# 2011 Kansas City Royals season

The Kansas City Royals' season of 2011 was the 43rd for the Royals franchise. It was the fifth full season with Dayton Moore as general manager. The team was managed by Ned Yost in his first full season with the Royals. It was the 26th straight year of the Royals missing the playoffs.

## Offseason

On November 10, 2010, the Royals traded outfielder David DeJesus for the right-handed, starting pitcher Vin Mazzaro from the Oakland Athletics and minor league pitcher Justin Marks. Mazzaro was 10–17 with a 4.72 ERA in 41 career Major League appearances, including 35 starts, for the Athletics in 2009 and 2010.

## Pitching

Bruce Chen began the year with a 4–1 record and 3.59 ERA in seven starts for the Royals. Chen was placed on the 15-day Disabled List on May 11 (retroactive to May 6), with a strain, and right-handed pitcher Vin Mazzaro was recalled from the Omaha Storm Chasers. Mazzaro's first start was on May 11 versus the New York Yankees. Mazzaro's stay with the Royals was a short-lived one. Following his second appearance on May 16, in which he allowed 14 earned runs in 2+1⁄3 innings of relief, a team record for runs given up by one pitcher in a game, and the worst performance of a pitcher in the Major Leagues since the first half of the 20th century,– Mazzaro was optioned to Omaha, and left-hand relief pitcher Everett Teaford was called up to replace him. Mazzaro pitched 6+1⁄3 innings with a 22.74 ERA in his two appearances.

## Regular season

The Royals opened the season at home on Thursday, March 31, in a four-game weekend series versus the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. It was their first Opening Day meeting since 1975 when the Angels hosted the Royals. Luke Hochevar, who was the first-round draft pick of the Royals in 2006, was chosen to pitch in his first Opening Day start. He gave up four runs, including two sole home runs, in 5+2⁄3 innings for the loss. The opposing starter Jered Weaver pitched 6+1⁄3 scoreless innings to earn his first win of the season with Fernando Rodney closing the game in the ninth inning for his first save as the Angels defeated the Royals, 4–2. The attendance for the game was 40,055, (currently) the highest of any home game during the season. This game also saw the major league debut of three Royals rookie pitchers: Aaron Crow, Tim Collins, and Nathan Adcock.
After two games versus the Chicago White Sox, the Royals finished their home opening series with a 4–2 record and ½ game lead in their division. It was the best home opening series since 2004 when they also began the season at home by winning 4 out of 6 games. This season's series was notable because three of their wins came on their final at-bat, and the last three games each extended into extra innings.
Although the team was successful during the first half of April–occupying first place on eight of those days while winning 10 of 14 games–the latter half of the month saw the team lose nine games as they fell 4+1⁄2 games behind the division-leading Cleveland Indians. During a six-game losing streak while on the road, Royals pitchers gave up 17 home runs and had an ERA of 7.88. It included three games at Cleveland where the Indians were in the midst of a 14-home-game winning streak. With a 14–13 record, it was only the third time in 22 years that the Royals ended the month with more wins than losses; the last time was in 2009.
The team's worst loss came at home on May 16 in a 19–1 rout by the Cleveland Indians. After giving up three walks to load the bases in the first inning, starting pitcher Kyle Davies left the game with an injury. Nathan Adcock replaced him and allowed two of the base runners to score–giving Davies his sixth loss of the season. Vin Mazzaro, who had been scheduled to start the next day, entered the game in the third inning and gave up 14 earned runs on 11 hits in just 2+1⁄3 innings. Three of the ten runs scored in the fourth inning came on a 3-run home run by Michael Brantley. The 18-run deficit matched the worst margin of defeat in the team's history which has occurred twice before, the most recent being the previous season on July 26 when the Minnesota Twins also won 19–1.
Because of the Twins' plague of injuries, the Royals came out fourth place. During a stretch of games from September 11 to 17, the Royals won seven straight, giving them their longest winning record since the 2006 season. However, the Royals were no-hit to the fifth/sixth inning twice in a row (the first, a perfect game). During the last week of the season, Billy Butler, Alex Gordon and Louis Coleman were all struck by the flu, giving Jarrod Dyson and Lorenzo Cain a chance in the big leagues.

### Season standings
#### American League Central

vteAL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Detroit Tigers | 95 | 67 | .586 | — | 50‍–‍31 | 45‍–‍36 |
| Cleveland Indians | 80 | 82 | .494 | 15 | 44‍–‍37 | 36‍–‍45 |
| Chicago White Sox | 79 | 83 | .488 | 16 | 36‍–‍45 | 43‍–‍38 |
| Kansas City Royals | 71 | 91 | .438 | 24 | 40‍–‍41 | 31‍–‍50 |
| Minnesota Twins | 63 | 99 | .389 | 32 | 33‍–‍48 | 30‍–‍51 |

#### American League Wild Card

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

* American League East
* American League Central
* American League West
| Team | Record |
| Baltimore Orioles | 4–5 |
| Boston Red Sox | 2–2 |
| Chicago White Sox | 6–5 |
| Cleveland Indians | 4–8 |
| Detroit Tigers | 4–8 |
| Los Angeles Angels | 7–3 |
| Minnesota Twins | 5–8 |
| New York Yankees | 3–3 |
| Oakland Athletics | 1–5 |
| Seattle Mariners | 3–1 |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 2–5 |
| Texas Rangers | 3–5 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 2–2 |
| Interleague play | 5–13 |

### Game log

Legend :
| Royals Win | Royals Loss | Game Postponed |
2011 Game Log :
March/April (14–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1March 31Los Angeles AngelsL 2–4Weaver (1–0)Hochevar (0–1)Rodney (1)40,0550–1
2April 1Los Angeles AngelsW 2–1Soria (1–0)Kohn (0–1)13,3021–1
3April 2Los Angeles AngelsW 5–4Crow (1–0)Jepsen (0–1)Soria (1)17,3282–1
4April 3Los Angeles AngelsW 12–9 (13)Collins (1–0)Bulger (0–1)14,0853–1
5April 5Chicago White SoxW 7–6 (12)Jeffress (1–0)Peña (0–1)12,6414–1
6April 6Chicago White SoxL 7–10 (12)Sale (1–0)O'Sullivan (0–1)13,3604–2
7April 8@ Detroit TigersL 2–5Scherzer (2–0)Davies (0–1)Valverde (2)44,7994–3
8April 9@ Detroit TigersW 3–1Chen (1–0)Coke (0–2)Soria (2)33,8105–3
9April 10@ Detroit TigersW 9–5Hochevar (1–1)Porcello (0–2)Soria (3)28,9846–3
10April 12@ Minnesota TwinsL 3–4 (10)Hughes (1–0)Tejeda (0–1)38,1546–4
11April 13@ Minnesota TwinsW 10–5Davies (1–1)Liriano (0–3)Jeffress (1)36,2867–4
12April 14Seattle MarinersW 5–1 (8)Chen (2–0)Fister (0–3)8,8118–4
13April 15Seattle MarinersW 6–5Hochevar (2–1)Bédard (0–3)Soria (4)13,6869–4
14April 16Seattle MarinersW 7–0O'Sullivan (1–1)Hernández (1–2)22,36410–4
15April 17Seattle MarinersL 2–3Pineda (2–1)Francis (0–1)League (3)19,42410–5
16April 18Cleveland IndiansL 3–7 (10)Smith (1–0)Collins (1–1)12,21410–6
17April 19Cleveland IndiansW 5–4Chen (3–0)Gómez (0–1)Soria (5)10,50611–6
18April 20Cleveland IndiansL 5–7Masterson (4–0)Hochevar (2–2)Perez (6)10,08011–7
19April 21Cleveland IndiansW 3–2Crow (2–0)Perez (0–1)9,27912–7
20April 22@ Texas RangersL 6–11Holland (3–1)Francis (0–2)45,76912–8
21April 23@ Texas RangersL 1–3Ogando (3–0)Davies (1–2)Oliver (1)45,50612–9
22April 24@ Texas RangersL 8–7Wilson (3–0)Chen (3–1)Rhodes (1)28,28412–10
23April 26@ Cleveland IndiansL 4–9Masterson (5–0)Hochevar (2–3)9,65012–11
24April 27@ Cleveland IndiansL 2–7Tomlin (4–0)Francis (0–3)9,72212–12
25April 28@ Cleveland IndiansL 2–8Carmona (2–3)Davies (1–3)9,07612–13
26April 29Minnesota TwinsW 4–3Wood (1–0)Burnett (0–1)Soria (6)31,40713–13
27April 30Minnesota TwinsW 11–2Adcock (1–0)Duensing (2–1)22,09914–13 :
May (10–17)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
28May 1Minnesota TwinsW 10–3Hochevar (3–3)Pavano (2–3)18,10815–13
29May 3Baltimore OriolesW 6–5 (10)Collins (2–1)Berken (0–2)11,98616–13
30May 4Baltimore OriolesL 2–3Arrieta (4–1)Davies (1–4)Gregg (6)11,13016–14
31May 5Baltimore OriolesW 9–1Chen (4–1)Tillman (1–3)29,92717–14
32May 6Oakland AthleticsL 2–3Gonzalez (4–2)O'Sullivan (1–2)Fuentes (8)30,69017–15
33May 7Oakland AthleticsW 4–3Soria (2–0)McCarthy (1–3)25,82818–15
34May 8Oakland AthleticsL 2–5Ross (2–2)Francis (0–4)Fuentes (9)22,43518–16
35May 10@ New York YankeesL 1–3García (2–2)Davies (1–5)Rivera (13)41,27518–17
36May 11@ New York YankeesW 4–3 (11)Soria (3–0)Carlyle (0–1)Coleman (1)40,16419–17
37May 12@ New York YankeesW 11–5O'Sullivan (2–2)Nova (3–3)41,79020–17
38May 13@ Detroit TigersL 1–3Verlander (4–3)Hochevar (3–4)Valverde (9)33,64120–18
39May 14@ Detroit TigersL 0–3Penny (4–3)Francis (0–5)Valverde (10)37,64720–19
–May 15@ Detroit Tigers-––––-
40May 16Cleveland IndiansL 1–19Tomlin (5–1)Davies (1–6)12,24220–20
41May 17Cleveland IndiansL 3–7Carrasco (2–2)O'Sullivan (2–3)17,71220–21
42May 18Texas RangersL 4–5 (11)Rhodes (2–2)Jeffress (1–1)Lowe (1)13,78920–22
43May 19Texas RangersW 2–1 (10)Holland (1–0)Oliver (1–5)12,35521–22
44May 20St. Louis CardinalsW 3–0Francis (1–5)Carpenter (1–4)Soria (7)26,81622–22
45May 21St. Louis CardinalsL 0–3Westbrook (4–3)Collins (2–2)Salas (6)32,22922–23
46May 22St. Louis CardinalsL 8–9 (10)Motte (2–1)Coleman (0–1)Salas (7)28,19522–24
47May 24@ Baltimore OriolesL 3–5Simón (1–0)Soria (3–1)14,07722–25
48May 25@ Baltimore OriolesL 2–9Arrieta (6–2)Hochevar (3–5)15,74022–26
49May 26@ Baltimore OriolesL 5–6(12)Accardo (3–1)Coleman (0–2)22,72022–27
50May 27@ Texas RangersW 12–7 (14)Wood (2–0)Bush (0–1)39,39023–27
51May 28@ Texas RangersL 1–10Harrison (5–4)O'Sullivan (2–4)Tateyama (1)40,24023–28
52May 29@ Texas RangersL 6–7Rhodes (3–2)Soria (3–2)45,01123–29
53May 30Los Angeles AngelsL 8–10Jepsen (1–2)Soria (3–3)Rodney (3)24,40623–30
54May 31Los Angeles AngelsW 7–3Francis (2–5)Piñeiro (2–2)14,17424–30 :
June (9–18)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
55June 1Los Angeles AngelsW 2–0Collins (3–2)Downs (3–2)12,02225–30
56June 2Minnesota TwinsL 2–8Swarzak (1–2)O'Sullivan (2–5)14,58425–31
57June 3Minnesota TwinsL 2–5Pavano (3–5)Duffy (0–1)32,44325–32
58June 4Minnesota TwinsL 2–7Blackburn (5–4)Hochevar (3–6)27,86125–33
59June 5Minnesota TwinsL 0–6Duensing (3–5)Francis (2–6)21,70425–34
60June 6Toronto Blue JaysW 3–2 (11)Soria (4–3)Francisco (1–3)12,19426–34
61June 7Toronto Blue JaysL 5–8Drabek (4–4)Mazzaro (0–1)Rauch (7)16,53926–35
62June 8Toronto Blue JaysL 8–9Villanueva (4–0)Duffy (0–1)Janssen (1)12,15226–36
63June 9Toronto Blue JaysW 3–2Hochevar (4–6)Romero (5–6)Soria (8)13,94127–36
64June 10@ Los Angeles AngelsW 4–2Francis (3–6)Santana (3–6)Soria (9)38,25428–36
65June 11@ Los Angeles AngelsL 5–7Downs (4–2)Collins (3–3)Walden (14)38,91128–37
66June 12@ Los Angeles AngelsW 9–0Mazzaro (1–1)Chatwood (3–4)39,11429–37
67June 14@ Oakland AthleticsW 7–4Duffy (1–2)Cahill (6–5)Soria (10)11,43930–37
68June 15@ Oakland AthleticsL 1–2Outman (2–1)Hochevar (4–7)Bailey (2)16,39230–38
69June 16@ Oakland AthleticsL 4–8Gonzalez (6–5)Francis (3–7)11,77530–39
70June 17@ St. Louis CardinalsW 5–4Wood (3–0)Carpenter (1–7)Soria (11)40,67431–39
71June 18@ St. Louis CardinalsL 4–5Motte (3–1)Holland (1–1)Salas (12)43,10231–40
72June 19@ St. Louis CardinalsL 4–5Salas (4–1)Collins (3–4)41,66031–41
73June 21Arizona DiamondbacksL 2–7Saunders (4–7)Hochevar (4–8)19,30531–42
74June 22Arizona DiamondbacksL 2–3Kennedy (8–2)Francis (3–8)Putz (19)14,26531–43
75June 23Arizona DiamondbacksL 3–5Hudson (9–5)Paulino (0–5)Putz (20)23,61031–44
76June 24Chicago CubsL 4–6Marshall (4–2)Crow (2–1)Mármol (16)32,92131–45
77June 25Chicago CubsW 3–2Holland (2–1)Samardzija (5–4)Soria (12)38,74432–45
78June 26Chicago CubsW 6–3Hochevar (5–8)Wells (1–2)Soria (13)28,40133–45
79June 27@ San Diego PadresL 3–4Latos (5–8)Francis (3–9)Bell (21)23,63533–46
80June 28@ San Diego PadresL 2–4Richard (4–9)Paulino (0–6)Bell (22)20,25033–47
81June 29@ San Diego PadresL 1–4Stauffer (4–5)Chen (4–2)Bell (23)24,46133–48 :
July (13–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
82July 1@ Colorado RockiesL 0–9Nicasio (3–1)Duffy (1–3)48,28233–49
83July 2@ Colorado RockiesL 6–9G. Reynolds (3–0)Davies (1–7)Street (24)49,22733–50
84July 3@ Colorado RockiesW 16–8Wood (4–0)Hammel (4–8)40,26934–50
85July 4@ Chicago White SoxL 4–5Santos (3–3)Crow (2–2)31,07734–51
86July 5@ Chicago White SoxW 5–3Paulino (1–6)Peavy (4–2)Soria (14)20,69535–51
87July 6@ Chicago White SoxW 4–1Chen (5–2)Jackson (5–7)Soria (15)27,23336–51
88July 7Detroit TigersL 1–3Scherzer (10–4)Duffy (1–4)Valverde (22)16,35536–52
89July 8Detroit TigersL 4–6Porcello (8–6)Davies (1–8)Valverde (23)34,56336–53
90July 9Detroit TigersW 13–6Holland (3–1)Furbush (1–3)Teaford (1)25,94137–53
91July 10Detroit TigersL 1–2Verlander (12–4)Francis (3–10)Valverde (24)18,37337–54
92July 14@ Minnesota TwinsL 4–8Liriano (6–7)Chen (5–3)39,58437–55
93July 15@ Minnesota TwinsW 2–1Collins (4–4)Capps (2–5)Soria (16)39,17738–55
94July 16@ Minnesota TwinsL 3–4Perkins (1–1)Francis (3–11)Nathan (4)41,29538–56
95July 17@ Minnesota TwinsL 3–4Duensing (7–7)Paulino (1–7)Nathan (5)38,78638–57
96July 18Chicago White SoxL 2–5Buehrle (7–5)Davies (1–9)17,19038–58
97July 19Chicago White SoxW 4–2Duffy (2–4)Peavy (4–4)Soria (17)20,12639–58
98July 20Chicago White SoxW 2–1 (11)Crow (3–2)Sale (2–1)13,83140–58
99July 22Tampa Bay RaysW 10–4Hochevar (6–8)Davis (7–7)27,82441–58
100July 23Tampa Bay RaysW 5–4 (10)Soria (5–3)Gomes (0–1)27,64342–58
101July 24Tampa Bay RaysL 0–5Cobb (3–0)Paulino (1–8)23,73542–59
102July 25@ Boston Red SoxW 3–1 (14)Coleman (1–2)Williams (0–1)Soria (18)37,72743–59
103July 26@ Boston Red SoxL 9–13Aceves (6–1)Adcock (1–1)37,46043–60
104July 27@ Boston Red SoxL 5–12Lackey (9–8)Chen (5–4)38,32943–61
105July 28@ Boston Red SoxW 4–3Hochevar (7–8)Beckett (9–4)Soria (19)37,82244–61
106July 29@ Cleveland IndiansW 12–0Francis (4–11)Carrasco (8–9)35,39045–61
107July 30@ Cleveland IndiansL 2–5Sipp (6–2)Soria (5–4)31,43645–62
108July 31@ Cleveland IndiansW 5–3Duffy (3–4)Carmona (5–11)Soria (20)21,10146–62 :
August (10–19)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
109August 2Baltimore OriolesL 2–8Simón (3–4)Chen (5–5)17,11646–63
110August 3Baltimore OriolesW 6–2Hochevar (8–8)Guthrie (5–15)Holland (1)14,18747–53
111August 4Baltimore OriolesW 9–4Wood (5–0)Britton (6–9)–12,16148–53
112August 5Detroit TigersL 3–4 (10)Schlereth (1–1)Crow (3–3)Valverde (31)28,56548–64
113August 6Detroit TigersL 3–4Verlander (16–5)Duffy (3–5)Valverde (32)25,81848–65
114August 7Detroit TigersW 4–3Chen (6–5)Scherzer (11–7)Soria (21)20,13249–65
115August 8@ Tampa Bay RaysL 1–2Farnsworth (4–1)Wood (5–1)–10,74249–66
116August 9@ Tampa Bay RaysL 0–4Shields (11–9)Francis (4–12)–10,12449–67
117August 10@ Tampa Bay RaysL 7–8McGee (1–1)Soria (5–5)–11,70649–68
118August 11@ Tampa Bay RaysL 1–4Niemann (7–4)Duffy (3–6)Farnsworth (21)13,94249–69
119August 12@ Chicago White SoxW 5–1Chen (7–5)Stewart (1–2)Holland (2)23,13050–69
120August 13@ Chicago White SoxL 4–5Crain (7–3)Hochevar (8–9)Sale (4)24,85450–70
121August 14@ Chicago White SoxL 2–6Danks (5–9)Francis (4–13)–25,51750–71
122August 15New York YankeesL 4–7Burnett (9–9)Paulino (1–5)Rivera (31)24,87950–72
123August 16New York YankeesL 7–9Nova (12–4)Duffy (3–7)Rivera (32)22,25850–73
124August 17New York YankeesW 5–4Chen (8–5)Colón (8–7)Soria (22)22,43551–73
125August 18Boston Red SoxL 3–4Beckett (10–5)Hochevar (8–10)Papelbon (29)20,54751–74
126August 19Boston Red SoxL 1–7Miller (5–1)Francis (4–14)Aceves (2)21,26251–75
127August 20Boston Red SoxW 9–4Paulino (2–9)Albers (4–4)28,58852–75
128August 21Boston Red SoxL 1–6Lester (13–6)Duffy (3–8)25,72352–76
129August 23@ Toronto Blue JaysW 6–4Chen (9–5)Morrow (9–8)Soria (23)20,00953–76
130August 24@ Toronto Blue JaysL 3–4Litsch (5–3)Coleman (1–3)Francisco (11)18,29253–77
131August 25@ Toronto Blue JaysW 9–6Francis (5–14)Cecil (4–7)17,35554–77
132August 26@ Cleveland IndiansL 1–2Jiménez (8–10)Paulino (2–10)C. Perez (28)41,33754–78
133August 27@ Cleveland IndiansL 7–8Smith (3–3)Coleman (1–4)C. Perez (29)35,37054–79
134August 28@ Cleveland IndiansW 2–1Chen (10–5)Masterson (10–8)Soria (24)27,90855–79
135August 29@ Detroit TigersW 9–5Hochevar (9–10)Scherzer (13–8)Wood (1)32,42356–79
136August 30@ Detroit TigersL 1–2 (10)Benoit (4–3)Crow (3–4)34,86656–80
137August 31@ Detroit TigersL 4–5Schlereth (2–1)Wood (5–2)Valverde (40)33,57256–81 :
September (15–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
138September 1@ Detroit TigersW 11–8Crow (3–4)Coke (2–9)Soria (25)39,08457–81
139September 2Cleveland IndiansL 4–5Masterson (11–8)Chen (10–6)Perez (31)27,25157–82
140September 3Cleveland IndiansW 5–1Hochevar (10–10)Huff (2–3)27,12658–82
141September 4Cleveland IndiansL 6–9Gómez (2–2)Francis (5–15)Perez (32)34,01558–83
142September 5@ Oakland AthleticsW 11–6Holland (4–1)Bailey (0–4)14,57759–83
143September 6@ Oakland AthleticsW 7–4Duffy (4–8)Gonzalez (12–12)Soria (26)12,06460–83
144September 7@ Oakland AthleticsL 0–7Moscoso (8–8)Chen (10–7)13,13260–84
145September 8@ Seattle MarinersL 1–4Vargas (8–13)Hochevar (10–10)League (34)14,37760–85
146September 9@ Seattle MarinersL 3–7Beavan (4–5)Francis (5–16)14,80560–86
147September 10@ Seattle MarinersW 4–2Paulino (3–10)Pineda (9–10)Soria (27)17,88461–86
148September 11@ Seattle MarinersW 2–1Teaford (1–0)Vasquez (1–3)Soria (28)20,95162–86
149September 13Minnesota TwinsW 4–0Chen (11–7)Pavano (8–12)25,25363–86
150September 14Minnesota TwinsW 7–3Hochevar (10–10)Hendriks (0–2)Holland (3)19,07664–86
151September 15Chicago White SoxW 7–2Francis (6–16)Buehrle (11–9)17,73765–86
152September 16Chicago White SoxW 7–6Holland (5–1)Thornton (1–5)24,91866–86
153September 17Chicago White SoxW 10–3Teaford (2–0)Stewart (2–5)Adcock (1)31,26467–86
154September 18Chicago White SoxL 5–10Danks (7–12)Chen (11–8)29,48067–87
155September 20Detroit TigersW 10–2Mendoza (1–0)Penny (10–11)26,95368–87
156September 21Detroit TigersL 3–6Fister (10–13)Herrera (0–1)Valverde (47)28,77668–88
157September 23@ Chicago White SoxW 11–1Chen (12–8)Stewart (2–6)21,74469–88
158September 24@ Chicago White SoxL 3–6Danks (8–12)Teaford (2–1)26,24969–89
159September 25@ Chicago White SoxW 2–1Mendoza (2–0)Floyd (12–13)Holland (4)22,01870–89
160September 26@ Minnesota TwinsW 7–3Paulino (4–10)Slowey (0–8)34,84771–89
161September 27@ Minnesota TwinsL 4–7Swarzak (4–7)O'Sullivan (2–6)34,22871–90
162September 28@ Minnesota TwinsL 0–1Pavano (9–13)Wood (5–3)36,48871–91 :

## Player 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; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | AVG | SB |
| Melky Cabrera | 155 | 658 | 102 | 201 | 44 | 5 | 18 | 87 | .305 | 20 |
| Alex Gordon | 151 | 611 | 101 | 185 | 45 | 4 | 23 | 87 | .303 | 17 |
| Alcides Escobar | 158 | 548 | 69 | 139 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 46 | .254 | 26 |
| Jeff Francoeur | 153 | 601 | 77 | 171 | 47 | 4 | 20 | 87 | .285 | 22 |
| Billy Butler | 159 | 597 | 74 | 174 | 44 | 0 | 19 | 95 | .291 | 2 |
| Mike Avilés | 53 | 185 | 14 | 41 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 31 | .222 | 10 |
| Kila Ka'aihue | 23 | 82 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .195 | 0 |
| Wilson Betemit | 57 | 203 | 29 | 57 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 27 | .281 | 3 |
| Chris Getz | 118 | 380 | 50 | 97 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 26 | .255 | 21 |
| Matt Treanor | 65 | 186 | 24 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 21 | .226 | 2 |
| Brayan Peña | 72 | 222 | 17 | 55 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 24 | .248 | 0 |
| Mitch Maier | 44 | 95 | 19 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | .232 | 1 |
| Jarrod Dyson | 26 | 44 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .205 | 14 |
| Eric Hosmer | 128 | 523 | 66 | 153 | 27 | 3 | 19 | 78 | .293 | 11 |
| Mike Moustakas | 89 | 338 | 26 | 89 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 30 | .263 | 2 |
| Yamaico Navarro | 6 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .304 | 0 |
| Manny Piña | 4 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .214 | 0 |
| Johnny Giavotella | 46 | 178 | 20 | 44 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 21 | .247 | 5 |
| Salvador Pérez | 39 | 148 | 20 | 49 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 21 | .331 | 0 |
| Lorenzo Cain | 6 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .273 | 0 |
| Pitcher Totals | 162 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5672 | 730 | 1560 | 325 | 41 | 129 | 705 | .275 | 153 |
Stats through September 28, 2011

### Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | R | ER | BB | SO |
| Nate Adcock | 1 | 1 | 4.62 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 60.1 | 34 | 31 | 26 | 36 |
| Jesse Chavez | 0 | 0 | 10.57 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 8 |
| Bruce Chen | 12 | 8 | 3.77 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 155.0 | 71 | 65 | 50 | 97 |
| Louis Coleman | 1 | 4 | 2.87 | 48 | 0 | 1 | 59.2 | 20 | 19 | 26 | 64 |
| Tim Collins | 4 | 4 | 3.63 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 67.0 | 28 | 27 | 48 | 60 |
| Aaron Crow | 4 | 4 | 2.76 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 62.0 | 20 | 19 | 31 | 65 |
| Kyle Davies | 1 | 9 | 6.75 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 61.1 | 52 | 46 | 26 | 50 |
| Danny Duffy | 4 | 8 | 5.64 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 105.1 | 66 | 66 | 51 | 87 |
| Jeff Francis | 6 | 16 | 4.82 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 183.0 | 102 | 98 | 39 | 91 |
| Kelvin Herrera | 0 | 1 | 13.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Hochevar | 11 | 11 | 4.68 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 198.0 | 110 | 103 | 62 | 128 |
| Greg Holland | 5 | 1 | 1.80 | 46 | 0 | 4 | 60.0 | 13 | 12 | 19 | 74 |
| Jeremy Jeffress | 1 | 1 | 4.70 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 15.1 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 13 |
| Mitch Maier | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luis Mendoza | 2 | 0 | 1.23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14.2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Sean O'Sullivan | 2 | 6 | 7.25 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 58.1 | 52 | 47 | 26 | 19 |
| Felipe Paulino | 4 | 6 | 4.11 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 124.2 | 62 | 57 | 48 | 119 |
| Joakim Soria | 5 | 5 | 4.03 | 60 | 0 | 28 | 60.1 | 29 | 27 | 17 | 60 |
| Everett Teaford | 2 | 1 | 3.27 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 44.0 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 28 |
| Rob Tejeda | 0 | 1 | 6.14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Kanekoa Texeira | 0 | 0 | 2.84 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Blake Wood | 5 | 3 | 3.75 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 69.2 | 30 | 29 | 32 | 62 |
| Team Totals | 71 | 91 | 4.44 | 162 | 162 | 37 | 1451.1 | 762 | 716 | 557 | 1080 |
Stats through September 28, 2011.

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Omaha Storm Chasers | Pacific Coast League | Mike Jirschele |
| AA | Northwest Arkansas Naturals | Texas League | Brian Poldberg |
| A | Wilmington Blue Rocks | Carolina League | Brian Rupp |
| A | Kane County Cougars | Midwest League | Vance Wilson |
| Rookie | Burlington Royals | Appalachian League | Nelson Liriano |
| Rookie | AZL Royals | Arizona League | Darryl Kennedy |
| Rookie | Idaho Falls Chukars | Pioneer League | Brian Buchanan |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Omaha