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.
The 2018 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 4th in the AL Central, 29 games back. They spent 7 of 187 days in first place, led by as many as 1 game on March 30 and were as far as 29 games back on September 30. Their best month was August at 17-12, their worst May at 8-19. The longest runs were a 4-game winning streak from August 2 to August 5 and an 8-game losing streak from June 14 to June 22. They were 30-51 at home and 32-49 on the road, 15-25 in one-run games and 24-51 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 11-1 against the Orioles on May 23; the heaviest defeat, 12-0 at the Indians on June 20.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
8
18
.308
104
146
-42
May
8
19
.296
105
147
-42
June
12
17
.414
107
137
-30
July
9
15
.375
116
145
-29
August
17
12
.586
135
127
+8
Sept/Oct
8
19
.296
89
146
-57
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
30-51
.370
Road
32-49
.395
One-run games
15-25
.375
Extra innings
5-5
.500
Within the division
30-46
.395
Against .500+ clubs
24-51
.320
Decided by 5+ runs
17-38
.309
Last 10
2-8
.200
American League Central standings, 2018
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2018. 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
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
Average home crowd by month.
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
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
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
Average completed game by month.
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.
Record versus run differential
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.
