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.
The 2022 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 2nd in the AL Central, 11 games back. They spent 11 of 181 days in first place, led by as many as 2 games on April 16 and were as far as 11 games back on September 28. Their best month was July at 16-11, their worst March/April at 8-12. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from May 2 to May 8 and an 8-game losing streak from April 17 to April 26. They were 37-44 at home and 44-37 on the road, 27-16 in one-run games and 31-36 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 13-0 at the Tigers on June 15; the heaviest defeat, 21-5 against the Astros on August 18.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
8
12
.400
64
87
-23
May
15
12
.556
108
131
-23
June
12
15
.444
137
139
-2
July
16
11
.593
131
102
+29
August
13
16
.448
104
128
-24
Sept/Oct
17
15
.531
142
130
+12
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
37-44
.457
Road
44-37
.543
One-run games
27-16
.628
Extra innings
6-9
.400
Within the division
37-39
.487
Against .500+ clubs
31-36
.463
Decided by 5+ runs
20-21
.488
Last 10
5-5
.500
American League Central standings, 2022
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2022. 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
81
24,807
24,818
11,242
38,080
Night
49
24,548
24,270
12,031
37,820
Day
32
25,203
28,428
11,242
38,080
Weekend
39
29,396
29,500
17,798
38,080
Weekday
42
20,545
20,802
11,242
36,948
On the road
78
22,119
20,849
4,591
44,001
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
19,969
May
13
25,302
Jun
13
25,618
Jul
14
26,754
Aug
15
24,665
Sep
12
26,377
Oct
3
22,231
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, 2022.
Regulation
3:04
147 games
All games
3:08
Extra innings
3:44
15 of them
Longest
4:23
2022-06-21, 12 inn
Shortest
2:21
2022-09-03
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
3:08
3:06
2:09
4:23
Regulation
147
3:04
3:04
2:09
4:13
Extra innings
15
3:44
3:47
3:05
4:23
Home
81
3:06
2:59
2:21
4:23
Road
81
3:10
3:10
2:09
3:50
Day
70
3:10
3:08
2:09
4:17
Night
92
3:06
3:05
2:21
4:23
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
3:06
May
13
3:22
Jun
13
3:18
Jul
14
2:58
Aug
15
2:59
Sep
12
3:02
Oct
3
2:43
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 184 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 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.
