2011 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season

2011 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

The 50th anniversary logo of the Angels
Major league affiliations
Location
2011 information
Owner Arte Moreno
General manager Tony Reagins
Manager(s) Mike Scioscia
Local television Fox Sports West

KCOP-TV
(Victor Rojas, Mark Gubicza)
Local radio KLAA (AM 830)

KSPN (AM 710)
(Terry Smith, José Mota)
Spanish: KWKW (AM 1330)
Average attendance 39,090 (86.8%)

Total: 3,166,322
Stats ESPN.com

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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 2007–2009. 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 1993-1996, 2002-2010 was silver and gold prior to that).[1] The date of the franchise's actual 50th anniversary is December 6, 2010.[2]

Contents

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] Also, the Angels declined to tender a contract to Frandsen and Scot Shields is likely to retire from baseball.[5][6]

According to most analysts, the Angels have their eyes on speedy Rays outfielder Carl Crawford, Red Sox third baseman Adrian Beltre, Rays closer Rafael Soriano, Phillies outfielder Jayson Werth, and are considered a wildcard in the Cliff Lee sweepstakes.[7][8][9][10] 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 in their first move of the offseason.[11] 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. 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 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).

Schedule and results

Spring Training

2011 Spring Training Game Log
Final Games Legend
Angels Win Angels Loss Tie Game Game Cancelled

Tentative Spring Training Schedule (calendar style)

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 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

Record vs. opponents

Team BAL BOS CHW CLE DET KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Baltimore – 6–9 5–5 2–5 4–4 5–4 1–5 6–2 5–13 4–5 4–2 7–8 1–5 6–12 7–11
Boston 9–6 – 2–4 4–6 5–1 5–3 6–2 5–2 12–6 6–2 5–4 6–12 4–6 10–8 10–8
Chicago 4–4 4–2 – 11–7 5–13 7–11 2–6 9–9 2–6 6–4 7–2 4–4 4–4 3–4 11–7
Cleveland 5–2 6–4 7–11 – 6–13 12–6 3–6 5–6 3–4 5–2 5–3 2–4 1–6 3–4 11–7
Detroit 5–5 1–5 13–5 13–6 – 11–7 3–4 13–4 4–3 5–5 4–6 6–1 6–3 4–2 7–11
Kansas City 4–5 3–5 11–7 6–12 7–11 – 7–3 5–8 3–3 3–4 3–1 2–5 2–6 4–3 5–13
Los Angeles 5–1 2–6 6–2 4–3 4–3 3–7 – 6–3 4–5 5–8 11–6 4–4 7–12 5–5 13–5
Minnesota 2–6 2–5 9–9 6–5 4–13 8–5 3–6 – 2–6 4–4 2–3 3–7 5–3 1–5 8–10
New York 13–5 6–12 6–2 4–3 3–4 3–3 5–4 6–2 – 6–3 5–4 9–5 7–2 11–7 13–5
Oakland 5–4 2–6 4–6 2–5 5–5 4–3 8–5 4–4 3–6 – 7–9 5–2 4–9 5–5 8–10
Seattle 2–4 4–5 2–7 3–5 6–4 1–3 6–11 3–2 4–5 9–7 – 4–6 3–10 3–6 9–9
Tampa Bay 8–7 11–6 4–4 4–2 1–6 5–2 4–4 7–3 5–9 2–5 6–4 – 3–4 12–6 12–6
Texas 5–1 6–4 4–4 6–1 3–6 6–2 12–7 3–5 2–7 9–4 10–3 4–3 – 4–6 9–9
Toronto 12–6 8–10 4–3 4–3 2–4 3–4 5–5 5–1 7–11 5–5 6–3 6–12 6–4 – 8–10

Roster

2011 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other

 Manager

Coaches

Player Stats

Hitting Stats

Player Pos. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG AVG
Abreu, BobbyBobby Abreu DH 23 82 10 20 4 0 1 7 27 21 20 2 1 .398 .329 .244
Amarista, AlexiAlexi Amarista 2B 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 .250 .667 .333
Aybar, ErickErick Aybar SS 10 40 2 14 4 0 0 2 18 0 2 3 0 .350 .450 .350
Bourjos, PeterPeter Bourjos OF 24 81 11 26 5 4 2 9 45 5 26 2 2 .356 .556 .321
Callaspo, AlbertoAlberto Callaspo 3B 22 81 12 23 3 0 2 7 32 11 10 0 0 .370 .395 .284
Conger, HankHank Conger C 12 36 6 11 2 0 2 9 19 3 7 0 0 .375 .528 .306
Hunter, ToriiTorii Hunter OF 24 97 8 21 1 0 4 12 34 8 21 1 0 .280 .351 .216
Izturis, MaicerMaicer Izturis SS 19 80 8 27 7 0 2 9 40 6 12 3 2 .384 .500 .338
Kendrick, HowieHowie Kendrick 2B 24 96 17 28 6 1 6 11 54 10 23 1 0 .370 .563 .292
Mathis, JeffJeff Mathis C 13 45 4 9 4 0 1 5 16 1 15 0 0 .213 .356 .200
Pettit, ChrisChris Pettit - 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Trumbo, MarkMark Trumbo 1B 22 83 9 19 5 0 17 9 33 2 22 2 0 .256 .398 .229
Wells, VernonVernon Wells OF 23 97 10 17 3 1 1 5 25 5 19 0 1 .223 .258 .175
Willits, ReggieReggie Willits OF 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Bobby Wilson C 5 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 .222 .125 .125
Wood, BrandonBrandon Wood‡ SS 6 14 1 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 8 0 0 .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 Stats

Player W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV SVO IP H R ER HR HBP BB SO
Trevor Bell 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Bulger, JasonJason Bulger 0 1 0.96 5 0 0 0 0 0 9.1 6 4 1 2 0 10 7
Chatwood, TylerTyler Chatwood 2 1 3.86 4 4 0 0 0 0 23.1 20 10 10 4 0 15 10
Downs, ScottScott Downs 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 1 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haren, DanDan Haren 4 1 1.46 6 5 1 1 0 0 37.0 23 8 6 1 0 5 33
Jepsen, KevinKevin Jepsen 0 1 6.75 5 0 0 0 0 1 4.0 6 3 3 1 0 4 1
Kazmir, ScottScott Kazmir 0 0 27.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.2 5 5 5 1 2 2 0
Kohn, MichaelMichael Kohn 0 1 4.91 5 0 0 0 0 1 3.2 3 2 2 2 1 3 4
Palmer, MattMatt Palmer 1 1 5.74 3 3 0 0 0 0 15.2 19 11 10 0 1 4 7
Rodney, FernandoFernando Rodney 0 0 1.86 10 0 0 0 2 3 9.2 4 2 2 0 1 9 7
Francisco Rodríguez 0 0 3.38 7 0 0 0 0 0 8.0 7 3 3 1 0 4 4
Santana, ErvinErvin Santana 0 3 5.51 5 5 0 0 0 0 32.2 38 20 20 3 0 8 28
Takahashi, HisanoriHisanori Takahashi 1 0 4.66 11 0 0 0 0 0 9.2 11 5 5 2 0 6 7
Rich Thompson 0 1 2.92 7 0 0 0 0 0 12.1 10 4 4 2 0 1 13
Walden, JordanJordan Walden 0 0 0.00 11 0 0 0 3 3 12.1 4 0 0 0 0 5 10
Weaver, JeredJered Weaver 11 4 0.99 6 6 2 1 0 0 45.2 26 6 5 2 1 10 49

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

See also

Other Anaheim–based teams in 2011

References

  1. ^ Angels to kick-off 50th Anniversary Celebration
  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
  5. ^ Halos opt to let Frandsen become free agent
  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

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