The Chicago White Sox's 2024 futility can only be described in historic terms.
The last time a White Sox team finished with their current winning percentage of .268 or worse? It has never happened; the 49-102 1932 team holds the franchise record at .325. No Chicago major league team has finished with that poor a record since the wartime Chicago American Giants went 7-29 in 1942.
Amid a 15-41 start that has left Chicago 22.5 games behind the first-place Cleveland Guardians in the AL Central, manager Pedro Grifol gave owner Jerry Reinsdorf an unusual public vote of confidence.