In last night’s victory over the Rays, the White Sox offense saw home runs from Munetaka Murakami, Colson Montgomery, and Miguel Vargas for the fifth time this season, trying the major league record. The record was first set in 1953 by the then-Brooklyn Dodgers, with contributions from Carl Furillo, Gil Hodges, and Duke Snider and has now been tied an additional nine times. The current White Sox are the second set of South Siders to have a piece of the record, following the 2004 trio of Joe Crede, Paul Konerko, and Jose Valentin.
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2026 All Star Break Batting Leaders
With the All-Star Game in the books and a few days of rest before the unofficial second half kicks off, let’s take a look at the first half offensive leaders for the 24 games I’ve attended so far this season, starting with:
Home Runs
| Name | Total |
|---|---|
| Munetaka Murakami | 5 |
| Miguel Vargas | 4 |
| Colson Montgomery | 4 |
| Andrew Benintendi | 3 |
| Michael Conforto | 3 |
| Dansby Swanson | 3 |
| Ian Happ | 3 |
| Pete Crow-Armstrong | 3 |
| Tristan Peters | 3 |
Hits
| Name | Total |
|---|---|
| Miguel Vargas | 18 |
| Chase Meidroth | 15 |
| Colson Montgomery | 13 |
| Ian Happ | 13 |
| Andrew Benintendi | 13 |
| Michael Busch | 13 |
Runs
| Name | Total |
|---|---|
| Miguel Vargas | 16 |
| Ian Happ | 12 |
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Fitbit 12 – Week 21
Another good week as I pushed my 30,000-step week streak to eighteen as I took care of my sickly mother. The week got off to a nice start on Sunday, starting things off with 5100 steps. Monday saw a nice improvement, going up to 6000 steps. A small drop on Tuesday dropped me to 5300 steps. Wednesday was very nearly a duplicate, again finishing with 5300 steps. Thursday fell just 2 steps shy of 5200. Friday was the low point of the week, getting 4800 steps. The week wrapped up on a high note on Saturday thanks to my return to the ballpark netting me a Colson Montgomery bobblehead and 6300 steps.
Total steps: 38,256
Daily average: 5465.1
Setting Records
Japanese slugger Munetaka Murakami has been on a tear, tying league and team records with home runs in each of his last five games heading into yesterday’s tilt against the Diamondbacks. That streak ties the White Sox franchise record, following A.J. Pierzynski, Paul Konerko, Carlos Lee, Frank Thomas (twice!), Ron Kittle, and Greg Luzinski. He also pulled even with Shohei Ohtani for the longest streak by a Japanese-born player and became just the thirteenth rookie in MLB history to score a five-game homer streak.
Wednesday’s game was also the fourth straight game that both Murakami and Colson Montgomery have homered, making them the first set of teammates in MLB history to pull off that achievement.
2025 Final Batting Leaders
Another season of baseball season is in the books, with the White Sox disappointing their fans with their third straight 100-loss season while the Cubs failed to live up to expectations despite making it back to the postseason for the first time since 20200. Let’s take a look back at the offensive leaders for the 39 games that I attended this season.
Home Runs
| Name | Total |
|---|---|
| Andrew Benintendi | 6 |
| Lenyn Sosa | 6 |
| Mike Tauchman | 5 |
| Colson Montgomery | 5 |
| Kyle Manzardo | 4 |
Hits
| Name | Total |
|---|---|
| Lenyn Sosa | 29 |
| Andrew Benintendi | 28 |
| Chase Meidroth | 26 |
| Miguel Vargas | 25 |
| Luis Robert | 19 |
Runs
| Name | Total |
|---|---|
| Chase Meidroth | 18 |
| Andrew Benintendi | 16 |
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A Change Can Do You Good
New general manager Chris Getz put his first stamp on the White Sox organization yesterday, declining the team’s $14 million option on Tim Anderson’s contract for 2024, making him a free agent. Anderson, who was arguably the face of the franchise, saw his fortunes fall in the second half of 2022 and continued to freefall in 2023.
Drafter by the White Sox in the first round in 2013, Tim Anderson made his major league debut on June 10, 2016, going 2-3 in a victory against the Royals at US Cellular Field. Replacing veteran Jimmy Rollins, who would be released five days later, Anderson played 99 games, hitting .283 with nine home runs, and finished seventh in Rookie of the Year balloting. Showing that he was still a work in progress, Anderson slashed .257/.276/.402 in 2017, with a 2.1% walk rate, the lowest in the major leagues. Defensively, he led the major leagues in errors, with 28, as well as fielding errors (16) and throwing errors (12). He showed slight improvements in 2018, with slight improvements in his OBP and slugging percentage, while reducing his overall errors.
2019 was Anderson’s coming out party. He led the major leagues with a .335 average while raising his OPS to .865, setting career highs with 167 hits, 32 doubles, and 81 runs. He still had some issues on defense, leading all major league players with 26 errors, leading to the lowest fielding percentage amongst all shortstops. His hot bat continued into the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, notching a .322 average and an .886 OPS. He won his first Silver Slugger award while leading the White Sox to their first post-season appearance since 2008. He thrived in the Wild Card series against the A’s, going 9-14 in the three-game series.
Anderson continued to prove that he his offensive improvement wasn’t a fluke when baseball returned full time in 2021. He was named to his first All Star team and, on the game’s biggest stage, he hit a walk-off home run against the Yankees in the inaugural Field of Dreams game in the cornfields of Iowa. Overall, he hit .309 and posted an .807 OPS while hitting 17 home runs and driving in 61 RBIs. Continuing where he left off the previous October, Anderson hit .368 in the ALDS against the Astros.
Things started to sour for Anderson in 2022, both on the field and off. Injuries limited him to just 79 games and left him with his lowest OPS since 2018. Off the field, an Instagram post by a woman who was not Anderson’s wife insinuated they were in a relationship, and he was the father of her unborn child. Looking for a fresh start, Anderson played with Team USA in the 2023 World Baseball Classic, earning praise from manager Mark DeRose and outfielder Mike Trout. Unfortunately, those good vibes did not spill over to the 2023 season. After an early injury, Anderson struggled the entire year, his OPS dropped to a career-low .582 and he managed just a single home run.
Now Anderson will look to rebuild his career outside of the only franchise he has ever known while the White Sox look to find a stopgap shortstop for 2024 until 2021 first round draft pick Colson Montgomery is ready to take the reins.
Anderson’s numbers in a White Sox uniform, both for games I attended and overall, were: