American League Central · 2019
Chicago White Sox
- Team WAR
- 15.9 11.4 bat / 4.5 pitch
- Win %
- .447 pyth .427
- Run diff
- -124 4.40 / 5.17 per g
- wRC+
- 93
- ERA
- 4.92 FIP 4.90
- Home runs
- 185
The Chicago White Sox went 72-89 in 2019, a .447 winning percentage — 20th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 708 runs and allowed 832, a run differential of -124. The offence ranked 24th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.92 staff ERA was 23rd of 30. Their 93 team wRC+ was 7% below league average — 23rd of 30 in MLB. Yoán Moncada led the position players at 4.6 WAR, and Lucas Giolito the rotation at a 3.41 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,462 team hits
Batting
30 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Yoán Moncada | 3B | 131 | 559 | 161 | 25 | 79 | 10 | .315 | .367 | .548 | .382 | 142 | 4.6 |
| Tim Anderson | SS | 122 | 518 | 167 | 18 | 56 | 17 | .335 | .357 | .508 | .365 | 130 | 4.0 |
| James McCann | C | 116 | 476 | 120 | 18 | 60 | 4 | .273 | .328 | .460 | .335 | 109 | 2.7 |
| José Abreu | 1B | 159 | 693 | 180 | 33 | 123 | 2 | .284 | .330 | .503 | .346 | 117 | 1.9 |
| Eloy Jiménez | LF | 121 | 504 | 125 | 31 | 79 | 0 | .267 | .315 | .513 | .346 | 117 | 1.8 |
| Leury García | CF | 137 | 618 | 161 | 8 | 40 | 15 | .279 | .310 | .378 | .296 | 83 | 0.5 |
| Adam Engel | CF | 79 | 248 | 55 | 6 | 26 | 3 | .242 | .304 | .383 | .298 | 84 | 0.3 |
| Welington Castillo | C | 71 | 251 | 48 | 12 | 41 | 0 | .209 | .267 | .417 | .289 | 78 | 0.3 |
| Ryan Goins | 3B | 51 | 163 | 36 | 2 | 10 | 0 | .250 | .333 | .347 | .301 | 86 | 0.2 |
| Danny Mendick | SS | 14 | 40 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .308 | .325 | .462 | .333 | 108 | 0.2 |
| Yolmer Sánchez | 2B | 147 | 555 | 125 | 2 | 43 | 5 | .252 | .318 | .321 | .283 | 74 | 0.1 |
| Jimmy Cordero | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0 |
| Josh Osich | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0 |
| Lucas Giolito | P | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .218 | 29 | -0.0 |
| Carson Fulmer | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Dylan Covey | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Ross Detwiler | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Zack Collins | DH | 27 | 102 | 16 | 3 | 12 | 0 | .186 | .307 | .349 | .289 | 78 | -0.0 |
| Reynaldo López | P | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.1 |
| Iván Nova | P | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.1 |
| Seby Zavala | C | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .073 | -70 | -0.2 |
| Ryan Cordell | RF | 82 | 247 | 48 | 7 | 24 | 3 | .221 | .290 | .355 | .282 | 73 | -0.2 |
| Jon Jay | RF | 46 | 182 | 44 | 0 | 9 | 0 | .267 | .311 | .315 | .277 | 70 | -0.3 |
| Nicky Delmonico | LF | 21 | 68 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .206 | .265 | .286 | .245 | 48 | -0.3 |
| Charlie Tilson | RF | 47 | 157 | 33 | 1 | 12 | 4 | .229 | .293 | .285 | .257 | 56 | -0.4 |
| José Rondon | 2B | 55 | 157 | 28 | 3 | 9 | 0 | .196 | .263 | .280 | .243 | 47 | -0.5 |
| AJ Reed | DH | 14 | 49 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .136 | .204 | .205 | .187 | 8 | -0.5 |
| Matt Skole | DH | 27 | 80 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .208 | .275 | .236 | .234 | 40 | -0.5 |
| Daniel Palka | RF | 30 | 93 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .107 | .194 | .179 | .177 | 1 | -1.0 |
| Yonder Alonso | DH | 120 | 335 | 58 | 10 | 37 | 0 | .199 | .296 | .346 | .280 | 72 | -1.0 |
Pitching
27 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Lucas Giolito | 29 | 29 | 176.2 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 228 | 3.41 | 3.43 | 1.06 | 11.6 | 3.6 |
| Aaron Bummer | 58 | 0 | 67.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 2.13 | 3.41 | 0.99 | 8.0 | 1.1 |
| Iván Nova | 34 | 34 | 187.0 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 114 | 4.72 | 4.98 | 1.45 | 5.5 | 0.8 |
| Reynaldo López | 33 | 33 | 184.0 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 169 | 5.38 | 5.04 | 1.46 | 8.3 | 0.7 |
| Carlos Rodón | 7 | 7 | 34.2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 5.19 | 3.62 | 1.44 | 11.9 | 0.6 |
| Alex Colomé | 62 | 0 | 61.0 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 55 | 2.80 | 4.08 | 1.07 | 8.1 | 0.6 |
| Evan Marshall | 55 | 0 | 50.2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 2.49 | 4.30 | 1.30 | 7.3 | 0.3 |
| Jimmy Cordero | 31 | 0 | 37.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 2.89 | 4.07 | 0.99 | 7.5 | 0.3 |
| Kelvin Herrera | 57 | 0 | 51.1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 53 | 6.14 | 4.58 | 1.62 | 9.3 | 0.2 |
| Dylan Cease | 14 | 14 | 73.0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 81 | 5.79 | 5.19 | 1.55 | 10.0 | 0.2 |
| Thyago Vieira | 6 | 0 | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9.00 | 3.07 | 2.29 | 10.3 | 0.1 |
| Ryan Burr | 16 | 1 | 19.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4.58 | 4.38 | 1.27 | 9.2 | 0.1 |
| Juan Minaya | 22 | 0 | 27.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3.90 | 4.66 | 1.55 | 8.8 | 0.1 |
| Jace Fry | 68 | 0 | 55.0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 68 | 4.75 | 4.90 | 1.58 | 11.1 | 0.0 |
| José Rondon | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.21 | 2.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| AJ Reed | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.21 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Josh Osich | 57 | 0 | 67.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 4.66 | 4.96 | 1.14 | 8.1 | -0.0 |
| Nate Jones | 13 | 0 | 10.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3.48 | 6.12 | 1.65 | 8.7 | -0.1 |
| Caleb Frare | 5 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10.13 | 10.34 | 2.25 | 10.1 | -0.1 |
| José Ruiz | 40 | 1 | 40.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 5.63 | 5.36 | 2.00 | 7.9 | -0.2 |
| Odrisamer Despaigne | 3 | 3 | 13.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9.45 | 6.89 | 2.32 | 4.7 | -0.2 |
| Héctor Santiago | 19 | 2 | 33.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 6.68 | 5.89 | 1.90 | 10.7 | -0.3 |
| Carson Fulmer | 20 | 2 | 27.1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 6.26 | 6.29 | 1.68 | 8.2 | -0.4 |
| Dylan Covey | 18 | 12 | 58.2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 41 | 7.98 | 6.06 | 1.76 | 6.3 | -0.5 |
| Ervin Santana | 3 | 3 | 13.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9.45 | 9.66 | 1.88 | 3.4 | -0.6 |
| Manny Banuelos | 16 | 8 | 50.2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 44 | 6.93 | 6.57 | 1.84 | 7.8 | -0.7 |
| Ross Detwiler | 18 | 12 | 69.2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 46 | 6.59 | 6.92 | 1.62 | 5.9 | -1.2 |
Record versus run differential
Chicago White Sox are 72-89, a .447 win rate, while their -124 run differential implies .427. That is about 3 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.