2011 Oakland Athletics
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkOverstock.com Coliseum
CityOakland, California
Record74–88 (.457)
Divisional place3rd
OwnersLewis Wolff
General managersBilly Beane
ManagersBob Geren (through 6/9), Bob Melvin (Interim)
TelevisionComcast SportsNet California
(Glen Kuiper, Ray Fosse)
RadioKGMZ
(Ken Korach, Vince Cotroneo, Ray Fosse)
Seasons

The Oakland Athletics' 2011 season was the 44th for the franchise in the Bay Area, as well as the 111th in club history. The team was competing for the American League West title after a 4-year absence from playoff contention, with a payroll just above $77 million.

Off-season/spring training

Coaching changes

Coach Former Since New Former Position
Bench Tye Waller 2009 Joel Skinner Managed AA-Akron Aeros (CLE)
Bullpen Ron Romanick 2008 Rick Rodriguez Pitching coach for Sacramento
Hitting Jim Skaalen 2009 Gerald Perry Hitting coach for AAA-Pawtucket Red Sox (BOS)
Pitching Curt Young 2004 Ron Romanick 3 seasons as Athletics' bullpen coach
1st Base Todd Steverson 2009 Tye Waller 2 seasons as Athletics' bench coach

Young declined a 2-year contract offer and became Boston's pitching coach. Steverson becomes hitting coach for Sacramento.

Transactions

Changes in apparel

The A's were known for sporting white jerseys at home and greys for away games. On top of that, the A's wore a black and a green alternate jersey. During the 2011 season, they added a new style. The A's started wearing a gold alternate home jersey to their apparel. Manager Billy Beane referred to the look as "the Canary yellow" jerseys. A's relief pitcher Jerry Blevins said, "It might be hard not to notice us now".[1]

Regular season

AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Texas Rangers 9666 0.593 52–29 44–37
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 8676 0.531 10 45–36 41–40
Oakland Athletics 7488 0.457 22 43–38 31–50
Seattle Mariners 6795 0.414 29 39–45 28–50

Roster

2011 Oakland Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Game log

Legend
 Athletics win
 Athletics loss
 Postponement
BoldAthletics team member
2011 Game Log
April (13–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 1Mariners2–6Hernández (1–0)Breslow (0–1)36,0670–1
2April 2Mariners2–5Ray (1–0)Fuentes (0–1)League (1)15,0880–2
3April 3Mariners7–1Gonzalez (1–0)Fister (0–1)22,2921–2
4April 5@ Blue Jays6–7 (10)Frasor (1–0)Balfour (0–1)11,0771–3
5April 6@ Blue Jays3–5Litsch (1–0)Braden (0–1)Rauch (1)11,6841–4
6April 7@ Blue Jays2–1Cahill (1–0)Frasor (1–1)Fuentes (1)19,5282–4
7April 8@ Twins1–2Pavano (1–1)Anderson (0–1)Nathan (3)40,7142–5
8April 9@ Twins1–0Gonzalez (2–0)Blackburn (1–1)Fuentes (2)39,9363–5
9April 10@ Twins5–3McCarthy (1–0)Baker (0–2)Fuentes (3)38,4844–5
10April 11@ White Sox2–1 (10)Ross (1–0)Crain (0–1)Fuentes (4)20,0575–5
11April 12@ White Sox5–6 (10)Sale (2–0)Cramer (0–1)18,0205–6
12April 13@ White Sox7–4 (10)Balfour (1–1)Thornton (0–2)Fuentes (5)16,5236–6
13April 14Tigers0–3Coke (1–2)Ross (1–1)Valverde (3)11,1296–7
14April 15Tigers4–8 (10)Villarreal (1–0)Fuentes 0–221,8536–8
15April 16Tigers6–2Braden (1–1)Verlander (1–2)16,2657–8
16April 17Tigers5–1Cahill (2–0)Penny (0–2)16,4608–8
17April 19Red Sox5–0Anderson (1–1)Lackey (1–2)25,2309–8
18April 20Red Sox3–5Buchholz (1–2)Gonzalez (2–1)Papelbon (3)29,0459–9
19April 21@ Mariners0–1Hernández (2–2)McCarthy (1–1)League (4)12,7709–10
20April 22@ Mariners0–4Pineda (3–1)Ross (1–2)League (5)17,7989–11
21April 23@ Mariners9–1Cahill (3–0)Vargas (0–2)25,35510–11
22April 24@ Mariners5–2Anderson (2–1)Laffey (0–1)Fuentes (6)16,53011–11
23April 25@ Angels0–5Weaver (6–0)Gonzalez (2–2)37,11511–12
24April 26@ Angels3–8Chatwood (2–1)McCarthy (1–2)37,22811–13
25April 27@ Angels2–1 (10)Fuentes (1–2)Walden (0–1)Ziegler (1)37,24712–13
26April 29Rangers3–1Cahill (4–0)Wilson (3–1)Fuentes (7)17,22613–13
27April 30Rangers2–11Lewis (2–3)Anderson (2–2)27,28513–14
May (14–15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
28May 1Rangers7–2Gonzalez (3–2)Harrison (3–3)15,17814–14
29May 2Rangers5–4 (10)Balfour (2–1)Oliver (1–3)9,19315–14
30May 3Indians1–4Carmona (3–3)Fuentes (1–3)C. Perez (8)10,13515–15
31May 4Indians3–1Cahill (5–0)Tomlin (4–1)Balfour (1)13,87216–15
32May 5Indians3–4 (12)Durbin (2–1)Breslow (0–2)C. Perez (9)14,35316–16
33May 6@ Royals3–2Gonzalez (4–2)O'Sullivan (1–2)Fuentes (8)30,69017–16
34May 7@ Royals3–4Soria (2–0)McCarthy (1–3)25,82817–17
35May 8@ Royals5–2Ross (2–2)Francis (0–4)Fuentes (9)22,43518–17
36May 9@ Rangers7–2Cahill (6–0)Wilson (4–2)24,37519–17
37May 10@ Rangers2–7Lewis (3–4)Anderson (2–3)31,65519–18
May 11@ RangersPostponed (rain); Makeup: July 7
38May 13White Sox3–4Humber (3–3)McCarthy (1–4)Santos (4)12,69019–19
39May 14White Sox6–2Ross (3–2)Floyd (4–3)17,29120–19
40May 15White Sox3–4Buehrle (3–3)Cahill (6–1)Santos (5)19,01820–20
41May 16Angels5–4 (10)Balfour (3–1)Rodney (2–2)11,06121–20
42May 17Angels14–0Gonzalez (5–2)Chatwood (2–2)12,19022–20
43May 18Twins3–4 (10)Nathan (1–1)Fuentes (1–4)Capps (7)15,35522–21
44May 19Twins1–11Blackburn (3–4)Ross (3–3)22,32022–22
45May 20@ Giants1–2 (10)López (2–0)Fuentes (1–5)42,22422–23
46May 21@ Giants0–3Lincecum (4–4)Anderson (2–4)42,15222–24
47May 22@ Giants4–5 (11)Romo (2–0)Fuentes (1–6)42,28822–25
48May 23@ Angels1–4Downs (2–1)Fuentes (1–7)Walden (9)36,21522–26
49May 24@ Angels6–1Moscoso (1–0)Haren (4–3)39,11723–26
50May 25@ Angels1–4Santana (3–4)Cahill (6–2)Walden (10)40,25323–27
51May 26@ Angels4–3Anderson (3–4)Piñeiro (2–1)33,41224–27
52May 27Orioles6–2Ziegler (1–0)Simón (1–1)12,11025–27
53May 28Orioles4–2Outman (1–0)Bergesen (1–6)Fuentes (10)23,79526–27
54May 29Orioles6–4Moscoso (2–0)Britton (5–3)Fuentes (11)15,37327–27
55May 30Yankees0–5Colón (3–3)Cahill (6–3)35,06727–28
56May 31Yankees3–10García (3–4)Anderson (3–5)22,58127–29
June (9–17)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
57June 1Yankees2–4Burnett (6–3)Gonzalez (5–3)Rivera (14)25,46927–30
58June 3@ Red Sox6–8Jenks (2–2)Devine (0–1)37,80827–31
59June 4@ Red Sox8–9 (14)Aceves (3–1)Moscoso (2–1)37,48527–32
60June 5@ Red Sox3–6Lackey (3–5)Anderson (3–6)Bard (1)37,79627–33
61June 6@ Orioles2–4Matusz (1–0)Gonzalez (5–4)Gregg (11)10,55627–34
62June 7@ Orioles0–4Jakubauskas (1–0)Moscoso (2–2)13,65227–35
63June 8@ Orioles2–3Britton (6–4)Outman (1–1)Gregg (12)11,76027–36
64June 9@ White Sox4–9Buehrle (6–4)Cahill (6–4)22,17027–37
65June 10@ White Sox7–5Balfour (4–1)Santos (2–3)Bailey (1)20,16628–37
66June 11@ White Sox2–3Danks (2–8)Gonzalez (5–5)Crain (1)24,39128–38
67June 12@ White Sox4–5Humber (6–3)Moscoso (2–3)Santos (12)22,14428–39
68June 14Royals4–7Duffy (1–2)Cahill (6–5)Soria (10)11,43928–40
69June 15Royals2–1Outman (2–1)Hochevar (4–7)Bailey (2)16,39229–40
70June 16Royals8–4Gonzalez (6–5)Francis (3–7)11,77530–40
71June 17Giants5–2Godfrey (1–0)Lincecum (5–6)Bailey (3)36,06731–40
72June 18Giants4–2Ziegler (2–0)Sánchez (4–5)Bailey (4)36,06732–40
73June 19Giants2–1Cahill (7–5)Affeldt (1–1)Fuentes (12)36,06733–40
74June 21@ Mets7–3Outman (3–1)Gee (7–1)Balfour (2)37,01934–40
75June 22@ Mets2–3 (13)Parnell (2–1)Ziegler (2–1)38,81334–41
76June 23@ Mets1–4Capuano (6–7)Godfrey (1–1)Rodríguez (20)30,16834–42
77June 24@ Phillies0–1Stutes (3–0)Fuentes (1–8)45,68534–43
78June 25@ Phillies4–1Cahill (8–5)Hamels (9–4)Bailey (5)45,78535–43
79June 26@ Phillies1–3Halladay (10–3)Outman (3–2)45,86335–44
80June 28Marlins1–0Gonzalez (7–5)Vázquez (4–8)Bailey (6)12,12436–44
81June 29Marlins0–3Nolasco (5–4)Moscoso (2–4)17,00636–45
82June 30Marlins4–5Volstad (4–7)Cahill (8–6)Núñez (22)18,39536–46
July (13–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
83July 1Diamondbacks5–4Harden (1–0)Collmenter (4–5)Bailey (7)12,21637–46
84July 2Diamondbacks2–4Saunders (5–7)Outman (3–9)Hernandez (3)30,33837–47
85July 3Diamondbacks7–2Gonzalez (8–5)Kennedy (8–3)13,82238–47
86July 4Mariners1–2Pineda (8–5)McCarthy (1–5)League (23)15,56638–48
87July 5Mariners2–4 (10)League (1–4)Bailey (0–1)Wright (1)11,15338–49
88July 6Mariners2–0Moscoso (3–4)Vargas (6–6)Bailey (8)19,49139–49
89July 7@ Rangers0–6Holland (7–4)Harden (1–1)35,04139–50
90July 8@ Rangers5–8Wilson (9–3)Gonzalez (8–6)37,85839–51
91July 9@ Rangers6–7Oliver (2–5)Bailey (0–2)34,06639–52
92July 10@ Rangers0–2Harrison (7–7)Cahill (8–7)Feliz (18)33,83439–53
All-Star Break
93July 15Angels5–3McCarthy (2–5)Haren (10–6)Bailey (9)18,47040–53
94July 16Angels2–4Weaver (12–4)Cahill (8–8)Walden (21)40–54
95July 16Angels4–3 (10)Ziegler (3–1)Thompson (1–3)27,37941–54
96July 17Angels9–1Gonzalez (9–6)Piñeiro (5–4)26,11542–54
97July 19@ Tigers3–8Porcello (9–6)Moscoso (3–5)31,98042–55
98July 20@ Tigers7–5Devine (1–1)Purcey (1–2)Bailey (10)31,97543–55
99July 22@ Yankees7–17Noesí (2–0)Cahill (8–9)46,92143–56
100July 23@ Yankees4–3Harden (2–1)Burnett (8–8)Bailey (11)46,18844–56
101July 24@ Yankees5–7Colón (7–6)Gonzalez (9–7)Rivera (25)45,58644–57
102July 25Rays7–5Fuentes (2–8)Howell (2–2)Bailey (12)11,05345–57
103July 26Rays6–1McCarthy (3–5)Price (9–9)12,16646–57
104July 27Rays13–4Cahill (9–9)Shields (9–9)18,64047–57
105July 28Rays8–10Davis (8–7)Ziegler (3–2)Farnsworth (20)16,46647–58
106July 29Twins5–9Liriano (7–8)Gonzalez (9–8)25,65647–59
107July 30Twins8–3Moscoso (4–5)Blackburn (7–8)19,60548–59
108July 31Twins7–3McCarthy (4–5)Pavano (6–8)22,45249–59
August (11–17)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
109August 1@ Mariners4–8Beavan (2–2)Cahill (9–10)23,33549–60
110August 2@ Mariners2–4Hernández (10–9)Harden (2–2)League (25)22,57649–61
111August 3@ Mariners4–7Furbush (2–3)Gonzalez (9–9)League (26)29,69149–62
112August 5@ Rays4–8Niemann (6–4)Moscoso (4–6)15,16849–63
113August 6@ Rays8–0McCarthy (5–5)Cobb (3–2)24,93950–63
114August 7@ Rays5–4 (10)De Los Santos (1–0)McGee (0–1)Bailey (13)21,42551–63
115August 9@ Blue Jays4–1Harden (3–2)Cecil (4–5)Bailey (14)20,52152–63
116August 10@ Blue Jays4–8Janssen (4–0)Gonzalez (9–10)Litsch (1)19,54152–64
117August 11@ Blue Jays10–3Moscoso (5–6)Mills (1–2)27,91853–64
118August 12Rangers1–9Wilson (11–5)McCarthy (5–6)20,28853–65
119August 13Rangers1–7Lewis (11–8)Cahill (9–11)25,16053–66
120August 14Rangers6–7Adams (1–0)Bailey (0–3)Feliz (23)15,10753–67
121August 15Orioles2–6Hunter (2–2)Gonzalez (9–11)10,12253–68
122August 16Orioles8–4Moscoso (6–6)Matusz (1–5)12,32554–68
123August 17Orioles6–5McCarthy (6–6)Simón (3–6)Bailey (15)20,44855–68
124August 18Blue Jays0–7Romero (12–9)Cahill (9–12)12,22055–69
125August 19Blue Jays2–0Harden (4–2)Cecil (4–6)Bailey (16)13,17456–69
126August 20Blue Jays5–1Gonzalez (10–11)Álvarez (0–1)28,43457–69
127August 21Blue Jays0–1Pérez (3–2)Moscoso (6–7)Janssen (2)16,81157–70
128August 23@ Yankees6–5McCarthy (7–6)Colón (8–8)Bailey (17)47,34358–70
129August 24@ Yankees6–4 (10)De Los Santos (2–0)Soriano (2–2)Bailey (18)47,27159–70
130August 25@ Yankees9–22Logan (4–2)De Los Santos (2–1)46,36959–71
131August 26@ Red Sox15–5Gonzalez (11–11)Wakefield (6–6)38,23960–71
132August 27@ Red Sox3–9Lester (14–6)Moscoso (6–8)37,31460–72
133August 27@ Red Sox0–4Aceves (9–1)Godfrey (1–2)37,03960–73
134August 29@ Indians1–2Huff (2–2)McCarthy (7–7)C. Perez (30)18,20160–74
135August 30@ Indians2–6Gómez (1–2)Cahill (9–13)20,37260–75
136August 31@ Indians3–4 (16)Herrmann (4–0)Outman (3–4)15,20260–76
September (14–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
137September 1@ Indians7–0Gonzalez (12–11)Carmona (6–13)14,19261–76
138September 2Mariners9–2Moscoso (7–8)Vargas (7–13)14,97262–76
139September 3Mariners3–0McCarthy (7–8)Pineda (9–9)19,73263–76
140September 4Mariners8–5Cahill (10–13)Beavan (3–5)Bailey (19)19,38464–76
141September 5Royals6–11Holland (4–1)Bailey (0–4)14,57764–77
142September 6Royals4–7Duffy (4–8)Gonzalez (12–12)Soria (26)12,06464–78
143September 7Royals7–0Moscoso (8–8)Chen (10–7)13,13265–78
144September 9@ Rangers4–13Lewis (12–10)McCarthy (8–8)36,70665–79
145September 10@ Rangers8–7Cahill (11–13)Ogando (12–8)Andrew Bailey (20)46,15166–79
146September 11@ Rangers1–8Wilson (16–6)Outman (3–5)46,72766–80
147September 12Angels6–3Gonzalez (13–12)Piñeiro (6–7)12,85867–80
148September 13Angels3–6Takahashi (4–3)De Los Santos (2–2)Walden (30)13,21267–81
149September 14Angels1–4Weaver (17–7)Harden (4–3)Walden (31)14,74367–82
150September 15Tigers6–1McCarthy (9–8)Scherzer (14–9)10,92568–82
151September 16Tigers1–3Fister (9–13)Cahill (11–14)Valverde (45)31,02268–83
152September 17Tigers5–3Gonzalez (14–12)Porcello (14–9)19,45169–83
153September 18Tigers0–3Verlander (24–5)Moscoso (8–9)Valverde (46)18,40569–84
154September 20Rangers2–7Holland (15–5)Harden (4–4)13,63569–85
155September 21Rangers2–3Uehara (2–3)Balfour (4–2)Feliz (29)19,58969–86
156September 22Rangers4–3Balfour (5–2)Adams (4–4)Bailey (21)14,09070–86
157September 23@ Angels3–1Gonzalez (15–12)Weaver (18–8)Bailey (22)39,21771–86
158September 24@ Angels2–4Williams (4–0)Moscoso (8–10)Walden (32)41,11371–87
159September 25@ Angels6–5De Los Santos (3–2)Walden (5–4)Bailey (23)40,79472–87
160September 26@ Mariners2–4Vargas (10–13)McCarthy (9–9)League (36)17,05772–88
161September 27@ Mariners7–0Cahill (12–14)Beavan (5–6)18,60073–88
162September 28@ Mariners2–0Gonzalez (16–12)Vasquez (1–6)Bailey (24)20,17374–88

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB AVG SLG
Coco Crisp136531691402758544941.264.379
Hideki Matsui141517581302801272156.251.375
Cliff Pennington148515571362628581442.264.369
Josh Willingham136488691202602998456.246.477
Kurt Suzuki134460541092601444238.237.385
David DeJesus131442601062051046445.240.376
Jemile Weeks97406501232682362221.303.421
Conor Jackson1023333083171438330.249.342
Scott Sizemore9330542762111152443.249.433
Ryan Sweeney1082643470113125133.265.341
Daric Barton672362750130021239.212.267
Mark Ellis62217214711111678.217.290
Brandon Allen41146183092311211.205.356
Kevin Kouzmanoff4613613306041728.221.353
Landon Powell3611110193014011.171.225
Andy LaRoche40931023610508.247.333
Eric Sogard2770714302404.200.329
Adam Rosales246156002804.098.197
Chris Carter154426000002.136.136
Michael Taylor113046001105.200.300
Anthony Recker51733100004.176.235
Jai Miller71223001200.250.500
Pitcher Totals1621800000000.000.000
Team Totals1625452645133028029114612117509.244.369

Source:

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB SO
Trevor Cahill12144.1634340207.22141029682147
Gio Gonzalez16123.1232320202.0175817091197
Brandon McCarthy993.3225250170.2168736325123
Guillermo Moscoso8103.3823210128.0102594838174
Brett Anderson364.001313083.18640372561
Rich Harden445.121515082.28748473191
Grant Balfour522.47620262.04417172059
Craig Breslow023.79670059.16929252144
Brian Fuentes283.706701258.15230242042
Josh Outman353.70139058.16227242335
Andrew Bailey043.244202441.23418151241
Brad Ziegler322.39430137.23814101329
Tyson Ross332.7596036.03312111324
Michael Wuertz006.68390033.23725252632
Fautino De Los Santos324.32340033.12719161743
Jerry Blevins002.86260028.1241491426
Graham Godfrey123.9654025.0321411513
Joey Devine113.52260023.018991120
Dallas Braden113.0033018.01876515
Trystan Magnuson006.1490014.2151110511
David Purcey002.1390012.293337
Bobby Cramer011.085008.161116
Jordan Norberto008.106006.286674
Andrew Carignan004.266006.184325
Bruce Billings0012.603005.089767
Neil Wagner007.206005.067434
Team Totals74883.71162162391447.213806795975191160

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Farm System

Minor League Standings

Level Team League Manager W L Position
AAA Sacramento River Cats Pacific Coast League Darren Bush
AA Midland RockHounds Texas League Steve Scarsone
High-A Stockton Ports California League Webster Garrison
Low-A Burlington Bees Midwest League Aaron Nieckula
SS-A Vermont Lake Monsters New York–Penn League Rick Magnante
Rookie AZL Athletics Arizona League Marcus Jensen
DSL Athletics Dominican Summer League Oscar Spencer

Tony DeFrancesco moves to AAA-Oklahoma City RedHawks (HOU) after managing in Oakland's farm system for 16 years (except 2008, was on MLB staff).

Top Prospects

Player Position Baseball America Baseball Prospectus MLB 2011 Levels
Grant Green SS 1 2 1 Midland RockHounds (AA)
Chris Carter OF/1B 2 1 2 Sacramento River Cats (Class AAA)[2]
Michael Choice OF 3 3 3 Stockton Ports (A)
Tyson Ross P 4 7 -- Oakland Athletics
Jemile Weeks 2B 5 6 5 Sacramento River Cats (Class AAA)[2]
Max Stassi C 6 9 7 Stockton Ports (Advanced A)[3]
Aaron Shipman OF 7 -- 8 AZL Athletics
Yordy Cabrera SS 8 5 6 Burlington Bees (Class A)[4]
Ian Krol P 9 4 4
Michael Taylor OF 10 11 10 Sacramento River Cats
Renato Núñez 3B -- 8 9 DSL Athletics
Stephen Parker 3B -- 10 -- Midland RockHounds (Class AA)[5]

MLB.com named 1B Chris Carter (even though being played as an OF), SS Grant Green and 2B Jemile Weeks as No. 8 top prospects as their positions in MLB.com's 2011 Top 50 Prospects report. FanHouse named Grant Green (58), Chris Carter (91), and Michael Choice (94) to their top 100. Baseball America named Grant Green (63) and Chris Carter (91) to their top 100.

Minor League Info

Joselito Adames, who pitched for AZL Athletics in '10 and STK/VAN in '09, was suspended 50-games for violating MiLB's drug policy in January.

References

  1. Sanchez, jesse. "A's unveil new gold alternate home jerseys". Retrieved March 21, 2011.
  2. 1 2 "2011 Sacramento River Cats Opening Day Roster". Retrieved April 8, 2011.
  3. "2011 Stockton Ports Opening Day Roster". Retrieved April 8, 2011.
  4. "2011 Burlington Bees Opening Day Roster". Retrieved April 7, 2011.
  5. "2011 Midland RockHounds Opening Day Roster". Retrieved April 8, 2011.
  6. Baseball America
  7. Baseball Prospectus
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