2020 Chicago White Sox season

2020  Chicago White Sox
American League Wild Card Winners
League	American League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Guaranteed Rate Field
City	Chicago
Record	35–25 (.583)
Divisional place	3rd
Owners	Jerry Reinsdorf
General managers	Rick Hahn
Managers	Rick Renteria
Television	NBC Sports Chicago NBC Sports Chicago+ (Jason Benetti, Steve Stone, Tom Paciorek, Tony Graffanino)
Radio	WGN-AM Chicago White Sox Radio Network (Andy Masur, Darrin Jackson) WRTO-AM (Spanish) (Hector Molina, Billy Russo)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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The 2020 season was the Chicago White Sox' 121st season in Chicago and 120th in the American League. The Sox played their home games at Guaranteed Rate Field.

On March 12, 2020, MLB announced that because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the start of the regular season would be delayed by at least two weeks in addition to the remainder of spring training being cancelled. ^[1] Four days later, it was announced that the start of the season would be pushed back indefinitely due to the recommendation made by the CDC to restrict events of more than 50 people for eight weeks. ^[2] On June 23, commissioner Rob Manfred unilaterally implemented a 60-game season. Players reported to training camps on July 1 in order to resume spring training and prepare for a July 24 Opening Day. ^[3]

Due to the pandemic and the shortened season, Major League Baseball instituted certain rule changes which included the use of a universal designated hitter, a runner on second base to start extra innings, and a revised schedule. ^[4] On July 30, the league and the union agreed that all remaining doubleheaders on the season would be seven innings. ^[5]

On April 1, 2020, longtime White Sox radio broadcaster Ed Farmer died at the age of 70. ^[6]

On September 17, with a win against the Minnesota Twins, the White Sox clinched their first playoff spot since 2008. This was their first winning season since 2012. They lost in three games to the Oakland Athletics in the 2020 American League Wild Card Series.

Offseason

Rule changes

For the 2020 season, MLB instituted several new rule changes including the following: ^[7]

• Single trade deadline – there will no longer be a waiver trade deadline later in the year.
• 26-man roster – rosters will expand from 25 players, but no team may carry more than 13 pitchers.
• Three-batter minimum for pitchers - a pitcher must face three batters in a game before they can be removed unless there is an injury or the end of an inning.

Further rule changes came into effect in response to the COVID-19 pandemic including the use of the DH in the National League, a shortened schedule, and starting extra innings with a runner at second base. ^[8]

Transactions

• November 21, 2019: Catcher Yasmani Grandal signed as a free agent by the White Sox to a four-year, $73 million contract.
• November 22, 2019: 1st Baseman José Abreu signed a three-year contract extension worth $50 million with the White Sox.
• December 2, 2019: Catcher James McCann signed a one-year extension with the White Sox.
• December 10, 2019: White Sox trade outfielder Steele Walker to the Texas Rangers for outfielder Nomar Mazara.
• December 20, 2019: LHP Gio González signed as a free agent by the White Sox to a one-year, $5 million contract.
• December 30, 2019: LHP Dallas Keuchel signed as a free agent by the White Sox to a three-year, $55.5 million contract.
• January 2, 2020: Outfielder Luis Robert signed a six-year contract extension worth $50 million with the White Sox.
• January 9, 2020: 1B-DH Edwin Encarnación signed as a free agent by the White Sox to a one-year, $12 million contract.
• January 14, 2020: RHP Steve Cishek signed as a free agent by the White Sox to a one-year, $6 million contract.

Regular season

On August 13, the White Sox were supposed to play the first ever MLB at Field of Dreams game against the New York Yankees at a temporary 8,000 seat ballpark in Dyersville, Iowa before the pandemic came. MLB then announced the shortened season and that the AL and NL will play against each other in the same division which took the Yankees off the matchup. Then on July 1, MLB announced that the St. Louis Cardinals would replace the Yankees for the game. Then in late July, a majority of Cardinals players and coaches tested positive for COVID-19. The MLB announced on August 3 that the Field of Dreams game would be rescheduled to August 12, 2021 in which the White Sox would still participate and their opponent will once again be the Yankees.

Game log

2020 regular season game log: 35–25 (Home: 18–12; Away: 17–13)
July: 3–4 (Home: 1–2; Away: 2–2) # Date Opponent Time (CT) Score Win Loss Save Record Streak 1 July 24 Twins 7:10pm 5–10 May (1–0) Giolito (0–1) — 0–1 L1 2 July 25 Twins 1:10pm 10–3 Keuchel (1–0) Dobnak (0–1) — 1–1 W1 3 July 26 Twins 1:10pm 2–14 Maeda (1–0) López (0–1) — 1–2 L1 — July 27 @ Indians Postponed (inclement weather) [9] 4 July 28 @ Indians 3:40pm 3–4 Civale (1–0) Cease (0–1) Hand (2) 1–3 L2 5 July 28 @ Indians TBA 3–5 Plutko (1–0) Rodón (0–1) Hill (1) 1–4 L3 6 July 29 @ Indians 5:10pm 4–0 Bummer (1–0) Hand (0–1) — 2–4 W1 7 July 31 @ Royals 7:05pm 3–2 Keuchel (2–0) Bubic (0–1) Colomé (1) 3–4 W2
August: 19–9 (Home: 10–7; Away: 9–2) # Date Opponent Time (CT) Score Win Loss Save Record Streak 8 August 1 @ Royals 6:05pm 11–5 Foster (1–0) Bolaños (0–2) Heuer (1) 4–4 W3 9 August 2 @ Royals 1:05pm 9–2 Cease (1–1) Barlow (1–1) — 5–4 W4 10 August 3 @ Brewers 7:10pm 6–4 Detwiler (1–0) Phelps (1–1) Colomé (2) 6–4 W5 11 August 4 @ Brewers 7:10pm 3–2 Giolito (1–1) Williams (0–1) Colomé (3) 7–4 W6 12 August 5 Brewers 7:10pm 0–1 Houser (1–0) Keuchel (2–1) Hader (2) 7–5 L1 13 August 6 Brewers 7:10pm 3–8 Lindblom (1–0) González (0–1) — 7–6 L2 14 August 7 Indians 7:10pm 2–0 Cease (2–1) Civale (1–2) Colomé (4) 8–6 W1 15 August 8 Indians 1:10pm 1–7 Plesac (1–1) Anderson (0–1) — 8–7 L1 16 August 9 Indians 1:10pm 4–5 (10) Maton (1–0) Cordero (0–1) Pérez (1) 8–8 L2 17 August 10 @ Tigers 6:10pm 1–5 Norris (1–1) Keuchel (2–2) — 8–9 L3 18 August 11 @ Tigers 6:10pm 8–4 Foster (2–0) Alexander (1–1) — 9–9 W1 19 August 12 @ Tigers 12:10pm 7–5 Cease (3–1) Boyd (0–2) Colomé (5) 10–9 W2 20 August 15 Cardinals 1:10pm 1–5 Wainwright (2–0) Giolito (1–2) — 10–10 L1 21 August 15 Cardinals 3:15pm 3–6 Cabrera (1–0) Marshall (0–1) Miller (1) 10–11 L2 22 August 16 Cardinals 1:10pm 7–2 Keuchel (3–2) Hudson (0–2) — 11–11 W1 23 August 17 Tigers 7:10pm 7–2 Heuer (1–0) Boyd (0–3) — 12–11 W2 24 August 18 Tigers 7:10pm 10–4 Cease (4–1) Skubal (0–1) — 13–11 W3 25 August 19 Tigers 7:10pm 5–3 Marshall (1–1) Soto (0–1) Colomé (6) 14–11 W4 26 August 20 Tigers 1:10pm 9–0 Giolito (2–2) Turnbull (2–2) — 15–11 W5 27 August 21 @ Cubs 7:15pm 10–1 Keuchel (4–2) Lester (2–1) — 16–11 W6 28 August 22 @ Cubs 7:15pm 7–4 González (1–1) Hendricks (3–3) — 17–11 W7 29 August 23 @ Cubs 1:20pm 1–2 Darvish (5–1) Cease (4–2) Jeffress (3) 17–12 L1 30 August 25 Pirates 7:10pm 4–0 Giolito (3–2) Brault (0–1) — 18–12 W1 31 August 26 Pirates 1:10pm 10–3 Keuchel (2–0) Williams (1–5) — 19–12 W2 32 August 28 Royals 7:10pm 6–5 Colomé (1–0) Kennedy (0–2) — 20–12 W3 33 August 29 Royals 1:10pm 6–9 Newberry (1–0) Burdi (0–1) Hahn (1) 20–13 L1 34 August 30 Royals 1:10pm 5–2 (10) Foster (3–0) Zuber (1–2) — 21–13 W1 35 August 31 @ Twins 7:10pm 8–5 Foster (4–0) Rogers (1–3) Colomé (7) 22–13 W2
September: 13–12 (Home: 7–3 ; Away: 6–9) # Date Opponent Time (CT) Score Win Loss Save Record Streak 36 September 1 @ Twins 7:10pm 2–3 Thielbar (1–0) Cordero (0–2) Wisler (1) 22–14 L1 37 September 2 @ Twins 7:10pm 1–8 Berríos (3–3) López (0–2) — 22–15 L2 38 September 3 @ Royals 7:05pm 11–6 Cease (5–2) Duffy (2–3) — 23–15 W1 39 September 4 @ Royals 7:05pm 7–4 Heuer (2–0) Singer (1–4) Colomé (8) 24–15 W2 40 September 5 @ Royals 6:05pm 5–3 Giolito (4–2) Bubic (0–5) Colomé (9) 25–15 W3 41 September 6 @ Royals 1:05pm 8–2 Keuchel (6–2) Harvey (0–3) — 26–15 W4 42 September 8 @ Pirates 6:05pm 4–5 Rodríguez (2–2) Detwiler (1–1) — 26–16 L1 43 September 9 @ Pirates 6:05pm 8–1 Dunning (1–0) Brubaker (1–1) — 27–16 W1 44 September 11 Tigers 7:10pm 4–3 Marshall (2–1) Cisnero (2–3) Colomé (10) 28–16 W2 45 September 12 Tigers 6:10pm 14–0 López (1–2) Fulmer (0–2) — 29–16 W3 46 September 13 Tigers 1:10pm 5–2 Cordero (1–2) Turnbull (4–3) Colomé (11) 30–16 W4 47 September 14 Twins 7:10pm 3–1 Colomé (2–0) Rogers (1–4) — 31–16 W5 48 September 15 Twins 7:10pm 6–2 Dunning (2–0) Dobnak (6–4) — 32–16 W6 49 September 16 Twins 7:10pm 1–5 Stashak (1–0) Giolito (4–3) — 32–17 L1 50 September 17 Twins 1:10pm 4–3 Heuer (3–0) Clippard (1–1) Colomé (12) 33–17 W1 51 September 18 @ Reds 6:10pm 1–7 Mahle (2–2) Stiever (0–1) — 33–18 L1 52 September 19 @ Reds 5:10pm 5–0 Foster (5–0) Bauer (4–4) — 34–18 W1 53 September 20 @ Reds 12:10pm 3–7 Sims (3–0) Cease (5–3) — 34–19 L1 54 September 21 @ Indians 5:10pm 4–7 Civale (4–5) Fry (0–1) Hand (14) 34–20 L2 55 September 22 @ Indians 5:10pm 3–5 (10) Maton (3–3) Foster (5–1) — 34–21 L3 56 September 23 @ Indians 5:10pm 2–3 Hand (2–1) González (1–2) — 34–22 L4 57 September 24 @ Indians 5:10pm 4–5 Hill (2–0) Rodón (0–2) Hand (15) 34–23 L5 58 September 25 Cubs 7:10pm 0–10 Darvish (8–3) Cease (5–4) — 34–24 L6 59 September 26 Cubs 6:10pm 9–5 Foster (6–1) Lester (3–3) — 35–24 W1 60 September 27 Cubs 2:10pm 8–10 Alzolay (1–1) López (1–3) Chafin (1) 35–25 L1
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Postponement Bold = White Sox team member

Season standings

American League Central

v t e AL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Minnesota Twins	36	24	0.600	—	24–7	12–17
Cleveland Indians	35	25	0.583	1	18–12	17–13
Chicago White Sox	35	25	0.583	1	18–12	17–13
Kansas City Royals	26	34	0.433	10	15–15	11–19
Detroit Tigers	23	35	0.397	12	12–15	11–20

American League Wild Card

v t e Division Leaders	W	L	Pct.
Tampa Bay Rays	40	20	0.667
Oakland Athletics	36	24	0.600
Minnesota Twins	36	24	0.600

v t e Division 2nd Place	W	L	Pct.
Cleveland Indians	35	25	0.583
New York Yankees	33	27	0.550
Houston Astros	29	31	0.483

v t e Wild Card teams (Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)	W	L	Pct.	GB
Chicago White Sox	35	25	0.583	+3
Toronto Blue Jays	32	28	0.533	—
Seattle Mariners	27	33	0.450	5
Los Angeles Angels	26	34	0.433	6
Kansas City Royals	26	34	0.433	6
Baltimore Orioles	25	35	0.417	7
Boston Red Sox	24	36	0.400	8
Detroit Tigers	23	35	0.397	8
Texas Rangers	22	38	0.367	10

Record against opponents

2020 American League record v t e Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2020
Team	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIN	NL
Chicago	—	2–8	9–1	9–1	5–5	10–10
Cleveland	8–2	—	7–3	5–5	3–7	12–8
Detroit	1–9	3–7	—	4–6	4–6	11–7
Kansas City	1–9	5–5	6–4	—	5–5	9–11
Minnesota	5–5	7–3	6–4	5–5	—	13–7

Detailed records

American League Central Opponent Total Home Away RS RA Chicago White Sox – – – – – Cleveland Indians 2–8 1–2 1–6 30 41 Detroit Tigers 9–1 7–0 2–1 70 28 Kansas City Royals 9–1 2–1 7–0 71 40 Minnesota Twins 5–5 4–3 1–2 42 54 Total 25–15 14–6 11–9 212 163

National League Central Opponent Total Home Away RS RA Chicago Cubs 3–3 1–2 2–1 35 32 Cincinnati Reds 1–2 – 1–2 9 14 Milwaukee Brewers 2–2 0–2 2–0 12 15 Pittsburgh Pirates 3–1 2–0 1–1 26 9 St. Louis Cardinals 1–2 1–2 – 11 13 Total 10–10 4–6 6–4 93 83

Achievements

• In the fifth inning of their August 16 game against the St. Louis Cardinals, the White Sox hit four consecutive home runs (Yoan Moncada, Yasmani Grandal, Jose Abreu, and Eloy Jimenez), becoming the tenth team in major league history to do so and only the 2nd time it has happened in Franchise history. ^{[10] [11]}
• On August 22 and 23, José Abreu tied an MLB record by hitting a Home Run in 4 straight at-bats against the Chicago Cubs. Abreu hit three Home Runs in his 3 at-bats on August 22 off of pitchers Kyle Hendricks, Rowan Wick, and Duane Underwood Jr. then hit a Home Run on his first at-bat off of Yu Darvish the following day. ^[12]
• On August 25 against the Pittsburgh Pirates, pitcher Lucas Giolito recorded his first career no-hitter in a 4–0 win. It was the first no-hitter of the MLB season. ^[13] Giolito struck out 13 batters and threw 74 of 101 pitches for strikes. His only blemish was a lead off walk to Erik González in the fourth inning. It was the first no-hitter for a Sox pitcher since Philip Humber pitched a perfect game in 2012 and the 19th in White Sox History.
• In August, the Sox set a new franchise record for most home runs in a month (52). ^[14]
• The Sox became the first team in Major League history to go undefeated against left-handed pitching with a record of 14–0. ^[15]
• The White Sox led the American League in home runs (96), slugging percentage (.453) and total bases (928). ^[16]

Postseason

Game log

2020 White Sox postseason game log
American League Wild Card Series (1–2) (best of 3) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time (CT) Record Box 1 September 29 @ Athletics 4–1 Giolito (1–0) Luzardo (0–1) Colomé (1) 2:00pm 1–0 W1 2 September 30 @ Athletics 3–5 Bassitt (1–0) Keuchel (0–1) Diekman (1) 2:00pm 1–1 L1 3 October 1 @ Athletics 4–6 Montas (1–0) Marshall (0–1) Hendriks (1) 2:00pm 1–2 L1

Postseason rosters

Playoff rosters
American League Wild Card Series Pitchers: 27 Lucas Giolito 39 Aaron Bummer 43 Evan Marshall 45 Garrett Crochet 48 Álex Colomé 50 Jimmy Cordero 51 Dane Dunning 55 Carlos Rodón 57 Jace Fry 60 Dallas Keuchel 63 Matt Foster 65 Codi Heuer 84 Dylan Cease Catchers: 24 Yasmani Grandal 33 James McCann 38 Zack Collins Infielders: 1 Nick Madrigal 5 Yolmer Sánchez 7 Tim Anderson 10 Yoán Moncada 79 José Abreu Outfielders: 15 Adam Engel 28 Leury García 30 Nomar Mazara 32 Jarrod Dyson 74 Eloy Jiménez 88 Luis Robert Designated hitters: 23 Edwin Encarnación

Roster

2020 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers 53 Drew Anderson 39 Aaron Bummer 62 Zack Burdi 84 Dylan Cease 31 Steve Cishek 48 Álex Colomé 50 Jimmy Cordero 45 Garrett Crochet 54 Ross Detwiler 51 Dane Dunning 67 Bernardo Flores 63 Matt Foster 57 Jace Fry 27 Lucas Giolito 47 Gio González 52 Ian Hamilton 41 Kelvin Herrera 65 Codi Heuer 60 Dallas Keuchel 67 Brady Lail 58 Jimmy Lambert 40 Reynaldo López 43 Evan Marshall 64 Alex McRae 55 Carlos Rodon 66 José Ruiz 53 Jonathan Stiever		Catchers 38 Zack Collins 24 Yasmani Grandal 33 James McCann Infielders 79 José Abreu  7 Tim Anderson 36 Cheslor Cuthbert 28 Leury García 18 Ryan Goins  1 Nick Madrigal 20 Danny Mendick 10 Yoan Moncada  5 Yolmer Sánchez		Outfielders 26 Nicky Delmonico 32 Jarrod Dyson 15 Adam Engel 37 Luis González 74 Eloy Jiménez 30 Nomar Mazara 88 Luis Robert Other batters 23 Edwin Encarnación 49 Yermín Mercedes		Manager 17 Rick Renteria Coaches  8 Daryl Boston (first base) 12 Nick Capra (third base) 46 Scott Coolbaugh (assistant hitting) 21 Don Cooper (pitching) 98 Miguel González (bullpen catcher) 29 Curt Hasler (bullpen) 82 Joe McEwing (bench/infield) 22 Frank Menechino (hitting) 96 Luis Sierra (bullpen catcher)

Player stats

Batting

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; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	AVG	SLG
José Abreu	60	240	43	76	15	0	19	60	0	18	.317	.617
Eloy Jiménez	55	213	26	63	14	0	14	41	0	12	.296	.559
Tim Anderson	49	208	45	67	11	1	10	21	5	10	.322	.529
Luis Robert Jr.	56	202	33	47	8	0	11	31	9	20	.233	.436
Yoán Moncada	52	200	28	45	8	3	6	24	0	28	.225	.385
Yasmani Grandal	46	161	27	37	7	0	8	27	0	30	.230	.422
Edwin Encarnación	44	159	19	25	5	0	10	19	0	16	.157	.377
Nomar Mazara	42	136	13	31	6	0	1	15	0	10	.228	.294
Danny Mendick	33	107	11	26	4	1	3	6	0	6	.243	.383
Nick Madrigal	29	103	8	35	3	0	0	11	2	4	.340	.369
James McCann	31	97	20	28	3	0	7	15	1	8	.289	.536
Adam Engel	36	88	11	26	5	1	3	12	1	3	.295	.477
Leury García	16	59	6	16	1	0	3	8	0	4	.271	.441
Nicky Delmonico	6	20	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	2	.150	.150
Yolmer Sánchez	11	16	7	5	3	0	1	1	0	5	.313	.688
Zack Collins	9	16	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	.063	.125
Jarrod Dyson	11	10	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.300	.300
Ryan Goins	14	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000
Luis González	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Yermín Mercedes	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Cheslor Cuthbert	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Team Totals	60	2047	306	534	94	6	96	294	20	179	.261	.453

Source:

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Lucas Giolito	4	3	3.48	12	12	0	72.1	47	31	28	28	97
Dallas Keuchel	6	2	1.99	11	11	0	63.1	52	15	14	17	42
Dylan Cease	5	4	4.01	12	12	0	58.1	50	30	26	34	44
Dane Dunning	2	0	3.97	7	7	0	34.0	25	17	15	13	35
Gio González	1	2	4.83	12	4	0	31.2	40	19	17	19	34
Matt Foster	6	1	2.20	23	2	0	28.2	16	8	7	9	31
Jimmy Cordero	1	2	6.08	30	0	0	26.2	33	21	18	9	22
Reynaldo López	1	3	6.49	8	8	0	26.1	28	21	19	15	24
Codi Heuer	3	0	1.52	21	0	1	23.2	12	4	4	9	25
Evan Marshall	2	1	2.38	23	0	0	22.2	17	6	6	7	30
Alex Colomé	2	0	0.81	21	0	12	22.1	13	3	2	8	16
Steve Cishek	0	0	5.40	22	0	0	20.0	21	12	12	9	21
Ross Detwiler	1	1	3.20	16	0	0	19.2	19	8	7	5	15
Jace Fry	0	1	3.66	18	0	0	19.2	16	9	8	12	24
Aaron Bummer	1	0	0.96	9	0	0	9.1	5	1	1	5	14
Carlos Rodón	0	2	8.22	4	2	0	7.2	9	7	7	3	6
Zack Burdi	0	1	11.05	8	0	0	7.1	11	11	9	3	11
Jonathan Stiever	0	1	9.95	2	2	0	6.1	7	7	7	4	3
Garrett Crochet	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	6.0	3	0	0	0	8
Ian Hamilton	0	0	4.50	4	0	0	4.0	4	2	2	5	4
José Ruiz	0	0	2.25	5	0	0	4.0	2	1	1	0	5
Alex McRae	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	2
Kelvin Herrera	0	0	15.43	2	0	0	2.1	3	4	4	1	3
Jimmy Lambert	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	2
Bernardo Flores Jr.	0	0	9.00	2	0	0	2.0	4	2	2	0	2
Drew Anderson	0	1	40.50	1	0	0	1.1	4	6	6	2	2
Brady Lail	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.1	2	0	0	0	1
Yolmer Sánchez	0	0	9.00	1	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	0
Team Totals	35	25	3.81	60	60	13	527.0	448	246	223	217	523

Source:

Awards and honors

José Abreu won the American League Player of the Month for July/August.

Luis Robert won the American League Rookie of the Month for July/August. Robert also won the American League Gold Glove for Center field becoming the second rookie in White Sox history to do so.

The White Sox had 3 players winning the Silver Slugger Award with Abreu winning his 3rd and Tim Anderson and Eloy Jiménez winning their first.

Abreu also won his first AL MVP Award becoming the 4th player in White Sox history to do so joining Nellie Fox (1959), Dick Allen (1972), and Frank Thomas (1993-94). Abreu in 2020 batted .317 with an OBP of .370 and lead the AL in Slugging percentage at .617 and hit 19 homers on the year. Abreu also Lead the MLB with 60 RBIs and 148 total bases. Abreu also won the Hank Aaron Award, the Sporting News Player of the Year Award, and the All-MLB Second Team for first base.

White Sox General Manager Rick Hahn won the Sporting News Executive of the Year Award for 2020 becoming the third White Sox Executive to win the award joining Roland Hemond (1972) and Bill Veeck (1977).

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Charlotte Knights	International League
AA	Birmingham Barons	Southern League
A-Advanced	Winston-Salem Dash	Carolina League
A	Kannapolis Cannon Ballers	South Atlantic League
Rookie	Great Falls Voyagers	Pioneer League
Rookie	AZL White Sox	Arizona League
Rookie	DSL White Sox	Dominican Summer League

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External links

• 2020 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference
• 2020 Chicago White Sox season Official Site
• 2020 Chicago White Sox season at ESPN