American League Central · 2022
Chicago White Sox
- Team WAR
- 31.9 17.0 bat / 14.9 pitch
- Win %
- .500 pyth .480
- Run diff
- -31 4.23 / 4.43 per g
- wRC+
- 94
- ERA
- 4.03 FIP 3.81
- Home runs
- 143
The Chicago White Sox went 81-81 in 2022, a .500 winning percentage — 16th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 686 runs and allowed 717, a run differential of -31. The offence ranked 19th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.03 staff ERA was 18th of 30. Their 94 team wRC+ was 6% below league average — 22nd of 30 in MLB. José Abreu led the position players at 3.7 WAR, and Dylan Cease the rotation at a 2.20 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,419 team hits
Batting
21 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| José Abreu | 1B | 157 | 679 | 183 | 15 | 75 | 0 | .304 | .378 | .446 | .364 | 132 | 3.7 |
| Tim Anderson | SS | 79 | 351 | 100 | 6 | 25 | 13 | .301 | .339 | .395 | .324 | 104 | 2.3 |
| Luis Robert Jr. | CF | 93 | 401 | 108 | 12 | 56 | 11 | .284 | .319 | .426 | .325 | 105 | 2.1 |
| Eloy Jiménez | DH | 84 | 327 | 86 | 16 | 54 | 0 | .295 | .358 | .500 | .372 | 137 | 2.0 |
| Andrew Vaughn | RF | 134 | 555 | 138 | 17 | 76 | 0 | .271 | .321 | .429 | .328 | 107 | 1.7 |
| Josh Harrison | 2B | 117 | 425 | 99 | 7 | 27 | 2 | .256 | .317 | .370 | .307 | 93 | 1.4 |
| Seby Zavala | C | 59 | 205 | 48 | 2 | 21 | 0 | .270 | .347 | .382 | .326 | 106 | 1.3 |
| Reese McGuire | C | 84 | 274 | 67 | 3 | 22 | 1 | .269 | .307 | .369 | .298 | 87 | 1.2 |
| Jake Burger | 3B | 49 | 183 | 42 | 8 | 26 | 0 | .250 | .302 | .458 | .328 | 107 | 0.8 |
| Danny Mendick | SS | 29 | 106 | 28 | 3 | 15 | 1 | .289 | .343 | .443 | .345 | 119 | 0.8 |
| AJ Pollock | LF | 131 | 527 | 120 | 14 | 56 | 3 | .245 | .292 | .389 | .299 | 88 | 0.7 |
| Gavin Sheets | RF | 122 | 410 | 91 | 15 | 53 | 0 | .241 | .295 | .411 | .309 | 95 | 0.6 |
| Yoán Moncada | 3B | 103 | 433 | 84 | 12 | 51 | 2 | .212 | .273 | .353 | .276 | 72 | 0.4 |
| Yasmani Grandal | C | 98 | 376 | 66 | 5 | 27 | 1 | .202 | .301 | .269 | .265 | 65 | 0.1 |
| Carlos Pérez | C | 6 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .333 | .240 | 48 | -0.0 |
| Adam Haseley | CF | 11 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .238 | .333 | .238 | .272 | 69 | -0.0 |
| Romy Gonzalez | 2B | 32 | 109 | 25 | 2 | 11 | 0 | .238 | .257 | .352 | .264 | 64 | -0.1 |
| Mark Payton | LF | 8 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .143 | .280 | .143 | .219 | 34 | -0.1 |
| Lenyn Sosa | SS | 11 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .114 | .139 | .229 | .161 | -6 | -0.3 |
| Adam Engel | CF | 98 | 260 | 55 | 2 | 17 | 12 | .224 | .269 | .310 | .258 | 60 | -0.3 |
| Leury García | 2B | 91 | 315 | 63 | 3 | 20 | 2 | .210 | .233 | .267 | .222 | 35 | -1.2 |
Pitching
22 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Dylan Cease | 32 | 32 | 184.0 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 227 | 2.20 | 3.10 | 1.11 | 11.1 | 3.8 |
| Johnny Cueto | 25 | 24 | 158.1 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 102 | 3.35 | 3.79 | 1.23 | 5.8 | 2.0 |
| Reynaldo López | 61 | 1 | 65.1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 63 | 2.76 | 1.93 | 0.95 | 8.7 | 1.9 |
| Lucas Giolito | 30 | 30 | 161.2 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 177 | 4.90 | 4.06 | 1.44 | 9.9 | 1.5 |
| Lance Lynn | 21 | 21 | 121.2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 124 | 3.99 | 3.82 | 1.13 | 9.2 | 1.5 |
| Liam Hendriks | 58 | 0 | 57.2 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 85 | 2.81 | 2.68 | 1.04 | 13.3 | 1.2 |
| Kendall Graveman | 65 | 0 | 65.0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 66 | 3.18 | 3.42 | 1.40 | 9.1 | 0.8 |
| Joe Kelly | 43 | 1 | 37.0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 53 | 6.08 | 3.06 | 1.59 | 12.9 | 0.6 |
| Tanner Banks | 35 | 0 | 53.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 3.06 | 3.57 | 1.13 | 8.3 | 0.5 |
| Michael Kopech | 25 | 25 | 119.1 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 105 | 3.54 | 4.50 | 1.19 | 7.9 | 0.5 |
| Aaron Bummer | 32 | 0 | 26.2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 2.36 | 3.19 | 1.50 | 10.1 | 0.4 |
| Davis Martin | 14 | 9 | 63.1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 48 | 4.83 | 4.28 | 1.29 | 6.8 | 0.3 |
| Jimmy Lambert | 42 | 2 | 47.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 3.26 | 3.90 | 1.36 | 8.6 | 0.3 |
| Vince Velasquez | 27 | 9 | 75.1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 69 | 4.78 | 4.25 | 1.23 | 8.2 | 0.3 |
| Kyle Crick | 14 | 0 | 15.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4.02 | 3.18 | 1.34 | 10.9 | 0.2 |
| Matt Foster | 48 | 0 | 45.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 4.40 | 4.11 | 1.33 | 8.4 | 0.2 |
| Anderson Severino | 6 | 0 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6.14 | 3.11 | 1.50 | 11.0 | 0.1 |
| José Ruiz | 63 | 0 | 60.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 4.60 | 4.43 | 1.42 | 10.1 | -0.0 |
| Josh Harrison | 3 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18.00 | 8.11 | 3.67 | 6.0 | -0.1 |
| Bennett Sousa | 25 | 0 | 20.1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8.41 | 5.47 | 1.72 | 5.3 | -0.3 |
| Ryan Burr | 8 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6.00 | 7.22 | 1.33 | 7.0 | -0.3 |
| Dallas Keuchel | 14 | 14 | 60.2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 45 | 9.20 | 5.52 | 2.06 | 6.7 | -0.5 |
Record versus run differential
Chicago White Sox are 81-81, a .500 win rate, while their -31 run differential implies .480. That is about 3 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.