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2021 MLB AL East standings
The Tampa Bay Rays won the 2021 MLB AL East division race at 100-62, 8 games ahead of the Boston Red Sox.
🏆The 2021 playoffs, series by series
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AL East standings, 2021
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | L10 | Streak |
|---|
| Tampa Bay Rays (TB) z | 100 | 62 | .617 | - | 7-3 | L1 |
| Boston Red Sox (BOS) w | 92 | 70 | .568 | 8 | 5-5 | W3 |
| New York Yankees (NYY) w | 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.
Clinch key- w
- clinched a wild card place
- z
- clinched the best record in the American League
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.