2011 New York Yankees season

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2011  New York Yankees
American League East Champions
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Yankee Stadium
City New York, New York
Record97–65 (.599)
Divisional place1st
Owners Yankee Global Enterprises
General managers Brian Cashman
Managers Joe Girardi
Television YES Network
WWOR-TV
(Michael Kay, Ken Singleton, Paul O'Neill, David Cone, John Flaherty, Al Leiter, and several others as analysts) [1]
Radio New York Yankees Radio Network
(John Sterling, Suzyn Waldman)
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The 2011 New York Yankees season was the 109th season for the New York Yankees franchise. The Yankees began the season at home against the Detroit Tigers on Thursday, March 31. [2] The Yankees clinched a playoff berth in the first game of a doubleheader on September 21, and clinched the American League East title in the second game. [3] The Yankees season ended on October 6 when they lost a deciding Game 5 of the 2011 American League Division Series to the Detroit Tigers 3–2. It was the first time since 2007 that the Yankees lost an elimination game at home.

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The 2011 season was the final season in the playing career of longtime Yankees catcher Jorge Posada.

Offseason

Curtis Granderson placed fourth in 2011 MVP Discussions behind Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander, Boston Red Sox outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury, and Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Jose Bautista. Curtis Granderson at bat 2011.jpg
Curtis Granderson placed fourth in 2011 MVP Discussions behind Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander, Boston Red Sox outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury, and Toronto Blue Jays outfielder José Bautista.

Manager Joe Girardi's three-year contract with the Yankees ended at the conclusion of the 2010 season. Having won one World Series and bringing his team to the playoffs the past two seasons, the Yankees quickly signed him to a new 3-year deal worth $9 million. [4] After firing pitching coach Dave Eiland, they replaced him with Cubs pitching coach Larry Rothschild.

In November, they added minor leaguers Melky Mesa, Dellin Betances, Ryan Pope, and Brandon Laird to the 40-man roster. Mesa had to be added to avoid eligibility to be a minor league free agent, while Betances, Pope, and Laird had to be added to prevent being eligible for the Rule 5 draft.

In November, long-time Yankees Derek Jeter, Andy Pettitte, and Mariano Rivera all became free agents, as well as veterans Nick Johnson, Javier Vázquez, Marcus Thames, Kerry Wood, Lance Berkman, Austin Kearns, and Chad Moeller. Dustin Moseley and Alfredo Aceves also became free agents as the Yankees opted not to tender their contracts. On November 18, 2010, the Yankees traded Juan Miranda to the Diamondbacks in exchange for minor league pitcher Scottie Allen. On November 19, 2010, they released reliever Jonathan Albaladejo per an agreement made with Albaladejo and the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball.

Sergio Mitre avoided arbitration with the Yankees by signing a one-year, $900,000 deal. Derek Jeter and the Yankees agreed to a new contract of $51 million over 3 years with fourth-year option after 2013. [5] Mariano Rivera signed a two-year, $30 million contract with the Yankees, which he hinted may be the last contract of his career. [6]

In the Rule 5 draft, the Yankees selected pitchers Robert Fish from the Angels and Daniel Turpen from the Red Sox. The Astros meanwhile selected Yankees minor leaguer Lance Pendleton while the Padres selected George Kontos.

Derek Jeter joined the 3000 hit club with a solo homer off from Tampa Bay Rays' pitcher David Price at Yankee Stadium in July 2011. Jeter crosses home plate after 3000th.jpg
Derek Jeter joined the 3000 hit club with a solo homer off from Tampa Bay Rays' pitcher David Price at Yankee Stadium in July 2011.

On December 13, 2010, it was announced that top free agent Cliff Lee rejected the Yankees six-year, $138 million contract offer to sign a five-year, $120 million contract with the Philadelphia Phillies. Lee was the Yankees top priority in the offseason. [7] In his place, the Yankees signed catcher Russell Martin [8] and reliever Pedro Feliciano.

The Yankees have signed various former Major Leaguers to minor league deals, such as Brian Anderson, Luis Ayala, Ronnie Belliard, Doug Bernier, Buddy Carlyle, Eric Chavez, Bartolo Colón, Neal Cotts, Freddy García, Gustavo Molina, Mark Prior, Andy Sisco, and Luis Vizcaíno. Vizcaino's contract was later voided due to injury. They also claimed outfielder Jordan Parraz off of waivers from the Boston Red Sox.

In January 2011, the Yankees signed Rafael Soriano to a three-year contract worth $35 million and agreed with Andruw Jones on a one-year, $2 million contract, pending a physical. This deal was made official on February 14. [9]

On February 2, the Yankees acquired Justin Maxwell from the Washington Nationals in a trade for minor league pitcher Adam Olbrychowski. To make room for him on the roster, Parraz was designated for assignment.

On February 4, Andy Pettitte announced his retirement from baseball via press conference. Pettitte played 13 seasons with the Yankees and 3 with the Astros, he was a 3x All Star selection, a 5x World Series champion, and finally a 2001 ALCS MVP.

Roster

2011 New York Yankees
Roster
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Infielders

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Coaches

Season standings

American League East

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9765.599—52‍–‍2945‍–‍36
Tampa Bay Rays 9171.562647‍–‍3444‍–‍37
Boston Red Sox 9072.556745‍–‍3645‍–‍36
Toronto Blue Jays 8181.5001642‍–‍3939‍–‍42
Baltimore Orioles 6993.4262839‍–‍4230‍–‍51

American League Wild Card

Division Winners
Team W L Pct.
New York Yankees 9765.599
Texas Rangers 9666.593
Detroit Tigers 9567.586
Wild Card team
(Top team qualifies for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
Tampa Bay Rays 9171.562—
Boston Red Sox 9072.5561
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 8676.5315
Toronto Blue Jays 8181.50010
Cleveland Indians 8082.49411
Chicago White Sox 7983.48812
Oakland Athletics 7488.45717
Kansas City Royals 7191.43820
Baltimore Orioles 6993.42622
Seattle Mariners 6795.41424
Minnesota Twins 6399.38928

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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Regular season

March/April

Facing the Detroit Tigers on Opening Day, Mariano Rivera notched his 560th career save to pull within 42 saves of surpassing Trevor Hoffman for the all-time Major League record. [10] This also marked Rivera's third career Opening Day save.

On April 3 Mark Teixeira hit his third straight home run of the season, in three consecutive days marking the first time a Yankees player had accomplished this since Dave Winfield did it in 1983. [11] Never before—not even in their Murderers' Row days—had the Yanks hit nine homers through their first three games. Eight had been enough twice, in 1932 and '81. [11]

Against the Minnesota Twins the Yankees hit two more home runs, coming off the bats of Alex Rodriguez and Jorge Posada, bringing the Yankees home run total in the first four games to 11, falling short of the franchise record set at 12 in 2003. With the win clinched Iván Nova became the first rookie Yankee pitcher to record a win in the first four games of the season since Al Leiter did it in 1988.

On April 5 in the second game against the Twins, Teixeira and Andruw Jones both connected for home runs, bringing the total number hit by the Yankees in the first five games to 13, tying the franchise record set by the 1932 World Champion Yankees.

Going into the game against the Toronto Blue Jays on April 19, the Yankees hit 27 home runs in the first 14 games, the most in the history of the franchise.

May

Against the Texas Rangers on May 8, Francisco Cervelli connected for the first grand slam of his career in a 12–5 Yankee win.

On May 25, Mariano Rivera made his 1,000th appearance with the Yankees, making him the 15th reliever in Major League history to accomplish the feat, and the first to do so for one team. [12]

Facing the Seattle Mariners on May 29, Derek Jeter stole his 327th base, breaking Rickey Henderson's record for the most in Yankees history. [13]

June

On June 24, facing the Colorado Rockies, A. J. Burnett struck out 4 batters in the 6th inning, becoming the first Yankee to accomplish this feat. [14]

Against the Milwaukee Brewers on June 30, Mark Teixeira hit the 300th home run of his career.

July

On July 9 against the Tampa Bay Rays, Derek Jeter became the first Yankee player in history and the 28th player in MLB history to join the 3,000 hit club with a home-run off David Price in the 3rd inning. He is the only player in the 3,000 hit club to record all of his hits with the New York Yankees and only the second player to record his milestone hit with a home-run, the other player being Wade Boggs. Derek is also the second player to record five hits during his 3,000th hit game, the other player being Craig Biggio, going 5–5 in the game. [15] [16]

On July 30, against the Baltimore Orioles, the Yankees scored a club record 12 runs in the first inning, en route to a 17–3 victory. [17]

August

On August 4, the Yankees completed their first four-game sweep on the road against the Chicago White Sox since 1976 in a 7–2 victory. [18] It was only the third instance in modern baseball history in which a team swept a four-game series without giving up a walk. [19]

Facing the Boston Red Sox, on August 5, Jeter's run scored in the sixth inning was the 1,742nd of his career, moving him past Honus Wagner for sole possession of 21st place on baseball's all-time list. [20]

On August 25, the Yankees became the first team in history to hit three grand slam home runs in one game with a 22–9 win over the Oakland Athletics. It was done by Robinson Canó, Russell Martin, and Curtis Granderson. [21]

September

On September 13 against the Seattle Mariners, Mariano Rivera became the second player in history to attain 600 saves. [22] He also became the first to get all 600 with a single team.

On September 19 against the Minnesota Twins, Mariano Rivera broke Trevor Hoffman's all-time save record with his 602nd career save. [23]

The Yankees clinched a playoff berth on September 21 against the Tampa Bay Rays and, later that day during the 2nd game of the doubleheader, clinched their 17th American League East crown.

October and postseason

Rafael Soriano pitching in a game on September 8, 2011 Rafael Soriano on September 8, 2011.jpg
Rafael Soriano pitching in a game on September 8, 2011

The Yankees faced off with the Detroit Tigers in the ALDS. Game 1 was delayed by rain but continued a day later. Behind Robinson Canó's grand slam, the Yankees won the opener, 9–3. The Tigers won Game 2, 5–3, on the strength of a performance by Max Scherzer. When the series moved to Detroit, the Tigers took the series lead by edging the Yankees 5–4, getting a seventh-inning go-ahead Delmon Young home run. Starter A. J. Burnett, who got the starting nod because the Game 1 rainout forced the team to reshuffle its rotation, guided the Yankees to a 10–1 Game 4 win, forcing a decisive Game 5. Back home for the win-or-go-home Game 5, New York dropped a 3–2 decision to the Tigers, who jumped in front with back-to-back, first-inning solo home runs from Delmon Young and Don Kelly. In the finale, the Yankees were done in by their inability to come through with runners in scoring position, as they stranded 11 runners. [24]

Longtime Yankees catcher Jorge Posada retired following the 2011 postseason. [25]

Game log

Legend
Yankees WinYankees LossGame Postponed
Game Log
March–April (15–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1March 31 Tigers 6–3 Chamberlain (1–0) Coke (0–1) Rivera (1)48,2261–0
2April 2 Tigers 10–6 Burnett (1–0) Penny (0–1) Rivera (2)41,4622–0
3April 3 Tigers 7–10 Scherzer (1–0) Hughes (0–1) Valverde (1)40,5742–1
4April 4 Twins 4–3 Nova (1–0) Baker (0–1) Rivera (3)40,3113–1
5April 5 Twins 4–5 (10) Capps (1–0) Logan (0–1) Nathan (2)40,2673–2
April 6 Twins Postponed (rain); Makeup: September 19
6April 7 Twins 4–3 Burnett (2–0) Liriano (0–2) Rivera (4)41,5124–2
7April 8@ Red Sox 6–9 Lackey (1–1) Colón (0–1) Papelbon (1)37,1784–3
8April 9@ Red Sox 9–4 Robertson (1–0) Buchholz (0–2)37,4885–3
9April 10@ Red Sox 0–4 Beckett (1–1) Sabathia (0–1)37,8615–4
April 12 Orioles Postponed (rain); Makeup: July 30 as part of a Doubleheader
10April 13 Orioles 7–4 Burnett (3–0) Tillman (0–1) Rivera (5)42,1716–4
11April 14 Orioles 6–5 (10) Rivera (1–0) Gonzalez (0–1)40,5177–4
12April 15 Rangers 3–5 Harrison (3–0) Nova (1–1) Feliz (5)40,8147–5
13April 16 Rangers 5–2 García (1–0) Holland (2–1) Rivera (6)41,8768–5
14April 17 Rangers 6–5 Soriano (1–0) Rhodes (0–1) Rivera (7)40,8119–5
15April 19@ Blue Jays 5–6 (10) Rauch (1–1) Nova (1–2)25,2509–6
16April 20@ Blue Jays 6–2 Colón (1–1) Cecil (1–2) Soriano (1)26,06210–6
April 22@ Orioles Postponed (rain); Makeup: August 27 as part of a Doubleheader
17April 23@ Orioles 15–3 Sabathia (1–1) Bergesen (0–3)30,05411–6
18April 24@ Orioles 6–3 (11) Logan (1–1) Berken (0–1)25,05112–6
19April 25 White Sox 0–2 Humber (2–2) Burnett (3–1) Santos (1)40,50612–7
20April 26 White Sox 2–3 Floyd (3–1) Soriano (1–1) Santos (2)40,78512–8
21April 27 White Sox 3–1 Colón (2–1) Buehrle (1–3) Rivera (8)40,85613–8
22April 28 White Sox 12–3 Sabathia (2–1) Jackson (2–3)40,08114–8
23April 29 Blue Jays 3–5 Romero (2–3) García (1–1) Rauch (5)40,83014–9
24April 30 Blue Jays 5–4 Burnett (4–1) Drabek (2–1) Rivera (9)42,46015–9
May (15–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
25May 1 Blue Jays 5–2 Nova (2–2) Litsch (2–2) Rivera (10)43,36316–9
26May 2@ Tigers 5–3 Chamberlain (2–0) Valverde (2–1) Rivera (11)22,85217–9
27May 3@ Tigers 2–4 Penny (2–3) Sabathia (2–2) Valverde (6)23,55117–10
28May 4@ Tigers 0–4 Scherzer (5–0) García (1–2)22,56917–11
29May 5@ Tigers 3–6 Porcello (2–2) Burnett (4–2)30,57217–12
30May 6@ Rangers 4–1 Nova (3–2) Harrison (3–4) Rivera (12)49,06918–12
31May 7@ Rangers 5–7 Rhodes (1–1) Logan (1–2) Feliz (6)49,57418–13
32May 8@ Rangers 12–5 Sabathia (3–2) Rhodes (1–2)48,05719–13
33May 10 Royals 3–1 García (2–2) Davies (1–5) Rivera (13)41,27520–13
34May 11 Royals 3–4 (11) Soria (3–0) Carlyle (0–1) Coleman (1)40,16420–14
35May 12 Royals 5–11 O'Sullivan (2–2) Nova (3–3)41,79020–15
36May 13 Red Sox 4–5 Buchholz (4–3) Colón (2–2) Papelbon (6)48,25420–16
37May 14 Red Sox 0–6 Beckett (3–1) Sabathia (3–3)48,79020–17
38May 15 Red Sox 5–7 Lester (5–1) García (2–3) Papelbon (7)46,94520–18
39May 16@ Rays 5–6 Cruz (2–0) Burnett (4–3) Farnsworth (8)25,02420–19
40May 17@ Rays 6–2 Nova (4–3) Shields (4–2)27,12321–19
41May 18@ Orioles 4–1 (15) Noesí (1–0) Accardo (2–1)20,58922–19
42May 19@ Orioles 13–2 Sabathia (4–3) Bergesen (1–5)24,93923–19
43May 20 Mets 1–2 Dickey (2–5) García (2–4) Rodríguez (15)47,87423–20
44May 21 Mets 7–3 Burnett (5–3) Capuano (3–5)48,28624–20
45May 22 Mets 9–3 Ayala (1–0) Pelfrey (3–4)48,29325–20
46May 23 Blue Jays 3–7 Villanueva (2–0) Colón (2–3)41,94625–21
47May 24 Blue Jays 5–4 Sabathia (5–3) Francisco (1–2)41,51926–21
48May 25 Blue Jays 7–3 García (3–4) Reyes (0–4)43,20127–21
49May 27@ Mariners 3–4 Pauley (3–0) Ayala (1–1) League (13)33,71527–22
50May 28@ Mariners 4–5 (12) Pauley (4–0) Rivera (1–1)37,35427–23
51May 29@ Mariners 7–1 Sabathia (6–3) Vargas (3–3)37,29028–23
52May 30@ Athletics 5–0 Colón (3–3) Cahill (6–3)35,06729–23
53May 31@ Athletics 10–3 García (3–4) Anderson (3–5)22,58130–23
June (18–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
54June 1@ Athletics 4–2 Burnett (6–3) Gonzalez (5–3) Rivera (14)25,46931–23
55June 3@ Angels 2–3 Weaver (7–4) Nova (4–4) Walden (13)42,52131–24
56June 4@ Angels 3–2 Sabathia (7–3) Santana (3–5) Rivera (15)43,61932–24
57June 5@ Angels 5–3 Colón (4–3) Piñeiro (2–3) Rivera (16)43,52433–24
58June 7 Red Sox 4–6 Lester (8–2) García (4–5) Papelbon (12)48,45033–25
59June 8 Red Sox 6–11 Wakefield (3–1) Burnett (6–4) Aceves (1)47,86333–26
60June 9 Red Sox 3–8 Beckett (5–2) Sabathia (7–4)48,84533–27
61June 10 Indians 11–7 Nova (5–4) Carmona (3–8)45,67934–27
62June 11 Indians 4–0 Colón (5–3) Talbot (2–3)47,04835–27
63June 12 Indians 9–1 García (5–5) Tomlin (7–4)46,79136–27
64June 13 Indians 0–1 Carrasco (6–3) Burnett (6–5) Perez (16)43,55136–28
65June 14 Rangers 12–4 Sabathia (8–4) Ogando (7–1)43,45737–28
66June 15 Rangers 12–4 Nova (6–4) Holland (5–2)45,96938–28
67June 16 Rangers 3–2 (12) Wade (1–0) Kirkman (1–1)47,48739–28
68June 17@ Cubs 1–3 Davis (1–5) García (5–6) Mármol (14)42,21939–29
69June 18@ Cubs 4–3 Burnett (7–5) Dempster (5–6) Rivera (17)42,23640–29
70June 19@ Cubs 10–4 Sabathia (9–4) Marshall (3–2)41,82841–29
71June 20@ Reds 5–3 Nova (7–4) Wood (5–5) Rivera (18)41,17342–29
June 21@ Reds Postponed (rain); Makeup: June 22 as part of a Doubleheader
72June 22@ Reds 4–2 García (6–6) Leake (6–4) Rivera (19)40,01043–29
73June 22@ Reds 2–10 Cueto (5–2) Gordon (0–1)41,36743–30
74June 24 Rockies 2–4 Jiménez (3–7) Burnett (7–6) Street (23)46,02843–31
75June 25 Rockies 8–3 Sabathia (10–4) Cook (0–3)46,90044–31
76June 26 Rockies 6–4 Logan (2–2) Belisle (5–3) Rivera (20)47,89445–31
77June 28 Brewers 12–2 García (7–6) Greinke (7–3)45,57546–31
78June 29 Brewers 5–2 Burnett (8–6) Marcum (7–3) Rivera (21)46,45047–31
79June 30 Brewers 5–0 Sabathia (11–4) Wolf (6–5)46,90348–31
July (16–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
80July 1@ Mets 5–1 Nova (8–4) Niese (7–7)42,02049–31
81July 2@ Mets 5–2 Colón (6–3) Gee (8–2)42,04250–31
82July 3@ Mets 2–3 (10) Rodríguez (2–2) Ayala (1–2)41,51350–32
83July 4@ Indians 3–6 Tomlin (10–4) Burnett (8–7) Perez (20)40,67650–33
84July 5@ Indians 9–2 Sabathia (12–4) Carrasco (8–5)30,10051–33
85July 6@ Indians 3–5 Masterson (7–6) Hughes (0–2) Perez (21)31,92651–34
86July 7 Rays 1–5 Niemann (4–4) Colón (6–4)47,78751–35
July 8 Rays Postponed (rain); Makeup: September 22
87July 9 Rays 5–4 Robertson (2–0) Peralta (2–4) Rivera (22)48,10352–35
88July 10 Rays 1–0 Sabathia (13–4) Shields (8–7)47,35053–35
All-Star Break NL defeats AL 5–1.
89July 14@ Blue Jays 7–16 Reyes (5–7) Colón (6–5)37,34253–36
90July 15@ Blue Jays 1–7 Morrow (6–4) García (7–7)33,52553–37
91July 16@ Blue Jays 4–1 Sabathia (14–4) Romero (7–9) Rivera (23)45,60654–37
92July 17@ Blue Jays 7–2 Hughes (1–2) Villanueva (5–2)36,58655–37
93July 18@ Rays 5–4 Robertson (3–0) Torres (0–1) Rivera (24)22,47156–37
94July 19@ Rays 2–3 Hellickson (9–7) Colón (6–6) Peralta (1)22,78056–38
95July 20@ Rays 4–0 García (8–7) Price (9–8)21,50557–38
96July 21@ Rays 1–2 Shields (9–8) Sabathia (14–5) Farnsworth (19)29,27957–39
97July 22 Athletics 17–7 Noesí (2–0) Cahill (8–9)46,92158–39
98July 23 Athletics 3–4 Harden (2–1) Burnett (8–8) Bailey (11)46,18858–40
99July 24 Athletics 7–5 Colón (7–6) Gonzalez (9–7) Rivera (25)45,58659–40
100July 25 Mariners 10–3 García (9–7) Vargas (6–9)44,36560–40
101July 26 Mariners 4–1 Sabathia (15–5) Fister (3–12) Rivera (26)46,13261–40
102July 27 Mariners 2–9 Hernández (9–9) Hughes (1–3)47,09061–41
103July 29 Orioles 2–4 Guthrie (5–14) Burnett (8–9) Gregg (17)46,49961–42
104July 30 Orioles 8–3 Colón (8–6) Tillman (2–4)46,46962–42
105July 30 Orioles 17–3 Nova (9–4) Britton (6–8)43,19063–42
106July 31 Orioles 4–2 García (10–7) Arrieta (10–8) Rivera (27)46,91364–42
August (17–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
107August 1@ White Sox 3–2 Sabathia (16–5) Peavy (4–5) Rivera (28)24,14265–42
108August 2@ White Sox 6–0 (7) Hughes (2–3) Danks (4–9)21,66166–42
109August 3@ White Sox 18–7 Wade (2–0) Floyd (9–10)23,87367–42
110August 4@ White Sox 7–2 Nova (10–4) Humber (8–8)28,08868–42
111August 5@ Red Sox 3–2 Logan (3–2) Lester (11–5) Rivera (29)38,00669–42
112August 6@ Red Sox 4–10 Lackey (10–8) Sabathia (16–6)37,41669–43
113August 7@ Red Sox 2–3 (10) Bard (2–5) Hughes (2–4)38,18969–44
114August 9 Angels 4–6 Downs (6–2) Rivera (1–2) Walden (26)46,46669–45
115August 10 Angels 9–3 Nova (11–4) Richards (0–1)46,96770–45
116August 11 Angels 6–5 Soriano (2–1) Rodney (2–4) Rivera (30)47,43171–45
117August 12 Rays 1–5 Price (10–10) Sabathia (16–7)47,89471–46
118August 13 Rays 9–2 Hughes (3–4) Hellickson (10–8)47,80472–46
August 14 Rays Postponed (rain); Makeup: September 21
119August 15@ Royals 7–4 Burnett (9–9) Paulino (1–9) Rivera (31)24,87973–46
120August 16@ Royals 9–7 Nova (12–4) Duffy (3–7) Rivera (32)22,25874–46
121August 17@ Royals 4–5 Chen (8–5) Colón (8–7) Soria (22)22,43574–47
122August 18@ Twins 8–4 Sabathia (17–7) Duensing (8–12)41,12675–47
123August 19@ Twins 8–1 Hughes (4–4) Slowey (0–1)41,32876–47
124August 20@ Twins 4–9 Liriano (9–9) Burnett (9–10)76–48
125August 21@ Twins 3–0 Nova (13–4) Dumatrait (1–2) Rivera (33)41,24277–48
126August 23 Athletics 5–6 McCarthy (7–6) Colón (8–8) Bailey (17)47,34377–49
127August 24 Athletics 4–6 (10) De Los Santos (2–0) Soriano (2–2) Bailey (18)47,27177–50
128August 25 Athletics 22–9 Logan (4–2) De Los Santos (2–1)46,36978–50
129August 26@ Orioles 5–12 Hunter (3–2) Burnett (9–11)32,76278–51
August 27@ Orioles Postponed (Hurricane Irene); Makeup: September 8
130August 28@ Orioles 0–2 Britton (8–9) Colón (8–9) Gregg (19)28,75178–52
131August 28@ Orioles 8–3 Nova (14–4) Matusz (1–7)37,52879–52
132August 29@ Orioles 3–2 García (11–7) Simón (4–7) Rivera (34)18,22380–52
133August 30@ Red Sox 5–2 Sabathia (18–7) Lackey (12–10) Rivera (35)37,77381–52
134August 31@ Red Sox 5–9 Beckett (12–5) Hughes (4–5)38,02181–53
September (16–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
135September 1@ Red Sox 4–2 Wade (3–0) Aceves (9–2) Rivera (36)38,07482–53
136September 2 Blue Jays 3–2 Nova (15–4) Morrow (9–10) Rivera (37)47,24083–53
137September 3 Blue Jays 6–4 Logan (5–2) Romero (13–10) Robertson (1)47,74484–53
138September 4 Blue Jays 9–3 Sabathia (19–7) Cecil (4–8)47,46485–53
139September 5 Orioles 11–10 Laffey (2–1) Johnson (5–5) Rivera (38)45,06986–53
140September 6 Orioles 5–3 Wade (4–0) Hunter (3–3) Rivera (39)44,57387–53
141September 7 Orioles 4–5 (11) Strop (1–1) Noesí (2–1) Johnson (3)40,10487–54
142September 8@ Orioles 4–5 (10) Rapada (1–0) Proctor (2–4)33,84187–55
143September 9@ Angels 1–2 Walden (5–3) Laffey (2–2)41,01487–56
144September 10@ Angels 0–6 Haren (15–8) Sabathia (19–8)43,77487–57
145September 11@ Angels 6–5 Wade (5–0) Santana (11–11) Rivera (40)42,58188–57
146September 12@ Mariners 9–3 Hughes (5–5) Hernández (14–12)22,02989–57
147September 13@ Mariners 3–2 Burnett (10–11) Furbush (3–8) Rivera (41)18,30690–57
148September 14@ Mariners 1–2 (12) Delabar (1–0) Wade (5–1)20,32790–58
149September 16@ Blue Jays 4–5 Janssen (5–0) Logan (5–3)29,32390–59
150September 17@ Blue Jays 7–6 Laffey (3–2) Villanueva (6–4) Rivera (42)39,28891–59
151September 18@ Blue Jays 0–3 Morrow (10–11) García (11–8) Francisco (16)34,65791–60
152September 19 Twins 6–4 Wade (6–1) Diamond (1–5) Rivera (43)40,04592–60
153September 20 Rays 5–0 Nova (16–4) Davis (10–10)46,94493–60
154September 21 Rays 4–2 Ayala (2–2) Shields (15–12) Rivera (44)42,75594–60
155September 21 Rays 4–2 Robertson (4–0) McGee (3–2) Soriano (2)45,58695–60
156September 22 Rays 8–15 Moore (1–0) Colón (8–10)47,47095–61
September 23 Red Sox Postponed (rain); Makeup: September 25 as part of a doubleheader
157September 24 Red Sox 9–1 García (12–8) Lester (15–9)49,55696–61
158September 25 Red Sox 6–2 Burnett (11–11) Wakefield (7–8)49,54197–61
159September 25 Red Sox 4–7 (14) Morales (1–2) Proctor (2–5)49,07297–62
160September 26@ Rays 2–5 Shields (16–12) Noesí (2–2) Farnsworth (24)18,77297–63
161September 27@ Rays 3–5 McGee (4–2) Soriano (2–3) Farnsworth (25)22,82097–64
162September 28@ Rays 7–8 (12) McGee (5–2) Proctor (2–6)29,51897–65

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

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBISBBBAVGSLG
Robinson Canó 15962310418846728118838.302.533
Mark Teixeira 1565899014626139111476.248.494
Curtis Granderson 1565831361532610411192585.262.552
Derek Jeter 131546841622446611646.297.388
Nick Swisher 150526811373002385295.260.449
Brett Gardner 159510871321987364960.259.369
Russell Martin 12541757991701865850.237.408
Alex Rodriguez 99373671032101662447.276.461
Jorge Posada 11534434811401444039.235.398
Eduardo Núñez 11230938821825302222.265.385
Andruw Jones 771902747801333029.247.495
Eric Chavez 58160164271226014.263.356
Francisco Cervelli 4312417334042249.266.395
Jesus Montero 18619204041207.328.590
Chris Dickerson 6050913201742.260.360
Ramiro Peña 234054001402.100.175
Brandon Laird 112134000103.190.190
Austin Romine 91923000001.158.158
Greg Golson 91112000011.182.182
Gustavo Molina 3601100000.167.333
Pitcher Totals1621600000001.000.000
Team Totals1625518867145226733222836147627.263.444

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; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPHRERBBSO
CC Sabathia 1983.0033330237.1230877961280
A.J. Burnett 11115.1533320190.119011510983173
Iván Nova 1643.7028270165.116374685798
Bartolo Colón 8104.0029260164.1172857340135
Freddy García 1283.6226250146.215263594596
Phil Hughes 555.791714074.28448482747
David Robertson 401.08700166.2409835100
Mariano Rivera 121.916404461.1471313860
Héctor Noesí 224.47302056.16329282245
Luis Ayala 222.09520056.05117132039
Boone Logan 533.46640041.24320161346
Cory Wade 612.04400039.233109830
Rafael Soriano 234.12420239.13318181836
Joba Chamberlain 202.83270028.223109724
Lance Pendleton 003.21110014.01055108
Scott Proctor 039.0080011.01913111211
Aaron Laffey 213.38110010.2134456
Brian Gordon 015.2322010.1126634
Buddy Carlyle 014.708007.254479
Amauri Sanit 0012.864007.012101034
Raúl Valdés 002.706006.282228
George Kontos 003.007006.042236
Sergio Mitre 0011.814005.199742
Jeff Marquez 002.253004.051102
Dellin Betances 006.752102.212262
Andrew Brackman 000.003002.110030
Kevin Whelan 005.402001.201151
Steve Garrison 000.001000.200000
Team Totals97653.73162162471458.114236576055071222

Source:

Postseason game log

Legend
Yankees WinYankees LossGame Postponed
2011 Postseason Game Log
ALDS vs Tigers (Yankees lose series 2–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1September 30 Tigers Suspended by (rain) – postponed to October 1
1October 1 Tigers 9–3 Nova (1–0) Fister (0–1)50,9401–0
2October 2 Tigers 3–5 Scherzer (1–0) García (0–1)50,5961–1
3October 3@ Tigers 4–5 Verlander (1–0) Soriano (0–1) Valverde (1)43,5811–2
4October 4@ Tigers 10–1 Burnett (1–0) Porcello (0–1)43,5272–2
5October 6 Tigers 2–3 Fister (1–1) Nova (1–1) Valverde (2)50,9602–3

Notable transactions

2011 Transactions
Before Regular Season
Transactions
April
Transactions

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Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees International League Dave Miley
AA Trenton Thunder Eastern League Tony Franklin
A Tampa Yankees Florida State League Luis Sojo
A Charleston RiverDogs South Atlantic League Aaron Ledesma
A-Short Season Staten Island Yankees New York–Penn League Tom Slater
Rookie GCL Yankees Gulf Coast League Carlos Mendoza

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Staten Island, GCL Yankees

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