The Chicago White Sox went 73-89 in 2014, a .451 winning percentage — 24th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 660 runs and allowed 758, a run differential of -98. The offence ranked 13th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.33 staff ERA was 27th of 30. Their 100 team wRC+ was 0% below league average — 14th of 30 in MLB. José Abreu led the position players at 6.0 WAR, and Jose Quintana the rotation at a 3.32 ERA.
The 2014 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 4th in the AL Central, 17 games back. They spent 3 of 182 days in first place and were as far as 17 games back on September 25. Their best month was July at 14-12, their worst August at 9-19. The longest runs were a 4-game winning streak from May 4 to May 7 and a 7-game losing streak from August 18 to August 26. They were 40-41 at home and 33-48 on the road, 28-24 in one-run games and 45-59 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 16-2 at the Rangers on April 20; the heaviest defeat, 16-0 against the Rangers on August 5.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
14
15
.483
154
150
+4
May
14
14
.500
107
126
-19
June
11
15
.423
97
113
-16
July
14
12
.538
116
97
+19
August
9
19
.321
102
167
-65
Sept/Oct
11
14
.440
84
105
-21
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
40-41
.494
Road
33-48
.407
One-run games
28-24
.538
Extra innings
6-8
.429
Within the division
33-43
.434
Against .500+ clubs
45-59
.433
Decided by 5+ runs
14-23
.378
Last 10
4-6
.400
American League Central standings, 2014
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2014. 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
79
20,896
20,106
10,625
39,142
Night
50
20,005
19,003
11,116
38,160
Day
29
22,433
23,113
10,625
39,142
Weekend
39
24,555
24,527
13,605
39,142
Weekday
40
17,329
17,058
10,625
37,422
On the road
81
28,519
27,818
10,120
47,594
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
1
37,422
Apr
15
15,504
May
14
22,929
Jun
9
22,536
Jul
12
21,790
Aug
19
20,312
Sep
11
19,055
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, 2014.
Regulation
3:05
147 games
All games
3:09
Extra innings
3:43
14 of them
Longest
5:17
2014-04-16, 14 inn
Shortest
2:08
2014-06-01
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
3:09
3:05
2:08
5:17
Regulation
147
3:05
3:03
2:08
4:16
Extra innings
14
3:43
3:37
2:50
5:17
Home
80
3:12
3:07
2:08
5:17
Road
81
3:05
3:04
2:30
4:16
Day
57
3:08
3:03
2:08
4:38
Night
104
3:09
3:06
2:28
5:17
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
1
2:35
Apr
15
3:30
May
14
3:10
Jun
9
3:00
Jul
12
3:10
Aug
18
3:11
Sep
11
3:06
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 185 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 73-89, a .451 win rate, while their -98 run differential implies .437. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
