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2011 MLB Season Facts

The fact sheet for the 2011 MLB Season.


The list of the top 20 players who had the highest batting average (AVG) during the 2011 MLB Season (min 502 PA).

1
 
Miguel Cabrera
.344
2
 
Adrian Gonzalez
.338
3
 
Michael Young
.338
4
 
Jose Reyes
.337
5
 
Ryan Braun
.332
6
 
Victor Martinez
.330
7
 
Matt Kemp
.324
8
 
Jacoby Ellsbury
.321
9
 
Hunter Pence
.314
10
 
Joey Votto
.309
11
 
David Ortiz
.309
12
 
Dustin Pedroia
.307
13
 
Starlin Castro
.307
14
 
Aramis Ramirez
.306
15
 
Casey Kotchman
.306
16
 
Melky Cabrera
.306
17
 
Yadier Molina
.305
18
 
Alex Gordon
.303
19
 
Mike Morse
.303
20
 
Jose Bautista
.302

The list of the top 20 players who had the highest on base percentage (OBP) during the 2011 MLB Season (min 502 PA).

1
 
Miguel Cabrera
.448
2
 
Jose Bautista
.447
3
 
Joey Votto
.416
4
 
Prince Fielder
.415
5
 
Lance Berkman
.412
6
 
Adrian Gonzalez
.410
7
 
Matt Kemp
.399
8
 
David Ortiz
.398
9
 
Ryan Braun
.398
10
 
Alex Avila
.389
11
 
Paul Konerko
.388
12
 
Matt Holliday
.388
13
 
Dustin Pedroia
.387
14
 
Carlos Beltran
.385
15
 
Jose Reyes
.384
16
 
Michael Young
.380
17
 
Victor Martinez
.380
18
 
Casey Kotchman
.378
19
 
Alex Gordon
.377
20
 
Jacoby Ellsbury
.376

The list of the top 20 players who had the highest slugging percentage (SLG) during the 2011 MLB Season (min 502 PA).

1
 
Jose Bautista
.608
2
 
Ryan Braun
.597
3
 
Matt Kemp
.586
4
 
Miguel Cabrera
.586
5
 
Prince Fielder
.566
6
 
Adrian Beltre
.561
7
 
David Ortiz
.554
8
 
Curtis Granderson
.552
9
 
Jacoby Ellsbury
.552
10
 
Mike Morse
.550
11
 
Adrian Gonzalez
.548
12
 
Lance Berkman
.547
13
 
Troy Tulowitzki
.544
14
 
Albert Pujols
.541
15
 
Giancarlo Stanton
.537
16
 
Josh Hamilton
.536
17
 
Robinson Cano
.533
18
 
Joey Votto
.531
19
 
Justin Upton
.529
20
 
Carlos Gonzalez
.526

The list of the top 20 players who had the most games played during the 2011 MLB Season.

1
 
Prince Fielder
162
2
 
Matt Kemp
161
3
 
Miguel Cabrera
161
4
 
Dan Uggla
161
5
 
Joey Votto
161
6
 
Ichiro Suzuki
161
7
 
Nick Markakis
160
8
 
Brett Gardner
159
9
 
Michael Young
159
10
 
Billy Butler
159
11
 
Dustin Pedroia
159
12
 
Gaby Sanchez
159
13
 
Jon Jay
159
14
 
Robinson Cano
159
15
 
Neil Walker
159
16
 
Adrian Gonzalez
159
17
 
Justin Upton
159
18
 
Danny Espinosa
158
19
 
James Loney
158
20
 
Alcides Escobar
158

The list of the top 20 players who had the most at bats during the 2011 MLB Season.

1
 
Ichiro Suzuki
677
2
 
Starlin Castro
674
3
 
Jacoby Ellsbury
660
4
 
Melky Cabrera
658
5
 
Michael Bourn
656
6
 
Nick Markakis
641
7
 
Juan Pierre
639
8
 
Dustin Pedroia
635
9
 
Michael Young
631
10
 
Adrian Gonzalez
630
11
 
Robinson Cano
623
12
 
Ian Kinsler
620
13
 
Alexei Ramirez
614
14
 
Alex Gordon
611
15
 
Brandon Phillips
610
16
 
Hunter Pence
606
17
 
Asdrubal Cabrera
604
18
 
Drew Stubbs
604
19
 
Matt Kemp
602
20
 
Jeff Francoeur
601

The list of the top 20 players who had the most runs scored during the 2011 MLB Season.

1
 
Curtis Granderson
136
2
 
Ian Kinsler
121
3
 
Jacoby Ellsbury
119
4
 
Matt Kemp
115
5
 
Miguel Cabrera
111
6
 
Ryan Braun
109
7
 
Adrian Gonzalez
108
8
 
Jose Bautista
105
9
 
Justin Upton
105
10
 
Albert Pujols
105
11
 
Robinson Cano
104
12
 
Melky Cabrera
102
13
 
Dustin Pedroia
102
14
 
Alex Gordon
101
15
 
Joey Votto
101
16
 
Jose Reyes
101
17
 
Ben Zobrist
99
18
 
Elvis Andrus
96
19
 
Shane Victorino
95
20
 
Prince Fielder
95

The list of the top 20 players who had the most hits during the 2011 MLB Season.

1
 
Michael Young
213
2
 
Adrian Gonzalez
213
3
 
Jacoby Ellsbury
212
4
 
Starlin Castro
207
5
 
Melky Cabrera
201
6
 
Miguel Cabrera
197
7
 
Matt Kemp
195
8
 
Dustin Pedroia
195
9
 
Michael Bourn
193
10
 
Hunter Pence
190
11
 
Robinson Cano
188
12
 
Ryan Braun
187
13
 
Alex Gordon
185
14
 
Joey Votto
185
15
 
Ichiro Suzuki
184
16
 
Brandon Phillips
183
17
 
Nick Markakis
182
18
 
Jose Reyes
181
19
 
Juan Pierre
178
20
 
Victor Martinez
178

The list of the top 20 players who had the most doubles during the 2011 MLB Season.

1
 
Miguel Cabrera
48
2
 
Jeff Francoeur
47
3
 
Robinson Cano
46
4
 
Ben Zobrist
46
5
 
Jacoby Ellsbury
46
6
 
Alex Gordon
45
7
 
Adrian Gonzalez
45
8
 
Melky Cabrera
44
9
 
Billy Butler
44
10
 
Michael Young
41
11
 
David Ortiz
40
12
 
Joey Votto
40
13
 
Victor Martinez
40
14
 
Carlos Beltran
39
15
 
Justin Upton
39
16
 
Chris Young
38
17
 
Hunter Pence
38
18
 
Carlos Lee
38
19
 
Brandon Phillips
38
20
 
Ryan Braun
38

The list of the top 20 players who had the most triples during the 2011 MLB Season.

1
 
Shane Victorino
16
2
 
Jose Reyes
16
3
 
Dexter Fowler
15
4
 
Austin Jackson
11
5
 
Peter Bourjos
11
6
 
Curtis Granderson
10
7
 
Michael Bourn
10
8
 
Seth Smith
9
9
 
Starlin Castro
9
10
 
Brett Gardner
8
11
 
Omar Infante
8
12
 
Gerardo Parra
8
13
 
Erick Aybar
8
14
 
Cameron Maybin
8
15
 
Alcides Escobar
8
16
 
Jemile Weeks
8
17
 
Kelly Johnson
7
18
 
Carl Crawford
7
19
 
Robinson Cano
7
20
 
Johnny Damon
7

The list of the top 20 players who had the most home runs during the 2011 MLB Season.

1
 
Jose Bautista
43
2
 
Curtis Granderson
41
3
 
Matt Kemp
39
4
 
Mark Teixeira
39
5
 
Prince Fielder
38
6
 
Mark Reynolds
37
7
 
Albert Pujols
37
8
 
Dan Uggla
36
9
 
Giancarlo Stanton
34
10
 
Ryan Howard
33
11
 
Ryan Braun
33
12
 
Adrian Beltre
32
13
 
Jay Bruce
32
14
 
Jacoby Ellsbury
32
15
 
Ian Kinsler
32
16
 
Paul Konerko
31
17
 
Evan Longoria
31
18
 
Mike Morse
31
19
 
Lance Berkman
31
20
 
Justin Upton
31

The list of the top 20 players who had the most runs batted in (RBI) during the 2011 MLB Season.

1
 
Matt Kemp
126
2
 
Prince Fielder
120
3
 
Curtis Granderson
119
4
 
Robinson Cano
118
5
 
Adrian Gonzalez
117
6
 
Ryan Howard
116
7
 
Mark Teixeira
111
8
 
Ryan Braun
111
9
 
Michael Young
106
10
 
Paul Konerko
105
11
 
Miguel Cabrera
105
12
 
Adrian Beltre
105
13
 
Troy Tulowitzki
105
14
 
Jacoby Ellsbury
105
15
 
Jose Bautista
103
16
 
Joey Votto
103
17
 
Victor Martinez
103
18
 
Evan Longoria
99
19
 
Albert Pujols
99
20
 
Josh Willingham
98

The list of the top 20 players who had the most stolen bases during the 2011 MLB Season.

1
 
Michael Bourn
61
2
 
Brett Gardner
49
3
 
Coco Crisp
49
4
 
Matt Kemp
40
5
 
Cameron Maybin
40
6
 
Ichiro Suzuki
40
7
 
Drew Stubbs
40
8
 
Emilio Bonifacio
40
9
 
Jose Reyes
39
10
 
Jacoby Ellsbury
39
11
 
Elvis Andrus
37
12
 
B. J. Upton
36
13
 
Ben Revere
34
14
 
Rajai Davis
34
15
 
Ryan Braun
33
16
 
Angel Pagan
32
17
 
Jason Bourgeois
31
18
 
Erick Aybar
30
19
 
Jimmy Rollins
30
20
 
Ian Kinsler
30

The list of the top 20 players who had the most walks (batting) during the 2011 MLB Season.

1
 
Jose Bautista
132
2
 
Joey Votto
110
3
 
Miguel Cabrera
108
4
 
Prince Fielder
107
5
 
Carlos Pena
101
6
 
Carlos Santana
97
7
 
Nick Swisher
95
8
 
Lance Berkman
92
9
 
Andrew McCutchen
89
10
 
Ian Kinsler
89
11
 
Dustin Pedroia
86
12
 
Curtis Granderson
85
13
 
Chris Young
80
14
 
Evan Longoria
80
15
 
David Ortiz
78
16
 
Bobby Abreu
78
17
 
Paul Konerko
77
18
 
Ben Zobrist
77
19
 
Mark Teixeira
76
20
 
Mark Reynolds
75

The list of the top 20 players who had the most strike outs (batting) during the 2011 MLB Season.

1
 
Drew Stubbs
205
2
 
Mark Reynolds
196
3
 
Austin Jackson
181
4
 
Adam Dunn
177
5
 
Ryan Howard
172
6
 
Curtis Granderson
169
7
 
Danny Espinosa
166
8
 
Giancarlo Stanton
166
9
 
Kelly Johnson
163
10
 
B. J. Upton
161
11
 
Carlos Pena
161
12
 
Jayson Werth
160
13
 
Matt Kemp
159
14
 
Jay Bruce
158
15
 
Dan Uggla
156
16
 
Josh Willingham
150
17
 
Freddie Freeman
142
18
 
Miguel Olivo
140
19
 
Michael Bourn
140
20
 
Alex Gordon
139

The list of the top 20 players who had the most wins during the 2011 MLB Season.

1
 
Justin Verlander
24
2
 
Clayton Kershaw
21
3
 
Ian Kennedy
21
4
 
Roy Halladay
19
5
 
CC Sabathia
19
6
 
Jered Weaver
18
7
 
Cliff Lee
17
8
 
Yovani Gallardo
17
9
 
Gio Gonzalez
16
10
 
Daniel Hudson
16
11
 
Derek Holland
16
12
 
Ivan Nova
16
13
 
Zack Greinke
16
14
 
Dan Haren
16
15
 
Tim Hudson
16
16
 
James Shields
16
17
 
C. J. Wilson
16
18
 
Max Scherzer
15
19
 
Jon Lester
15
20
 
Ricky Romero
15

The list of the top 20 players who had the most losses during the 2011 MLB Season.

1
 
Derek Lowe
17
2
 
Jeremy Guthrie
17
3
 
Jeff Francis
16
4
 
Hiroki Kuroda
16
5
 
Roberto Hernandez
15
6
 
J. A. Happ
15
7
 
Ted Lilly
14
8
 
Trevor Cahill
14
9
 
Brian Duensing
14
10
 
Paul Maholm
14
11
 
Brett Myers
14
12
 
Tim Lincecum
14
13
 
Jhoulys Chacin
14
14
 
Felix Hernandez
14
15
 
Ryan Dempster
14
16
 
Mat Latos
14
17
 
David Price
13
18
 
R. A. Dickey
13
19
 
Joe Saunders
13
20
 
Livan Hernandez
13

The list of the top 20 players who had the most complete games during the 2011 MLB Season.

1
 
James Shields
11
2
 
Roy Halladay
8
3
 
Cliff Lee
6
4
 
Clayton Kershaw
5
5
 
Brandon McCarthy
5
6
 
Felix Hernandez
5
7
 
Jered Weaver
4
8
 
Derek Holland
4
9
 
Ervin Santana
4
10
 
Chris Carpenter
4
11
 
Dan Haren
4
12
 
Jason Vargas
4
13
 
Justin Verlander
4
14
 
Ricky Romero
4
15
 
Daniel Hudson
3
16
 
Johnny Cueto
3
17
 
Cole Hamels
3
18
 
Doug Fister
3
19
 
Anibal Sanchez
3
20
 
Carl Pavano
3

The list of the top 20 players who had the most shutouts during the 2011 MLB Season.

1
 
Cliff Lee
6
2
 
Derek Holland
4
3
 
James Shields
4
4
 
Dan Haren
3
5
 
Jason Vargas
3
6
 
Jered Weaver
2
7
 
Clayton Kershaw
2
8
 
Anibal Sanchez
2
9
 
Chris Carpenter
2
10
 
Jaime Garcia
2
11
 
Justin Verlander
2
12
 
Ricky Romero
2
13
 
Edwin Jackson
1
14
 
Phil Hughes
1
15
 
Alexi Ogando
1
16
 
Roy Halladay
1
17
 
Johnny Cueto
1
18
 
Javier Vazquez
1
19
 
Kyle Lohse
1
20
 
Francisco Liriano
1

The list of the top 20 players who had the most walks (pitching) during the 2011 MLB Season.

1
 
Gio Gonzalez
91
2
 
Jhoulys Chacin
87
3
 
Tim Lincecum
86
4
 
Chad Billingsley
84
5
 
A. J. Burnett
83
6
 
J. A. Happ
83
7
 
Trevor Cahill
82
8
 
Ryan Dempster
82
9
 
Ricky Romero
80
10
 
James McDonald
78
11
 
Ubaldo Jimenez
78
12
 
Charlie Morton
77
13
 
John Lannan
76
14
 
Francisco Liriano
75
15
 
Jon Lester
75
16
 
C. J. Wilson
74
17
 
Jake Westbrook
73
18
 
Ervin Santana
72
19
 
Jeremy Hellickson
72
20
 
Tyler Chatwood
71

The list of the top 20 players who had the most strike outs (pitching) during the 2011 MLB Season.

1
 
Justin Verlander
250
2
 
Clayton Kershaw
248
3
 
Cliff Lee
238
4
 
CC Sabathia
230
5
 
James Shields
225
6
 
Felix Hernandez
222
7
 
Roy Halladay
220
8
 
Tim Lincecum
220
9
 
David Price
218
10
 
Yovani Gallardo
207
11
 
C. J. Wilson
206
12
 
Brandon Morrow
203
13
 
Anibal Sanchez
202
14
 
Zack Greinke
201
15
 
Jered Weaver
198
16
 
Ian Kennedy
198
17
 
Gio Gonzalez
197
18
 
Matt Garza
197
19
 
Cole Hamels
194
20
 
Dan Haren
192

The list of the top 20 players who had the most saves during the 2011 MLB Season.

1
 
Jose Valverde
49
2
 
Craig Kimbrel
46
3
 
John Axford
46
4
 
J. J. Putz
45
5
 
Mariano Rivera
44
6
 
Drew Storen
43
7
 
Heath Bell
43
8
 
Joel Hanrahan
40
9
 
Francisco Cordero
37
10
 
Brandon League
37
11
 
Brian Wilson
36
12
 
Chris Perez
36
13
 
Juan Carlos Oviedo
36
14
 
Carlos Marmol
34
15
 
Neftali Feliz
32
16
 
Jordan Walden
32
17
 
Ryan Madson
32
18
 
Jonathan Papelbon
31
19
 
Sergio Santos
30
20
 
Huston Street
29