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 4.9 WAR, and Lucas Giolito the rotation at a 3.41 ERA.
The 2019 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 3rd in the AL Central, 28.5 games back. They were as far as 29.5 games back on September 28. Their best month was May at 16-15, their worst July at 7-17. The longest runs were a 5-game winning streak from May 27 to May 31 and a 7-game losing streak from July 12 to July 18. They were 39-41 at home and 33-48 on the road, 14-18 in one-run games and 35-53 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 12-2 at the Orioles on April 22; the heaviest defeat, 15-2 against the Red Sox on May 4.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
12
14
.462
131
144
-13
May
16
15
.516
117
146
-29
June
11
13
.458
103
130
-27
July
7
17
.292
82
131
-49
August
14
16
.467
135
153
-18
Sept/Oct
12
14
.462
140
128
+12
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
39-41
.487
Road
33-48
.407
One-run games
14-18
.438
Extra innings
4-4
.500
Within the division
38-37
.507
Against .500+ clubs
35-53
.398
Decided by 5+ runs
20-30
.400
Last 10
7-3
.700
American League Central standings, 2019
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2019. 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
77
21,426
19,559
10,799
38,634
Night
43
20,514
18,016
12,175
38,634
Day
34
22,578
22,795
10,799
38,554
Weekend
36
26,215
26,454
12,509
38,634
Weekday
41
17,220
16,167
10,799
26,023
On the road
81
24,386
22,518
8,555
41,397
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
16,494
May
17
18,920
Jun
11
27,172
Jul
14
24,857
Aug
14
20,049
Sep
12
16,886
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 158 completed games, 2019.
Regulation
3:08
150 games
All games
3:11
Extra innings
4:04
8 of them
Longest
4:04
2019-04-17, 10 inn
Shortest
2:21
2019-08-13
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
158
3:11
3:08
2:21
5:28
Regulation
150
3:08
3:07
2:21
4:07
Extra innings
8
4:04
3:50
3:23
5:28
Home
79
3:08
3:06
2:21
4:04
Road
79
3:14
3:10
2:26
5:28
Day
66
3:07
3:07
2:21
4:04
Night
92
3:14
3:11
2:27
5:28
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
3:27
May
16
3:10
Jun
11
3:03
Jul
14
3:07
Aug
14
3:00
Sep
12
3:04
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 188 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 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.
