1909 Chicago White Sox

Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1908 / 1910

78-74, Finished 4th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Billy Sullivan (78-74)
Scored 492 runs, Allowed 464 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 80-72

Ballparks: South Side Park III · Attendance: 478,400 (5th of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 95 · one-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 97

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1908 / 1910 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

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Game Results

Season Summary	78-74, Final Rank:4, GB: 20.0
Days in First	never

Biggest Lead	never led
Farthest Behind	21.5	last on Wednesday, Sep 29, for days on which they played
Most Games over .500	5	last on Saturday, Oct 2
Most Games under .500	13	last on Wednesday, Jul 14
Longest Winning Streak	8	Sunday, Jul 18 to Sunday, Jul 25
Longest Losing Streak	6	Wednesday, May 12 to Wednesday, May 19
Most Runs Allowed	10	Friday, Apr 16, Tuesday, May 4, Tuesday, Aug 3 and Wednesday, Sep 29
Most Runs Scored	15	Friday, Jul 2
Times Shutout by Opponent	19
Times Opponent Shutout	26

Team Win/Loss Splits

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Overall
Overall	78	74	492	464	.513
Home/Road
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Home	42	34	256	201	.553
Road	36	40	236	263	.474
Month by Month
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
April	6	5	18	27	.545
May	9	16	81	99	.360
June	11	12	82	74	.478
July	21	13	132	71	.618
August	13	14	66	86	.481
September	17	13	102	95	.567
October	1	1	11	12	.500

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
By Season Half
First Half	34	44	251	251	.436
Second Half	44	30	241	213	.595
One-Run Games
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
One Run	26	30	125	129	.464
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Blowout	13	14	129	122	.481

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Opponent
BOS	9	13	82	78	.409
CLE	8	13	51	81	.381
DET	6	15	55	78	.286
NYY	14	8	91	68	.636
PHA	12	10	65	68	.545
SLB	10	12	58	57	.455
WSH	19	3	90	34	.864

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
1	1	Wednesday, Apr 14	CHW	@	DET	L	0	2		0-1	7	1.0							`-`
2	2	Thursday, Apr 15	CHW	@	DET	L	1	3		0-2	7	2.0							`--`
3	3	Friday, Apr 16	CHW	@	DET	L	2	10		0-3	8	3.0							`---`
4	4	Saturday, Apr 17	CHW	@	SLB	W	3	1		1-3	7	3.0							`+`
5	5	Sunday, Apr 18	CHW	@	SLB	L	2	6		1-4	8	4.0							`-`
6	6	Thursday, Apr 22	CHW		DET	W	3	1		2-4	7	2.5							`+`
7	7	Friday, Apr 23	CHW		DET	L	1	3		2-5	7	3.5							`-`
8	8	Saturday, Apr 24	CHW		DET	W	3	1		3-5	7	3.0							`+`
9	9	Sunday, Apr 25	CHW		SLB	W	1	0		4-5	5	2.5							`++`
10	10	Monday, Apr 26	CHW		SLB	W	1	0		5-5	5	2.5							`+++`
11	11	Tuesday, Apr 27	CHW		SLB	W	1	0		6-5	3	2.0							`++++`
12	12	Sunday, May 2	CHW		DET	L	5	6		6-6	4	4.5							`-`
13	13	Monday, May 3	CHW		DET	W	4	0		7-6	4	3.5							`+`
14	14	Tuesday, May 4	CHW	@	CLE	L	2	10		7-7	4	3.5							`-`
15	15	Wednesday, May 5	CHW	@	CLE	W	6	5		8-7	3	3.5							`+`
16	16	Thursday, May 6	CHW	@	CLE	L	1	2		8-8	4	4.5							`-`
17	17	Saturday, May 8	CHW	@	CLE	L	4	8		8-9	5	5.0							`--`
18	18	Sunday, May 9 (1)	CHW		CLE	W	4	2		9-9	5	5.0							`+`
19	19	Sunday, May 9 (2)	CHW		CLE	L	1	4		9-10	5	5.0							`-`
20	20	Monday, May 10	CHW		WSH	W	1	0		10-10	5	4.5							`+`
21	21	Tuesday, May 11	CHW		WSH	W	5	3		11-10	4	4.5							`++`
22	22	Wednesday, May 12	CHW		WSH	L	2	6		11-11	5	5.5							`-`
23	23	Thursday, May 13	CHW		WSH	T	1	1		11-11	5	5.0							`-`
24	24	Saturday, May 15	CHW		PHA	L	2	3		11-12	5	5.5							`--`
25	25	Sunday, May 16	CHW		PHA	L	0	1		11-13	5	5.5							`---`
26	26	Monday, May 17	CHW		PHA	L	0	1		11-14	5	6.5							`----`
27	27	Tuesday, May 18	CHW		PHA	L	0	5		11-15	5	6.5							`-----`
28	28	Wednesday, May 19	CHW		BOS	L	2	5		11-16	5	6.5							`------`
29	29	Thursday, May 20	CHW		BOS	W	12	3		12-16	5	6.5							`+`
30	30	Friday, May 21	CHW		BOS	L	3	6		12-17	6	6.5							`-`
31	31	Saturday, May 22	CHW		BOS	W	2	1		13-17	5	5.5							`+`
32	32	Sunday, May 23	CHW		NYY	W	7	3		14-17	5	5.5							`++`
33	33	Monday, May 24	CHW		NYY	W	2	1		15-17	5	5.5							`+++`
34	34	Thursday, May 27	CHW		NYY	T	2	2		15-17	5	5.5							`+++`
35	35	Friday, May 28	CHW	@	DET	L	1	2		15-18	5	6.5							`-`
36	36	Saturday, May 29	CHW	@	DET	L	3	4		15-19	6	7.5							`--`
37	37	Sunday, May 30	CHW		DET	L	1	3		15-20	6	8.5							`---`
38	38	Monday, May 31 (1)	CHW		DET	L	1	5		15-21	7	9.5							`----`
39	39	Monday, May 31 (2)	CHW		DET	T	7	7		15-21	7	9.5							`----`
40	40	Wednesday, Jun 2	CHW	@	PHA	L	4	5		15-22	7	9.5							`-----`
41	41	Thursday, Jun 3	CHW	@	PHA	W	9	6		16-22	6	9.5							`+`
42	42	Monday, Jun 7	CHW	@	WSH	W	8	0		17-22	6	9.0							`++`
43	43	Friday, Jun 11	CHW	@	NYY	W	1	0		18-22	6	9.0							`+++`
44	44	Saturday, Jun 12	CHW	@	NYY	W	5	3		19-22	6	8.0							`++++`
45	45	Monday, Jun 14	CHW	@	NYY	L	5	7		19-23	6	9.0							`-`
46	46	Tuesday, Jun 15	CHW	@	NYY	W	7	3		20-23	6	8.0							`+`
47	47	Wednesday, Jun 16	CHW	@	BOS	W	6	4		21-23	6	7.0							`++`
48	48	Thursday, Jun 17 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W	9	2		22-23	6	7.5							`+++`
49	49	Thursday, Jun 17 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L	1	6		22-24	6	7.5							`-`
50	50	Saturday, Jun 19	CHW	@	DET	L	4	5		22-25	6	8.0							`--`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
51	51	Sunday, Jun 20 (1)	CHW		CLE	W	4	0		23-25	6	9.0							`+`
52	52	Sunday, Jun 20 (2)	CHW		CLE	L	0	5		23-26	6	9.0							`-`
53	53	Tuesday, Jun 22 (1)	CHW		CLE	L	2	3		23-27	6	11.0							`--`
54	54	Tuesday, Jun 22 (2)	CHW		CLE	L	0	2		23-28	6	11.0							`---`
55	55	Wednesday, Jun 23	CHW	@	CLE	W	4	3		24-28	6	11.0							`+`
56	56	Thursday, Jun 24	CHW	@	CLE	L	1	8		24-29	6	12.0							`-`
57	57	Saturday, Jun 26	CHW	@	CLE	W	2	0		25-29	5	12.5							`+`
58	58	Sunday, Jun 27 (1)	CHW		DET	L	0	1		25-30	5	12.5							`-`
59	59	Sunday, Jun 27 (2)	CHW		DET	W	5	3		26-30	5	12.5							`+`
60	60	Monday, Jun 28	CHW		DET	L	1	2		26-31	6	13.5							`-`
61	61	Tuesday, Jun 29	CHW		SLB	L	1	2		26-32	6	14.5							`--`
62	62	Wednesday, Jun 30	CHW		SLB	L	3	4		26-33	6	14.5							`---`
63	63	Thursday, Jul 1	CHW		SLB	L	0	2		26-34	6	15.5							`----`
64	64	Friday, Jul 2	CHW		SLB	W	15	3		27-34	6	15.5							`+`
65	65	Saturday, Jul 3	CHW		SLB	L	0	4		27-35	6	15.5							`-`
66	66	Sunday, Jul 4	CHW		CLE	L	0	3		27-36	6	16.5							`--`
67	67	Monday, Jul 5 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L	3	4		27-37	6	17.0							`---`
68	68	Monday, Jul 5 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L	2	4		27-38	6	17.0							`----`
69	69	Tuesday, Jul 6	CHW	@	SLB	W	5	4		28-38	6	16.0							`+`
70	70	Thursday, Jul 8 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L	1	5		28-39	6	16.0							`-`
71	71	Thursday, Jul 8 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L	0	1		28-40	6	16.0							`--`
72	72	Friday, Jul 9	CHW		BOS	L	1	2		28-41	6	16.0							`---`
73	73	Saturday, Jul 10	CHW		BOS	W	6	1		29-41	6	16.0							`+`
74	74	Sunday, Jul 11	CHW		BOS	W	4	0		30-41	6	15.0							`++`
75	75	Monday, Jul 12	CHW		BOS	L	3	4		30-42	6	15.5							`-`
76	76	Tuesday, Jul 13 (1)	CHW		NYY	L	1	5		30-43	6	16.0							`--`
77	77	Tuesday, Jul 13 (2)	CHW		NYY	W	6	2		31-43	6	16.0							`+`
78	78	Wednesday, Jul 14 (1)	CHW		NYY	L	3	4		31-44	6	16.0							`-`
79	79	Wednesday, Jul 14 (2)	CHW		NYY	W	8	2		32-44	6	16.0							`+`
80	80	Thursday, Jul 15	CHW		NYY	W	9	0		33-44	6	16.5							`++`
81	81	Friday, Jul 16	CHW		NYY	W	3	1		34-44	6	16.0							`+++`
82	82	Saturday, Jul 17	CHW		WSH	L	3	4		34-45	6	17.0							`-`
83	83	Sunday, Jul 18	CHW		WSH	W	3	0		35-45	5	17.0							`+`
84	84	Monday, Jul 19	CHW		WSH	W	12	2		36-45	5	16.0							`++`
85	85	Tuesday, Jul 20	CHW		WSH	W	6	1		37-45	5	15.0							`+++`
86	86	Wednesday, Jul 21	CHW		WSH	W	6	3		38-45	5	15.0							`++++`
87	87	Thursday, Jul 22	CHW		PHA	W	4	3		39-45	5	15.0							`+++++`
88	88	Friday, Jul 23	CHW		PHA	W	3	0		40-45	5	15.5							`++++++`
89	89	Saturday, Jul 24	CHW		PHA	W	5	1		41-45	5	15.5							`+++++++`
90	90	Sunday, Jul 25	CHW		PHA	W	3	0		42-45	5	14.5							`++++++++`
91	91	Thursday, Jul 29 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	L	2	3		42-46	5	15.0							`-`
92	92	Thursday, Jul 29 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	W	2	1		43-46	5	15.0							`+`
93	93	Friday, Jul 30 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W	6	1		44-46	5	13.5							`++`
94	94	Friday, Jul 30 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	W	2	1		45-46	5	13.5							`+++`
95	95	Saturday, Jul 31 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W	1	0		46-46	5	12.5							`++++`
96	96	Saturday, Jul 31 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	W	4	0		47-46	5	12.5							`+++++`
97	97	Tuesday, Aug 3 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L	1	2		47-47	5	12.5							`-`
98	98	Tuesday, Aug 3 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L	4	10		47-48	5	12.5							`--`
99	99	Thursday, Aug 5 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L	0	3		47-49	5	12.5							`---`
100	100	Thursday, Aug 5 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W	1	0		48-49	5	12.5							`+`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
101	101	Friday, Aug 6	CHW	@	BOS	L	1	8		48-50	5	13.5							`-`
102	102	Saturday, Aug 7	CHW	@	BOS	L	0	3		48-51	5	13.5							`--`
103	103	Monday, Aug 9	CHW	@	BOS	L	1	2		48-52	5	13.5							`---`
104	104	Tuesday, Aug 10	CHW	@	BOS	L	2	3		48-53	5	13.5							`----`
105	105	Wednesday, Aug 11	CHW	@	NYY	L	1	2		48-54	6	13.5							`-----`
106	106	Thursday, Aug 12	CHW	@	NYY	W	2	0		49-54	5	13.5							`+`
107	107	Friday, Aug 13	CHW	@	NYY	W	4	3		50-54	5	13.5							`++`
108	108	Saturday, Aug 14	CHW	@	NYY	W	7	3		51-54	5	13.5							`+++`
109	109	Sunday, Aug 15	CHW	@	DET	L	1	8		51-55	5	14.0							`-`
110	110	Tuesday, Aug 17	CHW	@	DET	W	3	2		52-55	5	13.5							`+`
111	111	Wednesday, Aug 18	CHW	@	DET	W	2	0		53-55	5	13.5							`++`
112	112	Thursday, Aug 19	CHW	@	DET	L	0	1		53-56	5	14.5							`-`
113	113	Saturday, Aug 21	CHW		NYY	W	5	4		54-56	5	15.0							`+`
114	114	Sunday, Aug 22	CHW		NYY	L	5	6		54-57	5	15.5							`-`
115	115	Monday, Aug 23	CHW		NYY	W	5	1		55-57	5	15.5							`+`
116	116	Tuesday, Aug 24	CHW		BOS	L	2	5		55-58	5	15.5							`-`
117	117	Wednesday, Aug 25	CHW		BOS	T	4	4		55-58	5	16.0							`-`
118	118	Thursday, Aug 26 (1)	CHW		BOS	W	4	3		56-58	5	16.5							`+`
119	119	Thursday, Aug 26 (2)	CHW		BOS	L	0	3		56-59	5	16.5							`-`
120	120	Saturday, Aug 28 (1)	CHW		WSH	W	6	4		57-59	5	16.5							`+`
121	121	Saturday, Aug 28 (2)	CHW		WSH	W	2	1		58-59	5	16.5							`++`
122	122	Sunday, Aug 29	CHW		WSH	W	1	0		59-59	4	16.5							`+++`
123	123	Monday, Aug 30	CHW		PHA	L	0	5		59-60	5	17.0							`-`
124	124	Tuesday, Aug 31	CHW		PHA	W	2	0		60-60	5	17.0							`+`
125	125	Wednesday, Sep 1	CHW		PHA	W	6	2		61-60	4	17.0							`++`
126	126	Thursday, Sep 2	CHW		SLB	W	6	3		62-60	4	17.0							`+++`
127	127	Friday, Sep 3	CHW		SLB	W	4	3		63-60	4	16.5							`++++`
128	128	Saturday, Sep 4	CHW		SLB	L	1	2		63-61	5	16.0							`-`
129	129	Sunday, Sep 5	CHW		CLE	L	1	6		63-62	5	17.0							`--`
130	130	Monday, Sep 6 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L	2	5		63-63	5	18.0							`---`
131	131	Monday, Sep 6 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W	5	3		64-63	5	18.0							`+`
132	132	Wednesday, Sep 8 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W	4	2		65-63	5	17.0							`++`
133	133	Wednesday, Sep 8 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W	4	0		66-63	5	17.0							`+++`
134	134	Thursday, Sep 9	CHW	@	SLB	T	1	1		66-63	5	17.0							`+++`
135	135	Friday, Sep 10 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L	3	7		66-64	5	19.0							`-`
136	136	Friday, Sep 10 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L	0	2		66-65	5	19.0							`--`
137	137	Saturday, Sep 11 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L	1	2		66-66	5	20.5							`---`
138	138	Saturday, Sep 11 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L	1	3		66-67	5	20.5							`----`
139	139	Sunday, Sep 12	CHW		CLE	W	1	0		67-67	4	20.5							`+`
140	140	Monday, Sep 13	CHW		CLE	W	2	0		68-67	4	20.5							`++`
141	141	Tuesday, Sep 14	CHW		CLE	T	4	4		68-67	4	20.0							`++`
142	142	Thursday, Sep 16	CHW	@	BOS	W	7	5		69-67	4	19.0							`+++`
143	143	Saturday, Sep 18 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W	7	0		70-67	4	19.0							`++++`
144	144	Saturday, Sep 18 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L	0	2		70-68	4	19.0							`-`
145	145	Monday, Sep 20	CHW	@	BOS	L	5	6		70-69	4	19.0							`--`
146	146	Tuesday, Sep 21	CHW	@	NYY	L	0	5		70-70	4	19.5							`---`
147	147	Thursday, Sep 23 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L	2	4		70-71	4	21.5							`----`
148	148	Thursday, Sep 23 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L	1	7		70-72	4	21.5							`-----`
149	149	Saturday, Sep 25 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W	2	1		71-72	4	21.5							`+`
150	150	Saturday, Sep 25 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	W	2	0		72-72	4	21.5							`++`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
151	151	Monday, Sep 27	CHW	@	WSH	W	8	1		73-72	4	20.5							`+++`
152	152	Tuesday, Sep 28	CHW	@	WSH	W	5	1		74-72	4	20.5							`++++`
153	153	Wednesday, Sep 29 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W	2	1		75-72	4	21.5							`+++++`
154	154	Wednesday, Sep 29 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L	1	10		75-73	4	21.5							`-`
155	155	Thursday, Sep 30 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W	8	3		76-73	4	20.0							`+`
156	156	Thursday, Sep 30 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W	6	4		77-73	4	20.0							`++`
157	157	Friday, Oct 1	CHW	@	PHA	W	4	3		78-73	4	19.0							`+++`
158	158	Saturday, Oct 2	CHW	@	DET	T	6	6		78-73	4	19.0							`+++`
159	159	Sunday, Oct 3	CHW		DET	L	1	3		78-74	4	20.0							`-`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak

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