The Chicago White Sox went 90-72 in 2006, a .556 winning percentage — 6th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 868 runs and allowed 794, a run differential of +74. The offence ranked the third best in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.60 staff ERA was 19th of 30. Their 108 team wRC+ was 8% above league average — 4th of 30 in MLB. Jermaine Dye led the position players at 5.4 WAR, and Javier Vazquez the rotation at a 4.84 ERA.
The 2006 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 3rd in the AL Central, 6 games back. They spent 36 of 183 days in first place, led by as many as 3.5 games on May 9 and were as far as 10 games back on August 7. Their best month was March/April at 17-7, their worst July at 10-15. The longest runs were a 9-game winning streak from June 15 to June 24 and a 4-game losing streak from April 4 to April 8. They were 49-32 at home and 41-40 on the road, 24-21 in one-run games and 44-36 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 20-6 against the Cardinals on June 20; the heaviest defeat, 14-1 at the Indians on September 25.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
17
7
.708
140
96
+44
May
16
12
.571
145
128
+17
June
19
8
.704
173
131
+42
July
10
15
.400
138
152
-14
August
16
13
.552
150
135
+15
Sept/Oct
12
17
.414
122
152
-30
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
49-32
.605
Road
41-40
.506
One-run games
24-21
.533
Extra innings
7-8
.467
Within the division
40-36
.526
Against .500+ clubs
44-36
.550
Decided by 5+ runs
29-21
.580
Last 10
5-5
.500
American League Central standings, 2006
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2006. Games back of the best record in the division.
The players whose season belongs to this club, by position and then by dbWAR. A player traded mid-season is listed with the club he played most of his games for, so a deadline arrival may appear on his other club’s page instead.
Each rectangle is a player, sized by his share of the team's hits; darker means a larger share. Top 30 contributors. Select a different statistic above, or click a player for his page.
Day and night divide the home schedule, and so do weekend and weekday. The road line is a different question.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Low
High
All home
81
36,511
37,720
21,901
39,872
Night
54
36,627
37,799
21,901
39,872
Day
27
36,279
37,720
26,313
39,497
Weekend
40
37,018
38,279
27,137
39,497
Weekday
41
36,017
37,477
21,901
39,872
On the road
81
30,291
30,473
10,901
55,069
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
32,187
May
13
35,887
Jun
15
37,041
Jul
13
38,491
Aug
17
37,467
Sep
11
37,427
By season
Announced gate — tickets distributed, which is the figure every reference publishes and is not the same as people through the turnstile. A game the feed reports no gate for is left out rather than counted as empty. Seasons before attendance was carried into the lake are absent from the trend rather than shown as zero.
Game time
First pitch to final out across 160 completed games, 2006.
Regulation
2:45
145 games
All games
2:50
Extra innings
3:38
15 of them
Longest
6:19
2006-07-09, 19 inn
Shortest
2:00
2006-06-22
By situation
Regulation and extra innings divide the season, and so do home and road. Day and night overlap both.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Fastest
Longest
All
160
2:50
2:46
2:00
6:19
Regulation
145
2:45
2:43
2:00
3:50
Extra innings
15
3:38
3:20
3:03
6:19
Home
80
2:54
2:49
2:00
6:19
Road
80
2:46
2:44
2:12
3:46
Day
57
2:50
2:46
2:07
6:19
Night
103
2:49
2:46
2:00
4:25
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
2:45
May
13
2:44
Jun
15
2:57
Jul
13
3:05
Aug
17
2:55
Sep
11
2:56
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 165 minutes this season.
Elapsed time from first pitch to final out. The feed does not itemise delays, so a rain delay is inside these numbers with no way to subtract it. Games called early are excluded — five innings in ninety-three minutes is not a short game — but they still count in attendance, because the crowd turned up.
Record versus run differential
Chicago White Sox are 90-72, a .556 win rate, while their +74 run differential implies .541. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
