The Chicago White Sox have surpassed the 1962 New York Mets for the most losses in modern-day Major League Baseball history.
The ’62 expansion Mets went 40-120 in their first season. The Sox are 40-121, breaking the record Friday with a 4-1 loss to the Tigers at Comerica Park in Detroit. The Sox have one game remaining to add to the mark.
Latest loss: 4-1 to the Detroit Tigers (Friday)
No team in Major League Baseball’s modern era has lost more games in a season than the 2024 White Sox.
The Sox reached the pinnacle of baseball infamy with record-breaking loss No. 121 on Friday, falling 4-1 to the Tigers in front of a sellout crowd of 44,435 at Comerica Park in Detroit.
The Sox surpassed the 1962 Mets, who went 40-120 in their expansion season.
Remaining schedule
- Sunday: at Detroit Tigers, 2:10 p.m., NBCSCH
Notable streaks this season
The Sox had three double-digit losing streaks — 14 games from May 22-June 6, an AL record-tying 21 straight from July 10-Aug. 5 and 12 consecutive from Aug. 23-Sept. 3.
Their skid of 20 straight series losses ended Sunday after back-to-back wins over the Oakland Athletics. Those two victories also broke a streak of not having won consecutive games since a stretch of three straight victories June 27-29.
The Sox on Sept. 14 snapped their stretch of 16 consecutive home losses, which also was a franchise record.
Seasons with 100+ losses
Looking back at the franchise’s 124-season history, the Sox have lost 100 or more games just six times. Three of those, however, have happened since 2018.
Sources: Tribune reporting; Baseball Reference
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