2011 Oakland Athletics | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | West | |
Ballpark | Overstock.com Coliseum | |
City | Oakland, California, United States | |
Record | 74–88 (.457) | |
Divisional place | 3rd | |
Owners | Lewis Wolff | |
General managers | Billy Beane | |
Managers | Bob Geren (through 6/9), Bob Melvin (Interim) | |
Television | Comcast SportsNet California (Glen Kuiper, Ray Fosse) | |
Radio | KGMZ (Ken Korach, Vince Cotroneo, Ray Fosse) | |
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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.
Coach | Former | Since | New | Former Position |
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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.
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]
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Texas Rangers | 96 | 66 | .593 | — | 52–29 | 44–37 |
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | 86 | 76 | .531 | 10 | 45–36 | 41–40 |
Oakland Athletics | 74 | 88 | .457 | 22 | 43–38 | 31–50 |
Seattle Mariners | 67 | 95 | .414 | 29 | 39–45 | 28–50 |
Team | W | L | Pct. |
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New York Yankees | 97 | 65 | .599 |
Texas Rangers | 96 | 66 | .593 |
Detroit Tigers | 95 | 67 | .586 |
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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Tampa Bay Rays | 91 | 71 | .562 | — |
Boston Red Sox | 90 | 72 | .556 | 1 |
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | 86 | 76 | .531 | 5 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 81 | 81 | .500 | 10 |
Cleveland Indians | 80 | 82 | .494 | 11 |
Chicago White Sox | 79 | 83 | .488 | 12 |
Oakland Athletics | 74 | 88 | .457 | 17 |
Kansas City Royals | 71 | 91 | .438 | 20 |
Baltimore Orioles | 69 | 93 | .426 | 22 |
Seattle Mariners | 67 | 95 | .414 | 24 |
Minnesota Twins | 63 | 99 | .389 | 28 |
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May (14–15)
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September (14–12)
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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 |
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Coco Crisp | 136 | 531 | 69 | 140 | 27 | 5 | 8 | 54 | 49 | 41 | .264 | .379 |
Hideki Matsui | 141 | 517 | 58 | 130 | 28 | 0 | 12 | 72 | 1 | 56 | .251 | .375 |
Cliff Pennington | 148 | 515 | 57 | 136 | 26 | 2 | 8 | 58 | 14 | 42 | .264 | .369 |
Josh Willingham | 136 | 488 | 69 | 120 | 26 | 0 | 29 | 98 | 4 | 56 | .246 | .477 |
Kurt Suzuki | 134 | 460 | 54 | 109 | 26 | 0 | 14 | 44 | 2 | 38 | .237 | .385 |
David DeJesus | 131 | 442 | 60 | 106 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 46 | 4 | 45 | .240 | .376 |
Jemile Weeks | 97 | 406 | 50 | 123 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 36 | 22 | 21 | .303 | .421 |
Conor Jackson | 102 | 333 | 30 | 83 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 38 | 3 | 30 | .249 | .342 |
Scott Sizemore | 93 | 305 | 42 | 76 | 21 | 1 | 11 | 52 | 4 | 43 | .249 | .433 |
Ryan Sweeney | 108 | 264 | 34 | 70 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 33 | .265 | .341 |
Daric Barton | 67 | 236 | 27 | 50 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 39 | .212 | .267 |
Mark Ellis | 62 | 217 | 21 | 47 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 8 | .217 | .290 |
Brandon Allen | 41 | 146 | 18 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 11 | .205 | .356 |
Kevin Kouzmanoff | 46 | 136 | 13 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 8 | .221 | .353 |
Landon Powell | 36 | 111 | 10 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 11 | .171 | .225 |
Andy LaRoche | 40 | 93 | 10 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | .247 | .333 |
Eric Sogard | 27 | 70 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | .200 | .329 |
Adam Rosales | 24 | 61 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4 | .098 | .197 |
Chris Carter | 15 | 44 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .136 | .136 |
Michael Taylor | 11 | 30 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .200 | .300 |
Anthony Recker | 5 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .176 | .235 |
Jai Miller | 7 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .500 |
Pitcher Totals | 162 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 |
Team Totals | 162 | 5452 | 645 | 1330 | 280 | 29 | 114 | 612 | 117 | 509 | .244 | .369 |
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 |
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Trevor Cahill | 12 | 14 | 4.16 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 207.2 | 214 | 102 | 96 | 82 | 147 |
Gio Gonzalez | 16 | 12 | 3.12 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 202.0 | 175 | 81 | 70 | 91 | 197 |
Brandon McCarthy | 9 | 9 | 3.32 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 170.2 | 168 | 73 | 63 | 25 | 123 |
Guillermo Moscoso | 8 | 10 | 3.38 | 23 | 21 | 0 | 128.0 | 102 | 59 | 48 | 38 | 174 |
Brett Anderson | 3 | 6 | 4.00 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 83.1 | 86 | 40 | 37 | 25 | 61 |
Rich Harden | 4 | 4 | 5.12 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 82.2 | 87 | 48 | 47 | 31 | 91 |
Grant Balfour | 5 | 2 | 2.47 | 62 | 0 | 2 | 62.0 | 44 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 59 |
Craig Breslow | 0 | 2 | 3.79 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 59.1 | 69 | 29 | 25 | 21 | 44 |
Brian Fuentes | 2 | 8 | 3.70 | 67 | 0 | 12 | 58.1 | 52 | 30 | 24 | 20 | 42 |
Josh Outman | 3 | 5 | 3.70 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 58.1 | 62 | 27 | 24 | 23 | 35 |
Andrew Bailey | 0 | 4 | 3.24 | 42 | 0 | 24 | 41.2 | 34 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 41 |
Brad Ziegler | 3 | 2 | 2.39 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 37.2 | 38 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 29 |
Tyson Ross | 3 | 3 | 2.75 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 36.0 | 33 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 24 |
Michael Wuertz | 0 | 0 | 6.68 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 33.2 | 37 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 32 |
Fautino De Los Santos | 3 | 2 | 4.32 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 33.1 | 27 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 43 |
Jerry Blevins | 0 | 0 | 2.86 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 28.1 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 26 |
Graham Godfrey | 1 | 2 | 3.96 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 25.0 | 32 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 13 |
Joey Devine | 1 | 1 | 3.52 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 20 |
Dallas Braden | 1 | 1 | 3.00 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 18.0 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 15 |
Trystan Magnuson | 0 | 0 | 6.14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 14.2 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 11 |
David Purcey | 0 | 0 | 2.13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 12.2 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
Bobby Cramer | 0 | 1 | 1.08 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Jordan Norberto | 0 | 0 | 8.10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 |
Andrew Carignan | 0 | 0 | 4.26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Bruce Billings | 0 | 0 | 12.60 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
Neil Wagner | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
Team Totals | 74 | 88 | 3.71 | 162 | 162 | 39 | 1447.2 | 1380 | 679 | 597 | 519 | 1160 |
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).
Player | Position | Baseball America | Baseball Prospectus | MLB | 2011 Levels |
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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.
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