Chicago White Sox vs Cleveland Guardians All-Time Record

AL Central rivalry
Chicago White Sox
Cleveland Guardians
Guardians lead White Sox1,141to1,138·17 tiessince 1901

Retrosheet history through 2025, plus 13 final games from the current feed.

2026 season series: White Sox lead 7-6

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At a glance

All-time since 1901 · current-feed analysis, 2002 to 2026

Chicago White Sox vs Cleveland Guardians insights

Current-feed record
+30wins for Guardians
53% Guardians · 47% White Sox

The split has held steady across the schedule change: 30-22 since 2023.

Recent form
8-12last 20
Guardians on a 2-game streak

Guardians won 6-3 on Sep 16, 2026

Where it matters
0Postseason games

No postseason meetings since 2002.

Schedule context
  • Guardians built the series lead before the 2023 schedule change, taking 203 of 384 decided meetings (53%).
  • Since the schedule balanced out they are 30-22, or 58% to Guardians.

White Sox vs Guardians complete all-time series record

Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Guardians have met 2,296 times since 1901, never in the postseason. 1,860 meetings predate the current feed, which adds game-level detail from 2002.

History span
1901 to 2026
First and latest meeting
Before 2002
1,860
Meetings from the Retrosheet game logs
Since 2002
436
Meetings with game-level detail below
Win Percentage
203W
233W
CHW
CLE
47%53%
Chicago White SoxCleveland Guardians

Recent Games

Last 10 Games
Sep 16
CLE 6-3 CHW
CLE
Sep 15
CLE 7-6 CHW
CLE
Sep 14
CLE 3-7 CHW
CHW
Aug 9
CHW 5-3 CLE
CHW
Aug 8
CHW 6-3 CLE
CHW
Aug 7
CHW 2-8 CLE
CLE
Jul 5
CLE 6-7 CHW
CHW
Jul 4
CLE 1-3 CHW
CHW
Jul 3
CLE 4-3 CHW
CLE
Jul 2
CLE 6-5 CHW
CLE
Last Meeting
Sep 16, 2026Final
CLE
6
HOME
CHW
3
AWAY
Guardianswon by3runs
Guardians' 2nd straight in this series·Game 436 since 2002
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
Cleveland Guardians: 2 consecutive wins
2
Avg. Margin of Victory
Games decided by 3.4 runs on average
3.4runs
Momentum (Last 10 vs Archive since 2002)
CHW-Neutral
Last 1050%
Archive since 200246.6%
CLE-Neutral
Last 1050%
Archive since 200253.4%
Last 10 Results
CHW / CLE

Record since 2002

Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs Postseason record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season436 games
203
233
No postseason meetings appear since 2002.
Chicago White Sox Biggest Win
14–0+14 runs
Jul 21, 2004
Cleveland Guardians Biggest Win
14–1+13 runs
Sep 25, 2006
Decade Breakdown
Choose a decade to scope the current-feed page
Season by Season
Season ↓CHW ↕CLE ↕Games ↕
20267613
202521113
20245813
20238513
202271219
202110919
20202810
201911819
201851419
201761319
201681119
201510919
201491019
201321719
201211718
201111718
20109918
200910818
200811718
200771118
200681119
200514519
200410919
200311819
200291019

All 25 seasons are shown in the table above.

Home / Away Split
105-115CHW HOME118-98CLE HOME
AWAY
98-118
CHW
AWAY
115-105
CLE
Retrosheet archiveComplete through 2025

Chicago White Sox vs Cleveland Guardians all-time record, 1901 to 2025

Explore how this matchup changed by decade, where each lineup produced its runs, and the games that pushed the rivalry record book. This archive is a separate source window from the current-feed sections above, which start in 2002.

Games
2,283
Peak inning
1
Record game
30 runs
Two source windows. Current-feed sections: 436 games from 2002 to 2026. History Lab: 2,283 Retrosheet games from 1901 to 2025. The first refreshes with current finals; Retrosheet's published archive currently ends in 2025.

Decade balance

Select an era to inspect pace, scoring and attendance.

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Open source archive

Betting Context

Betting context since 2002

How this pairing has settled: run margins, totals and break-even prices derived from its historical record. These are final-score frequencies, not results against a closing line. We do not hold historical sportsbook prices for these games.

One-run games
25.7%

Share of the 436 decided meetings settled by exactly one run.

Won by 2 or more
74.3%

A 2+ run margin crosses 1.5, but this is not a historical line result. Average gap: 3.4.

Average total
9runs

Final-score average without accounting for park, bullpen or weather.

Home side wins
51.1%

Share of decided meetings won by the listed home team.

Totals ladder

Where the combined score landed against the half-run lines a book normally posts. Half runs cannot push, so every meeting falls on one side.

LineOverUnderOver rate
7.5263173
60.3%
8.5Closest to even218218
50%
9.5169267
38.8%

Fair price from the base rate

The decimal price that corresponds exactly to each club's win share in this archive. It describes the record and does not estimate the next game.

Cleveland Guardians
233 W · 53.4%1.87
Chicago White Sox
203 W · 46.6%2.15

A base rate is not a forecast. Starting pitchers, lineups, injuries and venue all matter more to a single game than a multi-season head-to-head record.

Last 20 meetings vs full history

One-run games
45%vs 25.7% full archive
+19.3% in the last 20
Won by 2 or more
55%vs 74.3% full archive
-19.3% in the last 20
Average total
8.4 runsvs 9 runs full archive
-0.6 runs in the last 20

Seasons 2025 to 2026. The comparison shows whether the last 20 final scores differ from the longer archive, without assigning a cause or predicting what comes next.

View the break-even percentages in another odds format with the odds converter, or compare current prices for Guardians and White Sox in the oddsmatcher.

Questions about this record: Chicago White Sox vs Cleveland Guardians

How is the Chicago White Sox vs Cleveland Guardians meeting total counted?

The complete series from 1901 through 2026 contains 2,296 recorded meetings. 2,279 meetings have a winner; 17 meetings ended tied and remain separate. This is why the meeting total can exceed the two win totals combined.

How do recent Chicago White Sox vs Cleveland Guardians results compare with the complete record?

The latest 10 decided meetings are split 5-5. Cleveland Guardians lead the decided record 1141-1138. The recent window is a subset of the complete series from 1901 through 2026, so the page reports the two separately.

When did the Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Guardians first play each other?

The Retrosheet archive's first recorded meeting for this pairing is Apr 24, 1901, when Chicago White Sox beat Cleveland Guardians 8-2 at home. The archive covers 2,283 meetings from 1901 through 2025. The current feed starts in 2002 and is reported separately.

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Methodology & Data Sources

Current MLB game logs come from the balldontlie API and cover the 2002 season onward. Scores and schedule anomalies are checked against the official MLB Stats API. Spring training is excluded, while results from earlier franchise identities are merged into the current club.

The all-time record and the History Lab use Retrosheet game logs through 2025, with inning lines, team totals, attendance, duration and ballpark fields when available. Final games after 2025 come from the current feed, and every section built on that feed alone is labeled as starting in 2002.

The betting context summarizes completed final scores only. It contains no sportsbook closing lines and summarizes only completed games. Report a possible error through our contact page with the matchup and game date.

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Last updated Sources: balldontlie, MLB Stats API, Retrosheet

Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Guardians have met 436 times in this archive, which covers the 2002 season onward.