2011 Los Angeles Angels season

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2011  Los Angeles Angels
Angels50.svg
The 50th anniversary logo of the Angels
League American League
Division West
Ballpark Angel Stadium of Anaheim
City Anaheim, California
Record86–76 (.531)
Divisional place2nd
Owners Arte Moreno
General managers Tony Reagins
Managers Mike Scioscia
Television FSN West
KCOP (My 13)
(Victor Rojas, Mark Gubicza)
Radio KLAA (AM 830)

KSPN (AM 710)
(Terry Smith, José Mota)

Spanish: KWKW (AM 1330)
Stats ESPN.com
BB-reference
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The 2011 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season was the franchise's 51st season and 46th in Anaheim. The Angels began the season following a disappointing 2010 campaign where they missed the postseason for the first time since 2006, after winning the American League West three times in a row from 2007 to 2009. During the 2011 season, the Angels celebrated the franchise's 50th anniversary and because it was the "golden Anniversary", a gold trim was added to the uniforms including the halo on both the cap and uniform (the halo from 1993 to 1996, 2002–2010 was silver and gold prior to that). [1] The date of the franchise's actual 50th anniversary is December 6, 2010. [2] The season saw the debut of Mike Trout, who made his major league debut on July 8, 2011. Although he batted .220 during his brief time on the year, he would be back the following season as the regular fielder for the team.

Contents

2010–11 offseason

After an incredibly disappointing 2010 season, the Angels' priority in the offseason was to fix what went horribly wrong so the team can return to the postseason in 2011. Owner Arte Moreno has gone on record saying that money will not be an issue, and that he is willing to spend as much as possible to put a winning product on the field. [3] Going into the offseason, the Angels had both Hideki Matsui and Scot Shields eligible for free agency with Kendrys Morales, Jered Weaver, Erick Aybar, Howie Kendrick, Kevin Frandsen, Alberto Callaspo, Reggie Willits, and Mike Napoli being arbitration eligible. As of December 3, 2010, the Angels have declined to offer Matsui arbitration, tendered contracts to Morales, Weaver, Aybar, Kendrick, Callaspo, Willits, and Napoli. [4] The Angels also declined to tender a contract to Frandsen, who would become a free agent, and Shields, who would retire from baseball. [5] [6]

The Angels expressed interest in Rays outfielder Carl Crawford, Red Sox third baseman Adrián Beltré, Rays closer Rafael Soriano, Phillies outfielder Jayson Werth, and were considered a wildcard in the Cliff Lee sweepstakes. [7] [8] [9] [10] On December 2, 2010, the Angels signed former Mets reliever Hisanori Takahashi in their first move of the offseason. [11] then signed Blue Jays reliever Scott Downs, and also acquired outfielder Vernon Wells from Toronto in exchange for outfielder Juan Rivera and catcher Mike Napoli.

Regular season

See the game log below for detailed game-by-game regular season information.

The season for the Angels began Thursday, March 31 with a road game against Kansas City. Their first home game was Friday, April 8 against Toronto. Their longest homestand will be from June 27 – July 10 (13 home games), and their longest road trip will be June 13–26 (12 road games). Their final game of the regular season will be on Wednesday, September 28 at home against Rangers.

March/April

After winning the first game of the season against Kansas City, the Angels stumbled dropping their next three games against that same Royals team. The Halos led at one point in each of those three losses and the suspect bullpen was a large reason why they dropped those three in a row. After the Kansas City series, manager Mike Scioscia shook up the bullpen by demoting Fernando Rodney from the closer's role and giving Jordan Walden that position. The Angels proceeded to sweep the Tampa Bay Rays in St. Petersburg and win and go 4–2 on their opening homestand against the Blue Jays and Indians. The Angels winning ways continued into their second road trip of the season sweeping the Chicago White Sox and taking 2 of 3 from division rival Texas and taking sole control of first in the American League West. However, the Angels hit a wall when they returned home to Angel Stadium being swept by arch-rival Boston in a four-game series and only scoring a total of five runs over that four game stretch. Texas, in the meantime took back the top spot in the AL West. After their abysmal showing against Boston, the Angels rebounded slightly by taking 2 of 3 from division rival Oakland finishing out the homestand 2–5. Going back to Tampa Bay, the Angels took the series 2–1 only losing the second game of the series on a wild pitch by relief pitcher Fernando Rodney in the 10th inning. The second game of the series also featured Joel Piñeiro's first start of the season where he only gave up one run over 7 innings pitched.

May

The Angels started out the month of May by finishing off a series with Tampa Bay that they won 2–1. After that series, the Angels flew to Boston to take on the team that swept them in Anaheim just a week prior. The Halos ended up dropping the first two games of that series, but ended up winning the third game of the series in a marathon 13 inning game that lasted 7 hours and 35 minutes thanks to a 2-hour and 35 minute rain delay. In the fourth game, the Angels pounded out 8 runs off of their former ace John Lackey and ended up winning the game 11–0 to earn the series split 2–2. Returning home to Anaheim where the Angels had a 6–7 mark, they were to face the red-hot Cleveland Indians in a three-game series. They won the first game in extra innings behind an excellent outing by rookie Tyler Chatwood and the bullpen, however the Angels then proceeded to drop the second game of the series. They did win the rubber game of the series on Mother's Day in a game that saw the lead change many times. The win against the Indians on May 8, marked manager Mike Scioscia's 1,000th career victory (all of which were with the Angels).

Schedule and results

Regular season

2011 Game Log
March: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStadiumBoxGB
1March 31@ Royals 4–2 Weaver (1–0) Hochevar (0–1) Rodney (1)40,0551–0 Kauffman Stadium W1 +1⁄2
April: 14–12 (Home: 6–7; Road: 8–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStadiumBoxGB
2April 1@ Royals 2–1 Soria (1–0) Kohn (0–1)13,3021–1 Kauffman Stadium L1 −1⁄2
3April 2@ Royals 5–4 Crow (1–0) Jepsen (0–1) Soria (1)17,3281–2 Kauffman Stadium L2 −1+1⁄2
4April 3@ Royals 12–9 (13) Collins (1–0) Bulger (0–1)14,0851–3 Kauffman Stadium L3 −2+1⁄2
5April 5@ Rays 5–3 Weaver (2–0) Niemann (0–1) Walden (1)13,1732–3 Tropicana Field W1 −3
6April 6@ Rays 5–1 Haren (1–0) Hellickson (0–1)11,8363–3 Tropicana Field W2 −3
7April 8 Blue Jays 3–2 Dotel (1–0) Santana (0–1) Rauch (2)43,8533–4 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L1 −3+1⁄2
8April 9 Blue Jays 6–5 (14) Haren (2–0) Rauch (0–1)43,5134–4 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W1 −3
9April 10 Blue Jays 3–1 Weaver (3–0) Reyes (0–1) Rodney (2)43,5255–4 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W2 −3
10April 11 Indians 4–0 Talbot (1–0) Chatwood (0–1)32,8645–5 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L1 −4
11April 12 Indians 2–0 Haren (3–0) Carmona (0–2)43,5296–5 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W1 −3
12April 13 Indians 4–3 Takahashi (1–0) Durbin (1–0)31,0497–5 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W2 −2
13April 15@ White Sox 4–3 Weaver (4–0) Humber (1–1) Walden (2)20,1038–5 U.S. Cellular Field W3 −2
14April 16@ White Sox 7–2 Chatwood (1–1) Floyd (1–1)21,2509–5 U.S. Cellular Field W4 −1
15April 17@ White Sox 4–2 Haren (4–0) Buehrle (1–1) Walden (3)23,45810–5 U.S. Cellular Field W5 0
16April 18@ Rangers 7–1 Wilson (2–0) Santana (0–2)30,79910–6 Rangers Ballpark in Arlington L1 −1
17April 19@ Rangers 15–4 Palmer (0–0) Lewis (1–2)22,45011–6 Rangers Ballpark in Arlington W1 0
18April 20@ Rangers 4–1 Weaver (5–0) Harrison (3–1)31,96712–6 Rangers Ballpark in Arlington W2 +1
19April 21 Red Sox 4–2 (11) Jenks (1–1) Thompson (0–1)37,00312–7 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L1 +1⁄2
20April 22 Red Sox 4–3 Lester (2–1) Haren (4–1) Papelbon (5)39,00512–8 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L2 −1⁄2
21April 23 Red Sox 5–0 Matsuzaka (2–2) Santana (0–3)40,02512–9 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L3 −1+1⁄2
22April 24 Red Sox 7–0 Lackey (2–2) Palmer (1–1)35,10712–10 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L4 −2+1⁄2
23April 25 Athletics 5–0 Weaver (6–0) Gonzalez (2–2)37,11513–10 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W1 −1+1⁄2
24April 26 Athletics 8–3 Chatwood (2–1) McCarthy (1–2)37,22814–10 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W2 −1⁄2
25April 27 Athletics 2–1 (10) Fuentes (1–2) Walden (0–1) Ziegler (1)37,24714–11 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L1 −1+1⁄2
26April 29@ Rays 8–5 Santana (1–3) Price (3–3) Walden (4)21,79115–11 Tropicana Field W1 0
27April 30@ Rays 2–1 (10) Peralta (1–0) Rodney (0–1)20,24515–12 Tropicana Field L1 −1
May: 14–16 (Home: 7–6; Road: 7–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStadiumBoxGB
28May 1@ Rays 6–5 Thompson (1–1) Peralta (1–1) Walden (5)16,24816–12 Tropicana Field W1 0
29May 2@ Red Sox 9–5 Buchholz (2–3) Weaver (6–1)37,01716–13 Fenway Park L1 0
30May 3@ Red Sox 7–3 Lester (4–1) Haren (4–2)37,04316–14 Fenway Park L2 0
31May 4@ Red Sox 5–3 (13) Bell (1–0) Matsuzaka (2–3)37,03717–14 Fenway Park W1 0
32May 5@ Red Sox 11–0 Piñeiro (1–0) Lackey (2–4)37,01318–14 Fenway Park W2 +1
33May 6 Indians 2–1 (11) Rodney (1–1) Germano (0–1)36,44719–14 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W3 +2
34May 7 Indians 4–3 White (1–0) Weaver (6–2) Perez (10)37,68419–15 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L1 +1
35May 8 Indians 6–5 Rodney (2–1) Smith (1–1) Walden (6)40,12420–15 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W1 +2
36May 9 White Sox 8–0 Jackson (3–4) Santana (1–4)38,56120–16 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L1 +1
37May 10 White Sox 6–2 Piñeiro (2–0) Danks (0–6)40,12821–16 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W1 +2
38May 11 White Sox 6–4 Santos (2–0) Jepsen (0–2) Thornton (1)39,15121–17 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L1 +1+1⁄2
39May 13@ Rangers 4–1 Ogando (4–0) Weaver (6–3) Feliz (7)45,99521–18 Rangers Ballpark in Arlington L2 +1⁄2
40May 14@ Rangers 3–2 Downs (1–0) Oliver (1–4) Walden (7)47,66322–18 Rangers Ballpark in Arlington W1 +1+1⁄2
41May 15@ Rangers 5–4 Lowe (1–0) Thompson (1–2) Feliz (8)48,28422–19 Rangers Ballpark in Arlington L1 +1⁄2
42May 16@ Athletics 5–4 (10) Balfour (3–1) Rodney (2–2)11,06122–20 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum L2 −1⁄2
43May 17@ Athletics 14–0 Gonzalez (5–2) Chatwood (2–2)12,19022–21 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum L3 −1⁄2
44May 18@ Mariners 3–0 Vargas (3–2) Weaver (6–4) League (10)16,99222–22 Safeco Field L4 −1+1⁄2
45May 19@ Mariners 2–1 Pauley (2–0) Downs (1–1)18,37422–23 Safeco Field L5 −1+1⁄2
46May 20 Braves 9–0 Santana (2–4) Hudson (4–4)40,21123–23 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W1 −1⁄2
47May 21 Braves 5–4 (12) Proctor (1–0) Bell (1–1) Kimbrel (12)43,51123–24 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L1 −1⁄2
48May 22 Braves 4–1 Chatwood (3–2) Lowe (3–4) Walden (8)40,09824–24 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W1 −1⁄2
49May 23 Athletics 4–1 Downs (2–1) Fuentes (1–7) Walden (9)36,21525–24 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W2 −1⁄2
50May 24 Athletics 6–1 Moscoso (1–0) Haren (4–3)39,11725–25 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L1 −1⁄2
51May 25 Athletics 4–1 Santana (3–4) Cahill (6–2) Walden (10)40,25326–25 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W1 −1⁄2
52May 26 Athletics 4–3 Anderson (3–4) Piñeiro (2–1)33,41226–26 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L1 −1
53May 27@ Twins 6–5 Downs (3–1) Hoey (0–2) Walden (11)38,97627–26 Target Field W1 0
54May 28@ Twins 1–0 Burnett (1–3) Takahashi (1–1)39,82427–27 Target Field L1 −1
55May 29@ Twins 6–5 Haren (5–3) Pavano (2–5) Walden (12)39,86728–27 Target Field W1 −1
56May 30@ Royals 10–8 Jepsen (1–2) Soria (3–3) Rodney (3)24,40629–27 Kauffman Stadium W2 −1
57May 31@ Royals 7–3 Francis (2–5) Piñeiro (2–2)14,17429–28 Kauffman Stadium L1 −1
June: 13–12 (Home: 5–7; Road: 8–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStadiumBoxGB
58June 1@ Royals 2–0 Collins (3–2) Downs (3–2)12,02229–29 Kauffman Stadium L2 −2
59June 3 Yankees 3–2 Weaver (7–4) Nova (4–4) Walden (13)42,52130–29 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W1 −2+1⁄2
60June 4 Yankees 3–2 Sabathia (7–3) Santana (3–5) Rivera (15)43,61930–30 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L1 −3+1⁄2
61June 5 Yankees 5–3 Colón (4–3) Piñeiro (2–3) Rivera (16)43,52430–31 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L2 −4+1⁄2
62June 6 Rays 5–1 Price (7–5) Chatwood (3–3)32,28730–32 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L3 −4+1⁄2
63June 7 Rays 4–1 Cobb (1–0) Haren (5–4) Farnsworth (12)38,83330–33 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L4 −4+1⁄2
64June 8 Rays 4–3 Cruz (3–0) Rodney (2–3) Farnsworth (13)33,15730–34 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L5 −5+1⁄2
65June 10 Royals 4–2 Francis (3–6) Santana (3–6) Soria (9)38,25430–35 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L6 −6
66June 11 Royals 7–5 Downs (4–2) Collins (3–3) Walden (14)38,91131–35 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W1 −5
67June 12 Royals 9–0 Mazzaro (1–1) Chatwood (3–4)39,11431–36 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L1 −5
68June 13@ Mariners 6–3 Haren (6–4) Vargas (4–4) Walden (15)20,23832–36 Safeco Field W1 −4+1⁄2
69June 14@ Mariners 4–0 Weaver (8–4) Fister (3–8)17,63433–36 Safeco Field W2 −3+1⁄2
70June 15@ Mariners 3–1 Bédard (4–4) Santana (3–7) League (19)19,32133–37 Safeco Field L1 −3+1⁄2
71June 17@ Mets 4–3 Piñeiro (3–3) Capuano (5–7) Walden (16)29,51334–37 Citi Field W1 −3
72June 18@ Mets 6–1 Pelfrey (4–5) Haren (6–5)31,53834–38 Citi Field L1 −4
73June 19@ Mets 7–3 Chatwood (4–4) Niese (6–6)36,21335–38 Citi Field W1 −3
74June 20@ Marlins 2–1 Weaver (9–4) Cishek (0–1) Walden (17)16,98436–38 Sun Life Stadium W2 −3
75June 21@ Marlins 5–2 Vázquez (4–7) Santana (3–8) Núñez (20)17,34436–39 Sun Life Stadium L1 −4
76June 22@ Marlins 6–5 Walden (1–1) Badenhop (1–1) Kohn (1)19,72137–39 Sun Life Stadium W1 −3
77June 24@ Dodgers 8–3 Haren (7–5) De La Rosa (3–2)43,64038–39 Dodger Stadium W2 −3
78June 25@ Dodgers 6–1 Chatwood (5–4) Kuroda (5–9)41,10839–39 Dodger Stadium W2 −2
79June 26@ Dodgers 3–2 Kershaw (8–3) Walden (1–2)43,10439–40 Dodger Stadium L1 −2
80June 27 Nationals 4–3 (10) Downs (5–2) Burnett (3–4)35,03240–40 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W1 −1+1⁄2
81June 28 Nationals 11–5 Takahashi (2–1) Balester (1–1)41,02941–40 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W2 −1+1⁄2
82June 29 Nationals 1–0 Haren (8–5) Zimmermann (5–7) Walden (18)35,25842–40 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W3 −1+1⁄2
July: 17–10 (Home: 10–3; Road: 7–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStadiumBoxGB
83July 1 Dodgers 5–0 Kuroda (6–9) Chatwood (5–5)41,25342–41 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L1 −2
84July 2 Dodgers 7–1 Weaver (10–4) Kershaw (8–4)42,23243–41 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W1 −1
85July 3 Dodgers 3–1 Santana (4–8) Billingsley (7–7) Walden (19)42,53644–41 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W2 0
86July 4 Tigers 5–1 Piñeiro (4–3) Furbush (1–2)43,01245–41 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W3 0
87July 5 Tigers 1–0 Haren (9–5) Verlander (11–4)39,00646–41 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W4 0
88July 6 Tigers 5–4 Penny (6–6) Takahashi (2–2) Valverde (21)31,54946–42 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L1 −1
89July 7 Mariners 5–1 Weaver (11–4) Fister (3–10)41,22347–42 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W1 −1
90July 8 Mariners 4–3 Walden (2–2) Pauley (5–2)40,16148–42 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W2 −1
91July 9 Mariners 9–3 Piñeiro (5–3) Pineda (8–6)44,11149–42 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W3 −1
92July 10 Mariners 4–2 Haren (10–5) Pauley (5–3) Walden (20)39,50550–42 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W4 −1
July 12: All-Star Game (NL wins—Box)5–1 Clippard (WAS) C. J. Wilson (TEX) B. Wilson (SF)47,994 Chase Field Phoenix, Arizona
93July 15@ Athletics 5–3 McCarthy (2–5) Haren (10–6) Bailey (9)18,47050–43 O.co Coliseum L1 −2+1⁄2
94July 16@ Athletics 4–2 Weaver (12–4) Cahill (8–8) Walden (21)51–43 O.co Coliseum W1 −2
95July 16@ Athletics 4–3 (10) Ziegler (3–1) Thompson (1–3)27,37951–44 O.co Coliseum L1 −3
96July 17@ Athletics 9–1 Gonzalez (9–6) Piñeiro (5–4)26,11551–45 O.co Coliseum L2 −4
97July 19 Rangers 7–0 Ogando (10–3) Chatwood (5–6)43,10351–46 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L3 −5
98July 20 Rangers 9–8 Takahashi (3–2) Hunter (1–1) Walden (22)40,05252–46 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W1 −4
99July 21 Rangers 1–0 Weaver (13–4) Wilson (10–4) Walden (23)38,31553–46 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W2 −3
100July 22@ Orioles 6–1 Santana (5–8) Simón (2–3) Takahashi (1)24,82354–46 Oriole Park at Camden Yards W3 −3
101July 23@ Orioles 3–2 Bergesen (2–6) Piñeiro (5–5) Gregg (16)20,31154–47 Oriole Park at Camden Yards L1 −4
102July 24@ Orioles 9–3 Chatwood (6–6) Guthrie (4–14)15,67655–47 Oriole Park at Camden Yards W1 −3
103July 25@ Indians 3–2 Walden (2–3) Sipp (5–2)19,38455–48 Progressive Field L1 −4
104July 26@ Indians 2–1 Weaver (14–4) Tomlin (11–5) Walden (24)19,43056–48 Progressive Field W1 −3
105July 27@ Indians 3–1 Santana (6–8)** Huff (1–1)21,54657–48 Progressive Field W2 −2
106July 28@ Tigers 12–7 Cassevah (1–0) Penny (7–8)33,48958–48 Comerica Park W3 −2
107July 29@ Tigers 12–2 Porcello (11–6) Chatwood (6–7)40,55158–49 Comerica Park L1 −2
108July 30@ Tigers 5–1 Haren (11–6) Turner (0–1)40,75359–49 Comerica Park W1 −2
109July 31@ Tigers 3–2 Verlander (15–5) Weaver (14–5) Valverde (28)36,87859–50 Comerica Park L1 −2
**Ervin Santana threw the ninth no-hitter in Angels history.
August: 14–13 (Home: 10–5; Road: 4–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStadiumBoxGB
110August 2 Twins 5–1 Santana (7–8) Duensing (8–9)37,56560–50 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W1 −1
111August 3 Twins 11–4 Swarzak (3–3) Piñeiro (5–6)35,55560–51 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L1 −1
112August 4 Twins 7–1 Haren (12–6) Liriano (7–9)40,36561–51 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W1 −1
113August 5 Mariners 1–0 (10) Walden (3–3) Cortes (0–1)38,72762–51 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W2 −1
114August 6 Mariners 5–1 Beavan (3–2) Chatwood (6–8)42,01762–52 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L1 −1
115August 7 Mariners 2–1 Santana (8–8) Hernández (10–10) Walden (25)38,82363–52 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W1 −1
116August 9@ Yankees 6–4 Downs (6–2) Rivera (1–2) Walden (26)46,46664–52 Yankee Stadium W2 −1+1⁄2
117August 10@ Yankees 9–3 Nova (11–4) Richards (0–1)46,96764–53 Yankee Stadium L1 −1+1⁄2
118August 11@ Yankees 6–5 Soriano (2–1) Rodney (2–4) Rivera (30)47,43164–54 Yankee Stadium L2 −2
119August 12@ Blue Jays 5–1 Santana (9–8) Morrow (8–7)24,73165–54 Rogers Centre W1 −2
120August 13@ Blue Jays 11–2 Romero (11–9) Weaver (14–6)27,18565–55 Rogers Centre L1 −3
121August 14@ Blue Jays 5–4 (10) Rauch (5–3) Rodney (2–5)23,35565–56 Rogers Centre L2 −4
122August 15 Rangers 8–4 Ogando (12–5) Cassevah (1–1)36,66365–57 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L3 −5
123August 16 Rangers 7–3 Holland (11–4) Chatwood (6–9)43,71165–58 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L4 −6
124August 17 Rangers 4–3 Wilson (12–5) Santana (9–9) Feliz (24)36,58165–59 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L5 −7
125August 18 Rangers 2–1 Ramírez (1–0) Adams (1–2)41,12366–59 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W1 −6
126August 19 Orioles 8–3 Haren (13–6) Reyes (6–10)38,15667–59 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W2 −6
127August 20 Orioles 9–8 (12) Rodney (3–5) Gregg (0–2)43,20168–59 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W3 −5
128August 21 Orioles 7–1 Williams (1–0) Matusz (1–6)37,14869–59 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W4 −4
129August 23 White Sox 5–4 Walden (4–3) Frasor (3–3)37,72870–59 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W5 −3+1⁄2
130August 24 White Sox 8–0 Weaver (15–6) Stewart (1–3)36,61071–59 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W6 −2+1⁄2
131August 26@ Rangers 11–7 Holland (12–5) Haren (13–7)38,25671–60 Rangers Ballpark in Arlington L1 −3
132August 27@ Rangers 8–4 Santana (10–9) Wilson (13–6) Takahashi (2)48,45372–60 Rangers Ballpark in Arlington W1 −2
133August 28@ Rangers 9–5 Oliver (5–5) Weaver (15–7)40,01872–61 Rangers Ballpark in Arlington L1 −3
134August 29@ Mariners 5–3 Wilhelmsen (2–0) Takahashi (3–3) League (32)16,99072–62 Safeco Field L1 −3+1⁄2
135August 30@ Mariners 13–6 Williams (2–0) Vasquez (1–1)15,53673–62 Safeco Field W1 −3+1⁄2
136August 31@ Mariners 2–1 Hernández (13–11) Haren (13–8)18,52073–63 Safeco Field L1 −3+1⁄2
September: 13–13 (Home: 7–8; Road: 6–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStadiumBoxGB
137September 1@ Mariners 4–3 Santana (11–9) Furbush (3–7) Walden (27)19,45374–63 Safeco Field W1 −3+1⁄2
138September 2 Twins 13–5 Pavano (7–11) Chatwood (6–10)37,19874–64 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L1 −4+1⁄2
139September 3 Twins 10–6 Weaver (16–7) Dumatrait (1–3)39,10275–64 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W1 −3+1⁄2
140September 4 Twins 4–1 Piñeiro (6–6) Slowey (0–4) Walden (28)36,63876–64 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W2 −3+1⁄2
141September 5 Mariners 7–3 Haren (14–8) Vasquez (1–2)35,49777–64 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W3 −2+1⁄2
142September 6 Mariners 2–1 Hernández (14–11) Santana (11–10) League (33)36,53377–65 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L1 −3+1⁄2
143September 7 Mariners 3–1 Williams (3–0) Furbush (3–8) Walden (29)37,45978–65 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W1 −2+1⁄2
144September 9 Yankees 2–1 Walden (5–3) Laffey (2–2)41,01479–65 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W2 −2+1⁄2
145September 10 Yankees 6–0 Haren (14–8) Sabathia (19–8)42,77480–65 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W3 −1+1⁄2
146September 11 Yankees 6–5 Wade (5–0) Santana (11–11) Rivera (40)42,58180–66 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L1 −2+1⁄2
147September 12@ Athletics 6–3 Gonzalez (13–12) Piñeiro (6–7)12,85880–67 O.co Coliseum L2 −3
148September 13@ Athletics 6–3 Takahashi (4–3) De Los Santos (2–2) Walden (30)13,21281–67 O.co Coliseum W1 −3
149September 14@ Athletics 4–1 Weaver (17–7) Harden (4–3) Walden (31)14,74382–67 O.co Coliseum W2 −3
150September 16@ Orioles 8–3 Hunter (4–4) Haren (15–9)24,02282–68 Oriole Park at Camden Yards L1 −3+1⁄2
151September 17@ Orioles 6–2 Britton (10–10) Santana (11–12)31,09982–69 Oriole Park at Camden Yards L2 −4+1⁄2
152September 18@ Orioles 11–2 Weaver (18–7) Simón (4–9)27,47183–69 Oriole Park at Camden Yards W1 −4+1⁄2
153September 19@ Blue Jays 3–2 Janssen (6–0) Downs (6–3)11,17883–70 Rogers Centre L1 −5
154September 20@ Blue Jays 10–6 Piñeiro (7–7) Cecil (4–10) Downs (1)13,51484–70 Rogers Centre W1 −5
155September 21@ Blue Jays 7–2 Haren (16–9) McGowan (0–1)14,78485–70 Rogers Centre W2 −5
156September 22@ Blue Jays 4–3 (12) Camp (5–3) Richards (0–2)22,76985–71 Rogers Centre L1 −5
157September 23 Athletics 3–1 Gonzalez (15–12) Weaver (18–8) Bailey (22)39,21785–72 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L2 −6
158September 24 Athletics 4–2 Williams (4–0) Moscoso (8–10) Walden (32)41,11386–72 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W1 −6
159September 25 Athletics 6–5 De Los Santos (3–2) Walden (5–4) Bailey (23)40,79486–73 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L1 −7
160September 26* Rangers 4–3 Hamburger (1–0) Haren (16–10) Feliz (31)39,71686–74 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L2 −8
161September 27 Rangers 10–3 Lewis (14–10) Chatwood (6–11)39,52986–75 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L3 −9
162September 28 Rangers 3–1 Adams (5–4) Walden (5–5) Feliz (32)39,61286–76 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L4 −10
*The Angels were officially eliminated from the AL West race on September 23 and from playoff contention on September 26.
Final games legend
Angels WinAngels Loss All-Star Game Game PostponedEliminated
"GB" Legend
1st (AL West)Not in Playoff Position1st (AL Wild Card)Tied for 1st (AL West and/or Wild Card)

Regular Season Schedule (calendar style)
Regular Season Schedule (sortable text)

Standings

Season standings

American League West

AL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Texas Rangers 96660.593—52–2944–37
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 86760.5311045–3641–40
Oakland Athletics 74880.4572243–3831–50
Seattle Mariners 67950.4142939–4528–50

American League Wild Card

Division Winners		 W L Pct.
New York Yankees 97650.599
Texas Rangers 96660.593
Detroit Tigers 95670.586
Wild Card team
(Top team qualifies for postseason)		 W L Pct. GB
Tampa Bay Rays 91710.562—
Boston Red Sox 90720.5561
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 86760.5315
Toronto Blue Jays 81810.50010
Cleveland Indians 80820.49411
Chicago White Sox 79830.48812
Oakland Athletics 74880.45717
Kansas City Royals 71910.43820
Baltimore Orioles 69930.42622
Seattle Mariners 67950.41424
Minnesota Twins 63990.38928

Record vs. opponents

TeamBALBOSCWSCLEDETKCLAAMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL
Baltimore –8–104–42–55–55–43–66–25–134–54–29–91–56–127–11
Boston 10–8–2–44–65–15–36–25–212–66–25–46–124–610–810–8
Chicago 4–44–2–11–75–137–112–69–92–66–47–24–44–43–411–7
Cleveland 5–26–47–11–6–1212–63–611–73–45–25–42–41–93–411–7
Detroit 5–51–513–512–6–11–73–414–44–35–54–66–16–34–27–11
Kansas City 4–53–511–76–127–11–7–38–103–34–55–32–52–64–35–13
Los Angeles 6–32–66–26–34–33–7–6–34–58–1112–74–47–125–513–5
Minnesota 2–62–59–97–114–1410–83–6–2–64–43–53–75–31–58–10
New York 13–56–126–24–33–43–35–46–2–6–35–49–97–211–713–5
Oakland 5–42–64–62–55–55–411–84–43–6–9–105–26–135–58–10
Seattle 2–44–52–74–56–43–57–125–34–510–9–4–64–153–69–9
Tampa Bay 9–912–64–44–21–65–24–47–39–92–56–4–4–512–612–6
Texas 5–16–44–49–13–66–212–73–52–713–615–45–4–4–69–9
Toronto 12–68–104–34–32–43–45–55–17–115–56–36–126–4–8–10
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Roster

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Mark Trumbo in July 2011.
2011 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other

Manager

Coaches

Player statistics

Hitting statistics

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; TB = Total bases; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; SB = Stolen bases; CS = Caught Stealing; OBP = On base percentage; SLG = Slugging; AVG = Batting average
‡Traded/Released/DFA mid-season.

PlayerPosGABRH2B3BHRRBITBBBSOSBCSOBPSLGAVG
Bobby Abreu DH1425025412730186018378113215.353.365.253
Alexi Amarista 2B2352283105132800.182.250.154
Erick Aybar SS1435567115533810592343168306.322.421.279
Peter Bourjos OF147502721362611124322032124229.327.438.271
Russell Branyan DH37657122041226112120.299.400.185
Alberto Callaspo 3B14147554137230646178584881.366.375.288
Hank Conger C5917714378061963173700.282.356.209
Torii Hunter OF1565808015224223822496212557.336.429.262
Maicer Izturis SS12244951124350538174336596.334.388.276
Howie Kendrick 2B14053786153306186324933119146.338.464.285
Jeff Mathis C93247184312032264157512.225.259.174
Jeremy Moore OF8831000000200.125.125.125
Efren Navarro 1B121012100031100.273.300.200
Chris Pettit -1000000000000.000.000.000
Andrew Romine IF101622000021610.176.125.125
Mike Trout OF401232027605164893040.281.390.220
Mark Trumbo 1B1495396513731129872572512094.291.477.254
Gil Velazquez IF4603000130000.429.500.500
Vernon Wells OF131505601101542566208208694.248.412.218
Reggie Willits OF222201100124700.192.091.045
Bobby Wilson C57111521801832101602.252.288.189
Brandon Wood ‡SS61412100030800.143.214.143
Pitcher Totals1621714000140700.235.235.235
Team Totals16255136671394289341556292216442108613552.313.402.253

Pitching statistics

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games played; GS = Games started; CG = Complete games; SHO = Shutouts; SV = Saves; SVO = Save opportunities; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; HBP = Hit by pitch; BB = Base on balls issued; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerWLERAGGSCGSHOSVSVOIPHRERHRHBPBBSO
Trevor Bell 113.41190000134.1391413211017
Jason Bulger 010.965000009.164120107
Bobby Cassevah 112.72300000139.2281212111924
Tyler Chatwood 6114.7527250000142.016681751467174
Scott Downs 631.34600001453.239118301535
Dan Haren 16103.1735344300238.1211918420533192
Kevin Jepsen 127.62160000113.02111112196
Scott Kazmir 0027.001100001.25551220
Michael Kohn 017.30140001212.11410106199
Matt Palmer 115.7433000015.21911100147
Joel Piñeiro 775.1327242000145.218290831623862
Horacio Ramírez 106.0012030009.016761024
Garrett Richards 025.7973200014.0161194079
Fernando Rodney 354.50390003732.0261816132826
Francisco Rodríguez 004.61100000013.213772057
Ervin Santana 11123.3833334100228.2207958626872178
Hisanori Takahashi 433.44610002568.0583026702552
Rich Thompson 133.00440000154.0461818502056
Jordan Walden 552.9862000324260.1492220312667
Jered Weaver 1882.4133334200235.2182656320356198
Jerome Williams 403.68106000044.0452018611528
Team Totals86763.5716216212639641465.01388633581142364761058

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Salt Lake Bees Pacific Coast League Keith Johnson
AA Arkansas Travelers Texas League Bill Mosiello and Bobby Mitchell
A Inland Empire 66ers California League Tom Gamboa
A Cedar Rapids Kernels Midwest League Brent Del Chiaro
Rookie AZL Angels Arizona League Tyrone Boykin
Rookie Orem Owlz Pioneer League Tom Kotchman

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