This article is about the 2021 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 2021 in baseball.
Sports season
2021 MLB season
League
Major League Baseball
Sport
Baseball
Duration
April 1 – November 2, 2021
Number of games
162
Number of teams
30
TV partner(s)
Fox/FS1, TBS, ESPN/ABC, MLB Network, Sportsnet
Draft
Top draft pick
Henry Davis
Picked by
Pittsburgh Pirates
Regular season
Season MVP
AL: Shohei Ohtani (LAA) NL: Bryce Harper (PHI)
Postseason
AL champions
Houston Astros
AL runners-up
Boston Red Sox
NL champions
Atlanta Braves
NL runners-up
Los Angeles Dodgers
World Series
Champions
Atlanta Braves
Runners-up
Houston Astros
World Series MVP
Jorge Soler (ATL)
MLB seasons
← 2020
2022 →
The 2021 Major League Baseball season began on April 1, while the regular season ended on October 3.[1] The postseason began on October 5. The World Series then began on October 26 and ended on November 2 with the Atlanta Braves defeating the Houston Astros in six games to win their second title since moving to Atlanta.
For the second consecutive year, cross-border travel restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic forced the Toronto Blue Jays to open their home schedule in the United States, with tenures in Dunedin, Florida,[2] and Buffalo, New York.[3] Later, the Canadian government granted an exemption to allow the Blue Jays to return to Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, beginning July 30.[4]
The 91st All-Star Game held on July 13 was supposed to be held at Truist Park, the home of the Braves, but league officials moved the game to Coors Field, home of the Colorado Rockies, following the passage of the Georgia Senate Bill 202 by the Georgia General Assembly, which MLB considered to be restrictive of voting rights.[5][6]
This was the final season of the Cleveland Indians competing with that nickname. On December 14, 2020, the team announced that they would unveil their new moniker and associated uniform and stadium changes before the 2022 season to replace the 106-year-old nickname.[7] On July 23, the Indians revealed that their new nickname would be the "Guardians", debuting the following season.[8]
^"All 30 Teams Open April 1, 2021". ESPN.com. July 9, 2020. Archived from the original on July 9, 2020. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
^"Blue Jays to open home slate in Dunedin". MLB.com. Archived from the original on March 5, 2021. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
^"Blue Jays announce move back to Buffalo's Sahlen Field for June 1". Sportsnet.ca. Archived from the original on May 8, 2021. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
^"Blue Jays returning to Toronto on July 30". MLB.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2021. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
^"It's Official Atlanta Awarded 2021 MLB-All Star Game". Ballparkdigest.com. May 30, 2019. Archived from the original on July 5, 2021. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
^"'21 All-Star Game, Draft moved from Atlanta". MLB.com. Archived from the original on April 2, 2021. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
^"Owner Paul Dolan says Cleveland Indians to keep name through 2021 season". ESPN.com. Associated Press. December 14, 2020. Archived from the original on June 1, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
^"New for '22: Meet the Cleveland Guardians". MLB.com. Archived from the original on July 23, 2021. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
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