page_title: Ben Zobrist
section_title: 2011 season
hierarchical_section_title: Ben Zobrist / Baseball career / Tampa Bay Devil Rays/Rays / 2011 season
caption_attribution_description: Tampa Bay Rays at Baltimore Orioles June 12, 2011.
context_page_description: Benjamin Thomas Zobrist, nicknamed Zorilla, is an American former professional baseball second baseman and outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays/Rays, his first MLB club and where he spent the majority of his career, as well as for the Oakland Athletics, Kansas City Royals and Chicago Cubs. Zobrist played in three World Series, winning the last two becoming a two-time World Series champion in consecutive seasons of 2015 with the Royals and 2016 with the Cubs. Zobrist was the 2016 World Series Most Valuable Player. He is one of seven players in MLB history to have won back-to back World Series championships on different teams, the other six being Jake Peavy, Jack Morris, Bill Skowron, Clem Labine, Don Gullett, and Ryan Theriot.
  A versatile defender and a switch-hitter with a high walk rate, he played roughly half his innings at second base, and also spent significant time at shortstop and various outfield positions. Thus, he has often been referred to as a "super utility player".
context_section_description: On April 28, 2011, Zobrist collected a Tampa Bay Rays record eight RBIs in a 15–3 rout of the Minnesota Twins. Another game was held during the day to make up for a previously rained out game and Zobrist drove in another two runs, making a total 10 RBIs for the day.
  Zobrist led the American League in WAR with 8.8, ahead of MVP Justin Verlander and MVP runner up Jacoby Ellsbury
caption: Zobrist during his tenure with the Tampa Bay Rays in 2011
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