American League Central · 2018
Chicago White Sox
- Team WAR
- 14.7 12.5 bat / 2.2 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. Omar Narváez 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.
1,311 team hits
Batting
27 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Omar Narváez | C | 95 | 322 | 77 | 9 | 30 | 0 | .275 | .366 | .429 | .351 | 125 | 2.4 |
| Yoán Moncada | 2B | 149 | 650 | 136 | 17 | 61 | 12 | .235 | .315 | .400 | .316 | 100 | 2.3 |
| Tim Anderson | SS | 153 | 606 | 136 | 20 | 64 | 26 | .240 | .281 | .406 | .297 | 87 | 1.9 |
| 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 | 1.6 |
| Daniel Palka | DH | 124 | 449 | 100 | 27 | 67 | 2 | .240 | .294 | .484 | .332 | 112 | 1.1 |
| Kevan Smith | C | 51 | 187 | 50 | 3 | 21 | 1 | .292 | .348 | .380 | .323 | 105 | 1.1 |
| Welington Castillo | C | 48 | 181 | 44 | 6 | 15 | 1 | .259 | .304 | .406 | .311 | 96 | 0.8 |
| Matt Davidson | DH | 123 | 496 | 99 | 20 | 62 | 0 | .228 | .319 | .419 | .325 | 106 | 0.8 |
| Leury García | LF | 77 | 275 | 70 | 4 | 32 | 12 | .271 | .303 | .376 | .298 | 88 | 0.5 |
| Avisaíl García | RF | 91 | 385 | 84 | 19 | 49 | 3 | .236 | .281 | .438 | .307 | 94 | 0.4 |
| José Rondon | 3B | 37 | 107 | 23 | 6 | 14 | 2 | .230 | .280 | .470 | .323 | 105 | 0.3 |
| 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 | -0.0 |
| Nicky Delmonico | LF | 88 | 318 | 61 | 8 | 25 | 1 | .215 | .296 | .373 | .297 | 87 | -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 |
| James Shields | P | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .146 | -19 | -0.1 |
| Héctor Santiago | P | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.1 |
| Alfredo González | C | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .098 | -54 | -0.1 |
| Lucas Giolito | P | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.1 |
| Charlie Tilson | LF | 37 | 121 | 28 | 0 | 11 | 2 | .264 | .331 | .292 | .285 | 78 | -0.2 |
| 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 | 1.5 |
| Jace Fry | 59 | 1 | 51.1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 70 | 4.38 | 2.67 | 1.11 | 12.3 | 1.1 |
| Reynaldo López | 32 | 32 | 188.2 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 151 | 3.91 | 4.63 | 1.27 | 7.2 | 0.9 |
| Aaron Bummer | 37 | 0 | 31.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 4.26 | 2.40 | 1.58 | 9.9 | 0.8 |
| Dylan Covey | 27 | 21 | 121.2 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 91 | 5.18 | 4.39 | 1.49 | 6.7 | 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 | 0.6 |
| Juan Minaya | 52 | 0 | 46.2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 58 | 3.28 | 3.57 | 1.46 | 11.2 | 0.5 |
| Bruce Rondón | 35 | 0 | 29.2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 40 | 8.49 | 3.73 | 2.16 | 12.1 | 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 | 0.1 |
| Carlos Rodón | 20 | 20 | 120.2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 90 | 4.18 | 4.95 | 1.26 | 6.7 | 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 |
| James Shields | 34 | 33 | 204.2 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 154 | 4.53 | 5.09 | 1.31 | 6.8 | -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 | -0.2 |
| Thyago Vieira | 16 | 0 | 17.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7.13 | 6.44 | 1.70 | 7.6 | -0.4 |
| Ryan Burr | 8 | 0 | 9.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7.45 | 8.13 | 1.86 | 5.6 | -0.4 |
| Chris Volstad | 33 | 1 | 47.1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 6.27 | 5.36 | 1.63 | 5.5 | -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 |
| Chris Beck | 20 | 0 | 34.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 4.50 | 6.84 | 1.59 | 5.6 | -0.9 |
| Lucas Giolito | 32 | 32 | 173.1 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 125 | 6.13 | 5.56 | 1.48 | 6.5 | -1.0 |
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.