2011 Oakland Athletics season

March 2026 November 2013 Oakland Athletics 2011 Oakland A's logo.svg American League West Overstock.com Coliseum Oakland, California, United States 74–88 (.457) 3rd Lewis Wolff Billy Beane Bob Geren (through 6/9), Bob Melvin (Interim) Comcast SportsNet California(Glen Kuiper, Ray Fosse) KGMZ(Ken Korach, Vince Cotroneo, Ray Fosse) The Oakland Athletics' 2011 season was the 44th for the franchise in the Bay Area, as well as the 111th in club history. The team was competing for the American League West title after a 4-year absence from playoff contention, with a payroll just above $77 million. Off-season/spring training Coaching changes CoachFormerSinceNewFormer PositionBenchTye Waller2009Joel SkinnerManaged AA-Akron Aeros (CLE)BullpenRon Romanick2008Rick RodriguezPitching coach for SacramentoHittingJim Skaalen2009Gerald PerryHitting coach for AAA-Pawtucket Red Sox (BOS)PitchingCurt Young2004Ron Romanick3 seasons as Athletics' bullpen coach1st BaseTodd Steverson2009Tye Waller2 seasons as Athletics' bench coach Young declined a 2-year contract offer and became Boston's pitching coach. Steverson becomes hitting coach for Sacramento. Transactions April 27, C Kurt Suzuki moved to paternity list and recalled C Josh Donaldson. April 25, Activated P Michael Wuertz and optioned P Bobby Cramer. April 18, Traded P Daniel Farquhar to Toronto for P David Purcey. Transferred P Rich Harden to 60-Day DL. April 6, Recalled P Tyson Ross from Sacramento. March 30, Placed IF Adam Rosales on 60-Day DL. Purchased contract and recalled IF Andy LaRoche. January 24, Traded P Clayton Mortensen to Colorado for minor league P Ethan Hollingsworth. Signed free agent IF Andy LaRoche to a minor league deal with an invite to big league camp. January 19, Signed free agent P Brian Fuentes to a two-year, $10.5M deal and third-year club option. DFA'd IF Steven Tolleson. January 18, Signed free agent P Grant Balfour to a two-year, $8.1M deal and third-year club option. DFA'd P Clayton Mortensen. Avoid arbitration with P Dallas Braden (1yr/$3.35M), OF Conor Jackson (1yr/$3.2M), 3B Kevin Kouzmanoff (1yr/$4.75M), OF Josh Willingham (1yr/$6M). January 8, Acquired P Guillermo Moscoso from Texas for minor league P Ryan Kelly (acquired from Pittsburgh for minor league UT Corey Wimberly in December). DFA'd P Philip Humber, claimed by Chicago. December 21, Signed free agent P Rich Harden to a one-year, $1.5M deal. December 17, Claimed P Philip Humber off waivers from Kansas City. December 16, Traded P Henry Rodríguez and OF Corey Brown to Washington for OF Josh Willingham. December 14, Signed free agent DH Hideki Matsui to a one-year, $4.25M deal. December 13, Signed free agent P Brandon McCarthy to a one-year, $1M deal. Avoided arbitration with P Joey Devine (1yr/$850k) December 3, Avoided arbitration with OF Ryan Sweeney (1yr/$1.4M) December 2, Non-tendered OF Travis Buck (Cleveland), DH Jack Cust (Seattle) and IF Edwin Encarnación (Toronto). November 19, Added OF Corey Brown, IF Adrian Cardenas, IF Sean Doolittle, P Trystan Magnuson, and OF Michael Taylor to 40-man roster. November 17, Traded OF Rajai Davis to Toronto for minor league P Trystan Magnuson and P Daniel Farquhar. November 12, Claimed IF Edwin Encarnación off waivers from Toronto. November 10, Traded P Vin Mazzaro and minor league P Justin Marks to Kansas City for OF David DeJesus. November 8, Won bid for NPB pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma, but were not able to finalize a deal. November 3, Picked up club options on OF Coco Crisp ($5.75M) and IF Mark Ellis ($6M). Declined $12.5M option on IF Eric Chavez (New York), making him a free agent for 1st time in his career. November 2, Outrighted P Boof Bonser and OF Matt Carson to AAA. Resigned Carson to a minor-league contract. Bonser (New York) elected to become a free agent. P Justin James claimed off waivers by Milwaukee. P Justin Duchscherer and P Ben Sheets become free agents. October 30, Outrighted OF Gabe Gross, UT Jeff Larish, P Jon Meloan, and P Justin Souza to AAA. Gross (Seattle) and Larish (Philadelphia) elected to become free agents. October 7, Outrighted OF Jeremy Hermida, P Brad Kilby and P Ross Wolf to AAA. Hermida (Cincinnati) and Wolf (Houston) elected to become free agents. October 5, Released Cedrick Bowers. October 4, Released IF Akinori Iwamura (Tohoku Rakuten). Changes in apparel The A's were known for sporting white jerseys at home and greys for away games. On top of that, the A's wore a black and a green alternate jersey. During the 2011 season, they added a new style. The A's started wearing a gold alternate home jersey to their apparel. Manager Billy Beane referred to the look as "the Canary yellow" jerseys. A's relief pitcher Jerry Blevins said, "It might be hard not to notice us now".Sanchez jesse A's unveil new gold alternate home jerseys http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/news/print.jsp?ymd=20110127&content_id=16521908&c_id=oak https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054551/http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/news/print.jsp?ymd=20110127&content_id=16521908&c_id=oak dead March 4, 2016 March 21, 2011 Season standings American League West Oakland Athletics American League Wild Card Oakland Athletics Roster 2011 Oakland Athletics Roster Pitchers 49 Brett Anderson 40 Andrew Bailey 50 Grant Balfour 61 Bruce Billings 13 Jerry Blevins 51 Dallas Braden 56 Craig Breslow 53 Trevor Cahill 67 Andrew Carignan 26 Bobby Cramer 60 Fautino de los Santos 33 Joey Devine 57 Brian Fuentes 65 Graham Godfrey 47 Gio González 18 Rich Harden 64 Trystan Magnuson 32 Brandon McCarthy 52 Guillermo Moscoso 59 Jordan Norberto 88 Josh Outman 29 David Purcey 66 Tyson Ross 62 Neil Wagner 48 Michael Wuertz 31 Brad Ziegler Catchers 11 Landon Powell 26 Anthony Recker  8 Kurt Suzuki Infielders 31 Brandon Allen 10 Daric Barton 22 Chris Carter 14 Mark Ellis 28 Conor Jackson  5 Kevin Kouzmanoff 21 Andy LaRoche  2 Cliff Pennington  7 Adam Rosales 29 Scott Sizemore 36 Eric Sogard 19 Jemile Weeks Outfielders  4 Coco Crisp 12 David DeJesus 55 Hideki Matsui 58 Jai Miller 15 Ryan Sweeney 23 Michael Taylor 16 Josh Willingham Manager 17 Bob Geren  6 Bob Melvin Coaches  3 Mike Gallego (third base) 39 Gerald Perry (hitting) 41 Rick Rodriguez (bullpen) 37 Ron Romanick (pitching) 38 Joel Skinner (bench) 46 Tye Waller (first base) Game log Legend Athletics win Athletics loss PostponementBoldAthletics team member #003831 #FFD800 2011 y #FFD800 #003831 April (13–14) |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 1 || April 1 || Mariners || 2–6 || Hernández (1–0) || Breslow (0–1) || || 36,067 || 0–1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 2 || April 2 || Mariners || 2–5 || Ray (1–0) || Fuentes (0–1) || League (1) || 15,088 || 0–2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 3 || April 3 || Mariners || 7–1 || Gonzalez (1–0) || Fister (0–1) || || 22,292 || 1–2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 4 || April 5 || @ Blue Jays || 6–7 (10) || Frasor (1–0) || Balfour (0–1) || || 11,077 || 1–3 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 5 || April 6 || @ Blue Jays || 3–5 || Litsch (1–0) || Braden (0–1) || Rauch (1) || 11,684 || 1–4 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 6 || April 7 || @ Blue Jays || 2–1 || Cahill (1–0) || Frasor (1–1) || Fuentes (1) || 19,528 || 2–4 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 7 || April 8 || @ Twins || 1–2 || Pavano (1–1) || Anderson (0–1) || Nathan (3) || 40,714 || 2–5 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 8 || April 9 || @ Twins || 1–0 || Gonzalez (2–0) || Blackburn (1–1) || Fuentes (2) || 39,936 || 3–5 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 9 || April 10 || @ Twins || 5–3 || McCarthy (1–0) || Baker (0–2) || Fuentes (3) || 38,484 || 4–5 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 10 || April 11 || @ White Sox || 2–1 (10) || Ross (1–0) || Crain (0–1) || Fuentes (4) || 20,057 || 5–5 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 11 || April 12 || @ White Sox || 5–6 (10) || Sale (2–0) || Cramer (0–1) || || 18,020 || 5–6 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 12 || April 13 || @ White Sox || 7–4 (10) || Balfour (1–1) || Thornton (0–2) || Fuentes (5) || 16,523 || 6–6 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 13 || April 14 || Tigers || 0–3 || Coke (1–2) || Ross (1–1) || Valverde (3) || 11,129 || 6–7 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 14 || April 15 || Tigers || 4–8 (10) || Villarreal (1–0) || Fuentes 0–2 || || 21,853 || 6–8 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 15 || April 16 || Tigers || 6–2 || Braden (1–1) || Verlander (1–2) || || 16,265 || 7–8 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 16 || April 17 || Tigers || 5–1 || Cahill (2–0) || Penny (0–2) || || 16,460 || 8–8 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 17 || April 19 || Red Sox || 5–0 || Anderson (1–1) || Lackey (1–2) || || 25,230 || 9–8 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 18 || April 20 || Red Sox || 3–5 || Buchholz (1–2) || Gonzalez (2–1) || Papelbon (3) || 29,045 || 9–9 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 19 || April 21 || @ Mariners || 0–1 || Hernández (2–2) || McCarthy (1–1) || League (4) || 12,770 || 9–10 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 20 || April 22 || @ Mariners || 0–4 || Pineda (3–1) || Ross (1–2) || League (5) || 17,798 || 9–11 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 21 || April 23 || @ Mariners || 9–1 || Cahill (3–0) || Vargas (0–2) || || 25,355 || 10–11 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 22 || April 24 || @ Mariners || 5–2 || Anderson (2–1) || Laffey (0–1) || Fuentes (6) || 16,530 || 11–11 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 23 || April 25 || @ Angels || 0–5 || Weaver (6–0) || Gonzalez (2–2) || || 37,115 || 11–12 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 24 || April 26 || @ Angels || 3–8 || Chatwood (2–1) || McCarthy (1–2) || || 37,228 || 11–13 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 25 || April 27 || @ Angels || 2–1 (10) || Fuentes (1–2) || Walden (0–1) || Ziegler (1) || 37,247 || 12–13 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 26 || April 29 || Rangers || 3–1 || Cahill (4–0) || Wilson (3–1) || Fuentes (7) || 17,226 || 13–13 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 27 || April 30 || Rangers || 2–11 || Lewis (2–3) || Anderson (2–2) || || 27,285 || 13–14 |- y #FFD800 #003831 May (14–15) |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 28 || May 1 || Rangers || 7–2 || Gonzalez (3–2) || Harrison (3–3) || || 15,178 || 14–14 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 29 || May 2 || Rangers || 5–4 (10) || Balfour (2–1) || Oliver (1–3) || || 9,193 || 15–14 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 30 || May 3 || Indians || 1–4 || Carmona (3–3) || Fuentes (1–3) || C. Perez (8) || 10,135 || 15–15 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 31 || May 4 || Indians || 3–1 || Cahill (5–0) || Tomlin (4–1) || Balfour (1) || 13,872 || 16–15 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 32 || May 5 || Indians || 3–4 (12) || Durbin (2–1) || Breslow (0–2) || C. Perez (9) || 14,353 || 16–16 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 33 || May 6|| @ Royals || 3–2 || Gonzalez (4–2) || O'Sullivan (1–2) || Fuentes (8) || 30,690 || 17–16 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 34 || May 7|| @ Royals || 3–4 || Soria (2–0) || McCarthy (1–3) || || 25,828 || 17–17 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 35 || May 8|| @ Royals || 5–2 || Ross (2–2) || Francis (0–4) || Fuentes (9) || 22,435 || 18–17 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 36 || May 9 || @ Rangers || 7–2 || Cahill (6–0) || Wilson (4–2) || || 24,375 || 19–17 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 37 || May 10 || @ Rangers || 2–7 || Lewis (3–4) || Anderson (2–3) || || 31,655 || 19–18 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bbb;" | || May 11 || @ Rangers || colspan=6| Postponed (rain); Makeup: July 7 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 38 || May 13 || White Sox || 3–4 || Humber (3–3) || McCarthy (1–4) || Santos (4) || 12,690 || 19–19 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 39 || May 14 || White Sox || 6–2 || Ross (3–2) || Floyd (4–3) || || 17,291 || 20–19 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 40 || May 15 || White Sox || 3–4 || Buehrle (3–3) || Cahill (6–1) || Santos (5) || 19,018 || 20–20 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 41 || May 16 || Angels || 5–4 (10) || Balfour (3–1) || Rodney (2–2) || || 11,061 || 21–20 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 42 || May 17 || Angels || 14–0 || Gonzalez (5–2) || Chatwood (2–2) || || 12,190 || 22–20 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 43 || May 18 || Twins || 3–4 (10) || Nathan (1–1) || Fuentes (1–4) || Capps (7) || 15,355 || 22–21 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 44 || May 19 || Twins || 1–11 || Blackburn (3–4) || Ross (3–3) || || 22,320 || 22–22 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 45 || May 20 || @ Giants || 1–2 (10) || López (2–0) || Fuentes (1–5) || || 42,224 || 22–23 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 46 || May 21 || @ Giants || 0–3 || Lincecum (4–4) || Anderson (2–4) || || 42,152 || 22–24 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 47 || May 22 || @ Giants || 4–5 (11) || Romo (2–0) || Fuentes (1–6) || || 42,288 || 22–25 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 48 || May 23 || @ Angels || 1–4 || Downs (2–1) || Fuentes (1–7) || Walden (9) || 36,215 || 22–26 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 49 || May 24 || @ Angels || 6–1 || Moscoso (1–0) || Haren (4–3) || || 39,117 || 23–26 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 50 || May 25 || @ Angels || 1–4 || Santana (3–4) || Cahill (6–2) || Walden (10) || 40,253 || 23–27 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 51 || May 26 || @ Angels || 4–3 || Anderson (3–4) || Piñeiro (2–1) || || 33,412 || 24–27 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 52 || May 27 || Orioles || 6–2 || Ziegler (1–0) || Simón (1–1) || || 12,110 || 25–27 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 53 || May 28 || Orioles || 4–2 || Outman (1–0) || Bergesen (1–6) || Fuentes (10) || 23,795 || 26–27 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 54 || May 29 || Orioles || 6–4 || Moscoso (2–0) || Britton (5–3) || Fuentes (11) || 15,373 || 27–27 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 55 || May 30 || Yankees || 0–5 || Colón (3–3) || Cahill (6–3) || || 35,067 ||27–28 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 56 || May 31 || Yankees || 3–10 || García (3–4) || Anderson (3–5) || || 22,581 || 27–29 |- y #FFD800 #003831 June (9–17) |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 57 || June 1 || Yankees || 2–4 || Burnett (6–3)|| Gonzalez (5–3) || Rivera (14) || 25,469 || 27–30 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 58 || June 3 || @ Red Sox || 6–8 || Jenks (2–2) || Devine (0–1) || || 37,808 || 27–31 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 59 || June 4 || @ Red Sox || 8–9 (14) || Aceves (3–1) || Moscoso (2–1) || || 37,485 || 27–32 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 60 || June 5 || @ Red Sox || 3–6 || Lackey (3–5) || Anderson (3–6) || Bard (1) || 37,796 || 27–33 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 61 || June 6 || @ Orioles || 2–4 || Matusz (1–0) || Gonzalez (5–4) || Gregg (11) || 10,556 || 27–34 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 62 || June 7 || @ Orioles || 0–4 || Jakubauskas (1–0) || Moscoso (2–2) || || 13,652 || 27–35 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 63 || June 8 || @ Orioles || 2–3 || Britton (6–4) || Outman (1–1) || Gregg (12) || 11,760 || 27–36 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 64 || June 9 || @ White Sox || 4–9 || Buehrle (6–4) || Cahill (6–4) || || 22,170 || 27–37 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 65 || June 10 || @ White Sox || 7–5 || Balfour (4–1) || Santos (2–3) || Bailey (1) || 20,166 || 28–37 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 66 || June 11 || @ White Sox || 2–3 || Danks (2–8) || Gonzalez (5–5) || Crain (1) || 24,391 || 28–38 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 67 || June 12 || @ White Sox || 4–5 || Humber (6–3) || Moscoso (2–3) || Santos (12) || 22,144 || 28–39 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 68 || June 14|| Royals || 4–7 || Duffy (1–2) || Cahill (6–5) || Soria (10) || 11,439 || 28–40 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 69 || June 15|| Royals || 2–1 || Outman (2–1) || Hochevar (4–7) || Bailey (2) || 16,392 || 29–40 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 70 || June 16|| Royals || 8–4 || Gonzalez (6–5) || Francis (3–7) || || 11,775 || 30–40 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 71 || June 17 || Giants || 5–2 || Godfrey (1–0) || Lincecum (5–6) || Bailey (3) || 36,067 || 31–40 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 72 || June 18 || Giants || 4–2 || Ziegler (2–0) || Sánchez (4–5) || Bailey (4) || 36,067 || 32–40 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 73 || June 19 || Giants || 2–1 || Cahill (7–5) || Affeldt (1–1) || Fuentes (12) || 36,067 || 33–40 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 74 || June 21 || @ Mets || 7–3 || Outman (3–1) || Gee (7–1) ||Balfour (2) || 37,019 || 34–40 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 75 || June 22 || @ Mets || 2–3 (13) || Parnell (2–1) || Ziegler (2–1) || || 38,813 || 34–41 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 76 || June 23 || @ Mets || 1–4 || Capuano (6–7) || Godfrey (1–1) || Rodríguez (20) || 30,168 || 34–42 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 77 || June 24 || @ Phillies || 0–1 || Stutes (3–0) || Fuentes (1–8) || || 45,685 || 34–43 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 78 || June 25 || @ Phillies || 4–1 || Cahill (8–5) || Hamels (9–4) || Bailey (5) || 45,785 || 35–43 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 79 || June 26 || @ Phillies|| 1–3 || Halladay (10–3) || Outman (3–2) || || 45,863 || 35–44 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 80 || June 28 || Marlins || 1–0 || Gonzalez (7–5) || Vázquez (4–8) || Bailey (6) || 12,124 || 36–44 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 81 || June 29 || Marlins || 0–3 || Nolasco (5–4) || Moscoso (2–4)|| || 17,006 || 36–45 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 82 || June 30 || Marlins || 4–5 || Volstad (4–7) || Cahill (8–6) || Núñez (22) || 18,395 || 36–46 |- y #FFD800 #003831 July (13–13) |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 83 || July 1 || Diamondbacks || 5–4 || Harden (1–0) || Collmenter (4–5) || Bailey (7) || 12,216 || 37–46 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 84 || July 2 || Diamondbacks || 2–4 || Saunders (5–7) || Outman (3–9) || Hernandez (3) || 30,338 || 37–47 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 85 || July 3 || Diamondbacks || 7–2 || Gonzalez (8–5) || Kennedy (8–3) || || 13,822 || 38–47 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 86 || July 4 || Mariners || 1–2 || Pineda (8–5) || McCarthy (1–5) || League (23) || 15,566 || 38–48 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 87 || July 5 || Mariners || 2–4 (10) || League (1–4) || Bailey (0–1) || Wright (1) || 11,153 || 38–49 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 88 || July 6 || Mariners || 2–0 || Moscoso (3–4) || Vargas (6–6) || Bailey (8) || 19,491 || 39–49 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 89 || July 7 || @ Rangers || 0–6 || Holland (7–4) || Harden (1–1) || || 35,041 || 39–50 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 90 || July 8 || @ Rangers || 5–8 || Wilson (9–3) || Gonzalez (8–6) || || 37,858 || 39–51 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 91 || July 9 || @ Rangers || 6–7 || Oliver (2–5) || Bailey (0–2) || || 34,066 || 39–52 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 92 || July 10 || @ Rangers || 0–2 || Harrison (7–7) || Cahill (8–7) || Feliz (18) || 33,834 || 39–53 |- style="text-align:center;" | colspan="9" style="background:#bfd6d6;"|All-Star Break |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 93 || July 15 || Angels || 5–3 || McCarthy (2–5) || Haren (10–6) || Bailey (9) || 18,470 || 40–53 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 94 || July 16 || Angels || 2–4 || Weaver (12–4) || Cahill (8–8) || Walden (21) || || 40–54 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 95 || July 16 || Angels || 4–3 (10) || Ziegler (3–1) || Thompson (1–3) || || 27,379 || 41–54 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 96 || July 17 || Angels || 9–1 || Gonzalez (9–6) || Piñeiro (5–4) || || 26,115 || 42–54 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 97 || July 19 || @ Tigers || 3–8 || Porcello (9–6) || Moscoso (3–5) || || 31,980 || 42–55 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 98 || July 20 || @ Tigers || 7–5 || Devine (1–1) || Purcey (1–2) || Bailey (10) || 31,975 || 43–55 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 99 || July 22 || @ Yankees || 7–17 || Noesí (2–0) || Cahill (8–9) || || 46,921 || 43–56 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 100 || July 23 || @ Yankees || 4–3 || Harden (2–1) || Burnett (8–8) || Bailey (11) || 46,188 || 44–56 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 101 || July 24 || @ Yankees || 5–7 || Colón (7–6) || Gonzalez (9–7)|| Rivera (25) || 45,586|| 44–57 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 102 || July 25 || Rays || 7–5 || Fuentes (2–8) || Howell (2–2) || Bailey (12) || 11,053 || 45–57 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 103 || July 26 || Rays || 6–1 || McCarthy (3–5) || Price (9–9) || || 12,166 || 46–57 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 104 || July 27 || Rays || 13–4 || Cahill (9–9) || Shields (9–9) || || 18,640 || 47–57 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 105 || July 28 || Rays || 8–10 || Davis (8–7) || Ziegler (3–2) || Farnsworth (20) || 16,466 || 47–58 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 106 || July 29 || Twins || 5–9 || Liriano (7–8) || Gonzalez (9–8) || || 25,656 || 47–59 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 107 || July 30 || Twins || 8–3 || Moscoso (4–5) || Blackburn (7–8) || || 19,605 || 48–59 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 108 || July 31 || Twins || 7–3 || McCarthy (4–5) || Pavano (6–8) || || 22,452 || 49–59 |- y #FFD800 #003831 August (11–17) |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 109 || August 1 || @ Mariners || 4–8 || Beavan (2–2) || Cahill (9–10) || || 23,335 || 49–60 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 110 || August 2 || @ Mariners || 2–4 || Hernández (10–9) || Harden (2–2) || League (25) || 22,576 || 49–61 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 111 || August 3 || @ Mariners || 4–7 || Furbush (2–3) || Gonzalez (9–9) || League (26) || 29,691 || 49–62 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 112 || August 5 || @ Rays || 4–8 || Niemann (6–4) || Moscoso (4–6) || || 15,168 || 49–63 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 113 || August 6 || @ Rays || 8–0 || McCarthy (5–5) || Cobb (3–2) || || 24,939 || 50–63 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 114 || August 7 || @ Rays || 5–4 (10) || De Los Santos (1–0) || McGee (0–1) || Bailey (13) || 21,425 || 51–63 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 115 || August 9 || @ Blue Jays || 4–1 || Harden (3–2) || Cecil (4–5) || Bailey (14) || 20,521 || 52–63 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 116 || August 10 || @ Blue Jays || 4–8 || Janssen (4–0) || Gonzalez (9–10) || Litsch (1) || 19,541 || 52–64 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 117 || August 11 || @ Blue Jays || 10–3 || Moscoso (5–6) || Mills (1–2) || || 27,918 || 53–64 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 118 || August 12 || Rangers || 1–9 || Wilson (11–5) || McCarthy (5–6) || || 20,288 || 53–65 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 119 || August 13 || Rangers || 1–7 || Lewis (11–8) || Cahill (9–11) || || 25,160 || 53–66 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 120 || August 14 || Rangers || 6–7 || Adams (1–0) || Bailey (0–3) || Feliz (23) || 15,107 || 53–67 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 121 || August 15 || Orioles || 2–6 || Hunter (2–2) || Gonzalez (9–11) || || 10,122 || 53–68 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 122 || August 16 || Orioles || 8–4 || Moscoso (6–6) || Matusz (1–5) || ||12,325 || 54–68 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 123 || August 17 || Orioles || 6–5 || McCarthy (6–6) || Simón (3–6) || Bailey (15) || 20,448 || 55–68 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 124 || August 18 || Blue Jays || 0–7 || Romero (12–9) || Cahill (9–12) || || 12,220 || 55–69 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 125 || August 19 || Blue Jays || 2–0 || Harden (4–2) || Cecil (4–6) || Bailey (16) || 13,174 || 56–69 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 126 || August 20 || Blue Jays || 5–1 || Gonzalez (10–11) || Álvarez (0–1) || || 28,434 || 57–69 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 127 || August 21 || Blue Jays || 0–1 || Pérez (3–2) || Moscoso (6–7) || Janssen (2) || 16,811 || 57–70 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 128 || August 23 || @ Yankees || 6–5 || McCarthy (7–6) || Colón (8–8) || Bailey (17) || 47,343 || 58–70 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 129 || August 24 || @ Yankees || 6–4 (10)|| De Los Santos (2–0) || Soriano (2–2) || Bailey (18) || 47,271 || 59–70 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 130 || August 25 || @ Yankees || 9–22 || Logan (4–2) || De Los Santos (2–1) || || 46,369 || 59–71 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 131 || August 26 || @ Red Sox || 15–5 || Gonzalez (11–11) || Wakefield (6–6) || || 38,239 || 60–71 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 132 || August 27 || @ Red Sox || 3–9 || Lester (14–6) || Moscoso (6–8) || || 37,314 || 60–72 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 133 || August 27 || @ Red Sox || 0–4 || Aceves (9–1) || Godfrey (1–2) || || 37,039 || 60–73 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 134 || August 29 || @ Indians || 1–2 || Huff (2–2) || McCarthy (7–7) || C. Perez (30) || 18,201 || 60–74 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 135 || August 30 || @ Indians || 2–6 || Gómez (1–2) || Cahill (9–13) || || 20,372 || 60–75 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 136 || August 31 || @ Indians || 3–4 (16) || Herrmann (4–0) || Outman (3–4) || || 15,202 || 60–76 |- y #FFD800 #003831 September (14–12) |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 137 || September 1 || @ Indians || 7–0 || Gonzalez (12–11) || Carmona (6–13) || || 14,192 || 61–76 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 138 || September 2 || Mariners || 9–2 || Moscoso (7–8) || Vargas (7–13) || || 14,972 || 62–76 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 139 || September 3 || Mariners || 3–0 || McCarthy (7–8) || Pineda (9–9) || || 19,732 || 63–76 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 140 || September 4 || Mariners || 8–5 || Cahill (10–13) || Beavan (3–5) || Bailey (19) || 19,384 || 64–76 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 141 || September 5|| Royals || 6–11 || Holland (4–1) || Bailey (0–4) || || 14,577 || 64–77 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 142 || September 6|| Royals || 4–7 || Duffy (4–8) || Gonzalez (12–12) || Soria (26) || 12,064 || 64–78 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 143 || September 7|| Royals || 7–0 || Moscoso (8–8) || Chen (10–7) || || 13,132 || 65–78 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 144 || September 9 || @ Rangers || 4–13 || Lewis (12–10) || McCarthy (8–8) || || 36,706 || 65–79 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 145 || September 10 || @ Rangers || 8–7 || Cahill (11–13) || Ogando (12–8) || Andrew Bailey (20) || 46,151 || 66–79 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 146 || September 11 || @ Rangers || 1–8 || Wilson (16–6) || Outman (3–5) || || 46,727 || 66–80 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 147 || September 12 || Angels || 6–3 || Gonzalez (13–12) || Piñeiro (6–7) || || 12,858 || 67–80 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 148 || September 13 || Angels || 3–6 || Takahashi (4–3) || De Los Santos (2–2) || Walden (30) || 13,212 || 67–81 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 149 || September 14 || Angels || 1–4 || Weaver (17–7) || Harden (4–3) || Walden (31)|| 14,743 || 67–82 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 150 || September 15 || Tigers || 6–1 || McCarthy (9–8) || Scherzer (14–9) || || 10,925 || 68–82 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 151 || September 16 || Tigers || 1–3 || Fister (9–13) || Cahill (11–14) || Valverde (45) || 31,022 || 68–83 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 152 || September 17 || Tigers || 5–3 || Gonzalez (14–12) || Porcello (14–9) || || 19,451 || 69–83 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 153 || September 18 || Tigers || 0–3 || Verlander (24–5) || Moscoso (8–9) || Valverde (46) || 18,405 || 69–84 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 154 || September 20 || Rangers || 2–7 || Holland (15–5) || Harden (4–4) || || 13,635 || 69–85 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 155 || September 21 || Rangers || 2–3 || Uehara (2–3) || Balfour (4–2) || Feliz (29) || 19,589 || 69–86 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 156 || September 22 || Rangers || 4–3 || Balfour (5–2) || Adams (4–4) || Bailey (21) || 14,090 || 70–86 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 157 || September 23 || @ Angels || 3–1 || Gonzalez (15–12) || Weaver (18–8) || Bailey (22) || 39,217 || 71–86 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 158 || September 24 || @ Angels || 2–4 || Williams (4–0) || Moscoso (8–10) || Walden (32) || 41,113 || 71–87 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 159 || September 25 || @ Angels || 6–5 || De Los Santos (3–2) || Walden (5–4) || Bailey (23) || 40,794 || 72–87 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 160 || September 26 || @ Mariners || 2–4 || Vargas (10–13) || McCarthy (9–9) || League (36) || 17,057 || 72–88 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 161 || September 27 || @ Mariners || 7–0 || Cahill (12–14) || Beavan (5–6) || || 18,600 || 73–88 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 162 || September 28 || @ Mariners || 2–0 || Gonzalez (16–12) || Vasquez (1–6) || Bailey (24) || 20,173 || 74–88 |- Player stats Batting Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBISBBBAVGSLGCoco Crisp136531691402758544941.264.379Hideki Matsui141517581302801272156.251.375Cliff Pennington148515571362628581442.264.369Josh Willingham136488691202602998456.246.477Kurt Suzuki134460541092601444238.237.385David DeJesus131442601062051046445.240.376Jemile Weeks97406501232682362221.303.421Conor Jackson1023333083171438330.249.342Scott Sizemore9330542762111152443.249.433Ryan Sweeney1082643470113125133.265.341Daric Barton672362750130021239.212.267Mark Ellis62217214711111678.217.290Brandon Allen41146183092311211.205.356Kevin Kouzmanoff4613613306041728.221.353Landon Powell3611110193014011.171.225Andy LaRoche40931023610508.247.333Eric Sogard2770714302404.200.329Adam Rosales246156002804.098.197Chris Carter154426000002.136.136Michael Taylor113046001105.200.300Anthony Recker51733100004.176.235Jai Miller71223001200.250.500Pitcher totals1621800000000.000.000Team totals1625452645133028029114612117509.244.369 Source: Pitching Note: 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; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPHRERBBSOTrevor Cahill12144.1634340207.22141029682147Gio Gonzalez16123.1232320202.0175817091197Brandon McCarthy993.3225250170.2168736325123Guillermo Moscoso8103.3823210128.0102594838174Brett Anderson364.001313083.18640372561Rich Harden445.121515082.28748473191Grant Balfour522.47620262.04417172059Craig Breslow023.79670059.16929252144Brian Fuentes283.706701258.15230242042Josh Outman353.70139058.16227242335Andrew Bailey043.244202441.23418151241Brad Ziegler322.39430137.23814101329Tyson Ross332.7596036.03312111324Michael Wuertz006.68390033.23725252632Fautino De Los Santos324.32340033.12719161743Jerry Blevins002.86260028.1241491426Graham Godfrey123.9654025.0321411513Joey Devine113.52260023.018991120Dallas Braden113.0033018.01876515Trystan Magnuson006.1490014.2151110511David Purcey002.1390012.293337Bobby Cramer011.085008.161116Jordan Norberto008.106006.286674Andrew Carignan004.266006.184325Bruce Billings0012.603005.089767Neil Wagner007.206005.067434Team totals74883.71162162391447.213806795975191160 Source: Farm system Minor league standings Level Team League Manager W L Position AAA Sacramento River Cats Pacific Coast LeagueDarren Bush AA Midland RockHounds Texas LeagueSteve Scarsone High-A Stockton Ports California LeagueWebster GarrisonLow-A Burlington Bees Midwest LeagueAaron Nieckula SS-A Vermont Lake Monsters New York–Penn LeagueRick Magnante Rookie AZL Athletics Arizona LeagueMarcus Jensen DSL Athletics Dominican Summer LeagueOscar Spencer Tony DeFrancesco moves to AAA-Oklahoma City RedHawks (HOU) after managing in Oakland's farm system for 16 years (except 2008, was on MLB staff). Top prospects Player Position Baseball America Baseball Prospectus MLB 2011 Levels Grant Green SS 1 2 1 Midland RockHounds (AA) Chris Carter OF/1B 2 1 2 Sacramento River Cats (Class AAA)2011 Sacramento River Cats Opening Day Roster http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=t_ros&cid=105 https://web.archive.org/web/20110320121829/http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=t_ros&cid=105 dead March 20, 2011 April 8, 2011 Michael Choice OF 3 3 3 Stockton Ports (A) Tyson Ross P 4 7 -- Oakland Athletics Jemile Weeks 2B 5 6 5 Sacramento River Cats (Class AAA) Max Stassi C 6 9 7 Stockton Ports (Advanced A)2011 Stockton Ports Opening Day Roster http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=t_ros&cid=524 https://web.archive.org/web/20110320104233/http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=t_ros&cid=524 dead March 20, 2011 April 8, 2011 Aaron Shipman OF 7 -- 8 AZL Athletics Yordy Cabrera SS 8 5 6 Burlington Bees (Class A)2011 Burlington Bees Opening Day Roster http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=t_ros&cid=420&stn=true&sid=t420 https://web.archive.org/web/20070420103846/http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=t_ros&cid=420&stn=true&sid=t420 dead April 20, 2007 April 7, 2011 Ian Krol P 9 4 4 Michael Taylor OF 10 11 10 Sacramento River Cats Renato Núñez 3B -- 8 9 DSL Athletics Stephen Parker 3B -- 10 -- Midland RockHounds (Class AA)2011 Midland RockHounds Opening Day Roster http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=t_ros&cid=237 https://web.archive.org/web/20110320111542/http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=t_ros&cid=237 dead March 20, 2011 April 8, 2011 Bold on 40-Man roster to begin 2011 season. Top Prospects according to Baseball America, Baseball America Baseball Prospectus Baseball Prospectus MLB.com named 1B Chris Carter (even though being played as an OF), SS Grant Green and 2B Jemile Weeks as No. 8 top prospects as their positions in MLB.com's 2011 Top 50 Prospects report. FanHouse named Grant Green (58), Chris Carter (91), and Michael Choice (94) to their top 100. Baseball America named Grant Green (63) and Chris Carter (91) to their top 100. Minor league info Joselito Adames, who pitched for AZL Athletics in '10 and STK/VAN in '09, was suspended 50-games for violating MiLB's drug policy in January. References 2011 Oakland Athletics season at Baseball Reference 2011 Oakland Athletics season Official Site 53em Category:Oakland Athletics seasons Oakland Athletics Category:2010s in Oakland, California Oakland Athletics