2011 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season
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2011 2011 Major League Baseball season The 2011 Major League Baseball season began on Thursday, March 31, and ended on Wednesday, September 28. This marked the first time a season began on a Thursday since , and the first time a regular season ended on a Wednesday since... Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim |
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Angel Stadium of Anaheim Angel Stadium of Anaheim is a modern-style ballpark located in Anaheim, California. It is the home ballpark to Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim of the American League, and was previously home to the NFL's Los Angeles Rams... (since 1966 1966 Major League Baseball season The 1966 Major League Baseball season was held between the American and National Leagues. The Braves play their first season in Atlanta, following their relocation from Milwaukee. Three new stadiums opened that season. On April 12, the Braves ushered in Atlanta Stadium with the Pittsburgh... ) Anaheim, California Anaheim is a city in Orange County, California. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city population was about 365,463, making it the most populated city in Orange County, the 10th most-populated city in California, and ranked 54th in the United States... , CA California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area... (since 1966 1966 Major League Baseball season The 1966 Major League Baseball season was held between the American and National Leagues. The Braves play their first season in Atlanta, following their relocation from Milwaukee. Three new stadiums opened that season. On April 12, the Braves ushered in Atlanta Stadium with the Pittsburgh... ) |
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Owner | Arte Moreno | |
Manager(s) | Mike Scioscia Mike Scioscia Michael Lorri Scioscia is a former Major League Baseball catcher and current manager for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. He has worked in that capacity since the 2000 season, and is the longest-tenured manager in Major League Baseball.... |
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Average attendance | 39,090 (86.8%) Total: 3,166,322 |
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Previous season 2010 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim' 2010 season is the franchise's 50th season and 45th in Anaheim. The Angels began this season as the three-time defending American League West division champions... Next season 2012 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim's 2012 season is the franchise's 52nd season and 47th in Anaheim .-2011–12 Offseason:... |
The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are a professional baseball team based in Anaheim, California, United States. The Angels are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. The "Angels" name originates from the city in which the team started, Los Angeles...
' 2011 season
2011 in baseball
-Major League Baseball:December*December 5: Last time to outright a player prior to the Rule 5 Draft – 5 p.m. ET.*December 7: Last date for player who declared free agency to accept an arbitration offer from former club...
was the franchise's 51st season and 46th in Anaheim
Anaheim, California
Anaheim is a city in Orange County, California. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city population was about 365,463, making it the most populated city in Orange County, the 10th most-populated city in California, and ranked 54th in the United States...
. 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
American League West
The American League West is one of three divisions in Major League Baseball's American League. The division currently has four teams, but it has had as many as seven teams before the 1994 realignment. Although its teams currently only reside along the west coast and in Texas, historically the...
three times in a row from 2007–2009. 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
Halo (religious iconography)
A halo is a ring of light that surrounds a person in art. They have been used in the iconography of many religions to indicate holy or sacred figures, and have at various periods also been used in images of rulers or heroes...
on both the cap and uniform (the halo from 1993-1996, 2002-2010 was silver and gold prior to that). The date of the franchise's actual 50th anniversary is December 6, 2010.
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. Going into the offseason, the Angels had both Hideki MatsuiHideki Matsui
is a Japanese Major League Baseball designated hitter and outfielder. He bats left-handed and throws right-handed.After playing the first ten seasons of his career for the Yomiuri Giants of Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball, he played the next seven seasons, from 2003–2009, for the New York...
and Scot Shields
Scot Shields
Robert Scot Shields is a former American Major League Baseball relief pitcher. He played his entire baseball career with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, serving as their setup man since...
eligible for free agency with Kendrys Morales, Jered Weaver
Jered Weaver
Jered David Weaver , is a Major League Baseball starting pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim...
, Erick Aybar
Erick Aybar
Erick Johan Aybar is a Major League Baseball shortstop with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.-Dominican Republic:Aybar has also previously played in the Dominican Republic...
, Howie Kendrick
Howie Kendrick
Howard "Howie" Joseph Kendrick III is a Major League Baseball second baseman for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.-Early life:...
, Kevin Frandsen
Kevin Frandsen
Kevin Vincent Frandsen is a Major League Baseball third baseman who is currently in the Philadelphia Phillies organization.-Career:...
, Alberto Callaspo
Alberto Callaspo
Alberto José Callaspo is a baseball second baseman and third baseman for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.-Career:Callaspo was originally signed by the then-Anaheim Angels in , playing for the Aguilas Cibaeñas of Dominican Summer League...
, Reggie Willits
Reggie Willits
Reggie Gene Willits is an American professional baseball outfielder who is a free agent.-Early life:...
, and Mike Napoli
Mike Napoli
Michael Anthony Napoli is a Major League Baseball catcher/first baseman with the Texas Rangers.-Early career:Napoli attended Charles Flanagan High School in Pembroke Pines, Florida...
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. Also, the Angels declined to tender a contract to Frandsen and Scot Shields is likely to retire from baseball.
According to most analysts, the Angels have their eyes on speedy Rays outfielder Carl Crawford
Carl Crawford
Carl Demonte Crawford is an American professional baseball outfielder who plays for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball. He bats and throws left-handed...
, Red Sox third baseman Adrian Beltre
Adrián Beltré
Adrián Beltré Pérez is a Major League Baseball third baseman for the Texas Rangers.The youngest player in the National League when he made his major league debut, he has also played for the Los Angeles Dodgers , the Seattle Mariners , the Boston Red Sox , and the Texas Rangers . He bats and...
, Rays closer Rafael Soriano
Rafael Soriano
Rafael Soriano is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the New York Yankees. He bats and throws right-handed...
, Phillies outfielder Jayson Werth
Jayson Werth
Jayson Richard Gowan Werth is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball. He has previously played for the Toronto Blue Jays, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Philadelphia Phillies. He bats and throws right-handed.-Background:Werth was born in...
, and are considered a wildcard in the Cliff Lee
Cliff Lee
Clifton Phifer "Cliff" Lee is a Major League Baseball left-handed starting pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies. Lee has also played for the Cleveland Indians, the Seattle Mariners, and the Texas Rangers....
sweepstakes. As of December 3, 2010, none of these free agents have signed with the Angels or any other club. On December 2, 2010, the Angels signed former Mets reliever Hisanori Takahashi
Hisanori Takahashi
is a Japanese Major League Baseball pitcher who is currently with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.-Career:-Nippon Professional Baseball:Takahashi previously spent his entire professional career with the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball...
in their first move of the offseason. then signed Scott Downs, a lefty setup reliever from Toronto and also parted ways with outfielder Juan Rivera and catcher Mike Napoli for Toronto outfielder Vernon Wells.
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
2011 Kansas City Royals season
The Kansas City Royals' season of 2011 was the 43rd for the Royals franchise. It was the fifth full season with Dayton Moore as General Manager...
. Their first home game was Friday, April 8 against Toronto
2011 Toronto Blue Jays season
The Toronto Blue Jays season was the 35th season of Major League Baseball's Toronto Blue Jays franchise, and the 22nd full season of play at the Rogers Centre. It was also the first season with John Farrell as the team's manager...
. 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
2011 Texas Rangers season
The Texas Rangers’ 2011 season was the 51st season in the overall history of the franchise and the 40th since the team relocated to Arlington, Texas. Going into the season they were the defending American League champions....
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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 RodneyFernando Rodney
Fernando Rodney is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher. Rodney throws a fastball in the mid to upper-90 miles per hour and a changeup in the low 80s.-Minor leagues:...
from the closer's role and giving Jordan Walden
Jordan Walden
Jordan Walden nicknamed "Waldo", is a right-handed pitcher on the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim active roster.-Early life:...
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 mean time 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 Piñiero'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).Spring Training
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Regular season
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Roster
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Hitting Stats
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! style="background:#B71234;color:white;" | SO
! style="background:#B71234;color:white;" | SB
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| || DH || 23 || 82 || 10 || 20 || 4 || 0 || 1 || 7 || 27 || 21 || 20 || 2 || 1 || .398 || .329 || .244
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| || 2B || 1 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || .250 || .667 || .333
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| || SS || 10 || 40 || 2 || 14 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 18 || 0 || 2 || 3 || 0 || .350 || .450 || .350
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| || OF || 24 || 81 || 11 || 26 || 5 || 4 || 2 || 9 || 45 || 5 || 26 || 2 || 2 || .356 || .556 || .321
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| || 3B || 22 || 81 || 12 || 23 || 3 || 0 || 2 || 7 || 32 || 11 || 10 || 0 || 0 || .370 || .395 || .284
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| || C || 12 || 36 || 6 || 11 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 9 || 19 || 3 || 7 || 0 || 0 || .375 || .528 || .306
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| || OF || 24 || 97 || 8 || 21 || 1 || 0 || 4 || 12 || 34 || 8 || 21 || 1 || 0 || .280 || .351 || .216
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| || SS || 19 || 80 || 8 || 27 || 7 || 0 || 2 || 9 || 40 || 6 || 12 || 3 || 2 || .384 || .500 || .338
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| || 2B || 24 || 96 || 17 || 28 || 6 || 1 || 6 || 11 || 54 || 10 || 23 || 1 || 0 || .370 || .563 || .292
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| || C || 13 || 45 || 4 || 9 || 4 || 0 || 1 || 5 || 16 || 1 || 15 || 0 || 0 || .213 || .356 || .200
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| || - || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || .000 || .000 || .000
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| || 1B || 22 || 83 || 9 || 19 || 5 || 0 || 17 || 9 || 33 || 2 || 22 || 2 || 0 || .256 || .398 || .229
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| || OF || 23 || 97 || 10 || 17 || 3 || 1 || 1 || 5 || 25 || 5 || 19 || 0 || 1 || .223 || .258 || .175
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| || OF || 6 || 7 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || .000 || .000 || .000
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| Bobby Wilson
Bobby Wilson (baseball)
Robert Louis "Bobby" Wilson is a catcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim of Major League Baseball. He first attended Seminole High School and later went to St. Petersburg College, Florida....
|| C || 5 || 8 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || .222 || .125 || .125
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| ‡ || SS || 6 || 14 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 8 || 0 || 0 || .143 || .214 || .143
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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; 2B = Doubles; BB = Base on Balls; SO = Strike Outs; SB = Stolen Bases; CS = Caught Stealing; OBP = On Base Percentage; SLG = Slugging; AVG = Batting Average
‡Traded/Released/DFA mid-season.
Pitching Stats
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! style="background:#B71234;color:white;" | SV
! style="background:#B71234;color:white;" | SVO
! style="background:#B71234;color:white;" | IP
! style="background:#B71234;color:white;" | H
! style="background:#B71234;color:white;" | R
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| Trevor Bell
Trevor Bell (baseball)
Trevor Daniel Bell is a Major League Baseball starting pitcher in the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim organization.-Professional career:...
|| 0 || 0 || 0.00 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 1
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| || 0 || 1 || 0.96 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 9.1 || 6 || 4 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 10 || 7
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| || 2 || 1 || 3.86 || 4 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 23.1 || 20 || 10 || 10 || 4 || 0 || 15 || 10
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| || 0 || 0 || 0.00 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1.2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
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| || 4 || 1 || 1.46 || 6 || 5 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 37.0 || 23 || 8 || 6 || 1 || 0 || 5 || 33
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| || 0 || 1 || 6.75 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 4.0 || 6 || 3 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 4 || 1
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| || 0 || 0 || 27.00 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1.2 || 5 || 5 || 5 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 0
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| || 0 || 1 || 4.91 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 3.2 || 3 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 3 || 4
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| || 1 || 1 || 5.74 || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 15.2 || 19 || 11 || 10 || 0 || 1 || 4 || 7
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| || 0 || 0 || 1.86 || 10 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 3 || 9.2 || 4 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 9 || 7
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| Francisco Rodríguez
Francisco Rodríguez (baseball, born 1983)
Francisco Rodríguez Murillo is a Mexican Major League Baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. He was signed undrafted by the Los Angeles Angels. In 2006, he won the California League Pitcher of the Week honors....
|| 0 || 0 || 3.38 || 7 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 8.0 || 7 || 3 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 4 || 4
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| || 0 || 3 || 5.51 || 5 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 32.2 || 38 || 20 || 20 || 3 || 0 || 8 || 28
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| || 1 || 0 || 4.66 || 11 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 9.2 || 11 || 5 || 5 || 2 || 0 || 6 || 7
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| Rich Thompson
Rich Thompson (pitcher, born 1984)
Richard Graeme Thompson is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim...
|| 0 || 1 || 2.92 || 7 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 12.1 || 10 || 4 || 4 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 13
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| || 0 || 0 || 0.00 || 11 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 3 || 12.1 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 10
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| || 11 || 4 || 0.99 || 6 || 6 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 45.2 || 26 || 6 || 5 || 2 || 1 || 10 || 49
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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
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