Doubling the 2018 White Sox’ numbers at the halfway point

3:08 PM CDT on June 30, 2018

The White Sox hit the halfway point on Friday night with an 11-3 loss to the Texas Rangers. If the second half of their season resembles the first, they'll finish with a record of 56-106. That would tie the 1970 White Sox for the most losses in a season, although it'd be just the third-worst season in terms of winning percentage.

As you can imagine, doubling the individual stat lines to show the kind of full-season numbers White Sox players can accomplish ... well, it isn't all that scintillating. Nevertheless, we press on.

(Note: WAR is Baseball-Reference.com's version except for catchers, which uses Baseball Prospectus' WARP to incorporate framing.)

Position players

	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
Omar Narvaez	86	272	14	60	16	0	2	20	0	4	28	52	.250	.328	.342	.670	-1.0
Jose Abreu	158	688	78	168	54	0	24	94	2	0	40	128	.268	.323	.468	.791	1.6
Yoan Moncada	146	642	72	130	32	6	20	68	16	4	54	230	.223	.291	.402	.693	2.0
Tim Anderson	158	618	86	140	18	4	26	66	34	10	46	154	.248	.312	.433	.744	3.6
Yolmer Sanchez	154	638	62	152	26	16	10	70	16	4	32	118	.257	.304	.405	.709	3.4
Nick Delmonico	74	270	20	52	8	2	2	14	2	2	32	48	.224	.333	.302	.635	-0.2
Adam Engel	144	472	48	90	16	4	4	32	20	4	26	122	.211	.275	.296	.570	0.6
Daniel Palka	104	368	40	82	16	6	14	48	4	2	24	112	.238	.288	.442	.730	-1.2
Matt Davidson	124	512	54	94	22	0	26	64	0	0	72	188	.219	.336	.451	.787	2.0
Leury Garcia	92	306	26	82	8	4	4	30	18	0	10	68	.285	.322	.382	.704	1.8
Welington Castillo	66	246	24	62	10	0	12	30	0	0	12	66	.267	.309	.466	.774	0.6
Avisail Garcia	52	216	20	52	6	2	6	16	0	2	0	56	.248	.259	.381	.640	-0.6
Charlie Tilson	62	210	14	52	2	2	0	14	4	6	16	32	.280	.340	.312	.652	-1.2
Kevan Smith	30	120	14	40	4	0	0	10	2	0	2	12	.345	.367	.379	.746	0.8
Jose Rondon	44	104	16	24	6	0	6	12	4	0	6	32	.245	.288	.490	.778	0.4

Five takeaways:

No. 1: The 2009 White Sox were the last team to not have a 30-homer hitter. Paul Konerko led the way with 28, Jermaine Dye collapsed in the second half and topped out at 27, and injuries limited Jim Thome to 107 games and 23 homers.

No. 2: The only time a White Sox team failed to carry a hitter with an .800 OPS was 1968, when Pete Ward led the team with a .720 OPS. That was good for a 115 OPS+ in the Year of the Pitcher. If I included Matt Skole on this list, he'd have a .930 OPS, but it doesn't seem like he'll be likely to add to the four games he played.

No. 3: Abreu can set the team record for doubles in a season. Albert Belle holds that record with 48 in 1998. That's good!

No. 4: Yoan Moncada can set the MLB record for strikeouts in a season. Mark Reynolds holds that record with 223, with Adam Dunn one behind with the White Sox record at 222. That's bad, although Joey Gallo actually leads the league in strikeouts with 116.

No. 5: I like the idea of Tim Anderson leading the team in runs, because that means he's making stuff happen. Maybe another player should have a higher number than 86, but that's not Anderson's fault.

Pitchers

	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	ERA+	WAR
James Shields	6	18	4.29	36	34	0	214	184	114	102	24	82	146	6	12	94	2.0
Reynaldo Lopez	6	10	3.73	32	32	0	188	162	90	78	22	78	134	12	6	108	3.0
Lucas Giolito	10	14	6.59	32	32	0	169.1	166	128	124	26	102	102	20	16	61	-2.0
Dylan Covey	6	6	4.82	18	18	0	93.1	102	62	50	12	46	72	2	4	84	-0.2
Carson Fulmer	4	8	8.07	18	16	0	64.2	74	64	58	16	48	58	10	4	51	-2.0
Joakim Soria	0	4	2.70	62	0	22	60	54	22	18	4	12	66	2	0	151	1.2
Chris Volstad	2	8	4.20	52	2	0	81.1	98	40	38	16	16	50	2	2	97	0.8
Bruce Rondon	4	6	6.66	58	0	2	51.1	58	42	38	2	38	70	2	10	61	-1.4
Nate Jones	4	4	2.55	54	0	8	49.1	40	22	14	6	28	54	6	2	160	0.6
Luis Avilan	4	0	3.75	72	0	0	48	48	26	20	4	20	54	0	2	109	0.2
Hector Santiago	4	6	4.70	50	14	0	122.2	126	66	64	22	74	96	6	0	86	0.8
Carlos Rodon	2	4	3.70	8	8	0	48.2	40	24	20	8	14	38	6	4	111	1.0
Jace Fry	0	2	1.88	48	0	2	48	24	12	10	2	18	62	0	6	218	2.0
Aaron Bummer	0	2	3.26	52	0	0	38.2	54	22	14	0	12	42	2	8	126	0.0
Juan Minaya	0	4	4.50	28	0	0	28	22	16	14	0	26	38	2	8	92	0.0
Xavier Cedeno	0	0	0	22	0	0	18.2	6	0	0	0	8	26	0	2	∞	1.2
Matt Davidson	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	∞	0.0

Five takeaways:

No. 1: James Shields is doing some serious innings-eating, if nothing else. Like Jose Quintana last year, it seems unlikely that he'll get to that number, at least with the White Sox.

No. 2: Lucas Giolito would set the team record for HBPs in a season. Chris Sale holds that mark with 17 in his final season on the South Side.

No. 3: Last year was the first time in franchise history the White Sox failed to throw a complete game. This year would make it two in a row.

No. 4: Chris Volstad's innings total is probably the biggest indicator that things went awry with the White Sox' pitching depth.

No. 5: At least the White Sox aren't threatening the franchise record for team ERA anymore. They were at 5.42 in mid-May, one-hundredth of a point higher than the all-time worst, set by the 1934 White Sox. They're now at 4.66, which would be a more ordinary kind of bad if it weren't augmented by a ton of unearned runs.