The Chicago White Sox went 89-74 in 2008, a .546 winning percentage — 9th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 811 runs and allowed 729, a run differential of +82. The offence ranked 6th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.06 staff ERA was 11th of 30. Their 104 team wRC+ was 4% above league average — 9th of 30 in MLB. Carlos Quentin led the position players at 5.0 WAR, and John Danks the rotation at a 3.32 ERA.
The 2008 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished first in the AL Central, 1 game clear. They spent 148 of 184 days in first place, led by as many as 6 games on June 9 and were as far as 2.5 games back on May 5. Their best month was June at 17-10, their worst Sept/Oct at 12-15. The longest runs were an 8-game winning streak from May 14 to May 22 and a 7-game losing streak from April 28 to May 5. They were 54-28 at home and 35-46 on the road, 22-17 in one-run games and 40-48 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 13-1 at the Athletics on August 17; the heaviest defeat, 13-1 against the Twins on May 7.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
14
13
.519
134
109
+25
May
16
13
.552
107
97
+10
June
17
10
.630
164
113
+51
July
13
12
.520
134
145
-11
August
17
11
.607
154
133
+21
Sept/Oct
12
15
.444
118
132
-14
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
54-28
.659
Road
35-46
.432
One-run games
22-17
.564
Extra innings
8-4
.667
Within the division
44-29
.603
Against .500+ clubs
40-48
.455
Decided by 5+ runs
30-24
.556
Last 10
4-6
.400
2008 postseason
In October the Chicago White Sox lost the ALDS to the Rays 3-1.
ALDS vs Rays1-3 L
Game 1, October 2 L 4-6 at Rays
Game 2, October 3 L 2-6 at Rays
Game 3, October 5 W 5-3 vs Rays
Game 4, October 6 L 2-6 vs Rays
American League Central standings, 2008
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2008. 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
30,872
31,046
16,499
40,354
Night
54
30,771
30,595
16,499
40,354
Day
27
31,073
31,955
18,254
39,143
Weekend
37
33,369
33,396
23,043
39,573
Weekday
44
28,772
27,388
16,499
40,354
On the road
81
30,253
31,006
12,080
53,236
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
14
25,731
May
9
29,626
Jun
17
30,492
Jul
12
32,133
Aug
16
35,207
Sep
14
29,036
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 163 completed games, 2008.
Regulation
2:47
151 games
All games
2:51
Extra innings
3:44
12 of them
Longest
4:58
2008-08-05, 14 inn
Shortest
2:05
2008-05-25
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
163
2:51
2:48
2:02
4:58
Regulation
151
2:47
2:46
2:02
4:01
Extra innings
12
3:44
3:41
2:41
4:58
Home
82
2:53
2:50
2:05
4:58
Road
81
2:49
2:46
2:02
4:20
Day
53
2:50
2:53
2:04
4:01
Night
110
2:51
2:46
2:02
4:58
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
14
3:04
May
9
2:35
Jun
17
2:50
Jul
12
2:49
Aug
16
2:55
Sep
14
2:56
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 167 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 89-74, a .546 win rate, while their +82 run differential implies .549. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
