2011 Major League Baseball

The 2011 Major League Baseball season was the twelfth season in which the two major leagues, the National League and the American League, were consolidated into a single entity under the authority of the Commissioner, Bud Selig.

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Events

A new Collective Bargaining Agreement was signed on November 22, 2011, to last until the end of the 2016 season. As had been the case in 2006, the agreement was negotiated in a positive climate without recourse to the threat of a work stoppage. Among the changes introduced as a result of the agreement was the introduction of a competitive balance round in the Amateur Draft, to take effect for the first time in 2013.

The season ended on a wild series of events on the final day, September 28th, that resulted in the St. Louis Cardinals sneaking into the postseason as the Wild Card team in the National League, with the Tampa Bay Rays eliminating the Boston Red Sox after the two teams had come into that final day tied. And as luck would have it, the Cardinals would go on to win the World Series, which turned out to be another wild and unpredictable affair. Their opponents were the Texas Rangers, and what the two teams had in common was that they had both entered the postseason with just 90 wins - the lowest total in their respective leagues - although the Rangers had won a division title with that total.

Umpires

• Lance Barksdale
• Lance Barrett
• Ted Barrett
• Scott Barry
• Wally Bell
• Dan Bellino
• Cory Blaser
• CB Bucknor
• Angel Campos
• Vic Carapazza
• Mark Carlson
• Gary Cederstrom
• Chris Conroy
• Eric Cooper
• Derryl Cousins
• Fieldin Culbreth
• Phil Cuzzi
• Kerwin Danley
• Gary Darling
• Bob Davidson
• Gerry Davis
• Dana DeMuth
• Laz Diaz
• Mike DiMuro
• Rob Drake
• Bruce Dreckman
• Doug Eddings
• Paul Emmel
• Mike Estabrook
• Mike Everitt
• Clint Fagan
• Chad Fairchild
• Andy Fletcher
• Marty Foster
• Bruce Froemming
• Tyler Funneman
• Greg Gibson
• Manny Gonzalez
• Brian Gorman
• Chris Guccione
• Tom Hallion
• Angel Hernandez
• Ed Hickox
• John Hirschbeck
• Sam Holbrook
• James Hoye
• Marvin Hudson
• Dan Iassogna
• Adrian Johnson
• Jim Joyce
• Jeff Kellogg
• Brian Knight
• Ron Kulpa
• Jerry Layne
• Mark Lollo
• Alfonso Marquez
• Tim McClelland
• Jerry Meals
• Bill Miller
• Mike Muchlinski
• Paul Nauert
• Jeff Nelson
• Brian O'Nora
• Alan Porter
• David Rackley
• Tony Randazzo
• Ed Rapuano
• D.J. Reyburn
• Jim Reynolds
• Mark Ripperger
• Brian Runge
• Paul Schrieber
• Dale Scott
• Todd Tichenor
• Tim Timmons
• Tim Tschida
• John Tumpane
• Larry Vanover
• Mark Wegner
• Bill Welke
• Tim Welke
• Hunter Wendelstedt
• Joe West
• Mike Winters
• Jim Wolf

Further Reading

• Sam Blum: "Relive one of MLB's wildest nights: Final day of 2011 season marked by remarkable comebacks, special moments", mlb.com, September 28, 2025. [1]

See also

• 2011 American League
• 2011 National League
• 2011 Postseason

2011 MLB season by team