The Chicago White Sox broke the modern record for most losses in a Major League Baseball season with their 121st loss in 2024.

They achieved the unwanted milestone with a 1:4 defeat at the Detroit Tigers.

“It’s not the year we wanted,” said Grady Sizemore, who took over as interim manager after Pedro Grifol was fired in August.

Pitcher Garrett Crochet said, “Obviously it sucks.”

The White Sox equaled the record set by the New York Mets in 1962 with their 120th loss of the season on Sunday.

Fans flocked to Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago this week to watch the White Sox break the record, but they won three straight games against the Los Angeles Angels.

The win for Detroit at Comerica Park secured them their first American League playoff spot since 2014.

After the game, the White Sox posted on social media an image of a computer with a list of “Things We’d Rather Do Than Read Comments” and a photo of the team mascot sitting against a wall with the caption, “Slams laptop.” to “tomorrow”.

They have two games remaining against the Tigers in Detroit before the season ends on Monday.

The Cleveland Spiders lost 134 of their 154 games in 1899 before what is now known as the modern era began the following year.

“It’s not the numbers we want,” Sizemore said. “But that doesn’t mean it’s a total loss. We can build on that. We can learn from this and become better.”

The White Sox starting pitcher, Crochet, pitched four scoreless innings, striking out six batters and drawing one walk.

“No real emotions,” he said. “We put ourselves in this position early on. We are where we are because of the way we played. But that’s all.”

This season, the White Sox set a franchise record by losing 14 consecutive games.

They did this with a 21-game losing streak that tied the 1988 Baltimore Orioles for the longest tie in American League history.

With the final play-off places still to be determined, you can watch the key moments on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app, with 15 games taking place simultaneously from 8pm BST on Sunday.