The White Sox are watching the playoffs for another year and while this one was kind of disappointing because we were in the mix in August, the team didn’t get the job done. Paul Konerko was head and shoulders the best hitter on the field for the White Sox with another fantastic season. His 31 home runs were seven more then the next closest White Sox and 16 more then the second closest. Despite sporting a .388 OBP, Konerko managed to cross the plate just 69 times and 31 of those were because of home runs he hit. That number tells it all and it’s no surprise that the White Sox were near the bottom in runs scored this season.
After that, there’s quite a drop off with a mediocre Carlos Quentin as the second best hitter. He belted 24 home runs and he drove in 77. He was also the only other regular with an OP over .800.
And then you have Adam Dunn and Alex Rios. Rios’ numbers look awful with a .613 OPS but they actually look solid compared to Dunn’s horrific season. Dunn hit just 11 home runs and he had more strikeouts (177) then he had batting average (.159). And this was a guy who got paid $12 million. And his attempts against left handed pitching were just laughable. He went just six for 94 against lefties in 2011.
Ozzie Guillen is also gone so now we’ll get to see how Robin Ventura does. It’s interesting that they went outside of the box on that one but Guillen had worn out his welcome.
