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 90–72, the Red Sox finished third in their division, seven games behind the Yankees.

2011 Boston Red Sox
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	Fenway Park
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Record	90–72 (.556)
Divisional place	3rd
Owners	John W. Henry (Fenway Sports Group)
President	Larry Lucchino
General manager	Theo Epstein[1]
Manager	Terry Francona[2]
Television	NESN (Don Orsillo, Jerry Remy)
Radio	Boston Red Sox Radio Network (Joe Castiglione, Dave O'Brien, Jon Rish, Dale Arnold)
Stats	ESPN.com Baseball Reference
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The club led the Tampa Bay Rays by nine games in the AL wild card race on September 3. Boston’s odds of reaching the postseason peaked at 99.6%, but 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 an improbable late comeback from a 7–0 deficit in 12 innings 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

• 11/04/10-Detroit Tigers traded Brent Dlugach to Boston Red Sox.
• 11/07/10-3B Adrián Beltré elected to free agency.
• LF Bill Hall elected to free agency.
• 2B Felipe López elected to free agent.
• C Víctor Martínez elected to free agency.
• C Jason Varitek elected to free agency.
• 11/08/10-Activated RHP Junichi Tazawa from the 60-day disabled list.
• Activated CF Mike Cameron from the 60-day disabled list.
• Activated 1B Kevin Youkilis from the 60-day disabled list.
• Activated LF Jacoby Ellsbury from the 60-day disabled list.
• 11/12/10-Traded LHP Dustin Richardson to the Florida Marlins for LHP Andrew Miller.
• 11/15/10-Claimed RHP Taylor Buchholz off waivers from Toronto Blue Jays.
• 11/19/10-Called up Luis Exposito from Portland Sea Dogs.
• Called up Stolmy Pimentel from Salem Red Sox.
• Called up Óscar Tejeda from Salem Red Sox.
• 11/24/10-Claimed Jordan Parraz off waivers from Kansas City Royals.

December

• 12/03/10-2B Nate Spears assigned to Boston Red Sox.
• RHP Santo Luis assigned to Boston Red Sox.
• LHP Hideki Okajima elected free agency.
• RHP Taylor Buchholz elected free agency.
• LHP Andrew Miller elected free agency.
• Signed free agent RHP Jason Bergmann.
• Signed free agent RHP Brandon Duckworth.
• Signed free agent 2B Drew Sutton.
• 12/06/10-Portland Sea Dogs traded 1B Anthony Rizzo and RHP Casey Kelly to San Antonio Missions; San Diego Padres traded 1B Adrián González to Boston Red Sox and Greenville Drive traded CF Reymond Fuentes to Fort Wayne TinCaps.
• 12/10/10-Signed free agent C Jason Varitek.
• 12/11/10-Signed free agent LF Carl Crawford.
• 12/16/10-Traded CF Eric Patterson to San Diego Padres.
• Signed free agent LHP Andrew Miller.
• Signed free agent RHP Clevelan Santeliz.
• Signed free agent LHP Randy Williams.
• Signed free agent LHP Rich Hill.
• Signed free agent LHP Lenny DiNardo.
• Signed free agent LHP Matt Albers.
• 12/18/10-Signed free agent RHP Dan Wheeler.
• 12/21/10-Designated SS Brent Dlugach for assignment.
• Signed free agent RHP Bobby Jenks.
• 12/23/10-Outrighted Brent Dlugach to Pawtucket Red Sox.

January

• 1/05/11-Designated Matt Fox for assignment.
• Claimed Max Ramírez off waivers from Texas Rangers.
• 1/06/11-Signed free agent RHP Tony Peña Jr.
• 1/10/11-Signed free agent LHP Hideki Okajima.
• 1/13/11-Released RHP Matt Fox.

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

2	Jacoby Ellsbury	CF
15	Dustin Pedroia	2B
13	Carl Crawford	LF
20	Kevin Youkilis	3B
28	Adrián González	1B
34	David Ortiz	DH
23	Mike Cameron	RF
39	Jarrod Saltalamacchia	C
10	Marco Scutaro	SS
31	Jon Lester	P

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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 91 Alfredo Aceves 32 Matt Albers 48 Scott Atchison 51 Daniel Bard 19 Josh Beckett 23 Érik Bédard 64 Michael Bowden 11 Clay Buchholz 61 Félix Doubront 53 Rich Hill 68 Tommy Hottovy 52 Bobby Jenks 41 John Lackey 31 Jon Lester 18 Daisuke Matsuzaka 30 Andrew Miller 56 Trever Miller 46 Franklin Morales 37 Hideki Okajima 58 Jonathan Papelbon 59 Dennys Reyes 63 Junichi Tazawa 49 Tim Wakefield 70 Kyle Weiland 35 Dan Wheeler 43 Randy Williams		Catchers 60 Ryan Lavarnway 39 Jarrod Saltalamacchia 33 Jason Varitek Infielders 62 Lars Anderson  3 Mike Avilés 28 Adrián González 68,76 José Iglesias 12 Jed Lowrie 60 Yamaico Navarro 34 David Ortiz 15 Dustin Pedroia 10 Marco Scutaro 71 Nate Spears 44 Drew Sutton 20 Kevin Youkilis		Outfielders 23 Mike Cameron 13 Carl Crawford  7 J. D. Drew  2 Jacoby Ellsbury 55 Joey Gathright 36 Conor Jackson 54 Darnell McDonald 16 Josh Reddick		Manager 47 Terry Francona Coaches 17 Tim Bogar (third base) 22 DeMarlo Hale (bench) 50 Ron Johnson (first base) 29 Dave Magadan (hitting) 57 Gary Tuck (bullpen) 40 Curt Young (pitching)

Season standings

American League East

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Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	97	65	.599	—	52‍–‍29	45‍–‍36
Tampa Bay Rays	91	71	.562	6	47‍–‍34	44‍–‍37
Boston Red Sox	90	72	.556	7	45‍–‍36	45‍–‍36
Toronto Blue Jays	81	81	.500	16	42‍–‍39	39‍–‍42
Baltimore Orioles	69	93	.426	28	39‍–‍42	30‍–‍51

American League Wild Card

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Division winners

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

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Wild 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

2011 American League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2011 v t e
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	–	8–10	4–4	2–5	5–5	5–4	3–6	6–2	5–13	4–5	4–2	9–9	1–5	6–12	7–11
Boston	10–8	–	2–4	4–6	5–1	5–3	6–2	5–2	12–6	6–2	5–4	6–12	4–6	10–8	10–8
Chicago	4–4	4–2	–	11–7	5–13	7–11	2–6	9–9	2–6	6–4	7–2	4–4	4–4	3–4	11–7
Cleveland	5–2	6–4	7–11	–	6–12	12–6	3–6	11–7	3–4	5–2	5–4	2–4	1–9	3–4	11–7
Detroit	5–5	1–5	13–5	12–6	–	11–7	3–4	14–4	4–3	5–5	4–6	6–1	6–3	4–2	7–11
Kansas City	4–5	3–5	11–7	6–12	7–11	–	7–3	8–10	3–3	4–5	5–3	2–5	2–6	4–3	5–13
Los Angeles	6–3	2–6	6–2	6–3	4–3	3–7	–	6–3	4–5	8–11	12–7	4–4	7–12	5–5	13–5
Minnesota	2–6	2–5	9–9	7–11	4–14	10–8	3–6	–	2–6	4–4	3–5	3–7	5–3	1–5	8–10
New York	13–5	6–12	6–2	4–3	3–4	3–3	5–4	6–2	–	6–3	5–4	9–9	7–2	11–7	13–5
Oakland	5–4	2–6	4–6	2–5	5–5	5–4	11–8	4–4	3–6	–	9–10	5–2	6–13	5–5	8–10
Seattle	2–4	4–5	2–7	4–5	6–4	3–5	7–12	5–3	4–5	10–9	–	4–6	4–15	3–6	9–9
Tampa Bay	9–9	12–6	4–4	4–2	1–6	5–2	4–4	7–3	9–9	2–5	6–4	–	4–5	12–6	12–6
Texas	5–1	6–4	4–4	9–1	3–6	6–2	12–7	3–5	2–7	13–6	15–4	5–4	–	4–6	9–9
Toronto	12–6	8–10	4–3	4–3	2–4	3–4	5–5	5–1	7–11	5–5	6–3	6–12	6–4	–	8–10

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• Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2011

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) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Stadium Record Boxscore / Streak 1 April 1 @ Rangers 9–5 Oliver (1–0) Bard (0–1) 50,146 Rangers Ballpark 0–1 L1 2 April 2 @ Rangers 12–5 Lewis (1–0) Lackey (0–1) 48,356 Rangers Ballpark 0–2 L2 3 April 3 @ Rangers 5–1 Harrison (1–0) Buchholz (0–1) 46,326 Rangers Ballpark 0–3 L3 4 April 5 @ Indians 3–1 Tomlin (1–0) Beckett (0–1) Perez (1) 9,025 Progressive Field 0–4 L4 5 April 6 @ Indians 8–4 Perez (1–0) Matsuzaka (0–1) 9,523 Progressive Field 0–5 L5 6 April 7 @ Indians 1–0 Perez (2–0) Bard (0–2) Perez (2) 10,594 Progressive Field 0–6 L6 7 April 8 Yankees 9–6 Lackey (1–1) Colón (0–1) Papelbon (1) 37,178 Fenway Park 1–6 W1 8 April 9 Yankees 9–4 Robertson (2–0) Buchholz (0–2) 37,488 Fenway Park 1–7 L1 9 April 10 Yankees 4–0 Beckett (1–1) Sabathia (0–1) 37,861 Fenway Park 2–7 W1 10 April 11 Rays 16–5 Hellickson (1–1) Matsuzaka (0–2) 37,568 Fenway Park 2–8 L1 11 April 12 Rays 3–2 Price (1–2) Lester (0–1) 37,015 Fenway Park 2–9 L2 12 April 13 Rays Postponed (rain); Makeup: August 16 Rain1 12 April 15 Blue Jays 7–6 Cecil (1–1) Jenks (0–1) Rauch (3) 37,467 Fenway Park 2–10 L3 13 April 16 Blue Jays 4–1 Beckett (2–1) Reyes (0–2) Papelbon (2) 37,310 Fenway Park 3–10 W1 14 April 17 Blue Jays 8–1 Lester (1–1) Litsch (1–1) 37,802 Fenway Park 4–10 W2 15 April 18 Blue Jays 9–1 Matsuzaka (1–2) Romero (1–2) 37,916 Fenway Park 5–10 W3 16 April 19 @ Athletics 5–0 Anderson (1–1) Lackey (1–2) 25,230 McAfee Coliseum 5–11 L1 17 April 20 @ Athletics 5–3 Buchholz (1–2) González (2–1) Papelbon (3) 29,045 McAfee Coliseum 6–11 W1 18 April 21 @ Angels 4–2 (11) Jenks (1–1) Thompson (0–1) Papelbon (4) 37,003 Angel Stadium 7–11 W2 19 April 22 @ Angels 4–3 Lester (2–1) Haren (4–1) Papelbon (5) 39,005 Angel Stadium 8–11 W3 20 April 23 @ Angels 5–0 Matsuzaka (2–2) Santana (0–3) 40,025 Angel Stadium 9–11 W4 21 April 24 @ Angels 7–0 Lackey (2–2) Palmer (1–1) 35,107 Angel Stadium 10–11 W5 22 April 26 @ Orioles 4–1 Britton (4–1) Buchholz (1–3) Gregg (3) 18,938 Camden Yards 10–12 L1 23 April 27 @ Orioles 5–4 Uehara (1–0) Bard (0–3) Gregg (4) 15,514 Camden Yards 10–13 L2 24 April 28 @ Orioles 6–2 Lester (3–1) Johnson (1–1) 21,209 Camden Yards 11–13 W1 25 April 29 Mariners 5–4 Vargas (1–2) Jenks (1–2) League (6) 37,845 Fenway Park 11–14 L1 26 April 30 Mariners 2–0 Fister (2–3) Lackey (2–3) League (7) 37,901 Fenway Park 11–15 L2
May (19–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Stadium Record Boxscore / Streak 27 May 1 Mariners 3–2 Papelbon (1–0) Wright (0–1) 37,079 Fenway Park 12–15 W1 28 May 2 Angels 9–5 Buchholz (2–3) Weaver (6–1) 37,017 Fenway Park 13–15 W2 29 May 3 Angels 7–3 Lester (4–1) Haren (4–2) 37,043 Fenway Park 14–15 W3 30 May 4 Angels 5–3 (13) Bell (1–0) Matsuzaka (2–3) 37,037 Fenway Park 14–16 L1 31 May 5 Angels 11–0 Piñeiro (1–0) Lackey (2–4) 37,013 Fenway Park 14–17 L2 32 May 6 Twins 9–2 Baker (2–2) Wakefield (0–1) 37,798 Fenway Park 14–18 L3 33 May 7 Twins 4–0 Buchholz (3–3) Duensing (2–2) 37,234 Fenway Park 15–18 W1 34 May 8 Twins 9–5 Matsuzaka (3–3) Pavano (2–4) 37,526 Fenway Park 16–18 W2 35 May 9 Twins 2–1 Okajima (1–0) Hoey (0–1) 37,276 Fenway Park 17–18 W3 36 May 10 @ Blue Jays 7–6 (10) Villanueva (1–0) Albers (0–1) 17,820 Rogers Centre 17–19 L1 37 May 11 @ Blue Jays 9–3 Litsch (4–2) Lackey (2–5) 19,163 Rogers Centre 17–20 L2 38 May 13 @ Yankees 5–4 Buchholz (4–3) Colón (2–2) Papelbon (6) 48,254 Yankee Stadium 18–20 W1 39 May 14 @ Yankees 6–0 Beckett (3–1) Sabathia (3–3) 48,790 Yankee Stadium 19–20 W2 40 May 15 @ Yankees 7–5 Lester (5–1) García (2–3) Papelbon (7) 46,945 Yankee Stadium 20–20 W3 41 May 16 Orioles 8–7 Aceves (1–0) Gregg (0–1) 37,138 Fenway Park 21–20 W4 42 May 17 Orioles Postponed (rain); Makeup: September 19 Rain2[dead link] 42 May 18 Tigers 1–0 Bard (1–3) Schlereth (0–1) Papelbon (8) 37,311 Fenway Park 22–20 W5 43 May 19 Tigers 4–3 Papelbon (2–0) Alburquerque (0–1) 37,660 Fenway Park 23–20 W6 44 May 20 Cubs 15–5 Lester (6–1) Davis (0–2) Atchison (1) 37,140 Fenway Park 24–20 W7 45 May 21 Cubs 9–3 Marshall (2–0) Albers (0–2) 37,798 Fenway Park 24–21 L1 46 May 22 Cubs 5–1 Wakefield (1–1) Russell (1–5) 37,688 Fenway Park 25–21 W1 47 May 23 @ Indians 3–2 Smith (2–1) Bard (1–4) Perez (13) 19,225 Progressive Field 25–22 L1 48 May 24 @ Indians 4–2 Beckett (4–1) Carmona (3–5) Papelbon (9) 23,752 Progressive Field 26–22 W1 49 May 25 @ Indians 14–2 Lester (7–1) Talbot (1–1) 26,408 Progressive Field 27–22 W2 50 May 26 @ Tigers 14–1 (8) Aceves (2–0) Scherzer (6–2) 24,213 Comerica Park 28–22 W3 51 May 27 @ Tigers 9–3 Wakefield (2–1) Porcello (4–3) 34,046 Comerica Park 29–22 W4 52 May 28 @ Tigers Postponed (rain); Makeup: May 29 Rain3 Archived October 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine 52 May 29 (Game 1) @ Tigers 4–3 Albers (1–2) Valverde (2–2) Papelbon (10) 36,285 Comerica Park 30–22 W5 53 May 29 (Game 2) @ Tigers 3–0 Verlander (5–3) Beckett (4–2) Valverde (12) 39,873 Comerica Park 30–23 L1 54 May 30 White Sox 7–3 Peavy (2–0) Lester (7–2) 37,463 Fenway Park 30–24 L2 55 May 31 White Sox 10–7 Humber (4–3) Aceves (2–1) Sale (2) 37,269 Fenway Park 30–25 L3
June (16–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Stadium Record Boxscore / Streak 56 June 1 White Sox 7–4 Floyd (6–5) Albers (1–3) Santos (9) 37,321 Fenway Park 30–26 L4 57 June 3 Athletics 8–6 Jenks (2–2) Devine (0–1) 37,808 Fenway Park 31–26 W1 58 June 4 Athletics 9–8 (14) Aceves (3–1) Moscoso (2–1) 37,485 Fenway Park 32–26 W2 59 June 5 Athletics 6–3 Lackey (3–5) Anderson (3–6) Bard (1) 37,796 Fenway Park 33–26 W3 60 June 7 @ Yankees 6–4 Lester (8–2) García (4–5) Papelbon (12) 48,450 Yankee Stadium 34–26 W4 61 June 8 @ Yankees 11–6 Wakefield (3–1) Burnett (6–4) Aceves (1) 47,863 Yankee Stadium 35–26 W5 62 June 9 @ Yankees 8–3 Beckett (5–2) Sabathia (7–4) 48,845 Yankee Stadium 36–26 W6 63 June 10 @ Blue Jays 5–1 Buchholz (5–3) Reyes (2–5) 28,588 Rogers Centre 37–26 W7 64 June 11 @ Blue Jays 16–4 Lackey (4–5) Morrow (2–4) 39,437 Rogers Centre 38–26 W8 65 June 12 @ Blue Jays 14–1 Lester (9–2) Drabek (4–5) 30,364 Rogers Centre 39–26 W9 66 June 14 @ Rays 4–0 Shields (6–4) Wakefield (3–2) 20,972 Tropicana Field 39–27 L1 67 June 15 @ Rays 3–0 Beckett (6–2) Hellickson (7–5) 19,388 Tropicana Field 40–27 W1 68 June 16 @ Rays 4–2 Buchholz (6–3) Price (7–6) Papelbon (13) 23,495 Tropicana Field 41–27 W2 69 June 17 Brewers 10–4 Lackey (5–5) Estrada (1–4) 37,833 Fenway Park 42–27 W3 70 June 18 Brewers 4–2 Wolf (5–4) Lester (9–3) Axford (19) 38,175 Fenway Park 42–28 L1 71 June 19 Brewers 12–3 Wakefield (4–2) Gallardo (8–4) 37,903 Fenway Park 43–28 W1 72 June 20 Padres 14–5 Albers (2–3) Luebke (1–2) 38,020 Fenway Park 44–28 W2 73 June 21 Padres 5–4 Qualls (4–3) Wheeler (0–1) Bell (19) 38,422 Fenway Park 44–29 L1 74 June 22 Padres 5–1 (8) Richard (3–9) Lackey (5–6) 37,419 Fenway Park 44–30 L2 75 June 24 @ Pirates 3–1 Malholm (4–8) Lester (9–4) Hanrahan (21) 39,330 PNC Park 44–31 L3 76 June 25 @ Pirates 6–4 Karstens (5–4) Wakefield (4–3) Hanrahan (22) 39,483 PNC Park 44–32 L4 77 June 26 @ Pirates 4–2 Miller (1–0) Wood (0–2) Papelbon (14) 39,511 PNC Park 45–32 W1 78 June 28 @ Phillies 5–0 Lee (9–5) Beckett (6–3) 45,714 Citizens Bank Park 45–33 L1 79 June 29 @ Phillies 2–1 Worley (3–1) Lackey (5–7) Bastardo (3) 45,612 Citizens Bank Park 45–34 L2 80 June 30 @ Phillies 5–2 Lester (10–4) Herndon (0–2) Papelbon (15) 45,810 Citizens Bank Park 46–34 W1
July (20–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Stadium Record Boxscore / Streak 81 July 1 @ Astros 7–5 Wheeler (1–1) Escalona (1–1) Papelbon (16) 36,279 Minute Maid Park 47–34 W2 82 July 2 @ Astros 10–4 Miller (2–0) Happ (3–10) 39,021 Minute Maid Park 48–34 W3 83 July 3 @ Astros 2–1 Beckett (7–3) Melancon (5–2) Papelbon (17) 38,035 Minute Maid Park 49–34 W4 84 July 4 Blue Jays 9–7 Morrow (5–4) Lackey (5–8) Francisco (10) 38,072 Fenway Park 49–35 L1 85 July 5 Blue Jays 3–2 Albers (3–3) Cecil (1–4) Papelbon (18) 37,745 Fenway Park 50–35 W1 86 July 6 Blue Jays 6–4 Wakefield (5–3) Romero (7–8) Papelbon (19) 37,404 Fenway Park 51–35 W2 87 July 7 Orioles 10–4 Miller (3–0) Arrieta (9–6) 37,981 Fenway Park 52–35 W3 88 July 8 Orioles 10–3 (brawl) Beckett (8–3) Britton (6–7) 37,729 Fenway Park 53–35 W4 89 July 9 Orioles 4–0 Lackey (6–8) Simón (1–2) 38,205 Fenway Park 54–35 W5 90 July 10 Orioles 8–6 Aceves (4–1) Guthrie (3–12) Papelbon (20) 37,688 Fenway Park 55–35 W6 91 July 15 @ Rays 9–6 Price (9–7) Miller (3–1) Farnsworth (18) 25,729 Tropicana Field 55–36 L1 92 July 16 @ Rays 9–5 Lackey (7–8) Shields (8–8) 32,487 Tropicana Field 56–36 W1 93 July 17 @ Rays 1–0 (16) Aceves (5–1) Russell (1–2) Papelbon (21) 21,504 Tropicana Field 57–36 W2 94 July 18 @ Orioles 15–10 Wheeler (2–1) González (1–2) 27,924 Camden Yards 58–36 W3 95 July 19 @ Orioles 6–2 Guthrie (4–13) Weiland (0–1) Johnson (1) 32,314 Camden Yards 58–37 L1 96 July 20 @ Orioles 4–0 Miller (4–1) Arrieta (9–7) 35,174 Camden Yards 59–37 W1 97 July 22 Mariners 7–4 Lackey (8–8) Hernández (8–9) Papelbon (22) 38,048 Fenway Park 60–37 W2 98 July 23 Mariners 3–1 Beckett (9–3) Beavan (1–2) Papelbon (23) 38,115 Fenway Park 61–37 W3 99 July 24 Mariners 12–8 Wakefield (6–3) Pineda (8–7) 37,650 Fenway Park 62–37 W4 100 July 25 Royals 3–1 (14) Coleman (1–2) Williams (0–1) Soria (18) 37,727 Fenway Park 62–38 L1 101 July 26 Royals 13–9 Aceves (6–1) Adcock (1–1) 37,460 Fenway Park 63–38 W1 102 July 27 Royals 12–5 Lackey (9–8) Chen (5–4) 38,329 Fenway Park 64–38 W2 103 July 28 Royals 4–3 Hochevar (7–8) Beckett (9–4) Soria (19) 37,822 Fenway Park 64–39 L1 104 July 29 @ White Sox 3–1 Floyd (9–9) Wakefield (6–4) Santos (22) 27,513 U.S. Cellular Field 64–40 L2 105 July 30 @ White Sox 10–2 Lester (10–4) Humber (8–7) 33,919 U.S. Cellular Field 65–40 W1 106 July 31 @ White Sox 5–3 Aceves (7–1) Crain (5–3) Papelbon (24) 28,278 U.S. Cellular Field 66–40 W2
August (17–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Stadium Record Boxscore / Streak 107 August 1 Indians 9–6 Pérez (4–1) Bard (1–5) 37,943 Fenway Park 66–41 L1 108 August 2 Indians 3–2 Papelbon (3–0) Pestano (1–1) 38,101 Fenway Park 67–41 W1 109 August 3 Indians 4–3 Papelbon (4–0) Smith (2–2) 38,172 Fenway Park 68–41 W2 110 August 4 Indians 7–3 Masterson (9–7) Morales (0–2) 38,477 Fenway Park 68–42 L1 111 August 5 Yankees 3–2 Logan (3–2) Lester (11–5) Rivera (29) 38,006 Fenway Park 68–43 L2 112 August 6 Yankees 10–4 Lackey (10–8) Sabathia (16–6) 37,416 Fenway Park 69–43 W1 113 August 7 Yankees 3–2 (10) Bard (2–5) Hughes (2–4) 38,189 Fenway Park 70–43 W2 114 August 8 @ Twins 8–6 Aceves (8–1) Perkins (3–2) Papelbon (25) 40,080 Target Field 71–43 W3 115 August 9 @ Twins 4–3 Albers (4–3) Capps (3–6) Papelbon (26) 39,974 Target Field 72–43 W4 116 August 10 @ Twins 5–2 Perkins (4–2) Lester (11–6) Nathan (9) 40,491 Target Field 72–44 L1 117 August 12 @ Mariners 6–4 Lackey (11–8) Beavan (3–3) Papelbon (27) 40,682 Safeco Field 73–44 W1 118 August 13 @ Mariners 5–4 Hernández (11–10) Beckett (9–5) League (28) 41,326 Safeco Field 73–45 L1 119 August 14 @ Mariners 5–3 Furbush (3–4) Wakefield (6–5) League (29) 43,777 Safeco Field 73–46 L2 120 August 16 Rays 3–1 Lester (12–6) Shields (11–10) Papelbon (28) 38,525 Fenway Park 74–46 W1 121 August 16 Rays 6–2 Niemann (8–4) Bédard (4–8) 38,278 Fenway Park 74–47 L1 122 August 17 Rays 4–0 Price (11–10) Lackey (11–9) 37,747 Fenway Park 74–48 L2 123 August 18 @ Royals 4–3 Beckett (10–5) Hochevar (8–10) Papelbon (29) 20,547 Kauffman Stadium 75–48 W1 124 August 19 @ Royals 7–1 Miller (5–1) Francis (4–14) Aceves (2) 21,262 Kauffman Stadium 76–48 W2 125 August 20 @ Royals 9–4 Paulino (2–9) Albers (4–4) 28,588 Kauffman Stadium 76–49 L1 126 August 21 @ Royals 6–1 Lester (13–6) Duffy (3–8) 25,723 Kauffman Stadium 77–49 W1 127 August 22 @ Rangers 4–0 Wilson (13–5) Bédard (4–9) 33,920 Rangers Ballpark 77–50 L1 128 August 23 @ Rangers 11–5 Lackey (12–9) Lewis (11–9) 25,705 Rangers Ballpark 78–50 W1 129 August 24 @ Rangers 13–2 Beckett (11–5) Harrison (10–9) 30,724 Rangers Ballpark 79–50 W2 130 August 25 @ Rangers 6–0 Miller (6–1) Ogando (12–6) 29,729 Rangers Ballpark 80–50 W3 131 August 26 Athletics 15–5 González (11–11) Wakefield (6–6) 38,239 Fenway Park 80–51 L1 August 27: Hurricane Irene forced Saturday doubleheader vs. OAK (link) 132 August 27 Athletics 9–3 Lester (14–6) Moscoso (6–8) 37,314 Fenway Park 81–51 W1 133 August 27 Athletics 4–0 Aceves (9–1) Godfrey (1–2) 37,039 Fenway Park 82–51 W2 Normal schedule resumes 134 August 30 Yankees 5–2 Sabathia (18–7) Lackey (12–10) Rivera (35) 37,773 Fenway Park 82–52 L1 135 August 31 Yankees 9–5 Beckett (12–5) Hughes (4–5) 38,021 Fenway Park 83–52 W1
September (7–20) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Stadium Record Boxscore / Streak 136 September 1 Yankees 4–2 Wade (3–0) Aceves (9–2) Rivera (36) 38,074 Fenway Park 83–53 L1 137 September 2 Rangers 10–0 Holland (13–5) Miller (6–2) 38,083 Fenway Park 83–54 L2 138 September 3 Rangers 12–7 Bédard (5–9) Lewis (11–10) 37,806 Fenway Park 84–54 W1 139 September 4 Rangers 11–4 Harrison (11–9) Lackey (12–11) 37,744 Fenway Park 84–55 L1 140 September 5 @ Blue Jays 1–0 (11) Camp (3–3) Wheeler (2–2) 27,573 Rogers Centre 84–56 L2 141 September 6 @ Blue Jays 14–0 Lester (15–6) Perez (3–3) 17,565 Rogers Centre 85–56 W1 142 September 7 @ Blue Jays 11–10 Camp (4–3) Bard (2–6) Francisco (13) 16,154 Rogers Centre 85–57 L1 143 September 8 @ Blue Jays 7–4 Romero (14–10) Miller (6–3) 17,189 Rogers Centre 85–58 L2 144 September 9 @ Rays 7–2 Davis (10–8) Lackey (12–12) 18,482 Tropicana Field 85–59 L3 145 September 10 @ Rays 5–6 (11) Gomes (2–1) Bard (2–7) 24,566 Tropicana Field 85–60 L4 146 September 11 @ Rays 1–9 Shields (15–10) Lester (15–7) 25,220 Tropicana Field 85–61 L5 147 September 13 Blue Jays 18–6 Wakefield (7–6) Morrow (9–11) 38,020 Fenway Park 86–61 W1 148 September 14 Blue Jays 4–5 Romero (15–10) Bard (2–8) Francisco (15) 37,087 Fenway Park 86–62 L1 149 September 15 Rays 9–2 Hellickson (13–10) Weiland (0–2) 38,071 Fenway Park 86–63 L2 150 September 16 Rays 4–3 Beckett (13–5) Shields (15–11) Papelbon (30) 38,019 Fenway Park 87–63 W1 151 September 17 Rays 4–3 Niemann (11–7) Lester (15–8) Peralta (4) 37,682 Fenway Park 87–64 L1 152 September 18 Rays 8–5 McGee (3–1) Wakefield (7–7) Peralta (5) 37,613 Fenway Park 87–65 L2 153 September 19 Orioles 6–5 Guthrie (9–17) Weiland (0–3) Johnson (7) 37,885 Fenway Park 87–66 L3 154 September 19 Orioles 18–9 Atchison (1–0) Matusz (1–8) 37,261 Fenway Park 88–66 W1 155 September 20 Orioles 7–5 Eyre (2–1) Bard (2–9) Johnson (8) 37,414 Fenway Park 88–67 L1 156 September 21 Orioles 6–4 Rapada (2–0) Beckett (13–6) Johnson (9) 38,004 Fenway Park 88–68 L2 157 September 23 @ Yankees Postponed (rain); Makeup: September 25 as part of a Doubleheader Rain4 158 September 24 @ Yankees 9–1 García (12–8) Lester (15–9) 49,556 Yankee Stadium 88–69 L3 159 September 25 @ Yankees 6–2 Burnett (11–11) Wakefield (7–8) 49,541 Yankee Stadium 88–70 L4 159 September 25 @ Yankees 7–4 (14) Morales (1–2) Proctor (2–5) Doubront (1) 49,072 Yankee Stadium 89–70 W1 160 September 26 @ Orioles 6–3 Patton (2–1) Beckett (13–7) 21,786 Camden Yards 89–71 L1 161 September 27 @ Orioles 7–6 Aceves (10–2) Britton (11–11) Papelbon (31) 22,123 Camden Yards 90–71 W1 162 September 28 @ Orioles 4–3 Johnson (6–5) Papelbon (4–1) 29,749 Camden Yards 90–72 L1

Players stats

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
62	Lars Anderson	6	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.000
3	Mike Avilés	38	101	17	32	6	0	2	8	4	17	4	.317
23	Mike Cameron	33	94	9	14	2	0	3	9	8	25	0	.149
13	Carl Crawford	130	506	65	129	29	7	11	56	23	104	18	.255
7	J.D. Drew	81	248	23	55	6	1	4	22	33	58	0	.222
2	Jacoby Ellsbury	158	660	119	212	46	5	32	105	52	98	39	.321
55	Joey Gathright	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	----
28	Adrián González	159	630	108	213	45	3	27	117	74	119	1	.338
28	José Iglesias	10	6	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.333
36	Conor Jackson	12	19	2	3	0	0	1	5	2	3	0	.158
60	Ryan Lavarnway	17	39	5	9	2	0	2	8	4	10	0	.231
12	Jed Lowrie	88	309	40	78	14	4	6	36	23	60	1	.252
54	Darnell McDonald	79	157	26	37	6	1	6	24	14	33	2	.236
56	Yamaico Navarro	16	37	6	8	2	0	1	3	3	9	0	.216
34	David Ortiz	146	525	84	162	40	1	29	96	78	83	1	.309
15	Dustin Pedroia	159	635	102	195	37	3	21	91	86	85	26	.307
16	Josh Reddick	87	254	41	71	18	3	7	28	19	50	1	.280
39	Jarrod Saltalamacchia	103	358	52	84	23	3	16	56	24	119	1	.235
10	Marco Scutaro	113	395	59	118	26	1	7	54	38	36	4	.299
71	Nate Spears	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
44	Drew Sutton	31	54	11	17	7	0	0	7	3	13	0	.315
33	Jason Varitek	68	222	32	49	10	1	11	36	21	67	0	.221
20	Kevin Youkilis	120	431	68	111	32	2	17	80	68	100	3	.258
	Pitcher Totals	162	21	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	13	0	.048
	Team Totals	162	5710	875	1600	352	35	203	842	578	1108	102	.280

• Source: « Boston Red Sox Batting Stats »

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
91	Alfredo Aceves	10	2	2.61	55	4	2	5	114.0	84	37	33	8	42	80
32	Matt Albers	4	4	4.73	56	0	0	3	64.2	62	35	34	7	31	68
48	Scott Atchison	1	0	3.26	17	0	1	1	30.1	31	11	11	0	6	17
51	Daniel Bard	2	9	3.33	70	0	1	6	73.0	46	29	27	5	24	74
23	Érik Bédard	1	2	4.03	8	8	0	0	38.0	41	22	17	3	18	38
19	Josh Beckett	13	7	2.89	30	30	0	0	193.0	146	65	62	21	52	175
64	Mickael Bowden	0	0	4.05	14	0	0	0	20.0	19	9	9	3	11	17
11	Clay Buchholz	6	3	3.48	14	14	0	0	82.2	76	34	32	10	31	60
61	Félix Doubront	0	0	6.10	11	0	1	1	10.1	12	7	7	1	8	6
53	Rich Hill	0	0	0.00	9	0	0	0	8.0	3	0	0	0	3	12
68	Tommy Hottovy	0	0	6.75	8	0	0	0	4.0	4	3	3	0	3	2
52	Bobby Jenks	2	2	6.32	19	0	0	2	15.2	22	12	11	1	13	17
41	John Lackey	12	12	6.41	28	28	0	0	160.0	203	119	114	20	56	108
31	Jon Lester	15	9	3.47	31	31	0	0	191.2	166	77	74	20	75	182
18	Daisuke Matsuzaka	3	3	5.30	8	7	0	0	37.1	32	24	22	4	23	26
54	Darnell McDonald	0	0	18.00	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	2	2	0	2	0
30	Andrew Miller	6	3	5.54	17	12	0	0	65.0	77	43	40	8	41	50
56	Trever Miller	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	1
46	Franklin Morales	1	1	3.62	36	0	0	0	32.1	30	15	13	4	11	31
37	Hideki Okajima	1	0	4.32	7	0	0	0	8.1	7	4	4	0	5	6
58	Jonathan Papelbon	4	1	2.94	63	0	31	34	64.1	50	22	21	3	10	87
59	Dennys Reyes	0	0	16.20	4	0	0	0	1.2	2	3	3	0	2	1
63	Junichi Tazawa	0	0	6.00	3	0	0	0	3.0	3	2	2	1	1	4
49	Tim Wakefield	7	8	5.12	33	23	0	0	154.2	163	110	88	25	47	93
70	Kyle Weiland	0	3	7.66	7	5	0	0	24.2	29	22	21	5	12	13
35	Dan Wheeler	2	2	4.38	47	0	0	0	49.1	47	24	24	7	8	39
43	Randy Williams	0	1	6.48	7	0	0	0	8.1	10	6	6	0	5	6
	Team Totals	90	72	4.20	162	162	36	52	1457.1	1366	737	680	156	540	1213

• Source: « Boston Red Sox Pitching Stats »

Awards and honors

• Carl Crawford – AL Player of the Week (May 23–29)
• Jacoby Ellsbury – Silver Slugger Award (OF), Gold Glove Award (OF), AL Player of the Week (June 6–12)
• Adrián González – Silver Slugger Award (1B), Gold Glove Award (1B), AL Player of the Month (June), AL Player of the Week (August 22–28)
• David Ortiz – Silver Slugger Award (DH), AL Player of the Week (May 30–June 5)
• Dustin Pedroia – Gold Glove Award (2B), AL Player of the Month (July)

All-Star Game

• Josh Beckett, reserve P
• Jacoby Ellsbury, reserve OF
• Adrián González, starting 1B
• Jon Lester, reserve P (roster replacement)
• David Ortiz, starting DH
• Kevin Youkilis, reserve 3B (roster replacement)

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)
1	19	Matt Barnes	P	University of Connecticut
1	26	Blake Swihart	C	V. Sue Cleveland High School (NM)
1	36	Henry Owens	P	Edison High School (CA)
1	40	Jackie Bradley Jr.	OF	University of South Carolina
2	81	Williams Jerez	P	Grand Street High School (NY)
3	111	Jordan Weems	C	Columbus High School (GA)
4	142	Noé Ramirez	P	Cal State Fullerton
5	172	Mookie Betts	SS	John 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]