The 2021 American Association season is the 16th season of professional baseball in the American Association of Professional Baseball (AA) since its creation in October 2005. There are 12 AA teams, split evenly between the North Division and the South Division.
Season schedule After the folding of the Texas AirHogs and the loss of the St. Paul Saints to the Minnesota Twins organization, the league added the Kane County Cougars as the 11th member of the AA with the Houston Apollos serving as the 12th team, operating as a road travel team for the season. Additionally, the Kansas City T-Bones rebranded to the Kansas City Monarchs to honor the original negro league team. The league was split up into two divisions, the North and South Division. The season will be played with a 100-game schedule, with two home series and two road series inside a teams’ division, and one home series and one road series against the clubs outside its division. The top three teams in each division will qualify for the 2021 playoffs.
Regular season standings Current through September 6, 2021.
+ North Division Regular Season Standings Pos Team G W L Pct. GB1 y – Chicago Dogs1006337.630--2 x – Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks996138.6161.53 x – Milwaukee Milkmen1005941.5904.04 e – Winnipeg Goldeyes995049.50512.55 e – Kane County Cougars994455.44418.56 e – Gary SouthShore RailCats1003961.39024.0
+ South Division Regular Season Standings Pos Team G W L Pct. GB1 y – Kansas City Monarchs1006931.690--2 x – Cleburne Railroaders1005446.54015.03x –Sioux City Explorers995346.53515.54e –Lincoln Saltdogs1005347.53016.05 e – Sioux Falls Canaries1003664.36033.06 e – Houston Apollos1001783.17052.0
y – Clinched division x – Clinched playoff spot e – Eliminated from playoff contention
Statistical leaders as of September 6, 2021 Hitting Stat Player Team Total HRAdam Brett Walker IIMilwaukee Milkmen 33 AVGManuel BoscanFargo-Moorhead RedHawks 0.344 HAlay LagoCleburne Railroaders 141 RBIsKyle MartinWinnipeg Goldeyes 106 SBLogan TrowbridgeMilwaukee Milkmen 40
Pitching Stat Player Team Total WMyles SmithMilwaukee Milkmen 13 ERAKyle KinmanLincoln Saltdogs 2.90 SOMyles SmithMilwaukee Milkmen 134 SVJames PuglieseLincoln Saltdogs 25
Playoff bracket
Notable players Former and/or future Major League Baseball players who played in the American Association in 2021
Johnny Barbato (Lincoln) Cam Booser (Chicago) Michael Bowden (Chicago) Dean Deetz (Kansas City) Brian Ellington (Kansas City) Tyler Ferguson (Chicago) Johnny Field (Kansas City) Nick Franklin (Kansas City/Sioux City) Caleb Frare (Sioux Falls) Christian Friedrich (Chicago) Nick Gardewine (Cleburne) Gabriel Guerrero (Kansas City) Matt Hall (Kansas City) Donnie Hart (Winnipeg) Kevin Herget (Fargo-Moorhead) David Holmberg (Milwaukee) Brian Johnson (Milwaukee) Jacob Lindgren (Kansas City) Michael Mariot (Cleburne) Ozzie Martínez (Cleburne) Bud Norris (Winnipeg) Paulo Orlando (Kansas City) Jacob Rhame (Cleburne) Keyvius Sampson (Kansas City) Justin Shafer (Kansas City) Eric Stout (Kansas City) Darnell Sweeney (Kansas City) Joey Terdoslavich (Chicago) Logan Verrett (Cleburne) David Washington (Milwaukee) Zack Weiss (Kansas City) Vance Worley (Kane County)
See also 2021 in baseball 2021 Major League Baseball season Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports
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