Chicago White Sox vs Detroit Tigers All-Time Record

AL Central rivalry
Chicago White Sox
Detroit Tigers
Tigers lead White Sox1,150to1,123·15 tiessince 1901

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

2026 season series: White Sox lead 9-4

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At a glance

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

Chicago White Sox vs Detroit Tigers insights

Current-feed record
+13wins for White Sox
51% White Sox · 49% Tigers

Tigers have closed the gap since the 2023 schedule change: 30-22.

Recent form
13-7last 20
White Sox on a 2-game streak

White Sox won 8-1 on Sep 20, 2026

Where it matters
0Postseason games

No postseason meetings since 2002.

Schedule context
  • White Sox built the series lead before the 2023 schedule change, taking 202 of 383 decided meetings (53%).
  • Since the schedule balanced out they are 22-30, or 42% to White Sox.

White Sox vs Tigers complete all-time series record

Chicago White Sox and Detroit Tigers have met 2,288 times since 1901, never in the postseason. 1,853 meetings predate the current feed, which adds game-level detail from 2002.

History span
1901 to 2026
First and latest meeting
Before 2002
1,853
Meetings from the Retrosheet game logs
Since 2002
435
Meetings with game-level detail below
Win Percentage
224W
211W
CHW
DET
51%49%
Chicago White SoxDetroit Tigers

Recent Games

Last 10 Games
Sep 20
CHW 8-1 DET
CHW
Sep 19
CHW 3-1 DET
CHW
Sep 18
CHW 8-11 DET
DET
Sep 17
CHW 3-1 DET
CHW
Aug 16
DET 5-7 CHW
CHW
Aug 15
DET 3-4 CHW
CHW
Aug 14
DET 5-9 CHW
CHW
Jun 21
DET 5-4 CHW
DET
Jun 20
DET 4-1 CHW
DET
Jun 19
DET 4-3 CHW
DET
Last Meeting
Sep 20, 2026Final
CHW
8
HOME
DET
1
AWAY
White Soxwon by7runs
White Sox' 2nd straight in this series·Game 435 since 2002
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
Chicago White Sox: 2 consecutive wins
2
Avg. Margin of Victory
Games decided by 3.6 runs on average
3.6runs
Momentum (Last 10 vs Archive since 2002)
CHW-Neutral
Last 1060%
Archive since 200251.5%
DET-Neutral
Last 1040%
Archive since 200248.5%
Last 10 Results
CHW / DET

Record since 2002

Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs Postseason record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season435 games
224
211
No postseason meetings appear since 2002.
Chicago White Sox Biggest Win
14–0+14 runs
Sep 12, 2020
Detroit Tigers Biggest Win
18–2+16 runs
Sep 4, 2011
Decade Breakdown
Choose a decade to scope the current-feed page
Season by Season
Season ↓CHW ↕DET ↕Games ↕
20269413
20255813
202431013
20235813
202212719
202112719
20209110
201912618
201871219
201710919
201671219
201591019
201491019
201371219
201261218
201151318
201081018
20099918
200812618
200711718
200612719
200514519
200481119
200311819
200212719

All 25 seasons are shown in the table above.

Home / Away Split
121-98CHW HOME113-103DET HOME
AWAY
103-113
CHW
AWAY
98-121
DET
Retrosheet archiveComplete through 2025

Chicago White Sox vs Detroit Tigers 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
2,275
Peak inning
1
Record game
35 runs
Two source windows. Current-feed sections: 435 games from 2002 to 2026. History Lab: 2,275 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
28%

Share of the 435 decided meetings settled by exactly one run.

Won by 2 or more
72%

A 2+ run margin crosses 1.5, but this is not a historical line result. Average gap: 3.6.

Average total
9.1runs

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

Home side wins
53.8%

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
7.5264171
60.7%
8.5Closest to even225210
51.7%
9.5178257
40.9%

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.

Chicago White Sox
224 W · 51.5%1.94
Detroit Tigers
211 W · 48.5%2.06

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
40%vs 28% full archive
+12% in the last 20
Won by 2 or more
60%vs 72% full archive
-12% in the last 20
Average total
8 runsvs 9.1 runs full archive
-1.1 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 White Sox and Tigers in the oddsmatcher.

Questions about this record: Chicago White Sox vs Detroit Tigers

How is the Chicago White Sox vs Detroit Tigers meeting total counted?

The complete series from 1901 through 2026 contains 2,288 recorded meetings. 2,273 meetings have a winner; 15 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 Detroit Tigers results compare with the complete record?

Chicago White Sox have won 6 of the latest 10 decided meetings. Detroit Tigers lead the decided record 1150-1123. 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 Detroit Tigers first play each other?

The Retrosheet archive's first recorded meeting for this pairing is Apr 29, 1901, when Detroit Tigers won 3-2 away to Chicago White Sox. The archive covers 2,275 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 Detroit Tigers have met 435 times in this archive, which covers the 2002 season onward.