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Line 36: The team set a franchise record for losses when they lost their 107th game of the season on September 1 to the [[2024 New York Mets season|New York Mets]].<ref name="LosingStreaks"/> With this loss, the White Sox had their first 0–10 homestand in franchise history and became the first team since the [[1965 New York Mets season|1965 Mets]] to have three losing streaks of at least ten games.<ref name="LosingStreaks">{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/41088788/white-sox-fall-mets-set-franchise-record-107th-loss|title=White Sox fall to Mets, set franchise record with 107th loss|date=September 1, 2024|accessdate=September 1, 2024|agency=Associated Press|work=ESPN.com|quote=Chicago (31-107) broke the club mark for losses set by the [[1970 Chicago White Sox season|1970 team]]. The White Sox also completed the first 0-10 homestand in franchise history, becoming the first team since the 1965 Mets to have three 10-game losing streaks in one season...The worst White Sox homestand prior to this one was when they went 0-7 from May 23 to May 29.}}</ref> The 0–10 homestand was part of a franchise record 16 straight home losses.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap/_/gameId/401570679|title=Rookie Brady Basso sharp again, leads A's past White Sox 2-0 for first major league win|date=September 13, 2024|accessdate=September 19, 2024|website=ESPN.com|agency=Associated Press}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap/_/gameId/401570694|title=Benintendi hits a game-ending homer as the White Sox stop their home slide with 7-6 win over A's|date=September 14, 2024|accessdate=September 19, 2024|agency=Associated Press|website=ESPN.com|quote=The home slide was a franchise record.}}</ref> It was also part of a 12-game losing streak.<ref name="MultipleLosingStreaks"/><ref name="LosingStreaks"/> On September 27, the White Sox lost their 121st game of the season, losing to the [[2024 Detroit Tigers season|Tigers]], surpassing the [[1962 New York Mets season|1962 Mets]] for the most losses in modern MLB history.<ref name="MostLosses">{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/white-sox-mlb-record-losses-rcna172288|title=Chicago White Sox lose 121st game this season, most in baseball history|date=September 27, 2024|accessdate=September 27, 2024|first=Rohan|last=Nadkarni|work=NBC News}}</ref><ref ==Offseason== Line 486: As a result, many White Sox fans bought tickets to White Sox home games against the Angels, hoping to witness the historical game where the team surpassed the modern loss record. Mixes of cheers and boos came from White Sox fans during the games when their team executed well, while fans yelled phrases such as "Sell the team!" when the team made mistakes. The White Sox won all three home games against the Angels to keep their record at 120 losses, resulting in fans throughout the stadium booing the White Sox. White Sox [[outfielder]] [[Andrew Benintendi]] acknowledged the fans' reaction after the game by saying: "People here tonight were trying to see history. They're going to have to wait one more day. Maybe."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Inside the 2024 White Sox's road to MLB's all-time worst record|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/41416529/mlb-2024-chicago-white-sox-121-losses-all-record-worst-team-history-moments |access-date=September 28, 2024|website=ESPN.com |language=en|date=September 25, 2024|first1=Buster|last1=Olney|first2=Jesse|last2=Rogers|authorlink=Buster Olney}}</ref> During the games, White Sox fans held signs mentioning the historic significance of the potential loss, including one sign bearing "121" in the font of the White Sox logo.<ref name=":4" /> The White Sox swept the Angels, winning their final home game of the season with a 7–0 score, resulting in a [[standing ovation]] from most of the White Sox fans in the stadium.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 26, 2024|title=White Sox sweep Angels in home finale, avoid record 121 loss|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/41461980/white-sox-sweep-angels-home-finale-avoid-record-121-loss |access-date=September 28, 2024|work=ESPN|language=en|first=Jesse|last=Rogers}}</ref> === Game === Prior to facing the Tigers, [[Caretaker manager|Interim White Sox manager]] [[Grady Sizemore]] stated that despite the frustration surrounding their exceptional win-loss record, the White Sox players were ultimately professionals who would not be shaken by it, and trusted that they would play to compete and to win. He further stated that since the Tigers were attempting to clinch a spot in the [[2024 Major League Baseball postseason|playoffs]], the White Sox wanted to do their best to spoil it.<ref>{{Cite web |title=White Sox stave off history, win fourth straight at home |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/white-sox-stave-off-history-with-second-straight-win |access-date=September 28, 2024|work=MLB.com |language=en|date=September 26, 2024|first=Scott|last=Merkin ==== Recap ==== Line 501: Detroit relied entirely on their bullpen for pitching, with multiple relievers combining to effectively limit the White Sox to a single run. After Brett Hanifee started the game, rookie [[Brant Hurter]] was credited with the win after pitching four innings, while back end relievers [[Tyler Holton]], [[Will Vest]], and [[Jason Foley]] pitched the late innings, with Foley picking up his 28th save of the season.<ref name="Recap" /> The game's final out came when [[Andrew Vaughn]] flied out to right fielder [[Wenceel Perez]] (who bumped into Meadows and fell as he made the catch) to end the game, send the Detroit crowd into a frenzy, and seal the White Sox fate in the history books.<ref>{{cite Interim White Sox manager Grady Sizemore stated that the season was "not the year we wanted" following the game,<ref name="WhiteSoxRecap"/> and expressed that while he began to grow frustrated well before the team was close to the loss record he stated that he was not sure if he would feel different if he had lost only 115 or 110 games instead.<ref name="Recap"/><ref name="WhiteSoxRecap">{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/41481495/white-sox-fall-tigers-mlb-record-121st-loss-season|title=White Sox fall to Tigers for MLB-record 121st loss of season|date=September 27, 2024|accessdate=September 27, 2024|work=ESPN|first=Jesse|last=Rogers}}</ref> Pitcher [[Garrett Crochet]] remarked on the record: "Obviously it sucks." and that "We put ourselves in this position early on. We are where we are because of the way we played. But that's just all it is."<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=September 28, 2024|title=White Sox suffer record 121st defeat of season|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/baseball/articles/c8703yv7094o |access-date=September 28, 2024|website=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name="WhiteSoxRecap"/> Line 507: Following the game, the official Chicago White Sox [[Twitter]] page posted an image of a computer containing a list of "Things we'd rather do than read comments" as well as an image of the [[List of Major League Baseball mascots|White Sox mascot]] huddled in a dark corner captioned "slams laptop shut 'til tomorrow".<ref name=":4" /> Several White Sox fans posted derogatory and sarcastic images and comments mocking the team for making history with their loss record following the game.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Peters |first=Andrew |title=White Sox Lose 121st Game to Break Modern MLB Record; Fans Troll Team's Historic Loss |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10137068-white-sox-lose-121st-game-to-break-modern-mlb-record-fans-troll-teams-historic-loss |access-date=September 28, 2024|website=Bleacher Report |language=en|date=September 27, 2024}}</ref> ==== Line score ==== {{Linescore|visitor='''[[Chicago White Sox]]'''|top1=0|top2=0|top3=0|top4=0|top5=0|top6=1|top7=0|top8=0|top9=0|visitor_r=1|visitor_h=3|visitor_e=1|home=[[Detroit Tigers]]|bot1=0|bot2=0|bot3=0|bot4=0|bot5=2|bot6=0|bot7=2|bot8=0|bot9=–|home_r=4|home_h=8|home_e=0|RoadHR=[[Zach DeLoach]] (1)}} Line 555: | valign="top" | '''Catchers''' {{MLBplayer|26|[[Korey Lee]]}} {{MLBplayer| {{MLBplayer|47|[[Chuckie Robinson]]}} '''Infielders''' Line 566: {{MLBplayer|44|[[Bryan Ramos (baseball)|Bryan Ramos]]}} {{MLBplayer|1,28|[[Zach Remillard]]}} {{MLBplayer| {{MLBplayer|17|[[Braden Shewmake]]}} {{MLBplayer|50|[[Lenyn Sosa]]}} Line 622: ==See also==
* [[List of worst Major League Baseball season win–loss records]] * [[List of Major League Baseball longest losing streaks]] Line 631 ⟶ 630: == Further reading == *{{cite news |first=Sam |last=Anderson |title=How Does a Baseball Team Lose 120 Games? Every Way You Can Think Of. |date=2024-09-24 |newspaper=The New York Times Magazine |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/24/magazine/chicago-white-sox-loss-record.html |access-date=2024-09-24 |url-access=subscription}} *{{Cite news |last=Ghiroli |first=Brittany |last2=Rosenthal |first2=Ken |author-link2=Ken Rosenthal |date=2024-09-19 |title=An owner who *{{Cite news|first1=Buster |last1=Olney |first2=Jesse |last2=Rogers |author-link1=Buster Olney |date=2024-09-25 |title='They are that bad': Inside the White Sox's road to the worst record in MLB history |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/41416529/mlb-2024-chicago-white-sox-121-losses-all-record-worst-team-history-moments |access-date=2024-10-03 |website=ESPN |language=en}} ==External links== | |||