MLB 2011; How they finished

Three DuvALUMNI played a part in the most amazing night in regular season baseball history: Brett Myers (Englewood) starting the final game of the season for the Astros against the Cardinals , who were one of four teams with a shot at the playoffs on the final night. Sadly for Myers, he was shelled and the Cards moved on to the NLDS. Also not faring so well, Kenny grad Jonathan Papelbon took his first loss and only his third blown save of the season as the Orioles won in the bottom of the ninth against the uber-slumping Boston Red Sox. Chipper Jones watched his Atlanta Braves disastrously slump in September, finally being passed by the Cardinals on the final night. The Bolles grad went 0 for 5 in the 13-inning loss to the Phils, giving the Cardinals the playoff slot. As for the year in review here's how our DuvALUMNI fared in 2011:

Billy Butler (Wolfson) - DH Kansas City; Butler finished the year with 19 HR and a career-high 95 rbi with a .291 average.

Chipper Jones (Bolles) - 3B Atlanta; aside from the aforementioned collapse of the Braves, Chipper had a decent season with 18 HR 70 rbi and a .275 average. He turns 40 next April but said after their season-ending loss on Wednesday that he will return for the 2012 season. Was a 2011 All-Star.

Howie Kendrick (West Nassau) - 2B LA Angels; An all-star year for Kendrick, who had career highs in both homer runs (18) and rbi (63) to go with his .285 average.

Daniel Murphy (Englewood) - NY Mets - Murphy finished second on the Mets with a .320 average (trailing only NL batting champ Jose Reyes). Murphy had a season-ending injury August 7.

Brett Myers (Englewood) P - Houston; His last game notwithstanding, Myers finished strong for a rather weak Astros squad, winning 4 of his last 5 games. His season totals were a 7-14 record with a 4.46 ERA.

Jonathan Papelbon (Kenny) P - Boston; Outstanding year that will be long-forgotten due to the historic collapse of the Red Sox. Paps was 4-1 (ouch that one) with a 2.94 ERA and 31 out of 34 in the Save department.

Darren O'Day  (Kenny) P - Texas; The only DuvALUMNI alive in the playoffs, O'Day tore a labrum in his left hip that required surgery which limited his time on the mound for the Rangers. He only had 5 appearances since the All-Star break. He finished with 16 innings pitched with a 0-1 record.

Adam Wainwright (Glynn Cty) - P - St. Louis; Wainwright missed the entire season with elbow surgery From MLB.com: Wainwright tossed the equivalent of two innings in the bullpen. "This was my third throwing session off the mound [to a crouched catcher]," he said. "The first two times we did one set of 30. This one we're kind of progressing, now we're doing two sets of 20. So the up-down, but you're also adding some throws in there." Wainwright said he only threw fastballs on Thursday, but one of the next steps in his rehabilitation process will be to throw changeups.