The Oakland Athletics went 74-88 in 2011, a .457 winning percentage — 20th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 645 runs and allowed 679, a run differential of -34. The offence ranked 20th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.70 staff ERA was 10th of 30. Their 93 team wRC+ was 7% below league average — 24th of 30 in MLB. Josh Willingham led the position players at 2.5 WAR, and Brandon McCarthy the rotation at a 3.32 ERA.
The 2011 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 3rd in the AL West, 22 games back. They spent 1 of 181 days in first place and were as far as 22 games back on September 26. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 14-12, their worst June at 9-17. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from June 15 to June 21 and a 10-game losing streak from May 30 to June 9. They were 43-38 at home and 31-50 on the road, 20-25 in one-run games and 43-51 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 14-0 against the Angels on May 17; the heaviest defeat, 22-9 at the Yankees on August 25.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
13
14
.481
90
94
-4
May
14
15
.483
110
106
+4
June
9
17
.346
85
100
-15
July
13
13
.500
130
125
+5
August
11
17
.393
121
151
-30
Sept/Oct
14
12
.538
109
103
+6
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
43-38
.531
Road
31-50
.383
One-run games
20-25
.444
Extra innings
8-11
.421
Within the division
26-31
.456
Against .500+ clubs
43-51
.457
Decided by 5+ runs
20-20
.500
Last 10
5-5
.500
American League West standings, 2011
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League West, 2011. Games back of the best record in the division.
The players whose season belongs to this club, by position and then by dbWAR. A player traded mid-season is listed with the club he played most of his games for, so a deadline arrival may appear on his other club’s page instead.
Each rectangle is a player, sized by his share of the team's hits; darker means a larger share. Top 30 contributors. Select a different statistic above, or click a player for his page.
Day and night divide the home schedule, and so do weekend and weekday. The road line is a different question.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Low
High
All home
80
18,460
16,463
9,193
36,067
Night
45
17,553
14,972
10,112
36,067
Day
35
19,626
18,405
9,193
36,067
Weekend
39
21,389
19,451
12,110
36,067
Weekday
41
15,673
13,872
9,193
35,067
On the road
81
30,475
31,980
10,556
47,343
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
21,631
May
17
16,564
Jun
10
22,080
Jul
17
17,682
Aug
10
17,408
Sep
16
16,362
By season
Announced gate — tickets distributed, which is the figure every reference publishes and is not the same as people through the turnstile. A game the feed reports no gate for is left out rather than counted as empty. Seasons before attendance was carried into the lake are absent from the trend rather than shown as zero.
Game time
First pitch to final out across 162 completed games, 2011.
Regulation
2:49
143 games
All games
2:53
Extra innings
3:28
19 of them
Longest
3:42
2011-05-05, 12 inn
Shortest
2:12
2011-07-06
By situation
Regulation and extra innings divide the season, and so do home and road. Day and night overlap both.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Fastest
Longest
All
162
2:53
2:50
2:12
5:17
Regulation
143
2:49
2:48
2:12
4:31
Extra innings
19
3:28
3:23
2:37
5:17
Home
81
2:49
2:48
2:12
3:42
Road
81
2:58
2:52
2:13
5:17
Day
64
2:57
2:51
2:12
5:17
Night
98
2:51
2:48
2:13
5:02
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
2:53
May
17
2:49
Jun
10
2:40
Jul
17
2:51
Aug
10
2:46
Sep
16
2:49
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 169 minutes this season.
Elapsed time from first pitch to final out. The feed does not itemise delays, so a rain delay is inside these numbers with no way to subtract it. Games called early are excluded — five innings in ninety-three minutes is not a short game — but they still count in attendance, because the crowd turned up.
Record versus run differential
Oakland Athletics are 74-88, a .457 win rate, while their -34 run differential implies .477. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
