American League Central · 2018
Chicago White Sox 2018
- Team WAR
- 15.6 12.1 bat / 3.5 pitch
- Win %
- .383 pyth .385
- Run diff
- -192 4.05 / 5.23 per g
- wRC+
- 94
- ERA
- 4.81 FIP 4.72
- Home runs
- 180
The Chicago White Sox went 62-100 in 2018, a .383 winning percentage — 28th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 656 runs and allowed 848, a run differential of -192. The offence ranked 24th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.81 staff ERA was 26th of 30. Their 94 team wRC+ was 6% below league average — 21st of 30 in MLB. Yoán Moncada led the position players at 2.4 WAR, and Joakim Soria the rotation at a 3.12 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
27 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Yoán Moncada | 2B | 149 | 650 | 136 | 17 | 61 | 12 | .235 | .315 | .400 | .316 | 100 | 2.4 |
| Omar Narváez | C | 95 | 322 | 77 | 9 | 30 | 0 | .275 | .366 | .429 | .351 | 125 | 2.2 |
| José Abreu | 1B | 128 | 553 | 132 | 22 | 78 | 2 | .265 | .325 | .473 | .340 | 117 | 1.7 |
| Yolmer Sánchez | 3B | 155 | 662 | 145 | 8 | 55 | 14 | .242 | .306 | .372 | .301 | 90 | 1.7 |
| Tim Anderson | SS | 153 | 606 | 136 | 20 | 64 | 26 | .240 | .281 | .406 | .297 | 87 | 1.7 |
| Daniel Palka | DH | 124 | 449 | 100 | 27 | 67 | 2 | .240 | .294 | .484 | .332 | 112 | 1.2 |
| Kevan Smith | C | 51 | 187 | 50 | 3 | 21 | 1 | .292 | .348 | .380 | .323 | 105 | 0.9 |
| Matt Davidson | DH | 123 | 496 | 99 | 20 | 62 | 0 | .228 | .319 | .419 | .325 | 106 | 0.8 |
| Welington Castillo | C | 48 | 181 | 44 | 6 | 15 | 1 | .259 | .304 | .406 | .311 | 96 | 0.6 |
| Leury García | LF | 77 | 275 | 70 | 4 | 32 | 12 | .271 | .303 | .376 | .298 | 88 | 0.5 |
| José Rondon | 3B | 37 | 107 | 23 | 6 | 14 | 2 | .230 | .280 | .470 | .323 | 105 | 0.3 |
| Avisaíl García | RF | 91 | 385 | 84 | 19 | 49 | 3 | .236 | .281 | .438 | .307 | 94 | 0.2 |
| Matt Skole | DH | 4 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .273 | .385 | .545 | .401 | 160 | 0.1 |
| Dustin Garneau | C | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .667 | .500 | .528 | 250 | 0.1 |
| Adam Engel | CF | 133 | 463 | 101 | 6 | 29 | 16 | .235 | .279 | .336 | .273 | 70 | 0.1 |
| James Shields | P | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .146 | -19 | 0.0 |
| Dylan Covey | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.0 |
| Luis Avilán | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.0 |
| Reynaldo López | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.0 |
| Chris Beck | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.0 |
| Lucas Giolito | P | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.1 |
| Héctor Santiago | P | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.1 |
| Nicky Delmonico | LF | 88 | 318 | 61 | 8 | 25 | 1 | .215 | .296 | .373 | .297 | 87 | -0.1 |
| Alfredo González | C | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .098 | -54 | -0.1 |
| Charlie Tilson | LF | 37 | 121 | 28 | 0 | 11 | 2 | .264 | .331 | .292 | .285 | 78 | -0.1 |
| Ryan Cordell | CF | 16 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .108 | .125 | .216 | .145 | -20 | -0.5 |
| Trayce Thompson | RF | 47 | 137 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | .117 | .162 | .211 | .164 | -7 | -1.4 |
Pitching
30 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Joakim Soria | 66 | 0 | 60.2 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 75 | 3.12 | 2.44 | 1.14 | 11.1 | 1.6 |
| Jace Fry | 59 | 1 | 51.1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 70 | 4.38 | 2.67 | 1.11 | 12.3 | 1.2 |
| Reynaldo López | 32 | 32 | 188.2 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 151 | 3.91 | 4.63 | 1.27 | 7.2 | 1.1 |
| Dylan Covey | 27 | 21 | 121.2 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 91 | 5.18 | 4.39 | 1.49 | 6.7 | 0.9 |
| Aaron Bummer | 37 | 0 | 31.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 4.26 | 2.40 | 1.58 | 9.9 | 0.8 |
| Luis Avilán | 70 | 0 | 45.1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 51 | 3.77 | 3.09 | 1.37 | 10.1 | 0.8 |
| Xavier Cedeño | 48 | 0 | 33.1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 2.43 | 2.95 | 1.26 | 9.2 | 0.7 |
| Juan Minaya | 52 | 0 | 46.2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 58 | 3.28 | 3.57 | 1.46 | 11.2 | 0.6 |
| Bruce Rondón | 35 | 0 | 29.2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 40 | 8.49 | 3.73 | 2.16 | 12.1 | 0.3 |
| Carlos Rodón | 20 | 20 | 120.2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 90 | 4.18 | 4.95 | 1.26 | 6.7 | 0.3 |
| Jeanmar Gómez | 26 | 0 | 25.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 4.68 | 3.88 | 1.56 | 9.7 | 0.2 |
| Caleb Frare | 11 | 0 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5.14 | 2.73 | 1.43 | 11.6 | 0.2 |
| James Shields | 34 | 33 | 204.2 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 154 | 4.53 | 5.09 | 1.31 | 6.8 | 0.1 |
| Matt Davidson | 3 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 2.83 | 0.67 | 6.0 | 0.1 |
| Nate Jones | 33 | 0 | 30.0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 3.00 | 4.56 | 1.43 | 9.6 | 0.0 |
| Gregory Infante | 10 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8.00 | 4.49 | 2.22 | 6.0 | 0.0 |
| Rob Scahill | 6 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5.40 | 4.96 | 1.60 | 5.4 | -0.0 |
| José Ruiz | 6 | 0 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4.15 | 5.47 | 1.85 | 12.5 | -0.0 |
| Danny Farquhar | 8 | 0 | 8.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5.63 | 5.79 | 0.75 | 10.1 | -0.1 |
| Ian Hamilton | 10 | 0 | 8.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4.50 | 6.29 | 1.00 | 5.6 | -0.2 |
| Michael Kopech | 4 | 4 | 14.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5.02 | 6.16 | 1.53 | 9.4 | -0.2 |
| Tyler Danish | 7 | 0 | 6.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7.11 | 8.06 | 1.89 | 7.1 | -0.3 |
| Thyago Vieira | 16 | 0 | 17.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7.13 | 6.44 | 1.70 | 7.6 | -0.4 |
| Chris Volstad | 33 | 1 | 47.1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 6.27 | 5.36 | 1.63 | 5.5 | -0.4 |
| Ryan Burr | 8 | 0 | 9.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7.45 | 8.13 | 1.86 | 5.6 | -0.4 |
| Miguel González | 3 | 3 | 12.1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12.41 | 8.03 | 2.43 | 3.6 | -0.4 |
| Héctor Santiago | 49 | 7 | 102.0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 103 | 4.41 | 5.09 | 1.58 | 9.1 | -0.5 |
| Carson Fulmer | 9 | 8 | 32.1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 8.07 | 7.27 | 1.89 | 8.1 | -0.8 |
| Lucas Giolito | 32 | 32 | 173.1 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 125 | 6.13 | 5.56 | 1.48 | 6.5 | -0.8 |
| Chris Beck | 20 | 0 | 34.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 4.50 | 6.84 | 1.59 | 5.6 | -0.9 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 80 home dates, 2018.
- Average
- 20,110 80 home dates
- Median
- 19,376
- Total
- 1,608,817
- Best
- 39,724 2018-09-22
- Quietest
- 10,069 2018-04-10
- On the road
- 26,241 what they drew away
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All home | 80 | 20,110 | 19,376 | 10,069 | 39,724 |
| Night | 46 | 19,906 | 19,190 | 11,628 | 39,724 |
| Day | 34 | 20,387 | 19,921 | 10,069 | 39,449 |
| Weekend | 41 | 22,919 | 22,813 | 11,131 | 39,724 |
| Weekday | 39 | 17,157 | 17,040 | 10,069 | 33,318 |
| On the road | 80 | 26,241 | 23,425 | 7,479 | 46,028 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 12 | 15,252 |
| May | 14 | 16,617 |
| Jun | 17 | 19,263 |
| Jul | 9 | 22,397 |
| Aug | 15 | 21,513 |
| Sep | 14 | 24,388 |
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, 2018.
- Regulation
- 3:04 152 games
- All games
- 3:08
- Extra innings
- 4:12 10 of them
- Longest
- 4:51 2018-06-28, 13 inn
- Shortest
- 2:28 2018-05-20
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Fastest | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 162 | 3:08 | 3:02 | 2:14 | 5:48 |
| Regulation | 152 | 3:04 | 3:02 | 2:14 | 3:53 |
| Extra innings | 10 | 4:12 | 4:13 | 2:51 | 5:48 |
| Home | 81 | 3:09 | 3:03 | 2:28 | 4:51 |
| Road | 81 | 3:07 | 3:02 | 2:14 | 5:48 |
| Day | 66 | 3:08 | 3:03 | 2:14 | 5:48 |
| Night | 96 | 3:09 | 3:02 | 2:24 | 4:36 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 12 | 3:16 |
| May | 14 | 3:06 |
| Jun | 17 | 3:05 |
| Jul | 9 | 3:02 |
| Aug | 15 | 3:11 |
| Sep | 14 | 3:15 |
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 184 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 62-100, a .383 win rate, while their -192 run differential implies .385. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.