The Chicago White Sox are back and looking to recover from rock bottom.

Last season, the Sox finished with the highest loss total in modern MLB history (since 1900). In doing so, they joined a select list of American sports teams that will live in infamy as the owners of all-time poor league campaigns.

But a new season means new possibilities, and the White Sox are entering 2025 with an extremely young roster and hopes of a fresh start. After all, things can (probably) only go up from here, even if history tells us that "up" may not be sky-high.

Here's how other teams across American sports followed up their respective league-worst campaigns.

2008 Detroit Lions, 0-16

Record next season: 2-14

The Lions moved on from coach Rod Marinelli and replaced him with Jim Schwartz, but they didn't see much of an immediate jump under the team's new leadership.

Each of Detroit's two wins was followed by a six-game losing streak. Both victories came with rookie quarterback Matthew Stafford at the helm, who went on to play for 12 seasons in the Motor City.

2017 Cleveland Browns, 0-16

Record next season: 7-8-1

Cleveland's 2018 campaign was a strange one, but it came with decidedly more positive results than the year prior. The Browns played the Pittsburgh Steelers to a tie in their first game of the season and entered Week 6 at a solid 2-2-1.

Three straight losses followed, however, leading to Hue Jackson's firing. Interim coach Gregg Williams won five of the team's final eight games to finish just below .500.

1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 0-14

Record next season: 2-12

Before the Lions' and Browns' seasons of infamy, the Buccaneers were the first winless NFL team in 1976, when the league played a 14-game schedule. Tampa Bay's inaugural campaign didn't go well, and its second season in 1977 showed only faint signs of progress. An 0-12 start had the Buccaneers staring down the very real possibility of back-to-back winless seasons in December.

The team rallied late to win each of its final two games as a consolation prize, though, and Tampa Bay would make subsequent jumps to five wins in 1978 and 10 wins (along with a playoff berth) in 1979.

2011 Tulsa Shock, 3-31

Record next season: 9-25

Though the Shock had to battle through a nine-game losing streak to start the 2012 WNBA campaign, the team did eventually find some (relative) momentum over the back half of the season.

Tulsa finished 6-7 in its final 13 games for a 9-25 record that tripled its win total from the previous year.

1974-75 Washington Capitals, 8-67-5

Record next season: 11-59-10

Another squad that suffered a brutal inaugural campaign, the Capitals won three more games and earned five more ties in their second year as a franchise.

Washington did make some more noticeable improvements in goals for (jumping from 181 to 224) and goals against (down from 446 to 394) in Season 2 ... although that second stat still ranked worst in the league.

2011-12 Charlotte Bobcats, 7-59

Record next season: 21-61

One of the more dramatic Year 2 improvements on this list, the Bobcats (now the Charlotte Hornets) saw a sizable leap in the year after their disastrous lockout-shortened campaign.

Kemba Walker led the squad in points, assists and steals as the Bobcats survived an ugly 6-36 stretch that spanned December, January and February to finish the season with 21 wins.