American League Central · 2015
Chicago White Sox 2015
- Team WAR
- 26.3 10.6 bat / 15.8 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 4.8 WAR, and Chris Sale the rotation at a 3.41 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
23 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Adam Eaton | CF | 153 | 689 | 175 | 14 | 56 | 18 | .287 | .361 | .431 | .350 | 127 | 4.8 |
| José Abreu | 1B | 154 | 668 | 178 | 30 | 101 | 0 | .290 | .347 | .502 | .365 | 137 | 3.5 |
| Trayce Thompson | RF | 39 | 135 | 36 | 5 | 16 | 1 | .295 | .363 | .533 | .388 | 154 | 1.1 |
| Melky Cabrera | LF | 158 | 683 | 172 | 12 | 77 | 3 | .273 | .314 | .394 | .310 | 98 | 1.0 |
| Alexei Ramirez | SS | 154 | 622 | 145 | 10 | 62 | 17 | .249 | .285 | .357 | .281 | 77 | 0.9 |
| Geovany Soto | C | 69 | 210 | 41 | 9 | 21 | 0 | .219 | .301 | .406 | .315 | 101 | 0.9 |
| Tyler Flowers | C | 105 | 361 | 79 | 9 | 39 | 0 | .239 | .295 | .356 | .291 | 84 | 0.8 |
| JB Shuck | RF | 72 | 165 | 38 | 0 | 15 | 7 | .266 | .340 | .350 | .310 | 98 | 0.4 |
| Avisaíl García | RF | 148 | 601 | 142 | 13 | 59 | 7 | .257 | .309 | .365 | .298 | 89 | 0.1 |
| Conor Gillaspie | 3B | 75 | 253 | 54 | 4 | 24 | 0 | .228 | .269 | .359 | .272 | 71 | 0.1 |
| Jeff Samardzija | P | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | .441 | 192 | 0.0 |
| Carlos Rodón | P | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -126 | -0.0 |
| Chris Sale | P | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .098 | -56 | -0.0 |
| Leury García | CF | 11 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .214 | .267 | .214 | .224 | 35 | -0.1 |
| Micah Johnson | 2B | 35 | 114 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .230 | .306 | .270 | .268 | 67 | -0.1 |
| Jose Quintana | P | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -126 | -0.1 |
| Tyler Saladino | 3B | 65 | 254 | 53 | 4 | 20 | 8 | .225 | .267 | .335 | .266 | 66 | -0.2 |
| 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 |
| Yolmer Sánchez | 2B | 118 | 420 | 87 | 5 | 31 | 2 | .224 | .268 | .326 | .265 | 65 | -0.2 |
| Gordon Beckham | 3B | 85 | 237 | 44 | 6 | 20 | 0 | .209 | .275 | .332 | .270 | 69 | -0.3 |
| 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 | 5.4 |
| Jose Quintana | 32 | 32 | 206.1 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 177 | 3.36 | 3.18 | 1.27 | 7.7 | 4.2 |
| Jeff Samardzija | 32 | 32 | 214.0 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 163 | 4.96 | 4.23 | 1.29 | 6.9 | 1.7 |
| Carlos Rodón | 26 | 23 | 139.1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 139 | 3.75 | 3.87 | 1.44 | 9.0 | 1.6 |
| 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 | 0.3 |
| 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 |
| Junior Guerra | 3 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6.75 | 5.63 | 2.00 | 6.8 | -0.1 |
| Nate Jones | 19 | 0 | 19.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 3.32 | 4.66 | 0.95 | 12.8 | -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 | -0.2 |
| 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 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 80 home dates, 2015.
- Average
- 21,948 80 home dates
- Median
- 20,059
- Total
- 1,755,810
- Best
- 39,579 2015-08-15
- Quietest
- 11,667 2015-09-09
- On the road
- 29,398 what they drew away
By situation
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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.
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.