The 2011 Cleveland Indians season marked the 111th season for the franchise, with the Indians improving on their fourth-place finish in the American League Central in 2010 by finishing in second place in 2011. The team played all of its home games at Progressive Field.
2011 Cleveland Indians | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | Central | |
Ballpark | Progressive Field | |
City | Cleveland, Ohio | |
Record | 80–82 (.494) | |
Divisional place | 2nd | |
Owners | Larry Dolan | |
General managers | Chris Antonetti | |
Managers | Manny Acta | |
Television | SportsTime Ohio · WKYC (Matt Underwood, Rick Manning, Mike Hargrove) | |
Radio | WTAM · WMMS Cleveland Indians Radio Network (Tom Hamilton, Jim Rosenhaus, Mike Hegan) | |
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During the offseason, franchise legend and Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Feller died on December 15, 2010. In honor of Feller, the Indians implemented many tributes to their former ace, including all players wearing No. 19 (Feller's jersey number retired by the club in 1957) during pre-game introductions on Opening Day, an outline patch of Feller's pitching motion sewn onto the team's jerseys and to be worn throughout the season, and the press-box seat used by Feller upon retirement made into a memorial.[1]
The 2011 season started off promising for the Cleveland Indians, as they raced out to a 30-15 start (7 games ahead of 2nd place Detroit), but would go 50-67 the rest of the season to slip out of first place, postseason contention, and to another losing record. Still, the Indians' win–loss record improved 11 games from the year before.
Season standings
editAmerican League Central
editTeam | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Detroit Tigers | 95 | 67 | .586 | — | 50–31 | 45–36 |
Cleveland Indians | 80 | 82 | .494 | 15 | 44–37 | 36–45 |
Chicago White Sox | 79 | 83 | .488 | 16 | 36–45 | 43–38 |
Kansas City Royals | 71 | 91 | .438 | 24 | 40–41 | 31–50 |
Minnesota Twins | 63 | 99 | .389 | 32 | 33–48 | 30–51 |
American League Wild Card
editTeam | 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 |
Record vs opponents
editTeam | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
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Baltimore | – | 8–10 | 4–4 | 2–5 | 5–5 | 5–4 | 3–6 | 6–2 | 5–13 | 4–5 | 4–2 | 9–9 | 1–5 | 6–12 | 7–11 |
Boston | 10–8 | – | 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 | – | 6–12 | 12–6 | 3–6 | 11–7 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 5–4 | 2–4 | 1–9 | 3–4 | 11–7 |
Detroit | 5–5 | 1–5 | 13–5 | 12–6 | – | 11–7 | 3–4 | 14–4 | 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 | 8–10 | 3–3 | 4–5 | 5–3 | 2–5 | 2–6 | 4–3 | 5–13 |
Los Angeles | 6–3 | 2–6 | 6–2 | 6–3 | 4–3 | 3–7 | – | 6–3 | 4–5 | 8–11 | 12–7 | 4–4 | 7–12 | 5–5 | 13–5 |
Minnesota | 2–6 | 2–5 | 9–9 | 7–11 | 4–14 | 10–8 | 3–6 | – | 2–6 | 4–4 | 3–5 | 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 | 9–9 | 7–2 | 11–7 | 13–5 |
Oakland | 5–4 | 2–6 | 4–6 | 2–5 | 5–5 | 5–4 | 11–8 | 4–4 | 3–6 | – | 9–10 | 5–2 | 6–13 | 5–5 | 8–10 |
Seattle | 2–4 | 4–5 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 6–4 | 3–5 | 7–12 | 5–3 | 4–5 | 10–9 | – | 4–6 | 4–15 | 3–6 | 9–9 |
Tampa Bay | 9–9 | 12–6 | 4–4 | 4–2 | 1–6 | 5–2 | 4–4 | 7–3 | 9–9 | 2–5 | 6–4 | – | 4–5 | 12–6 | 12–6 |
Texas | 5–1 | 6–4 | 4–4 | 9–1 | 3–6 | 6–2 | 12–7 | 3–5 | 2–7 | 13–6 | 15–4 | 5–4 | – | 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 |
- Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2011
Roster
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April: 18–8 (Home: 12–2, Road: 6–6)
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May: 14–12 (Home: 7–4, Road: 7–8)
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June: 10–17 (Home: 5–8, Away: 5–9)
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July: 11–15 (Home: 5–10, Road: 6–5)
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August: 15–13 (Home: 10–5, Road: 5–8)
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September 12–17 (Home: 5–8, Road: 7–9)
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Player stats
editBatting
editNote: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | AVG | SB |
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Michael Brantley | 114 | 451 | 63 | 120 | 24 | 4 | 7 | 46 | .266 | 13 |
Travis Buck | 50 | 149 | 18 | 34 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .228 | 1 |
Asdrúbal Cabrera | 151 | 604 | 87 | 165 | 32 | 3 | 25 | 92 | .273 | 17 |
Orlando Cabrera | 91 | 324 | 35 | 79 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 38 | .244 | 6 |
Fausto Carmona | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Carlos Carrasco | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Ezequiel Carrera | 68 | 202 | 27 | 49 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 13 | .243 | 10 |
Lonnie Chisenhall | 66 | 211 | 27 | 54 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 22 | .255 | 1 |
Shin-Soo Choo | 85 | 313 | 37 | 81 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 36 | .259 | 12 |
Trevor Crowe | 15 | 28 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .214 | 3 |
Jason Donald | 39 | 132 | 13 | 42 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | .318 | 3 |
Shelley Duncan | 76 | 223 | 29 | 58 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 47 | .260 | 0 |
Chad Durbin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
Adam Everett | 34 | 60 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .217 | 1 |
Kosuke Fukudome | 59 | 237 | 26 | 59 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 22 | .249 | 2 |
Travis Hafner | 94 | 325 | 41 | 91 | 16 | 0 | 13 | 57 | .280 | 0 |
Jack Hannahan | 110 | 320 | 38 | 80 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 40 | .250 | 2 |
Jerad Head | 10 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .125 | 1 |
Frank Herrmann | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Josh Judy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
Austin Kearns | 57 | 150 | 18 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 7 | .200 | 0 |
Jason Kipnis | 36 | 136 | 24 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 18 | .272 | 5 |
Matt LaPorta | 107 | 352 | 34 | 87 | 24 | 1 | 11 | 53 | .247 | 1 |
Lou Marson | 79 | 243 | 26 | 56 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 19 | .230 | 4 |
Justin Masterson | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | 0 |
Chris Perez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
Rafael Perez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
Vinnie Pestano | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
Cord Phelps | 35 | 71 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | .155 | 1 |
Carlos Santana | 155 | 552 | 84 | 132 | 35 | 2 | 27 | 79 | .239 | 5 |
Tony Sipp | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
Grady Sizemore | 71 | 268 | 34 | 60 | 21 | 1 | 10 | 32 | .224 | 0 |
Joe Smith | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
Mitch Talbot | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Jim Thome | 22 | 71 | 11 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .296 | 0 |
Josh Tomlin | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 |
Luis Valbuena | 17 | 43 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .209 | 1 |
Team Totals | 162 | 5508 | 704 | 1380 | 290 | 26 | 155 | 667 | .250 | 89 |
Pitching
editNote: 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; K = Strikeouts
Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K |
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Fausto Carmona | 7 | 15 | 5.25 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 188.2 | 205 | 125 | 110 | 60 | 109 |
Carlos Carrasco | 8 | 9 | 4.62 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 124.2 | 130 | 68 | 64 | 40 | 85 |
Chad Durbin | 2 | 2 | 5.53 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 68.1 | 86 | 45 | 42 | 26 | 59 |
Justin Germano | 0 | 1 | 5.68 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 12.2 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 |
Jeanmar Gómez | 5 | 3 | 4.47 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 58.1 | 73 | 31 | 29 | 15 | 31 |
Nick Hagadone | 1 | 0 | 4.09 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
Frank Herrmann | 4 | 0 | 5.11 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 56.1 | 71 | 35 | 32 | 16 | 34 |
David Huff | 2 | 6 | 4.09 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 50.2 | 55 | 35 | 23 | 17 | 36 |
Ubaldo Jiménez | 4 | 4 | 5.10 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 65.1 | 68 | 43 | 37 | 27 | 62 |
Josh Judy | 0 | 0 | 7.07 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 10 |
Corey Kluber | 0 | 0 | 8.31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
Justin Masterson | 12 | 10 | 3.21 | 34 | 33 | 0 | 216.0 | 211 | 89 | 77 | 65 | 158 |
Zach McAllister | 0 | 1 | 6.11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 17.2 | 26 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 14 |
Chris Perez | 4 | 7 | 3.32 | 64 | 0 | 36 | 59.2 | 46 | 24 | 22 | 26 | 39 |
Rafael Perez | 5 | 2 | 3.00 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 63.0 | 59 | 27 | 21 | 19 | 33 |
Vinnie Pestano | 1 | 2 | 2.32 | 67 | 0 | 2 | 62.0 | 41 | 16 | 16 | 24 | 84 |
Zach Putnam | 1 | 1 | 6.14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
Tony Sipp | 6 | 3 | 3.03 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 61.1 | 45 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 55 |
Joe Smith | 3 | 3 | 2.01 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 67.0 | 52 | 16 | 15 | 21 | 45 |
Mitch Talbot | 2 | 6 | 6.64 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 63.2 | 90 | 47 | 47 | 28 | 36 |
Josh Tomlin | 12 | 7 | 4.25 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 165.1 | 157 | 80 | 78 | 21 | 89 |
Alex White | 1 | 0 | 3.60 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15.0 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 13 |
Team Totals | 80 | 82 | 4.23 | 162 | 162 | 36 | 1453.1 | 1482 | 760 | 684 | 463 | 1024 |
Notes/records
edit- The crowd of 9,853 on April 2 set a Progressive Field record for lowest attendance in the stadium's history. This record was broken a day later with an attendance of 8,726.
- On April 29, the Indians set a franchise record with their 17 April win. They broke the record again the next day, ending April with 18 wins.
- The Indians tied a franchise record best start thru 30 games, going 21-9.
- The Indians had their best start at home in franchise history, going 14-2.
- Shortstop Asdrúbal Cabrera and pitcher Chris Perez were selected for the 2011 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, the first selection for both players. Cabrera was named the starting shortstop when Derek Jeter pulled out due to injury.
- On July 27, Ervin Santana of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim pitched a no-hitter against the Indians, allowing an unearned run in a 3-1 win. He struck out 10 and allowed one walk. It is the first no-hitter thrown in the history of Progressive Field since it opened in 1994.
- On August 3, second baseman Jason Kipnis became the first player in MLB history to hit a home run in four consecutive games within two weeks of his major league debut.
- On August 4, Justin Masterson struck out four batters in the second inning against the Boston Red Sox, the 56th occurrence in MLB history.
- On August 31, the Indians and Oakland Athletics combined for 39 strikeouts, a Progressive Field record.
Farm system
editLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Columbus
References
edit- ^ Withers, Tom (March 24, 2011). "Indians honor Bob Feller on Opening Day, all year". USA Today. Retrieved May 4, 2012.
External links
edit- 2011 Cleveland Indians Season Official Site Archived July 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- 2011 Cleveland Indians season at Baseball Reference