2011 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 2011 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

2011

World Series Champions

St. Louis Cardinals

Runner Up

Texas Rangers

Most Valuable Players

AL: Justin Verlander NL: Ryan Braun

Cy Young Winners

AL: Justin Verlander NL: Clayton Kershaw

Rookies of the Year

AL: Jeremy Hellickson NL: Craig Kimbrel

Managers of the Year

AL: Joe Maddon NL: Kirk Gibson

#1 Draft Pick

Gerrit Cole (Pittsburgh Pirates)

All-Star Game

Phoenix,Arizona

Teams

Players

1295

Attendance

73,451,522

Payroll

$2,786,161,291

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2011 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
American League Central
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	3	5	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R - L	162	95	67	.586	--	787	711	76	Lost in ALCS (Rangers)	2,642,045	13	$ 105,700,231	6	Dave Dombrowski	Jim Leyland	Comerica Park
2	8	16	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R - L	162	80	82	.494	15.0	704	760	-56	dnq	1,840,835	24	$ 49,190,566	12	Chris Antonetti	Manny Acta	Progressive Field
3	9	18	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R - L	162	79	83	.488	16.0	654	706	-52	dnq	2,001,117	20	$ 127,789,000	4	Kenny Williams	Ozzie Guillen, Don Cooper	U.S. Cellular Field
4	11	24	Kansas City Royals	T - S - R - L	162	71	91	.438	24.0	730	762	-32	dnq	1,724,450	27	$ 36,126,000	14	Dayton Moore	Ned Yost	Kauffman Stadium
5	14	29	Minnesota Twins	T - S - R - L	162	63	99	.389	32.0	619	804	-185	dnq	3,168,107	4	$ 112,737,000	5	Bill Smith	Ron Gardenhire	Target Field
American League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	2	New York Yankees	T - S - R - L	162	97	65	.599	--	867	657	210	Lost in 1st Round (Tigers)	3,653,680	2	$ 202,689,028	1	Brian Cashman	Joe Girardi	Yankee Stadium II
2	4	7	Tampa Bay Rays	T - S - R - L	162	91	71	.562	6.0	707	614	93	Lost in 1st Round (Rangers)	1,529,188	28	$ 41,053,571	13	Andrew Friedman	Joe Maddon	Tropicana Field
3	5	9	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R - L	162	90	72	.556	7.0	875	737	138	dnq	3,054,001	8	$ 161,762,475	2	Theo Epstein	Terry Francona	Fenway Park
4	7	14	Toronto Blue Jays	T - S - R - L	162	81	81	.500	16.0	743	761	-18	dnq	1,818,103	25	$ 62,567,800	11	Alex Anthopoulos	John Farrell	Rogers Centre
5	12	27	Baltimore Orioles	T - S - R - L	162	69	93	.426	28.0	708	860	-152	dnq	1,755,461	26	$ 85,304,038	9	Andy MacPhail	Buck Showalter	Oriole Park at Camden Yards
American League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	2	4	Texas Rangers	T - S - R - L	162	96	66	.593	--	855	660	195	Lost World Series (Cardinals)	2,946,949	10	$ 92,299,264	7	Jon Daniels	Ron Washington	Rangers Ballpark in Arlington
2	6	12	Los Angeles Angels	T - S - R - L	162	86	76	.531	10.0	667	633	34	dnq	3,166,321	5	$ 138,543,166	3	Tony Reagins	Mike Scioscia	Angel Stadium of Anaheim
3	10	20	Oakland Athletics	T - S - R - L	162	74	88	.457	22.0	645	679	-34	dnq	1,476,792	30	$ 66,536,500	10	Billy Beane	Bob Geren, Bob Melvin	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
4	13	28	Seattle Mariners	T - S - R - L	162	67	95	.414	29.0	556	675	-119	dnq	1,896,321	23	$ 86,524,600	8	Jack Zduriencik	Eric Wedge	Safeco Field
National League Central
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	2	3	Milwaukee Brewers	T - S - R - L	162	96	66	.593	--	721	638	83	Lost in NLCS (Cardinals)	3,071,373	7	$ 85,497,333	9	Douglas Melvin	Ron Roenicke	Miller Park
2	4	8	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R - L	162	90	72	.556	6.0	762	692	70	Won World Series (Rangers)	3,093,954	6	$ 105,433,572	5	John Mozeliak	Tony La Russa	Busch Stadium III
3	9	17	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R - L	162	79	83	.488	17.0	735	720	15	dnq	2,213,498	16	$ 75,947,134	10	Walt Jocketty	Dusty Baker	Great American Ballpark
4	12	23	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R - L	162	72	90	.444	24.0	610	712	-102	dnq	1,940,429	22	$ 45,047,000	16	Neal Huntington	Clint Hurdle	PNC Park
5	14	26	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R - L	162	71	91	.438	25.0	654	756	-102	dnq	3,017,966	9	$ 125,047,329	2	Randy Bush, Jim Hendry	Mike Quade	Wrigley Field
6	16	30	Houston Astros	T - S - R - L	162	56	106	.346	40.0	615	796	-181	dnq	2,067,016	19	$ 70,694,000	11	Ed Wade	Brad Mills	Minute Maid Park
National League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R - L	162	102	60	.630	--	713	529	184	Lost in 1st Round (Cardinals)	3,680,718	1	$ 172,976,379	1	Ruben Amaro	Charlie Manuel	Citizens Bank Park
2	5	10	Atlanta Braves	T - S - R - L	162	89	73	.549	13.0	641	605	36	dnq	2,372,940	15	$ 87,002,692	8	Frank Wren	Fredi Gonzalez	Turner Field
3	8	15	Washington Nationals	T - S - R - L	161	80	81	.497	21.5	624	643	-19	dnq	1,940,478	21	$ 63,856,928	12	Michael Rizzo	Jim Riggleman, John McLaren, Davey Johnson	Nationals Park
4	10	19	New York Mets	T - S - R - L	162	77	85	.475	25.0	718	742	-24	dnq	2,378,549	14	$ 118,847,309	3	Sandy Alderson	Terry Collins	Citi field
5	13	22	Florida Marlins	T - S - R - L	162	72	90	.444	30.0	625	702	-77	dnq	1,520,562	29	$ 56,944,000	13	Michael Hill	Edwin Rodriguez, Brandon Hyde, Jack McKeon	Sun Life Stadium
National League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	3	6	Arizona Diamondbacks	T - S - R - L	162	94	68	.580	--	731	662	69	Lost in 1st Round (Diamondbacks)	2,105,432	18	$ 53,639,833	14	Kevin Towers	Kirk Gibson	Chase Field
2	6	11	San Francisco Giants	T - S - R - L	162	86	76	.531	8.0	570	578	-8	dnq	3,387,303	3	$ 118,198,333	4	Brian Sabean	Bruce Bochy	AT&T Park
3	7	13	Los Angeles Dodgers	T - S - R - L	161	82	79	.509	11.5	644	612	32	dnq	2,935,139	11	$ 104,188,999	6	Ned Colletti	Don Mattingly	Dodger Stadium
4	11	21	Colorado Rockies	T - S - R - L	162	73	89	.451	21.0	735	774	-39	dnq	2,909,777	12	$ 88,148,071	7	Daniel O'Dowd	Jim Tracy	Coors Field
5	15	25	San Diego Padres	T - S - R - L	162	71	91	.438	23.0	593	611	-18	dnq	2,143,018	17	$ 45,869,140	15	Jed Hoyer	Bud Black	Petco Park
30 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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