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.
The 2021 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished first in the AL Central, 13 games clear. They spent 152 of 186 days in first place, led by as many as 14 games on October 2 and were as far as 2.5 games back on April 17. Their best month was May at 19-10, their worst July at 14-12. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from May 7 to May 13 and a 5-game losing streak from June 17 to June 22. They were 53-28 at home and 40-41 on the road, 18-24 in one-run games and 27-29 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 15-2 at the Tigers on June 12; the heaviest defeat, 9-0 at the Rays on August 22.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
14
11
.560
127
98
+29
May
19
10
.655
140
89
+51
June
14
11
.560
121
109
+12
July
14
12
.538
133
114
+19
August
16
12
.571
147
117
+30
Sept/Oct
16
13
.552
128
109
+19
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
53-28
.654
Road
40-41
.494
One-run games
18-24
.429
Extra innings
6-7
.462
Within the division
44-32
.579
Against .500+ clubs
27-29
.482
Decided by 5+ runs
32-19
.627
Last 10
7-3
.700
American League Central standings, 2021
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2021. 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
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
Average home crowd by month.
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
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
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
Average completed game by month.
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.
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.
