2024 Chicago White Sox season

2024 Chicago White Sox
League	American League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Guaranteed Rate Field
City	Chicago
Record	41–121 (.253)
Divisional place	5th
Owners	Jerry Reinsdorf
General managers	Chris Getz
Managers	Pedro Grifol (fired August 8)[1][2] Grady Sizemore (from August 8)[3]
Television	NBC Sports Chicago NBC Sports Chicago+
Radio	ESPN Chicago Chicago White Sox Radio Network
Stats	ESPN.com Baseball Reference
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The 2024 Chicago White Sox season was the club's 125th season in Chicago, their 124th in the American League and their 34th at Guaranteed Rate Field. It was their first full season under general manager Chris Getz.

In what was regarded as the worst season in modern MLB history,^[4][5] the team began the season with a 3–22 record, marking the poorest start in the franchise's history,^[2] which also tied the worst start in the wild card era.^[4][6] On June 6, following a defeat to the Boston Red Sox, the White Sox established a franchise record for the most consecutive losses at 14.^[7][8] During this losing streak, the White Sox had their first winless homestand of at least seven games in franchise history, going 0–7.^[9][10]

On July 14, following a defeat to the Pittsburgh Pirates, the White Sox established a new MLB record for the highest number of losses before the All-Star break, totaling 71.^[11]

The franchise record for consecutive losses was broken again on July 29 when the White Sox dropped their 15th straight game.^[12] The streak continued, and on August 5, the White Sox lost their 21st consecutive game.^[2] This marked the first time since the 1988 Baltimore Orioles that a team endured a 21-game losing streak.^[13] They managed to break the streak the following day with a victory over the Athletics.^[14] The White Sox became the first team since the 2021 Baltimore Orioles to go through two separate losing streaks of 14 games or more.^[9] Furthermore, they set a record for the quickest assurance of a losing season by losing 82 of their first 109 games, surpassing the 2003 Detroit Tigers, who lost 82 of their first 111 games.^[12]

On August 8, the White Sox dismissed manager Pedro Grifol following a 28–89 record at the start of the 2024 season, contributing to an overall record of 89–190.^[1] On that same day, the team appointed Grady Sizemore as the interim manager.^[3]

On August 17, with their loss to the Houston Astros, the White Sox became the first team to be eliminated from playoff contention in 2024.^[15] This surpassed the 2018 Baltimore Orioles for the earliest playoff exit since the divisional era began in 1969.^[15] Eight days later, on August 25, the White Sox became the fastest team since the 1916 Philadelphia Athletics to lose 100 games in a season when they lost to their division rival Detroit Tigers, dropping them to 31–100.^[16][15]

The team set a franchise record for losses when they lost their 107th game of the season on September 1 to the New York Mets.^[9] With this loss, the White Sox had their first 0–10 homestand in franchise history and became the first team since the 1965 Mets to have three losing streaks of at least ten games.^[9] The 0–10 homestand was part of a franchise record 16 straight home losses.^[17][18] It was also part of a 12-game losing streak.^[7][9]

On September 27, the White Sox lost their 121st game of the season, losing to the Tigers, surpassing the 1962 Mets for the most losses in modern MLB history.^[2][19] However, Chicago later finished the season at 41–121 (.253),^[20] three tenths of a percentage point better than the 1962 Mets. September proved to be their best month of the season as they went 10–15 and also had a record of 5–1 in their last 6 games, with their only loss coming from the aforementioned Tigers game.^[20][21]