Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Sean Burke reacts as San Diego Padres left fielder Jurickson Profar rounds the bases after hitting a home run. Orlando Ramirez-Imagn Images

White Sox tie modern MLB record with 120th loss

By Adam Gretz | Last updated 9/22/24

The Chicago White Sox are in the history books for the wrong reason. With their 4-2 loss to the San Diego Padres on Sunday afternoon, they lost their 120th game of the 2024 season and tied the modern record for most losses in a single season.

They are now tied with the 1962 expansion New York Mets and have to win each of their remaining six games to avoid having the record all to themselves. The first three remaining are against the Los Angeles Angels, and then the next three are against a Detroit Tigers team that is desperately trying to make the American League playoffs.

The White Sox social media team did the best it could given the circumstances after Sunday's game.

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— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) September 22, 2024

That is the type of season it has been. The White Sox entered the year coming off a 100-loss campaign in 2023, so expectations were understandably low. Nobody could have anticipated an all-time bad season, however.

The overall record is bad enough, but the White Sox have managed to get even worse as the season has progressed. Since the beginning of July, the White Sox are just 12-58 in the 70 games during that stretch.

The main problem for the White Sox continues to be the ownership. Managers change. Players change. General managers change. The ownership remains the same. As do the results. It is not difficult to make the connection. Perhaps an all-time bad season is the wake-up call brass needs.

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