2011 Major League Baseball postseason

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2011 Major League Baseball postseason
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Tournament details
DatesSeptember 30 – October 28, 2011 [1]
Teams8
Final positions
Champions St. Louis Cardinals
(11th title)
Runners-up Texas Rangers
(2nd World Series appearance)
Awards
MVP David Freese
(STL)
  2010
2012  

The 2011 Major League Baseball postseason was the playoff tournament of Major League Baseball for the 2011 season. The winners of the Division Series would move on to the League Championship Series to determine the pennant winners that face each other in the World Series. This was the last postseason to feature the 8-team format, as next season a new League Wild Card Game was introduced as the new opening round of the postseason, as well as the last time that two teams from the same division could not face each other in the opening round.

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In the American League, the New York Yankees returned for the sixteenth time in the past seventeen years, the Texas Rangers returned for the second straight year, the Detroit Tigers returned for the first time since 2006, and was the first of four consecutive appearances by the Tigers. The Tampa Bay Rays returned for the third time in four years.

In the National League, the St. Louis Cardinals returned for the eighth time in the past twelve years, the Milwaukee Brewers made their second appearance in the past four years, the Philadelphia Phillies returned for the fifth straight time, and the Arizona Diamondbacks returned for the first time since 2007. This was Philadelphia’s last postseason appearance until 2022.

The postseason began on September 30, 2011, and ended on October 28, 2011, with the Cardinals defeating the Rangers in seven games in the 2011 World Series. It was the Cardinals' 11th title in franchise history, tying the NHL's Detroit Red Wings for the sixth most championship wins in North American sports.

Playoff seeds

Red pog.svg American League Teams Blue pog.svg National League Teams

The following teams qualified for the postseason:

American League

  1. New York Yankees – 97–65, AL East champions [2]
  2. Texas Rangers – 96–66, AL West [3]
  3. Detroit Tigers – 95–67, AL Central champions [4]
  4. Tampa Bay Rays – 91–71 [5]

National League

  1. Philadelphia Phillies – 102–60, NL East champions [6]
  2. Milwaukee Brewers – 96–66, NL Central champions [7]
  3. Arizona Diamondbacks – 94–68, NL West champions [8]
  4. St. Louis Cardinals – 90–72 [9]

Playoff bracket

Division Series
(ALDS, NLDS)
League Championship Series
(ALCS, NLCS)
World Series
         
1 NY Yankees 2
3 Detroit3
3 Detroit 2
American League
2 Texas4
2 Texas3
4 Tampa Bay 1
AL2 Texas 3
NL4 St. Louis4
1 Philadelphia 2
4 St. Louis3
4 St. Louis4
National League
2 Milwaukee 2
2 Milwaukee3
3 Arizona 2

Note: Two teams in the same division cannot meet in the division series.

American League Division Series

(1) New York Yankees vs. (3) Detroit Tigers

Detroit won the series, 3–2.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1September 30 / October 1 Detroit Tigers – 3, New York Yankees – 9 Yankee Stadium 3:26 (1:17 delay)50,940 [10]  
2October 2 Detroit Tigers – 5, New York Yankees – 3 Yankee Stadium 3:3450,596 [11]  
3October 3 New York Yankees – 4, Detroit Tigers – 5 Comerica Park 3:1443,581 [12]  
4October 4 New York Yankees – 10, Detroit Tigers – 1 Comerica Park 3:1043,527 [13]  
5October 6 Detroit Tigers – 3, New York Yankees – 2 Yankee Stadium 3:3450,960 [14]

: suspended in the bottom of the second inning due to rain

This was the second postseason meeting between the Tigers and Yankees. They previously met in the 2006 ALDS, which the Tigers won in four games before falling in the World Series. In a hotly contested five-game series, the Tigers once again defeated the Yankees to return to the ALCS for the second time in six years.

The Yankees unsurprisingly took Game 1 in a blowout win, as the Yankees' offense chased Doug Fister from the mound. In Game 2, the Tigers jumped out to a 4–0 lead and their bullpen stopped a late rally by the Yankees to even the series headed back to Detroit. Delmon Young would propel the Tigers to a one-run victory in Game 3 thanks to a solo home run in the bottom of the seventh that broke a 4–4 tie. Then, the Yankees would blow out the Tigers again in Game 4 to send the series back to the Bronx. However, in Game 5, Fister would redeem himself as he and the Tigers' bullpen fended off a late push by the Yankees to win 3–2 and return to the ALCS. Game 5 would ultimately be Mariano Rivera’s final postseason game, as he missed the 2012 postseason due to injury and would retire in 2013. [15]

The Tigers became the third team to win consecutive postseason series against the Yankees, joining the 192122 New York Giants and the 2002 and 2005 Anaheim/Los Angeles Angels. Both teams would meet again in the ALCS the next year, which the Tigers won in a sweep before falling in the World Series.

(2) Texas Rangers vs. (4) Tampa Bay Rays

Texas won the series, 3–1.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1September 30 Tampa Bay Rays – 9, Texas Rangers – 0 Rangers Ballpark in Arlington 3:0050,498 [16]  
2October 1 Tampa Bay Rays – 6, Texas Rangers – 8 Rangers Ballpark in Arlington 3:2851,351 [17]  
3October 3 Texas Rangers – 4, Tampa Bay Rays – 3 Tropicana Field 3:5132,828 [18]  
4October 4 Texas Rangers – 4, Tampa Bay Rays – 3 Tropicana Field 3:0528,299 [19]

This was the second straight postseason meeting between the Rays and Rangers, and a rematch of last year's ALDS. The Rangers once again defeated the Rays to advance to the ALCS for the second year in a row.

Rays' rookie pitcher Matt Moore pitched seven shutout innings as the Rays blew out the Rangers in Game 1. Game 2 was an offensive shootout which the Rangers won 8–6 to even the series headed to Tampa. In the top of the seventh inning of Game 3, Mike Napoli and Josh Hamilton helped the Rangers come from behind to win by a 4–3 score to take the series lead. The Rangers would win the series in Game 4 thanks to a home run from Ian Kinsler and three more from Adrián Beltré.

Both teams would meet again in the Wild Card round of the 2023 postseason, which the Rangers won in a sweep en route to a World Series title.

National League Division Series

(1) Philadelphia Phillies vs. (4) St. Louis Cardinals

St. Louis won the series, 3–2.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 1 St. Louis Cardinals – 6, Philadelphia Phillies – 11 Citizens Bank Park 2:5546,480 [20]  
2October 2 St. Louis Cardinals – 5, Philadelphia Phillies – 4 Citizens Bank Park 3:2246,575 [21]  
3October 4 Philadelphia Phillies – 3, St. Louis Cardinals – 2 Busch Stadium 3:1346,914 [22]  
4October 5 Philadelphia Phillies – 3, St. Louis Cardinals – 5 Busch Stadium 2:3447,071 [23]  
5October 7 St. Louis Cardinals – 1, Philadelphia Phillies – 0 Citizens Bank Park 2:2946,530 [24]

This was the first postseason meeting between the Cardinals and Phillies. The Cardinals upset the heavily favored Phillies in five games to return to the NLCS for the first time since 2006.

Both teams split the first two games at Citizens Bank Park - the Phillies prevailed in an offensive duel in Game 1, while in Game 2, the Cardinals overcame a 4–0 lead to win by one run. Cole Hamels helped lead the Phillies to victory in Game 3, while the Cardinals evened the series in Game 4 to send the series back to Philadelphia. The Cardinals closed out the series with a 1–0 shutout in Game 5 to advance, thanks to a solid pitching performance from ace Chris Carpenter.

Both teams would meet again in the Wild Card round in 2022, where the Phillies returned the favor by sweeping the Cardinals before falling in the World Series that year.

(2) Milwaukee Brewers vs. (3) Arizona Diamondbacks

Milwaukee won the series, 3–2.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 1 Arizona Diamondbacks – 1, Milwaukee Brewers – 4 Miller Park 2:4444,122 [25]  
2October 2 Arizona Diamondbacks – 4, Milwaukee Brewers – 9 Miller Park 3:2944,066 [26]  
3October 4 Milwaukee Brewers – 1, Arizona Diamondbacks – 8 Chase Field 3:0148,312 [27]  
4October 5 Milwaukee Brewers – 6, Arizona Diamondbacks – 10 Chase Field 3:2538,830 [28]  
5October 7 Arizona Diamondbacks – 2, Milwaukee Brewers – 3 (10) Miller Park 3:4144,028 [29]

This was the first postseason meeting between the Brewers and Diamondbacks. The Brewers defeated the Diamondbacks in five games to reach their first ever LCS as a member of the National League and first LCS appearance overall since 1982.

Yovani Gallardo helped lead the Brewers to victory in Game 1 with a solid eight-inning performance. In Game 2, with the game tied at four, the Brewers scored five unanswered runs in the bottom of the sixth to win and go up 2–0 in the series headed to Phoenix. The Diamondbacks blew out the Brewers in Game 3, and won a Game 4 slugfest by a 10–6 score to send the series back to Milwaukee for Game 5. The Brewers would end up defeating the Diamondbacks in extra innings in Game 5 to advance to the NLCS. This was the first playoff series win by the Brewers since the 1982 ALCS, when the team was still in the American League.

Both teams would meet again in the Wild Card Round in 2023, which the Diamondbacks won in a sweep before ultimately losing in the World Series.

American League Championship Series

(2) Texas Rangers vs. (3) Detroit Tigers

Texas won the series, 4–2.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 8 Detroit Tigers – 2, Texas Rangers – 3 Rangers Ballpark in Arlington 3:07 (1:50 delay)50,114 [30]  
2October 10 Detroit Tigers – 3, Texas Rangers – 7 (11) Rangers Ballpark in Arlington 4:2551,227 [31]  
3October 11 Texas Rangers – 2, Detroit Tigers – 5 Comerica Park 3:0841,905 [32]  
4October 12 Texas Rangers – 7, Detroit Tigers – 3 (11) Comerica Park 4:00 (2:13 delay)42,234 [33]  
5October 13 Texas Rangers – 5, Detroit Tigers – 7 Comerica Park 3:2141,908 [34]  
6October 15 Detroit Tigers – 5, Texas Rangers – 15 Rangers Ballpark in Arlington 3:3251,508 [35]

: postponed from October 9 due to rain

In a highly anticipated series between two teams that were hailed as favorites to make the World Series, the Rangers defeated the Tigers in six games to return to the World Series for the second year in a row (in the process denying a rematch of the 2006 World Series between the Tigers and Cardinals).

The Rangers won Game 1 by a narrow 3–2 score, and then Nelson Cruz won Game 2 for the Rangers in extra innings via a walk-off grand slam. The Tigers won Game 3, however the Rangers took Game 4 in an eleven-inning contest to go up three games to one. The Tigers sent the series back to Arlington with a victory in Game 5, but were eliminated in a blowout victory in Game 6.

The Tigers would return to the ALCS the following year, sweeping the New York Yankees to return to the World Series. The Rangers would win their next pennant in 2023 against their in-state rival in the Houston Astros in seven games en route to a World Series title.

National League Championship Series

(2) Milwaukee Brewers vs. (4) St. Louis Cardinals

St. Louis won the series, 4–2.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 9 St. Louis Cardinals – 6, Milwaukee Brewers – 9 Miller Park 3:3543,613 [36]  
2October 10 St. Louis Cardinals – 12, Milwaukee Brewers – 3 Miller Park 3:3643,937 [37]  
3October 12 Milwaukee Brewers – 3, St. Louis Cardinals – 4 Busch Stadium 3:1043,584 [38]  
4October 13 Milwaukee Brewers – 4, St. Louis Cardinals – 2 Busch Stadium 3:2545,606 [39]  
5October 14 Milwaukee Brewers – 1, St. Louis Cardinals – 7 Busch Stadium 3:0946,904 [40]  
6October 16 St. Louis Cardinals – 12, Milwaukee Brewers – 6 Miller Park 3:4343,926 [41]

This was the second postseason meeting between the Cardinals and Brewers. They last met in the 1982 World Series, which the Cardinals won in seven games. Just like before, the Cardinals once again defeated the Brewers, this time in six games, to return to the World Series for the first time since 2006.

Game 1 was an offensive slugfest which the Brewers won 9–6, thanks to home runs from Ryan Braun, Prince Fielder and Yuniesky Betancourt. In Game 2, the Cardinals blew out the Brewers to even the series headed to St. Louis. Chris Carpenter and the Cardinals' bullpen would fend off a potential rally by the Brewers as they won 4–3 to take the series lead. In Game 4, Randy Wolf pitched seven solid innings as the Brewers came from behind to win and even the series at two. The Cardinals blew out the Brewers again in Game 5 to take a 3–2 series lead headed back to Milwaukee. The Cardinals would clinch the pennant in another blowout win in Game 6, thanks to home runs from David Freese, Rafael Furcal, and Albert Pujols.

The Brewers would not return to the postseason again until 2018, where they reached the NLCS and lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers in seven games. The Cardinals would win their next and most recent pennant in 2013 against the Dodgers in six games.

2011 World Series

(AL2) Texas Rangers vs. (NL4) St. Louis Cardinals

St. Louis won the series, 4–3.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 19 Texas Rangers – 2, St. Louis Cardinals – 3 Busch Stadium 3:0646,406 [42]  
2October 20 Texas Rangers – 2, St. Louis Cardinals – 1 Busch Stadium 3:0447,288 [43]  
3October 22 St. Louis Cardinals – 16, Texas Rangers – 7 Rangers Ballpark in Arlington 4:0451,462 [44]  
4October 23 St. Louis Cardinals – 0, Texas Rangers – 4 Rangers Ballpark in Arlington 3:0751,539 [45]  
5October 24 St. Louis Cardinals – 2, Texas Rangers – 4 Rangers Ballpark in Arlington 3:3151,459 [46]  
6October 27 Texas Rangers – 9, St. Louis Cardinals – 10 (11) Busch Stadium 4:3347,325 [47]  
7October 28 Texas Rangers – 2, St. Louis Cardinals – 6 Busch Stadium 3:1747,399 [48]

: Postponed from October 26 due to rain [49]

In what is considered by many to be one of the greatest World Series ever played, the Cardinals defeated the Rangers in seven games to win their eleventh championship in franchise history.

Chris Carpenter pitched six solid innings as the Cardinals took Game 1. In Game 2, the Cardinals held a 1-0 lead going into the top of the ninth, until the Rangers put up two unanswered runs from back-to-back sacrifice flys from Josh Hamilton and Michael Young, which evened the series headed to Arlington. Albert Pujols hit three home runs in Game 3 as the Cardinals blew out the Rangers to regain the series lead. However, things then went south for the Cardinals. Derek Holland pitched eight innings of shutout baseball in Game 4 as the Rangers shutout the Cardinals to even the series. In Game 5, the Cardinals took an early 2-0 lead, but the Rangers scored four unanswered runs to take a 3-2 series lead headed back to St. Louis, now one win away from their first championship.

Game 6 was the most memorable contest of the series - the Cardinals, after being down to their final strike in the bottom of the ninth, erased a two-run deficit thanks to a triple by David Freese. In the tenth, the Rangers once again regained the lead thanks to a two-run home run from Hamilton, and in the bottom of the inning, were one strike away from the championship again despite their lead being cut to one. However, Lance Berkman managed to bring in an RBI single, tying the game once again. Then, in the bottom of the eleventh, the Cardinals prevailed thanks to a walk-off home run from Freese. In Game 7, the Rangers again took an early lead in the top of the first inning, however the Cardinals would score six unanswered runs to take the lead for good and secure the title.

As of 2025, the 2011 Cardinals remain the most recent team to win Game 7 of the World Series at home, as the next four Fall Classics that went the full seven games (2014, 2016, 2017, 2019) would be won by the road team. The Cardinals became the first team since the 1986 New York Mets to win the World Series after being a strike away from elimination twice in Game 6 and after trailing early in Game 7. The Cardinals would return to the World Series again in 2013, but fell to the Boston Red Sox in six games.

With the loss, the Rangers became the first team since the 199192 Atlanta Braves to lose in consecutive World Series appearances. The Rangers would return to the World Series in 2023, winning their first title in franchise history over the Arizona Diamondbacks in five games.

Broadcasting

This was the fifth postseason under a seven-year U.S. rights agreement with Fox and TBS. TBS primarily aired all Division Series games, with sister network TNT used as an overflow channel. TBS also had the National League Championship Series. Fox televised the American League Championship Series and the World Series.

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