The 2021 Tampa Bay Rays season was the 24th season of the Tampa Bay Rays franchise and their 14th as the Rays. The Rays played their home games at Tropicana Field as members of Major League Baseball's American League East Division.
The Rays finished with a 100–62 record, winning the American League East division title for the second consecutive season. It was the first time in franchise history the Rays repeated as division champions, and the first time in franchise history the Rays won 100 games. Manager Kevin Cash was named the American League Manager of the Year. However, they were upset in the Division Series, losing in 4 games to the Boston Red Sox.
Season standings
American League East
American League Wild Card
Rays team leaders
Source:2021 Tampa Bay Rays statistics at Baseball Reference
Updated through game of September 9.
Minimum 3.1 plate appearances per team games played
AVG qualified batters: Arozarena, Díaz, Lowe, Meadows
Minimum 1 inning pitched per team games played
ERA & WHIP qualified pitchers: None
Record against opponents
Game log
Regular season
The 2021 regular season schedule was announced on July 9, 2020.
|-style="background:#bfb;" | 1 || April 1 || @ Marlins || 1–0 || Thompson (1–0) || García (0–1) || Castillo (1) || 7,062 || 1–0 || W1 |-style="background:#bfb;" | 2 || April 2 || @ Marlins || 6–4 || Kittredge (1–0) || Bass (0–1) || Castillo (2) || 6,115 || 2–0 || W2 |-style="background:#fbb;" | 3 || April 3 || @ Marlins || 7–12 || Bleier (1–0) || Archer (0–1) || — || 6,179 || 2–1 || L1 |-style="background:#fbb;" | 4 || April 5 || @ Red Sox || 2–11 || Pivetta (1–0) || Wacha (0–1) || — || 4,577 || 2–2 || L2 |-style="background:#fbb;" | 5 || April 6 || @ Red Sox || 5–6 || Valdéz (1–0) || Thompson (1–1) || — || 4,682 || 2–3 || L3 |-style="background:#fbb;" | 6 || April 7 || @ Red Sox || 2–9 || Eovaldi (1–1) || Yarbrough (0–1) || — || 4,751 || 2–4 || L4 |-style="background:#bfb;" | 7 || April 9 || Yankees || 10–5 || Hill (1–0) || Kluber (0–1) || — || 9,021 || 3–4 || W1 |-style="background:#bfb;" | 8 || April 10 || Yankees || 4–0 || Kittredge (2–0) || Germán (0–2) || — || 6,270 || 4–4 || W2 |-style="background:#fbb;" | 9 || April 11 || Yankees || 4–8 || Chapman (1–0) || McHugh (0–1) || — || 6,965 || 4–5 || L1 |-style="background:#bfb;" | 10 || April 12 || Rangers || 1–0 || Glasnow (1–0) || Hearn (0–1) || Castillo (3) || 3,627 || 5–5 || W1 |-style="background:#fbb;" | 11 || April 13 || Rangers || 3–8 || Gibson (2–0) || Yarbrough (0–2) || — || 4,753 || 5–6 || L1 |-style="background:#fbb;" | 12 ||April 14 || Rangers || 1–5 || Arihara (1–1) || Fleming (0–1) || — || 3,021 || 5–7 || L2 |-style="background:#fbb;" | 13 || April 15 || Rangers || 4–6 || Sborz (1–0) || Reed (0–1) || Kennedy (3) || 4,217 || 5–8 || L3 |-style="background:#bfb;" | 14 || April 16 || @ Yankees || 8–2 || Wacha (1–1) || Nelson (0–2) || — || 10,202 || 6–8 || W1 |-style="background:#bfb;" | 15 || April 17 || @ Yankees || 6–3 || Glasnow (2–0) || Montgomery (1–1) || Castillo (4) || 10,583 || 7–8 || W2 |-style="background:#bfb;" | 16 || April 18 || @ Yankees || 4–2 || Yarbrough (1–2) || Cole (2–1) || Springs (1) || 10,606 || 8–8 || W3 |-style="background:#bfb;" | 17 || April 19 || @ Royals || 4–1 || Fleming (1–1) || Duffy (2–1) || — || 5,589 || 9–8 || W4 |-style="background:#bfb;" | 18 || April 20 || @ Royals || 14–7 || Kittredge (3–0) || Keller (1–2) || Richards (1) || 4,481 || 10–8 || W5 |-style="background:#fbb;" | 19 || April 21 || @ Royals || 8–9 || Barlow (1–0) || Castillo (0–1) || — || 5,053 || 10–9 || L1 |-style="background:#fbb;" | 20 || April 23 || Blue Jays || 3–5 || Matz (4–0) || Glasnow (2–1) || Dolis (1) || 5,564 || 10–10 || L2 |-style="background:#bfb;" | 21 || April 24 || Blue Jays || 5–3 || Thompson (2–1) || Romano (1–1) || Kittredge (1) || 6,688 || 11–10 || W1 |-style="background:#fbb;" | 22 || April 25 || Blue Jays || 0–1 || Mayza (1–0) || Fleming (1–2) || Dolis (2) || 6,372 || 11–11 || L1 |-style="background:#fbb;" | 23 || April 26 || Athletics || 1–2 || Manaea (3–1) || Hill (1–1) || Trivino (3) || 2,981 || 11–12 || L2 |-style="background:#bfb;" | 24 || April 27 || Athletics || 4–3 || Springs (1–0) || Montas (2–2) || Castillo (5) || 2,924 || 12–12 || W1 |-style="background:#bfb;" | 25 || April 28 || Athletics || 2–0 || Glasnow (3–1) || Irvin (2–3) || Castillo (6) || 3,374 || 13–12 || W2 |-style="background:#fbb;" | 26 || April 29 || Athletics || 2–3 || Diekman (1–0) || Castillo (0–2) || Trivino (4) || 3,737 || 13–13 || L1 |-style="background:#fbb;" | 27 || April 30 || Astros || 2–9 || McCullers Jr. (2–1) || Yarbrough (1–3) || — || 6,169 || 13–14 || L2 |-