# 2011 Oakland Athletics season

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

| Coach | Former | Since | New | Former Position |
| Bench | Tye Waller | 2009 | Joel Skinner | Managed AA-Akron Aeros (CLE) |
| Bullpen | Ron Romanick | 2008 | Rick Rodriguez | Pitching coach for Sacramento |
| Hitting | Jim Skaalen | 2009 | Gerald Perry | Hitting coach for AAA-Pawtucket Red Sox (BOS) |
| Pitching | Curt Young | 2004 | Ron Romanick | 3 seasons as Athletics' bullpen coach |
| 1st Base | Todd Steverson | 2009 | Tye Waller | 2 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".

### Season standings
#### American League West

vteAL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Texas Rangers | 96 | 66 | .593 | — | 52‍–‍29 | 44‍–‍37 |
| Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | 86 | 76 | .531 | 10 | 45‍–‍36 | 41‍–‍40 |
| Oakland Athletics | 74 | 88 | .457 | 22 | 43‍–‍38 | 31‍–‍50 |
| Seattle Mariners | 67 | 95 | .414 | 29 | 39‍–‍45 | 28‍–‍50 |

#### American League Wild Card

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 |

## Roster
### Game log

Legend :
| | Athletics win |
| | Athletics loss |
| | Postponement |
| Bold | Athletics team member |
2011 Game Log :
April (13–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 1Mariners2–6Hernández (1–0)Breslow (0–1)36,0670–1
2April 2Mariners2–5Ray (1–0)Fuentes (0–1)League (1)15,0880–2
3April 3Mariners7–1Gonzalez (1–0)Fister (0–1)22,2921–2
4April 5@ Blue Jays6–7 (10)Frasor (1–0)Balfour (0–1)11,0771–3
5April 6@ Blue Jays3–5Litsch (1–0)Braden (0–1)Rauch (1)11,6841–4
6April 7@ Blue Jays2–1Cahill (1–0)Frasor (1–1)Fuentes (1)19,5282–4
7April 8@ Twins1–2Pavano (1–1)Anderson (0–1)Nathan (3)40,7142–5
8April 9@ Twins1–0Gonzalez (2–0)Blackburn (1–1)Fuentes (2)39,9363–5
9April 10@ Twins5–3McCarthy (1–0)Baker (0–2)Fuentes (3)38,4844–5
10April 11@ White Sox2–1 (10)Ross (1–0)Crain (0–1)Fuentes (4)20,0575–5
11April 12@ White Sox5–6 (10)Sale (2–0)Cramer (0–1)18,0205–6
12April 13@ White Sox7–4 (10)Balfour (1–1)Thornton (0–2)Fuentes (5)16,5236–6
13April 14Tigers0–3Coke (1–2)Ross (1–1)Valverde (3)11,1296–7
14April 15Tigers4–8 (10)Villarreal (1–0)Fuentes 0–221,8536–8
15April 16Tigers6–2Braden (1–1)Verlander (1–2)16,2657–8
16April 17Tigers5–1Cahill (2–0)Penny (0–2)16,4608–8
17April 19Red Sox5–0Anderson (1–1)Lackey (1–2)25,2309–8
18April 20Red Sox3–5Buchholz (1–2)Gonzalez (2–1)Papelbon (3)29,0459–9
19April 21@ Mariners0–1Hernández (2–2)McCarthy (1–1)League (4)12,7709–10
20April 22@ Mariners0–4Pineda (3–1)Ross (1–2)League (5)17,7989–11
21April 23@ Mariners9–1Cahill (3–0)Vargas (0–2)25,35510–11
22April 24@ Mariners5–2Anderson (2–1)Laffey (0–1)Fuentes (6)16,53011–11
23April 25@ Angels0–5Weaver (6–0)Gonzalez (2–2)37,11511–12
24April 26@ Angels3–8Chatwood (2–1)McCarthy (1–2)37,22811–13
25April 27@ Angels2–1 (10)Fuentes (1–2)Walden (0–1)Ziegler (1)37,24712–13
26April 29Rangers3–1Cahill (4–0)Wilson (3–1)Fuentes (7)17,22613–13
27April 30Rangers2–11Lewis (2–3)Anderson (2–2)27,28513–14 :
May (14–15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
28May 1Rangers7–2Gonzalez (3–2)Harrison (3–3)15,17814–14
29May 2Rangers5–4 (10)Balfour (2–1)Oliver (1–3)9,19315–14
30May 3Indians1–4Carmona (3–3)Fuentes (1–3)C. Perez (8)10,13515–15
31May 4Indians3–1Cahill (5–0)Tomlin (4–1)Balfour (1)13,87216–15
32May 5Indians3–4 (12)Durbin (2–1)Breslow (0–2)C. Perez (9)14,35316–16
33May 6@ Royals3–2Gonzalez (4–2)O'Sullivan (1–2)Fuentes (8)30,69017–16
34May 7@ Royals3–4Soria (2–0)McCarthy (1–3)25,82817–17
35May 8@ Royals5–2Ross (2–2)Francis (0–4)Fuentes (9)22,43518–17
36May 9@ Rangers7–2Cahill (6–0)Wilson (4–2)24,37519–17
37May 10@ Rangers2–7Lewis (3–4)Anderson (2–3)31,65519–18
May 11@ RangersPostponed (rain); Makeup: July 7
38May 13White Sox3–4Humber (3–3)McCarthy (1–4)Santos (4)12,69019–19
39May 14White Sox6–2Ross (3–2)Floyd (4–3)17,29120–19
40May 15White Sox3–4Buehrle (3–3)Cahill (6–1)Santos (5)19,01820–20
41May 16Angels5–4 (10)Balfour (3–1)Rodney (2–2)11,06121–20
42May 17Angels14–0Gonzalez (5–2)Chatwood (2–2)12,19022–20
43May 18Twins3–4 (10)Nathan (1–1)Fuentes (1–4)Capps (7)15,35522–21
44May 19Twins1–11Blackburn (3–4)Ross (3–3)22,32022–22
45May 20@ Giants1–2 (10)López (2–0)Fuentes (1–5)42,22422–23
46May 21@ Giants0–3Lincecum (4–4)Anderson (2–4)42,15222–24
47May 22@ Giants4–5 (11)Romo (2–0)Fuentes (1–6)42,28822–25
48May 23@ Angels1–4Downs (2–1)Fuentes (1–7)Walden (9)36,21522–26
49May 24@ Angels6–1Moscoso (1–0)Haren (4–3)39,11723–26
50May 25@ Angels1–4Santana (3–4)Cahill (6–2)Walden (10)40,25323–27
51May 26@ Angels4–3Anderson (3–4)Piñeiro (2–1)33,41224–27
52May 27Orioles6–2Ziegler (1–0)Simón (1–1)12,11025–27
53May 28Orioles4–2Outman (1–0)Bergesen (1–6)Fuentes (10)23,79526–27
54May 29Orioles6–4Moscoso (2–0)Britton (5–3)Fuentes (11)15,37327–27
55May 30Yankees0–5Colón (3–3)Cahill (6–3)35,06727–28
56May 31Yankees3–10García (3–4)Anderson (3–5)22,58127–29 :
June (9–17)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
57June 1Yankees2–4Burnett (6–3)Gonzalez (5–3)Rivera (14)25,46927–30
58June 3@ Red Sox6–8Jenks (2–2)Devine (0–1)37,80827–31
59June 4@ Red Sox8–9 (14)Aceves (3–1)Moscoso (2–1)37,48527–32
60June 5@ Red Sox3–6Lackey (3–5)Anderson (3–6)Bard (1)37,79627–33
61June 6@ Orioles2–4Matusz (1–0)Gonzalez (5–4)Gregg (11)10,55627–34
62June 7@ Orioles0–4Jakubauskas (1–0)Moscoso (2–2)13,65227–35
63June 8@ Orioles2–3Britton (6–4)Outman (1–1)Gregg (12)11,76027–36
64June 9@ White Sox4–9Buehrle (6–4)Cahill (6–4)22,17027–37
65June 10@ White Sox7–5Balfour (4–1)Santos (2–3)Bailey (1)20,16628–37
66June 11@ White Sox2–3Danks (2–8)Gonzalez (5–5)Crain (1)24,39128–38
67June 12@ White Sox4–5Humber (6–3)Moscoso (2–3)Santos (12)22,14428–39
68June 14Royals4–7Duffy (1–2)Cahill (6–5)Soria (10)11,43928–40
69June 15Royals2–1Outman (2–1)Hochevar (4–7)Bailey (2)16,39229–40
70June 16Royals8–4Gonzalez (6–5)Francis (3–7)11,77530–40
71June 17Giants5–2Godfrey (1–0)Lincecum (5–6)Bailey (3)36,06731–40
72June 18Giants4–2Ziegler (2–0)Sánchez (4–5)Bailey (4)36,06732–40
73June 19Giants2–1Cahill (7–5)Affeldt (1–1)Fuentes (12)36,06733–40
74June 21@ Mets7–3Outman (3–1)Gee (7–1)Balfour (2)37,01934–40
75June 22@ Mets2–3 (13)Parnell (2–1)Ziegler (2–1)38,81334–41
76June 23@ Mets1–4Capuano (6–7)Godfrey (1–1)Rodríguez (20)30,16834–42
77June 24@ Phillies0–1Stutes (3–0)Fuentes (1–8)45,68534–43
78June 25@ Phillies4–1Cahill (8–5)Hamels (9–4)Bailey (5)45,78535–43
79June 26@ Phillies1–3Halladay (10–3)Outman (3–2)45,86335–44
80June 28Marlins1–0Gonzalez (7–5)Vázquez (4–8)Bailey (6)12,12436–44
81June 29Marlins0–3Nolasco (5–4)Moscoso (2–4)17,00636–45
82June 30Marlins4–5Volstad (4–7)Cahill (8–6)Núñez (22)18,39536–46 :
July (13–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
83July 1Diamondbacks5–4Harden (1–0)Collmenter (4–5)Bailey (7)12,21637–46
84July 2Diamondbacks2–4Saunders (5–7)Outman (3–9)Hernandez (3)30,33837–47
85July 3Diamondbacks7–2Gonzalez (8–5)Kennedy (8–3)13,82238–47
86July 4Mariners1–2Pineda (8–5)McCarthy (1–5)League (23)15,56638–48
87July 5Mariners2–4 (10)League (1–4)Bailey (0–1)Wright (1)11,15338–49
88July 6Mariners2–0Moscoso (3–4)Vargas (6–6)Bailey (8)19,49139–49
89July 7@ Rangers0–6Holland (7–4)Harden (1–1)35,04139–50
90July 8@ Rangers5–8Wilson (9–3)Gonzalez (8–6)37,85839–51
91July 9@ Rangers6–7Oliver (2–5)Bailey (0–2)34,06639–52
92July 10@ Rangers0–2Harrison (7–7)Cahill (8–7)Feliz (18)33,83439–53
All-Star Break
93July 15Angels5–3McCarthy (2–5)Haren (10–6)Bailey (9)18,47040–53
94July 16Angels2–4Weaver (12–4)Cahill (8–8)Walden (21)40–54
95July 16Angels4–3 (10)Ziegler (3–1)Thompson (1–3)27,37941–54
96July 17Angels9–1Gonzalez (9–6)Piñeiro (5–4)26,11542–54
97July 19@ Tigers3–8Porcello (9–6)Moscoso (3–5)31,98042–55
98July 20@ Tigers7–5Devine (1–1)Purcey (1–2)Bailey (10)31,97543–55
99July 22@ Yankees7–17Noesí (2–0)Cahill (8–9)46,92143–56
100July 23@ Yankees4–3Harden (2–1)Burnett (8–8)Bailey (11)46,18844–56
101July 24@ Yankees5–7Colón (7–6)Gonzalez (9–7)Rivera (25)45,58644–57
102July 25Rays7–5Fuentes (2–8)Howell (2–2)Bailey (12)11,05345–57
103July 26Rays6–1McCarthy (3–5)Price (9–9)12,16646–57
104July 27Rays13–4Cahill (9–9)Shields (9–9)18,64047–57
105July 28Rays8–10Davis (8–7)Ziegler (3–2)Farnsworth (20)16,46647–58
106July 29Twins5–9Liriano (7–8)Gonzalez (9–8)25,65647–59
107July 30Twins8–3Moscoso (4–5)Blackburn (7–8)19,60548–59
108July 31Twins7–3McCarthy (4–5)Pavano (6–8)22,45249–59 :
August (11–17)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
109August 1@ Mariners4–8Beavan (2–2)Cahill (9–10)23,33549–60
110August 2@ Mariners2–4Hernández (10–9)Harden (2–2)League (25)22,57649–61
111August 3@ Mariners4–7Furbush (2–3)Gonzalez (9–9)League (26)29,69149–62
112August 5@ Rays4–8Niemann (6–4)Moscoso (4–6)15,16849–63
113August 6@ Rays8–0McCarthy (5–5)Cobb (3–2)24,93950–63
114August 7@ Rays5–4 (10)De Los Santos (1–0)McGee (0–1)Bailey (13)21,42551–63
115August 9@ Blue Jays4–1Harden (3–2)Cecil (4–5)Bailey (14)20,52152–63
116August 10@ Blue Jays4–8Janssen (4–0)Gonzalez (9–10)Litsch (1)19,54152–64
117August 11@ Blue Jays10–3Moscoso (5–6)Mills (1–2)27,91853–64
118August 12Rangers1–9Wilson (11–5)McCarthy (5–6)20,28853–65
119August 13Rangers1–7Lewis (11–8)Cahill (9–11)25,16053–66
120August 14Rangers6–7Adams (1–0)Bailey (0–3)Feliz (23)15,10753–67
121August 15Orioles2–6Hunter (2–2)Gonzalez (9–11)10,12253–68
122August 16Orioles8–4Moscoso (6–6)Matusz (1–5)12,32554–68
123August 17Orioles6–5McCarthy (6–6)Simón (3–6)Bailey (15)20,44855–68
124August 18Blue Jays0–7Romero (12–9)Cahill (9–12)12,22055–69
125August 19Blue Jays2–0Harden (4–2)Cecil (4–6)Bailey (16)13,17456–69
126August 20Blue Jays5–1Gonzalez (10–11)Álvarez (0–1)28,43457–69
127August 21Blue Jays0–1Pérez (3–2)Moscoso (6–7)Janssen (2)16,81157–70
128August 23@ Yankees6–5McCarthy (7–6)Colón (8–8)Bailey (17)47,34358–70
129August 24@ Yankees6–4 (10)De Los Santos (2–0)Soriano (2–2)Bailey (18)47,27159–70
130August 25@ Yankees9–22Logan (4–2)De Los Santos (2–1)46,36959–71
131August 26@ Red Sox15–5Gonzalez (11–11)Wakefield (6–6)38,23960–71
132August 27@ Red Sox3–9Lester (14–6)Moscoso (6–8)37,31460–72
133August 27@ Red Sox0–4Aceves (9–1)Godfrey (1–2)37,03960–73
134August 29@ Indians1–2Huff (2–2)McCarthy (7–7)C. Perez (30)18,20160–74
135August 30@ Indians2–6Gómez (1–2)Cahill (9–13)20,37260–75
136August 31@ Indians3–4 (16)Herrmann (4–0)Outman (3–4)15,20260–76 :
September (14–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
137September 1@ Indians7–0Gonzalez (12–11)Carmona (6–13)14,19261–76
138September 2Mariners9–2Moscoso (7–8)Vargas (7–13)14,97262–76
139September 3Mariners3–0McCarthy (7–8)Pineda (9–9)19,73263–76
140September 4Mariners8–5Cahill (10–13)Beavan (3–5)Bailey (19)19,38464–76
141September 5Royals6–11Holland (4–1)Bailey (0–4)14,57764–77
142September 6Royals4–7Duffy (4–8)Gonzalez (12–12)Soria (26)12,06464–78
143September 7Royals7–0Moscoso (8–8)Chen (10–7)13,13265–78
144September 9@ Rangers4–13Lewis (12–10)McCarthy (8–8)36,70665–79
145September 10@ Rangers8–7Cahill (11–13)Ogando (12–8)Andrew Bailey (20)46,15166–79
146September 11@ Rangers1–8Wilson (16–6)Outman (3–5)46,72766–80
147September 12Angels6–3Gonzalez (13–12)Piñeiro (6–7)12,85867–80
148September 13Angels3–6Takahashi (4–3)De Los Santos (2–2)Walden (30)13,21267–81
149September 14Angels1–4Weaver (17–7)Harden (4–3)Walden (31)14,74367–82
150September 15Tigers6–1McCarthy (9–8)Scherzer (14–9)10,92568–82
151September 16Tigers1–3Fister (9–13)Cahill (11–14)Valverde (45)31,02268–83
152September 17Tigers5–3Gonzalez (14–12)Porcello (14–9)19,45169–83
153September 18Tigers0–3Verlander (24–5)Moscoso (8–9)Valverde (46)18,40569–84
154September 20Rangers2–7Holland (15–5)Harden (4–4)13,63569–85
155September 21Rangers2–3Uehara (2–3)Balfour (4–2)Feliz (29)19,58969–86
156September 22Rangers4–3Balfour (5–2)Adams (4–4)Bailey (21)14,09070–86
157September 23@ Angels3–1Gonzalez (15–12)Weaver (18–8)Bailey (22)39,21771–86
158September 24@ Angels2–4Williams (4–0)Moscoso (8–10)Walden (32)41,11371–87
159September 25@ Angels6–5De Los Santos (3–2)Walden (5–4)Bailey (23)40,79472–87
160September 26@ Mariners2–4Vargas (10–13)McCarthy (9–9)League (36)17,05772–88
161September 27@ Mariners7–0Cahill (12–14)Beavan (5–6)18,60073–88
162September 28@ Mariners2–0Gonzalez (16–12)Vasquez (1–6)Bailey (24)20,17374–88 :

## 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
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | AVG | SLG |
| Coco Crisp | 136 | 531 | 69 | 140 | 27 | 5 | 8 | 54 | 49 | 41 | .264 | .379 |
| Hideki Matsui | 141 | 517 | 58 | 130 | 28 | 0 | 12 | 72 | 1 | 56 | .251 | .375 |
| Cliff Pennington | 148 | 515 | 57 | 136 | 26 | 2 | 8 | 58 | 14 | 42 | .264 | .369 |
| Josh Willingham | 136 | 488 | 69 | 120 | 26 | 0 | 29 | 98 | 4 | 56 | .246 | .477 |
| Kurt Suzuki | 134 | 460 | 54 | 109 | 26 | 0 | 14 | 44 | 2 | 38 | .237 | .385 |
| David DeJesus | 131 | 442 | 60 | 106 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 46 | 4 | 45 | .240 | .376 |
| Jemile Weeks | 97 | 406 | 50 | 123 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 36 | 22 | 21 | .303 | .421 |
| Conor Jackson | 102 | 333 | 30 | 83 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 38 | 3 | 30 | .249 | .342 |
| Scott Sizemore | 93 | 305 | 42 | 76 | 21 | 1 | 11 | 52 | 4 | 43 | .249 | .433 |
| Ryan Sweeney | 108 | 264 | 34 | 70 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 33 | .265 | .341 |
| Daric Barton | 67 | 236 | 27 | 50 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 39 | .212 | .267 |
| Mark Ellis | 62 | 217 | 21 | 47 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 8 | .217 | .290 |
| Brandon Allen | 41 | 146 | 18 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 11 | .205 | .356 |
| Kevin Kouzmanoff | 46 | 136 | 13 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 8 | .221 | .353 |
| Landon Powell | 36 | 111 | 10 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 11 | .171 | .225 |
| Andy LaRoche | 40 | 93 | 10 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | .247 | .333 |
| Eric Sogard | 27 | 70 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | .200 | .329 |
| Adam Rosales | 24 | 61 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4 | .098 | .197 |
| Chris Carter | 15 | 44 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .136 | .136 |
| Michael Taylor | 11 | 30 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .200 | .300 |
| Anthony Recker | 5 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .176 | .235 |
| Jai Miller | 7 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .500 |
| Pitcher Totals | 162 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5452 | 645 | 1330 | 280 | 29 | 114 | 612 | 117 | 509 | .244 | .369 |
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### 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
| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| Trevor Cahill | 12 | 14 | 4.16 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 207.2 | 214 | 102 | 96 | 82 | 147 |
| Gio Gonzalez | 16 | 12 | 3.12 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 202.0 | 175 | 81 | 70 | 91 | 197 |
| Brandon McCarthy | 9 | 9 | 3.32 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 170.2 | 168 | 73 | 63 | 25 | 123 |
| Guillermo Moscoso | 8 | 10 | 3.38 | 23 | 21 | 0 | 128.0 | 102 | 59 | 48 | 38 | 174 |
| Brett Anderson | 3 | 6 | 4.00 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 83.1 | 86 | 40 | 37 | 25 | 61 |
| Rich Harden | 4 | 4 | 5.12 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 82.2 | 87 | 48 | 47 | 31 | 91 |
| Grant Balfour | 5 | 2 | 2.47 | 62 | 0 | 2 | 62.0 | 44 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 59 |
| Craig Breslow | 0 | 2 | 3.79 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 59.1 | 69 | 29 | 25 | 21 | 44 |
| Brian Fuentes | 2 | 8 | 3.70 | 67 | 0 | 12 | 58.1 | 52 | 30 | 24 | 20 | 42 |
| Josh Outman | 3 | 5 | 3.70 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 58.1 | 62 | 27 | 24 | 23 | 35 |
| Andrew Bailey | 0 | 4 | 3.24 | 42 | 0 | 24 | 41.2 | 34 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 41 |
| Brad Ziegler | 3 | 2 | 2.39 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 37.2 | 38 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 29 |
| Tyson Ross | 3 | 3 | 2.75 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 36.0 | 33 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 24 |
| Michael Wuertz | 0 | 0 | 6.68 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 33.2 | 37 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 32 |
| Fautino De Los Santos | 3 | 2 | 4.32 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 33.1 | 27 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 43 |
| Jerry Blevins | 0 | 0 | 2.86 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 28.1 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 26 |
| Graham Godfrey | 1 | 2 | 3.96 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 25.0 | 32 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 13 |
| Joey Devine | 1 | 1 | 3.52 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 20 |
| Dallas Braden | 1 | 1 | 3.00 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 18.0 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 15 |
| Trystan Magnuson | 0 | 0 | 6.14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 14.2 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 11 |
| David Purcey | 0 | 0 | 2.13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 12.2 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| Bobby Cramer | 0 | 1 | 1.08 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Jordan Norberto | 0 | 0 | 8.10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 |
| Andrew Carignan | 0 | 0 | 4.26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Bruce Billings | 0 | 0 | 12.60 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| Neil Wagner | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Team Totals | 74 | 88 | 3.71 | 162 | 162 | 39 | 1447.2 | 1380 | 679 | 597 | 519 | 1160 |
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## Farm system
### Minor league standings

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Sacramento River Cats | Pacific Coast League | Darren Bush |
| AA | Midland RockHounds | Texas League | Steve Scarsone |
| High-A | Stockton Ports | California League | Webster Garrison |
| Low-A | Burlington Bees | Midwest League | Aaron Nieckula |
| SS-A | Vermont Lake Monsters | New York–Penn League | Rick Magnante |
| Rookie | AZL Athletics | Arizona League | Marcus Jensen |
| Rookie | DSL Athletics | Dominican Summer League | Oscar 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) |
| 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) |
| Aaron Shipman | OF | 7 | -- | 8 | AZL Athletics |
| Yordy Cabrera | SS | 8 | 5 | 6 | Burlington Bees (Class A) |
| 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) |
* Bold on 40-Man roster to begin 2011 season.
* Top Prospects according to Baseball America, 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.