The Cincinnati Reds went 83-79 in 2021, a .512 winning percentage — 14th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 786 runs and allowed 760, a run differential of +26. The offence ranked 9th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.41 staff ERA was 19th of 30. Their 102 team wRC+ was 2% above league average — 14th of 30 in MLB. Jonathan India led the position players at 4.6 WAR, and Luis Castillo the rotation at a 3.98 ERA.
The 2021 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 3rd in the NL Central, 12 games back. They spent 17 of 186 days in first place, led by as many as 1 game on April 6 and were as far as 14.5 games back on September 18. Their best month was July at 16-10, their worst Sept/Oct at 12-17. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from April 3 to April 9 and a 7-game losing streak from April 18 to April 25. They were 44-37 at home and 39-42 on the road, 24-20 in one-run games and 31-37 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 14-1 against the Pirates on April 6; the heaviest defeat, 19-4 against the Giants on May 20.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
12
13
.480
136
128
+8
May
12
15
.444
120
144
-24
June
15
12
.556
137
126
+11
July
16
10
.615
121
121
0
August
16
12
.571
142
102
+40
Sept/Oct
12
17
.414
130
139
-9
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
44-37
.543
Road
39-42
.481
One-run games
24-20
.545
Extra innings
9-8
.529
Within the division
43-33
.566
Against .500+ clubs
31-37
.456
Decided by 5+ runs
23-25
.479
Last 10
5-5
.500
National League Central standings, 2021
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League Central, 2021. Games back of the best record in the division.
The players whose season belongs to this club, by position and then by dbWAR. A player traded mid-season is listed with the club he played most of his games for, so a deadline arrival may appear on his other club’s page instead.
Each rectangle is a player, sized by his share of the team's hits; darker means a larger share. Top 30 contributors. Select a different statistic above, or click a player for his page.
Day and night divide the home schedule, and so do weekend and weekday. The road line is a different question.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Low
High
All home
81
18,581
17,077
7,549
40,854
Night
47
18,552
16,620
8,025
40,854
Day
34
18,620
17,344
7,549
36,815
Weekend
41
23,667
21,947
11,629
40,854
Weekday
40
13,367
11,849
7,549
23,941
On the road
81
19,528
20,088
3,662
40,362
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
11,166
May
12
13,743
Jun
14
19,248
Jul
13
28,215
Aug
14
19,819
Sep
15
18,749
By season
Announced gate — tickets distributed, which is the figure every reference publishes and is not the same as people through the turnstile. A game the feed reports no gate for is left out rather than counted as empty. Seasons before attendance was carried into the lake are absent from the trend rather than shown as zero.
Game time
First pitch to final out across 161 completed games, 2021.
Regulation
3:09
144 games
All games
3:14
Extra innings
3:56
17 of them
Longest
4:45
2021-07-19, 11 inn
Shortest
2:20
2021-09-01
By situation
Regulation and extra innings divide the season, and so do home and road. Day and night overlap both.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Fastest
Longest
All
161
3:14
3:11
2:07
5:14
Regulation
144
3:09
3:09
2:07
4:04
Extra innings
17
3:56
3:55
2:49
5:14
Home
80
3:17
3:14
2:20
4:45
Road
81
3:12
3:09
2:07
5:14
Day
63
3:10
3:07
2:20
4:26
Night
98
3:17
3:14
2:07
5:14
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
3:19
May
12
3:17
Jun
13
3:16
Jul
13
3:33
Aug
14
3:00
Sep
15
3:17
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 189 minutes this season.
Elapsed time from first pitch to final out. The feed does not itemise delays, so a rain delay is inside these numbers with no way to subtract it. Games called early are excluded — five innings in ninety-three minutes is not a short game — but they still count in attendance, because the crowd turned up.
Record versus run differential
Cincinnati Reds are 83-79, a .512 win rate, while their +26 run differential implies .515. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
