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.
The 2021 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished tied for 2nd in the AL East, 8 games back. They spent 1 of 186 days in first place and were as far as 10.5 games back on July 5. Their best month was August at 21-8, their worst March/April at 12-14. The longest runs were a 13-game winning streak from August 14 to August 27 and a 7-game losing streak from September 4 to September 10. They were 46-35 at home and 46-35 on the road, 28-20 in one-run games and 48-43 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 13-1 against the Orioles on August 3; the heaviest defeat, 14-0 at the Rays on July 29.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
12
14
.462
102
92
+10
May
17
11
.607
100
102
-2
June
12
14
.462
127
138
-11
July
14
9
.609
93
92
+1
August
21
8
.724
154
103
+51
Sept/Oct
16
14
.533
135
142
-7
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
46-35
.568
Road
46-35
.568
One-run games
28-20
.583
Extra innings
10-8
.556
Within the division
36-40
.474
Against .500+ clubs
48-43
.527
Decided by 5+ runs
20-17
.541
Last 10
7-3
.700
American League East standings, 2021
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League East, 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
80
24,498
25,043
9,008
43,180
Night
49
24,732
25,054
9,008
43,180
Day
31
24,129
23,985
10,015
42,714
Weekend
40
26,204
29,605
9,523
43,180
Weekday
40
22,792
24,184
9,008
39,166
On the road
81
20,613
18,218
1,550
43,144
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
10,021
May
15
11,170
Jun
15
21,227
Jul
8
39,078
Aug
14
35,116
Sep
14
30,420
Oct
3
41,175
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
3:12
143 games
All games
3:17
Extra innings
3:54
18 of them
Longest
4:17
2021-07-21, 10 inn
Shortest
2:11
2021-05-27
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
3:17
3:14
2:11
4:52
Regulation
143
3:12
3:09
2:11
4:06
Extra innings
18
3:54
3:49
3:25
4:52
Home
80
3:16
3:14
2:11
4:17
Road
81
3:17
3:14
2:22
4:52
Day
57
3:13
3:09
2:14
4:02
Night
104
3:18
3:18
2:11
4:52
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
3:15
May
15
3:03
Jun
15
3:21
Jul
7
3:26
Aug
14
3:11
Sep
14
3:24
Oct
3
3:18
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 192 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
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.
