2021

2021 in baseball
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Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 2021.

Events

Professional

Asia and Australia

• Nippon Professional Baseball
  • Nippon Series: Yakult Swallows defeated the Orix Buffaloes in the Japan Series, 4-2 (Details)
    • Central League: Yakult Swallows (Details)
    • Pacific League: Orix Buffaloes (Details)
• Korea Baseball Organization: kt Wiz defeated the Doosan Bears in the Korean Series, 4-0 (Details)
• Chinese Professional Baseball League: Chinatrust Brothers defeated the Uni-President Lions in the Taiwan Series, 4-0 (Details)
• China Baseball League:
• Australian Baseball League: Melbourne Aces defeated the Perth Heat in the final, 1-0 (Details)

Europe

• European Cup: Parma (Details)
  • French Division I: Rouen Huskies
  • Baseball-Bundesliga: Heidenheim Heideköpfe
  • Hoofdklasse Honkbal: Curaçao Neptunus
    • Holland Series: L&D Amsterdam Pirates defeated Curaçao Neptunus, 4 games to 3 (Details)
  • Italian Baseball League: ASD San Marino defeated Unipolsai Bologna in the Italian Series, 3 games to 1 (Details)

North America

• Major League Baseball
  • World Series: Atlanta Braves (NL) over Houston Astros (AL), 4-2 (Details)
    • American League: Houston Astros (Details)
    • National League: Atlanta Braves (Details)
  • Triple-A National Championship: cancelled due to COVID-19
• Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Toros de Tijuana
• Cuban Serie Nacional: Granma over Matanzas in the finals, 4-2 (Details)

Winter Leagues

• Serie del Caribe: Águilas Cibaeñas‎ (Details)
  • Liga Colombiana de Béisbol Profesional: Caimanes de Barranquilla defeated Tigres de Cartagena in the finals, 4-3 (Details)
  • Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana: Águilas Cibaeñas‎ defeated the Gigantes del Cibao in the finals, 4-3
  • Liga Mexicana del Pacífico: Tomateros de Culiacán defeated the Naranjeros de Hermosillo in the finals, 4-3
  • Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico: Criollos de Caguas defeated the Indios de Mayagüez‎ in the finals, 4-0
  • Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional: Caribes de Anzoátegui‎‎ defeated the Cardenales de Lara in the finals, 4-0

Amateur

• All-Japan University Baseball Championship Series:
• Canadian University National Invitational Baseball Tournament:
• National Collegiate Athletic Association
  • College World Series (Division I): Mississippi State University
  • Division II Baseball Championship: Wingate University
  • Division III Baseball Championship: Salisbury University
• NAIA College World Series: Georgia Gwinnett College
• National Junior College Athletic Association
  • Division I Baseball World Series: McLennan Community College
  • Division II Baseball World Series: Louisiana State University at Eunice
  • Division III Baseball World Series: Tyler Junior College
• Community College League of California:
• Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges: No postseason
• National Club Baseball Association:
  • Division 1: Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
• National Baseball Congress World Series: Santa Barbara Foresters (details)
• Japan High School Baseball Federation
  • National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament: Tokai University Sagami High School (Kanagawa) defeated Beppu University Meiho High School (Oita), 3-2 (Details)
  • National High School Baseball Championship: Chiben Wakayama High School (Wakayama) defeat Chiben Gakuen High School (Nara), 9 - 2 in the championship (Details)
• Little League
  • Little League World Series: Taylor, MI defeats Hamilton, OH, 5-2, in the championship (Details)

International competitions

• Olympics in Yokohama, Kanagawa Japan (Details)
  • Japan (Gold); United States (Silver); Dominican Republic (Bronze)
• European Championship in Turin, Italy (Details)
  • Netherlands (Gold); Israel (Silver); Italy (Bronze)

Culture

Literature

• The Baseball 100, by Joe Posnanski
• Cheated, by Andy Martino
• Escape From Castro's Cuba, by Tim Wendel
• Forty Years a Giant, by Steven Treder
• So Many Ways to Lose, by Delvin Gordon

Song

• "A Dream With a Baseball Player", by Faye Webster
• "Angels in the Outfield", by Blake Hassebrock
• "Desastre Personal", by Yoán Moncada, featuring Lenier and El Chacal
• "It's So Hard to See My Baseball Cards Move On", by Chuck D

Births

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Deaths

Further information: Deaths in 2021