With the White Sox current 15-game losing streak, their record is now 27-82. They are now projected to have 122 losses this season. That would break the all-time record of 120 losses by the 1962 Mets. (I’m counting only teams since 1900. The 1899 Cleveland Spiders were 20-134)
| Year | Team | Wins | Losses |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Chicago White Sox | 40 (projected) | 122 (projected) |
| 1962 | New York Mets | 40 | 120 |
| 2003 | Detroit Tigers | 43 | 119 |
| 1916 | Philadelphia Athletics | 36 | 117 |
| 1935 | Boston Braves | 38 | 115 |
| 2018 | Baltimore Orioles | 47 | 115 |
| 2019 | Detroit Tigers | 47 | 114 |
| 1904 | Washington Senators | 38 | 113 |
| 1952 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 42 | 112 |
| 1939 | St. Louis Browns | 43 | 111 |
| 1932 | Boston Red Sox | 43 | 111 |
| 1941 | Philadelphia Phillies | 43 | 111 |
| 1909 | Washington Senators | 42 | 110 |
| 1942 | Philadelphia Phillies | 42 | 109 |
| 1915 | Philadelphia Athletics | 43 | 109 |
| 1928 | Philadelphia Phillies | 43 | 109 |
| 1909 | Boston Doves | 45 | 108 |
| 1937 | St. Louis Browns | 46 | 108 |
| 1945 | Philadelphia Phillies | 46 | 108 |
| 1911 | Boston Rustlers | 44 | 107 |
| 1911 | St. Louis Browns | 45 | 107 |
| 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies | 45 | 106 |
| 1938 | Philadelphia Phillies | 45 | 105 |
| 1919 | Philadelphia Athletics | 36 | 104 |
The 2024 White Sox game results chart from baseball-reference is a complete sea of red losses.
I can’t quite figure out why the White Sox are losing historically bad.
You’d expect that their ERA+ would rank in the top ten worst all time. Nope, it’s actually only 389th worst ever. Three other teams this year have a worse ERA+
- 76th: COL 82
- 327th: TOR 89
- 364th: SFG 90
By the way, I’m using rankings since 1901.
Ok, how about hitting? Maybe their hitting is really bad. The 2024 White Sox have the 22nd worst season for OPS+. Looks like it’s their hitting. Granted, it’s not top ten bad. But #22 all-time for worst OPS+ is not going to get you many wins.