The Whitesox stand at a 30-95 record as of Monday Morning.
The 1962 Mets went 40-120 for .250 winning percentage.
With 162 games 40 wins would give the White Sox a winning percentage below .250 so they need 11 rather than 10 more wins to surpass the Mets and avoid being the worst team in MLB history since 1900.
Here is the remaining White Sox Schedule:
- at SF Giants (3)
- vs Detroit Tigers (4)
- vs Texas Rangers (3)
- vs NY Mets (3)
- at Baltimore Orioles (3)
- at Boston Redsox (3)
- vs Cleveland Indians (I refuse to call them anything else) (3)
- vs Oakland A’s (3)
- at California Angels (3)
- at San Diego Padres (3)
- vs California Angels (3)
- at Detroit Tigers (3)
In theory they could manage to get to 11 wins without winning or even splitting a single series. All they have to do is win a single game in each of those series and viola 12 wins and they avoid ignominy.
Alas the Redsox, Orioles, Indians, Mets Padres and even the Giants are all in division or wild card races and will have a real incentive to try to sweep the easiest remaining games on their schedules. If only half of those teams manage a sweep that means to avoid replacing the 1962 mets at the bottom of the barrel the White sox would have to
- split their 4 game set with Detroit
- win at least one of their remaining series
- and not be swept by any non-playoff team
Can they do it? I have absolutely no idea but it will be fun to find out, unless you’re a White Sox fan.
It does however give one a reason for following the team.
If things go as bad as I suspect they will I’m the White sox front office I arrange for the surviving members of the 62 Mets to attend any game where the White Sox can clinch the worst record of all time and arrange for a ceremony where a member of the 62 Mets (Ed Kranepool?) gives them the fickle finger of fate award a-la Laugh-In if they manage to do so.
If you’re going to go down you might as well celebrate it.
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