The Chicago White Sox went 79-83 in 2009, a .488 winning percentage — 18th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 724 runs and allowed 732, a run differential of -8. The offence ranked 19th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.17 staff ERA was 7th of 30. Their 98 team wRC+ was 2% below league average — 17th of 30 in MLB. Alexei Ramirez led the position players at 2.3 WAR, and Gavin Floyd the rotation at a 4.06 ERA.
The 2009 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 3rd in the AL Central, 7.5 games back. They spent 11 of 183 days in first place, led by as many as 0.5 games on April 7 and were as far as 9.5 games back on September 24. Their best month was June at 15-13, their worst August at 11-17. The longest runs were a 7-game winning streak from June 27 to July 3 and a 5-game losing streak from May 13 to May 18. They were 43-38 at home and 36-45 on the road, 19-27 in one-run games and 45-47 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 17-3 at the Angels on May 25; the heaviest defeat, 20-1 against the Twins on May 21.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
11
10
.524
97
98
-1
May
13
15
.464
115
128
-13
June
15
13
.536
131
121
+10
July
14
13
.519
130
121
+9
August
11
17
.393
127
143
-16
Sept/Oct
15
15
.500
124
121
+3
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
43-38
.531
Road
36-45
.444
One-run games
19-27
.413
Extra innings
4-6
.400
Within the division
34-38
.472
Against .500+ clubs
45-47
.489
Decided by 5+ runs
23-25
.479
Last 10
6-4
.600
American League Central standings, 2009
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2009. 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
80
28,552
28,058
18,023
39,745
Night
47
28,190
27,475
20,142
39,024
Day
33
29,067
28,309
18,023
39,745
Weekend
39
31,305
32,013
21,326
39,745
Weekday
41
25,934
25,786
18,023
39,024
On the road
80
28,723
28,120
10,868
46,664
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
24,608
May
10
26,634
Jun
18
26,903
Jul
12
30,077
Aug
14
32,451
Sep
15
28,203
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 161 completed games, 2009.
Regulation
2:42
151 games
All games
2:46
Extra innings
3:44
10 of them
Longest
4:27
2009-06-25, 13 inn
Shortest
1:51
2009-05-22
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
161
2:46
2:42
1:51
4:33
Regulation
151
2:42
2:40
1:51
3:43
Extra innings
10
3:44
3:43
3:02
4:33
Home
81
2:45
2:42
1:51
4:27
Road
80
2:46
2:42
2:02
4:33
Day
61
2:48
2:43
2:03
4:27
Night
100
2:44
2:41
1:51
4:33
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
2:42
May
10
2:31
Jun
18
2:50
Jul
12
2:47
Aug
14
2:51
Sep
15
2:46
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 162 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 79-83, a .488 win rate, while their -8 run differential implies .495. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
