For most of the 2012 baseball season the Chicago White Sox have been a team that has hit when it counts, even though that may not seem like the case lately.
What’s interesting is that the White Sox and the team chasing them—the Detroit Tigers—are both among the top teams in baseball at hitting with runners is scoring position.
The reason that is interesting is because if you have watched any White Sox or Tigers games lately it doesn’t look like either team has any idea how to hit with guys on base.
What’s even more crazy is that the White Sox continue to have the best batting average in baseball with men on 3rd base and less than two outs, even though it seems like they leave men stranded there constantly.
Overall the White Sox sit in the middle of the pack with a .257 team batting average, but their ability to drive in runs with men on base has been critical all season and will be even more important over the final weeks.
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