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2011 Boston Red Sox
DivisionEast Division
BallparkFenway Park
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record90–72 (.556)
OwnersJohn W. Henry (Fenway Sports Group)
ManagersTerry Francona[1]
TelevisionNESN
(Don Orsillo, Jerry Remy)
RadioBoston Red Sox Radio Network
(Joe Castiglione, Dave O'Brien, Jon Rish, Dale Arnold)
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The 2011 Boston Red Sox season was the 111th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. Before the season, the Red Sox were favored to win the American League East and reach the World Series, with some comparing the team to the 1927 New York Yankees.[3][4][5] With a record of 90 wins and 72 losses, the Red Sox finished third in their division, seven games behind the Yankees.

After leading the Tampa Bay Rays by nine games in the AL wild card race on September 3—when their odds of reaching the postseason peaked at 99.6%—the Red Sox lost 18 of their final 24 games.[6] On the last day of the season, September 28, a ninth inning Red Sox blown save loss against the Baltimore Orioles,[7] coupled with an extra inning come from behind victory by the Rays over the Yankees,[8] made the Rays the AL wild card winners, eliminating the Red Sox from postseason contention.

Offseason

November

11/04/10-Detroit Tigers traded Brent Dlugach to Boston Red Sox.

11/07/10-3B Adrián Beltré elected to free agency.

LF Bill Hall elected to free agency.

2B Felipe López elected to free agent.

C Víctor Martínez elected to free agency.

C Jason Varitek elected to free agency.

11/08/10-Activated RHP Junichi Tazawa from the 60-day disabled list.

Activated CF Mike Cameron from the 60-day disabled list.

Activated 1B Kevin Youkilis from the 60-day disabled list.

Activated LF Jacoby Ellsbury from the 60-day disabled list.

11/12/10-Traded LHP Dustin Richardson to the Florida Marlins for LHP Andrew Miller.

11/15/10-Claimed RHP Taylor Buchholz off waivers from Toronto Blue Jays.

11/19/10-Called up Luis Exposito from Portland Sea Dogs.

Called up Stolmy Pimentel from Salem Red Sox.

Called up Óscar Tejeda from Salem Red Sox.

11/24/10-Claimed Jordan Parraz off waivers from Kansas City Royals.

December

12/03/10-2B Nate Spears assigned to Boston Red Sox.

RHP Santo Luis assigned to Boston Red Sox.

LHP Hideki Okajima elected free agency.

RHP Taylor Buchholz elected free agency.

LHP Andrew Miller elected free agency.

Signed free agent RHP Jason Bergmann.

Signed free agent RHP Brandon Duckworth.

Signed free agent 2B Drew Sutton.

12/06/10-Portland Sea Dogs traded 1B Anthony Rizzo and RHP Casey Kelly to San Antonio Missions; San Diego Padres traded 1B Adrián González to Boston Red Sox and Greenville Drive traded CF Reymond Fuentes to Fort Wayne TinCaps.

12/10/10-Signed free agent C Jason Varitek.

12/11/10-Signed free agent LF Carl Crawford.

12/16/10-Traded CF Eric Patterson to San Diego Padres.

Signed free agent LHP Andrew Miller.

Signed free agent RHP Clevelan Santeliz.

Signed free agent LHP Randy Williams.

Signed free agent LHP Rich Hill.

Signed free agent LHP Lenny DiNardo.

Signed free agent LHP Matt Albers.

12/18/10-Signed free agent RHP Dan Wheeler.

12/21/10-Designated SS Brent Dlugach for assignment.

Signed free agent RHP Bobby Jenks.

12/23/10-Outrighted Brent Dlugach to Pawtucket Red Sox.

January

1/05/11-Designated Matt Fox for assignment.

Claimed Max Ramírez off waivers from Texas Rangers.

1/06/11-Signed free agent RHP Tony Peña, Jr..

1/10/11-Signed free agent LHP Hideki Okajima.

1/13/11-Released RHP Matt Fox.

2011 Spring training

Fans gathered at Fenway Park on February 8, 2011 in order to kick off the Red Sox preseason by celebrating Truck Day. The first full team workout of the preseason took place on February 19.[9] Playing other teams in the Grapefruit League the Red Sox finished with 14 wins and 19 losses.[10]

2011 Season

The Red Sox made a statement in the offseason, letting everyone know that after missing the playoffs last year, they are striving to win the World Series this year, but instead imploded in dramatic fashion in September and failed to make the playoffs. During the offseason the Red Sox traded for first baseman Adrián González,[11] and they followed that move up by signing star outfielder Carl Crawford.[12]

Opening Day

Opening Day starter Jon Lester

The Red Sox kicked off the year against the defending AL Pennant Winners, the Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas, on Friday, April 1.[13]

Lineup

2 Jacoby Ellsbury CF
15 Dustin Pedroia 2B
13 Carl Crawford LF
20 Kevin Youkilis 3B
28 Adrián González 1B
34 David Ortiz DH
23 Mike Cameron RF
39 Jarrod Saltalamacchia C
10 Marco Scutaro SS
31 Jon Lester P

Source: [14][15]

The Red Sox home opener was Friday, April 8, against the rival New York Yankees.[16]

Pitching Woes

On May 15, John Lackey and Daisuke Matsuzaka were placed on the disabled list. On June 10, Matsuzaka underwent season-ending Tommy John surgery. Clay Buchholz was afflicted with what would be diagnosed as a stress fracture in his back and was also put on the disabled list on June 17, where he would remain for the rest of the season. Other pitchers including Rich Hill and Bobby Jenks spent significant time on the disabled list. The Red Sox obtained Érik Bédard from the Seattle Mariners seconds before the trading deadline, after Kyle Weiland (who was highlighted by his ejection on his MLB debut) proved ineffective. Starting pitchers John Lackey and ace Jon Lester were ineffective down the stretch, as the Red Sox crashed down to a 7-20 finish, blowing a 9-game wild card lead that they held entering September. Josh Beckett missed a start early in the month after spraining his ankle in a previous start, and was ineffective in most of his September starts after that point.

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See also: 2011 Major League Baseball season § Game 162

The Red Sox became the first team in the history of Major League Baseball to have a nine-game lead in September and fail to make the playoffs that season, thanks to their 7-20 record in the final month of the regular season.[17] In the days following this historic collapse, the front office and manager Terry Francona decided to part ways, and not exercise either of the additional year options on Francona's contract.

After the regular season ended, General Manager Theo Epstein entered talks with the Chicago Cubs to interview for the National League club's vacant General Manager position. The Cubs offered Epstein the position of President of Baseball Operations, and he accepted. After five months of negotiations, the Red Sox and Cubs agreed to the compensation the Red Sox would receive for Epstein. The Cubs acquired minor-league first baseman Jair Bogaerts (twin brother of Xander Bogaerts) from the Red Sox, and the Red Sox received pitchers Chris Carpenter and Aaron Kurcz.

Soon after the season ended, stories broke in the local media about several of Boston's starting pitchers, including Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, and John Lackey, had been playing video games, eating fried chicken, and drinking beer in the clubhouse and dugout during games when they were not pitching. Jon Lester was the first to speak publicly about the allegations, and admitted to eating and drinking in the clubhouse during games, though infrequently, but denied that these actions ever took place in the dugout.[18]

2011 roster

2011 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Season standings

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 97 65 .599 — 52‍–‍29 45‍–‍36
Tampa Bay Rays 91 71 .562 6 47‍–‍34 44‍–‍37
Boston Red Sox 90 72 .556 7 45‍–‍36 45‍–‍36
Toronto Blue Jays 81 81 .500 16 42‍–‍39 39‍–‍42
Baltimore Orioles 69 93 .426 28 39‍–‍42 30‍–‍51


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
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Game log

Legend
Red Sox Win Red Sox Loss Game Postponed Eliminated from Playoff Contention
Boldface text denotes a Red Sox pitcher
2011 Game Log (90–72)

Players Stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strike Out; SB = Stolen bases; AVG = Batting average

## Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
3 Mike Avilés 71 44 6 13 2 0 0 1 1 7 2 .295
23 Mike Cameron 33 94 9 14 2 0 3 9 8 25 0 .149
13 Carl Crawford 100 390 49 98 18 5 8 40 17 77 17 .251
7 J.D. Drew 77 233 23 51 6 1 4 21 33 56 0 .219
2 Jacoby Ellsbury 123 505 89 158 31 3 22 79 41 78 33 .313
28 Adrián González 125 508 82 174 38 3 18 94 51 88 1 .343
28 José Iglesias 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
36 Conor Jackson 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000
60 Ryan Lavarnway 5 17 2 5 1 0 2 2 4 4 0 .294
12 Jed Lowrie 67 238 30 63 12 3 4 28 16 44 0 .265
54 Darnell McDonald 57 112 20 21 4 1 5 18 10 27 2 .188
56 Yamaico Navarro 16 37 6 8 2 0 1 3 3 9 0 .216
34 David Ortiz 113 404 64 121 30 1 24 79 58 59 1 .300
15 Dustin Pedroia 124 490 79 150 28 2 16 65 77 62 24 .306
16 Josh Reddick 59 174 31 51 10 3 6 25 15 38 1 .293
39 Jarrod Saltalamacchia 80 271 41 66 17 2 12 41 22 86 0 .244
10 Marco Scutaro 79 269 36 73 10 1 5 26 27 27 4 .271
44 Drew Sutton 31 54 11 17 7 0 0 7 3 13 0 .315
33 Jason Varitek 56 184 26 42 9 1 8 26 18 53 0 .228
20 Kevin Youkilis 110 395 64 105 30 2 17 78 63 89 3 .266

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV=Saves; SVO = Saves Opportunity; IP = Innings pitched; H =Hits; R= Runs; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR= Home Run allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

## Player W L ERA G GS SV SVO IP H R ER HR BB SO
91 Alfredo Aceves 8 1 3.06 39 4 2 4 82.1 66 32 28 6 29 53
32 Matt Albers 4 4 3.63 43 0 0 3 52.0 45 22 21 3 24 52
48 Scott Atchison 0 0 4.70 9 0 1 1 15.1 19 8 8 0 3 10
51 Daniel Bard 2 5 2.10 57 0 1 3 60.0 34 15 14 5 15 62
23 Érik Bédard 0 2 4.09 4 4 0 0 22.0 24 12 10 2 5 21
19 Josh Beckett 10 5 2.46 24 24 0 0 157.0 112 44 43 15 40 137
64 Mickael Bowden 0 0 1.29 6 0 0 0 7.0 8 1 1 0 3 2
11 Clay Buchholz 6 3 3.48 14 14 0 0 82.2 76 34 32 10 31 60
61 Félix Doubront 0 0 6.75 3 0 0 0 2.2 4 2 2 1 2 1
53 Rich Hill 0 0 0.00 9 0 0 0 8.0 3 0 0 0 3 12
68 Tommy Hottovy 0 0 6.75 8 0 0 0 4.0 4 3 3 0 3 2
52 Bobby Jenks 2 2 6.32 19 0 0 2 15.2 22 12 11 1 13 17
41 John Lackey 11 9 6.02 21 21 0 0 122.2 153 85 82 17 37 86
31 Jon Lester 13 6 3.16 24 24 0 0 154.0 128 56 54 16 57 146
18 Daisuke Matsuzaka 3 3 5.30 8 7 0 0 37.1 32 24 22 4 23 26
30 Andrew Miller 5 1 4.99 11 9 0 0 48.2 58 30 27 5 30 33
46 Franklin Morales 0 1 3.74 24 0 0 0 21.2 20 11 9 2 7 22
37 Hideki Okajima 1 0 4.32 7 0 0 0 8.1 7 4 4 0 5 6
58 Jonathan Papelbon 4 0 2.96 52 0 29 30 51.2 41 18 17 3 8 67
59 Dennys Reyes 0 0 16.20 4 0 0 0 1.2 2 3 3 0 2 1
49 Tim Wakefield 6 5 4.97 27 18 0 0 126.2 132 81 70 19 34 69
70 Kyle Weiland 0 1 8.10 2 2 0 0 10.0 14 9 9 1 5 4
35 Dan Wheeler 2 1 3.86 40 0 0 0 42.0 38 18 18 5 8 34
43 Randy Williams 0 1 6.48 7 0 0 0 8.1 10 6 6 0 5 6

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Pawtucket Red Sox International League Arnie Beyeler
AA Portland Sea Dogs Eastern League Kevin Boles
A-Advanced Salem Red Sox Carolina League Bruce Crabbe
A Greenville Drive South Atlantic League Billy McMillon
A-Short Season Lowell Spinners New York–Penn League Carlos Febles
Rookie GCL Red Sox Gulf Coast League George Lombard
Rookie DSL Red Sox Dominican Summer League José Zapata

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References

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  10. ^ Final Spring Training standings CBS Sports
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  16. ^ "Boston Red Sox 9, New York Yankees 6". Retrosheet. April 8, 2011.
  17. ^ 2011 Boston Red Sox Schedule, Box Scores and Splits Baseball-Reference.com
  18. ^ Jon Lester confirms Red Sox pitchers drank in clubhouse during games | redsox.com: News
  19. ^ Boston Red Sox 2011 Media Guide
  20. ^ milb.com
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