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Chicago White Sox

CWS · AL Central · 2026
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Roster construction

Metric Value Lg avg Diff Rank Percentile
Plate appearances given to sub-replacement hitters 851 707 +143 20th of 30
Share of plate appearances given to sub-replacement hitters 21.0% 16.5% +4.5% 21st of 30
WAR bled by sub-replacement hitters -2.1 -2.2 +0.1 15th of 30
Count of sub-replacement hitters 7 5 +1 21st of 30
Batters faced by sub-replacement pitchers 813 794 +18 20th of 30
Share of batters faced by sub-replacement pitchers 19.0% 18.4% +0.6% 20th of 30
WAR of the club's best position player 3.2 3.5 −0.3 15th of 30
Combined WAR of the club's three best position players 8.2 7.9 +0.3 11th of 30
Combined WAR of the club's five best position players 13.1 11.0 +2.1 5th of 30
Total position-player WAR 14.7 12.6 +2.0 8th of 30
Total pitching WAR 10.0 9.6 +0.4 15th of 30
Share of position-player WAR from the top three 55.8% 66.8% −11.0% 19th of 30
Concentration of WAR across the lineup 0.42 0.40 +0.02 11th of 30
Position players with a 2+ WAR season 5 2 +2 1st of 30
Position players with a 4+ WAR season 0 0 — 8th of 30
Hitters used 20 20 — 17th of 30
Plate-appearance-weighted batting age 26.0 28.4 −2.5 28th of 30
Plate appearances given to hitters 25 and under 2281 998 +1282 1st of 30
Share of plate appearances given to hitters 25 and under 56.4% 23.4% +33.0% 1st of 30
Plate appearances given to hitters 35 and older 167 280 −113 17th of 30

Staff shape

Metric Value Lg avg Diff Rank Percentile
Pitchers used 27 26 — 15th of 30
Rotation WAR 10.1 8.5 +1.6 10th of 30
Bullpen WAR 6.9 3.0 +3.9 2nd of 30
Combined WAR of the club's three best starters 7.2 6.3 +0.9 10th of 30
Share of innings thrown by starters 81.6% 70.7% +11.0% 1st of 30
Quality starts 27 36 −9 26th of 30
Blown saves 21 16 +4 23rd of 30

Results

Metric Value Lg avg Diff Rank Percentile
Run differential 55 0 +55 8th of 30
Run differential per game 0.50 0.00 +0.50 8th of 30
Runs scored per game 4.78 4.49 +0.29 8th of 30
Runs allowed per game 4.29 4.49 −0.20 11th of 30
Winning percentage .532 .500 +.032 8th of 30
Pythagorean winning percentage .550 .501 +.049 8th of 30
Wins above Pythagorean expectation -2.1 -0.1 −2.0 20th of 30
Winning percentage in one-run games .568 .500 +.068 7th of 30
Winning percentage in games decided by five or more .579 .498 +.081 8th of 30
Winning percentage in extra innings .500 .516 −.016 15th of 30
Home winning percentage .618 .522 +.096 4th of 30
Road winning percentage .446 .478 −.032 21st of 30
Winning percentage within the division .600 .501 +.099 5th of 30
Longest winning streak 5 6 −1 16th of 30

Batting

Metric Value Lg avg Diff Rank Percentile
Team Games 111 112 −1 26th of 30
Team Plate Appearances 4208 4242 −34 21st of 30
Team At Bats 3721 3768 −47 24th of 30
Team Runs 531 503 +27 9th of 30
Team Hits 886 918 −32 23rd of 30
Team Doubles 171 175 −4 17th of 30
Team Triples 11 15 −4 19th of 30
Team Home Runs 146 129 +16 5th of 30
Team Runs Batted In 507 481 +25 8th of 30
Team Stolen Bases 64 76 −12 19th of 30
Team Walks 372 377 −5 16th of 30
Team Strikeouts 1002 939 +62 25th of 30
Team Walk Rate 8.8% 8.9% −0.1% 15th of 30
Team Strikeout Rate 23.8% 22.2% +1.6% 25th of 30
Team Batting Average .238 .244 −.006 21st of 30
Team On-Base Percentage .316 .318 −.002 15th of 30
Team Slugging Percentage .408 .401 +.007 11th of 30
Team On-Base Plus Slugging .724 .719 +.005 14th of 30

Pitching

Metric Value Lg avg Diff Rank Percentile
Team Wins 59 56 +2 8th of 30
Team Losses 52 56 −4 8th of 30
Team Saves 28 28 — 17th of 30
Team Games 111 112 −1 26th of 30
Team Games Started 111 112 −1 26th of 30
Team Innings Pitched 988.0 993.2 −5.2 22nd of 30
Team Innings per Game 8.9 8.9 — 2nd of 30
Team Strikeouts 946 939 +6 14th of 30
Team Strikeouts per 9 Innings 8.6 8.5 +0.1 13th of 30
Team Walks per 9 Innings 3.7 3.4 +0.3 22nd of 30
Team Earned Run Average 4.00 4.18 −0.18 10th of 30

Rank is among the MLB clubs with a value for that metric, best first. Descriptive metrics (roster age, WAR concentration) are ranked but not colored — for them, "high" isn't "good".