2021 MLB season in review
The 2021 MLB season in league-wide numbers: 5,976 home runs, 22,010 runs, a 0.245 batting average and a 4.26 ERA — against the decade around it, with every club's record against its run differential, the hitters and pitchers furthest from the pack, the parks, the biggest pitches, and the season's WAR leaders.
League totals, 2021
- Home runs
- 5,976
- Runs
- 22,010
- Batting average
- 0.245
- On-base percentage
- 0.317
- Slugging
- 0.411
- ERA
- 4.26
- Strikeout rate
- 24.7%
- Walk rate
- 9.2%
- Stolen bases
- 2,213
- Complete games
- 50
- Qualified hitters
- 1,665
- Pitchers
- 1,070