2011 Los Angeles Angels season

The 2011 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 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 (while the team was created on December 6, 1960, the Angels decided to honor the 50th after 2010 ended). Marking the occasion for the "golden Anniversary" was the adding of gold trim was 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). On June 14, they beat the Seattle Mariners 4-0 to earn their 4,000th win in team history. The season saw the debut of Mike Trout, who made his major league debut on July 8, 2011. Although he batted .220 during his brief time on the year, he would be back the following season as the regular fielder for the team.

2011 Los Angeles Angels
The 50th anniversary logo of the Angels
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	Angel Stadium of Anaheim
City	Anaheim, California
Record	86–76 (.531)
Divisional place	2nd
Owners	Arte Moreno
General managers	Tony Reagins
Managers	Mike Scioscia
Television	FSN West KCOP (My 13) (Victor Rojas, Mark Gubicza)
Radio	KLAA (AM 830) KSPN (AM 710) (Terry Smith, José Mota) Spanish: KWKW (AM 1330)
Stats	ESPN.com Baseball Reference
Seasons

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 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. The Angels also declined to tender a contract to Frandsen, who would become a free agent, and Shields, who would retire from baseball.

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. On December 2, 2010, the Angels signed former Mets reliever Hisanori Takahashi in their first move of the offseason. 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
March: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Stadium Box GB 1 March 31 @ Royals 4–2 Weaver (1–0) Hochevar (0–1) Rodney (1) 40,055 1–0 Kauffman Stadium W1 +1⁄2
April: 14–12 (Home: 6–7; Road: 8–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Stadium Box GB 2 April 1 @ Royals 2–1 Soria (1–0) Kohn (0–1) 13,302 1–1 Kauffman Stadium L1 −1⁄2 3 April 2 @ Royals 5–4 Crow (1–0) Jepsen (0–1) Soria (1) 17,328 1–2 Kauffman Stadium L2 −1+1⁄2 4 April 3 @ Royals 12–9 (13) Collins (1–0) Bulger (0–1) 14,085 1–3 Kauffman Stadium L3 −2+1⁄2 5 April 5 @ Rays 5–3 Weaver (2–0) Niemann (0–1) Walden (1) 13,173 2–3 Tropicana Field W1 −3 6 April 6 @ Rays 5–1 Haren (1–0) Hellickson (0–1) 11,836 3–3 Tropicana Field W2 −3 7 April 8 Blue Jays 3–2 Dotel (1–0) Santana (0–1) Rauch (2) 43,853 3–4 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L1 −3+1⁄2 8 April 9 Blue Jays 6–5 (14) Haren (2–0) Rauch (0–1) 43,513 4–4 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W1 −3 9 April 10 Blue Jays 3–1 Weaver (3–0) Reyes (0–1) Rodney (2) 43,525 5–4 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W2 −3 10 April 11 Indians 4–0 Talbot (1–0) Chatwood (0–1) 32,864 5–5 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L1 −4 11 April 12 Indians 2–0 Haren (3–0) Carmona (0–2) 43,529 6–5 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W1 −3 12 April 13 Indians 4–3 Takahashi (1–0) Durbin (1–0) 31,049 7–5 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W2 −2 13 April 15 @ White Sox 4–3 Weaver (4–0) Humber (1–1) Walden (2) 20,103 8–5 U.S. Cellular Field W3 −2 14 April 16 @ White Sox 7–2 Chatwood (1–1) Floyd (1–1) 21,250 9–5 U.S. Cellular Field W4 −1 15 April 17 @ White Sox 4–2 Haren (4–0) Buehrle (1–1) Walden (3) 23,458 10–5 U.S. Cellular Field W5 0 16 April 18 @ Rangers 7–1 Wilson (2–0) Santana (0–2) 30,799 10–6 Rangers Ballpark in Arlington L1 −1 17 April 19 @ Rangers 15–4 Palmer (0–0) Lewis (1–2) 22,450 11–6 Rangers Ballpark in Arlington W1 0 18 April 20 @ Rangers 4–1 Weaver (5–0) Harrison (3–1) 31,967 12–6 Rangers Ballpark in Arlington W2 +1 19 April 21 Red Sox 4–2 (11) Jenks (1–1) Thompson (0–1) 37,003 12–7 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L1 +1⁄2 20 April 22 Red Sox 4–3 Lester (2–1) Haren (4–1) Papelbon (5) 39,005 12–8 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L2 −1⁄2 21 April 23 Red Sox 5–0 Matsuzaka (2–2) Santana (0–3) 40,025 12–9 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L3 −1+1⁄2 22 April 24 Red Sox 7–0 Lackey (2–2) Palmer (1–1) 35,107 12–10 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L4 −2+1⁄2 23 April 25 Athletics 5–0 Weaver (6–0) Gonzalez (2–2) 37,115 13–10 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W1 −1+1⁄2 24 April 26 Athletics 8–3 Chatwood (2–1) McCarthy (1–2) 37,228 14–10 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W2 −1⁄2 25 April 27 Athletics 2–1 (10) Fuentes (1–2) Walden (0–1) Ziegler (1) 37,247 14–11 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L1 −1+1⁄2 26 April 29 @ Rays 8–5 Santana (1–3) Price (3–3) Walden (4) 21,791 15–11 Tropicana Field W1 0 27 April 30 @ Rays 2–1 (10) Peralta (1–0) Rodney (0–1) 20,245 15–12 Tropicana Field L1 −1
May: 14–16 (Home: 7–6; Road: 7–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Stadium Box GB 28 May 1 @ Rays 6–5 Thompson (1–1) Peralta (1–1) Walden (5) 16,248 16–12 Tropicana Field W1 0 29 May 2 @ Red Sox 9–5 Buchholz (2–3) Weaver (6–1) 37,017 16–13 Fenway Park L1 0 30 May 3 @ Red Sox 7–3 Lester (4–1) Haren (4–2) 37,043 16–14 Fenway Park L2 0 31 May 4 @ Red Sox 5–3 (13) Bell (1–0) Matsuzaka (2–3) 37,037 17–14 Fenway Park W1 0 32 May 5 @ Red Sox 11–0 Piñeiro (1–0) Lackey (2–4) 37,013 18–14 Fenway Park W2 +1 33 May 6 Indians 2–1 (11) Rodney (1–1) Germano (0–1) 36,447 19–14 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W3 +2 34 May 7 Indians 4–3 White (1–0) Weaver (6–2) Perez (10) 37,684 19–15 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L1 +1 35 May 8 Indians 6–5 Rodney (2–1) Smith (1–1) Walden (6) 40,124 20–15 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W1 +2 36 May 9 White Sox 8–0 Jackson (3–4) Santana (1–4) 38,561 20–16 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L1 +1 37 May 10 White Sox 6–2 Piñeiro (2–0) Danks (0–6) 40,128 21–16 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W1 +2 38 May 11 White Sox 6–4 Santos (2–0) Jepsen (0–2) Thornton (1) 39,151 21–17 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L1 +1+1⁄2 39 May 13 @ Rangers 4–1 Ogando (4–0) Weaver (6–3) Feliz (7) 45,995 21–18 Rangers Ballpark in Arlington L2 +1⁄2 40 May 14 @ Rangers 3–2 Downs (1–0) Oliver (1–4) Walden (7) 47,663 22–18 Rangers Ballpark in Arlington W1 +1+1⁄2 41 May 15 @ Rangers 5–4 Lowe (1–0) Thompson (1–2) Feliz (8) 48,284 22–19 Rangers Ballpark in Arlington L1 +1⁄2 42 May 16 @ Athletics 5–4 (10) Balfour (3–1) Rodney (2–2) 11,061 22–20 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum L2 −1⁄2 43 May 17 @ Athletics 14–0 Gonzalez (5–2) Chatwood (2–2) 12,190 22–21 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum L3 −1⁄2 44 May 18 @ Mariners 3–0 Vargas (3–2) Weaver (6–4) League (10) 16,992 22–22 Safeco Field L4 −1+1⁄2 45 May 19 @ Mariners 2–1 Pauley (2–0) Downs (1–1) 18,374 22–23 Safeco Field L5 −1+1⁄2 46 May 20 Braves 9–0 Santana (2–4) Hudson (4–4) 40,211 23–23 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W1 −1⁄2 47 May 21 Braves 5–4 (12) Proctor (1–0) Bell (1–1) Kimbrel (12) 43,511 23–24 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L1 −1⁄2 48 May 22 Braves 4–1 Chatwood (3–2) Lowe (3–4) Walden (8) 40,098 24–24 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W1 −1⁄2 49 May 23 Athletics 4–1 Downs (2–1) Fuentes (1–7) Walden (9) 36,215 25–24 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W2 −1⁄2 50 May 24 Athletics 6–1 Moscoso (1–0) Haren (4–3) 39,117 25–25 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L1 −1⁄2 51 May 25 Athletics 4–1 Santana (3–4) Cahill (6–2) Walden (10) 40,253 26–25 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W1 −1⁄2 52 May 26 Athletics 4–3 Anderson (3–4) Piñeiro (2–1) 33,412 26–26 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L1 −1 53 May 27 @ Twins 6–5 Downs (3–1) Hoey (0–2) Walden (11) 38,976 27–26 Target Field W1 0 54 May 28 @ Twins 1–0 Burnett (1–3) Takahashi (1–1) 39,824 27–27 Target Field L1 −1 55 May 29 @ Twins 6–5 Haren (5–3) Pavano (2–5) Walden (12) 39,867 28–27 Target Field W1 −1 56 May 30 @ Royals 10–8 Jepsen (1–2) Soria (3–3) Rodney (3) 24,406 29–27 Kauffman Stadium W2 −1 57 May 31 @ Royals 7–3 Francis (2–5) Piñeiro (2–2) 14,174 29–28 Kauffman Stadium L1 −1
June: 13–12 (Home: 5–7; Road: 8–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Stadium Box GB 58 June 1 @ Royals 2–0 Collins (3–2) Downs (3–2) 12,022 29–29 Kauffman Stadium L2 −2 59 June 3 Yankees 3–2 Weaver (7–4) Nova (4–4) Walden (13) 42,521 30–29 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W1 −2+1⁄2 60 June 4 Yankees 3–2 Sabathia (7–3) Santana (3–5) Rivera (15) 43,619 30–30 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L1 −3+1⁄2 61 June 5 Yankees 5–3 Colón (4–3) Piñeiro (2–3) Rivera (16) 43,524 30–31 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L2 −4+1⁄2 62 June 6 Rays 5–1 Price (7–5) Chatwood (3–3) 32,287 30–32 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L3 −4+1⁄2 63 June 7 Rays 4–1 Cobb (1–0) Haren (5–4) Farnsworth (12) 38,833 30–33 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L4 −4+1⁄2 64 June 8 Rays 4–3 Cruz (3–0) Rodney (2–3) Farnsworth (13) 33,157 30–34 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L5 −5+1⁄2 65 June 10 Royals 4–2 Francis (3–6) Santana (3–6) Soria (9) 38,254 30–35 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L6 −6 66 June 11 Royals 7–5 Downs (4–2) Collins (3–3) Walden (14) 38,911 31–35 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W1 −5 67 June 12 Royals 9–0 Mazzaro (1–1) Chatwood (3–4) 39,114 31–36 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L1 −5 68 June 13 @ Mariners 6–3 Haren (6–4) Vargas (4–4) Walden (15) 20,238 32–36 Safeco Field W1 −4+1⁄2 69 June 14 @ Mariners 4–0 Weaver (8–4) Fister (3–8) 17,634 33–36 Safeco Field W2 −3+1⁄2 70 June 15 @ Mariners 3–1 Bédard (4–4) Santana (3–7) League (19) 19,321 33–37 Safeco Field L1 −3+1⁄2 71 June 17 @ Mets 4–3 Piñeiro (3–3) Capuano (5–7) Walden (16) 29,513 34–37 Citi Field W1 −3 72 June 18 @ Mets 6–1 Pelfrey (4–5) Haren (6–5) 31,538 34–38 Citi Field L1 −4 73 June 19 @ Mets 7–3 Chatwood (4–4) Niese (6–6) 36,213 35–38 Citi Field W1 −3 74 June 20 @ Marlins 2–1 Weaver (9–4) Cishek (0–1) Walden (17) 16,984 36–38 Sun Life Stadium W2 −3 75 June 21 @ Marlins 5–2 Vázquez (4–7) Santana (3–8) Núñez (20) 17,344 36–39 Sun Life Stadium L1 −4 76 June 22 @ Marlins 6–5 Walden (1–1) Badenhop (1–1) Kohn (1) 19,721 37–39 Sun Life Stadium W1 −3 77 June 24 @ Dodgers 8–3 Haren (7–5) De La Rosa (3–2) 43,640 38–39 Dodger Stadium W2 −3 78 June 25 @ Dodgers 6–1 Chatwood (5–4) Kuroda (5–9) 41,108 39–39 Dodger Stadium W2 −2 79 June 26 @ Dodgers 3–2 Kershaw (8–3) Walden (1–2) 43,104 39–40 Dodger Stadium L1 −2 80 June 27 Nationals 4–3 (10) Downs (5–2) Burnett (3–4) 35,032 40–40 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W1 −1+1⁄2 81 June 28 Nationals 11–5 Takahashi (2–1) Balester (1–1) 41,029 41–40 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W2 −1+1⁄2 82 June 29 Nationals 1–0 Haren (8–5) Zimmermann (5–7) Walden (18) 35,258 42–40 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W3 −1+1⁄2
July: 17–10 (Home: 10–3; Road: 7–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Stadium Box GB 83 July 1 Dodgers 5–0 Kuroda (6–9) Chatwood (5–5) 41,253 42–41 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L1 −2 84 July 2 Dodgers 7–1 Weaver (10–4) Kershaw (8–4) 42,232 43–41 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W1 −1 85 July 3 Dodgers 3–1 Santana (4–8) Billingsley (7–7) Walden (19) 42,536 44–41 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W2 0 86 July 4 Tigers 5–1 Piñeiro (4–3) Furbush (1–2) 43,012 45–41 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W3 0 87 July 5 Tigers 1–0 Haren (9–5) Verlander (11–4) 39,006 46–41 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W4 0 88 July 6 Tigers 5–4 Penny (6–6) Takahashi (2–2) Valverde (21) 31,549 46–42 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L1 −1 89 July 7 Mariners 5–1 Weaver (11–4) Fister (3–10) 41,223 47–42 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W1 −1 90 July 8 Mariners 4–3 Walden (2–2) Pauley (5–2) 40,161 48–42 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W2 −1 91 July 9 Mariners 9–3 Piñeiro (5–3) Pineda (8–6) 44,111 49–42 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W3 −1 92 July 10 Mariners 4–2 Haren (10–5) Pauley (5–3) Walden (20) 39,505 50–42 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W4 −1 July 12: All-Star Game (NL wins—Box) 5–1 Clippard (WAS) C. J. Wilson (TEX) B. Wilson (SF) 47,994 Chase Field Phoenix, Arizona 93 July 15 @ Athletics 5–3 McCarthy (2–5) Haren (10–6) Bailey (9) 18,470 50–43 O.co Coliseum L1 −2+1⁄2 94 July 16 @ Athletics 4–2 Weaver (12–4) Cahill (8–8) Walden (21) 51–43 O.co Coliseum W1 −2 95 July 16 @ Athletics 4–3 (10) Ziegler (3–1) Thompson (1–3) 27,379 51–44 O.co Coliseum L1 −3 96 July 17 @ Athletics 9–1 Gonzalez (9–6) Piñeiro (5–4) 26,115 51–45 O.co Coliseum L2 −4 97 July 19 Rangers 7–0 Ogando (10–3) Chatwood (5–6) 43,103 51–46 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L3 −5 98 July 20 Rangers 9–8 Takahashi (3–2) Hunter (1–1) Walden (22) 40,052 52–46 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W1 −4 99 July 21 Rangers 1–0 Weaver (13–4) Wilson (10–4) Walden (23) 38,315 53–46 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W2 −3 100 July 22 @ Orioles 6–1 Santana (5–8) Simón (2–3) Takahashi (1) 24,823 54–46 Oriole Park at Camden Yards W3 −3 101 July 23 @ Orioles 3–2 Bergesen (2–6) Piñeiro (5–5) Gregg (16) 20,311 54–47 Oriole Park at Camden Yards L1 −4 102 July 24 @ Orioles 9–3 Chatwood (6–6) Guthrie (4–14) 15,676 55–47 Oriole Park at Camden Yards W1 −3 103 July 25 @ Indians 3–2 Walden (2–3) Sipp (5–2) 19,384 55–48 Progressive Field L1 −4 104 July 26 @ Indians 2–1 Weaver (14–4) Tomlin (11–5) Walden (24) 19,430 56–48 Progressive Field W1 −3 105 July 27 @ Indians 3–1 Santana (6–8)** Huff (1–1) 21,546 57–48 Progressive Field W2 −2 106 July 28 @ Tigers 12–7 Cassevah (1–0) Penny (7–8) 33,489 58–48 Comerica Park W3 −2 107 July 29 @ Tigers 12–2 Porcello (11–6) Chatwood (6–7) 40,551 58–49 Comerica Park L1 −2 108 July 30 @ Tigers 5–1 Haren (11–6) Turner (0–1) 40,753 59–49 Comerica Park W1 −2 109 July 31 @ Tigers 3–2 Verlander (15–5) Weaver (14–5) Valverde (28) 36,878 59–50 Comerica Park L1 −2 **Ervin Santana threw the ninth no-hitter in Angels history.
August: 14–13 (Home: 10–5; Road: 4–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Stadium Box GB 110 August 2 Twins 5–1 Santana (7–8) Duensing (8–9) 37,565 60–50 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W1 −1 111 August 3 Twins 11–4 Swarzak (3–3) Piñeiro (5–6) 35,555 60–51 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L1 −1 112 August 4 Twins 7–1 Haren (12–6) Liriano (7–9) 40,365 61–51 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W1 −1 113 August 5 Mariners 1–0 (10) Walden (3–3) Cortes (0–1) 38,727 62–51 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W2 −1 114 August 6 Mariners 5–1 Beavan (3–2) Chatwood (6–8) 42,017 62–52 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L1 −1 115 August 7 Mariners 2–1 Santana (8–8) Hernández (10–10) Walden (25) 38,823 63–52 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W1 −1 116 August 9 @ Yankees 6–4 Downs (6–2) Rivera (1–2) Walden (26) 46,466 64–52 Yankee Stadium W2 −1+1⁄2 117 August 10 @ Yankees 9–3 Nova (11–4) Richards (0–1) 46,967 64–53 Yankee Stadium L1 −1+1⁄2 118 August 11 @ Yankees 6–5 Soriano (2–1) Rodney (2–4) Rivera (30) 47,431 64–54 Yankee Stadium L2 −2 119 August 12 @ Blue Jays 5–1 Santana (9–8) Morrow (8–7) 24,731 65–54 Rogers Centre W1 −2 120 August 13 @ Blue Jays 11–2 Romero (11–9) Weaver (14–6) 27,185 65–55 Rogers Centre L1 −3 121 August 14 @ Blue Jays 5–4 (10) Rauch (5–3) Rodney (2–5) 23,355 65–56 Rogers Centre L2 −4 122 August 15 Rangers 8–4 Ogando (12–5) Cassevah (1–1) 36,663 65–57 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L3 −5 123 August 16 Rangers 7–3 Holland (11–4) Chatwood (6–9) 43,711 65–58 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L4 −6 124 August 17 Rangers 4–3 Wilson (12–5) Santana (9–9) Feliz (24) 36,581 65–59 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L5 −7 125 August 18 Rangers 2–1 Ramírez (1–0) Adams (1–2) 41,123 66–59 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W1 −6 126 August 19 Orioles 8–3 Haren (13–6) Reyes (6–10) 38,156 67–59 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W2 −6 127 August 20 Orioles 9–8 (12) Rodney (3–5) Gregg (0–2) 43,201 68–59 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W3 −5 128 August 21 Orioles 7–1 Williams (1–0) Matusz (1–6) 37,148 69–59 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W4 −4 129 August 23 White Sox 5–4 Walden (4–3) Frasor (3–3) 37,728 70–59 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W5 −3+1⁄2 130 August 24 White Sox 8–0 Weaver (15–6) Stewart (1–3) 36,610 71–59 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W6 −2+1⁄2 131 August 26 @ Rangers 11–7 Holland (12–5) Haren (13–7) 38,256 71–60 Rangers Ballpark in Arlington L1 −3 132 August 27 @ Rangers 8–4 Santana (10–9) Wilson (13–6) Takahashi (2) 48,453 72–60 Rangers Ballpark in Arlington W1 −2 133 August 28 @ Rangers 9–5 Oliver (5–5) Weaver (15–7) 40,018 72–61 Rangers Ballpark in Arlington L1 −3 134 August 29 @ Mariners 5–3 Wilhelmsen (2–0) Takahashi (3–3) League (32) 16,990 72–62 Safeco Field L1 −3+1⁄2 135 August 30 @ Mariners 13–6 Williams (2–0) Vasquez (1–1) 15,536 73–62 Safeco Field W1 −3+1⁄2 136 August 31 @ Mariners 2–1 Hernández (13–11) Haren (13–8) 18,520 73–63 Safeco Field L1 −3+1⁄2
September: 13–13 (Home: 7–8; Road: 6–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Stadium Box GB 137 September 1 @ Mariners 4–3 Santana (11–9) Furbush (3–7) Walden (27) 19,453 74–63 Safeco Field W1 −3+1⁄2 138 September 2 Twins 13–5 Pavano (7–11) Chatwood (6–10) 37,198 74–64 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L1 −4+1⁄2 139 September 3 Twins 10–6 Weaver (16–7) Dumatrait (1–3) 39,102 75–64 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W1 −3+1⁄2 140 September 4 Twins 4–1 Piñeiro (6–6) Slowey (0–4) Walden (28) 36,638 76–64 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W2 −3+1⁄2 141 September 5 Mariners 7–3 Haren (14–8) Vasquez (1–2) 35,497 77–64 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W3 −2+1⁄2 142 September 6 Mariners 2–1 Hernández (14–11) Santana (11–10) League (33) 36,533 77–65 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L1 −3+1⁄2 143 September 7 Mariners 3–1 Williams (3–0) Furbush (3–8) Walden (29) 37,459 78–65 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W1 −2+1⁄2 144 September 9 Yankees 2–1 Walden (5–3) Laffey (2–2) 41,014 79–65 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W2 −2+1⁄2 145 September 10 Yankees 6–0 Haren (14–8) Sabathia (19–8) 42,774 80–65 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W3 −1+1⁄2 146 September 11 Yankees 6–5 Wade (5–0) Santana (11–11) Rivera (40) 42,581 80–66 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L1 −2+1⁄2 147 September 12 @ Athletics 6–3 Gonzalez (13–12) Piñeiro (6–7) 12,858 80–67 O.co Coliseum L2 −3 148 September 13 @ Athletics 6–3 Takahashi (4–3) De Los Santos (2–2) Walden (30) 13,212 81–67 O.co Coliseum W1 −3 149 September 14 @ Athletics 4–1 Weaver (17–7) Harden (4–3) Walden (31) 14,743 82–67 O.co Coliseum W2 −3 150 September 16 @ Orioles 8–3 Hunter (4–4) Haren (15–9) 24,022 82–68 Oriole Park at Camden Yards L1 −3+1⁄2 151 September 17 @ Orioles 6–2 Britton (10–10) Santana (11–12) 31,099 82–69 Oriole Park at Camden Yards L2 −4+1⁄2 152 September 18 @ Orioles 11–2 Weaver (18–7) Simón (4–9) 27,471 83–69 Oriole Park at Camden Yards W1 −4+1⁄2 153 September 19 @ Blue Jays 3–2 Janssen (6–0) Downs (6–3) 11,178 83–70 Rogers Centre L1 −5 154 September 20 @ Blue Jays 10–6 Piñeiro (7–7) Cecil (4–10) Downs (1) 13,514 84–70 Rogers Centre W1 −5 155 September 21 @ Blue Jays 7–2 Haren (16–9) McGowan (0–1) 14,784 85–70 Rogers Centre W2 −5 156 September 22 @ Blue Jays 4–3 (12) Camp (5–3) Richards (0–2) 22,769 85–71 Rogers Centre L1 −5 157 September 23 Athletics 3–1 Gonzalez (15–12) Weaver (18–8) Bailey (22) 39,217 85–72 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L2 −6 158 September 24 Athletics 4–2 Williams (4–0) Moscoso (8–10) Walden (32) 41,113 86–72 Angel Stadium of Anaheim W1 −6 159 September 25 Athletics 6–5 De Los Santos (3–2) Walden (5–4) Bailey (23) 40,794 86–73 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L1 −7 160 September 26* Rangers 4–3 Hamburger (1–0) Haren (16–10) Feliz (31) 39,716 86–74 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L2 −8 161 September 27 Rangers 10–3 Lewis (14–10) Chatwood (6–11) 39,529 86–75 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L3 −9 162 September 28 Rangers 3–1 Adams (5–4) Walden (5–5) Feliz (32) 39,612 86–76 Angel Stadium of Anaheim L4 −10 *The Angels were officially eliminated from the AL West race on September 23 and from playoff contention on September 26.

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

Season standings

American League West

AL West

Team	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

American League Wild Card

Division Winners

Team	W	L	Pct.
New York Yankees	97	65	.599
Texas Rangers	96	66	.593
Detroit Tigers	95	67	.586

Wild Card team
(Top team qualifies for postseason)

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
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

Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
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

Mark Trumbo in July 2011.

2011 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Roster
Pitchers 22 Trevor Bell 17 Jason Bulger 38 Bobby Cassevah 52 Tyler Chatwood 37 Scott Downs 24 Dan Haren 40 Kevin Jepsen 19 Scott Kazmir 58 Michael Kohn 32 Matt Palmer 35 Joel Piñeiro 49 Horacio Ramírez 43 Garrett Richards 56 Fernando Rodney 45 Francisco Rodríguez 54 Ervin Santana 21 Hisanori Takahashi 63 Rich Thompson 51 Jordan Walden 36 Jered Weaver 57 Jerome Williams		Catchers 16 Hank Conger  5 Jeff Mathis 46 Bobby Wilson Infielders 4,28 Alexi Amarista  2 Erick Aybar 39 Russell Branyan  6 Alberto Callaspo 13 Maicer Izturis 47 Howard Kendrick 19 Efren Navarro 73 Andrew Romine 44 Mark Trumbo  3 Gil Velazquez  3 Brandon Wood		Outfielders 53 Bobby Abreu 25 Peter Bourjos 48 Torii Hunter 55 Jeremy Moore 27 Mike Trout 10 Vernon Wells 77 Reggie Willits Other 33 Chris Pettit		Manager 14 Mike Scioscia Coaches 23 Mike Butcher (pitching) 12 Dino Ebel (third base) 60 Tom Gregorio (bullpen catcher)  4 Alfredo Griffin (first base)  7 Mickey Hatcher (hitting)  9 Rob Picciolo (bench) 61 Steve Soliz (bullpen)

Player statistics

Hitting statistics

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; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; SB = Stolen bases; CS = Caught Stealing; OBP = On base percentage; SLG = Slugging; AVG = Batting average
‡Traded/Released/DFA mid-season.

Player Pos G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG AVG Bobby Abreu DH 142 502 54 127 30 1 8 60 183 78 113 21 5 .353 .365 .253 Alexi Amarista 2B 23 52 2 8 3 1 0 5 13 2 8 0 0 .182 .250 .154 Erick Aybar SS 143 556 71 155 33 8 10 59 234 31 68 30 6 .322 .421 .279 Peter Bourjos OF 147 502 72 136 26 11 12 43 220 32 124 22 9 .327 .438 .271 Russell Branyan DH 37 65 7 12 2 0 4 12 26 11 21 2 0 .299 .400 .185 Alberto Callaspo 3B 141 475 54 137 23 0 6 46 178 58 48 8 1 .366 .375 .288 Hank Conger C 59 177 14 37 8 0 6 19 63 17 37 0 0 .282 .356 .209 Torii Hunter OF 156 580 80 152 24 2 23 82 249 62 125 5 7 .336 .429 .262 Maicer Izturis SS 122 449 51 124 35 0 5 38 174 33 65 9 6 .334 .388 .276 Howie Kendrick 2B 140 537 86 153 30 6 18 63 249 33 119 14 6 .338 .464 .285 Jeff Mathis C 93 247 18 43 12 0 3 22 64 15 75 1 2 .225 .259 .174 Jeremy Moore OF 8 8 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .125 .125 .125 Efren Navarro 1B 12 10 1 2 1 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 .273 .300 .200 Chris Pettit - 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Andrew Romine IF 10 16 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 1 0 .176 .125 .125 Mike Trout OF 40 123 20 27 6 0 5 16 48 9 30 4 0 .281 .390 .220 Mark Trumbo 1B 149 539 65 137 31 1 29 87 257 25 120 9 4 .291 .477 .254 Gil Velazquez IF 4 6 0 3 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .429 .500 .500 Vernon Wells OF 131 505 60 110 15 4 25 66 208 20 86 9 4 .248 .412 .218 Reggie Willits OF 22 22 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 4 7 0 0 .192 .091 .045 Bobby Wilson C 57 111 5 21 8 0 1 8 32 10 16 0 2 .252 .288 .189 Brandon Wood‡ SS 6 14 1 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 8 0 0 .143 .214 .143 Pitcher Totals 162 17 1 4 0 0 0 1 4 0 7 0 0 .235 .235 .235 Team Totals 162 5513 667 1394 289 34 155 629 2216 442 1086 135 52 .313 .402 .253

Pitching statistics 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 Player W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV SVO IP H R ER HR HBP BB SO Trevor Bell 1 1 3.41 19 0 0 0 0 1 34.1 39 14 13 2 1 10 17 Jason Bulger 0 1 0.96 5 0 0 0 0 0 9.1 6 4 1 2 0 10 7 Bobby Cassevah 1 1 2.72 30 0 0 0 0 1 39.2 28 12 12 1 1 19 24 Tyler Chatwood 6 11 4.75 27 25 0 0 0 0 142.0 166 81 75 14 6 71 74 Scott Downs 6 3 1.34 60 0 0 0 1 4 53.2 39 11 8 3 0 15 35 Dan Haren 16 10 3.17 35 34 4 3 0 0 238.1 211 91 84 20 5 33 192 Kevin Jepsen 1 2 7.62 16 0 0 0 0 1 13.0 21 11 11 2 1 9 6 Scott Kazmir 0 0 27.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.2 5 5 5 1 2 2 0 Michael Kohn 0 1 7.30 14 0 0 0 1 2 12.1 14 10 10 6 1 9 9 Matt Palmer 1 1 5.74 3 3 0 0 0 0 15.2 19 11 10 0 1 4 7 Joel Piñeiro 7 7 5.13 27 24 2 0 0 0 145.2 182 90 83 16 2 38 62 Horacio Ramírez 1 0 6.00 12 0 3 0 0 0 9.0 16 7 6 1 0 2 4 Garrett Richards 0 2 5.79 7 3 2 0 0 0 14.0 16 11 9 4 0 7 9 Fernando Rodney 3 5 4.50 39 0 0 0 3 7 32.0 26 18 16 1 3 28 26 Francisco Rodríguez 0 0 4.61 10 0 0 0 0 0 13.2 13 7 7 2 0 5 7 Ervin Santana 11 12 3.38 33 33 4 1 0 0 228.2 207 95 86 26 8 72 178 Hisanori Takahashi 4 3 3.44 61 0 0 0 2 5 68.0 58 30 26 7 0 25 52 Rich Thompson 1 3 3.00 44 0 0 0 0 1 54.0 46 18 18 5 0 20 56 Jordan Walden 5 5 2.98 62 0 0 0 32 42 60.1 49 22 20 3 1 26 67 Jered Weaver 18 8 2.41 33 33 4 2 0 0 235.2 182 65 63 20 3 56 198 Jerome Williams 4 0 3.68 10 6 0 0 0 0 44.0 45 20 18 6 1 15 28 Team Totals 86 76 3.57 162 162 12 6 39 64 1465.0 1388 633 581 142 36 476 1058

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

External links

• 2011 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Official Site
• 2011 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Baseball Reference