As the White Sox fire Pedro Grifol, here’s how historically bad they’ve been originally appeared in NBC Sports Chicago
O Chicago White Sox It recently ended the longest losing streak in American League history, but is still in danger of posting the worst record in Major League history. after firing coach Pedro Grifol on Thursday.
Grifol posted the worst record in team history while at the helm, with an 89-190 mark over the last two seasons.
So far this season, the White Sox are 28-89 and recently snapped a 21-game losing streak that tied them for the longest in American League history with the 1988 Baltimore Orioles.
The White Sox currently have a .239 winning percentage, which would be by far their worst in a single season. The most games they have lost in a season is 106, and they will need to go 29-16 in their last 45 games to avoid reaching that mark this year.
Perhaps most importantly, they will need to go 15-30 to avoid losing 120 games, which would tie them for the worst season in MLB history. with the lamentable 1962 New York Mets, who reached that mark in their expansion season.
Currently, the team is on track to lose 123 games, which would give them the record by a comfortable margin.
The quest to avoid that record will continue on Friday when the White Sox open a home series against the Chicago Cubs, with Garrett Crochet taking over at Guaranteed Rate Field at 7:10 p.m.
