American League Central · 2021
Chicago White Sox 2021
- Team WAR
- 46.9 24.8 bat / 22.1 pitch
- Win %
- .574 pyth .601
- Run diff
- +160 4.91 / 3.93 per g
- wRC+
- 110
- ERA
- 3.70 FIP 3.75
- Home runs
- 189
The Chicago White Sox went 93-69 in 2021, a .574 winning percentage — 6th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 796 runs and allowed 636, a run differential of +160. The offence ranked 7th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.70 staff ERA was 4th of 30. Their 110 team wRC+ was 10% above league average — 5th of 30 in MLB. Yasmani Grandal led the position players at 4.1 WAR, and Carlos Rodón the rotation at a 2.37 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
30 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Yasmani Grandal | C | 92 | 375 | 67 | 23 | 62 | 0 | .240 | .420 | .520 | .409 | 163 | 4.1 |
| Tim Anderson | SS | 123 | 551 | 163 | 17 | 61 | 18 | .309 | .338 | .469 | .346 | 119 | 4.0 |
| Yoán Moncada | 3B | 144 | 616 | 137 | 14 | 61 | 3 | .263 | .375 | .412 | .352 | 124 | 3.9 |
| Luis Robert Jr. | CF | 68 | 296 | 93 | 13 | 43 | 6 | .338 | .378 | .567 | .400 | 157 | 3.2 |
| José Abreu | 1B | 152 | 659 | 148 | 30 | 117 | 1 | .261 | .351 | .481 | .357 | 128 | 2.8 |
| Leury García | 2B | 123 | 474 | 111 | 5 | 54 | 6 | .267 | .335 | .376 | .316 | 99 | 1.7 |
| Nick Madrigal | 2B | 54 | 215 | 61 | 2 | 21 | 1 | .305 | .349 | .425 | .338 | 114 | 1.2 |
| Adam Engel | CF | 38 | 140 | 31 | 7 | 18 | 7 | .252 | .336 | .496 | .358 | 128 | 0.9 |
| Gavin Sheets | DH | 54 | 179 | 40 | 11 | 34 | 0 | .250 | .324 | .506 | .354 | 125 | 0.7 |
| Zack Collins | C | 75 | 231 | 41 | 4 | 26 | 1 | .210 | .330 | .338 | .305 | 92 | 0.7 |
| Brian Goodwin | RF | 70 | 271 | 52 | 8 | 29 | 1 | .221 | .319 | .374 | .310 | 95 | 0.7 |
| Andrew Vaughn | LF | 127 | 469 | 98 | 15 | 48 | 1 | .235 | .309 | .396 | .309 | 94 | 0.4 |
| Eloy Jiménez | LF | 55 | 231 | 53 | 10 | 37 | 0 | .249 | .303 | .437 | .319 | 101 | 0.3 |
| Yermín Mercedes | DH | 68 | 262 | 65 | 7 | 37 | 0 | .271 | .328 | .404 | .319 | 101 | 0.2 |
| Jake Burger | 3B | 15 | 42 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .263 | .333 | .474 | .348 | 121 | 0.2 |
| Dylan Cease | P | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .375 | .375 | .500 | .376 | 140 | 0.1 |
| Luis González | RF | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .455 | .500 | .425 | 175 | 0.1 |
| Billy Hamilton | CF | 61 | 135 | 28 | 2 | 11 | 9 | .220 | .242 | .378 | .264 | 63 | 0.1 |
| Romy Gonzalez | 3B | 10 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .250 | .273 | .344 | .269 | 66 | 0.0 |
| Lucas Giolito | P | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .219 | 32 | 0.0 |
| Jake Lamb | 3B | 54 | 170 | 28 | 7 | 19 | 0 | .194 | .306 | .368 | .302 | 89 | 0.0 |
| Lance Lynn | P | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .175 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Seby Zavala | C | 35 | 104 | 17 | 5 | 15 | 0 | .183 | .240 | .376 | .267 | 65 | 0.0 |
| Michael Kopech | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| José Ruiz | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Dallas Keuchel | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Carlos Rodón | P | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Danny Mendick | SS | 63 | 186 | 36 | 2 | 20 | 0 | .220 | .303 | .287 | .271 | 68 | -0.1 |
| Nick Williams | LF | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .231 | .000 | .172 | -1 | -0.2 |
| Adam Eaton | RF | 78 | 288 | 51 | 6 | 30 | 3 | .201 | .282 | .327 | .274 | 70 | -0.5 |
Pitching
24 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Carlos Rodón | 24 | 24 | 132.2 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 185 | 2.37 | 2.65 | 0.96 | 12.6 | 4.1 |
| Dylan Cease | 32 | 32 | 165.2 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 226 | 3.91 | 3.41 | 1.25 | 12.3 | 3.7 |
| Lance Lynn | 28 | 28 | 157.0 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 176 | 2.69 | 3.32 | 1.07 | 10.1 | 3.7 |
| Lucas Giolito | 31 | 31 | 178.2 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 201 | 3.53 | 3.79 | 1.10 | 10.1 | 3.2 |
| Liam Hendriks | 69 | 0 | 71.0 | 8 | 3 | 38 | 113 | 2.54 | 2.34 | 0.73 | 14.3 | 2.0 |
| Michael Kopech | 44 | 4 | 69.1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 103 | 3.50 | 2.97 | 1.13 | 13.4 | 1.5 |
| Garrett Crochet | 54 | 0 | 54.1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 65 | 2.82 | 2.80 | 1.27 | 10.8 | 1.3 |
| Aaron Bummer | 62 | 0 | 56.1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 75 | 3.51 | 2.96 | 1.26 | 12.0 | 1.2 |
| Codi Heuer | 65 | 0 | 67.1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 56 | 4.28 | 3.97 | 1.31 | 7.5 | 0.7 |
| José Ruiz | 59 | 0 | 65.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 63 | 3.05 | 3.99 | 1.17 | 8.7 | 0.6 |
| Reynaldo López | 20 | 9 | 57.2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 55 | 3.43 | 4.19 | 0.95 | 8.6 | 0.6 |
| Ryan Burr | 34 | 1 | 36.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 2.45 | 4.23 | 1.34 | 8.1 | 0.3 |
| Dallas Keuchel | 32 | 30 | 162.0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 95 | 5.28 | 5.23 | 1.53 | 5.3 | 0.2 |
| Evan Marshall | 27 | 0 | 27.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 5.60 | 4.63 | 1.35 | 8.6 | 0.1 |
| Romy Gonzalez | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | -2.83 | 0.00 | 27.0 | 0.0 |
| Alex McRae | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.50 | 3.67 | 2.00 | 4.5 | 0.0 |
| Danny Mendick | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 4.17 | 1.00 | 9.0 | 0.0 |
| Mike Wright Jr. | 13 | 0 | 18.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5.50 | 4.84 | 1.56 | 5.5 | -0.0 |
| Yermín Mercedes | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 9.17 | 5.00 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Jimmy Lambert | 4 | 3 | 13.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6.23 | 6.48 | 1.69 | 6.9 | -0.2 |
| Jace Fry | 6 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10.80 | 7.37 | 2.40 | 4.0 | -0.2 |
| Matt Foster | 37 | 0 | 39.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 6.00 | 5.27 | 1.44 | 9.2 | -0.2 |
| Zack Burdi | 7 | 0 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5.40 | 7.77 | 1.80 | 6.3 | -0.3 |
| Jonathan Stiever | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
Attendance
Announced gate at 78 home dates, 2021.
- Average
- 20,466 78 home dates
- Median
- 19,390
- Total
- 1,596,385
- Best
- 38,668 2021-08-28
- Quietest
- 7,049 2021-04-15
- On the road
- 16,577 what they drew away
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All home | 78 | 20,466 | 19,390 | 7,049 | 38,668 |
| Night | 51 | 20,497 | 19,231 | 7,102 | 38,668 |
| Day | 27 | 20,409 | 20,098 | 7,049 | 38,565 |
| Weekend | 36 | 25,126 | 30,370 | 7,695 | 38,668 |
| Weekday | 42 | 16,472 | 17,543 | 7,049 | 27,098 |
| On the road | 80 | 16,577 | 14,187 | 4,176 | 41,686 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 13 | 7,529 |
| May | 16 | 11,140 |
| Jun | 15 | 20,277 |
| Jul | 10 | 26,148 |
| Aug | 15 | 27,034 |
| Sep | 9 | 27,927 |
| Oct | 3 | 32,590 |
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 162 completed games, 2021.
- Regulation
- 3:07 149 games
- All games
- 3:09
- Extra innings
- 3:32 13 of them
- Longest
- 4:20 2021-08-14, 10 inn
- Shortest
- 1:50 2021-04-29
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Fastest | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 162 | 3:09 | 3:10 | 1:50 | 4:27 |
| Regulation | 149 | 3:07 | 3:07 | 1:50 | 4:09 |
| Extra innings | 13 | 3:32 | 3:24 | 2:45 | 4:27 |
| Home | 81 | 3:08 | 3:10 | 1:50 | 4:20 |
| Road | 81 | 3:09 | 3:09 | 2:04 | 4:27 |
| Day | 62 | 3:09 | 3:10 | 2:04 | 4:27 |
| Night | 100 | 3:08 | 3:07 | 1:50 | 4:20 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 13 | 3:03 |
| May | 16 | 3:06 |
| Jun | 15 | 3:05 |
| Jul | 10 | 3:06 |
| Aug | 15 | 3:14 |
| Sep | 9 | 3:15 |
| Oct | 3 | 3:15 |
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 187 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.
Chicago White Sox are 93-69, a .574 win rate, while their +160 run differential implies .601. That is about 4 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.