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 3.6 WAR, and Chris Sale the rotation at a 3.34 ERA.
The 2016 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 4th in the AL Central, 16.5 games back. They spent 45 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 6 games on May 9 and were as far as 18 games back on September 23. Their best month was March/April at 17-8, their worst May at 11-17. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from April 22 to April 27 and a 7-game losing streak from May 23 to May 30. They were 45-36 at home and 33-48 on the road, 23-29 in one-run games and 51-61 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 10-1 at the Blue Jays on April 26; the heaviest defeat, 13-2 at the Indians on June 18.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
17
8
.680
95
76
+19
May
11
17
.393
123
120
+3
June
12
14
.462
113
144
-31
July
11
15
.423
88
111
-23
August
12
15
.444
116
121
-5
Sept/Oct
15
15
.500
151
143
+8
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
45-36
.556
Road
33-48
.407
One-run games
23-29
.442
Extra innings
8-7
.533
Within the division
32-44
.421
Against .500+ clubs
51-61
.455
Decided by 5+ runs
20-23
.465
Last 10
6-4
.600
American League Central standings, 2016
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2016. 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
21,829
20,713
11,418
39,553
Night
52
20,249
20,013
12,093
39,553
Day
28
24,762
25,657
11,418
38,019
Weekend
38
25,479
25,691
15,486
38,019
Weekday
42
18,526
16,859
11,418
39,553
On the road
81
28,189
29,023
10,478
42,031
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
9
18,993
May
16
20,098
Jun
15
22,737
Jul
12
28,461
Aug
12
23,530
Sep
15
16,080
Oct
2
23,817
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, 2016.
Regulation
2:58
146 games
All games
3:03
Extra innings
3:56
15 of them
Longest
4:34
2016-06-13, 12 inn
Shortest
2:10
2016-09-28
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
3:03
2:59
2:10
4:46
Regulation
146
2:58
2:58
2:10
3:57
Extra innings
15
3:56
3:56
3:05
4:46
Home
80
3:00
2:57
2:10
4:34
Road
81
3:06
3:02
2:20
4:46
Day
56
3:03
3:00
2:22
4:46
Night
105
3:03
2:59
2:10
4:34
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
9
2:57
May
16
2:58
Jun
15
3:10
Jul
11
3:04
Aug
12
2:45
Sep
15
3:05
Oct
2
2:47
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 178 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 78-84, a .481 win rate, while their -29 run differential implies .481. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
