American League Central · 2020
Chicago White Sox
- Team WAR
- 13.7 9.1 bat / 4.6 pitch
- Win %
- .583 pyth .599
- Run diff
- +60 5.10 / 4.10 per g
- wRC+
- 109
- ERA
- 3.82 FIP 4.33
- 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 2.2 WAR, and Lucas Giolito the rotation at a 3.48 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
531 team hits
Batting
20 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| José Abreu | 1B | 60 | 262 | 76 | 19 | 60 | 0 | .317 | .370 | .617 | .412 | 160 | 2.2 |
| Tim Anderson | SS | 49 | 221 | 67 | 10 | 21 | 5 | .322 | .357 | .529 | .377 | 137 | 2.0 |
| Eloy Jiménez | LF | 54 | 226 | 63 | 14 | 41 | 0 | .296 | .332 | .559 | .373 | 134 | 1.4 |
| 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 | 1.1 |
| Luis Robert Jr. | CF | 56 | 227 | 47 | 11 | 31 | 9 | .233 | .302 | .436 | .317 | 96 | 0.8 |
| Yoán Moncada | 3B | 52 | 231 | 45 | 6 | 24 | 0 | .225 | .320 | .385 | .312 | 93 | 0.6 |
| Nick Madrigal | 2B | 29 | 109 | 35 | 0 | 11 | 2 | .340 | .376 | .369 | .334 | 108 | 0.5 |
| Adam Engel | RF | 30 | 93 | 26 | 3 | 12 | 1 | .295 | .333 | .477 | .348 | 117 | 0.4 |
| Yolmer Sánchez | 3B | 8 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .313 | .476 | .688 | .484 | 209 | 0.4 |
| Leury García | SS | 16 | 63 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 0 | .271 | .317 | .441 | .327 | 103 | 0.3 |
| Danny Mendick | 2B | 31 | 114 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .243 | .281 | .383 | .287 | 76 | 0.0 |
| Luis González | CF | 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 |
| Nicky Delmonico | RF | 6 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .150 | .227 | .150 | .186 | 7 | -0.2 |
| Zack Collins | DH | 7 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .063 | .167 | .125 | .149 | -18 | -0.2 |
| Nomar Mazara | RF | 42 | 149 | 31 | 1 | 15 | 0 | .228 | .295 | .294 | .269 | 64 | -0.4 |
| Edwin Encarnación | DH | 44 | 181 | 25 | 10 | 19 | 0 | .157 | .250 | .377 | .273 | 66 | -0.7 |
Pitching
27 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Lucas Giolito | 12 | 12 | 72.1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 97 | 3.48 | 3.19 | 1.04 | 12.1 | 1.7 |
| Dallas Keuchel | 11 | 11 | 63.1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 1.99 | 3.08 | 1.09 | 6.0 | 1.5 |
| Evan Marshall | 23 | 0 | 22.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 2.38 | 2.04 | 1.06 | 11.9 | 0.7 |
| Matt Foster | 23 | 2 | 28.2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 2.20 | 2.88 | 0.87 | 9.7 | 0.6 |
| Codi Heuer | 21 | 0 | 23.2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 1.52 | 2.77 | 0.89 | 9.5 | 0.5 |
| Dane Dunning | 7 | 7 | 34.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 3.97 | 3.99 | 1.12 | 9.3 | 0.5 |
| Alex Colomé | 21 | 0 | 22.1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 16 | 0.81 | 2.97 | 0.94 | 6.4 | 0.5 |
| Aaron Bummer | 9 | 0 | 9.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.96 | 1.80 | 1.07 | 13.5 | 0.3 |
| Jimmy Cordero | 30 | 0 | 26.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 6.07 | 3.87 | 1.57 | 7.4 | 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 | 0.2 |
| Alex McRae | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 1.86 | 0.33 | 6.0 | 0.1 |
| Bernardo Flores Jr. | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9.00 | 1.19 | 2.00 | 9.0 | 0.1 |
| Jimmy Lambert | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 1.19 | 1.00 | 9.0 | 0.1 |
| Jace Fry | 18 | 0 | 19.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 3.66 | 4.56 | 1.42 | 11.0 | 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 |
| Yolmer Sánchez | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 16.19 | 2.00 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Gio Gonzalez | 12 | 4 | 31.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 4.83 | 5.50 | 1.86 | 9.7 | -0.2 |
| Steve Cishek | 22 | 0 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 5.40 | 5.64 | 1.50 | 9.4 | -0.2 |
| Kelvin Herrera | 2 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15.43 | 13.05 | 1.71 | 11.6 | -0.2 |
| Drew Anderson | 1 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 40.50 | 24.19 | 4.50 | 13.5 | -0.3 |
| Zack Burdi | 8 | 0 | 7.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 11.05 | 8.51 | 1.91 | 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 | -0.6 |
| Reynaldo López | 8 | 8 | 26.1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 6.49 | 7.63 | 1.63 | 8.2 | -0.6 |
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.