2024 Chicago White Sox's 121st loss

September 27, 2024 Chicago White Sox–Detroit Tigers game
"2024 Chicago White Sox's 121st Loss"
Comerica Park, the venue of Loss #121 for the 2024 Chicago White Sox (pictured in 2007)
Chicago White Sox Detroit Tigers
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DateSeptember 27, 2024
VenueComerica Park
CityDetroit, Michigan

The 2024 Chicago White Sox's 121st loss, referred to colloquially as Loss No. 121 or Loss #121 during the game, in local and national sports media, and by sports fans,[1][2][3][4][5][6] is a historic Major League Baseball game played on September 27, 2024, that saw the visiting Chicago White Sox clinch the largest number of losses in a major league baseball season since the 1899 Cleveland Spiders' 134 losses. In doing so they surpassed the 1962 New York Mets modern record of 120 losses, with the Mets playing 160 games that year and the 121st Sox loss coming in their 160th game. With the win the home team Detroit Tigers clinched a playoff berth for the first time since 2014.

The game was played in Comerica Park in Detroit. The 121st loss was the last White Sox loss of the season, who won their last two games to finish at 41-121.

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  3. ^ Greenberg, Steve (September 24, 2024). "White Sox fans, happy loss No. 121 day! Try to laugh at it, unless you've just stopped caring". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2024-09-28.
  4. ^ Loss #121: The Hilarious Immortality of the 2024 Chicago White Sox on YouTube
  5. ^ Pope, Lamond (September 28, 2024). "121 for the books: Chicago White Sox set the modern MLB record for most losses in a season". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2024-09-28.
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