Chicago White Sox: 2024 by the numbers
A breakdown of some of the ugliest numbers from a miserable season
The numbers across the board for the 2024 Chicago White Sox were absolutely atrocious, but I wanted to point out a few areas in particular.
The offense was dismal but it’s never been this bad, and I’ve been keeping this stat for several years now.
The White Sox scored three runs or less in an astounding 105 games! 105 games out of 162 played. That’s 64.8% of all games!
The White Sox scored two runs or less in an astounding 46 games! That’s more often than they won games. 46 games out of 162 played. That’s 28.4% of all games!
You can’t win anything when you simply can’t score runs. Plus, you are giving your pitchers simply no room for error (which the Sox, defensively, made a ton of, but that’s a different story).
The Sox won only two games when trailing in the seventh inning or later.
TWO … the entire season:
- April 27 vs. Tampa Bay: The Sox scored two in the last of the 10th to win, 8-7
- September 24 vs. Angels:. Sox scored three in the eighth to win, 3-2
On the other side of the coin, the bullpen was hideous, a complete dumpster fire.
27 times the Sox took a lead into the seventh inning or later … and lost the game!
12 times they lost the lead in the seventh inning
9 times they lost the lead in the eighth inning
3 times they lost the lead in the ninth inning
3 times they lost the lead in the 10th inning
As far as when these happened? Here is the breakdown and the pitcher or pitchers responsible:
March 30 vs. Detroit (7th) Leone/Hill
April 7 @ Kansas City (7th) Garcia
April 10 @ Cleveland (10th) Shaw
April 17 vs. Kansas City (8th) Kopech
April 23 @ Minnesota (9th) Wilson
April 30 vs. Minnesota (8th) Leasure
May 24 vs. Baltimore (8th) Kopech
May 31 @ Milwaukee (7th) Soroka/Brebbia
June 1 @ Milwaukee (7th) Anderson/Leasure
June 4 @ Cubs (8th) Leasure
June 5 @ Cubs (7th) Soroka/Schuester
June 9 vs. Boston (9th) Banks
June 10 @ Seattle (8th) Kopech
June 11 @ Seattle (7th) Brebbia
June 20 vs. Houston (7th) Wilson
July 6 @ Miami (7th) Soroka
July 7 @ Miami (9th) Kopech
July 8 vs. Minnesota (7th) Leasure
July 21 @ Kansas City (7th) Anderson
July 22 @ Texas (9th) Brebbia
July 29 vs. Kansas City (8th) Wilson/Brebbia
July 30 vs. Kansas City (8th) Ellard/Anderson
August 7 @ Oakland (7th) Toussaint/Leone
August 14 vs. Yankees (7th) Leone
August 26 vs. Detroit (7th) Shuster
September 18 @ Angels (8th/11th) Anderson/Kuhl
September 22 @ San Diego (8th) Ellard
The pitcher breakdown totals (in games where multiple pitchers were responsible, each pitcher got charged with a ½):
Kopech-4
Leasure-3 ½
Brebbia- 3
Anderson- 2 ½
Leone-2 ½
Wilson- 2 ½
Soroka- 2
Ellard- 1 ½
Shuster- 1 ½
Banks- 1
Garcia- 1
Shaw- 1
Hill- ½
Kuhl- ½
Toussaint- ½
The White Sox also used a record 63 players this year.
Regarding JR’s “letter” (which was ghostwritten, and that he simply signed): “Talk is cheap, Jerry. Put your money where your mouth is.”