2011 Oakland Athletics
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	Overstock.com Coliseum
City	Oakland, California, United States
Record	74–88 (.457)
Divisional place	3rd
Owners	Lewis Wolff
General managers	Billy Beane
Managers	Bob Geren (through 6/9),Bob Melvin (Interim)
Television	Comcast SportsNet California (Glen Kuiper,Ray Fosse)
Radio	KGMZ (Ken Korach,Vince Cotroneo,Ray Fosse)
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TheOakland Athletics'2011 season was the 44th for the franchise in theBay Area, as well as the 111th in club history. The team was competing for theAmerican League West title after a 4-year absence from playoff contention, with a payroll just above $77 million.

Young declined a 2-year contract offer and becameBoston's pitching coach. Steverson becomes hitting coach for Sacramento.

• April 27, CKurt Suzuki moved to paternity list and recalled CJosh Donaldson.
• April 25, Activated PMichael Wuertz and optioned PBobby Cramer.
• April 18, Traded P Daniel Farquhar toToronto for PDavid Purcey. Transferred P Rich Harden to 60-Day DL.
• April 6, Recalled P Tyson Ross from Sacramento.
• March 30, Placed IFAdam Rosales on 60-Day DL. Purchased contract and recalled IF Andy LaRoche.
• January 24, Traded P Clayton Mortensen toColorado for minor league PEthan Hollingsworth. Signed free agent IFAndy LaRoche to a minor league deal with an invite to big league camp.
• January 19, Signed free agent PBrian Fuentes to a two-year, $10.5M deal and third-year club option. DFA'd IFSteven Tolleson.
• January 18, Signed free agent PGrant Balfour to a two-year, $8.1M deal and third-year club option. DFA'd PClayton Mortensen. Avoid arbitration with PDallas Braden (1yr/$3.35M), OFConor Jackson (1yr/$3.2M), 3BKevin Kouzmanoff (1yr/$4.75M), OF Josh Willingham (1yr/$6M).
• January 8, Acquired PGuillermo Moscoso fromTexas for minor league P Ryan Kelly (acquired fromPittsburgh for minor league UTCorey Wimberly in December).DFA'd PPhilip Humber, claimed byChicago.
• December 21, Signed free agent PRich Harden to a one-year, $1.5M deal.
• December 17, Claimed PPhilip Humber off waivers fromKansas City.
• December 16, Traded PHenry Rodríguez and OFCorey Brown toWashington for OFJosh Willingham.
• December 14, Signed free agent DHHideki Matsui to a one-year, $4.25M deal.
• December 13, Signed free agent PBrandon McCarthy to a one-year, $1M deal. Avoided arbitration with PJoey Devine (1yr/$850k)
• December 3, Avoided arbitration with OFRyan Sweeney (1yr/$1.4M)
• December 2, Non-tendered OFTravis Buck (Cleveland), DHJack Cust (Seattle) and IFEdwin Encarnación (Toronto).
• November 19, Added OFCorey Brown, IFAdrian Cardenas, IFSean Doolittle, P Trystan Magnuson, and OFMichael Taylor to 40-man roster.
• November 17, Traded OFRajai Davis toToronto for minor league PTrystan Magnuson and PDaniel Farquhar.
• November 12, Claimed IFEdwin Encarnación off waivers fromToronto.
• November 10, Traded PVin Mazzaro and minor league P Justin Marks toKansas City for OFDavid DeJesus.
• November 8, Won bid forNPB pitcherHisashi Iwakuma, but were not able to finalize a deal.
• November 3, Picked up club options on OFCoco Crisp ($5.75M) and IFMark Ellis ($6M). Declined $12.5M option on IFEric Chavez (New York), making him a free agent for 1st time in his career.
• November 2, Outrighted PBoof Bonser and OFMatt Carson to AAA. Resigned Carson to a minor-league contract. Bonser (New York) elected to become a free agent. PJustin James claimed off waivers byMilwaukee. PJustin Duchscherer and PBen Sheets become free agents.
• October 30, Outrighted OFGabe Gross, UTJeff Larish, PJon Meloan, and PJustin Souza to AAA. Gross (Seattle) and Larish (Philadelphia) elected to become free agents.
• October 7, Outrighted OFJeremy Hermida, PBrad Kilby and PRoss Wolf to AAA. Hermida (Cincinnati) and Wolf (Houston) elected to become free agents.
• October 5, ReleasedCedrick Bowers.
• October 4, Released IFAkinori Iwamura (Tohoku Rakuten).

The A's were known for sporting white jerseys at home and greys for away games. On top of that, the A's wore a black and a green alternate jersey. During the 2011 season, they added a new style. The A's started wearing a gold alternate home jersey to their apparel. Manager Billy Beane referred to the look as "the Canary yellow" jerseys. A's relief pitcher Jerry Blevins said, "It might be hard not to notice us now".^[1]

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

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Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

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Tony DeFrancesco moves to AAA-Oklahoma City RedHawks (HOU) after managing in Oakland's farm system for 16 years (except 2008, was on MLB staff).

• Bold on 40-Man roster to begin 2011 season.
• Top Prospects according toBaseball America,^[6]Baseball Prospectus^[7]

MLB.com named 1BChris Carter (even though being played as an OF), SSGrant Green and 2BJemile Weeks as No. 8 top prospects as their positions in MLB.com's 2011 Top 50 Prospects report.FanHouse named Grant Green (58), Chris Carter (91), and Michael Choice (94) to their top 100. Baseball America named Grant Green (63) and Chris Carter (91) to their top 100.

Joselito Adames, who pitched for AZL Athletics in '10 and STK/VAN in '09, was suspended 50-games for violating MiLB's drug policy in January.

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