The Chicago White Sox of the Major League Baseball (MLB) have been mired in 21 consecutive losses. The disgrace of the “worst team” of the 21st century will not be far away.
The White Sox lost 1-5 in an away game in Oakland on Sunday (Korea time). The White Sox, who lost 7-13 to Minnesota the previous day and became the seventh team to lose 20 consecutive games in the 20th century, tied the record of the longest losing streak in the American League. The record is the same as the loss in 21 consecutive games that the Baltimore Orioles set in 1988. As of 1900, the only losing streak that is longer than that of the White Sox is the 23rd consecutive game in Philadelphia in 1961. The White Sox will face Oakland on June 7, take a break on June 8, and Chicago on June 9. The White Sox could be their “Day of Destiny” on September 9.
Until the game against Oakland on the day, the White Sox had 27 wins and 88 losses, had a winning margin of -61 and a winning percentage of 0.235 to rank the lowest in the entire league. Excluding the White Sox, only two teams in the 300-point range are Miami (0.372) and Colorado (0.363) of the National League.
The White Sox had no win for 27 days since their 3-1 victory over Minnesota on June 11. As the All-Star break was caught in the middle, the number of consecutive losses became longer. The Philadelphia Phillies leading the league in 1965 and the Boston Red Sox in 1906 had no win for 25 days, while the Boston Red Sox having lost 20 consecutive games failed to win for 20 consecutive days. In other words, they have already passed their previous record. The only remaining record is that Montreal (currently Washington), which lost 20 consecutive games in 1969, failed to win for 29 days. At that time, Montreal had five consecutive losses due to the cancellation of rain.
The margin of victory was also record. Even before August began, the White Sox had 27 wins and 84 losses and a margin of -57. The Athletic reported that the margin of defeat -57 was not recorded before August since the 20th century. The St. Louis Cardinals recorded -54 in July in 1907, and the Boston Rustlers (now Atlanta) recorded -53 in 1911. Only two teams, the New York Mets in 1962 and the Detroit Tigers in 2003, recorded -50 in July. The Mets recorded the most losses in a single season since the 20th century with 40 wins and 120 losses. In 2003, Detroit narrowly avoided recording the most losses with 43 wins and 119 losses.
The record can be found as far back as the 1800s, when the White Sox performed worse. In 1899, the Cleveland Spiders (now the Cleveland Guardians) recorded a winning margin of -59 with 15 wins and 74 losses through July. In that year, Cleveland was the legendary team that recorded the lowest winning rate in MLB history with 20 wins and 134 losses and a winning rate of 0.130.토토사이트 추천
If the current winning rate, or 0.235 continues, the White Sox will end the season with 38 wins and 124 losses. The White Sox can break the record of the most losses and the lowest winning rate in a season since 1900. The biggest loss is the Mets’ 120 losses in 1962. The lowest winning rate is 0.235 recorded by the Philadelphia Athletics (now the Oakland Athletics) with 36 wins and 117 losses in 1916. It is the same 0.235, but strictly speaking, the White Sox currently have a lower winning rate. The White Sox had a winning rate of 0.2348 rounded up to the day, and the Philadelphia Phillies had a winning rate of 0.2353.
We cannot completely rule out the possibility of winning the 100% range, which has been around for more than 120 years since 1900. If the White Sox have 5 wins and 42 losses and a winning percentage of 0.106 in the remaining 47 games, they will end the season with 32 wins and 130 losses and a winning percentage of 0.198. The 5 wins and 42 losses are, of course, absurd numbers. However, it is also true that this does not sound like a possibility at all for the White Sox this season. From July through the same day, the White Sox recorded 3 wins and 26 losses and a winning percentage of 0.103 in 29 games.