Magic Number? Tragic Number? Down to six for WORST EVER
Padres 6-2 win was easier than the final score indicated
The final was 6-2, Padres, but don’t let that fool you. This was a rout in every sense.
The White Sox had four hits, all singles (what new) — and just two through seven innings, as San Diego built a 4-0 lead and downshifted the way home. Lenyn Sosa continued to make a case to play for the AAAA 2025 White Sox with an RBI single in the sixth. Chicago’s second run came on a clutch Bryan Ramos RBI ... check that, it was a bases-loaded walk. Still, a MASSIVE RIBBIE is the box score.
Chris Flexen falls to 2-15, and just one pitcher in White Sox history has as many decisions in a season but a worse winning percentage (Dutch Henry, 2-17, 1930).
The White Sox are one loss from tying the expansion 1962 New York Mets with 120 losses, and have a tragic number of six to clinch the very worst season of the past 125 years.
Seeya tomorrow.
Futility Watch
White Sox 2024 Record 36-119, worst season in White Sox history, worst post-1899 MLB season all-time (a game worse than the 1916 A’s) and a season-worst 83 games below .500
White Sox 2024 Run Differential -318, sixth-worst 155-game start in MLB history
White Sox 2024 Season Record Pace 37-125 (.232)
All-Time White Sox Record (1901-2024) 9,589-9,610 (.4995)
Race to the Worst “Modern” 162-Game Record (2003 Tigers, 43-119) CLINCHED, currently six games worse than the 2003 Tigers
Race to the Worst “Modern” Record in a 162-Game Season (1962 Mets, 40-120) 4 games worse; need to finish 5-2 to end season 41-121
Race to the Most White Sox Losses (1970, 106) new record set (119 and counting)
Race to the Worst White Sox Record (1932, 52-109-1*) CLINCHED, currently 15 games worse than the 1932 team
Race to the Worst Post-1899 Record (1916 A’s, 38-124*) 1 game worse; need to finish season 3-4 to finish 39-123
Magic Number to Clinch Worst Post-1899 Record 6
*record adjusted to a 162-game season