 After the Rangers clinched the AL West on September 23, manager Ron Washington announced Wilson would be the team's ALDS game one starting pitcher.In 2011, Wilson was 16–7 with a 2.94 ERA (seventh in the AL).He led the league in games started (34), and was fourth in wins, fifth in win-loss percentage (.696), and sixth in strikeouts (206; sixth-most in Rangers history).