2011 Boston Red Sox season

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.

2011 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record90–72 (.556)
Divisional place3rd (7 GB)
Other information
OwnersJohn W. Henry (Fenway Sports Group)
PresidentLarry Lucchino
General managersTheo Epstein[1]
ManagersTerry Francona[2]
Local televisionNESN
(Don Orsillo, Jerry Remy)
Local radioBoston Red Sox Radio Network
(Joe Castiglione, Dave O'Brien, Jon Rish, Dale Arnold)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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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 loss to the Baltimore Orioles via a blown save,[7] coupled with a 12-inning comeback victory by the Rays over the Yankees,[8] made the Rays the AL wild card winners and eliminated the Red Sox from playoff contention.

Offseason

November

December

January

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 several high profile roster moves hoping to return to postseason success after missing the playoffs in 2010. 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
2Jacoby EllsburyCF
15Dustin Pedroia2B
13Carl CrawfordLF
20Kevin Youkilis3B
28Adrián González1B
34David OrtizDH
23Mike CameronRF
39Jarrod SaltalamacchiaC
10Marco ScutaroSS
31Jon LesterP

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.

Collapse
See also: 2011 Major League Baseball wild card chase

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 W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9765 0.599 — 52–29 45–36
Tampa Bay Rays 9171 0.562 6 47–34 44–37
Boston Red Sox 9072 0.556 7 45–36 45–36
Toronto Blue Jays 8181 0.500 16 42–39 39–42
Baltimore Orioles 6993 0.426 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–8–104–42–55–55–43–66–25–134–54–29–91–56–127–11
Boston10–8–2–44–65–15–36–25–212–66–25–46–124–610–810–8
Chicago4–44–2–11–75–137–112–69–92–66–47–24–44–43–411–7
Cleveland5–26–47–11–6–1212–63–611–73–45–25–42–41–93–411–7
Detroit5–51–513–512–6–11–73–414–44–35–54–66–16–34–27–11
Kansas City4–53–511–76–127–11–7–38–103–34–55–32–52–64–35–13
Los Angeles6–32–66–26–34–33–7–6–34–58–1112–74–47–125–513–5
Minnesota2–62–59–97–114–1410–83–6–2–64–43–53–75–31–58–10
New York13–56–126–24–33–43–35–46–2–6–35–49–97–211–713–5
Oakland5–42–64–62–55–55–411–84–43–6–9–105–26–135–58–10
Seattle2–44–52–74–56–43–57–125–34–510–9–4–64–153–69–9
Tampa Bay9–912–64–44–21–65–24–47–39–92–56–4–4–512–612–6
Texas5–16–44–49–13–66–212–73–52–713–615–45–4–4–69–9
Toronto12–68–104–34–32–43–45–55–17–115–56–36–126–4–8–10
Red Sox vs. National League
Team NL Central 
CHC CIN HOU MIL PIT STL PHI SDP
Boston 2–1 — 3–0 2–1 1–2 — 1–2 1–2

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)
April (11–15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceStadiumRecordBoxscore / Streak
1April 1@ Rangers9–5Oliver (1–0)Bard (0–1)50,146Rangers Ballpark0–1L1
2April 2@ Rangers12–5Lewis (1–0)Lackey (0–1)48,356Rangers Ballpark0–2L2
3April 3@ Rangers5–1Harrison (1–0)Buchholz (0–1)46,326Rangers Ballpark0–3L3
4April 5@ Indians3–1Tomlin (1–0)Beckett (0–1)Perez (1)9,025Progressive Field0–4L4
5April 6@ Indians8–4Perez (1–0)Matsuzaka (0–1)9,523Progressive Field0–5L5
6April 7@ Indians1–0Perez (2–0)Bard (0–2)Perez (2)10,594Progressive Field0–6L6
7April 8Yankees9–6Lackey (1–1)Colón (0–1)Papelbon (1)37,178Fenway Park1–6W1
8April 9Yankees9–4Robertson (2–0)Buchholz (0–2)37,488Fenway Park1–7L1
9April 10Yankees4–0Beckett (1–1)Sabathia (0–1)37,861Fenway Park2–7W1
10April 11Rays16–5Hellickson (1–1)Matsuzaka (0–2)37,568Fenway Park2–8L1
11April 12Rays3–2Price (1–2)Lester (0–1)37,015Fenway Park2–9L2
12April 13RaysPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 16Rain1
12April 15Blue Jays7–6Cecil (1–1)Jenks (0–1)Rauch (3)37,467Fenway Park2–10L3
13April 16Blue Jays4–1Beckett (2–1)Reyes (0–2)Papelbon (2)37,310Fenway Park3–10W1
14April 17Blue Jays8–1Lester (1–1)Litsch (1–1)37,802Fenway Park4–10W2
15April 18Blue Jays9–1Matsuzaka (1–2)Romero (1–2)37,916Fenway Park5–10W3
16April 19@ Athletics5–0Anderson (1–1)Lackey (1–2)25,230McAfee Coliseum5–11L1
17April 20@ Athletics5–3Buchholz (1–2)González (2–1)Papelbon (3)29,045McAfee Coliseum6–11W1
18April 21@ Angels4–2 (11)Jenks (1–1)Thompson (0–1)Papelbon (4)37,003Angel Stadium7–11W2
19April 22@ Angels4–3Lester (2–1)Haren (4–1)Papelbon (5)39,005Angel Stadium8–11W3
20April 23@ Angels5–0Matsuzaka (2–2)Santana (0–3)40,025Angel Stadium9–11W4
21April 24@ Angels7–0Lackey (2–2)Palmer (1–1)35,107Angel Stadium10–11W5
22April 26@ Orioles4–1Britton (4–1)Buchholz (1–3)Gregg (3)18,938Camden Yards10–12L1
23April 27@ Orioles5–4Uehara (1–0)Bard (0–3)Gregg (4)15,514Camden Yards10–13L2
24April 28@ Orioles6–2Lester (3–1)Johnson (1–1)21,209Camden Yards11–13W1
25April 29Mariners5–4Vargas (1–2)Jenks (1–2)League (6)37,845Fenway Park11–14L1
26April 30Mariners2–0Fister (2–3) Lackey (2–3)League (7)37,901Fenway Park11–15L2
May (19–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceStadiumRecordBoxscore / Streak
27May 1Mariners3–2Papelbon (1–0)Wright (0–1)37,079Fenway Park12–15W1
28May 2Angels9–5Buchholz (2–3)Weaver (6–1)37,017Fenway Park13–15W2
29May 3Angels7–3Lester (4–1)Haren (4–2)37,043Fenway Park14–15W3
30May 4Angels5–3 (13)Bell (1–0)Matsuzaka (2–3)37,037Fenway Park14–16L1
31May 5Angels11–0Piñeiro (1–0)Lackey (2–4)37,013Fenway Park14–17L2
32May 6Twins9–2Baker (2–2)Wakefield (0–1)37,798Fenway Park14–18L3
33May 7Twins4–0Buchholz (3–3)Duensing (2–2)37,234Fenway Park15–18W1
34May 8Twins9–5Matsuzaka (3–3)Pavano (2–4)37,526Fenway Park16–18W2
35May 9Twins2–1Okajima (1–0)Hoey (0–1)37,276Fenway Park17–18W3
36May 10@ Blue Jays7–6 (10)Villanueva (1–0)Albers (0–1)17,820Rogers Centre17–19L1
37May 11@ Blue Jays9–3Litsch (4–2)Lackey (2–5)19,163Rogers Centre17–20L2
38May 13@ Yankees5–4Buchholz (4–3)Colón (2–2)Papelbon (6)48,254Yankee Stadium18–20W1
39May 14@ Yankees6–0Beckett (3–1)Sabathia (3–3)48,790Yankee Stadium19–20W2
40May 15@ Yankees7–5Lester (5–1)García (2–3)Papelbon (7)46,945Yankee Stadium20–20W3
41May 16Orioles8–7Aceves (1–0)Gregg (0–1)37,138Fenway Park21–20W4
42May 17OriolesPostponed (rain); Makeup: September 19Rain2
42May 18Tigers1–0Bard (1–3)Schlereth (0–1)Papelbon (8)37,311Fenway Park22–20W5
43May 19Tigers4–3Papelbon (2–0)Alburquerque (0–1)37,660Fenway Park23–20W6
44May 20Cubs15–5Lester (6–1)Davis (0–2)Atchison (1)37,140Fenway Park24–20W7
45May 21Cubs9–3Marshall (2–0)Albers (0–2)37,798Fenway Park24–21L1
46May 22Cubs5–1Wakefield (1–1)Russell (1–5)37,688Fenway Park25–21W1
47May 23@ Indians3–2Smith (2–1)Bard (1–4)Perez (13)19,225Progressive Field25–22L1
48May 24@ Indians4–2Beckett (4–1)Carmona (3–5)Papelbon (9)23,752Progressive Field26–22W1
49May 25@ Indians14–2Lester (7–1)Talbot (1–1)26,408Progressive Field27–22W2
50May 26@ Tigers14–1 (8)Aceves (2–0)Scherzer (6–2)24,213Comerica Park28–22W3
51May 27@ Tigers9–3Wakefield (2–1)Porcello (4–3)34,046Comerica Park29–22W4
52May 28@ TigersPostponed (rain); Makeup: May 29Rain3 Archived October 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
52May 29 (Game 1)@ Tigers4–3Albers (1–2)Valverde (2–2)Papelbon (10)36,285Comerica Park30–22W5
53May 29 (Game 2)@ Tigers3–0Verlander (5–3)Beckett (4–2)Valverde (12)39,873Comerica Park30–23L1
54May 30White Sox7–3Peavy (2–0)Lester (7–2)37,463Fenway Park30–24L2
55May 31White Sox10–7Humber (4–3)Aceves (2–1)Sale (2)37,269Fenway Park30–25L3
June (16–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceStadiumRecordBoxscore / Streak
56June 1White Sox7–4Floyd (6–5)Albers (1–3)Santos (9)37,321Fenway Park30–26L4
57June 3Athletics8–6Jenks (2–2)Devine (0–1)37,808Fenway Park31–26W1
58June 4Athletics9–8 (14)Aceves (3–1)Moscoso (2–1)37,485Fenway Park32–26W2
59June 5Athletics6–3Lackey (3–5)Anderson (3–6)Bard (1)37,796Fenway Park33–26W3
60June 7@ Yankees6–4Lester (8–2)García (4–5)Papelbon (12)48,450Yankee Stadium34–26W4
61June 8@ Yankees11–6Wakefield (3–1)Burnett (6–4)Aceves (1)47,863Yankee Stadium35–26W5
62June 9@ Yankees8–3Beckett (5–2)Sabathia (7–4)48,845Yankee Stadium36–26W6
63June 10@ Blue Jays5–1Buchholz (5–3)Reyes (2–5)28,588Rogers Centre37–26W7
64June 11@ Blue Jays16–4Lackey (4–5)Morrow (2–4)39,437Rogers Centre38–26W8
65June 12@ Blue Jays14–1Lester (9–2)Drabek (4–5)30,364Rogers Centre39–26W9
66June 14@ Rays4–0Shields (6–4)Wakefield (3–2)20,972Tropicana Field39–27L1
67June 15@ Rays3–0Beckett (6–2)Hellickson (7–5) 19,388Tropicana Field40–27W1
68June 16@ Rays4–2Buchholz (6–3)Price (7–6)Papelbon (13)23,495Tropicana Field41–27W2
69June 17Brewers10–4Lackey (5–5)Estrada (1–4)37,833Fenway Park42–27W3
70June 18Brewers4–2Wolf (5–4)Lester (9–3)Axford (19)38,175Fenway Park42–28L1
71June 19Brewers12–3Wakefield (4–2)Gallardo (8–4)37,903Fenway Park43–28W1
72June 20Padres14–5Albers (2–3)Luebke (1–2)38,020Fenway Park44–28W2
73June 21Padres5–4Qualls (4–3)Wheeler (0–1)Bell (19)38,422Fenway Park44–29L1
74June 22Padres5–1 (8)Richard (3–9)Lackey (5–6)37,419Fenway Park44–30L2
75June 24@ Pirates3–1Malholm (4–8)Lester (9–4)Hanrahan (21)39,330PNC Park44–31L3
76June 25@ Pirates6–4Karstens (5–4)Wakefield (4–3)Hanrahan (22)39,483PNC Park44–32L4
77June 26@ Pirates4–2Miller (1–0)Wood (0–2)Papelbon (14)39,511PNC Park45–32W1
78June 28@ Phillies5–0Lee (9–5)Beckett (6–3)45,714Citizens Bank Park45–33L1
79June 29@ Phillies2–1Worley (3–1)Lackey (5–7)Bastardo (3)45,612Citizens Bank Park45–34L2
80June 30@ Phillies5–2Lester (10–4)Herndon (0–2)Papelbon (15)45,810Citizens Bank Park46–34W1
July (20–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceStadiumRecordBoxscore / Streak
81July 1@ Astros7–5Wheeler (1–1)Escalona (1–1)Papelbon (16)36,279Minute Maid Park47–34W2
82July 2@ Astros10–4Miller (2–0)Happ (3–10)39,021Minute Maid Park48–34W3
83July 3@ Astros2–1Beckett (7–3)Melancon (5–2)Papelbon (17)38,035Minute Maid Park49–34W4
84July 4Blue Jays9–7Morrow (5–4)Lackey (5–8)Francisco (10)38,072Fenway Park49–35L1
85July 5Blue Jays3–2Albers (3–3)Cecil (1–4)Papelbon (18)37,745Fenway Park50–35W1
86July 6Blue Jays6–4Wakefield (5–3)Romero (7–8)Papelbon (19)37,404Fenway Park51–35W2
87July 7Orioles10–4Miller (3–0)Arrieta (9–6)37,981Fenway Park52–35W3
88July 8Orioles10–3 (brawl)Beckett (8–3)Britton (6–7)37,729Fenway Park53–35W4
89July 9Orioles4–0Lackey (6–8)Simón (1–2)38,205Fenway Park54–35W5
90July 10Orioles8–6Aceves (4–1)Guthrie (3–12)Papelbon (20)37,688Fenway Park55–35W6
91July 15@ Rays9–6Price (9–7)Miller (3–1)Farnsworth (18)25,729Tropicana Field55–36L1
92July 16@ Rays9–5Lackey (7–8)Shields (8–8)32,487Tropicana Field56–36W1
93July 17@ Rays1–0 (16)Aceves (5–1)Russell (1–2)Papelbon (21)21,504Tropicana Field57–36W2
94July 18@ Orioles15–10Wheeler (2–1)González (1–2)27,924Camden Yards58–36W3
95July 19@ Orioles6–2Guthrie (4–13)Weiland (0–1)Johnson (1)32,314Camden Yards58–37L1
96July 20@ Orioles4–0Miller (4–1)Arrieta (9–7)35,174Camden Yards59–37W1
97July 22Mariners7–4Lackey (8–8)Hernández (8–9)Papelbon (22)38,048Fenway Park60–37W2
98July 23Mariners3–1Beckett (9–3)Beavan (1–2)Papelbon (23)38,115Fenway Park61–37W3
99July 24Mariners12–8Wakefield (6–3)Pineda (8–7)37,650Fenway Park62–37W4
100July 25Royals3–1 (14)Coleman (1–2)Williams (0–1)Soria (18)37,727Fenway Park62–38L1
101July 26Royals13–9Aceves (6–1)Adcock (1–1)37,460Fenway Park63–38W1
102July 27Royals12–5Lackey (9–8)Chen (5–4)38,329Fenway Park64–38W2
103July 28Royals4–3Hochevar (7–8)Beckett (9–4)Soria (19)37,822Fenway Park64–39L1
104July 29@ White Sox3–1Floyd (9–9)Wakefield (6–4)Santos (22)27,513U.S. Cellular Field64–40L2
105July 30@ White Sox10–2Lester (10–4)Humber (8–7)33,919U.S. Cellular Field65–40W1
106July 31@ White Sox5–3Aceves (7–1)Crain (5–3)Papelbon (24)28,278U.S. Cellular Field66–40W2
August (17–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceStadiumRecordBoxscore / Streak
107August 1Indians9–6Pérez (4–1)Bard (1–5)37,943Fenway Park66–41L1
108August 2Indians3–2Papelbon (3–0)Pestano (1–1)38,101Fenway Park67–41W1
109August 3Indians4–3Papelbon (4–0)Smith (2–2)38,172Fenway Park68–41W2
110August 4Indians7–3Masterson (9–7)Morales (0–2)38,477Fenway Park68–42L1
111August 5Yankees3–2Logan (3–2)Lester (11–5)Rivera (29)38,006Fenway Park68–43L2
112August 6Yankees10–4Lackey (10–8)Sabathia (16–6)37,416Fenway Park69–43W1
113August 7Yankees3–2 (10)Bard (2–5)Hughes (2–4)38,189Fenway Park70–43W2
114August 8@ Twins8–6Aceves (8–1)Perkins (3–2)Papelbon (25)40,080Target Field71–43W3
115August 9@ Twins4–3Albers (4–3)Capps (3–6)Papelbon (26)39,974Target Field72–43W4
116August 10@ Twins5–2Perkins (4–2)Lester (11–6)Nathan (9)40,491Target Field72–44L1
117August 12@ Mariners6–4Lackey (11–8)Beavan (3–3)Papelbon (27)40,682Safeco Field73–44W1
118August 13@ Mariners5–4Hernández (11–10)Beckett (9–5)League (28)41,326Safeco Field73–45L1
119August 14@ Mariners5–3Furbush (3–4)Wakefield (6–5)League (29)43,777Safeco Field73–46L2
120August 16Rays3–1Lester (12–6)Shields (11–10)Papelbon (28)38,525Fenway Park74–46W1
121August 16Rays6–2Niemann (8–4)Bédard (4–8)38,278Fenway Park74–47L1
122August 17Rays4–0Price (11–10)Lackey (11–9)37,747Fenway Park74–48L2
123August 18@ Royals4–3Beckett (10–5)Hochevar (8–10)Papelbon (29)20,547Kauffman Stadium75–48W1
124August 19@ Royals7–1Miller (5–1)Francis (4–14)Aceves (2)21,262Kauffman Stadium76–48W2
125August 20@ Royals9–4Paulino (2–9)Albers (4–4)28,588Kauffman Stadium76–49L1
126August 21@ Royals6–1Lester (13–6)Duffy (3–8)25,723Kauffman Stadium77–49W1
127August 22@ Rangers4–0Wilson (13–5)Bédard (4–9)33,920Rangers Ballpark77–50L1
128August 23@ Rangers11–5Lackey (12–9)Lewis (11–9)25,705Rangers Ballpark78–50W1
129August 24@ Rangers13–2Beckett (11–5)Harrison (10–9)30,724Rangers Ballpark79–50W2
130August 25@ Rangers6–0Miller (6–1)Ogando (12–6)29,729Rangers Ballpark80–50W3
131August 26Athletics15–5González (11–11)Wakefield (6–6)38,239Fenway Park80–51L1
August 27: Hurricane Irene forced Saturday doubleheader vs. OAK (link)
132August 27Athletics9–3Lester (14–6)Moscoso (6–8)37,314Fenway Park81–51W1
133August 27Athletics4–0Aceves (9–1)Godfrey (1–2)37,039Fenway Park82–51W2
Normal schedule resumes
134August 30Yankees5–2Sabathia (18–7)Lackey (12–10)Rivera (35)37,773Fenway Park82–52L1
135August 31Yankees9–5Beckett (12–5)Hughes (4–5)38,021Fenway Park83–52W1
September (7–20)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceStadiumRecordBoxscore / Streak
136September 1Yankees4–2Wade (3–0)Aceves (9–2)Rivera (36)38,074Fenway Park83–53L1
137September 2Rangers10–0Holland (13–5)Miller (6–2)38,083Fenway Park83–54L2
138September 3Rangers12–7Bédard (5–9)Lewis (11–10)37,806Fenway Park84–54W1
139September 4Rangers11–4Harrison (11–9)Lackey (12–11)37,744Fenway Park84–55L1
140September 5@ Blue Jays1–0 (11)Camp (3–3)Wheeler (2–2)27,573Rogers Centre84–56L2
141September 6@ Blue Jays14–0Lester (15–6)Perez (3–3)17,565Rogers Centre85–56W1
142September 7@ Blue Jays11–10Camp (4–3)Bard (2–6)Francisco (13)16,154Rogers Centre85–57L1
143September 8@ Blue Jays7–4Romero (14–10)Miller (6–3)17,189Rogers Centre85–58L2
144September 9@ Rays7–2Davis (10–8)Lackey (12–12)18,482Tropicana Field85–59L3
145September 10@ Rays5–6 (11)Gomes (2–1)Bard (2–7)24,566Tropicana Field85–60L4
146September 11@ Rays1–9Shields (15–10)Lester (15–7)25,220Tropicana Field85–61L5
147September 13Blue Jays18–6Wakefield (7–6)Morrow (9–11)38,020Fenway Park86–61W1
148September 14Blue Jays4–5Romero (15–10)Bard (2–8)Francisco (15)37,087Fenway Park86–62L1
149September 15Rays9–2Hellickson (13–10)Weiland (0–2)38,071Fenway Park86–63L2
150September 16Rays4–3Beckett (13–5)Shields (15–11)Papelbon (30)38,019Fenway Park87–63W1
151September 17Rays4–3Niemann (11–7)Lester (15–8)Peralta (4)37,682Fenway Park87–64L1
152September 18Rays8–5McGee (3–1)Wakefield (7–7)Peralta (5)37,613Fenway Park87–65L2
153September 19Orioles6–5Guthrie (9–17)Weiland (0–3)Johnson (7)37,885Fenway Park87–66L3
154September 19Orioles18–9Atchison (1–0)Matusz (1–8)37,261Fenway Park88–66W1
155September 20Orioles7–5Eyre (2–1)Bard (2–9)Johnson (8)37,414Fenway Park88–67L1
156September 21Orioles6–4Rapada (2–0)Beckett (13–6)Johnson (9)38,004Fenway Park88–68L2
157September 23@ YankeesPostponed (rain); Makeup: September 25 as part of a DoubleheaderRain4
158September 24@ Yankees9–1García (12–8)Lester (15–9)49,556Yankee Stadium88–69L3
159September 25@ Yankees6–2Burnett (11–11)Wakefield (7–8)49,541Yankee Stadium88–70L4
159September 25@ Yankees7–4 (14)Morales (1–2)Proctor (2–5)Doubront (1)49,072Yankee Stadium89–70W1
160September 26@ Orioles6–3Patton (2–1)Beckett (13–7)21,786Camden Yards89–71L1
161September 27@ Orioles7–6Aceves (10–2)Britton (11–11)Papelbon (31)22,123Camden Yards90–71W1
162September 28@ Orioles4–3Johnson (6–5)Papelbon (4–1)29,749Camden Yards90–72L1

Batting

Note: ## = Player number; 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 = Strikeouts; SB = Stolen bases; AVG = Batting average

## Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
62Lars Anderson65200000030.000
3Mike Avilés38101173260284174.317
23Mike Cameron339491420398250.149
13Carl Crawford1305066512929711562310418.255
7J.D. Drew8124823556142233580.222
2Jacoby Ellsbury15866011921246532105529839.321
55Joey Gathright70100000101----
28Adrián González15963010821345327117741191.338
28José Iglesias106320000020.333
36Conor Jackson1219230015230.158
60Ryan Lavarnway17395920284100.231
12Jed Lowrie88309407814463623601.252
54Darnell McDonald7915726376162414332.236
56Yamaico Navarro1637682013390.216
34David Ortiz14652584162401299678831.309
15Dustin Pedroia1596351021953732191868526.307
16Josh Reddick87254417118372819501.280
39Jarrod Saltalamacchia10335852842331656241191.235
10Marco Scutaro1133955911826175438364.299
71Nate Spears34000000010.000
44Drew Sutton3154111770073130.315
33Jason Varitek682223249101113621670.221
20Kevin Youkilis120431681113221780681003.258
Pitcher Totals162210110010130.048
Team Totals16257108751600352352038425781108102.280

Pitching

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

## Player W L ERA G GS SV SVO IP H R ER HR BB SO
91Alfredo Aceves1022.6155425114.084373384280
32Matt Albers444.735600364.262353473168
48Scott Atchison103.261701130.13111110617
51Daniel Bard293.337001673.046292752474
23Érik Bédard124.03880038.041221731838
19Josh Beckett1372.89303000193.014665622152175
64Mickael Bowden004.051400020.0199931117
11Clay Buchholz633.4814140082.2763432103160
61Félix Doubront006.101101110.11277186
53Rich Hill000.0090008.03000312
68Tommy Hottovy006.7580004.0433032
52Bobby Jenks226.321900215.222121111317
41John Lackey12126.41282800160.02031191142056108
31Jon Lester1593.47313100191.216677742075182
18Daisuke Matsuzaka335.30870037.132242242326
54Darnell McDonald0018.0010001.0122020
30Andrew Miller635.5417120065.077434084150
56Trever Miller000.0030002.0000001
46Franklin Morales113.623600032.130151341131
37Hideki Okajima104.3270008.1744056
58Jonathan Papelbon412.94630313464.150222131087
59Dennys Reyes0016.2040001.2233021
63Junichi Tazawa006.0030003.0322114
49Tim Wakefield785.12332300154.216311088254793
70Kyle Weiland037.66750024.229222151213
35Dan Wheeler224.384700049.14724247839
43Randy Williams016.4870008.11066056
Team Totals90724.2016216236521457.113667376801565401213

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

Source:[19][20]

Amateur draft

Boston's selections during the first five rounds of the 2011 MLB draft were as follows:[21]

Round Pick Player Pos. School (sorts by state)
119Matt BarnesPUniversity of Connecticut
126Blake SwihartCV. Sue Cleveland High School (NM)
136Henry OwensPEdison High School (CA)
140Jackie Bradley Jr.OFUniversity of South Carolina
281Williams JerezPGrand Street High School (NY)
3111Jordan WeemsCColumbus High School (GA)
4142Noé RamirezPCal State Fullerton
5172Mookie BettsSSJohn Overton High School (TN)

Additionally, the team selected Travis Shaw in the 9th round, Daniel Gossett in the 16th round, and Mac Williamson in the 46th round.

Each of the above listed draftees went on to play in MLB, with Barnes being the last to leave the Red Sox organization, in January 2023.[22]

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