The Chicago White Sox went 88-74 in 2010, a .543 winning percentage — 11th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 752 runs and allowed 704, a run differential of +48. The offence ranked 10th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.12 staff ERA was 16th of 30. Their 104 team wRC+ was 4% above league average — 12th of 30 in MLB. Paul Konerko led the position players at 5.8 WAR, and Gavin Floyd the rotation at a 4.08 ERA.
The 2010 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 2nd in the AL Central, 6 games back. They spent 33 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 3.5 games on July 20 and were as far as 12 games back on September 21. Their best month was July at 18-8, their worst March/April at 9-14. The longest runs were an 11-game winning streak from June 15 to June 26 and an 8-game losing streak from September 14 to September 21. They were 45-36 at home and 43-38 on the road, 28-21 in one-run games and 38-47 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 15-3 against the Tigers on June 9; the heaviest defeat, 13-0 against the Marlins on May 23.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
9
14
.391
92
111
-19
May
13
14
.481
118
127
-9
June
18
9
.667
125
103
+22
July
18
8
.692
140
84
+56
August
14
15
.483
155
130
+25
Sept/Oct
16
14
.533
122
149
-27
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
45-36
.556
Road
43-38
.531
One-run games
28-21
.571
Extra innings
6-10
.375
Within the division
32-40
.444
Against .500+ clubs
38-47
.447
Decided by 5+ runs
23-20
.535
Last 10
8-2
.800
American League Central standings, 2010
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2010. 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
27,091
26,263
16,982
39,682
Night
60
26,050
25,036
16,982
39,479
Day
21
30,067
28,298
23,756
39,682
Weekend
39
29,144
28,274
20,072
39,682
Weekday
42
25,184
23,816
16,982
38,935
On the road
80
26,311
24,917
10,090
46,321
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
23,755
May
12
22,763
Jun
15
27,561
Jul
13
29,199
Aug
13
32,822
Sep
13
26,546
Oct
3
23,790
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, 2010.
Regulation
2:44
145 games
All games
2:47
Extra innings
3:20
16 of them
Longest
4:13
2010-09-19, 11 inn
Shortest
1:50
2010-07-08
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
2:47
2:46
1:50
4:13
Regulation
145
2:44
2:42
1:50
4:05
Extra innings
16
3:20
3:12
2:49
4:13
Home
80
2:48
2:43
1:50
4:13
Road
81
2:47
2:47
1:52
4:11
Day
49
2:49
2:46
1:50
4:05
Night
112
2:47
2:47
1:52
4:13
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
2:50
May
12
2:46
Jun
15
2:43
Jul
13
2:33
Aug
13
2:53
Sep
13
3:02
Oct
2
2:46
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 164 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 88-74, a .543 win rate, while their +48 run differential implies .530. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
