2008 Chicago White Sox
89 - 74
2007 / 2009 (Organization)
1st place in the AL Central
Home Record:
Away Record: 		54 - 28 (.659)
35 - 46 (.432)		 +8.4 wins
-0.9 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 811 / 813 ( -2 )
Allowed/Expected: 729 / 818 ( +89 )
Pyth Record: 90 - 73 (-1)
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Attendance: 2,500,648 Avg Att: 30,496 (1.00)
Att Rank: 5 / 14 Lg Avg: 30,459
       
Park Factor: 1.05    
HR Factor: 1.15 R/L HR: 1.17 / 1.11
Notes:
- Central Division Champions
- Defeated Minnesota Twins in the Tiebreaker
- Lost to Tampa Bay Rays in the ALDS

2008 Chicago White Sox
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com


Left Field
25.8
5.3
5.3
-0.6
30.4
0.1
0.3
-0.3
27.4
-0.0
-0.1
0.1

Center Field
26.3
0.8
0.6
0.4
38.6
0.4
0.2
0.2


Right Field
34.4
2.8
3.7
-1.5
Shortstop
33.7
2.5
2.2
1.1
Second Base
26.8
1.5
2.4
-0.5
24.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
26.5
0.0
0.0
-0.0
Third Base
30.2
2.4
1.1
1.5
28.9
0.5
0.6
0.1
33.9
-0.4
-0.2
-0.2
25.5
-0.5
-0.3
-0.2
First Base
27.6
-0.2
0.8
-1.5
32.3
0.9
0.9
-0.8
Manager
W-L
44.4
89-74
.546
3.7
Catcher
31.5
0.8
1.7
0.0
32.7
0.1
0.2
0.1
31.2
-0.0
-0.0
0.0
Designated Hitter
37.8
2.0
2.0
-1.2
Starting Pitcher
IP
29.3
218.7
4.5
4.4
0.0
31.9
208.3
3.1
3.1
-0.0
25.4
206.3
3.4
3.4
-0.1
23.2
195.0
6.4
6.4
0.0
36.6
121.0
2.0
2.0
-0.0
24.8
47.7
-0.4
-0.4
0.0
Swingman
IP
24.9
14.0
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
Relief Pitcher
IP
31.8
67.3
2.5
2.4
0.0
34.6
67.0
0.8
0.7
0.0
27.3
61.7
2.5
2.5
0.0
31.9
46.3
1.0
0.9
0.0
26.1
44.7
0.2
0.2
0.0
23.9
42.3
-0.4
-0.5
0.0
31.2
38.7
0.8
0.8
0.0
25.2
26.0
0.1
0.1
0.0
27.6
19.7
-0.6
-0.6
0.0
31.3
17.0
0.6
0.6
0.0
28.6
13.0
-0.3
-0.3
0.0
36.5
3.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James