The Chicago White Sox went 72-90 in 2007, a .444 winning percentage — 24th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 693 runs and allowed 839, a run differential of -146. The offence ranked 28th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.71 staff ERA was 20th of 30. Their 88 team wRC+ was 12% below league average — 28th of 30 in MLB. Jim Thome led the position players at 3.9 WAR, and Javier Vazquez the rotation at a 3.74 ERA.
The 2007 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 4th in the AL Central, 24 games back. They were as far as 25.5 games back on September 25. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 15-12, their worst August at 9-20. The longest runs were a 4-game winning streak from April 18 to April 21 and an 8-game losing streak from August 11 to August 19. They were 38-43 at home and 34-47 on the road, 16-26 in one-run games and 33-54 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 10-0 against the Royals on September 27; the heaviest defeat, 16-3 at the Yankees on July 31.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
12
11
.522
95
97
-2
May
12
14
.462
105
136
-31
June
10
18
.357
100
127
-27
July
14
15
.483
149
187
-38
August
9
20
.310
118
178
-60
Sept/Oct
15
12
.556
126
114
+12
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
38-43
.469
Road
34-47
.420
One-run games
16-26
.381
Extra innings
6-7
.462
Within the division
39-33
.542
Against .500+ clubs
33-54
.379
Decided by 5+ runs
10-27
.270
Last 10
6-4
.600
American League Central standings, 2007
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2007. 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
33,141
33,212
23,139
39,194
Night
48
32,979
33,397
23,139
38,586
Day
33
33,376
33,154
23,537
39,194
Weekend
39
34,873
34,538
27,653
39,194
Weekday
42
31,532
31,839
23,139
38,088
On the road
81
29,133
28,162
10,264
54,869
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
29,728
May
11
33,898
Jun
13
34,702
Jul
16
32,975
Aug
14
35,614
Sep
15
31,830
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 162 completed games, 2007.
Regulation
2:49
149 games
All games
2:53
Extra innings
3:34
13 of them
Longest
4:29
2007-09-07, 13 inn
Shortest
2:03
2007-04-18
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
162
2:53
2:51
1:50
4:29
Regulation
149
2:49
2:50
1:50
3:59
Extra innings
13
3:34
3:32
2:41
4:29
Home
81
2:54
2:53
2:03
4:29
Road
81
2:52
2:50
1:50
3:59
Day
65
2:52
2:54
1:55
3:59
Night
97
2:53
2:50
1:50
4:29
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
2:43
May
11
2:52
Jun
13
2:54
Jul
16
2:50
Aug
14
3:01
Sep
15
3:02
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 169 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 72-90, a .444 win rate, while their -146 run differential implies .413. That is about 5 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.
