Every 2021 MLB race charted day by day: AL East, AL Central, AL West, AL Wild Card, NL East, NL Central, NL West and NL Wild Card. Final standings, from a season that ran April 1 to October 3, 2021.
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AL East standings, 2021
Team
W
L
Pct
GB
L10
Streak
Tampa Bay Rays (TB)
100
62
.617
-
7-3
L1
Boston Red Sox (BOS)
92
70
.568
8
5-5
W3
New York Yankees (NYY)
92
70
.568
8
7-3
W1
Toronto Blue Jays (TOR)
91
71
.562
9
6-4
W3
Baltimore Orioles (BAL)
52
110
.321
48
4-6
L3
Final standings.
Turning points
The lead changed hands 7 times.
The Tampa Bay Rays trailed by as many as 4.5 games on July 2, 2021.
The Tampa Bay Rays took first place for good on July 31, 2021.
The New York Yankees won 13 games in a row from August 14, 2021 to August 27, 2021, the longest run of the race.
The Boston Red Sox led by 4.5 games as late as July 5, 2021.
The Tampa Bay Rays went 28-9 from July 28, 2021 to September 7, 2021, turning a deficit of 2.5 games into a lead of 9.5 games.
The top two ended the day within one game of each other on 54 of the 181 days played.
Five teams held first place.
The Tampa Bay Rays spent 98 of the season's 186 charted days in first place.