2021 Yokohama DeNA BayStars season

2021 Yokohama DeNA BayStars
League	Central League
Ballpark	Yokohama Stadium
Record	54-73-16 (.425)
League place	6th
Parent company	DeNA Co., Ltd.
Manager	Daisuke Miura

The 2021 Yokohama DeNA BayStars season is the 71st season of the franchise in Nippon Professional Baseball, their 43rd season in Yokohama, and in Yokohama Stadium, and their 10th season under DeNA. This is also the first season under manager and former player Daisuke Miura, who replaced 5 year manager Alex Ramirez.

Regular season

The BayStars finished dead last in Central League, with a 54-73-16 record, with a .425 winning percentage, 20 and a half games back of the Swallows. They had a bit of an abysmal start in April, because they could not get their foreign talent, but when they got them back on their roster and late into the season, Yokohama showed how dominant their offense was.

2021 Central League Standings

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

Roster

Yokohama DeNA BayStars roster
First squad				Second squad
Pitchers 11 Katsuki Azuma 13 Hiromu Ise 16 Shinichi Ohnuki 19 Yasuaki Yamasaki 20 Yuya Sakamoto 24 Teruki Yoshino 27 Taiga Kamichatani 41 Chihaya Sasaki 42 Andre Jackson 45 Kohei Morihara 49 J. B. Wendelken 53 Hayate Nakagawa 69 Anthony Kay 92 Hayato Horioka 93 Yofrec Diaz Catchers 5 Shion Matsuo 10 Yasutaka Tobashira 29 Hikaru Itoh		Infielders 00 Takuma Hayashi 2 Shugo Maki 3 Tyler Austin 6 Keito Mori 31 Tatsuhiro Shibata 51 Toshiro Miyazaki 60 Naoto Chino 98 Yōta Kyōda 99 Mike Ford Outfielders 1 Masayuki Kuwahara 7 Keita Sano 8 Kazuki Kamizato 25 Yoshi Tsutsugo 58 Kouki Kajiwara 61 Tatsuo Ebina Manager 81 Daisuke Miura Coaches 72 Kenjiro Tsuruoka (Offense chief) 80 Ryoji Aikawa (Defense chief / Battery) 75 Takuro Ishii (Patrol / Hitting) 76 Tomio Tashiro (Hitting) 77 Takanori Suzuki (Hitting) 79 Shinji Ohara (Pitching chief) 94 Yota Kosugi (Pitching) 97 Hiroyasu Tanaka (Infield / Baserunning) 71 Masaaki Koike (Outfield / Baserunning) 82 Takashi Manei (Training Coordinator / Fielding)		Pitchers 14 Kenta Ishida 15 Soma Tokuyama 17 Kazuki Mishima 18 Kenta Kozono 22 Taisei Irie 26 Haruhiro Hamaguchi 30 Ginji Miura 34 Ryoto Matsumoto 35 Tatsuya Hashimoto 36 Ryudai Morishita 38 Yuito Mori 40 Ryunosuke Matsumoto 43 Osuke Fukazawa 46 Tatsuya Ishikawa 48 Masaya Kyoyama 54 Yutaro Ishida 56 Takuto Takada 59 Kentaro Taira 62 Rowan Wick 64 Koh Nakagawa 65 Daita Miyagi Catchers 32 Kyosuke Mashiko 50 Yūdai Yamamoto 57 Junpei Azuma 66 Ryota Joko		Infielders 9 Yamato 39 Naomichi Nishiura 44 Taiki Ishikami 55 Kento Inoue 67 Kenji Nishimaki Outfielders 0 Taishi Ohta 4 Ryuki Watarai 28 Atsushi Katsumata 33 Riku Takeda 37 Taishi Kusumoto 63 Taiki Sekine Manager 83 Michio Aoyama Coaches 84 Ikki Shimamura (Hitting) 70 Tatsuya Shimozono (Hitting) 87 Shun Tono (Pitching assistant) 88 Yusaku Iriki (Pitching chief) 85 Shigeo Yanagida (Infield / Baserunning) 89 Daisuke Nakai (Outfield / Baserunning) 74 Kazunari Tsuruoka (Battery) (Patrol) 86 Yoshiki Yagi (Development Coordinator / Pitching) 90 Iwao Ohmura (Trainer / Hitting) 73 Kazuya Fujita (Development Coordinator / Hitting)
Development Players
100 Ren (IF) 101 Haruto Kusano (P) 102 Manato Shimizu (P) 103 Nagi Murakawa (OF) 105 Wilny Moron (P) 106 Aki Watanabe (P) 107 Hansel Marcelino (P) 108 Ryuto Konno (P) 110 Alexander Martínez (P) 116 Ryuhei Kuki (C) 122 Haruto Shoji (P) 125 Soh Ogasawara (IF) 130 Taiga Kondoh (C) 133 Ryunosuke Aibara (IF) 144 Daichi Kobukata (IF) 193 Ikumi Takamizawa (IF)
Updated November 3, 2024				→ All NPB rosters