March 22, 2026October 15, 2025 by admin

White Sox All Time Leaders – Through 2025

To paraphrase from a famous movie, the one constant through all the years has been baseball. With the start of the 2026 season coming this week, we wrap up our look at the all-time leaders in both offensive and defensive categories for all 30 teams. Today, we take a deeper dive into the Chicago White Sox.

The White Sox, charter members of the American League, celebrated their 125th anniversary last year. I’ve seen 615 players wearing the various White Sox uniforms in the 765 of their games that I’ve attended live, including every home playoff appearance since 2000, except for Game 1 of the 2005 World Series.

Home Runs

Name	Total
Paul Konerko	92
Jose Abreu	49
Jermaine Dye	39

Hits

Name	Total
Paul Konerko	363
Alexei Ramirez	299
Jose Abreu	273

Runs

Name	Total
Paul Konerko	199
Alexei Ramirez	133
Jose Abreu	129

RBI

Name	Total
Paul Konerko	234
Jose Abreu	159
Alexei Ramirez	138

Doubles

Name	Total
Paul Konerko	57
Jose Abreu	53
Alexei Ramirez	49

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October 6, 2023October 6, 2023 by admin

2023 Final Pitching Leaders

Yesterday, we looked at the leaders in the 43 games I attended this year on the offensive side of the ball. With the newly expanded Wild Card round wrapped up, it’s time to finish up our look back at the 2023 season with the pitching leaders, starting with everyone’s favorite pitching statistic:

Wins

Name	Total
Drew Smyly	3
Kyle Hendricks	2
Aaron Bummer	2
Javier Assad	2
Marcus Stroman	2
Taijuan Walker	2

Losses

Name	Total
Dylan Cease	3
Aaron Bummer	2
Kendall Graveman	2
Jimmy Lambert	2
Michael Kopech	2

ERA (> 6 IP)

Name	Total
Jose Berrios	0.00
Mark Leiter Jr.	0.93
Luis Castillo	1.29
Michael Lorenzen	1.29
Mike Clevinger	1.73

Strikeouts

Name	Total
Dylan Cease	36
Lance Lynn	29
Michael Kopech	29
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July 28, 2023 by admin

The Sell-Off Continues

The dismantling of the 2023 Chicago White Sox continued today, as pitchers Lance Lynn and Joe Kelly were traded to the Dodgers in exchange for Nick Nastrini, Jordan Leasure, and Trayce Thompson. Lynn and Kelly last teamed up Wednesday night, as they combined to give up six runs in the top of the fifth in the loss to the Cubs.

The White Sox acquired the 36-year-old Lynn prior to the 2021 season, where he helped lead the team to an AL Central title, earned an All-Star nod and finished top three in AL Cy Young Award voting, and signed a three-year contract extension. A knee injury limited him to 21 starts in 2022, and hampered his performance when he did pitch, as he saw his ERA soar by nearly one and a third runs. This year has been a mixed bag, as some of his peripheral numbers show that he should be doing better than he has, but his ERA is well over 6 and he’s set a career high for home runs allowed, and we aren’t even to August yet.

Joe Kelly, signed as a free agent prior to the 2022 season, has not seen much success during his tenure on the south side. Injuries hampered him in 2022 as he posted a career-worst 6.08 ERA. He has seen better results in 2023, but still sports an ERA of 4.97 while spending more than his fair share of time on the IL.

On the return side, Nick Nastrini, a 23-year-old right-hander, appears to be the prize in the deal. The Dodgers fourth-round pick in 2021, he reportedly has the stuff to be a starter in the big leagues if he can reign in his command. He was 5-3 with a 4.03 ERA in 17 starts Double A. Jordan Leasure was a 14th-round pick in 2021 and has been closing in Double A this year, compiling a 3.09 ERA with nine saves. He’s averaging 14.4 strikeouts per nine innings, but has had issues keeping the balls that are hit in the ballpark, giving up more than one and a half homers per nine innings. Trayce Thompson, who made his major league debut with the White Sox back in 2015, is currently on the 60-Day IL and was likely included just to give the Dodgers salary relief.

The White Sox are now down two pitchers from their starting rotation for the remainder of 2023, with indications a third, Mike Clevinger, may be moved as well if he proves healthy enough coming off the IL this weekend. Who eats those innings for the rest of 2023? Your guess is as good as mine.

July 27, 2023July 27, 2023 by admin

Giolito (and Lopez) Shuffle

Lucas Giolito and Reynaldo Lopez joined the White Sox organization together in December of 2016, part of the return in the Adam Eaton trade with the Nationals that, along with the Chris Sale trade, kickstarted the latest rebuild. Yesterday, the two were bundled together once again, traded to the Angels and officially slamming closed the contention window the now failed rebuild was meant to open. Giolito, who was 6-6 with a 3.79 ERA this season, and Lopez, 2-5 with a 4.29 ERA and 4 saves, will both become free agents at the end of the season.

Giolito and Lopez both had their successes with the White Sox, but it came in different ways. Both had a decent showing in a brief cup of coffee to close out 2017, but their paths diverged in 2018. Lopez had a decent year, going 7-10 with a 3.91 ERA while Giolito was, statistically, the worst starting pitcher in baseball. From that point forward, though, their fortunes changed dramatically. With the help of future pitching coach Ethan Katz, Giolito reworked his pitching motion, becoming an All Star in 2019 and throwing a no-hitter in 2020 while earning Cy Young Award votes in each season between 2019 and 2021. Lopez, meanwhile, struggled with consistency, seeing his ERA jump to 5.38 in 2019 and 6.49 in 2020. After a brief detour to Charlotte in 2021, Lopez returned as a bullpen arm, where he saw more success.

In exchange for the two pitchers, the Angels are sending catcher Edgar Quero, ranked as the 65th best prospect, and left-hander Ky Bush, their second and third ranked prospects. Quero, 20, is a switch-hitter and is currently the youngest player in Double A. Bush, 23, was the Angels’ second-round pick in 2021 and, after a non-arm injury impacted his performance earlier in the season, has posted a 1.84 ERA with 17 strikeouts over his last three appearances in Double A.

While the move should improve the White Sox fortunes in 2024 and beyond, it does leave them in a bit of a pickle for the remainder of 2023. There is nobody in the farm system ready to step up and take Giolito’s place in the rotation. It is extremely likely that bullpen days become the norm, especially if further deals send Lance Lynn and Mike Clevinger to other locales. Given their past aversion to free agent deals for quality pitchers, what Rick Hahn and Kenny Williams do to try and re-work the roster to give themselves any chance of competing in 2024 is anyone’s guess.

July 13, 2023July 10, 2023 by admin

2023 All Star Break Pitching Leaders

The second half of the season kicks off tomorrow, so let’s finish off our look back at the 24 games I attended in the first half with the leaders on the defensive side, beginning with everyone’s favorite pitching stat: