2021 Chunichi Dragons season

2021  Chunichi Dragons
League	Central League
Ballpark	Vantelin Dome Nagoya
Record	55-71-17 (.437)
League place	5th
Parent company	Chunichi Shimbun
Manager	Tsuyoshi Yoda

The 2021 Chunichi Dragons season was 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 was also the third 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 .