The 2024 Chicago White Sox have lost their 100th game of the season. On Sunday they lost to the Detroit Tigers 9-4 and now have a record of 31-100. And there are still 31 games left in the 2024 season.
This is the sixth time in franchise history that the White Sox have lost 100 games. This happened twice before MLB expanded in 1961, first in 1932 (49-102) and again in 1948 (51-101). Since 1961, this has happened four times: 1970 (56-106), 2018 (62-100), 2023 (61-101) and now 2024.
Although the 2024 season is not over yet, they need just six more losses to tie the record for worst team in franchise history (set in 1970) and seven to take sole possession of the lead. With just over 30 games left this season, they have a real chance of becoming the most losing team in modern MLB history. That record is currently held by the 1962 New York Mets, who lost 120 games in their very first year.
The White Sox (31-100) are the first team since the 1916 Philadelphia Athletics to suffer 100 losses in 131 games.
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Here are some “fun” facts about this 100-loss team:
This is the first time in franchise history that the White Sox have lost more than 100 games in two consecutive seasons. Before the White Sox lost 100 games in 2018, they hadn’t lost 100 games in over 40 years.
Half of the White Sox’s 100-loss seasons came under a single owner: Jerry Reinsdorf. Since purchasing the team in 1981 for $13 million,
This team has had two long losing streaks, but many shorter ones. The White Sox lost 14 games in a row from May 22 to June 6 and 21 games from July 10 to August 5. But they began the season with four consecutive losing streaks, each longer than the last. They lost the first four games of the season, then five in a row, then six in a row, and finally seven in a row, with one win between each streak.
Despite all these defeats, this team also swept the Tampa Bay Rays off the field. That was a three-game winning streak to start the season and the first of three times this season (so far) that the White Sox have won three games in a row. They won four games in a row, their longest winning streak of the season, from May 8-11.
The 2024 White Sox are the fastest team to an 82-loss season since MLB expansion in 1961. The 1962 Mets are the gold standard of losing teams in modern MLB, and even they weren’t that bad. Those Mets needed 111 games to amass 82 losses; the 2024 White Sox needed just 109 games.
