Why am I blasphemy like this! 20 straight CHW in Flexen's starting match, most in ML...126 losing paces
Sep 03, 2024
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The White Sox kneeled 3-11 in an away game against the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards Oriole Park on the 3rd (Korea time).
The White Sox, who have lost 11 consecutive games since the 24th of last month, marked 31 wins and 108 losses (0.223). If you substitute your winning percentage into 162 games now, you will have 36 wins and 126 losses. It far exceeds the 120 losses (40 wins and 1 draw) of the New York Mets in 1962, the most losses in a season since 1900, which is recognized as the starting point of modern baseball.
In order for the White Sox not to lose until 120, they have to record 12-11 in the remaining 23 games of the season. You have to win more than half, but with the current atmosphere, it's almost impossible.
The White Sox have won 21 consecutive games from Game 2 of the doubleheader against the Minnesota Twins on July 11 to the Oakland Athletics on August 6, tying the American League (AL) record that Baltimore marked in 1988. Earlier, he lost 14 consecutive games from May 23 to June 7. That is why he has tasted more than 10 consecutive losses three times this season. This is the first humiliating true record in 59 years since the New York Mets in 1965.
The White Sox lost 0-2 to the Mets the previous day, already posting the most losses in a season since their foundation in 1901.
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The White Sox lost 20 games that Flexen started from Game 1 of the doubleheader against the Washington Nationals on May 15 to that day. This is the record for the most consecutive losses in a particular pitcher's starting game. The previous record was 19 consecutive losses recorded by Milwaukee Brewers Chris Capuano from 2007 to 2010.
However, including Flexen's loss against the Texas Rangers on the 29th of last month despite his good pitching of nine hits and three runs in six ⅓ innings, it is his 21st consecutive loss. The starter that day was not Flexen. Right after Garrett Crochet started the previous day and threw four balls to leadoff Marcus Simien in the first inning, the suspended game was declared due to strong winds and rain, so Flexen took the mound in the same situation the next day. It was a de facto starting point.
As of today, Flexen has become the most losing pitcher in both leagues. The 13 losing pitchers are Toronto Blue Jays Chris Bassett and Texas Andrew Heaney.
Meanwhile, the teams with more than 110 losses in a season since 1900 are the Detroit Tigers (119 losses) in 2003, the Philadelphia Athletics (117 losses) in 1916, the Boston Braves in 1935, the Baltimore Orioles (115 losses) in 2018, Detroit (114 losses) in 2019, the Washington Senators (113 losses) in 1904, the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1952, the New York Mets in 1965, and the Oakland Athletics (112 losses) in 2023.
If the scope is expanded since the launch of the National League in 1876, 134 losses (20 wins) by Cleveland Spiders, a member of the National League in 1899, are the most ever.
jhno@sportschosun.com
