Chicago White Sox: First Place Clinch
Chicago White Sox must win at least 27 more games (97 total) to clinch first place.
Here is a scenario in which Chicago White Sox win 96 games total but do not necessarily clinch first place.
In this scenario Chicago White Sox finish tied at 96 wins with 1 team. Head-to-head:
- Cleveland: Chicago White Sox lose the season series 6-7, so Cleveland holds the head-to-head tiebreaker.
Final standings for this scenario
| Team | Wins | Losses | PCT | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 96 | 66 | 0.593 | 0 |
| CWS | 96 | 66 | 0.593 | 0 |
| DET | 79 | 83 | 0.488 | 17 |
| MIN | 78 | 84 | 0.481 | 18 |
| KC | 77 | 85 | 0.475 | 19 |
Current standings
| Team | Wins | Losses | GL | PCT | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago White SoxCWS | 70 | 63 | 29 | 0.526 | 0 |
| ClevelandCLE | 68 | 66 | 28 | 0.507 | 2.5 |
| MinnesotaMIN | 64 | 70 | 28 | 0.478 | 6.5 |
| DetroitDET | 62 | 71 | 29 | 0.466 | 8 |
| Kansas CityKC | 60 | 75 | 27 | 0.444 | 11 |
How the remaining games play out
Each page shows one team's remaining series in this scenario. Green: they win the season series. Red: they lose it. Gray: the series ends tied. The tiebreak verdicts are in the blocks above, and this opens on Chicago White Sox, where the rivals those notes name are outlined.
| Team | Current Wins | Current Losses | Scenario Wins | Scenario Losses | Scenario Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CWS | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 7-6 |
| DET | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11-2 |
| KC | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 10-3 |
| MIN | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 7-6 |
| CLE | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6-7 |
| DET | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10-3 |
| KC | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10-3 |
| MIN | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 10-3 |
| CLE | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2-11 |
| CWS | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3-10 |
| KC | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6-7 |
| MIN | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 7-6 |
| CLE | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3-10 |
| CWS | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3-10 |
| DET | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7-6 |
| MIN | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8-5 |
| CLE | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6-7 |
| CWS | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3-10 |
| DET | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6-7 |
| KC | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5-8 |
| Team | Current Wins | Current Losses | Scenario Wins | Scenario Losses | Scenario Results |
Full head-to-head summary for this scenario
Final season series between every pair in this scenario, colored for the row team: green won the series, red lost it, gray tied it. Who wins a tied series is a tiebreaker question, answered in the head-to-head notes above. Chicago White Sox's row and column are highlighted, and cells in that row are outlined where a note names the pair: solid where the series settled the tie, dashed where it did not.
American League Central
| Team | CWS | CLE | MIN | DET | KC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CWS | - | 6 - 7 | 10 - 3 | 10 - 3 | 10 - 3 |
| CLE | 7 - 6 | - | 7 - 6 | 11 - 2 | 10 - 3 |
| MIN | 3 - 10 | 6 - 7 | - | 6 - 7 | 5 - 8 |
| DET | 3 - 10 | 2 - 11 | 7 - 6 | - | 6 - 7 |
| KC | 3 - 10 | 3 - 10 | 8 - 5 | 7 - 6 | - |