American League Central · 2017
Chicago White Sox
- Team WAR
- 15.5 14.2 bat / 1.3 pitch
- Win %
- .414 pyth .432
- Run diff
- -114 4.36 / 5.06 per g
- wRC+
- 94
- ERA
- 4.61 FIP 4.99
- Home runs
- 201
The Chicago White Sox went 67-95 in 2017, a .414 winning percentage — 27th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 706 runs and allowed 820, a run differential of -114. The offence ranked 23rd of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.61 staff ERA was 19th of 30. Their 94 team wRC+ was 6% below league average — 24th of 30 in MLB. José Abreu led the position players at 3.9 WAR, and Jose Quintana the rotation at a 4.15 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,526 team hits
Batting
25 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| José Abreu | 1B | 156 | 675 | 189 | 33 | 102 | 3 | .304 | .354 | .552 | .381 | 139 | 3.9 |
| Avisaíl García | RF | 136 | 561 | 171 | 18 | 80 | 5 | .330 | .380 | .506 | .379 | 137 | 3.5 |
| Todd Frazier | 3B | 145 | 576 | 101 | 27 | 76 | 4 | .213 | .344 | .428 | .339 | 110 | 2.5 |
| Omar Narváez | C | 88 | 295 | 70 | 2 | 14 | 0 | .277 | .373 | .340 | .324 | 100 | 1.5 |
| Tim Anderson | SS | 146 | 606 | 151 | 17 | 56 | 15 | .257 | .276 | .402 | .291 | 77 | 1.3 |
| Yolmer Sánchez | 2B | 138 | 534 | 129 | 12 | 59 | 8 | .267 | .319 | .413 | .316 | 94 | 1.2 |
| Melky Cabrera | LF | 156 | 666 | 177 | 17 | 85 | 1 | .285 | .324 | .423 | .322 | 98 | 1.0 |
| Yoán Moncada | 2B | 54 | 231 | 46 | 8 | 22 | 3 | .231 | .338 | .412 | .332 | 105 | 0.9 |
| Nicky Delmonico | LF | 43 | 166 | 37 | 9 | 23 | 2 | .262 | .373 | .482 | .372 | 133 | 0.9 |
| Kevan Smith | C | 86 | 294 | 78 | 4 | 30 | 0 | .283 | .309 | .388 | .302 | 85 | 0.9 |
| Leury García | CF | 85 | 326 | 81 | 9 | 33 | 8 | .270 | .316 | .423 | .320 | 97 | 0.8 |
| Rob Brantly | C | 12 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .290 | .389 | .516 | .391 | 146 | 0.3 |
| Geovany Soto | C | 13 | 48 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 0 | .190 | .271 | .405 | .290 | 76 | 0.1 |
| Willy García | RF | 41 | 119 | 25 | 2 | 12 | 0 | .238 | .305 | .400 | .306 | 87 | 0.1 |
| Derek Holland | P | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | .874 | 476 | 0.0 |
| Carlos Rodón | P | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .500 | .357 | 122 | 0.0 |
| Dylan Covey | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.0 |
| Rymer Liriano | LF | 16 | 46 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 1 | .220 | .304 | .341 | .290 | 76 | -0.0 |
| Miguel González | P | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .101 | -52 | -0.1 |
| Matt Davidson | DH | 118 | 443 | 91 | 26 | 68 | 0 | .220 | .260 | .452 | .300 | 83 | -0.3 |
| Alen Hanson | 2B | 97 | 234 | 48 | 4 | 11 | 11 | .221 | .262 | .346 | .264 | 59 | -0.5 |
| Jacob May | CF | 14 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .056 | .150 | .056 | .115 | -43 | -0.6 |
| Cody Asche | DH | 19 | 62 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .105 | .177 | .175 | .158 | -14 | -0.8 |
| Adam Engel | CF | 95 | 336 | 50 | 6 | 21 | 8 | .166 | .235 | .282 | .233 | 37 | -1.2 |
| Tyler Saladino | 2B | 75 | 281 | 45 | 0 | 10 | 5 | .178 | .254 | .229 | .225 | 32 | -1.4 |
Pitching
28 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Jose Quintana | 32 | 32 | 188.2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 207 | 4.15 | 3.68 | 1.22 | 9.9 | 3.2 |
| Tommy Kahnle | 69 | 0 | 62.2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 96 | 2.59 | 1.83 | 1.12 | 13.8 | 2.0 |
| Anthony Swarzak | 70 | 0 | 77.1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 91 | 2.33 | 2.74 | 1.03 | 10.6 | 1.7 |
| David Robertson | 61 | 0 | 68.1 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 98 | 1.84 | 2.57 | 0.85 | 12.9 | 1.6 |
| Gregory Infante | 52 | 0 | 54.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 3.13 | 3.58 | 1.19 | 8.1 | 0.7 |
| Miguel González | 27 | 27 | 156.0 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 100 | 4.62 | 4.88 | 1.42 | 5.8 | 0.6 |
| Carlos Rodón | 12 | 12 | 69.1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 76 | 4.15 | 4.69 | 1.37 | 9.9 | 0.4 |
| Zach Putnam | 7 | 0 | 8.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1.04 | 1.43 | 0.35 | 9.3 | 0.3 |
| Reynaldo López | 8 | 8 | 47.2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 4.72 | 4.75 | 1.32 | 5.7 | 0.3 |
| Nate Jones | 11 | 0 | 11.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2.31 | 3.50 | 1.29 | 11.6 | 0.2 |
| Lucas Giolito | 7 | 7 | 45.1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 2.38 | 4.94 | 0.95 | 6.8 | 0.2 |
| Juan Minaya | 40 | 0 | 43.2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 51 | 4.53 | 4.55 | 1.33 | 10.5 | 0.1 |
| Dan Jennings | 77 | 0 | 62.2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 3.45 | 4.72 | 1.34 | 7.3 | 0.1 |
| Tyler Danish | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.00 | 4.36 | 1.80 | 10.8 | 0.0 |
| Jake Petricka | 27 | 0 | 25.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 7.01 | 4.99 | 1.75 | 9.1 | -0.0 |
| Jace Fry | 11 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10.80 | 6.46 | 2.55 | 4.0 | -0.1 |
| Rob Brantly | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 16.16 | 1.00 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Carson Fulmer | 7 | 5 | 23.1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 3.86 | 5.69 | 1.24 | 7.3 | -0.1 |
| Chris Volstad | 6 | 2 | 19.1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4.66 | 5.74 | 1.09 | 4.7 | -0.2 |
| Aaron Bummer | 30 | 0 | 22.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 4.50 | 6.16 | 1.27 | 7.0 | -0.3 |
| Michael Ynoa | 22 | 0 | 29.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 5.90 | 6.16 | 1.72 | 7.1 | -0.4 |
| Brad Goldberg | 11 | 0 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8.25 | 8.82 | 2.33 | 2.3 | -0.5 |
| James Shields | 21 | 21 | 117.0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 103 | 5.23 | 5.83 | 1.44 | 7.9 | -0.7 |
| David Holmberg | 37 | 7 | 57.2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 4.68 | 6.80 | 1.68 | 5.2 | -1.2 |
| Chris Beck | 57 | 0 | 64.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 6.40 | 6.84 | 1.65 | 5.8 | -1.4 |
| Dylan Covey | 18 | 12 | 70.0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 41 | 7.71 | 7.20 | 1.67 | 5.3 | -1.6 |
| Mike Pelfrey | 34 | 21 | 120.0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 79 | 5.92 | 6.35 | 1.57 | 5.9 | -1.6 |
| Derek Holland | 29 | 26 | 135.0 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 104 | 6.20 | 6.45 | 1.71 | 6.9 | -1.8 |
Record versus run differential
Chicago White Sox are 67-95, a .414 win rate, while their -114 run differential implies .432. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.