2011 Cleveland Indians season

The 2011 Cleveland Indians season marked the 111th season for the franchise, with the Indians improving on their fourth-place finish in the American League Central in 2010 by finishing in second place in 2011. The team played all of its home games at Progressive Field.

2011 Cleveland Indians
League	American League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Progressive Field
City	Cleveland, Ohio
Record	80–82 (.494)
Divisional place	2nd
Owners	Larry Dolan
General managers	Chris Antonetti
Managers	Manny Acta
Television	SportsTime Ohio · WKYC (Matt Underwood, Rick Manning, Mike Hargrove)
Radio	WTAM · WMMS Cleveland Indians Radio Network (Tom Hamilton, Jim Rosenhaus, Mike Hegan)
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During the offseason, franchise legend and Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Feller died on December 15, 2010. In honor of Feller, the Indians implemented many tributes to their former ace, including all players wearing No. 19 (Feller's jersey number retired by the club in 1957) during pre-game introductions on Opening Day, an outline patch of Feller's pitching motion sewn onto the team's jerseys and to be worn throughout the season, and the press-box seat used by Feller upon retirement made into a memorial.^[1]

The 2011 season started off promising for the Cleveland Indians, as they raced out to a 30-15 start (7 games ahead of 2nd place Detroit), but would go 50-67 the rest of the season to slip out of first place, postseason contention, and to another losing record. Still, the Indians' win–loss record improved 11 games from the year before.

Season standings

American League Central

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AL 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

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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

Roster

2011 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers 55 Fausto Carmona 59 Carlos Carrasco 37 Chad Durbin 39 Justin Germano 58 Jeanmar Gómez 50 Nick Hagadone 56 Frank Herrmann 31 David Huff 30 Ubaldo Jiménez 45 Josh Judy 34 Corey Kluber 63 Justin Masterson 57 Zach McAllister 54 Chris Perez 53 Rafael Pérez 52 Vinnie Pestano 44 Zach Putnam 46 Tony Sipp 38 Joe Smith 51 Mitch Talbot 43 Josh Tomlin 32 Alex White		Catchers  6 Lou Marson 41 Carlos Santana Infielders 13 Asdrúbal Cabrera 20 Orlando Cabrera 27 Lonnie Chisenhall 16 Jason Donald  8 Adam Everett  9 Jack Hannahan 22 Jason Kipnis  7 Matt LaPorta 35 Cord Phelps 25 Jim Thome 1,2 Luis Valbuena		Outfielders 23 Michael Brantley 28 Travis Buck 12 Ezequiel Carrera 17 Shin-Soo Choo  4 Trevor Crowe 47 Shelley Duncan  1 Kosuke Fukudome 32 Jerad Head 26 Austin Kearns 24 Grady Sizemore Other batters 48 Travis Hafner		Manager 11 Manny Acta Coaches 15 Sandy Alomar Jr. (first base) 49 Tim Belcher (pitching) 64 Armando Camacaro (bullpen catcher) 40 Bruce Fields (hitting) 44 Jon Nunnally (hitting) 36 Scott Radinsky (bullpen) 10 Steve Smith (third base) 29 Tim Tolman (bench)

Game log

2011 Game Log
April: 18–8 (Home: 12–2, Road: 6–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 1 White Sox 15–10 Buehrle (1–0) Carmona (0–1) 41,721 0–1 2 April 2 White Sox 8–3 Jackson (1–0) Carrasco (0–1) 9,853 0–2 3 April 3 White Sox 7–1 Masterson (1–0) Danks (0–1) 8,726 1–2 4 April 5 Red Sox 3–1 Tomlin (1–0) Beckett (0–1) C. Perez (1) 9,025 2–2 5 April 6 Red Sox 8–4 R. Pérez (1–0) Matsuzaka (0–1) 9,523 3–2 6 April 7 Red Sox 1–0 R. Pérez (2–0) Bard (0–2) C. Perez (2) 10,594 4–2 7 April 8 @ Mariners 12–3 Carrasco (1–1) Vargas (0–1) 45,727 5–2 8 April 9 @ Mariners 2–1 Masterson (2–0) Fister (0–2) C. Perez (3) 30,309 6–2 9 April 10 @ Mariners 6–4 Tomlin (2–0) Bédard (0–2) C. Perez (4) 21,128 7–2 10 April 11 @ Angels 4–0 Talbot (1–0) Chatwood (0–1) 32,864 8–2 11 April 12 @ Angels 2–0 Haren (3–0) Carmona (0–2) 43,529 8–3 12 April 13 @ Angels 4–3 (12) Takahashi (1–0) Durbin (0–1) 31,049 8–4 13 April 15 Orioles 8–2 Masterson (3–0) Britton (2–1) 16,346 9–4 14 April 16 Orioles 8–3 Tomlin (3–0) Guthrie (1–2) 10,714 10–4 15 April 17 Orioles 4–2 Carmona (1–2) Bergesen (0–2) C. Perez (5) 13,017 11–4 16 April 18 @ Royals 7–3 (10) Smith (1–0) Collins (1–1) 12,214 12–4 17 April 19 @ Royals 5–4 Chen (3–0) Gómez (0–1) Soria (5) 10,506 12–5 18 April 20 @ Royals 7–5 Masterson (4–0) Hochevar (2–2) C. Perez (6) 10,080 13–5 19 April 21 @ Royals 3–2 Crow (2–0) C. Perez (0–1) 9,279 13–6 April 22 @ Twins Postponed (rain); Makeup: July 18 (Game 1) 20 April 23 @ Twins 10–3 Duensing (2–0) Carmona (1–3) 39,459 13–7 21 April 24 @ Twins 4–3 Pavano (2–2) R. Pérez (2–1) Capps (4) 39,388 13–8 22 April 26 Royals 9–4 Masterson (5–0) Hochevar (2–3) 9,650 14–8 23 April 27 Royals 7–2 Tomlin (4–0) Francis (0–3) 9,722 15–8 24 April 28 Royals 8–2 Carmona (2–3) Davies (1–3) 9,076 16–8 25 April 29 Tigers 9–5 C. Perez (1–1) Benoit (0–1) 15,568 17–8 26 April 30 Tigers 3–2 (13) Sipp (1–0) Villarreal (1–1) 26,433 18–8
May: 14–12 (Home: 7–4, Road: 7–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 27 May 1 Tigers 5–4 Durbin (1–1) Benoit (0–2) C. Perez (7) 14,164 19–8 28 May 3 @ Athletics 4–1 Carmona (3–3) Fuentes (1–3) C. Perez (8) 10,135 20–8 29 May 4 @ Athletics 3–1 Cahill (5–0) Tomlin (4–1) Balfour (1) 13,872 20–9 30 May 5 @ Athletics 4–3 (12) Durbin (2–1) Breslow (0–2) C. Perez (9) 14,353 21–9 31 May 6 @ Angels 2–1 (11) Rodney (1–1) Germano (0–1) 36,447 21–10 32 May 7 @ Angels 4–3 White (1–0) Weaver (6–2) C. Perez (10) 37,684 22–10 33 May 8 @ Angels 6–5 Rodney (2–1) Smith (1–1) Walden (6) 40,124 22–11 34 May 10 Rays 5–4 C. Perez (2–1) Peralta (1–2) 13,551 23–11 35 May 11 Rays 8–2 Price (5–3) Carrasco (1–2) 17,741 23–12 36 May 12 Rays 7–4 Shields (4–1) Masterson (5–1) 18,107 23–13 37 May 13 Mariners 5–4 Sipp (2–0) League (0–4) 33,774 24–13 May 14 Mariners Postponed (rain); Makeup: August 23 (Game 1) May 15 Mariners Postponed (rain); Makeup: September 19 38 May 16 @ Royals 19–1 Tomlin (5–1) Davies (1–6) 12,242 25–13 39 May 17 @ Royals 7–3 Carrasco (2–2) O'Sullivan (2–3) 17,712 26–13 40 May 18 @ White Sox 1–0 Peavy (1–0) Masterson (5–2) 18,580 26–14 41 May 19 @ White Sox 8–2 Floyd (5–3) Carmona (3–4) 22,077 26–15 42 May 20 Reds 5–4 Pestano (1–0) Bray (1–1) C. Perez (11) 31,622 27–15 43 May 21 Reds 2–1 Tomlin (6–1) Bailey (3–1) C. Perez (12) 40,631 28–15 44 May 22 Reds 12–4 Carrasco (3–2) Vólquez (3–2) 26,833 29–15 45 May 23 Red Sox 3–2 Smith (2–1) Bard (1–4) C. Perez (13) 19,225 30–15 46 May 24 Red Sox 4–2 Beckett (4–1) Carmona (3–5) Papelbon (9) 23,752 30–16 47 May 25 Red Sox 14–2 Lester (7–1) Talbot (1–1) 26,408 30–17 48 May 27 @ Rays 5–0 Price (6–4) Tomlin (6–2) 16,800 30–18 49 May 28 @ Rays 7–3 Carrasco (4–2) Shields (5–3) C. Perez (14) 24,717 31–18 50 May 29 @ Rays 7–0 Hellickson (6–3) Masterson (5–3) 23,898 31–19 51 May 30 @ Blue Jays 11–1 Reyes (1–4) Carmona (3–6) 12,902 31–20 52 May 31 @ Blue Jays 6–3 Talbot (2–1) Morrow (2–3) 14,556 32–20
June: 10–17 (Home: 5–8, Away: 5–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 53 June 1 @ Blue Jays 13–9 Tomlin (7–2) Drabek (3–4) 15,397 33–20 54 June 2 Rangers 7–4 Kirkman (1–0) Carrasco (4–3) Feliz (12) 15,336 33–21 55 June 3 Rangers 11–2 Ogando (6–0) Masterson (5–4) 27,458 33–22 56 June 4 Rangers 4–0 Holland (5–1) Carmona (3–7) 30,130 33–23 57 June 5 Rangers 2–0 Wilson (6–3) Talbot (2–2) Feliz (13) 20,621 33–24 58 June 6 Twins 6–4 Baker (3–4) Tomlin (7–3) Capps (8) 15,278 33–25 59 June 7 Twins 1–0 Carrasco (5–3) Liriano (3–6) C. Perez (15) 15,498 34–25 60 June 8 Twins 3–2 (10) Capps (2–3) C. Perez (2–2) Dumatrait (1) 15,849 34–26 61 June 10 @ Yankees 11–7 Nova (5–4) Carmona (3–8) 45,679 34–27 62 June 11 @ Yankees 4–0 Colón (5–3) Talbot (2–3) 47,048 34–28 63 June 12 @ Yankees 9–1 García (5–5) Tomlin (7–4) 46,791 34–29 64 June 13 @ Yankees 1–0 Carrasco (6–3) Burnett (6–5) C. Perez (16) 43,551 35–29 65 June 14 @ Tigers 4–0 Verlander (8–3) Masterson (5–5) 28,128 35–30 66 June 15 @ Tigers 6–4 Carmona (4–8) Furbush (1–1) C. Perez (17) 26,711 36–30 67 June 16 @ Tigers 6–2 Scherzer (9–2) Talbot (2–4) 37,437 36–31 68 June 17 Pirates 5–1 Tomlin (8–4) Correia (8–6) 38,549 37–31 69 June 18 Pirates 5–1 Carrasco (7–3) Maholm (3–8) 31,865 38–31 70 June 19 Pirates 5–2 (11) Sipp (3–0) Wood (0–1) 30,023 39–31 71 June 20 Rockies 8–7 Lindstrom (2–1) Carmona (4–9) Street (21) 15,224 39–32 72 June 21 Rockies 4–3 Belisle (5–2) C. Perez (2–3) Street (22) 15,877 39–33 73 June 22 Rockies 4–3 Tomlin (9–4) Hammel (4–7) C. Perez (18) 17,568 40–33 74 June 24 @ Giants 4–3 Casilla (1–1) Carrasco (7–4) Wilson (22) 41,690 40–34 75 June 25 @ Giants 1–0 Cain (7–4) Masterson (5–6) Wilson (23) 42,130 40–35 76 June 26 @ Giants 3–1 Bumgarner (4–9) Carmona (4–10) Affeldt (2) 41,978 40–36 77 June 27 @ Diamondbacks 5–4 R. Pérez (3–1) Putz (1–2) C. Perez (19) 25,726 41–36 78 June 28 @ Diamondbacks 6–4 Castillo (1–0) Sipp (3–1) 27,076 41–37 79 June 29 @ Diamondbacks 6–2 Carrasco (8–4) Duke (1–3) 26,876 42–37
July: 11–15 (Home: 5–10, Road: 6–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 80 July 1 @ Reds 8–2 Masterson (6–6) Arroyo (7–7) 40,440 43–37 81 July 2 @ Reds 3–1 Herrmann (1–0) Bailey (3–3) Pestano (1) 41,580 44–37 82 July 3 @ Reds 7–5 Leake (8–4) Talbot (2–5) Cordero (17) 34,948 44–38 83 July 4 Yankees 6–3 Tomlin (10–4) Burnett (8–7) C. Perez (20) 40,676 45–38 84 July 5 Yankees 9–2 Sabathia (12–4) Carrasco (8–5) 30,100 45–39 85 July 6 Yankees 5–3 Masterson (7–6) Hughes (0–2) C. Perez (21) 31,926 46–39 86 July 7 Blue Jays 5–4 Sipp (4–1) Pérez (1–2) 18,816 47–39 87 July 8 Blue Jays 11–7 Reyes (4–7) Talbot (2–6) 25,835 47–40 88 July 9 Blue Jays 5–4 (10) Rauch (3–3) C. Perez (2–4) Camp (1) 27,661 47–41 89 July 10 Blue Jays 7–1 Cecil (2–4) Carrasco (8–6) 21,148 47–42 90 July 14 @ Orioles 8–4 Masterson (8–6) Guthrie (3–13) 22,780 48–42 91 July 15 @ Orioles 6–5 Tomlin (11–4) Johnson (5–3) C. Perez (22) 27,352 49–42 92 July 16 @ Orioles 6–5 Simón (2–2) Carrasco (8–7) Gonzalez (1) 24,835 49–43 93 July 17 @ Orioles 8–3 Hendrickson (1–0) Gómez (0–2) 17,754 49–44 94 July 18 @ Twins 5–2 Huff (1–0) Swarzak (2–3) Pestano (2) 39,768 50–44 95 July 18 @ Twins 6–3 Carmona (5–10) Diamond (0–1) 38,491 51–44 96 July 19 @ Twins 2–1 Perkins (2–1) C. Perez (2–5) 38,473 51–45 97 July 20 @ Twins 7–5 Capps (3–5) Sipp (4–2) Nathan (6) 39,167 51–46 98 July 22 White Sox 3–0 Floyd (8–9) Carrasco (8–8) Santos (19) 27,477 51–47 July 23 White Sox Postponed (rain); Makeup: September 20 (Game 1) 99 July 24 White Sox 4–2 Jackson (7–7) Masterson (8–7) Santos (20) 20,252 51–48 100 July 25 Angels 3–2 Sipp (5–2) Walden (2–3) 19,384 52–48 101 July 26 Angels 2–1 Weaver (14–4) Tomlin (11–5) Walden (24) 19,430 52–49 102 July 27 Angels 3–1 Santana (6–8) Huff (1–1) 21,546 52–50 103 July 29 Royals 12–0 Francis (4–11) Carrasco (8–9) 35,390 52–51 104 July 30 Royals 5–2 Sipp (6–2) Soria (5–4) 31,436 53–51 105 July 31 Royals 5–3 Duffy (3–4) Carmona (5–11) Soria (20) 21,101 53–52
August: 15–13 (Home: 10–5, Road: 5–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 106 August 1 @ Red Sox 9–6 R. Pérez (4–1) Bard (1–5) 37,943 54–52 107 August 2 @ Red Sox 3–2 Papelbon (3–0) Pestano (1–1) 38,101 54–53 108 August 3 @ Red Sox 4–3 Papelbon (4–0) Smith (2–2) 38,172 54–54 109 August 4 @ Red Sox 7–3 Masterson (9–7) Morales (0–2) 38,477 55–54 110 August 5 @ Rangers 8–7 (11) Feliz (1–2) R. Pérez (4–2) 37,842 55–55 111 August 6 @ Rangers 7–5 Herrmann (2–0) Feliz (1–3) C. Perez (23) 38,210 56–55 112 August 7 @ Rangers 5–3 Oliver (4–5) Smith (2–3) Adams (1) 37,431 56–56 113 August 9 Tigers 3–2 (14) Herrmann (3–0) Pauley (5–5) 25,317 57–56 114 August 10 Tigers 10–3 Jiménez (1–0) Porcello (11–7) 23,258 58–56 115 August 11 Tigers 4–3 Verlander (17–5) Carmona (5–12) Valverde (33) 30,988 58–57 116 August 12 Twins 3–2 R. Pérez (5–2) Perkins (4–3) C. Perez (24) 31,364 59–57 117 August 13 Twins 3–1 Tomlin (12–5) Duensing (8–11) C. Perez (25) 30,619 60–57 August 14 Twins Postponed (rain); Makeup: September 24 (Game 1) 118 August 16 @ White Sox 8–7 (14) Frasor (3–2) Durbin (2–2) 24,695 60–58 119 August 17 @ White Sox 4–1 Carmona (6–12) Buehrle (10–6) C. Perez (26) 25,029 61–58 120 August 18 @ White Sox 4–2 Masterson (10–7) Ohman (0–3) C. Perez (27) 27,079 62–58 121 August 19 @ Tigers 4–1 Scherzer (13–7) Tomlin (12–6) Valverde (36) 44,222 62–59 122 August 20 @ Tigers 10–1 Fister (5–13) Huff (1–2) 44,629 62–60 123 August 21 @ Tigers 8–7 Coke (2–8) Jiménez (1–1) Valverde (37) 43,388 62–61 124 August 22 Mariners 3–2 Ruffin (1–0) C. Perez (2–6) League (31) 21,582 62–62 125 August 23 Mariners 7–5 C. Perez (3–6) League (1–5) 22,805 63–62 126 August 23 Mariners 12–7 Vasquez (1–0) McAllister (0–1) Gray (1) 22,590 63–63 127 August 24 Mariners 9–2 Hernández (12–11) Tomlin (12–7) 16,037 63–64 128 August 26 Royals 2–1 Jiménez (2–1) Paulino (2–10) C. Perez (28) 41,337 64–64 129 August 27 Royals 8–7 Smith (3–3) Coleman (1–4) C. Perez (29) 35,370 65–64 130 August 28 Royals 2–1 Chen (10–5) Masterson (10–8) Soria (24) 27,908 65–65 131 August 29 Athletics 2–1 Huff (2–2) McCarthy (7–7) C. Perez (30) 18,201 66–65 132 August 30 Athletics 6–2 Gómez (1–2) Cahill (9–13) 20,372 67–65 133 August 31 Athletics 4–3 (16) Herrmann (4–0) Outman (3–4) 15,202 68–65
September 12–17 (Home: 5–8, Road: 7–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 134 September 1 Athletics 7–0 Gonzalez (12–11) Carmona (6–13) 14,192 68–66 135 September 2 @ Royals 5–4 Masterson (11–8) Chen (10–6) C. Perez (31) 27,251 69–66 136 September 3 @ Royals 5–1 Hochevar (10–10) Huff (2–3) 27,126 69–67 137 September 4 @ Royals 9–6 Gómez (2–2) Francis (5–15) C. Perez (32) 34,015 70–67 138 September 5 Tigers 4–2 Fister (7–13) Jiménez (2–2) Valverde (41) 39,824 70–68 139 September 6 Tigers 10–1 Porcello (13–8) Carmona (6–14) 27,544 70–69 140 September 7 Tigers 8–6 Verlander (22–5) Masterson (11–9) Valverde (42) 16,783 70–70 141 September 8 @ White Sox 8–1 Thornton (1–4) Huff (2–4) 22,063 70–71 142 September 9 @ White Sox 8–4 Gómez (3–2) Buehrle (11–8) 26,711 71–71 143 September 10 @ White Sox 7–3 (10) Santos (4–4) C. Perez (3–7) 26,719 71–72 144 September 11 @ White Sox 7–3 Jiménez (3–2) Stewart (2–4) 22,319 72–72 145 September 13 @ Rangers 10–4 Harrison (12–9) Masterson (11–10) 30,107 72–73 146 September 14 @ Rangers 9–1 Holland (14–5) Huff (2–5) 38,710 72–74 147 September 15 @ Rangers 7–4 Ogando (13–8) Carmona (6–15) 44,242 72–75 148 September 16 @ Twins 7–6 Jiménez (4–2) Slowey (0–6) C. Perez (33) 37,942 73–75 149 September 17 @ Twins 10–4 Gómez (4–2) Swarzak (3–7) 38,805 74–75 150 September 18 @ Twins 6–5 Masterson (12–10) Pavano (8–13) C. Perez (34) 37,012 75–75 151 September 19 Mariners 12–6 (7) Furbush (4–9) Huff (2–6) 15,354 75–76 152 September 20 White Sox 4–3 Carmona (7–15) Floyd (12–12) C. Perez (35) 28,603 76–76 153 September 20 White Sox 5–4 Thornton (2–5) Putnam (0–1) Sale (7) 19,582 76–77 154 September 21 White Sox 8–4 Buehrle (12–9) Jiménez (4–3) 12,400 76–78 155 September 22 White Sox 11–2 Gómez (5–2) Humber (9–9) 21,487 77–78 156 September 23 Twins 6–5 C. Perez (4–7) Capps (4–7) 36,807 78–78 157 September 24 Twins 8–2 Putnam (1–1) Liriano (9–10) 26,197 79–78 158 September 24 Twins 7–6 Hagadone (1–0) Mijares (0–2) C. Perez (36) 30,748 80–78 159 September 25 Twins 6–4 (10) Waldrop (1–0) Sipp (6–3) Nathan (14) 22,539 80–79 160 September 26 @ Tigers 14–0 Fister (11–13) Jiménez (4–4) 29,886 80–80 161 September 27 @ Tigers 9–6 Scherzer (15–9) Gómez (5–3) Valverde (48) 31,132 80–81 162 September 28 @ Tigers 5–4 Perry (2–0) Pestano (1–2) Valverde (49) 31,645 80–82

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
Michael Brantley	114	451	63	120	24	4	7	46	.266	13
Travis Buck	50	149	18	34	11	0	2	18	.228	1
Asdrúbal Cabrera	151	604	87	165	32	3	25	92	.273	17
Orlando Cabrera	91	324	35	79	13	0	4	38	.244	6
Fausto Carmona	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Carlos Carrasco	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Ezequiel Carrera	68	202	27	49	8	3	0	13	.243	10
Lonnie Chisenhall	66	211	27	54	13	0	7	22	.255	1
Shin-Soo Choo	85	313	37	81	11	3	8	36	.259	12
Trevor Crowe	15	28	6	6	1	0	0	2	.214	3
Jason Donald	39	132	13	42	6	1	1	8	.318	3
Shelley Duncan	76	223	29	58	17	0	11	47	.260	0
Chad Durbin	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Adam Everett	34	60	9	13	1	0	0	1	.217	1
Kosuke Fukudome	59	237	26	59	12	1	5	22	.249	2
Travis Hafner	94	325	41	91	16	0	13	57	.280	0
Jack Hannahan	110	320	38	80	16	2	8	40	.250	2
Jerad Head	10	24	2	3	1	0	0	1	.125	1
Frank Herrmann	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Josh Judy	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Austin Kearns	57	150	18	30	5	1	2	7	.200	0
Jason Kipnis	36	136	24	37	9	1	7	18	.272	5
Matt LaPorta	107	352	34	87	24	1	11	53	.247	1
Lou Marson	79	243	26	56	9	2	1	19	.230	4
Justin Masterson	2	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	.167	0
Chris Perez	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Rafael Perez	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Vinnie Pestano	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Cord Phelps	35	71	10	11	2	1	1	6	.155	1
Carlos Santana	155	552	84	132	35	2	27	79	.239	5
Tony Sipp	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Grady Sizemore	71	268	34	60	21	1	10	32	.224	0
Joe Smith	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Mitch Talbot	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Jim Thome	22	71	11	21	4	0	3	10	.296	0
Josh Tomlin	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	1.000	0
Luis Valbuena	17	43	4	9	0	0	1	1	.209	1
Team Totals	162	5508	704	1380	290	26	155	667	.250	89

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; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Fausto Carmona	7	15	5.25	32	32	0	188.2	205	125	110	60	109
Carlos Carrasco	8	9	4.62	21	21	0	124.2	130	68	64	40	85
Chad Durbin	2	2	5.53	56	0	0	68.1	86	45	42	26	59
Justin Germano	0	1	5.68	9	0	0	12.2	15	8	8	5	5
Jeanmar Gómez	5	3	4.47	11	10	0	58.1	73	31	29	15	31
Nick Hagadone	1	0	4.09	9	0	0	11.0	4	6	5	6	11
Frank Herrmann	4	0	5.11	40	0	0	56.1	71	35	32	16	34
David Huff	2	6	4.09	11	10	0	50.2	55	35	23	17	36
Ubaldo Jiménez	4	4	5.10	11	11	0	65.1	68	43	37	27	62
Josh Judy	0	0	7.07	12	0	0	14.0	18	11	11	4	10
Corey Kluber	0	0	8.31	3	0	0	4.1	6	4	4	3	5
Justin Masterson	12	10	3.21	34	33	0	216.0	211	89	77	65	158
Zach McAllister	0	1	6.11	4	4	0	17.2	26	16	12	7	14
Chris Perez	4	7	3.32	64	0	36	59.2	46	24	22	26	39
Rafael Perez	5	2	3.00	71	0	0	63.0	59	27	21	19	33
Vinnie Pestano	1	2	2.32	67	0	2	62.0	41	16	16	24	84
Zach Putnam	1	1	6.14	8	0	0	7.1	10	5	5	0	9
Tony Sipp	6	3	3.03	68	0	0	61.1	45	22	21	22	55
Joe Smith	3	3	2.01	71	0	0	67.0	52	16	15	21	45
Mitch Talbot	2	6	6.64	12	12	0	63.2	90	47	47	28	36
Josh Tomlin	12	7	4.25	26	26	0	165.1	157	80	78	21	89
Alex White	1	0	3.60	3	3	0	15.0	14	7	6	9	13
Team Totals	80	82	4.23	162	162	36	1453.1	1482	760	684	463	1024

Notes/records

• The crowd of 9,853 on April 2 set a Progressive Field record for lowest attendance in the stadium's history. This record was broken a day later with an attendance of 8,726.
• On April 29, the Indians set a franchise record with their 17 April win. They broke the record again the next day, ending April with 18 wins.
• The Indians tied a franchise record best start thru 30 games, going 21-9.
• The Indians had their best start at home in franchise history, going 14-2.
• Shortstop Asdrúbal Cabrera and pitcher Chris Perez were selected for the 2011 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, the first selection for both players. Cabrera was named the starting shortstop when Derek Jeter pulled out due to injury.
• On July 27, Ervin Santana of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim pitched a no-hitter against the Indians, allowing an unearned run in a 3-1 win. He struck out 10 and allowed one walk. It is the first no-hitter thrown in the history of Progressive Field since it opened in 1994.
• On August 3, second baseman Jason Kipnis became the first player in MLB history to hit a home run in four consecutive games within two weeks of his major league debut.
• On August 4, Justin Masterson struck out four batters in the second inning against the Boston Red Sox, the 56th occurrence in MLB history.
• On August 31, the Indians and Oakland Athletics combined for 39 strikeouts, a Progressive Field record.

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Columbus Clippers	International League	Mike Sarbaugh
AA	Akron Aeros	Eastern League	Chris Tremie
A	Kinston Eagles	Carolina League	Aaron Holbert
A	Lake County Captains	Midwest League	Ted Kubiak
A-Short Season	Mahoning Valley Scrappers	New York–Penn League	David Wallace
Rookie	AZL Indians	Arizona League	Tony Medrano

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Columbus