The Chicago White Sox lost their post-1900s, major league-record 121st game Friday night, falling 4-1 to the Detroit Tigers
The Chicago White Sox lost their post-1900s, major league-record 121st game Friday night, falling 4-1 to the Detroit Tigers.
The White Sox broke the mark of 120 set by the New York Mets in 1962 in their first season. The Cleveland Spiders hold the overall record, going 20-134 in 1899.
“Honestly, there’s nothing for me right now,” manager Grady Sizemore said. “I think the frustration came long before this number. This was one of those things you can’t be happy about, but I don’t know if I would feel any different if we were at 115 or 110.”
The closest any team had come to New York’s record was the 2003 Tigers, who won their final two games to finish with 119 losses. That remained the American League record until the White Sox hit 120 on Sunday in San Diego.
After avoiding the record by sweeping the Los Angeles Angels at home, the White Sox lost to a Tigers team that wrapped up a postseason spot in front of 44,435 raucous fans.
The White Sox were the ones going to the postseason as recently as 2021.
“It’s tough watching them celebrate, because that was us just a couple years ago,” starting pitcher Garrett Crochet said.
