American League Central · 2015
Chicago White Sox
- Team WAR
- 26.4 11.0 bat / 15.4 pitch
- Win %
- .469 pyth .446
- Run diff
- -79 3.84 / 4.33 per g
- wRC+
- 92
- ERA
- 3.98 FIP 3.82
- Home runs
- 138
The Chicago White Sox went 76-86 in 2015, a .469 winning percentage — 21st of 30 record in baseball. They scored 622 runs and allowed 701, a run differential of -79. The offence ranked 28th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.98 staff ERA was 15th of 30. Their 92 team wRC+ was 8% below league average — 25th of 30 in MLB. Adam Eaton led the position players at 4.6 WAR, and Chris Sale the rotation at a 3.41 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,396 team hits
Batting
23 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Adam Eaton | CF | 153 | 689 | 175 | 14 | 56 | 18 | .287 | .361 | .431 | .350 | 127 | 4.6 |
| José Abreu | 1B | 154 | 668 | 178 | 30 | 101 | 0 | .290 | .347 | .502 | .365 | 137 | 3.4 |
| Tyler Flowers | C | 105 | 361 | 79 | 9 | 39 | 0 | .239 | .295 | .356 | .291 | 84 | 1.2 |
| Alexei Ramirez | SS | 154 | 622 | 145 | 10 | 62 | 17 | .249 | .285 | .357 | .281 | 77 | 1.2 |
| Trayce Thompson | RF | 39 | 135 | 36 | 5 | 16 | 1 | .295 | .363 | .533 | .388 | 154 | 1.2 |
| Melky Cabrera | LF | 158 | 683 | 172 | 12 | 77 | 3 | .273 | .314 | .394 | .310 | 98 | 1.1 |
| Geovany Soto | C | 69 | 210 | 41 | 9 | 21 | 0 | .219 | .301 | .406 | .315 | 101 | 1.1 |
| JB Shuck | RF | 72 | 165 | 38 | 0 | 15 | 7 | .266 | .340 | .350 | .310 | 98 | 0.2 |
| Avisaíl García | RF | 148 | 601 | 142 | 13 | 59 | 7 | .257 | .309 | .365 | .298 | 89 | 0.1 |
| Tyler Saladino | 3B | 65 | 254 | 53 | 4 | 20 | 8 | .225 | .267 | .335 | .266 | 66 | 0.0 |
| Jeff Samardzija | P | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | .441 | 192 | 0.0 |
| Conor Gillaspie | 3B | 75 | 253 | 54 | 4 | 24 | 0 | .228 | .269 | .359 | .272 | 71 | -0.0 |
| Micah Johnson | 2B | 35 | 114 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .230 | .306 | .270 | .268 | 67 | -0.0 |
| Leury García | CF | 11 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .214 | .267 | .214 | .224 | 35 | -0.1 |
| Gordon Beckham | 3B | 85 | 237 | 44 | 6 | 20 | 0 | .209 | .275 | .332 | .270 | 69 | -0.1 |
| Carlos Rodón | P | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -126 | -0.1 |
| Chris Sale | P | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .098 | -56 | -0.1 |
| Mike Olt | 3B | 29 | 102 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .191 | .255 | .319 | .259 | 61 | -0.2 |
| Rob Brantly | C | 12 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .121 | .167 | .242 | .182 | 5 | -0.2 |
| Jose Quintana | P | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -126 | -0.2 |
| Yolmer Sánchez | 2B | 118 | 420 | 87 | 5 | 31 | 2 | .224 | .268 | .326 | .265 | 65 | -0.2 |
| Adam LaRoche | DH | 126 | 484 | 89 | 12 | 44 | 0 | .207 | .293 | .340 | .287 | 81 | -0.8 |
| Emilio Bonifácio | 2B | 42 | 82 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .167 | .198 | .192 | .178 | 2 | -0.9 |
Pitching
24 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Chris Sale | 31 | 31 | 208.2 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 274 | 3.41 | 2.73 | 1.09 | 11.8 | 5.2 |
| Jose Quintana | 32 | 32 | 206.1 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 177 | 3.36 | 3.18 | 1.27 | 7.7 | 4.1 |
| Jeff Samardzija | 32 | 32 | 214.0 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 163 | 4.96 | 4.23 | 1.29 | 6.9 | 1.6 |
| Carlos Rodón | 26 | 23 | 139.1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 139 | 3.75 | 3.87 | 1.44 | 9.0 | 1.5 |
| David Robertson | 60 | 0 | 63.1 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 86 | 3.41 | 2.52 | 0.93 | 12.2 | 1.4 |
| John Danks | 30 | 30 | 177.2 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 124 | 4.71 | 4.49 | 1.41 | 6.3 | 0.8 |
| Dan Jennings | 53 | 0 | 56.1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 46 | 3.99 | 3.47 | 1.40 | 7.3 | 0.6 |
| Jake Petricka | 62 | 0 | 52.0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 3.63 | 3.46 | 1.42 | 5.7 | 0.6 |
| Matt Albers | 30 | 0 | 37.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1.21 | 3.48 | 1.07 | 6.8 | 0.4 |
| Scott Carroll | 18 | 0 | 36.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 3.44 | 3.68 | 1.45 | 6.6 | 0.3 |
| Frankie Montas | 7 | 2 | 15.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 4.80 | 3.13 | 1.53 | 12.0 | 0.2 |
| Zach Putnam | 49 | 0 | 48.2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 64 | 4.07 | 4.10 | 1.36 | 11.8 | 0.2 |
| Chris Beck | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6.00 | 4.13 | 2.33 | 4.5 | 0.1 |
| Adam LaRoche | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 1.13 | 0.00 | 9.0 | 0.0 |
| Leury García | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 4.13 | 1.00 | 9.0 | 0.0 |
| Javy Guerra | 3 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4.93 | 1.80 | 0.0 | -0.0 |
| Alexei Ramirez | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6.13 | 1.00 | 0.0 | -0.0 |
| Nate Jones | 19 | 0 | 19.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 3.32 | 4.66 | 0.95 | 12.8 | -0.1 |
| Junior Guerra | 3 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6.75 | 5.63 | 2.00 | 6.8 | -0.1 |
| Kyle Drabek | 3 | 0 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5.06 | 5.57 | 2.06 | 5.1 | -0.1 |
| Zach Duke | 71 | 0 | 60.2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 66 | 3.41 | 4.62 | 1.30 | 9.8 | -0.1 |
| Daniel Webb | 27 | 0 | 30.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 6.30 | 5.27 | 2.10 | 6.6 | -0.3 |
| Erik Johnson | 6 | 6 | 35.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 3.34 | 5.93 | 1.40 | 7.7 | -0.4 |
| Hector Noesí | 10 | 5 | 32.2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 6.89 | 6.23 | 1.78 | 6.1 | -0.6 |
Record versus run differential
Chicago White Sox are 76-86, a .469 win rate, while their -79 run differential implies .446. That is about 4 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.