American League Central · 2021
Chicago White Sox
- Team WAR
- 43.9 25.0 bat / 18.9 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 4.5 WAR, and Carlos Rodón the rotation at a 2.37 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,345 team hits
Batting
30 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Yasmani Grandal | C | 92 | 375 | 67 | 23 | 62 | 0 | .240 | .420 | .520 | .409 | 163 | 4.5 |
| Yoán Moncada | 3B | 144 | 616 | 137 | 14 | 61 | 3 | .263 | .375 | .412 | .352 | 124 | 3.9 |
| Tim Anderson | SS | 123 | 551 | 163 | 17 | 61 | 18 | .309 | .338 | .469 | .346 | 119 | 3.8 |
| 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 | 2.9 |
| Leury García | 2B | 123 | 474 | 111 | 5 | 54 | 6 | .267 | .335 | .376 | .316 | 99 | 1.4 |
| Nick Madrigal | 2B | 54 | 215 | 61 | 2 | 21 | 1 | .305 | .349 | .425 | .338 | 114 | 1.1 |
| Adam Engel | CF | 38 | 140 | 31 | 7 | 18 | 7 | .252 | .336 | .496 | .358 | 128 | 1.0 |
| Zack Collins | C | 75 | 231 | 41 | 4 | 26 | 1 | .210 | .330 | .338 | .305 | 92 | 0.9 |
| Gavin Sheets | DH | 54 | 179 | 40 | 11 | 34 | 0 | .250 | .324 | .506 | .354 | 125 | 0.7 |
| Andrew Vaughn | LF | 127 | 469 | 98 | 15 | 48 | 1 | .235 | .309 | .396 | .309 | 94 | 0.5 |
| Brian Goodwin | RF | 70 | 271 | 52 | 8 | 29 | 1 | .221 | .319 | .374 | .310 | 95 | 0.5 |
| Eloy Jiménez | LF | 55 | 231 | 53 | 10 | 37 | 0 | .249 | .303 | .437 | .319 | 101 | 0.4 |
| Jake Burger | 3B | 15 | 42 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .263 | .333 | .474 | .348 | 121 | 0.2 |
| Jake Lamb | 3B | 54 | 170 | 28 | 7 | 19 | 0 | .194 | .306 | .368 | .302 | 89 | 0.2 |
| Yermín Mercedes | DH | 68 | 262 | 65 | 7 | 37 | 0 | .271 | .328 | .404 | .319 | 101 | 0.1 |
| Luis González | RF | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .455 | .500 | .425 | 175 | 0.1 |
| Seby Zavala | C | 35 | 104 | 17 | 5 | 15 | 0 | .183 | .240 | .376 | .267 | 65 | 0.1 |
| Dylan Cease | P | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .375 | .375 | .500 | .376 | 140 | 0.1 |
| Billy Hamilton | CF | 61 | 135 | 28 | 2 | 11 | 9 | .220 | .242 | .378 | .264 | 63 | 0.0 |
| Lucas Giolito | P | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .219 | 32 | -0.0 |
| José Ruiz | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Michael Kopech | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Romy Gonzalez | 3B | 10 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .250 | .273 | .344 | .269 | 66 | -0.0 |
| Danny Mendick | SS | 63 | 186 | 36 | 2 | 20 | 0 | .220 | .303 | .287 | .271 | 68 | -0.0 |
| Lance Lynn | P | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .175 | 2 | -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 | -0.1 |
| Nick Williams | LF | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .231 | .000 | .172 | -1 | -0.1 |
| Adam Eaton | RF | 78 | 288 | 51 | 6 | 30 | 3 | .201 | .282 | .327 | .274 | 70 | -0.4 |
Pitching
24 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Carlos Rodón | 24 | 24 | 132.2 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 185 | 2.37 | 2.65 | 0.96 | 12.6 | 3.7 |
| Dylan Cease | 32 | 32 | 165.2 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 226 | 3.91 | 3.41 | 1.25 | 12.3 | 3.2 |
| Lance Lynn | 28 | 28 | 157.0 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 176 | 2.69 | 3.32 | 1.07 | 10.1 | 3.2 |
| Lucas Giolito | 31 | 31 | 178.2 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 201 | 3.53 | 3.79 | 1.10 | 10.1 | 2.7 |
| Liam Hendriks | 69 | 0 | 71.0 | 8 | 3 | 38 | 113 | 2.54 | 2.34 | 0.73 | 14.3 | 1.9 |
| Michael Kopech | 44 | 4 | 69.1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 103 | 3.50 | 2.97 | 1.13 | 13.4 | 1.4 |
| Garrett Crochet | 54 | 0 | 54.1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 65 | 2.82 | 2.80 | 1.27 | 10.8 | 1.1 |
| Aaron Bummer | 62 | 0 | 56.1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 75 | 3.51 | 2.96 | 1.26 | 12.0 | 1.1 |
| Codi Heuer | 65 | 0 | 67.1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 56 | 4.28 | 3.97 | 1.31 | 7.5 | 0.6 |
| José Ruiz | 59 | 0 | 65.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 63 | 3.05 | 3.99 | 1.17 | 8.7 | 0.5 |
| Reynaldo López | 20 | 9 | 57.2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 55 | 3.43 | 4.19 | 0.95 | 8.6 | 0.5 |
| Ryan Burr | 34 | 1 | 36.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 2.45 | 4.23 | 1.34 | 8.1 | 0.2 |
| Romy Gonzalez | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | -2.83 | 0.00 | 27.0 | 0.0 |
| Evan Marshall | 27 | 0 | 27.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 5.60 | 4.63 | 1.35 | 8.6 | 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 | -0.0 |
| Dallas Keuchel | 32 | 30 | 162.0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 95 | 5.28 | 5.23 | 1.53 | 5.3 | -0.2 |
| Jace Fry | 6 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10.80 | 7.37 | 2.40 | 4.0 | -0.2 |
| Jimmy Lambert | 4 | 3 | 13.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6.23 | 6.48 | 1.69 | 6.9 | -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 | — | — | — | — | — |
Record versus run differential
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.