| 2011 Tampa Bay Rays | ||
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| American League Wild Card Winner | ||
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| League | American League | |
| Division | East | |
| Ballpark | Tropicana Field | |
| City | St. Petersburg, Florida | |
| Record | 91–71 (.562) | |
| Divisional place | 2nd | |
| Owners | Stuart Sternberg | |
| General managers | Andrew Friedman (de facto) | |
| Managers | Joe Maddon | |
| Television | Sun Sports (Dewayne Staats, Brian Anderson) | |
| Radio | Tampa Bay Rays Radio Network, Andy Freed, Dave Wills (English) Genesis 680 (Spanish) | |
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The Tampa Bay Rays 2011 season was the team's 14th season in Major League Baseball. Despite starting the season 0–6 and trailing the Boston Red Sox by 9 games as late in the season as September 3, the Rays captured the AL Wild Card and made consecutive playoff appearances for the first time in franchise history. However, they lost to the Texas Rangers in four games in the Division Series, the second year in a row they lost to Texas in the first round of the playoffs.