Lip Man 1 Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 (edited) As Rod Serling once said, "submitted for your edification..." Feel free to discuss. By the Numbers… * Sox finished 76-86 this year, a three game improvement over last season. * Sox were 40-41 at home, 36-45 on road…32-44 against the division. (Which killed them yet again) * Sox have now had three straight losing seasons and six out of the last nine. Historically the last stretch where the franchise had so many losing years was 1968-1980. (Two winning seasons, one .500 season,10 losing years) * Sox haven’t had consecutive winning seasons since 2003-2006. * Sox spent one day over .500 (18-17 on May 18th) * Sox haven’t made the playoffs in seven years. Last time was 2008. * Sox were shut out 12 times. * Sox scored three runs or less in a game 83 times out of 162 played. (51%) * Sox have lost 24 games when holding an opponent to three runs or less. * Sox were 13-5 in extra- inning games * Sox came from behind to win 11 games when trailing in the 7th inning or later. Breakdown: 3 times in the 7th 3 times in the 8th 5 times in the 9th * Sox lost 10 games where they had the lead in the 7th inning or later. Breakdown: 3 times in the 7th 4 times in the 8th 3 times in the 9th * Who was directly responsible for losing the lead in those games? Breakdown: 7th inning: Petricka, Sale, Jones 8th inning: Putnam, Samardzija, Robertson, Duke 9th inning: Robertson, Robertson, Robertson * Robin Ventura’s four year record as manager: 297-351 .458 win percentage. Looking through the records, it appears Ventura now has the worst winning percentage for any White Sox manager to last four full seasons in franchise history. The Sox apparently do get the #10 pick in the June draft which is protected. That is all. Mark Edited October 4, 2015 by Lip Man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Sox Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Despite the 'improvement' over last year, this was a much more frustrating season that last year IMHO. I had no expectations for the Sox in '14, and they merely lived up (down?) to those expectations. At least seeing Abreu become one of the best hitters in the game took the sting off of their record. This year, I came into the season with hope...hope which the Sox systematically found creative and unique ways to club out of me. The losing streak to open the season, the no replay challenge game in Detroit, Shark proving to be nothing but chum, unbelievable apathy and lethargy the first half of the year, an almost laughable lack of fundamentals and of course the moribund leadership style we've all come to love so much throughout the RV years. Etc, etc, etc. Worst of all, however, is the knowledge that it will be years if ever before any accountability is dealt out to the Sox leadership team. There is zero evidence to indicate JR has any desire to cut bait with what is an obviously failed model. Hahn is still new enough to his role to have the benefit of the doubt in my mind, but the same most emphatically can not be said for KW, Robin, and Buddy Bell. Could it be any clearer that those three have been under-performing for years in their respective roles? The Sox have one of the best hitters and one of the best pitchers in the game, with both locked into extremely team-friendly contracts, and still...no playoffs. No post season. No pennant chase or even race for a wildcard slot. Hell, no .500. record even. Here we are at the end of another abortion of a season with little reason to expect next year will be much better than this one. /sigh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunt Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Figured I'd add a few: Offense 27th in OBP 29th in SLG 26th in BB% 26th in wRC+ 30th in WAR Pitching 6th in K/9 14th in BB/9 14th in ERA 9th in FIP 11th in xFIP 9th in WAR Starting Pitching 6th in K/9 11th in BB/9 14th in ERA 10th in FIP 12th in xFIP 5th in WAR AL Pitching Ranks 3rd in K/9 7th in BB/9 7th in ERA 3rd in FIP 4th in xFIP 3rd in WAR Fielding 28th in DRS 30th in UZR 27th in UZR/150 30th in Defensive score on Fangraphs Looks like the Sox have A LOT to work on in the offseason. Should be interesting to see how KW and Hahn plan to remedy those numbers because they are an absolute disaster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavum Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 (edited) The Sox used the fewest amount of players this year in the majors--40 (21 pitchers). The next lowest amount were the Twins and Nationals at 44. The average major league team used 49.5 total players, and 26.2 pitchers (not including position players getting an inning). Too bad they didn't convert on a season with relatively good health. BTW, 23 position players in the majors pitched this season. That used to be very rare. Of course the Sox led the league with 3- Alexei, Laroche, and Leury. Edited October 6, 2015 by flavum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchetman Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 #1 in TWTW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDF Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 QUOTE (Dizzy Sox @ Oct 5, 2015 -> 04:17 AM) Despite the 'improvement' over last year, this was a much more frustrating season that last year IMHO. I had no expectations for the Sox in '14, and they merely lived up (down?) to those expectations. At least seeing Abreu become one of the best hitters in the game took the sting off of their record. This year, I came into the season with hope...hope which the Sox systematically found creative and unique ways to club out of me. The losing streak to open the season, the no replay challenge game in Detroit, Shark proving to be nothing but chum, unbelievable apathy and lethargy the first half of the year, an almost laughable lack of fundamentals and of course the moribund leadership style we've all come to love so much throughout the RV years. Etc, etc, etc. Worst of all, however, is the knowledge that it will be years if ever before any accountability is dealt out to the Sox leadership team. There is zero evidence to indicate JR has any desire to cut bait with what is an obviously failed model. Hahn is still new enough to his role to have the benefit of the doubt in my mind, but the same most emphatically can not be said for KW, Robin, and Buddy Bell. Could it be any clearer that those three have been under-performing for years in their respective roles? The Sox have one of the best hitters and one of the best pitchers in the game, with both locked into extremely team-friendly contracts, and still...no playoffs. No post season. No pennant chase or even race for a wildcard slot. Hell, no .500. record even. Here we are at the end of another abortion of a season with little reason to expect next year will be much better than this one. /sigh wow, a very insightful analysis. excellent. !!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panerista Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 QUOTE (Hatchetman @ Oct 5, 2015 -> 08:04 PM) #1 in TWTW. POTW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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