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 4.8 WAR, and Chris Sale the rotation at a 3.41 ERA.
The 2015 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 4th in the AL Central, 19 games back. They were as far as 19.5 games back on August 29. Their best month was July at 16-10, their worst June at 10-16. The longest runs were a 7-game winning streak from July 23 to July 29 and an 8-game losing streak from June 12 to June 19. They were 40-41 at home and 36-45 on the road, 29-30 in one-run games and 49-61 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 12-1 at the Royals on September 4; the heaviest defeat, 15-2 at the Rangers on June 2.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
8
11
.421
64
89
-25
May
15
15
.500
115
132
-17
June
10
16
.385
80
118
-38
July
16
10
.615
113
92
+21
August
12
16
.429
121
120
+1
Sept/Oct
15
18
.455
129
150
-21
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
40-41
.494
Road
36-45
.444
One-run games
29-30
.492
Extra innings
13-5
.722
Within the division
32-44
.421
Against .500+ clubs
49-61
.445
Decided by 5+ runs
19-24
.442
Last 10
4-6
.400
American League Central standings, 2015
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2015. 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
21,948
20,059
11,667
39,579
Night
51
19,519
17,772
11,667
39,579
Day
29
26,219
23,317
12,406
39,475
Weekend
38
27,400
26,038
15,641
39,579
Weekday
42
17,015
17,030
11,667
30,046
On the road
79
29,398
29,720
10,642
45,626
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
9
20,368
May
13
19,971
Jun
11
23,472
Jul
14
25,842
Aug
18
24,737
Sep
12
14,933
Oct
4
17,107
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 162 completed games, 2015.
Regulation
2:54
144 games
All games
3:00
Extra innings
3:47
18 of them
Longest
5:09
2015-09-14, 14 inn
Shortest
1:54
2015-07-06
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
162
3:00
2:56
1:54
5:09
Regulation
144
2:54
2:54
1:54
4:16
Extra innings
18
3:47
3:50
2:34
5:09
Home
81
3:03
2:57
1:54
5:09
Road
81
2:57
2:55
2:03
4:08
Day
63
2:57
2:53
2:03
4:56
Night
99
3:02
2:58
1:54
5:09
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
9
3:07
May
13
2:53
Jun
11
2:53
Jul
14
3:03
Aug
18
3:12
Sep
12
3:11
Oct
4
2:54
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 174 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 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.
