To say the White Sox have struggled to get production out of the designated hitter spot this season would be a bit of an understatement.
The White Sox entered the second half of the season with their combined DH production ranking dead last in the American League in every major average. White Sox DHs are batting .177 (worst by 30 points) with a .277 on-base percentage (worst by 11 points), a .328 slugging percentage (worst by 64 points) and a .602 OPS (worst by 83 points).
Yonder Alonso accounted for a lot of that and is now with the Colorado Rockies after being released, but he only played 42 of the team’s 82 games with a DH in the first half of the season.