The 2016 Chicago White Sox season was the club's 117th season in Chicago and 116th in the American League. The White Sox wore a black diamond patch on the uniform in honor of the late Eddie Einhorn, minority owner of the team. Despite a strong start by the team, they finished the season in fourth place in the American League Central.
2016 Chicago White Sox | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | Central | |
Ballpark | U.S. Cellular Field | |
City | Chicago, Illinois | |
Record | 78–84 (.481) | |
Divisional place | 4th | |
Owners | Jerry Reinsdorf | |
General managers | Rick Hahn | |
Managers | Robin Ventura | |
Television | CSN Chicago CSN+ WGN-TV WPWR-TV[1] (Ken Harrelson, Steve Stone, Jason Benetti, Chuck Swirsky) | |
Radio | WLS Chicago White Sox Radio Network (Ed Farmer, Darrin Jackson) WRTO-AM (Spanish) (Hector Molina, Billy Russo) | |
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The White Sox tied a major league record for most home runs by a losing team when they hit seven homers in a 10–8 defeat to Toronto on June 25.[2]
Regular season
editSeason standings
editAmerican League Central
editTeam | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Cleveland Indians | 94 | 67 | .584 | — | 53–28 | 41–39 |
Detroit Tigers | 86 | 75 | .534 | 8 | 45–35 | 41–40 |
Kansas City Royals | 81 | 81 | .500 | 13½ | 47–34 | 34–47 |
Chicago White Sox | 78 | 84 | .481 | 16½ | 45–36 | 33–48 |
Minnesota Twins | 59 | 103 | .364 | 35½ | 30–51 | 29–52 |
American League Wild Card
editTeam | W | L | Pct. |
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Texas Rangers | 95 | 67 | .586 |
Cleveland Indians | 94 | 67 | .584 |
Boston Red Sox | 93 | 69 | .574 |
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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Toronto Blue Jays | 89 | 73 | .549 | — |
Baltimore Orioles | 89 | 73 | .549 | — |
Detroit Tigers | 86 | 75 | .534 | 2½ |
Seattle Mariners | 86 | 76 | .531 | 3 |
New York Yankees | 84 | 78 | .519 | 5 |
Houston Astros | 84 | 78 | .519 | 5 |
Kansas City Royals | 81 | 81 | .500 | 8 |
Chicago White Sox | 78 | 84 | .481 | 11 |
Los Angeles Angels | 74 | 88 | .457 | 15 |
Oakland Athletics | 69 | 93 | .426 | 20 |
Tampa Bay Rays | 68 | 94 | .420 | 21 |
Minnesota Twins | 59 | 103 | .364 | 30 |
Record against opponents
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Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | HOU | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
Baltimore | — | 8–11 | 4–3 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 1–6 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 10–9 | 3–4 | 1–6 | 13–6 | 3–4 | 9–10 | 14–6 |
Boston | 11–8 | — | 3–4 | 4–2 | 2–5 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 11–8 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 12–7 | 3–3 | 9–10 | 14–6 |
Chicago | 3–4 | 4–3 | — | 8–11 | 7–12 | 3–3 | 5–14 | 2–5 | 12–7 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 9–11 |
Cleveland | 1–5 | 2–4 | 11–8 | — | 14–4 | 3–4 | 14–5 | 6–1 | 10–9 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 5–1 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 13–7 |
Detroit | 2–5 | 5–2 | 12–7 | 4–14 | — | 4–2 | 7–12 | 2–4 | 15–4 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 6–1 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 13–7 |
Houston | 6–1 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 2–4 | — | 3–4 | 13–6 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 13–6 | 11–8 | 3–3 | 4–15 | 2–5 | 11–9 |
Kansas City | 2–4 | 4–2 | 14–5 | 5–14 | 12–7 | 4–3 | — | 1–5 | 15–4 | 2–5 | 1–6 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 1–6 | 2–4 | 10–10 |
Los Angeles | 2–4 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 1–6 | 4–2 | 6–13 | 5–1 | — | 2–4 | 1–6 | 12–7 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 9–10 | 4–3 | 9–11 |
Minnesota | 1–5 | 3–4 | 7–12 | 9–10 | 4–15 | 2–5 | 4–15 | 4–2 | — | 2–5 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 1–6 | 8–12 |
New York | 9–10 | 8–11 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 6–1 | 5–2 | — | 4–3 | 3–3 | 11–8 | 3–4 | 7–12 | 8–12 |
Oakland | 4–3 | 1–5 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 6–13 | 6–1 | 7–12 | 4–2 | 3–4 | — | 7–12 | 5–2 | 9–10 | 3–3 | 7–13 |
Seattle | 6–1 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 8–11 | 4–3 | 11–8 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 12–7 | — | 4–2 | 7–12 | 3–3 | 13–7 |
Tampa Bay | 6–13 | 7–12 | 3–4 | 1–5 | 1–6 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 8–11 | 2–5 | 2–4 | — | 4–2 | 11–8 | 10–10 |
Texas | 4–3 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 15–4 | 6–1 | 10–9 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 10–9 | 12–7 | 2–4 | — | 3–4 | 13–7 |
Toronto | 10–9 | 10–9 | 1–5 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 6–1 | 12–7 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 8–11 | 4–3 | — | 13–7 |
Game log
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May 11–17 (Home: 7–9; Road: 4–8)
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July 11–15 (Home: 7–5; Road: 4–10)
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September 15–13 (Home: 10–5; Road: 5–8)
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Personnel
editOpening Day lineup
editOpening Day Starters[3] | |
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Name | Pos. |
Adam Eaton | RF |
Jimmy Rollins | SS |
José Abreu | 1B |
Todd Frazier | 3B |
Melky Cabrera | LF |
Avisaíl García | DH |
Brett Lawrie | 2B |
Dioner Navarro | C |
Austin Jackson | CF |
Chris Sale | SP |
Roster
editStatistics
editBatting
edit(final statistics)
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; OBP = On-base percentage; SLG = Slugging percentage; SB = Stolen bases
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | SB |
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José Abreu | 159 | 624 | 67 | 183 | 32 | 1 | 25 | 100 | .293 | .353 | .468 | 0 |
Matt Albers | 58 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 |
Tim Anderson | 99 | 410 | 57 | 116 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 30 | .283 | .306 | .432 | 10 |
Alex Avila | 57 | 169 | 19 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 11 | .213 | .359 | .373 | 0 |
Melky Cabrera | 151 | 591 | 70 | 175 | 42 | 5 | 14 | 86 | .296 | .345 | .455 | 2 |
Jason Coats | 28 | 50 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .200 | .298 | .340 | 1 |
Matt Davidson | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 0 |
Adam Eaton | 157 | 619 | 91 | 176 | 29 | 9 | 14 | 59 | .284 | .362 | .428 | 14 |
Todd Frazier | 158 | 590 | 89 | 133 | 21 | 0 | 40 | 98 | .225 | .302 | .464 | 15 |
Avisaíl García | 120 | 413 | 59 | 101 | 18 | 2 | 12 | 51 | .245 | .307 | .385 | 4 |
Leury García | 18 | 48 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .229 | .260 | .354 | 2 |
Miguel González | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
Austin Jackson | 54 | 181 | 24 | 46 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 18 | .254 | .318 | .343 | 2 |
Mat Latos | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
Brett Lawrie | 94 | 351 | 35 | 87 | 22 | 0 | 12 | 36 | .248 | .310 | .413 | 7 |
Justin Morneau | 58 | 203 | 16 | 53 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 25 | .261 | .303 | .429 | 0 |
Omar Narváez | 34 | 101 | 13 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .267 | .350 | .337 | 0 |
Dioner Navarro | 85 | 271 | 25 | 57 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 32 | .210 | .267 | .339 | 1 |
José Quintana | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
Anthony Ranaudo | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 | .333 | 1.333 | 0 |
Carlos Rodon | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
Jimmy Rollins | 41 | 149 | 25 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 8 | .221 | .295 | .329 | 5 |
Tyler Saladino | 93 | 298 | 33 | 84 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 38 | .282 | .315 | .409 | 11 |
Chris Sale | 32 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | 0 |
Carlos Sánchez | 53 | 154 | 15 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 21 | .208 | .236 | .357 | 0 |
Héctor Sánchez | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .143 | .250 | .143 | 0 |
Jerry Sands | 24 | 55 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .236 | .276 | .291 | 0 |
James Shields | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | 0 |
J. B. Shuck | 81 | 224 | 27 | 46 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | .205 | .248 | .299 | 0 |
Kevan Smith | 7 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | 0 |
Charlie Tilson | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
Team Totals | 162 | 5550 | 686 | 1428 | 277 | 33 | 168 | 656 | .257 | .317 | .410 | 77 |
Pitching
edit(final statistics)
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K |
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Matt Albers | 2 | 6 | 6.31 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 51.1 | 67 | 44 | 36 | 19 | 30 |
Chris Beck | 2 | 2 | 6.39 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 25.1 | 31 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 20 |
Scott Carroll | 0 | 0 | 11.57 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Tyler Danish | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
John Danks | 0 | 4 | 7.25 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 22.1 | 28 | 20 | 18 | 11 | 16 |
Zach Duke | 2 | 0 | 2.63 | 53 | 0 | 1 | 27.2 | 31 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 42 |
Carson Fulmer | 0 | 2 | 8.49 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 11.2 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 10 |
Miguel González | 5 | 8 | 3.73 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 135.0 | 132 | 61 | 56 | 35 | 95 |
Dan Jennings | 4 | 3 | 2.08 | 64 | 0 | 1 | 60.2 | 57 | 18 | 14 | 28 | 46 |
Erik Johnson | 0 | 2 | 6.94 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11.2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 11 |
Nate Jones | 5 | 3 | 2.29 | 71 | 0 | 3 | 70.2 | 48 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 80 |
Tommy Kahnle | 0 | 1 | 2.63 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 27.1 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 25 |
Mat Latos | 6 | 2 | 4.62 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 60.1 | 63 | 33 | 31 | 25 | 32 |
Juan Minaya | 1 | 0 | 4.35 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 10.1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
Jake Petricka | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 7 |
Matt Purke | 0 | 1 | 5.50 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 15 |
Zach Putnam | 1 | 0 | 2.30 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 27.1 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 30 |
José Quintana | 13 | 12 | 3.20 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 208.0 | 192 | 76 | 74 | 50 | 181 |
Anthony Ranaudo | 0 | 1 | 8.46 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 27.2 | 34 | 26 | 26 | 12 | 16 |
David Robertson | 5 | 3 | 3.47 | 62 | 0 | 48 | 62.1 | 53 | 24 | 24 | 32 | 75 |
Carlos Rodon | 9 | 10 | 4.04 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 165.0 | 176 | 82 | 74 | 54 | 168 |
Chris Sale | 17 | 10 | 3.34 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 226.2 | 190 | 88 | 84 | 45 | 233 |
James Shields | 4 | 12 | 6.77 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 114.1 | 139 | 89 | 86 | 55 | 78 |
J. B. Shuck | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Blake Smith | 0 | 0 | 6.23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Jacob Turner | 1 | 2 | 7.58 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 24.2 | 33 | 27 | 18 | 16 | 18 |
Daniel Webb | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Michael Ynoa | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 30 |
Team Totals | 78 | 84 | 4.10 | 162 | 162 | 43 | 1446.2 | 1422 | 715 | 659 | 521 | 1270 |
Farm system
editLevel | Team | League | Manager |
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AAA | Charlotte Knights | International League | Julio Vinas |
AA | Birmingham Barons | Southern League | Ryan Newman |
A-Advanced | Winston-Salem Dash | Carolina League | Joel Skinner |
A | Kannapolis Intimidators | South Atlantic League | Cole Armstrong |
Rookie | Great Falls Voyagers | Pioneer League | Tommy Thompson |
Rookie | AZL White Sox | Arizona League | Mike Gellinger |
Rookie | DSL White Sox | Dominican Summer League |
References
edit- ^ Just, David. "White Sox release 2015 broadcast schedule". Chicago Sun-Times. Sun-Times Media. Archived from the original on March 27, 2015. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
- ^ "Team Batting Game Finder: In years 1908 to 2020, Team Lost, (requiring HR>=7), sorted by greatest HR". Stathead. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
- ^ "2016 White Sox Batting Orders". Baseball Reference. Sport Reference. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
External links
edit- 2016 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference
- 2016 Chicago White Sox season Official Site Archived September 12, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
- 2016 Chicago White Sox season at ESPN