Good morning!
On Wednesday evening Luis Castillo had what was arguably his finest start of the season, handcuffing his former employer to the tune of seven shutout innings of ten-strikeout ball. In so doing, he became the first White Sox pitcher this season to record a game score of 80 or higher.
If it feels like the White Sox haven't had many of these games in recent years, your hunch would prove correct: just one Sox starter per season has logged a game score of 80 in 2024, 2025, and now 2026. By contrast, three players (one of whom is an answer in this quiz; the other two are Drew Rasmussen and Gavin Williams) have logged three of those in this season alone.
By now, you know where this is going: which other Sox pitchers have logged a game score of 80 or better? That’s what today’s Sporcle is all about: since 1990, there have been 181 pitching performances that have met that 80 game score threshold. Some of the names are pretty obvious, while others are a bit more obscure. How many can you get? Good luck!
Quiz Parameters
- I’ve allotted 15 minutes for completion attempts.
- For hints, I’ve provided the date of the game, the opponent, and the game score.
Useless information to amaze, annoy, confuse, and/or confound your friends and family:
- The White Sox are 168-13 when a pitcher records a game score of 80 or better.
- Of the 181 games on this list, 59 of them were complete game shutouts.
- The highest pitch count from the games on this list is a robust 140, coming on 9/5/1995, a 2-1 win over Texas. The lowest count? A miserly 83, a 2-0 shutout against Boston on 5/22/2002.
- The teams most victimized have been the Detroit Tigers and Kansas City Royals, each appearing 18 times on this list. Meanwhile the top non-divisional opponent is Seattle, with 16.
- The top game score logged this season in MLB is an even 100, by Jacob Misiorowski on June 12.
All data from stathead.com
