American League Central · 2016
Chicago White Sox
- Team WAR
- 27.7 15.9 bat / 11.8 pitch
- Win %
- .481 pyth .481
- Run diff
- -29 4.23 / 4.41 per g
- wRC+
- 99
- ERA
- 4.12 FIP 4.25
- Home runs
- 169
The Chicago White Sox went 78-84 in 2016, a .481 winning percentage — 18th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 686 runs and allowed 715, a run differential of -29. The offence ranked 20th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.12 staff ERA was 15th of 30. Their 99 team wRC+ was 1% below league average — 15th of 30 in MLB. Adam Eaton led the position players at 3.2 WAR, and Chris Sale the rotation at a 3.34 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,433 team hits
Batting
29 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Adam Eaton | RF | 155 | 706 | 176 | 14 | 59 | 14 | .284 | .362 | .428 | .347 | 120 | 3.2 |
| Todd Frazier | 3B | 158 | 666 | 133 | 40 | 98 | 15 | .225 | .302 | .464 | .331 | 108 | 3.0 |
| Melky Cabrera | LF | 151 | 646 | 175 | 14 | 86 | 2 | .296 | .345 | .455 | .346 | 119 | 2.6 |
| José Abreu | 1B | 159 | 695 | 183 | 25 | 100 | 0 | .293 | .353 | .468 | .352 | 123 | 2.4 |
| Tim Anderson | SS | 98 | 431 | 116 | 9 | 30 | 10 | .283 | .306 | .432 | .318 | 100 | 2.0 |
| Alex Avila | C | 57 | 209 | 36 | 7 | 11 | 0 | .213 | .359 | .373 | .333 | 110 | 1.3 |
| Brett Lawrie | 2B | 94 | 384 | 87 | 12 | 36 | 7 | .248 | .310 | .413 | .315 | 97 | 1.2 |
| Tyler Saladino | 2B | 87 | 319 | 84 | 8 | 38 | 11 | .282 | .315 | .409 | .315 | 98 | 1.1 |
| Omar Narváez | C | 32 | 117 | 27 | 1 | 10 | 0 | .267 | .350 | .337 | .306 | 91 | 0.5 |
| Austin Jackson | CF | 53 | 203 | 46 | 0 | 18 | 2 | .254 | .318 | .343 | .294 | 83 | 0.3 |
| Jimmy Rollins | SS | 41 | 166 | 33 | 2 | 8 | 5 | .221 | .295 | .329 | .279 | 73 | 0.1 |
| Anthony Ranaudo | P | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .333 | 1.333 | .692 | 358 | 0.1 |
| Matt Albers | P | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1.265 | 753 | 0.1 |
| Mat Latos | P | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .800 | .415 | 167 | 0.1 |
| Charlie Tilson | CF | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | .439 | 183 | 0.0 |
| Matt Davidson | DH | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | .439 | 183 | 0.0 |
| Dioner Navarro | C | 97 | 334 | 63 | 6 | 35 | 1 | .207 | .265 | .322 | .260 | 60 | 0.0 |
| Miguel González | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Leury García | CF | 15 | 50 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 2 | .229 | .260 | .354 | .268 | 65 | -0.0 |
| Jason Coats | RF | 24 | 58 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .200 | .298 | .340 | .289 | 79 | -0.0 |
| Justin Morneau | DH | 58 | 218 | 53 | 6 | 25 | 0 | .261 | .303 | .429 | .314 | 97 | -0.0 |
| Jose Quintana | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Chris Sale | P | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .146 | -19 | -0.1 |
| Carlos Rodón | P | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.1 |
| Avisaíl García | DH | 120 | 453 | 101 | 12 | 51 | 4 | .245 | .307 | .385 | .305 | 90 | -0.2 |
| Kevan Smith | C | 6 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .110 | -44 | -0.2 |
| Jerry Sands | DH | 23 | 58 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .236 | .276 | .291 | .253 | 55 | -0.3 |
| Yolmer Sánchez | 2B | 49 | 163 | 32 | 4 | 21 | 0 | .208 | .236 | .357 | .257 | 57 | -0.3 |
| JB Shuck | CF | 77 | 241 | 46 | 4 | 14 | 3 | .205 | .248 | .299 | .242 | 47 | -0.8 |
Pitching
27 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Chris Sale | 32 | 32 | 226.2 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 233 | 3.34 | 3.46 | 1.04 | 9.3 | 4.1 |
| Jose Quintana | 32 | 32 | 208.0 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 181 | 3.20 | 3.56 | 1.16 | 7.8 | 3.6 |
| Miguel González | 24 | 23 | 135.0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 95 | 3.73 | 3.71 | 1.24 | 6.3 | 2.1 |
| Carlos Rodón | 28 | 28 | 165.0 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 168 | 4.04 | 4.01 | 1.39 | 9.2 | 2.0 |
| Nate Jones | 71 | 0 | 70.2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 80 | 2.29 | 2.93 | 0.89 | 10.2 | 1.3 |
| Zach Duke | 81 | 0 | 61.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 68 | 2.36 | 2.97 | 1.26 | 10.0 | 1.1 |
| Dan Jennings | 64 | 0 | 60.2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 46 | 2.08 | 3.38 | 1.40 | 6.8 | 0.9 |
| David Robertson | 62 | 0 | 62.1 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 75 | 3.47 | 3.58 | 1.36 | 10.8 | 0.7 |
| Zach Putnam | 25 | 0 | 27.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 2.30 | 3.11 | 1.32 | 9.9 | 0.5 |
| Michael Ynoa | 23 | 0 | 30.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3.00 | 3.35 | 1.23 | 9.0 | 0.4 |
| Matt Purke | 12 | 0 | 18.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5.50 | 3.48 | 1.78 | 7.5 | 0.2 |
| Juan Minaya | 11 | 0 | 10.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4.35 | 4.02 | 1.45 | 5.2 | 0.1 |
| Tommy Kahnle | 29 | 0 | 27.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 2.63 | 4.46 | 1.50 | 8.2 | 0.1 |
| Daniel Webb | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | 0.15 | 3.00 | 27.0 | 0.1 |
| JB Shuck | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 3.15 | 1.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Scott Carroll | 3 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11.57 | 4.00 | 1.29 | 7.7 | 0.0 |
| Tyler Danish | 3 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 8.55 | 5.40 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Blake Smith | 5 | 0 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.23 | 6.38 | 1.62 | 2.1 | -0.1 |
| Jake Petricka | 9 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4.50 | 6.02 | 2.00 | 7.9 | -0.1 |
| Carson Fulmer | 8 | 0 | 11.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 8.49 | 5.97 | 1.63 | 7.7 | -0.2 |
| Chris Beck | 25 | 0 | 25.1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6.39 | 5.36 | 1.89 | 7.1 | -0.2 |
| John Danks | 4 | 4 | 22.1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 7.25 | 6.10 | 1.75 | 6.4 | -0.3 |
| Mat Latos | 17 | 12 | 70.0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 42 | 4.89 | 5.32 | 1.49 | 5.4 | -0.3 |
| Jacob Turner | 18 | 2 | 24.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6.57 | 6.51 | 1.99 | 6.6 | -0.5 |
| Matt Albers | 58 | 1 | 51.1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 30 | 6.31 | 5.80 | 1.68 | 5.3 | -0.7 |
| Anthony Ranaudo | 9 | 5 | 31.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 9.48 | 8.06 | 1.79 | 5.2 | -1.1 |
| James Shields | 33 | 33 | 181.2 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 135 | 5.85 | 6.01 | 1.60 | 6.7 | -1.9 |
Record versus run differential
Chicago White Sox are 78-84, a .481 win rate, while their -29 run differential implies .481. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.