The Chicago White Sox went 84-78 in 2026, a .519 winning percentage — 12th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 776 runs and allowed 720, a run differential of +56. The offence ranked 5th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.05 staff ERA was 12th of 30. Their 105 team wRC+ was 5% above league average — 6th of 30 in MLB. Miguel Vargas led the position players at 5.6 WAR, and Sean Burke the rotation at a 3.34 ERA.
The 2026 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 2nd in the AL Central, 1 game back. They spent 95 of 186 days in first place, led by as many as 5.5 games on August 16 and were as far as 5 games back on April 16. Their best month was May at 18-10, their worst March/April at 14-17. The longest runs were a 5-game winning streak from April 27 to May 2 and a 4-game losing streak from August 4 to August 7. They were 48-33 at home and 36-45 on the road, 25-22 in one-run games and 26-40 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 22-1 against the Royals on June 26; the heaviest defeat, 14-2 at the Brewers on March 26.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
14
17
.452
129
153
-24
May
18
10
.643
146
114
+32
June
13
12
.520
134
112
+22
July
13
12
.520
113
95
+18
August
14
14
.500
133
140
-7
Sept/Oct
12
13
.480
121
106
+15
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
48-33
.593
Road
36-45
.444
One-run games
25-22
.532
Extra innings
7-10
.412
Within the division
33-19
.635
Against .500+ clubs
26-40
.394
Decided by 5+ runs
28-21
.571
Last 10
7-3
.700
2026 postseason
In October the Chicago White Sox beat the Astros 2-0 in the Wild Card Series, then lost the ALDS to the Guardians 3-2.
Wild Card Series vs Astros2-0 W
Game 1, September 29 W 6-3 at Astros
Game 2, September 30 W 7-3 at Astros
ALDS vs Guardians2-3 L
Game 1, October 3 W 3-0 at Guardians
Game 2, October 5 W 4-3 at Guardians
Game 3, October 7 L 3-9 vs Guardians
Game 4, October 8 L 5-9 vs Guardians
Game 5, October 10 L 0-2 at Guardians
American League Central standings, 2026
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2026. 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
80
24,503
24,826
10,128
38,795
Night
48
24,248
24,036
10,193
38,795
Day
32
24,884
27,238
10,128
38,608
Weekend
41
30,025
30,029
17,588
38,795
Weekday
39
18,698
17,052
10,128
38,113
On the road
81
28,374
28,140
6,505
44,809
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
15
17,462
May
16
24,166
Jun
11
27,821
Jul
13
28,032
Aug
13
25,919
Sep
13
23,404
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, 2026.
Regulation
2:43
145 games
All games
2:45
Extra innings
3:08
17 of them
Longest
3:43
2026-07-29, 12 inn
Shortest
2:06
2026-06-23
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
2:45
2:43
1:55
4:23
Regulation
145
2:43
2:41
1:55
3:23
Extra innings
17
3:08
3:09
2:27
4:23
Home
81
2:46
2:43
2:06
3:43
Road
81
2:44
2:42
1:55
4:23
Day
65
2:41
2:39
1:56
3:34
Night
97
2:48
2:44
1:55
4:23
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
15
2:50
May
16
2:38
Jun
11
2:46
Jul
13
2:51
Aug
13
2:50
Sep
13
2:42
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 163 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 84-78, a .519 win rate, while their +56 run differential implies .534. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
