The Chicago White Sox went 85-77 in 2012, a .525 winning percentage — 14th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 748 runs and allowed 676, a run differential of +72. The offence ranked 7th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.07 staff ERA was 18th of 30. Their 97 team wRC+ was 3% below league average — 19th of 30 in MLB. A.J. Pierzynski led the position players at 4.0 WAR, and Chris Sale the rotation at a 3.05 ERA.
The 2012 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 2nd in the AL Central, 3 games back. They spent 114 of 181 days in first place, led by as many as 3.5 games on June 29 and were as far as 5 games back on May 7. Their best month was May at 18-11, their worst Sept/Oct at 13-18. The longest runs were a 9-game winning streak from May 23 to June 1 and a 5-game losing streak from April 24 to April 28. They were 45-36 at home and 40-41 on the road, 26-21 in one-run games and 33-39 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 19-2 against the Rangers on July 3; the heaviest defeat, 12-3 against the Cubs on June 18.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
11
11
.500
85
82
+3
May
18
11
.621
156
122
+34
June
13
14
.481
125
118
+7
July
14
11
.560
124
108
+16
August
16
12
.571
128
118
+10
Sept/Oct
13
18
.419
130
128
+2
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
45-36
.556
Road
40-41
.494
One-run games
26-21
.553
Extra innings
5-9
.357
Within the division
37-35
.514
Against .500+ clubs
33-39
.458
Decided by 5+ runs
26-16
.619
Last 10
4-6
.400
American League Central standings, 2012
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2012. 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
24,271
25,058
11,267
38,676
Night
53
24,115
25,041
11,267
37,788
Day
28
24,566
25,125
11,836
38,676
Weekend
39
25,142
25,143
19,129
38,676
Weekday
42
23,462
23,323
11,267
37,788
On the road
81
29,984
34,937
9,072
53,504
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
21,004
May
14
20,394
Jun
15
25,611
Jul
9
29,580
Aug
15
26,933
Sep
17
23,235
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, 2012.
Regulation
2:51
147 games
All games
2:55
Extra innings
3:30
14 of them
Longest
4:16
2012-06-02, 12 inn
Shortest
2:09
2012-07-05
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
2:55
2:50
2:09
5:23
Regulation
147
2:51
2:48
2:09
3:48
Extra innings
14
3:30
3:25
2:22
5:23
Home
80
2:59
2:57
2:09
4:16
Road
81
2:50
2:48
2:11
5:23
Day
53
2:56
2:54
2:09
4:16
Night
108
2:54
2:49
2:12
5:23
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
2:56
May
14
2:54
Jun
15
2:58
Jul
9
2:55
Aug
14
3:00
Sep
17
3:06
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 171 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 85-77, a .525 win rate, while their +72 run differential implies .546. That is about 3 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.
