2021 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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2021 Major League Baseball Standings

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American League Central
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	3	6	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R - L	162	93	69	.574	--	796	636	160	Lost in Division Series (Astros)	1,596,385	13	$ 127,148,334	6	Rick Hahn	Tony La Russa	Guaranteed Rate Field
2	9	16	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R - L	162	80	82	.494	13.0	717	727	-10	dnq	1,114,368	22	$ 51,269,100	15	Mike Chernoff	Terry Francona	Progressive Field
3	11	19	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R - L	162	77	85	.475	16.0	697	756	-59	dnq	1,102,623	23	$ 80,866,200	12	Alberto Avila	AJ Hinch	Comerica Park
4	12	22	Kansas City Royals	T - S - R - L	162	74	88	.457	19.0	686	788	-102	dnq	1,159,613	21	$ 89,496,700	9	Dayton Moore	Mike Matheny	Kauffman Stadium
5	13	23	Minnesota Twins	T - S - R - L	162	73	89	.451	20.0	729	834	-105	dnq	1,310,199	19	$ 125,153,166	7	Thad Levine	Rocco Baldelli	Target Field
American League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	3	Tampa Bay Rays	T - S - R - L	162	100	62	.617	--	857	651	206	Lost in Division Series (Red Sox)	761,072	28	$ 66,820,709	13	Erik Neander	Kevin Cash	Tropicana Field
2	5	7	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R - L	162	92	70	.568	8.0	829	749	80	Lost in ALCS (Astros)	1,725,323	11	$ 179,540,260	3	Brian O'Halloran	Alex Cora	Fenway Park
3	4	8	New York Yankees	T - S - R - L	162	92	70	.568	8.0	711	669	42	Lost AL Wild-Card Game (Red Sox)	1,959,854	8	$ 201,074,956	1	Brian Cashman	Aaron Boone	Yankee Stadium II
4	6	9	Toronto Blue Jays	T - S - R - L	162	91	71	.562	9.0	846	663	183	dnq	809,557	26	$ 139,646,569	5	Ross Atkins	Charlie Montoyo	Rogers Centre
5	15	29	Baltimore Orioles	T - S - R - L	162	52	110	.321	48.0	659	956	-297	dnq	793,229	27	$ 56,158,500	14	Mike Elias	Brandon Hyde	Oriole Park at Camden Yards
American League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	2	4	Houston Astros	T - S - R - L	162	95	67	.586	--	863	658	205	Lost World Series (Braves)	2,068,509	6	$ 176,495,417	4	James Click	Dusty Baker	Minute Maid Park
2	7	11	Seattle Mariners	T - S - R - L	162	90	72	.556	5.0	697	748	-51	dnq	1,215,985	20	$ 83,603,100	10	Jerry Dipoto	Scott Servais	T-Mobile Park
3	8	13	Oakland Athletics	T - S - R - L	162	86	76	.531	9.0	743	687	56	dnq	701,430	29	$ 82,983,674	11	David Forst	Bob Melvin	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
4	10	18	Los Angeles Angels	T - S - R - L	162	77	85	.475	18.0	723	804	-81	dnq	1,512,033	15	$ 180,609,676	2	Perry Minasian	Joe Maddon	Angel Stadium of Anaheim
5	14	28	Texas Rangers	T - S - R - L	162	60	102	.370	35.0	625	815	-190	dnq	2,110,258	4	$ 97,796,971	8	Chris Young	Chris Woodward	Globe Life Field in Arlington
National League Central
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	3	5	Milwaukee Brewers	T - S - R - L	162	95	67	.586	--	738	623	115	Lost in Division Series (Braves)	1,824,282	10	$ 93,818,038	13	Matt Arnold	Craig Counsell	American Family Field
2	4	10	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R - L	162	90	72	.556	5.0	706	672	34	Lost NL Wild-Card Game (Dodgers)	2,102,530	5	$ 164,972,833	6	Mike Girsch	Mike Shildt	Busch Stadium III
3	6	14	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R - L	162	83	79	.512	12.0	786	760	26	dnq	1,505,024	16	$ 123,575,488	10	Nick Krall	David Bell	Great American Ballpark
4	11	24	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R - L	162	71	91	.438	24.0	705	839	-134	dnq	1,978,934	7	$ 156,481,585	7	---	David Ross	Wrigley Field
5	14	27	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R - L	162	61	101	.377	34.0	609	833	-224	dnq	859,498	25	$ 45,599,000	15	Ben Cherington	Derek Shelton	PNC Park
National League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	5	12	Atlanta Braves	T - S - R - L	161	88	73	.547	--	790	656	134	World Series Champions (Astros)	2,300,247	2	$ 132,458,375	9	Alex Anthopoulos	Brian Snitker	Truist Park
2	7	15	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R - L	162	82	80	.506	6.5	734	745	-11	dnq	1,515,890	14	$ 174,808,832	5	Sam Fuld	Joe Girardi	Citizens Bank Park
3	9	20	New York Mets	T - S - R - L	162	77	85	.475	11.5	636	668	-32	dnq	1,484,665	17	$ 186,001,814	2	---	Luis Rojas	Citi field
4	12	25	Miami Marlins	T - S - R - L	162	67	95	.414	21.5	623	701	-78	dnq	642,617	30	$ 57,481,750	14	Kim Ng	Don Mattingly	LoanDepot Park
5	13	26	Washington Nationals	T - S - R - L	162	65	97	.401	23.5	724	820	-96	dnq	1,465,543	18	$ 179,557,685	3	Michael Rizzo	Dave Martinez	Nationals Park
National League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	San Francisco Giants	T - S - R - L	162	107	55	.660	--	804	594	210	Lost in Division Series (Dodgers)	1,679,484	12	$ 149,937,613	8	Scott Harris	Gabe Kapler	Oracle Park
2	2	2	Los Angeles Dodgers	T - S - R - L	162	106	56	.654	1.0	830	561	269	Lost in NLCS (Braves)	2,804,693	1	$ 241,372,403	1	---	Dave Roberts	Dodger Stadium
3	8	17	San Diego Padres	T - S - R - L	162	79	83	.488	28.0	729	708	21	dnq	2,191,950	3	$ 175,713,986	4	AJ Preller	Jayce Tingler	Petco Park
4	10	21	Colorado Rockies	T - S - R - L	161	74	87	.460	32.5	739	796	-57	dnq	1,938,645	9	$ 110,309,500	11	Jeff Bridich	Bud Black	Coors Field
5	15	30	Arizona Diamondbacks	T - S - R - L	162	52	110	.321	55.0	679	893	-214	dnq	1,043,010	24	$ 94,394,792	12	Mike Hazen	Torey Lovullo	Chase Field
30 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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