2011 Los Angeles Angels season

The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim' 2011 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]

2011 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
The 50th anniversary logo of the Angels
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record86–76 (.531)
Divisional place2nd
Other information
Owner(s)Arte Moreno
General manager(s)Tony Reagins
Manager(s)Mike Scioscia
Local televisionFSN West
KCOP (My 13)
(Victor Rojas, Mark Gubicza)
Local radioKLAA (AM 830)

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

Spanish: KWKW (AM 1330)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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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
Final games legend
Angels Win Angels Loss All-Star Game Game Postponed Eliminated
"GB" Legend
1st (AL West) Not in Playoff Position 1st (AL Wild Card) Tied for 1st (AL West and/or Wild Card)

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

Standings

Divisional standings
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Texas Rangers 9666 0.593 — 52–29 44–37
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 8676 0.531 10 45–36 41–40
Oakland Athletics 7488 0.457 22 43–38 31–50
Seattle Mariners 6795 0.414 29 39–45 28–50

Record vs. opponents
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Baltimore–8–104–42–55–55–43–66–25–134–54–29–91–56–127–11
Boston10–8–2–44–65–15–36–25–212–66–25–46–124–610–810–8
Chicago4–44–2–11–75–137–112–69–92–66–47–24–44–43–411–7
Cleveland5–26–47–11–6–1212–63–611–73–45–25–42–41–93–411–7
Detroit5–51–513–512–6–11–73–414–44–35–54–66–16–34–27–11
Kansas City4–53–511–76–127–11–7–38–103–34–55–32–52–64–35–13
Los Angeles6–32–66–26–34–33–7–6–34–58–1112–74–47–125–513–5
Minnesota2–62–59–97–114–1410–83–6–2–64–43–53–75–31–58–10
New York13–56–126–24–33–43–35–46–2–6–35–49–97–211–713–5
Oakland5–42–64–62–55–55–411–84–43–6–9–105–26–135–58–10
Seattle2–44–52–74–56–43–57–125–34–510–9–4–64–153–69–9
Tampa Bay9–912–64–44–21–65–24–47–39–92–56–4–4–512–612–6
Texas5–16–44–49–13–66–212–73–52–713–615–45–4–4–69–9
Toronto12–68–104–34–32–43–45–55–17–115–56–36–126–4–8–10

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

Infielders

Outfielders

Other

 Manager

Coaches

Player statistics

Hitting statistics
Player Pos. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG AVG
Bobby AbreuDH1425025412730186018378113215.353.365.253
Alexi Amarista2B2352283105132800.182.250.154
Erick AybarSS1435567115533810592343168306.322.421.279
Peter BourjosOF147502721362611124322032124229.327.438.271
Alberto Callaspo3B14147554137230646178584881.366.375.288
Hank CongerC5917714378061963173700.282.356.209
Torii HunterOF1565808015224223822496212557.336.429.262
Maicer IzturisSS12244951124350538174336596.334.388.276
Howie Kendrick2B14053786153306186324933119146.338.464.285
Jeff MathisC93247184312032264157512.225.259.174
Chris Pettit-1000000000000.000.000.000
Mark Trumbo1B1495396513731129872572512094.291.477.254
Vernon WellsOF131505601101542566208208694.248.412.218
Reggie WillitsOF222201100124700.192.091.045
Bobby WilsonC57111521801832101602.252.288.189
Brandon Wood‡SS61412100030800.143.214.143

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 statistics
Player W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV SVO IP H R ER HR HBP BB SO
Trevor Bell113.41190000134.1391413211017
Jason Bulger010.965000009.164120107
Tyler Chatwood6114.7527250000142.016681751467174
Scott Downs631.34600001453.239118301535
Dan Haren16103.1735344300238.1211918420533192
Kevin Jepsen127.62160000113.02111112196
Scott Kazmir0027.001100001.25551220
Michael Kohn017.30140001212.11410106199
Matt Palmer115.7433000015.21911100147
Fernando Rodney354.50390003732.0261816132826
Francisco Rodríguez004.61100000013.213772057
Ervin Santana11123.3833334100228.2207958626872178
Hisanori Takahashi433.44610002568.0583026702552
Rich Thompson133.00440000154.0461818502056
Jordan Walden552.9862000324260.1492220312667
Jered Weaver1882.4133334200235.2182656320356198

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

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
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

References
  1. "Angels to kick-off 50th Anniversary Celebration". Archived from the original on September 25, 2010. Retrieved September 23, 2010.
  2. 1960 in baseball
  3. Arte Moreno is mad, and he's going to do something about it
  4. "Angels decline to offer arbitration to Matsui". Archived from the original on November 26, 2010. Retrieved December 3, 2010.
  5. "Halos opt to let Frandsen become free agent". Archived from the original on December 5, 2010. Retrieved December 3, 2010.
  6. Angels reliever Scot Shields likely to retire
  7. Could Carl Crawford be Angels' first $100-million man?
  8. Closer Rafael Soriano is on Angels' wish list
  9. 2011 Top 50 Free Agents
  10. "Half-Dozen Teams In The Mix" For Cliff Lee
  11. "Angels sign Takahashi to two-year deal". Archived from the original on December 5, 2010. Retrieved December 3, 2010.
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