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 4.0 WAR, and Jose Quintana the rotation at a 4.15 ERA.
The 2017 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 4th in the AL Central, 35 games back. They spent 5 of 181 days in first place, led by as many as 0.5 games on April 28 and were as far as 35 games back on September 29. Their best month was March/April at 13-10, their worst July at 6-18. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from April 23 to April 29 and a 9-game losing streak from July 9 to July 23. They were 39-42 at home and 28-53 on the road, 21-23 in one-run games and 23-49 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 16-1 at the Mariners on May 20; the heaviest defeat, 12-0 at the Tigers on September 17.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
13
10
.565
98
83
+15
May
11
18
.379
140
136
+4
June
11
16
.407
123
153
-30
July
6
18
.250
88
144
-56
August
11
18
.379
118
162
-44
Sept/Oct
15
15
.500
139
142
-3
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
39-42
.481
Road
28-53
.346
One-run games
21-23
.477
Extra innings
5-5
.500
Within the division
33-43
.434
Against .500+ clubs
23-49
.319
Decided by 5+ runs
22-31
.415
Last 10
6-4
.600
American League Central standings, 2017
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2017. 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
79
20,626
19,075
10,842
39,422
Night
55
19,266
18,023
11,484
39,422
Day
24
23,742
23,549
10,842
38,618
Weekend
39
22,736
22,532
13,585
38,618
Weekday
40
18,569
16,930
10,842
39,422
On the road
81
28,443
28,181
8,971
52,413
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
20,674
May
12
20,519
Jun
12
21,535
Jul
13
25,638
Aug
16
17,724
Sep
17
16,502
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, 2017.
Regulation
3:09
151 games
All games
3:11
Extra innings
3:37
10 of them
Longest
3:58
2017-09-27, 10 inn
Shortest
2:34
2017-09-01
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
3:11
3:09
2:16
4:10
Regulation
151
3:09
3:08
2:16
4:07
Extra innings
10
3:37
3:39
2:46
4:10
Home
80
3:11
3:12
2:34
3:58
Road
81
3:10
3:09
2:16
4:10
Day
54
3:11
3:14
2:26
4:07
Night
107
3:10
3:08
2:16
4:10
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
3:07
May
12
3:15
Jun
12
3:23
Jul
12
3:19
Aug
16
3:05
Sep
17
3:04
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 189 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 67-95, a .414 win rate, while their -114 run differential implies .432. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
