2011 Player of the Week Award on Baseball Almanac

2011 Player of the Week Award

The Player of the Week Award is an extension to the Player of Month and Pitcher of the Month Award issued by Major League Baseball. Each recipient below won the Player of the Week Award during the 2011 regular season.

"Before you can sulk, there's another game and you're facing another guy and you're out there competing again. Every time you turn around, you're in the batter's box again." - Lance Berkman in USA Today (R.B. Fallstrom, 04/07/2011, 'Cardinals waiting for bats to come alive', Source)

2011 Player of the Week Award (2003 \| 2004 \| 2005 \| 2006 \| 2007 2008 \| 2009 \| 2010 \| 2011 \| 2012) In Chronological Order
Date / Week	American League^(Team)	P.R.	National League^(Team)	P.R.
03-31 — 04-03	Carlos Quentin^(CHI)		Starlin Castro ^(CHI)
			Jaime Garcia^(StL)
04-04 — 04-10	Asdrubal Cabrera^(CLE)		Prince Fielder^(MIL)
	Paul Konerko^(CHI)
04-11 — 04-17	Johnny Damon^(TB)		Lance Berkman^(StL)
	Dan Haren^(LAA)
04-18 — 04-24	James Shields^(TB)		Ryan Braun^(MIL)
04-25 — 05-01	Ben Zobrist^(TB)		Lance Berkman^(StL)
05-02 — 05-08	Francisco Liriano^(MIN)		Gaby Sanchez^(FLO)
	Justin Verlander^(DET)
05-09 — 05-15	Victor Martinez^(DET)		Martin Prado^(ATL)
05-16 — 05-22	Alexei Ramirez^(CHI)		Daniel Hudson^(ARI)
			Shaun Marcum^(MIL)
05-23 — 05-29	Carl Crawford^(BOS)		Jay Bruce^(CIN)
05-30 — 06-05	David Ortiz^(BOS)		Albert Pujols^(StL)
06-06 — 06-12	Jacoby Ellsbury^(BOS)		Prince Fielder^(MIL)
06-13 — 06-19	James Shields^(TB)		Justin Upton^(ARI)
	Justin Verlander^(DET)
06-20 — 06-26	Michael Young^(TEX)		Clayton Kershaw^(LAD)
06-27 — 07-03	Jose Bautista^(TOR)		Aramis Ramirez ^(CHI)
	Gio Gonzalez^(OAK)
07-04 — 07-10	All-Star Break^(n/a)	n/a	All-Star Break^(n/a)	n/a
07-11 — 07-17	Nick Markakis^(BAL)		Jeff Karstens^(PIT)
07-18 — 07-24	Hideki Matsui^(OAK)		Cameron Maybin^(SDP)
			Justin Upton^(ARI)
07-25 — 07-31	Billy Butler^(KCR)		Joey Votto^(CIN)
	Ervin Santana^(LAA)
08-01 — 08-07	Ricky Romero^(TOR)		Starlin Castro ^(CHI)
08-08 — 08-14	J.J. Hardy^(BAL)		Jay Bruce^(CIN)
08-15 — 08-21	Jim Thome^(MIN)		Nick Hundley^(SDP)
			Ryan Zimmerman^(WAS)
08-22 — 08-28	Adrian Gonzalez^(BOS)		Carlos Gonzalez ^(COL)
08-29 — 09-04	Austin Jackson^(DET)		David Wright^(NY)
09-05 — 09-11	C.J. Wilson^(TEX)		Jason Bay^(NY)
09-12 — 09-18	Erick Aybar^(LAA)		Pablo Sandoval^(SDP)
	Justin Verlander^(DET)
09-19 — 09-25	Mariano Rivera^(NYY)		Matt Kemp^(LAD)
Date / Week	American League^(Team)	P.R.	National League^(Team)	P.R.
2011 Player of the Week Award

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Pitchers are eligible to win the Player of the Week Award, but cannot win the Player of the Month — instead they are eligible for the Pitcher of the Month Award.

Did you know that if you click ANY player name on the chart above you can review their weekly stats to see why the won? Click a name, next to the year click the link in the G (Games Played) column and daily hitting or pitching logs will appear.

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