DataBaseball
2026
New York Yankees logo

American League East · 2021

New York Yankees

Team WAR
35.5
18.6 bat / 16.9 pitch
Win %
.568
pyth .528
Run diff
+42
4.39 / 4.13 per g
wRC+
104
ERA
3.71
FIP 3.87
Home runs
200

The New York Yankees went 92-70 in 2021, a .568 winning percentage — 7th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 711 runs and allowed 669, a run differential of +42. The offence ranked 19th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.71 staff ERA was 5th of 30. Their 104 team wRC+ was 4% above league average — 10th of 30 in MLB. Aaron Judge led the position players at 5.1 WAR, and Gerrit Cole the rotation at a 3.23 ERA.

Where the offence comes from

Roster contribution by share of the team total.

1,186 team hits
DJ LeMahieu160DJ LeMahieu — 160 hits (13.5%)Aaron Judge158Aaron Judge — 158 hits (13.3%)Giancarlo Stanton139Giancarlo Stanton — 139 hits (11.7%)Gleyber Torres119Gleyber Torres — 119 hits (10.0%)Gio Urshela112Gio Urshela — 112 hits (9.4%)Brett Gardner86Brett Gardner — 86 hits (7.3%)Gary Sánchez78Gary Sánchez — 78 hits (6.6%)Rougned Odor65Rougned Odor — 65 hits (5.5%)Luke Voit51Luke Voit — 51 hits (4.3%)Miguel Andujar39Miguel Andujar — 39 hits (3.3%)Higashioka35Kyle Higashioka — 35 hits (3.0%)Tyler Wade34Tyler Wade — 34 hits (2.9%)Clint Frazier34Clint Frazier — 34 hits (2.9%)Aaron Hicks21Aaron Hicks — 21 hits (1.8%)15Andrew Velazquez — 15 hits (1.3%)Greg Allen — 10 hits (0.8%)8Mike Ford — 8 hits (0.7%)6Estevan Florial — 6 hits (0.5%)Ryan LaMarre — 4 hits (0.3%)Jay Bruce — 4 hits (0.3%)Chris Gittens — 4 hits (0.3%)Rob Brantly — 3 hits (0.3%)Andrew Heaney — 1 hits (0.1%)
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.

Batting

30 players, ranked by dbWAR.

Aaron JudgeRF14863315839986.287.373.544.3901525.1
Giancarlo StantonDH13957913935970.273.354.516.3721393.0
Gary SánchezC1174407823540.204.307.423.3181012.2
Gleyber TorresSS12751611995114.259.331.366.310951.9
DJ LeMahieu2B15067916010574.268.349.362.3181021.9
Gio Urshela3B11644211214491.267.301.419.310961.4
Brett GardnerCF1324618610394.222.327.362.309951.3
Luke Voit1B682415111350.239.328.437.3351130.6
Rougned Odor2B993616515390.202.286.379.292830.5
Tyler Wade3B71145340517.268.354.323.308940.5
Greg AllenRF154810025.270.417.432.3831470.5
Kyle HigashiokaC642113510290.181.246.389.274710.4
Estevan FlorialCF8256121.300.440.550.4301790.3
Aaron HicksCF32126214140.194.294.333.283770.1
Ryan LaMarreRF9244241.190.292.476.3301100.1
Clint FrazierLF66218345152.186.317.317.294850.1
Andrew HeaneyP241000.333.500.333.4001590.0
Jameson TaillonP120000.000.500.000.3621320.0
Clarke SchmidtP120000.000.500.000.3621320.0
Andrew VelazquezSS226815164.224.235.358.25356-0.0
Nestor CortesP110000.000.000.000.000-121-0.0
Corey KluberP120000.000.000.000.000-121-0.0
Domingo GermánP230000.000.000.000.000-121-0.1
Jordan MontgomeryP340000.000.000.000.000-121-0.1
Trey AmburgeyRF240000.000.000.000.000-121-0.1
Miguel AndujarLF44162396120.253.284.383.28880-0.1
Rob BrantlyC6213000.150.190.200.1794-0.1
Jay Bruce1B10394130.118.231.235.22133-0.3
Mike Ford1B22728350.133.278.283.25860-0.3
Chris Gittens1B16444150.111.250.194.22033-0.3

Pitching

26 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.

Gerrit Cole3030181.116802433.232.921.0612.14.5
Jordan Montgomery3030157.16701623.833.691.289.32.6
Jonathan Loáisiga57070.2945692.172.581.028.81.7
Lucas Luetge57172.1421782.742.841.139.71.5
Nestor Cortes221493.02301032.903.781.0810.01.3
Jameson Taillon2929144.18601404.304.431.218.71.2
Corey Kluber161680.0530823.833.851.349.21.2
Chad Green67083.21076993.123.590.8810.61.0
Luis Cessa53064.2520542.513.391.147.50.9
Domingo Germán221898.1450984.584.311.189.00.8
Michael King22663.1240623.553.861.288.80.7
Aroldis Chapman61056.16430973.363.991.3115.50.5
Luis Gil6629.1110383.074.401.3311.70.2
Wandy Peralta56151.0545433.354.311.377.60.2
Luis Severino406.010080.001.500.5012.00.2
Stephen Ridings505.000071.801.571.2012.60.2
Nick Nelson11214.1020228.794.082.1613.80.1
Deivi García228.102076.484.851.447.60.0
Brody Koerner203.000013.005.501.333.0-0.0
Darren O'Day12010.2000113.384.951.229.3-0.0
Clarke Schmidt216.100065.686.172.538.5-0.1
Asher Wojciechowski114.000044.507.421.509.0-0.1
Zack Britton22018.1011165.895.461.697.9-0.2
Justin Wilson42034.0110295.295.261.417.7-0.2
Albert Abreu28036.2201355.155.901.258.6-0.5
Brooks Kriske12011.12101114.2911.112.038.7-0.8
Record versus run differential

New York Yankees are 92-70, a .568 win rate, while their +42 run differential implies .528. That is about 6 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.