Hill (4–2) || Taillon (1–4) || Feyereisen (3) || 17,008 || 35–20 || W5|-|-style="background:#fbb;"| 56 || June 1 || @ Yankees || 3–5 || Cessa (1–0) || Kittredge (5–1) || — || 12,537 || 35–21 || L1|-style="background:#fbb;"| 57 || June 2 || @ Yankees || 3–4 || Montgomery (3–1) || McClanahan (2–1) || Chapman (12) || 13,824 || 35–22 || L2|-style="background:#bfb;"| 58 || June 3 || @ Yankees || 9–2 || Yarbrough (3–3) || Cole (6–3) || — || 12,614 || 36–22 || W1|-style="background:#fbb;"| 59 || June 4 || @ Rangers || 4–5 || Gibson (4–0) || Fleming (5–4) || Kennedy (12) || 30,635 || 36–23 || L1|-style="background:#bfb;"| 60 || June 5 || @ Rangers || 3–0 || Hill (5–2) || Allard (1–2) || Castillo (9) || 27,237 || 37–23 || W1|-style="background:#bfb;"| 61 || June 6 || @ Rangers || 7–1 || Feyereisen (2–2) || King (5–4) || — || 26,442 || 38–23 || W2|-style="background:#bfb;"| 62 || June 8 || Nationals || 3–1 || Glasnow (5–2) || Suero (0–1) || Castillo (10) || 7,173 || 39–23 || W3|-style="background:#fbb;"| 63 || June 9 || Nationals || 7–9 || Hand (3–2) || Castillo (2–3) || Rainey (1) || 7,616 || 39–24 || L1|-style="background:#bfb;"| 64 || June 11 || Orioles || 4–2 || Yarbrough (4–3) || Akin (0–1) || Fairbanks (2) || 6,211 || 40–24 || W1|-style="background:#bfb;"| 65 || June 12 || Orioles || 5–4 || McHugh (1–1) || López (2–7) || Castillo (11) || 9,225 || 41–24 || W2|-style="background:#bfb;"| 66 || June 13 || Orioles || 7–1 || Fleming (6–4) || Zimmermann (4–4) || — || 9,101 || 42–24 || W3|-style="background:#bfb;"| 67 || June 14 || @ White Sox || 5–2 || Feyereisen (3–2) || Lynn (7–2) || Fairbanks (3) || 18,024 || 43–24 || W4|-style="background:#fbb;"| 68 || June 15 || @ White Sox || 0–3 || Keuchel (6–1) || McClanahan (2–2) || Hendriks (18) || 19,259 || 43–25 || L1|-style="background:#fbb;"| 69 || June 16 || @ White Sox || 7–8 || Burr (1–0) || Fairbanks (1–1) || — || 20,098 || 43–26 || L2|-style="background:#fbb;"| 70 || June 17 || @ Mariners || 5–6 || Santiago (1–1) || Fairbanks (1–2) || — || 9,092 || 43–27 || L3|-style="background:#fbb;"| 71 || June 18 || @ Mariners || 1–5 || Kikuchi (4–3) || Wacha (1–2) || — || 12,654 || 43–28 || L4|-style="background:#fbb;"| 72 || June 19 || @ Mariners || 5–6 || Montero (4–2) || Feyereisen (3–3) || — || 14,772 || 43–29 || L5|-style="background:#fbb;"| 73 || June 20 || @ Mariners || 2–6 || Montero (5–2) || Castillo (2–4) || — || 18,172 || 43–30 || L6|-style="background:#fbb;"| 74 || June 22 || Red Sox || 5–9 || Hernández (2–2) || Fairbanks (1–3) || — || 12,994 || 43–31 || L7|-style="background:#bfb;"| 75 || June 23 || Red Sox || 8–2 || Hill (6–2) || Richards (4–5) || — || 9,088 || 44–31 || W1|-style="background:#bfb;"| 76 || June 24 || Red Sox || 1–0 || Feyereisen (4–3) || Barnes (3–2) || — || 10,961 || 45–31 || W2|-style="background:#bfb;"| 77 || June 25 || Angels || 4–3 || McHugh (2–1) || Suárez (2–1) || Castillo (12) || 7,909 || 46–31 || W3|-style="background:#bfb;"| 78 || June 26 || Angels || 13–3 || McClanahan (3–2) || Cobb (5–3) || — || 16,699 || 47–31 || W4|-style="background:#fbb;"| 79 || June 27 || Angels || 4–6 || Watson (3–3) || Wisler (1–3) || Iglesias (13) || 12,764 || 47–32 || L1|-style="background:#fbb;"| 80 || June 29 || @ Nationals || 3–4 || Ross (5–7) || Hill (6–3) || Hand (18) || 17,117 || 47–33 || L2|-style="background:#fbb;"| 81 || June 30 || @ Nationals || 6–15 || Lester (2–3) || Sherriff (0–1) || — || 15,552 || 47–34 || L3|-|-style="background:#fbb;"| 82 || July 2 || @ Blue Jays || 1–11 || Manoah (2–0) || Patiño (1–2) || — || 10,011 || 47–35 || L4|-style="background:#fbb;"| 83 || July 3 || @ Blue Jays || 3–6 || Cimber (2–2) || McClanahan (3–3) || — || 9,189 || 47–36 || L5|-style="background:#bfb;"| 84 || July 4 || @ Blue Jays || 5–1 || Yarbrough (5–3) || Ray (6–4) || — || 7,537 || 48–36 || W1|-style="background:#bfb;"| 85 || July 5 || Indians || 9–8 || Fairbanks (2–3) || Clase (3–4) || — || 8,832 || 49–36 || W2|-style="background:#bbb;" | — || July 6 || Indians || colspan=7 | Postponed (Tropical Storm Elsa) make-up date July 7|-style="background:#bfb;"| 86 || July 7 || Indians || 8–1 || Wacha (2–2) || Mejía (1–4) || — || N/A || 50–36 || W3|-style="background:#bfb;"| 87 || July 7 || Indians || 4–0 || Fleming (7–4) || Hentges (1–4) || — || 10,905 || 51–36 || W4|-style="background:#bfb;"| 88 || July 9 || Blue Jays || 7–1 || Kittredge (6–1) || Manoah (2–1) || — || 8,551 || 52–36 || W5|-style="background:#bfb;"| 89 || July 10 || Blue Jays || 5–2 || Yarbrough (6–3) || Stripling (3–5) || Castillo (13) || 9,954 || 53–36 || W6 |-style="background:#fbb;"| 90 || July 11 || Blue Jays || 1–3 || Ray (7–4) || Hill (6–4) || Romano (7) || 11,233 || 53–37 || L1|- style="text-align:center; background:#bbcaff;"| colspan="10" | 91st All-Star Game in Denver|-style="background:#bfb;"| 91 || July 16 || @ Braves || 7–6 || Wisler (2–3) || Chavez (0–2) || Fairbanks (4) || 40,485 || 54–37 || W1|-style="background:#fbb;"| 92 || July 17 || @ Braves || 0–9 || Fried (7–5) || Fleming (7–5) || — || 40,868 || 54–38 || L1|-style="background:#bfb;"| 93 || July 18 || @ Braves || 7–5 || Springs (5–1) || Minter (1–4) || Fairbanks (5) || 34,544 || 55–38 || W1|-style="background:#fbb;"| 94 || July 19 || Orioles || 1–6 || Watkins (2–0) || Yarbrough (6–4) || — || 9,922 || 55–39 || L1|-style="background:#bfb;"| 95 || July 20 || Orioles || 9–3 || McClanahan (4–3) || Means (4–3) || — || 10,399 || 56–39 || W1|-style="background:#bfb;"| 96 || July 21 || Orioles || 5–4 || McHugh (3–1) || Scott (3–4) || — || 8,968 || 57–39 || W2|-style="background:#bfb;"| 97 || July 22 || @ Indians || 5–4 || Fairbanks (3–3) || Shaw (3–4) || Castillo (14) || 19,338 || 58–39 || W3|-style="background:#bfb;"| 98 || July 23 || @ Indians || 10–5 || Wisler (3–3) || Wittgren (2–3) || — || 23,180 || 59–39 || W4|-style="background:#bfb;"| 99 || July 24 || @ Indians || 8–2 || Head (1–0) || Mejía (1–6) || — || 23,324 || 60–39 || W5|-style="background:#fbb;"| 100 || July 25 || @ Indians || 2–3 || Karinchak (7–2) || Wisler (3–4) || Clase (12) || 18,614 || 60–40 || L1|-style="background:#fbb;"| 101 || July 27 || Yankees || 3–4 || Montgomery (4–5) || McClanahan (4–4) || Chapman (19) || 12,678 || 60–41 || L2|-style="background:#fbb;"| 102 || July 28 || Yankees || 1–3 || Green (4–5) || Fairbanks (3–4) || Chapman (20) || 11,525 || 60–42 || L3|-style="background:#bfb;"| 103 || July 29 || Yankees || 14–0 || Patiño (2–2) || Cole (10–6) || — || 14,134 || 61–42 || W1|-style="background:#bfb;"| 104 || July 30 || Red Sox || 7–3 || Fleming (8–5) || Pérez (7–7) || — || 11,109 || 62–42 || W2|-style="background:#bfb;"| 105 || July 31 || Red Sox || 9–5 || Kittredge (7–1) || Eovaldi (9–6) || — || 20,521 || 63–42 || W3|-|-style="background:#bfb;"| 106 || August 1 || Red Sox || 3–2 || McClanahan (5–4) || Pivetta (8–5) || Wisler (1) || 17,816 || 64–42 || W4|-style="background:#fbb;"| 107 || August 2 || Mariners || 2–8 || Flexen (10–5) || Wacha (2–3) || — || 5,855 || 64–43 || L1|-style="background:#fbb;"| 108 || August 3 || Mariners || 2–4 || Kikuchi (7–6) || Patiño (2–3) || Castillo (15) || 10,071 || 64–44 || L2|-style="background:#bfb;"| 109 || August 4 || Mariners || 4–3 || Fleming (9–5) || Gilbert (5–3) || Sherriff (1) || 9,701 || 65–44 || W1|-style="background:#bfb;"| 110 || August 6 || @ Orioles || 10–6 || Rasmussen (1–1) || Fry (4–4) || — || 11,320 || 66–44 || W2|-style="background:#bfb;"| 111 || August 7 || @ Orioles || 12–3 || McClanahan (6–4) || Watkins (2–3) || — || 18,545 || 67–44 || W3|-style="background:#bfb;"| 112 || August 8 || @ Orioles || 9–6 || Chargois (2–0) || Fry (4–5) || — || 10,576 || 68–44 || W4|-style="background:#bfb;"| 113 || August 10 || @ Red Sox || 8–4 || Kittredge (8–1) || Barnes (6–5) || — || 25,356 || 69–44 || W5|-style="background:#fbb;"| 114 || August 11 || @ Red Sox || 8–20 || Eovaldi (10–7) || Fleming (9–6) || — || 30,286 || 69–45 || L1|-style="background:#bfb;"| 115 || August 12 || @ Red Sox || 8–1 || McHugh (4–1) || Houck (0–3) || — || 26,803 || 70–45 || W1|-style="background:#bfb;"| 116 || August 13 || @ Twins || 10–4 || McClanahan (7–4) || Pineda (4–8) || Phillips (1) || 23,125 || 71–45 || W2|-style="background:#fbb;"| 117 || August 14 || @ Twins || 0–12 || Maeda (6–4) || Wacha (2–4) || — || 21,034 || 71–46 || L1 |-style="background:#fbb;"| 118 || August 15 || @ Twins || 4–5 || Colomé (3–4) || Wisler (3–5) || — || 22,467 || 71–47 || L2 |-style="background:#bfb;"| 119 || August 16 || Orioles || 9–2 || Fleming (10–6) || Harvey (6–12) || — || 5,460 || 72–47 || W1|-style="background:#bfb;"| 120 || August 17 || Orioles || 10–0 || Ellis (1–0) || Means (5–5) || — || 4,795 || 73–47 || W2|-style="background:#bfb;"| 121 || August 18 || Orioles || 8–4 || Yarbrough (7–4) || Watkins (2–5) || — || 6,673 || 74–47 || W3|-style="background:#bfb;"| 122 || August 19 || Orioles || 7–2 || McClanahan (8–4) || López (3–14) || — || 5,826 || 75–47 || W4|-style="background:#fbb;"| 123 || August 20 || White Sox || 5–7 || Hendriks (8–3) || Kittredge (8–2) || Tepera (2) || 13,178 || 75–48 || L1|-style="background:#bfb;"| 124 || August 21 || White Sox || 8–4 || Patiño (3–3) || Keuchel (8–7) || McHugh (1) || 22,275 || 76–48 || W1|-style="background:#bfb;"| 125 || August 22 || White Sox || 9–0 || Armstrong (1–0) || López (2–1) || Fleming (1) || 16,696 || 77–48 || W2|-style="background:#bfb;"| 126 || August 24 || @ Phillies || 3–1 || Chargois (3–0) || Bradley (7–2) || Kittredge (3) || 23,402 || 78–48 || W3|-style="background:#bfb;"| 127 || August 25 || @ Phillies || 7–4 || McHugh (5–1) || Wheeler (10–9) || — || 25,552 || 79–48 || W4|-style="background:#bfb;"| 128 || August 27 || @ Orioles || 6–3 || McClanahan (9–4) || Harvey (6–14) || Mazza (1) || 7,155 || 80–48 || W5|-style="background:#bfb;"| 129 || August 28 || @ Orioles || 4–3 || Chargois (4–0) || Sulser (3–3) || Kittredge (4) || 11,110 || 81–48 || W6|-style="background:#bfb;"| 130 || August 29 || @ Orioles || 12–8 || Chargois (5–0) || Watkins (2–7) || — || 8,353 || 82–48 || W7|-style="background:#bfb;"| 131 || August 30 || Red Sox || 6–1 || Patiño (4–3) || Pivetta (9–7) || — || 6,753 || 83–48 || W8|-style="background:#bfb;"| 132 || August 31 || Red Sox || 8–5 || Yarbrough (8–4) || Peacock (0–1) || Kittredge (5) || 6,868 || 84–48 || W9|-|-style="background:#fbb;"| 133 || September 1 || Red Sox || 2–3 || Whitlock (7–2) || Fairbanks (3–5) || Ottavino (11) || 7,808 || 84–49 || L1|-style="background:#fbb;"| 134 || September 2 || Red Sox || 0–4 || Rodríguez (11–7) || McClanahan (9–5) || Richards (2) || 7,923 || 84–50 || L2|-style="background:#bfb;"| 135 || September 3 || Twins || 5–3 || Wacha (3–4) || Dobnak (1–7) || Kittredge (6) || 8,864 || 85–50 || W1|-style="background:#bfb;"| 136 || September 4 || Twins || 11–4 || Archer (1–1) || Albers (1–1) || Enns (1) || 13,861 || 86–50 || W2|-style="background:#fbb;"| 137 || September 5 || Twins || 5–6 || Duffey (3–3) || Kittredge (8–3) || Colomé (11) || 14,165 || 86–51 || L1|-style="background:#bfb;"| 138 || September 6 || @ Red Sox || 11–10 || McHugh (6–1) || Whitlock (7–3) || — || 26,512 || 87–51 || W1|-style="background:#bfb;"| 139 || September 7 || @ Red Sox || 12–7 || Rasmussen (2–1) || Rodríguez (11–8) || — || 25,065 || 88–51 || W2|-style="background:#fbb;"| 140 || September 8 || @ Red Sox || 1–2 || Richards (7–7) || Chargois (5–1) || Robles (12) || 26,649 || 88–52 || L1|-style="background:#fbb;"| 141 || September 10 || @ Tigers || 4–10 || Cisnero (4–4) || Fairbanks (3–6) || — || 18,321 || 88–53 || L2|-style="background:#bfb;"| 142 || September 11 || @ Tigers || 7–2 || Enns (1–0) || Mize (7–8) || — || 18,842 || 89–53 || W1|-style="background:#fbb;"| 143 || September 12 || @ Tigers || 7–8 || Funkhouser (7–3) || Feyereisen (4–4) || — || 13,396 || 89–54 || L1|-style="background:#fbb;"| 144 || September 13 || @ Blue Jays || 1–8 || Manoah (6–2) || Yarbrough (8–5) || — || 12,119 || 89–55 || L2|-style="background:#bfb;"| 145 || September 14 || @ Blue Jays || 2–0 || Rasmussen (3–1) || Berríos (11–8) || Kittredge (7) || 13,103 || 90–55 || W1|-style="background:#fbb;"| 146 || September 15 || @ Blue Jays || 3–6 || Ray (12–5) || Wacha (3–5) || Romano (18) || 12,153 || 90–56 || L1|-style="background:#bfb;"| 147 || September 16 || Tigers || 5–2 || Enns (2–0) || Alexander (2–3) || — || 10,206 || 91–56 || W1|-style="background:#bfb;"| 148 || September 17 || Tigers || 7–4 || Kittredge (9–3) || Garcia (2–2) || — || 16,451 || 92–56 || W2|-style="background:#fbb;"| 149 || September 18 || Tigers || 3–4 || Ureña (4–8) || Yarbrough (8–6) || Fulmer (10) || 22,921 || 92–57 || L1|-style="background:#fbb;"| 150 || September 19 || Tigers || 0–2 || Peralta (4–3) || McClanahan (9–6) || Funkhouser (1) || 17,948 || 92–58 || L2|-style="background:#bfb;"| 151 || September 20 || Blue Jays || 6–4 || Baz (1–0) || Ray (12–6) || Enns (2) || 10,119 || 93–58 || W1|-style="background:#fbb;"| 152 || September 21 || Blue Jays || 2–4 || Manoah (7–2) || Anderson (0–1) || Romano (20) || 9,888 || 93–59 || L1|-style="background:#bfb;"| 153 || September 22 || Blue Jays || 7–1 || Chargois (6–1) || Stripling (5–7) || — || 10,994 || 94–59 || W1|-style="background:#bfb;"| 154 || September 24 || Marlins || 8–0 || Yarbrough (9–6) || Cabrera (0–3) || — || 15,340 || 95–59 || W2|-style="background:#bfb;"| 155 || September 25 || Marlins || 7–3 || McClanahan (10–6) || Alcántara (9–14) || — || 23,783 || 96–59 || W3|-style="background:#bfb;"| 156 || September 26 || Marlins || 3–2 || Baz (2–0) || Luzardo (5–9) || Anderson (1) || 20,826 || 97–59 || W4|-style="background:#fbb;"| 157 || September 28 || @ Astros || 3–4 || Maton (5–0) || Fleming (10–7) || — || 32,297 || 97–60 || L1|-style="background:#bfb;"| 158 || September 29 || @ Astros || 7–0 || Rasmussen (4–1) || García (11–8) || — || 28,321 || 98–60 || W1|-style="background:#fbb;"| 159 || September 30 || @ Astros || 2–3 || McCullers Jr. (13–5) || Yarbrough (9–7) || Pressly (26) || 31,608 || 98–61 || L1|-|-style="background:#bfb;"| 160 || October 1 || @ Yankees || 4–3 || Head (2–0) || Cortés Jr. (2–3) || Kittredge (8) || 41,469 || 99–61 || W1|-style="background:#bfb;"| 161 || October 2 || @ Yankees || 12–2 || Patiño (5–3) || Montgomery (6–7) || — || 41,648 || 100–61 || W2|-style="background:#fbb;"| 162 || October 3 || @ Yankees || 0–1 || Chapman (6–4) || Fleming (10–8) || — || 40,409 || 100–62 || L1|-

Games played at TD Ballpark in Dunedin, Florida.^[2]
Games played at Sahlen Field in Buffalo, New York.^[3]

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
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:https://baseball-reference.com/teams/TBR/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
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

Source:https://baseball-reference.com/teams/TBR/2021-pitching.shtml

Postseason

|- style="background:#bfb;"| 1 || October 7 || Red Sox || 5–0 || McClanahan (1–0) || Rodríguez (0–1) || — || Tropicana Field
27,419 || 1–0|- style="background:#fbb;"| 2 || October 8 || Red Sox || 6−14 || Houck (1−0) || McHugh (0−1) || — || Tropicana Field
37,616 || 1–1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 3 || October 10 || @ Red Sox || 4–6 || Pivetta (1–0) || Patiño (0–1) || — || Fenway Park
37,224 || 1–2|- style="background:#fbb;"| 4 || October 11 || @ Red Sox || 5–6 || Whitlock (1–0) || Feyereisen (0–1) || — || Fenway Park
38,447 || 1–3 |-

Postseason rosters

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- - - - Pitchers: 11 Shane Baz 19 Josh Fleming 29 Pete Fairbanks 30 David Robertson 31 Collin McHugh 34 J. P. Feyereisen 36 Andrew Kittredge 37 Matt Wisler 52 Michael Wacha 57 Drew Rasmussen 61 Luis Patiño 62 Shane McClanahan 84 J. T. Chargois Catchers: 10 Mike Zunino 28 Francisco Mejía Infielders: 2 Yandy Díaz 5 Wander Franco 8 Brandon Lowe 18 Joey Wendle 26 Ji-man Choi Outfielders: 13 Manuel Margot 17 Austin Meadows 25 Jordan Luplow 39 Kevin Kiermaier 56 Randy Arozarena Designated hitters: 23 Nelson Cruz

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Roster

2021 Tampa Bay Rays
Roster
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Farm system

External links

Tampa Bay Rays 2021 Schedule at MLB.com
2021 Tampa Bay Rays season at ESPN
2021 Tampa Bay Rays season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

. Rays Announce 2021 Regular Season Schedule . St. Petersburg, Florida . Major League Baseball . July 9, 2020 . April 1, 2021.
Web site: Blue Jays to play third homestand in Dunedin . . March 30, 2021 . MLB.com . Major League Baseball . April 1, 2021.
Web site: Blue Jays to move home location to Sahlen Field beginning June 1 . . May 5, 2021 . milb.com . Minor League Baseball . August 7, 2021.