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2021 Chunichi Dragons
LeagueCentral League
BallparkVantelin Dome Nagoya
Record55-71-17 (.437)
League place5th
Parent companyChunichi Shimbun
ManagerTsuyoshi Yoda

The 2021 Chunichi Dragons season is the 85th season of the franchise in Nippon Professional Baseball, also the 85th season in Nagoya, the 75th season under Chunichi Shimbun, and the 27th season in Nagoya Dome. This is also the 3rd and final season under manager Tsuyoshi Yoda. He was replaced by Kazuyoshi Tatsunami for 2022.

Regular season

The Dragons finished in 5th place, going 55-71-17, with a .437 winning percentage, 19 games back of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.

2021 Central League standings[1]
Pos Team G W L T Pct. GB Home Road
1 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 143 73 52 18 .584 — 36–29–7 37–23–11
2 Hanshin Tigers 143 77 56 10 .579 1 36–31–4 41–25–6
3 Yomiuri Giants 143 61 62 20 .496 11½ 32–30–10 29–32–10
4 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 143 63 68 12 .481 14 30–34–8 33–34–4
5 Chunichi Dragons 143 55 71 17 .437 19 33–27–11 22–44–6
6 Yokohama DeNA BayStars 143 54 73 16 .425 20½ 27–37–7 27–36–9

References

  1. ^ "2021 Central League Standings". Nippon Professional Baseball.
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