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30 teams in AL, NL · 2429 regular-season games · 2011-03-31 to 2011-09-28 · attendance 73,425,667

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World Series champion

St. Louis Cardinals

MVP

Justin Verlander AL
Ryan Braun NL

Cy Young

Justin Verlander AL
Clayton Kershaw NL

Rookie of the Year

Jeremy Hellickson AL
Craig Kimbrel NL

All-Star Game

2011-07-12 at Chase Field

Hall of Fame class of 2011

Bert Blyleven, Pat Gillick, Roberto Alomar

Postseason

Round	Result	Games
Division Series	Texas Rangers 3–1 Tampa Bay Rays	4
Division Series	Detroit Tigers 3–2 New York Yankees	5
Division Series	Milwaukee Brewers 3–2 Arizona Diamondbacks	5
Division Series	St. Louis Cardinals 3–2 Philadelphia Phillies	5
League Championship	Texas Rangers 4–2 Detroit Tigers	6
League Championship	St. Louis Cardinals 4–2 Milwaukee Brewers	6
World Series	St. Louis Cardinals 4–3 Texas Rangers	7

Standings

AL Central

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Detroit Tigers	95	67	.586	—	711	2,642,045	Jim Leyland	Division
2	Cleveland Indians	80	82	.494	15	760	1,840,835	Manny Acta
3	Chicago White Sox	79	83	.488	16	706	2,001,117	Ozzie Guillen, Joey Cora, Don Cooper
4	Kansas City Royals	71	91	.438	24	762	1,724,450	Ned Yost
5	Minnesota Twins	63	99	.389	32	804	3,168,116	Ron Gardenhire

AL East

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	New York Yankees	97	65	.599	—	657	3,653,680	Joe Girardi	Division
2	Tampa Bay Rays	91	71	.562	6	614	1,529,188	Joe Maddon	Wild Card
3	Boston Red Sox	90	72	.556	7	737	3,054,001	Terry Francona
4	Toronto Blue Jays	81	81	.500	16	761	1,818,103	John Farrell, Don Wakamatsu
5	Baltimore Orioles	69	93	.426	28	860	1,755,461	Buck Showalter, John Russell

AL West

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Texas Rangers	96	66	.593	—	677	2,946,949	Ron Washington	Pennant Division
2	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	86	76	.531	10	633	3,166,321	Mike Scioscia
3	Oakland Athletics	74	88	.457	22	679	1,476,791	Bob Geren, Bob Melvin
4	Seattle Mariners	67	95	.414	29	675	1,939,421	Eric Wedge

NL Central

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Milwaukee Brewers	96	66	.593	—	638	3,071,373	Ron Roenicke	Division
2	St. Louis Cardinals	90	72	.556	6	692	3,093,954	Tony LaRussa, Joe Pettini	World Series Wild Card
3	Cincinnati Reds	79	83	.488	17	720	2,213,588	Dusty Baker
4	Pittsburgh Pirates	72	90	.444	24	712	1,940,429	Clint Hurdle
5	Chicago Cubs	71	91	.438	25	756	3,017,966	Mike Quade
6	Houston Astros	56	106	.346	40	796	2,067,016	Brad Mills

NL East

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Philadelphia Phillies	102	60	.630	—	529	3,680,718	Charlie Manuel	Division
2	Atlanta Braves	89	73	.549	13	605	2,372,940	Fredi Gonzalez
3	Washington Nationals	80	81	.497	21.5	643	1,940,478	Jim Riggleman, John McLaren, Davey Johnson
4	New York Mets	77	85	.475	25	742	2,352,596	Terry Collins
5	Florida Marlins	72	90	.444	30	702	1,477,462	Edwin Rodriguez, Brandon Hyde, Jack McKeon

NL West

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Arizona Diamondbacks	94	68	.580	—	662	2,105,432	Kirk Gibson	Division
2	San Francisco Giants	86	76	.531	8	578	3,387,303	Bruce Bochy
3	Los Angeles Dodgers	82	79	.509	11.5	612	2,935,139	Don Mattingly
4	Colorado Rockies	73	89	.451	21	774	2,909,777	Jim Tracy
5	San Diego Padres	71	91	.438	23	611	2,143,018	Buddy Black

Leaders

AL

RBI

AVG

ERA

NL

RBI

AVG

ERA

No-hitters

Francisco Liriano, Minnesota Twins vs. Chicago White Sox, 2011-05-03
Justin Verlander, Detroit Tigers vs. Toronto Blue Jays, 2011-05-07
Ervin Santana, Anaheim Angels vs. Cleveland Indians, 2011-07-27

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