A new survey has put White Sox fans at the top of a very specific MLB leaderboard: drinking.
According to a 2026 study from Action Network, 18.5% of White Sox fans said they drink five or more alcoholic beverages during a game, the highest mark in Major League Baseball. The same survey, conducted June 12-22 among nearly 4,000 MLB fans, also found that White Sox supporters are tied for first in average in-game drinks at 2.5 per game.
That’s only part of the picture. Before the game even starts, White Sox fans are already at 1.5 pregame drinks, which ties them for second in baseball. Add in what the survey calls the best ballpark food in baseball, and the White Sox rank second in MLB in combined in-game calories from alcohol and hot dogs at about 1,110 per game.
Stretch that pace across all 81 home games, and the math gets absurd fast: roughly 89,910 calories, or about 26 pounds.
Anyone who has spent time around Rate Field probably isn’t shocked. The parking lots, the grills, the coolers, the beers and shots being sold around the streets - it all fits the image. And for a fan base that has lived through failed rebuilds and 100-loss seasons, the old “Baseball, Beer and Bullshit” line popularized by the Section 108 podcast has clearly landed.
The White Sox are not alone near the top of the drinking charts. Washington Nationals fans were also tied with them at 2.5 in-game drinks on average, while other struggling or middling clubs such as the Anaheim Angels showed up high in the rankings too. Similar fan-behavior studies from 2021 had the White Sox near the top as well, and rebuilding teams tend to show up prominently in these booze-heavy surveys.
The Cubs, meanwhile, came in lower. Their fans averaged 2.2 in-game drinks, which placed them sixth in MLB. So even if the North Siders have the better record this season, the White Sox have the city’s beer belt locked down.
What has changed around the White Sox is the crowd size. Over the club’s last 23 home games, the team has averaged 27,577 fans, including six sellouts. That pushed the season average up to 22,818 after the White Sox drew just 17,605 per home game over their first 21 dates.
That’s a meaningful jump for a franchise that averaged 17,848 fans per home game last season. And the attendance spike has lined up with the on-field results: last year’s third straight 100-loss season didn’t bring the team to 1 million tickets sold until home game No. 57, while this season the White Sox have already crossed that mark in their 44th home game as they battle for the AL Central crown.
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