Win rate White v Black

Caveat:  I am clearly a beginner and I make way too many blunders and mistakes.  That said, overall I have won more games than I lost at my lowly ratings levels.

I have always heard that white has a slightly higher win rate than black.  Google tells me first movers advantage gives white a 52-56% chance of winning.   At ~ 60 games played I have won 50% of my games as white, only drawn once.  Conversely, I have won 58% of my games as black while never drawing.  

At my level of play I would assume my blunders would be randomly distributed by color.  However, I'm averaging 1.7 blunders a game as Black and 2.5 as White.  This is clearly enough to swing my win rates by color.

Obviously, I need to work on not making as many blunders in general and I know many of them are because I am too focused on my own lines and not watching what my opponent is doing.  Beyond that, I still have to say there is something about playing white I mess up more than expected.

Insights are appreciated.

It  could just be a sample size thing and results will even out over time.

Another thought, as far as blunders go, is that if your games as white are, on average, longer than your games as black, then there would be more opportunities to blunder.

Finally, the first-move advantage that white has only converts to a higher win percentage at a certain level of chess skill. I don't know at what level that starts to kick in, but I suspect that below a 1000 rating the high frequency of blunders, mistakes, and weak moves obliterates white's opening advantage.

if the games were all short I'd be inclined to agree.  But given the relative strength graphs I see at my level where games swing back and forth regularly as both my opponents and myself miss opportunities I don't think first blunder matters much.

Shamed to say, I missed a mate in one and went on to lose the game nearly 15 moves later.  But that is typical down here in the slums.

@landloch

I considered sample size, its still a bit on the small side but appears to be tracking towards significance.  I'm just concerned there is something material I am missing.  Beyond just sucking at the game right now.

I'm inclined to believe it's just sucking at the game right now. Mastering the opening principles (control the center, activate your pieces, get your king to safety), studying tactics, mastering basic mates, and learning not to leave pieces hanging will pay far, far more dividends than trying to parse out differences in your white vs. black play. 

Ive experienced something similar.My results with black have always been slightly better than my results with white. Also if memory serves correct most of my wins and draws against 2000+players have happened when I had the black pieces. I feel like the reason is that I just know the opening theory better and feel more comfortable with the middle game positions I get when I have the black pieces.