The Texas Rangers went 96-66 in 2011, a .593 winning percentage — 4th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 855 runs and allowed 677, a run differential of +178. The offence ranked the third best in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.82 staff ERA was 15th of 30. Their 110 team wRC+ was 10% above league average — 5th of 30 in MLB. Mike Napoli led the position players at 5.7 WAR, and C.J. Wilson the rotation at a 2.94 ERA.
The 2011 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished first in the AL West, 10 games clear. They spent 168 of 181 days in first place, led by as many as 10 games on September 28 and were as far as 2 games back on May 6. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 19-6, their worst May at 13-15. The longest runs were a 12-game winning streak from July 4 to July 19 and a 5-game losing streak from June 11 to June 16. They were 52-29 at home and 44-37 on the road, 19-24 in one-run games and 35-37 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 20-6 against the Twins on July 25; the heaviest defeat, 15-4 against the Angels on April 19.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
16
11
.593
140
114
+26
May
13
15
.464
116
112
+4
June
14
13
.519
124
136
-12
July
18
9
.667
168
96
+72
August
16
12
.571
141
133
+8
Sept/Oct
19
6
.760
166
86
+80
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
52-29
.642
Road
44-37
.543
One-run games
19-24
.442
Extra innings
4-5
.444
Within the division
40-17
.702
Against .500+ clubs
35-37
.486
Decided by 5+ runs
34-21
.618
Last 10
9-1
.900
2011 postseason
In October the Texas Rangers beat the Rays 3-1 in the ALDS, beat the Tigers 4-2 in the ALCS, then lost the World Series to the Cardinals 4-3.
ALDS vs Rays3-1 W
Game 1, September 30 L 0-9 vs Rays
Game 2, October 1 W 8-6 vs Rays
Game 3, October 3 W 4-3 at Rays
Game 4, October 4 W 4-3 at Rays
ALCS vs Tigers4-2 W
Game 1, October 8 W 3-2 vs Tigers
Game 2, October 10 W 7-3 vs Tigers
Game 3, October 11 L 2-5 at Tigers
Game 4, October 12 W 7-3 at Tigers
Game 5, October 13 L 5-7 at Tigers
Game 6, October 15 W 15-5 vs Tigers
World Series vs Cardinals3-4 L
Game 1, October 19 L 2-3 at Cardinals
Game 2, October 20 W 2-1 at Cardinals
Game 3, October 22 L 7-16 vs Cardinals
Game 4, October 23 W 4-0 vs Cardinals
Game 5, October 24 W 4-2 vs Cardinals
Game 6, October 27 L 9-10 at Cardinals
Game 7, October 28 L 2-6 at Cardinals
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
81
36,382
36,706
21,755
50,146
Night
64
35,406
35,345
21,755
49,574
Day
17
40,056
43,508
24,121
50,146
Weekend
39
41,780
43,117
28,284
50,146
Weekday
42
31,370
30,830
21,755
44,242
On the road
80
28,676
28,688
9,193
47,487
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
16
33,834
May
14
40,577
Jun
9
38,354
Jul
17
35,376
Aug
15
32,964
Sep
10
39,649
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
2:53
153 games
All games
2:55
Extra innings
3:34
9 of them
Longest
4:36
2011-05-27, 14 inn
Shortest
2:05
2011-05-23
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
2:55
2:52
2:05
4:36
Regulation
153
2:53
2:50
2:05
3:44
Extra innings
9
3:34
3:15
3:02
4:36
Home
81
2:59
2:55
2:05
4:36
Road
81
2:52
2:48
2:14
3:54
Day
48
2:57
2:55
2:14
3:54
Night
114
2:55
2:51
2:05
4:36
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
16
2:56
May
14
2:59
Jun
9
3:03
Jul
17
2:54
Aug
15
3:07
Sep
10
2:57
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 173 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
Texas Rangers are 96-66, a .593 win rate, while their +178 run differential implies .605. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
