American League Central · 2020

Chicago White Sox 2020

35-25Tied for 2nd in the AL CentralGuaranteed Rate FieldAmerican League Central American League

Team WAR: 16.1
Win %: .583
Run diff: +60
wRC+: 109
ERA: 3.82
Home runs: 96

The Chicago White Sox went 35-25 in 2020, a .583 winning percentage — 6th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 306 runs and allowed 246, a run differential of +60. The offence ranked 5th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.82 staff ERA was 6th of 30. Their 109 team wRC+ was 9% above league average — 8th of 30 in MLB. José Abreu led the position players at 2.4 WAR, and Lucas Giolito the rotation at a 3.48 ERA.

The 2020 season

Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.

They finished tied for 2nd in the AL Central, 1 game back. They spent 24 of 66 days in first place, led by as many as 3 games on September 15 and were as far as 3 games back on July 28. Their best month was August at 19-9, their worst Sept/Oct at 13-12. The longest runs were a 7-game winning streak from August 16 to August 22 and a 6-game losing streak from September 20 to September 25. They were 18-12 at home and 17-13 on the road, 5-8 in one-run games and 12-20 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 14-0 against the Tigers on September 12; the heaviest defeat, 14-2 against the Twins on July 26.

Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month	W	L	Pct	RS	RA	Diff
July	3	4	.429	30	38	-8
August	19	9	.679	154	101	+53
Sept/Oct	13	12	.520	122	107	+15

Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games	W-L	Pct
Home	18-12	.600
Road	17-13	.567
One-run games	5-8	.385
Extra innings	1-2	.333
Within the division	25-15	.625
Against .500+ clubs	12-20	.375
Decided by 5+ runs	14-7	.667
Last 10	2-8	.200

American League Central standings, 2020

Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.

American League Central, 2020. Games back of the best record in the division.
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RS	RA	Diff	WAR
Minnesota Twins	36	24	.600	—	269	215	+54	15.4
Chicago White Sox	35	25	.583	1	306	246	+60	16.1
Cleveland Indians	35	25	.583	1	248	209	+39	15.0
Kansas City Royals	26	34	.433	10	248	272	-24	10.3
Detroit Tigers	23	35	.397	12	249	318	-69	4.5

2020 Chicago White Sox roster

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.

Catchers 2

James McCannC · 30 G · 1.1 WAR
Yasmani GrandalC · 46 G · 1.0 WAR

Infielders 9

José Abreu1B · 60 G · 2.4 WAR
Tim AndersonSS · 49 G · 2.2 WAR
Yoán Moncada3B · 52 G · 0.8 WAR
Nick Madrigal2B · 29 G · 0.4 WAR
Leury GarcíaSS · 16 G · 0.4 WAR
Yolmer Sánchez3B · 8 G · 0.4 WAR
Danny Mendick2B · 31 G · 0.0 WAR
Cheslor Cuthbert3B · 1 G · -0.0 WAR
Ryan Goins3B · 8 G · -0.2 WAR

Outfielders 6

Eloy JiménezLF · 54 G · 1.5 WAR
Luis Robert Jr.CF · 56 G · 0.9 WAR
Adam EngelRF · 30 G · 0.5 WAR
Luis GonzálezLF · 2 G · 0.0 WAR
Nicky DelmonicoRF · 6 G · -0.3 WAR
Nomar MazaraRF · 42 G · -0.3 WAR

Designated hitters 3

Yermín MercedesDH · 1 G · -0.0 WAR
Zack CollinsDH · 7 G · -0.2 WAR
Edwin EncarnaciónDH · 44 G · -0.6 WAR

Starting pitchers 7

Lucas Giolito12 GS · 2.0 WAR
Dallas Keuchel11 GS · 1.8 WAR
Dane Dunning7 GS · 0.6 WAR
Carlos Rodón2 GS · 0.0 WAR
Jonathan Stiever2 GS · -0.5 WAR
Dylan Cease12 GS · -0.5 WAR
Reynaldo López8 GS · -0.6 WAR

Relief pitchers 20

Evan Marshall23 G · 0.8 WAR
Matt Foster23 G · 0.7 WAR
Codi Heuer21 G · 0.6 WAR
Alex Colomé21 G · 0.5 WAR
Jimmy Cordero30 G · 0.4 WAR
Aaron Bummer9 G · 0.3 WAR
Garrett Crochet5 G · 0.3 WAR
Ross Detwiler16 G · 0.3 WAR
Alex McRae2 G · 0.1 WAR
Jace Fry18 G · 0.1 WAR
Jimmy Lambert2 G · 0.1 WAR
Bernardo Flores Jr.2 G · 0.1 WAR
José Ruiz5 G · 0.0 WAR
Ian Hamilton4 G · 0.0 WAR
Gio Gonzalez12 G · -0.1 WAR
Yolmer Sánchez1 G · -0.1 WAR
Steve Cishek22 G · -0.1 WAR
Kelvin Herrera2 G · -0.2 WAR
Zack Burdi8 G · -0.3 WAR
Drew Anderson1 G · -0.3 WAR

Where the offence comes from

Roster contribution by share of the team total.

531 team hits

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.

Batting

20 players, ranked by dbWAR.


José Abreu	1B	60	262	76	19	60	0	.317	.370	.617	.412	160	2.4
Tim Anderson	SS	49	221	67	10	21	5	.322	.357	.529	.377	137	2.2
Eloy Jiménez	LF	54	226	63	14	41	0	.296	.332	.559	.373	134	1.5
James McCann	C	30	111	28	7	15	1	.289	.360	.536	.380	138	1.1
Yasmani Grandal	C	46	194	37	8	27	0	.230	.351	.422	.341	112	1.0
Luis Robert Jr.	CF	56	227	47	11	31	9	.233	.302	.436	.317	96	0.9
Yoán Moncada	3B	52	231	45	6	24	0	.225	.320	.385	.312	93	0.8
Adam Engel	RF	30	93	26	3	12	1	.295	.333	.477	.348	117	0.5
Nick Madrigal	2B	29	109	35	0	11	2	.340	.376	.369	.334	108	0.4
Leury García	SS	16	63	16	3	8	0	.271	.317	.441	.327	103	0.4
Yolmer Sánchez	3B	8	21	5	1	1	0	.313	.476	.688	.484	209	0.4
Danny Mendick	2B	31	114	26	3	6	0	.243	.281	.383	.287	76	0.0
Luis González	LF	2	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.376	136	0.0
Cheslor Cuthbert	3B	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-118	-0.0
Yermín Mercedes	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-118	-0.0
Ryan Goins	3B	8	10	0	0	0	0	.000	.100	.000	.072	-70	-0.2
Zack Collins	DH	7	18	1	0	0	0	.063	.167	.125	.149	-18	-0.2
Nicky Delmonico	RF	6	22	3	0	3	0	.150	.227	.150	.186	7	-0.3
Nomar Mazara	RF	42	149	31	1	15	0	.228	.295	.294	.269	64	-0.3
Edwin Encarnación	DH	44	181	25	10	19	0	.157	.250	.377	.273	66	-0.6

Pitching

27 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.


Lucas Giolito	12	12	72.1	4	3	0	97	3.48	3.19	1.04	12.1	2.0
Dallas Keuchel	11	11	63.1	6	2	0	42	1.99	3.08	1.09	6.0	1.8
Evan Marshall	23	0	22.2	2	1	0	30	2.38	2.04	1.06	11.9	0.8
Matt Foster	23	2	28.2	6	1	0	31	2.20	2.88	0.87	9.7	0.7
Dane Dunning	7	7	34.0	2	0	0	35	3.97	3.99	1.12	9.3	0.6
Codi Heuer	21	0	23.2	3	0	1	25	1.52	2.77	0.89	9.5	0.6
Alex Colomé	21	0	22.1	2	0	12	16	0.81	2.97	0.94	6.4	0.5
Jimmy Cordero	30	0	26.2	1	2	0	22	6.07	3.87	1.57	7.4	0.4
Aaron Bummer	9	0	9.1	1	0	0	14	0.96	1.80	1.07	13.5	0.3
Garrett Crochet	5	0	6.0	0	0	0	8	0.00	1.02	0.50	12.0	0.3
Ross Detwiler	16	0	19.2	1	1	0	15	3.20	3.90	1.22	6.9	0.3
Alex McRae	2	0	3.0	0	0	0	2	0.00	1.86	0.33	6.0	0.1
Jace Fry	18	0	19.2	0	1	0	24	3.66	4.56	1.42	11.0	0.1
Jimmy Lambert	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	2	0.00	1.19	1.00	9.0	0.1
Bernardo Flores Jr.	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	2	9.00	1.19	2.00	9.0	0.1
José Ruiz	5	0	4.0	0	0	0	5	2.25	3.94	0.50	11.3	0.0
Carlos Rodón	4	2	7.2	0	2	0	6	8.22	4.89	1.57	7.0	0.0
Ian Hamilton	4	0	4.0	0	0	0	4	4.50	4.94	2.25	9.0	0.0
Gio Gonzalez	12	4	31.2	1	2	0	34	4.83	5.50	1.86	9.7	-0.1
Yolmer Sánchez	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	9.00	16.19	2.00	0.0	-0.1
Steve Cishek	22	0	20.0	0	0	0	21	5.40	5.64	1.50	9.4	-0.1
Kelvin Herrera	2	0	2.1	0	0	0	3	15.43	13.05	1.71	11.6	-0.2
Zack Burdi	8	0	7.1	0	1	0	11	11.05	8.51	1.91	13.5	-0.3
Drew Anderson	1	0	1.1	0	1	0	2	40.50	24.19	4.50	13.5	-0.3
Jonathan Stiever	2	2	6.1	0	1	0	3	9.95	12.35	1.74	4.3	-0.5
Dylan Cease	12	12	58.1	5	4	0	44	4.01	6.36	1.44	6.8	-0.5
Reynaldo López	8	8	26.1	1	3	0	24	6.49	7.63	1.63	8.2	-0.6

Attendance

30 home dates played behind closed doors, 2020.

Average: 0
Median: 0
Total: 0
On the road: 0

By situation

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	30	0	0	0	0
Night	17	0	0	0	0
Day	13	0	0	0	0
Weekend	18	0	0	0	0
Weekday	12	0	0	0	0
On the road	30	0	0	0	0

By season

Every home game this season was played with no crowd admitted. The zero is the season, not a missing number — which is why it is shown rather than left out. 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 60 completed games, 2020.

Regulation: 3:10
All games: 3:11
Extra innings: 3:26
Longest: 3:59
Shortest: 2:19

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	60	3:11	3:12	2:19	3:59
Regulation	57	3:10	3:11	2:19	3:59
Extra innings	3	3:26	3:21	3:20	3:38
Home	30	3:08	3:07	2:19	3:59
Road	30	3:13	3:14	2:43	3:44
Day	20	3:10	3:14	2:19	3:38
Night	40	3:11	3:11	2:21	3:59

Through the season

Average completed game by month.
Month	Games	Average
Jul	3	3:29
Aug	17	3:00
Sep	10	3:15

By season

Regulation games only, in minutes. 190 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 35-25, a .583 win rate, while their +60 run differential implies .599. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.