I don't have to tell anyone how bad the White Sox have looked lately; that goes without saying. I did, however, become curious as to just how bad it has become on the Southside. As I dove deep into the box scores, I noticed that in many aspects, the Sox have not even been close to their recent competition.
Since April 13th, the White Sox are 1-10. Their only win was a 9-2 victory over the resurgent Rays, which amazingly guaranteed a season series victory(4-3) over them. The Sox began on April 13th by losing the last game of a series with the A's to give them a series loss. Then they got swept by the Angels and Tigers, sandwiching a three of four loss to the Rays. So how bad did it get in the last eleven games? Here are breakdowns of the numbers.
The White Sox are on some pretty unimpressive streaks of futility. Currently, they have not scored a run in 20 innings. They have not batted a person on base in, in 29 innings. They have not stolen a base in the last 32 innings.
Each Tigers pitcher took a no hitter into the fourth inning, meaning no Sox hitter got a hit in their first at bat in any of those three games. The Sox are 77/358 over the last eleven, a batting average of just .215; their opponents are 101/372, a batting average of .271. Over that span, the Sox have scored 25 runs/2.27 runs per game; opponents have scored 56 runs/5.09 runs per game.
In nine of the eleven games, the Sox starting pitchers have been dealt the direct loss, with just one win and one no decision. The starting pitchers' combined ERA over that stretch is 5.50, giving up 42 earned runs in 68.2 IP. Their opponents' ERA over that span is 2.11, giving up 18 earned runs in 76.2 IP.
The White Sox have left 69 men on base, 6.27 LOB per game. They are just 13/71 with runners in scoring position(RISP), a RISP BA of just .183. I would have gone farther into statistics but after I got this far, I felt light headed and clinically depressed. My doctor should be prescribing me Prozac tomorrow. I didn't even want to go near Adam Dunn's numbers, lets just say he has sucked really bad and move on.
The Sox are supposed to be "All In" this year, but they forgot to tell us that they were going all in with an ace-high hand, when everyone else has at the very least a pair. If you weren't already bummed, surely these numbers will bum you out even more. The good news is, since these numbers are on paper, that means they are in the past. At any moment the Sox can suddenly find a spark and start a brand new season.
Last year, they went 19-5 when they got hot and found themselves in first place, and with no other teams in the AL Central wanting to take control, the division lead is still just waiting on the Sox. Let's hope they can finally start picking up the pace, getting on base and plating RISP. The starters also need to pitch a lot better and at least give the team a chance to win games. They can still be All In, but let's at least have something in our hand to be all in with.
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