2022 Chicago White Sox season

The 2022 Chicago White Sox season was the club's 123rd season in Chicago, their 122nd in the American League and their 32nd at Guaranteed Rate Field.

2022 Chicago White Sox
League	American League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Guaranteed Rate Field
City	Chicago
Record	81–81 (.500)
Divisional place	2nd
Owners	Jerry Reinsdorf
General managers	Rick Hahn
Managers	Tony La Russa (retired after being out for the rest of the season due to medical issues on August 31) Miguel Cairo (August 31–end of season)
Television	NBC Sports Chicago NBC Sports Chicago+ (Jason Benetti, Steve Stone, Len Kasper, Gordon Beckham, Adam Amin, Connor McKnight)
Radio	ESPN Chicago Chicago White Sox Radio Network (Len Kasper, Darrin Jackson, Connor McKnight) WRTO-AM (Spanish) (Hector Molina, Billy Russo)
Stats	ESPN.com Baseball Reference
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On December 2, 2021, Commissioner of Baseball Rob Manfred announced a lockout of players, following expiration of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the league and the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA). On March 10, 2022, MLB and the MLBPA agreed to a new collective bargaining agreement, thus ending the lockout. Opening Day was played on April 7.^[1] Although MLB previously announced that several series would be cancelled due to the lockout, the agreement provided for a 162-game season, with originally canceled games to be made up via doubleheaders.^[2]

The White Sox failed to repeat as division champions and finished in second in the American League Central with a record of .500 at 81–81.

Offseason

Lockout

Main article: 2021–22 Major League Baseball lockout

The expiration of the league's collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with the Major League Baseball Players Association occurred on December 1, 2021, with no new agreement in place.^[3] As a result, the team owners voted unanimously to lockout the players stopping all free agency and trades.^[4][5]

The parties came to an agreement on a new CBA on March 10, 2022.^[6] The scheduled 162-game regular season was agreed to be played in its entirety, with no games cancelled. However, the delayed start to spring training meant that the regular season was postponed from its original March 31 Opening Day to April 7. For the White Sox, this meant that six games scheduled between March 31 and April 6 were moved to a later date: a three-game home series with the Minnesota Twins that was rescheduled for October 3 through October 5, and a three-game road series with the Kansas City Royals that was made up on three separate dates (May 17, August 10, and August 22nd).^[7]

Rule changes

Pursuant to the new CBA, several new rules were instituted for the 2022 season. The National League adopted the designated hitter full-time, a draft lottery was implemented, the postseason expanded from ten teams to twelve, and advertising patches was allowed to appear on player uniforms and helmets for the first time.^[8][9]

Transactions

• November 30, 2021: Pitcher Kendall Graveman signed a 3-year, $24M contract.^[10]
• December 1, 2021: Utility player Leury García signed a 3-year, $16.5M contract extension.^[11]
• January 26, 2022: Cuban outfielder Oscar Colas agreed to a contract with the White Sox that included a $2.7 million signing bonus.^[12]
• March 14, 2022: White Sox sign pitcher Joe Kelly to a 2-year, $17M contract^[13] as well as pitcher Vince Velasquez to a one-year, $3M contract.^[13]
• March 15, 2022: Second baseman Josh Harrison signed a one-year, $5.5M contract.^[14]
• April 1, 2022: White Sox trade pitcher Craig Kimbrel to the Los Angeles Dodgers for outfielder A. J. Pollock.^[15]
• April 3, 2022: White Sox trade catcher Zack Collins to the Toronto Blue Jays for catcher Reese McGuire^[16]
• April 5, 2022: White Sox sign pitcher Johnny Cueto to a 1-year, $4.2 million minor-league deal.^[17]

Roster

2022 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers 57 Tanner Banks 39 Aaron Bummer 61 Ryan Burr 84 Dylan Cease 59 Kyle Crick 47 Johnny Cueto 55 Jake Diekman 63 Matt Foster 27 Lucas Giolito 49 Kendall Graveman 31 Liam Hendriks 17 Joe Kelly 60 Dallas Keuchel 34 Michael Kopech 58 Jimmy Lambert 40 Reynaldo López 33 Lance Lynn 65 Davis Martin 66 José Ruiz 62 Anderson Severino 67 Bennett Sousa 23 Vince Velasquez		Catchers 24 Yasmani Grandal 21 Reese McGuire 21 Carlos Pérez 44 Seby Zavala Infielders 79 José Abreu  7 Tim Anderson  1,21 Elvis Andrus 30 Jake Burger 28 Leury García 12 Romy González  5 Josh Harrison 20 Danny Mendick 10 Yoán Moncada 50 Lenyn Sosa		Outfielders 15 Adam Engel 51 Adam Haseley 74 Eloy Jiménez 46 Mark Payton 18 A. J. Pollock 88 Luis Robert 32 Gavin Sheets 25 Andrew Vaughn		Manager 41 Miguel Cairo 22 Tony La Russa Coaches  8 Daryl Boston (first base) 41 Miguel Cairo (bench) 37 Howie Clark (assistant hitting) 36 Shelley Duncan (analytics coordinator) 98 Miguel González (bullpen catcher) 29 Curt Hasler (bullpen) 52 Ethan Katz (pitching) 47,99 Joe McEwing (third base/bench) 26 Frank Menechino (hitting) 38 Jerry Narron (major league instructor) 96 Luis Sierra (bullpen catcher)

Regular season

American League Central

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AL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Guardians	92	70	.568	—	46‍–‍35	46‍–‍35
Chicago White Sox	81	81	.500	11	37‍–‍44	44‍–‍37
Minnesota Twins	78	84	.481	14	46‍–‍35	32‍–‍49
Detroit Tigers	66	96	.407	26	36‍–‍46	30‍–‍50
Kansas City Royals	65	97	.401	27	39‍–‍42	26‍–‍55

American League Wild Card

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Division leaders

Team	W	L	Pct.
Houston Astros	106	56	.654
New York Yankees	99	63	.611
Cleveland Guardians	92	70	.568

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Wild Card teams
(Top 3 teams qualify for postseason)

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Toronto Blue Jays	92	70	.568	+6
Seattle Mariners	90	72	.556	+4
Tampa Bay Rays	86	76	.531	—
Baltimore Orioles	83	79	.512	3
Chicago White Sox	81	81	.500	5
Minnesota Twins	78	84	.481	8
Boston Red Sox	78	84	.481	8
Los Angeles Angels	73	89	.451	13
Texas Rangers	68	94	.420	18
Detroit Tigers	66	96	.407	20
Kansas City Royals	65	97	.401	21
Oakland Athletics	60	102	.370	26

Records vs. opponents

2012 American League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2022 v t e
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	HOU	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	9–10	5–2	3–3	1–5	4–3	4–3	6–1	3–4	7–12	3–4	2–4	9–10	6–0	9–10	12–8
Boston	10–9	—	2–4	5–2	5–1	4–2	3–4	4–3	3–4	6–13	5–1	6–1	7–12	6–1	3–16	9–11
Chicago	2–5	4–2	—	7–12	12–7	3–4	9–10	3–4	9–10	3–4	5–2	4–2	4–2	3–4	2–4	11–9
Cleveland	3–3	2–5	12–7	—	10–9	3–4	12–7	3–4	13–6	1–5	6–1	1–6	4–2	5–1	5–2	12–8
Detroit	5–1	1–5	7–12	9–10	—	0–7	10–9	3–3	8–11	1–5	2–5	1–6	2–5	4–3	2–5	11–9
Houston	3–4	2–4	4–3	4–3	7–0	—	5–2	13–6	6–0	5–2	12–7	12–7	5–1	14–5	2–4	12–8
Kansas City	3–4	4–3	10–9	7–12	9–10	2–5	—	3–3	7–12	1–6	3–3	2–4	3–4	2–4	2–5	7–13
Los Angeles	1–6	3–4	4–3	4–3	3–3	6–13	3–3	—	4–2	2–4	12–7	10–9	2–5	9–10	3–4	7–13
Minnesota	4–3	4–3	10–9	6–13	11–8	0–6	12–7	2–4	—	2–5	5–1	4–3	4–2	2–5	4–3	8–12
New York	12–7	13–6	4–3	5–1	5–1	2–5	6–1	4–2	5–2	—	5–2	2–4	11–8	4–3	11–8	10–10
Oakland	4–3	1–5	2–5	1–6	5–2	7–12	3–3	7–12	1–5	2–5	—	8–11	3–4	8–11	3–3	5–15
Seattle	4–2	1–6	2–4	6–1	6–1	7–12	4–2	9–10	3–4	4–2	11–8	—	2–5	14–5	5–2	12–8
Tampa Bay	10–9	12–7	2–4	2–4	5–2	1–5	4–3	5–2	2–4	8–11	4–3	5–2	—	4–3	10–9	12–8
Texas	0–6	1–6	4–3	1–5	3–4	5–14	4–2	10–9	5–2	3–4	11–8	5–14	3–4	—	2–4	11–9
Toronto	10–9	16–3	4–2	2–5	5–2	4–2	5–2	4–3	3–4	8–11	3–3	2–5	9–10	4–2	—	13–7

Updated with the results of all games through October 5, 2022.

Detailed records

American League Opponent Total Home Away RS RA American League Central Chicago White Sox – – – – – Cleveland Guardians 7–12 3–6 4–6 72 96 Detroit Tigers 12–7 5–5 7–2 100 59 Kansas City Royals 9–10 5–4 4–6 74 71 Minnesota Twins 9–10 5–4 4–6 91 87 Total 37–39 18–19 19–20 337 313 American League East Opponent Total Home Away RS RA Baltimore Orioles 2–5 1–3 1–2 18 29 Boston Red Sox 4–2 1–2 3–0 23 38 New York Yankees 3–4 1–3 2–1 28 40 Tampa Bay Rays 4–2 2–1 2–1 21 26 Toronto Blue Jays 2–4 2–1 0–3 31 43 Total 15–17 7–10 8–7 122 176 American League West Opponent Total Home Away RS RA Houston Astros 3–4 2–2 1–2 28 46 Los Angeles Angels 3–4 2–2 1–2 28 23 Oakland Athletics 5–2 2–1 3–1 42 27 Seattle Mariners 4–2 2–1 2–1 22 22 Texas Rangers 3–4 1–2 2–2 31 43 Total 16–15 9–8 7–7 133 146

National League Opponent Total Home Away RS RA Arizona Diamondbacks 0–3 0–3 – 9 20 Chicago Cubs 3–1 1–1 2–0 13 13 Colorado Rockies 2–2 1–1 1–1 11 12 Los Angeles Dodgers 1–2 1–2 – 14 15 San Diego Padres 2–1 – 2–1 7 7 San Francisco Giants 3–0 – 3–0 19 7 Total 11–9 3–7 8–2 73 74

Notable transactions

• May 28, 2022: White Sox designated pitcher Dallas Keuchel for assignment.^[18]
• June 12, 2022: As part of a series of roster moves that included the selecting of catcher Seby Zavala's contract, White Sox designated infielder Yermín Mercedes for assignment.^[19]
• August 1, 2022: White Sox trade catcher Reese McGuire to the Boston Red Sox for pitcher Jake Diekman.^[20]
• August 18, 2022: White Sox sign shortstop Elvis Andrus.^[21]

Achievements

• On April 13, Dallas Keuchel earned his 100th career win in the major leagues as a result of the White Sox's 6–4 victory over the Seattle Mariners.^[22] Keuchel pitched five innings in the ball game, giving up six hits and three earned runs while striking out five batters.
• On June 27, Tim Anderson recorded his 100th career stolen base during the team's 4–3 loss to the Los Angeles Angels.^[23]
• Josh Harrison recorded his 1000th career hit during the team's 8–2 loss to the Minnesota Twins on July 5. During the game, he also became the first major league ballplayer in history to pitch on the same day he had his 1000th career hit, throwing a scoreless ninth inning in relief.^[24]
• The White Sox had two players selected to the 2022 MLB All-Star Game in Dodger Stadium: shortstop Tim Anderson, who started for the American League and went 1-for-2 with a single in the fourth inning, and closer Liam Hendriks, who pitched a third-of-an-inning of relief in the eighth inning. Both players also participated in the prior season's All-Star Game, making them the first White Sox teammates to play together in two consecutive "Midsummer Classics" since Mark Buehrle and Paul Konerko did it in 2005 and 2006.^[25]
• On August 6, Liam Hendriks became the first Australian-born reliever to throw 100 career saves, tossing a scoreless ninth inning against the Texas Rangers to secure the team's 2–1 victory in that night's ballgame.^[26]
• Beginning with his May 29 start against the Chicago Cubs, Dylan Cease went on a historic stretch in which he had 14 consecutive starts giving up 1 or fewer earned runs.^[27] That was the first time ever a starting pitcher went on such a streak since the earned run became a statistic in 1913, breaking the previous mark of 13 consecutive starts set by Jacob deGrom in 2021.^[28] Cease's streak was finally broken on August 16 against the Houston Astros, in which he gave up 3 earned runs on six hits in five innings of work.^[29]
• Yoán Moncada became the first player in American League history to have 5 or more hits and 5 or more RBIs in a game twice in the same season.^[30] The first game occurred June 15 at the Detroit Tigers (5-for-6 with 1 home run and 5 RBIs), while the second game occurred September 8 at the Oakland Athletics (5-for-6 with 2 home runs and 5 RBIs).

Tony La Russa medical leave

Just before the White Sox were set to face off against the Kansas City Royals on August 30, it was announced by the team that manager Tony La Russa had to miss the game under the direction of his doctors, in order to get further medical testing.^[31] The team's bench coach, Miguel Cairo, took over for La Russa as acting manager. It was later revealed that La Russa had a pacemaker installed and had to undergo a procedure to avoid any further health complications.^[32] Though there was some speculation as to La Russa returning to the dugout by late September, the White Sox officially put any rumors to rest on September 24 when they announced that he would miss the remainder of the 2022 season.^[33] La Russa's doctors never gave him permission to return to managing, though he was given permission to travel with the White Sox to Oakland on September 11 for the Athletics' jersey retirement ceremony of former pitcher Dave Stewart, who La Russa managed for several seasons.^[34]

Prior to La Russa's departure from the White Sox, the team's record was an underachieving 63-65 and they were five games behind the Cleveland Guardians for first place in the American League Central. At the start of Cairo's role as acting manager, the White Sox went on an initial hot streak, winning 10 of 13 games and climbing to as close as 1.5 games back of Cleveland on September 8. However, the late-season resurgence did not last long. Beginning on September 11, the White Sox would lose 11 of 15 games, including getting swept by the Guardians in a pivotal three-game home series from September 20–22. The Guardians would officially clinch the American League Central on September 25, ending the White Sox's dreams of repeating as division champions.^[35] The White Sox were officially eliminated from the playoffs on September 28 after a loss against the Twins which was their 8th straight loss.^[36]

Game log

2022 regular season game log: 81–81 (Home: 36–43; Away: 45–38)
April: 8–12 (Home: 6–5; Away: 2–7) # Date Opponent Time (CT) Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 1 April 8 @ Tigers 12:10pm 4–5 Soto (1–0) Hendriks (0–1) — 43,480 0–1 L1 2 April 9 @ Tigers 12:10pm 5–2 Cease (1–0) Mize (0–1) Bummer (1) 17,469 1–1 W1 3 April 10 @ Tigers 12:10pm 10–1 Crick (1–0) Skubal (0–1) — 15,712 2–1 W2 4 April 12 Mariners 3:10pm 3–2 López (1–0) Brash (0–1) Hendriks (1) 36,948 3–1 W3 5 April 13 Mariners 6:10pm 6–4 Keuchel (1–0) Ray (1–1) Hendriks (2) 12,291 4–1 W4 6 April 14 Mariners 1:10pm 1–5 Gilbert (1–0) Lambert (0–1) — 13,391 4–2 L1 7 April 15 Rays 6:10pm 3–2 Cease (2–0) Rasmussen (0–1) Hendriks (3) 19,009 5–2 W1 8 April 16 Rays 1:10pm 3–2 López (2–0) Thompson (1–1) Hendriks (4) 27,113 6–2 W2 9 April 17 Rays 1:10pm 3–9 Mazza (1–0) Velasquez (0–1) — 17,798 6–3 L1 — April 18 @ Guardians 5:10pm Postponed (Inclement weather, Makeup July 12) — April 19 @ Guardians 5:10pm Postponed (Inclement weather, Makeup April 20) 10 April 20 (1) @ Guardians 2:10pm 1–11 Bieber (1–0) Keuchel (1–1) — see 2nd game 6–4 L2 11 April 20 (2) @ Guardians 4:40pm 1–2 Gose (1–0) Lambert (0–2) Clase (1) 9,196 6–5 L3 12 April 21 @ Guardians 12:10pm 3–6 Plesac (1–1) Cease (2–1) Clase (2) 8,345 6–6 L4 13 April 22 @ Twins 7:10pm 1–2 Duffey (1–2) Graveman (0–1) Pagán (2) 14,257 6–7 L5 14 April 23 @ Twins 3:05pm 2–9 Bundy (3–0) Velasquez (0–2) — 16,686 6–8 L6 15 April 24 @ Twins 1:10pm 4–6 (10) Smith (1–0) Hendriks (0–2) — 16,197 6–9 L7 16 April 26 Royals 6:10pm 0–6 Lynch (2–1) Keuchel (1–2) — 12,031 6–10 L8 17 April 27 Royals 1:10pm 7–3 Sousa (1–0) Snider (2–1) Graveman (1) 12,363 7–10 W1 18 April 28 Royals 1:10pm 2–5 (10) Barlow (2–0) Bummer (0–1) Clarke (1) 11,242 7–11 L1 19 April 29 Angels 6:10pm 1–5 Warren (2–0) Giolito (0–1) Iglesias (6) 23,709 7–12 L2 20 April 30 Angels 3:05pm 4–0 Velasquez (1–2) Suárez (0–2) — 33,762 8–12 W1
May: 15–12 (Home: 5–8; Away: 10–4) # Date Opponent Time (CT) Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 21 May 1 Angels 1:10pm 5–6 Lorenzen (3–1) Keuchel (1–3) Tepera (1) 27,664 8–13 L1 22 May 2 Angels 1:10pm 3–0 Cease (3–1) Sandoval (1–1) Hendriks (5) 13,112 9–13 W1 23 May 3 @ Cubs 6:40pm 3–1 López (3–0) Effross (0–1) Hendriks (6) 34,206 10–13 W2 24 May 4 @ Cubs 6:40pm 4–3 Giolito (1–1) Hendricks (1–3) Hendriks (7) 36,755 11–13 W3 25 May 6 @ Red Sox 6:10pm 4–2 Velasquez (2–2) Eovaldi (1–1) Hendriks (8) 30,944 12–13 W4 26 May 7 @ Red Sox 3:10pm 3–1 (10) López (4–0) Barnes (0–3) Hendriks (9) 33,026 13–13 W5 27 May 8 @ Red Sox 10:35am 3–2 Keuchel (2–3) Houck (2–3) Sousa (1) 28,602 14–13 W6 28 May 9 Guardians 7:10pm 9–12 (11) Clase (1–2) Burr (0–1) Stephan (1) 17,168 14–14 L1 29 May 10 Guardians 7:10pm 4–1 Giolito (2–1) Quantrill (1–2) Graveman (2) 16,025 15–14 W1 — May 11 Guardians 1:10pm Postponed (COVID–19 positive tests, Makeup July 23) 30 May 12 Yankees 7:10pm 7–15 Loáisiga (1–1) Kelly (0–1) — 20,050 15–15 L1 31 May 13 Yankees 7:10pm 4–10 Cole (3–0) Velasquez (2–3) — 28,877 15–16 L2 32 May 14 Yankees 6:10pm 3–2 Hendriks (1–2) Chapman (0–1) — 32,830 16–16 W1 33 May 15 Yankees 1:10pm 1–5 Cortés Jr. (2–1) Kopech (0–1) — 29,500 16–17 L1 34 May 16 @ Royals 7:10pm 5–3 (10) Burr (1–1) Barlow (2–1) Hendriks (10) 12,441 17–17 W1 35 May 17 (1) @ Royals 1:10pm 3–0 Cease (4–1) Heasley (0–2) Hendriks (11) 9,168 18–17 W2 36 May 17 (2) @ Royals 6:10pm 1–2 Singer (1–0) Martin (0–1) Staumont (3) 11,684 18–18 L1 37 May 18 @ Royals 7:10pm 2–6 Snider (3–1) López (4–1) — 13,504 18–19 L2 38 May 19 @ Royals 1:10pm 7–4 Sousa (2–0) Speier (0–1) Hendriks (12) 11,784 19–19 W1 — May 20 @ Yankees 6:05pm Postponed (Inclement weather, Makeup May 22) 39 May 21 @ Yankees 12:05pm 5–7 Cortés Jr. (3–1) Keuchel (2–4) Holmes (4) 44,001 19–20 L1 40 May 22 (1) @ Yankees 2:05pm 3–1 Graveman (1–1) Chapman (0–2) Hendriks (13) see 2nd game 20–20 W1 41 May 22 (2) @ Yankees 6:08pm 5–0 Kopech (1–1) Loáisiga (1–2) — 36,167 21–20 W2 42 May 24 Red Sox 7:10pm 3–16 Pivetta (3–4) Cease (4–2) — 21,835 21–21 L1 43 May 25 Red Sox 7:10pm 3–1 Giolito (3–1) Hill (1–2) Hendriks (14) 21,075 22–21 W1 44 May 26 Red Sox 7:10pm 7–16 Schreiber (2–0) Keuchel (2–5) — 24,896 22–22 L1 45 May 28 Cubs 6:15pm 1–5 Thompson (5–0) Cueto (0–1) — 37,820 22–23 L2 46 May 29 Cubs 1:10pm 5–4 (12) Foster (1–0) Gsellman (0–2) — 38,080 23–23 W1 47 May 31 @ Blue Jays 6:07pm 5–6 Gausman (5–3) Giolito (3–2) Romano (16) 25,424 23–24 L1
June: 12–15 (Home: 4–8; Away: 8–7) # Date Opponent Time (CT) Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 48 June 1 @ Blue Jays 6:07pm 3–7 Stripling (1–1) Kopech (1–2) — 23,312 23–25 L2 49 June 2 @ Blue Jays 2:07pm 3–8 Manoah (6–1) Cueto (0–2) — 25,250 23–26 L3 50 June 3 @ Rays 6:10pm 3–6 McClanahan (6–2) Martin (0–2) Poche (3) 8,930 23–27 L4 51 June 4 @ Rays 3:10pm 3–2 Crick (2–0) Beeks (1–1) Hendriks (15) 19,452 24–27 W1 52 June 5 @ Rays 12:40pm 6–5 Giolito (4–2) Yarbrough (0–3) Hendriks (16) 11,162 25–27 W2 53 June 7 Dodgers 7:10pm 4–0 Kopech (2–2) Bickford (0–1) — 25,625 26–27 W3 54 June 8 Dodgers 7:10pm 1–4 Gonsolin (7–0) Cueto (0–3) Hudson (5) 25,078 26–28 L1 55 June 9 Dodgers 1:10pm 9–11 Graterol (2–2) Cease (4–3) — 25,482 26–29 L2 56 June 10 Rangers 7:10pm 8–3 Graveman (2–1) King (1–2) — 24,270 27–29 W1 57 June 11 Rangers 1:10pm 9–11 (10) Moore (3–0) Foster (1–1) — 30,221 27–30 L1 58 June 12 Rangers 1:10pm 6–8 (12) Barlow (2–1) Foster (1–2) Allard (1) 31,096 27–31 L2 59 June 13 @ Tigers 6:10pm 9–5 Sousa (3–0) García (0–2) — 16,634 28–31 W1 60 June 14 @ Tigers 6:10pm 5–1 Cease (5–3) Hutchison (0–4) — 16,450 29–31 W2 61 June 15 @ Tigers 12:10pm 13–0 Martin (1–2) Faedo (1–3) — 20,726 30–31 W3 62 June 17 @ Astros 7:10pm 3–13 Valdez (7–3) Giolito (4–3) — 35,467 30–32 L1 63 June 18 @ Astros 3:10pm 7–0 Cueto (1–3) Verlander (8–3) — 36,747 31–32 W1 64 June 19 @ Astros 6:08pm 3–4 Javier (4–3) Kopech (2–3) Pressly (13) 37,709 31–33 L1 65 June 20 Blue Jays 7:10pm 8–7 Lynn (1–0) Berríos (5–3) Kelly (1) 22,842 32–33 W1 66 June 21 Blue Jays 7:10pm 7–6 (12) Velasquez (3–3) Gage (0–1) — 20,529 33–33 W2 67 June 22 Blue Jays 1:10pm 5–9 Stripling (4–2) Giolito (4–4) — 19,406 33–34 L1 68 June 23 Orioles 7:10pm 0–4 Kremer (2–1) Cueto (1–4) López (12) 22,431 33–35 L2 69 June 24 Orioles 7:10pm 1–4 Krehbiel (3–3) Kopech (2–4) López (13) 27,943 33–36 L3 70 June 25 Orioles 1:10pm 2–6 Watkins (1–1) Lynn (1–1) — 29,282 33–37 L4 71 June 26 Orioles 1:10pm 4–3 Cease (6–3) Lyles (4–7) Graveman (3) 29,191 34–37 W1 72 June 27 @ Angels 8:38pm 3–4 Syndergaard (5–6) López (4–2) Iglesias (14) 21,973 34–38 L1 73 June 28 @ Angels 8:38pm 11–4 Cueto (2–4) Ortega (1–3) — 23,979 35–38 W1 74 June 29 @ Angels 8:38pm 1–4 Ohtani (7–4) Kopech (2–5) Iglesias (15) 27,612 35–39 L1
July: 16–11 (Home: 7–6; Away: 9–5) # Date Opponent Time (CT) Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 75 July 1 @ Giants 9:15pm 1–0 Banks (1–0) Doval (2–4) Graveman (4) 35,266 36–39 W1 76 July 2 @ Giants 3:05pm 5–3 Cease (7–3) Webb (7–3) Graveman (5) 30,804 37–39 W2 77 July 3 @ Giants 3:05pm 13–4 Giolito (5–4) Hjelle (0–1) — 30,155 38–39 W3 78 July 4 Twins 7:10pm 3–6 (10) Pagán (3–3) Kelly (0–2) — 32,483 38–40 L1 79 July 5 Twins 7:10pm 2–8 Winder (4–2) Kopech (2–6) — 18,566 38–41 L2 80 July 6 Twins 1:10pm 9–8 (10) Ruiz (1–0) Morán (0–1) — 18,393 39–41 W1 81 July 7 Tigers 7:10pm 1–2 Brieske (2–6) Cease (7–4) Soto (17) 21,876 39–42 L1 82 July 8 Tigers 7:10pm 5–7 Skubal (6–7) Giolito (5–5) Fulmer (2) 29,215 39–43 L2 83 July 9 Tigers 1:10pm 8–0 Cueto (3–4) Hill (1–1) — 29,215 40–43 W1 84 July 10 Tigers 1:10pm 4–2 Graveman (3–1) Fulmer (2–3) Hendriks (17) 31,072 41–43 W2 85 July 11 @ Guardians 6:10pm 4–8 Quantrill (5–5) Lynn (1–2) — 13,655 41–44 L1 86 July 12 (1) @ Guardians 1:10pm 1–4 Bieber (4–5) Martin (1–3) — 11,342 41–45 L2 87 July 12 (2) @ Guardians 6:10pm 7–0 Cease (8–4) Pilkington (1–2) — 11,750 42–45 W1 88 July 13 @ Guardians 6:10pm 2–1 Giolito (6–5) Hentges (2–2) Hendriks (18) 13,987 43–45 W2 89 July 14 @ Twins 6:40pm 12–2 Cueto (4–4) Gray (4–3) — 26,907 44–45 W3 90 July 15 @ Twins 7:10pm 6–2 Kopech (3–6) Pagán (3–4) — 27,021 45–45 W4 91 July 16 @ Twins 1:10pm 3–6 Bundy (6–4) Lynn (1–3) Durán (6) 28,514 45–46 L1 92 July 17 @ Twins 1:10pm 11–0 Cease (9–4) Archer (2–4) — 23,225 46–46 W1 — July 19 92nd All-Star Game in Los Angeles, CA 93 July 22 Guardians 7:10pm 2–8 Quantrill (7–5) Giolito (6–6) — 31,379 46–47 L1 94 July 23 (1) Guardians 12:10pm 4–7 Stephan (4–3) Hendriks (1–3) Clase (20) 18,518 46–48 L2 95 July 23 (2) Guardians 6:15pm 5–4 Kelly (1–2) Shaw (4–2) Foster (1) 26,329 47–48 W1 96 July 24 Guardians 1:10pm 6–3 Cease (10–4) Bieber (4–6) — 30,831 48–48 W2 97 July 26 @ Rockies 7:40pm 2–1 Kopech (4–6) Márquez (6–8) Hendriks (19) 40,233 49–48 W3 98 July 27 @ Rockies 2:10pm 5–6 Stephenson (2–1) Graveman (3–2) — 30,731 49–49 L1 99 July 29 Athletics 7:10pm 3–7 Kaprielian (2–5) Lynn (1–4) — 28,503 49–50 L2 100 July 30 Athletics 6:15pm 3–2 Hendriks (2–3) Jackson (2–3) — 28,142 50–50 W1 101 July 31 Athletics 1:10pm 4–1 Cease (11–4) Oller (1–4) Hendriks (20) 30,028 51–50 W2
August: 13–16 (Home: 8–7; Away: 5–9) # Date Opponent Time (CT) Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 102 August 1 Royals 7:10pm 1–2 Lynch (4–7) Kopech (4–7) Barlow (17) 17,500 51–51 L1 103 August 2 Royals 7:10pm 9–2 Giolito (7–6) Keller (5–12) — 24,361 52–51 W1 104 August 3 Royals 1:10pm 4–1 Lynn (2–4) Singer (4–4) Hendriks (21) 19,753 53–51 W2 105 August 4 @ Rangers 7:05pm 2–3 Burke (6–2) Cueto (4–5) Hernández (2) 20,972 53–52 L1 106 August 5 @ Rangers 7:05pm 2–1 Cease (12–4) Otto (4–8) Hendriks (22) 25,470 54–52 W1 107 August 6 @ Rangers 6:05pm 0–8 Dunning (2–6) Kopech (4–8) — 38,275 54–53 L1 108 August 7 @ Rangers 1:35pm 8–2 Giolito (8–6) Howard (2–4) — 29,579 55–53 W1 109 August 9 (1) @ Royals 4:10pm 2–4 Singer (5–4) Lynn (2–5) Cuas (1) see 2nd game 55–54 L1 110 August 9 (2) @ Royals 6:30pm 3–2 Martin (2–3) Heasley (1–7) Hendriks (23) 12,700 56–54 W1 111 August 10 @ Royals 7:10pm 3–8 Staumont (3–1) Diekman (5–2) — 15,463 56–55 L1 112 August 11 @ Royals 1:10pm 3–5 Greinke (4–7) Cease (12–5) Barlow (18) 10,009 56–56 L2 113 August 12 Tigers 6:10pm 2–0 López (5–2) Lange (4–3) Hendriks (24) 33,015 57–56 W1 114 August 13 Tigers 6:10pm 6–4 Giolito (9–6) Jiménez (3–2) Hendriks (25) 29,458 58–56 W2 115 August 14 Tigers 1:10pm 5–3 Lynn (3–5) Alexander (2–7) Graveman (6) 32,154 59–56 W3 116 August 15 Astros 7:10pm 4–2 Cueto (5–5) Montero (4–2) Hendriks (26) 18,205 60–56 W4 117 August 16 Astros 7:10pm 4–3 Lambert (1–2) Neris (4–4) Hendriks (27) 23,476 61–56 W5 118 August 17 Astros 7:10pm 2–3 Valdez (12–4) Kopech (4–9) Pressly (24) 24,671 61–57 L1 119 August 18 Astros 1:10pm 5–21 García (10–8) Giolito (9–7) — 24,407 61–58 L2 120 August 19 @ Guardians 6:10pm 2–5 McKenzie (9–9) López (5–3) Clase (28) 25,521 61–59 L3 121 August 20 @ Guardians 6:10pm 2–0 Cueto (6–5) Bieber (8–7) Hendriks (28) 26,179 62–59 W1 — August 21 @ Guardians 12:40pm Postponed (Inclement weather, Makeup September 15) 122 August 22 @ Royals 7:10pm 4–6 Garrett (3–1) Kelly (1–3) Barlow (20) 8,471 62–60 L1 123 August 23 @ Orioles 6:05pm 3–5 Voth (4–1) Cease (12–6) Bautista (9) 12,954 62–61 L2 124 August 24 @ Orioles 6:05pm 5–3 Giolito (10–7) Watkins (4–4) — 12,565 63–61 W1 125 August 25 @ Orioles 6:05pm 3–4 (11) Bautista (4–3) Diekman (5–3) — 13,905 63–62 L1 126 August 26 Diamondbacks 7:10pm 2–7 Henry (3–2) Cueto (6–6) — 33,054 63–63 L2 127 August 27 Diamondbacks 6:10pm 5–10 Kelly (11–5) Martin (2–4) — 25,837 63–64 L3 128 August 28 Diamondbacks 1:10pm 2–3 Ramirez (5–4) Graveman (3–3) Kennedy (9) 29,781 63–65 L4 129 August 30 Royals 7:10pm 7–9 Cuas (3–2) Giolito (10–8) — 17,130 63–66 L5 130 August 31 Royals 7:10pm 4–2 Lynn (4–5) Bubic (2–10) Hendriks (29) 17,168 64–66 W1
September: 14–13 (Home: 4–8; Away: 10–5) # Date Opponent Time (CT) Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 131 September 1 Royals 1:10pm 7–1 Cueto (7–6) Mengden (0–1) — 15,257 65–66 W2 132 September 2 Twins 7:10pm 4–3 Hendriks (3–3) López (4–7) — 24,818 66–66 W3 133 September 3 Twins 6:10pm 13–0 Cease (13–6) Mahle (6–8) — 31,655 67–66 W4 134 September 4 Twins 1:10pm 1–5 Bundy (8–6) Giolito (10–9) — 32,305 67–67 L1 135 September 5 @ Mariners 5:40pm 3–2 Lynn (5–5) Gonzales (10–13) Hendriks (30) 37,109 68–67 W1 136 September 6 @ Mariners 8:40pm 0–3 Gilbert (12–5) Cueto (7–7) Sewald (18) 17,958 68–68 L1 137 September 7 @ Mariners 3:10pm 9–6 Bummer (1–1) Castillo (7–3) Hendriks (31) 15,264 69–68 W1 138 September 8 @ Athletics 8:40pm 14–2 Cease (14–6) Sears (5–2) — 4,591 70–68 W2 139 September 9 @ Athletics 8:40pm 5–3 Bummer (2–1) Puk (3–2) Hendriks (32) 11,494 71–68 W3 140 September 10 @ Athletics 3:07pm 10–2 Lynn (6–5) Martínez (4–4) — 11,107 72–68 W4 141 September 11 @ Athletics 3:07pm 3–10 Irvin (8–11) Cueto (7–8) — 11,701 72–69 L1 142 September 13 Rockies 7:10pm 4–2 Kopech (5–9) Kuhl (6–9) Hendriks (33) 23,606 73–69 W1 143 September 14 Rockies 1:10pm 0–3 Freeland (9–9) Cease (14–7) Bard (30) 16,654 73–70 L1 144 September 15 @ Guardians 12:10pm 8–2 Lynn (7–5) Gaddis (0–2) — 11,186 74–70 W1 145 September 16 @ Tigers 6:10pm 2–3 (10) Lange (5–4) Hendriks (3–4) — 16,335 74–71 L1 146 September 17 @ Tigers 5:10pm 4–3 (11) Hendriks (4–4) Soto (2–9) Bummer (2) 17,579 75–71 W1 147 September 18 @ Tigers 12:10pm 11–5 Banks (2–0) Hutchison (2–9) — 14,435 76–71 W2 148 September 20 Guardians 7:10pm 7–10 (11) Clase (3–4) Diekman (5–4) — 23,242 76–72 L1 149 September 21 Guardians 7:10pm 2–8 McKenzie (11–11) Lynn (7–6) — 22,606 76–73 L2 150 September 22 Guardians 7:10pm 2–4 Bieber (12–8) Cueto (7–9) Clase (37) 23,395 76–74 L3 151 September 23 Tigers 7:10pm 3–5 Rodríguez (4–5) López (5–4) Soto (27) 33.257 76–75 L4 152 September 24 Tigers 6:10pm 2–7 Hutchison (3–9) Martin (2–5) — 36,177 76–76 L5 153 September 25 Tigers 1:10pm 1–4 Chafin (2–3) Graveman (3–4) Soto (28) 33,549 76–77 L6 154 September 27 @ Twins 6:40pm 0–4 Ober (2–3) Lynn (7–7) — 23,647 76–78 L7 155 September 28 @ Twins 6:40pm 4–8 Thielbar (4–2) Cueto (7–10) — 22,332 76–79 L8 156 September 29 @ Twins 12:10pm 4–3 López (6–4) Thielbar (4–3) Hendriks (34) 23,397 77–79 W1 157 September 30 @ Padres 8:40pm 3–1 Martin (3–5) Darvish (16–8) Hendriks (35) 37,490 78–79 W2
October: 3–2 (Home: 2–1; Away: 1–1) # Date Opponent Time (CT) Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 158 October 1 @ Padres 7:40pm 2–5 Clevinger (7–7) Cease (14–8) Hader (35) 38,114 78–80 L1 159 October 2 @ Padres 3:10pm 2–1 Lynn (8–7) Snell (8–10) Hendriks (36) 41,407 79–80 W1 160 October 3 Twins 7:10pm 3–2 Cueto (8–10) Jax (7–4) Hendriks (37) 22,891 80–80 W2 161 October 4 Twins 7:10pm 8–3 Giolito (11–9) Winder (4–6) — 24,884 81–80 W3 162 October 5 Twins 3:10pm 1–10 Varland (1–2) Martin (3–5) Sands (1) 18,918 81–81 L1
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = White Sox team member

Statistics

Batting

(Final statistics)
(Team leaders in BOLD)
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; K = Strikeouts; Avg. = Batting average; OBP = On Base Percentage; SLG = Slugging Percentage; TB = Total Bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	TB
José Abreu	157	601	85	183	40	0	15	75	0	62	110	.304	.378	.446	268
Tim Anderson	79	332	50	100	13	0	6	25	13	14	55	.301	.339	.395	131
Elvis Andrus	43	181	25	49	8	0	9	28	11	9	30	.271	.309	.464	84
Jake Burger	51	168	20	42	9	1	8	26	0	10	56	.250	.302	.458	77
Adam Engel	119	245	32	55	13	1	2	17	12	11	76	.224	.269	.310	76
Leury García	97	300	38	63	8	0	3	20	2	7	65	.210	.233	.267	80
Romy González	32	105	15	25	4	1	2	11	0	2	39	.238	.257	.352	37
Yasmani Grandal	99	327	15	66	7	0	5	27	1	45	79	.202	.301	.269	88
Josh Harrison	119	386	50	99	19	2	7	27	2	21	71	.256	.317	.370	143
Adam Haseley	14	21	4	5	0	0	0	2	0	3	7	.238	.333	.238	5
Eloy Jiménez	84	292	40	86	12	0	16	54	0	28	72	.295	.358	.500	146
Reese McGuire	53	151	12	34	9	0	0	10	0	6	33	.225	.261	.285	43
Danny Mendick	31	97	22	28	4	1	3	15	1	7	23	.289	.343	.443	43
Yoán Moncada	104	397	41	84	18	1	12	51	2	32	114	.212	.273	.353	140
Mark Payton	8	21	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	4	.143	.280	.143	3
Carlos Pérez	7	18	0	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	.222	.222	.333	6
A. J. Pollock	138	489	61	120	26	1	14	56	3	32	98	.245	.292	.389	190
Luis Robert	98	380	54	108	18	0	12	56	11	17	77	.284	.319	.426	162
Gavin Sheets	124	377	34	91	19	0	15	53	0	27	86	.241	.295	.411	155
Lenyn Sosa	11	35	3	4	1	0	1	1	0	1	12	.114	.139	.229	8
Andrew Vaughn	134	510	60	138	28	1	17	76	0	31	96	.271	.321	.429	219
Seby Zavala	61	178	22	48	14	0	2	21	0	19	64	.270	.347	.382	68
TEAM TOTALS	162	5611	686	1435	272	9	149	654	58	388	1269	.256	.310	.387	2172

Source^[37]

Pitching

Team leaders in BOLD
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; WHIP = Walks plus hits per inning pitched; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	WHIP	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Tanner Banks	2	0	3.06	1.13	35	0	0	53.0	42	25	18	18	49
Aaron Bummer	2	1	2.36	1.50	32	0	2	26.2	30	11	7	10	30
Ryan Burr	1	1	6.00	1.33	8	0	0	9.0	8	7	6	4	7
Dylan Cease	14	8	2.20	1.11	32	32	0	184.0	126	55	45	78	227
Kyle Crick	2	0	4.02	1.34	14	0	0	15.2	10	7	7	11	19
Johnny Cueto	8	10	3.35	1.23	25	24	0	158.1	161	66	59	33	102
Jake Diekman	0	3	6.52	1.91	26	0	0	19.1	25	18	14	12	28
Matt Foster	1	2	4.40	1.33	48	0	1	45.0	43	25	22	17	42
Lucas Giolito	11	9	4.90	1.44	30	30	0	161.2	171	92	88	61	177
Kendall Graveman	3	4	3.18	1.40	65	0	6	65.0	65	29	23	26	66
Josh Harrison	0	0	18.00	3.67	3	0	0	3.0	9	6	6	2	2
Liam Hendriks	4	4	2.81	1.04	58	0	37	57.2	44	22	18	16	85
Joe Kelly	1	3	6.08	1.60	43	1	1	37.0	36	26	25	23	53
Dallas Keuchel	2	5	7.88	2.16	8	8	0	32.0	49	33	28	20	20
Michael Kopech	5	9	3.54	1.19	25	25	0	119.1	85	53	47	57	105
Jimmy Lambert	1	2	3.26	1.29	42	2	0	47.0	40	18	17	24	45
Reynaldo López	6	4	2.76	0.95	61	1	0	65.1	51	24	20	11	63
Lance Lynn	8	7	3.99	1.14	21	21	0	121.2	120	65	54	19	124
Davis Martin	3	6	4.83	1.30	14	9	0	63.1	63	36	34	19	48
José Ruiz	1	0	4.60	1.42	63	0	0	60.2	53	32	31	33	68
Anderson Severino	0	0	6.14	1.50	6	0	0	7.1	7	5	5	4	9
Bennett Sousa	3	0	8.41	1.72	25	0	1	20.1	25	20	19	10	12
Vince Velasquez	3	3	4.78	1.24	27	9	0	75.1	68	42	40	25	69
TEAM TOTALS	81	81	3.92	1.29	162	162	48	1447.2	1331	717	631	533	1450

Source^[37]

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Charlotte Knights	International League	Julio Mosquera (acting)
AA	Birmingham Barons	Southern League	Justin Jirschele
High-A	Winston-Salem Dash	South Atlantic League	Lorenzo Bundy
A	Kannapolis Cannon Ballers	Carolina League	Guillermo Quiróz
Rookie	ACL White Sox	Arizona Complex League	Pat Leyland
Rookie	DSL White Sox	Dominican Summer League	Angel Rosario

Awards and honors

Dylan Cease was the recipient of the American League Pitcher of the Month Award for the month of June. Cease posted a 2–1 record in the month of June as a starter, with a 0.33 ERA in 27.1 innings pitched, 45 strikeouts, and an opponent batting average of .192.^[38] Cease became the first White Sox pitcher to earn the honor since Lucas Giolito back in May 2019. Cease would then go on to win Pitcher of the Month again in the month of July after recording a 5–1 record, striking out 40 batters in 35.2 innings pitched, and allowing only three earned runs.^[39] It was the first time ever a White Sox pitcher won the award in back-to-back months, and the first time any pitcher in Major League Baseball accomplished such a feat since Jack Flaherty in August and September 2019. At the end of the season, Cease was named as a Cy Young Award finalist after Cease posted a 14–8 record in 32 starts with an ERA of 2.20 in 184 innings while striking out a career high 227 batters.^[40]

Johnny Cueto earned American League Player of the Week honors for the period of August 15 to August 21. Cueto went 2-0 as a starter that week while posting a 0.54 ERA in 16 2/3 innings of work.^[41]

On June 30, Tim Anderson was announced as one of the two finalists for the starting American League shortstop position in Major League Baseball's 2022 All-Star Game fan voting. Anderson finished as one of the two top vote-getters in that position, alongside Bo Bichette of the Toronto Blue Jays.^[42] Anderson defeated Bichette in the final voting on July 8, becoming the first White Sox shortstop to earn a starting spot at the All-Star Game since Luis Aparicio in 1970.^[43]

At the end of the season, José Abreu was named a finalist for the American League Silver Slugger Award. Abreu posted a .304 batting average in 2022, which was better than all the other first basemen finalists from the American League.^[44] Dylan Cease finished second in the American League Cy Young Award voting, behind only Justin Verlander of the Houston Astros.^[45] It was the highest finish in the Cy Young voting by a White Sox pitcher since Esteban Loaiza finished second place in 2003.