Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
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90-64, Finished 1st in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Del Baker (90-64)
Scored 888 runs, Allowed 717 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 92-62
Ballparks: Briggs Stadium · Attendance: 1,112,693 (1st of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 109, Pitching - 108 · one-year: Batting - 110, Pitching - 108
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| Season Summary | 90-64, Final Rank:1, GB: 0.0 | |
| Days in First | 43 | last on Sunday, Sep 29, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day |
| 53 | last on Sep 29, counts all days of the season including off days | |
| Biggest Lead | 3 | last on Friday, Sep 27, for days on which they played |
| Farthest Behind | 5.5 | last on Wednesday, Aug 21, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | 28 | last on Friday, Sep 27 |
| Most Games under .500 | 1 | last on Friday, Apr 19 |
| Longest Winning Streak | 6 | Friday, Jun 14 to Wednesday, Jun 19 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 6 | Friday, Aug 16 to Wednesday, Aug 21 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 16 | Saturday, Sep 14 |
| Most Runs Scored | 15 | Thursday, May 30 and Saturday, Jul 27 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 14 | Sunday, Sep 29 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 4 | |
| Times Opponent Shutout | 10 | |
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| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
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| 1 | 1 | Tuesday, Apr 16 | boxscore | DET | SLB | L | 1 | 5 | 0-1 | 5 | 1.0 | Coffman | Newsom | 2:21 | D | 49,417 | - | |||
| 2 | 2 | Thursday, Apr 18 | boxscore | DET | SLB | W | 4 | 2 | 1-1 | 3 | 1.0 | Bridges | Kennedy | D | + | |||||
| 3 | 3 | Friday, Apr 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 0 | 4 | 1-2 | 6 | 1.5 | Allen | Pippen | 2:05 | D | 26,529 | - | ||
| 4 | 4 | Sunday, Apr 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 12 | 2 | 2-2 | 4 | 1.0 | Rowe | Feller | 2:10 | D | 18,264 | + | ||
| 5 | 5 | Monday, Apr 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 6 | 5 | 3-2 | 3 | 0.5 | Conger | Brown | Benton | 2:46 | D | 5,009 | ++ | |
| 6 | 6 | Wednesday, Apr 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 2 | 1 | 4-2 | 2 | 0.5 | Bridges | Rigney | 1:50 | D | 1,500 | +++ | ||
| 7 | 7 | Thursday, Apr 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | SLB | W | 4 | 2 | 5-2 | 2 | 0.5 | Newsom | Auker | 2:21 | D | 1,162 | ++++ | ||
| 8 | 8 | Saturday, Apr 27 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 2 | 4 | 5-3 | 2 | 1.0 | Naymick | Newhouser | Humphries | 2:15 | D | 20,133 | - | ||
| 9 | 9 | Sunday, Apr 28 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 9 | 11 | 10 | 5-4 | 3 | 2.0 | Smith | Thomas | 3:03 | D | 30,200 | -- | ||
| 10 | 10 | Monday, Apr 29 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 4 | 3 | 6-4 | 3 | 1.0 | Pippen | Feller | Benton | 2:33 | D | 9,072 | + | ||
| 11 | 11 | Tuesday, Apr 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSH | L | 4 | 9 | 6-5 | 3 | 2.0 | Haynes | Bridges | 2:20 | D | 3,000 | - | ||
| 12 | 12 | Wednesday, May 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSH | W | 10 | 7 | 7-5 | 3 | 1.0 | Nelson | Krakauskas | 2:56 | D | 1,000 | + | ||
| 13 | 13 | Thursday, May 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSH | W | 5 | 3 | 8-5 | 3 | 0.5 | Newhouser | Hudson | 2:11 | D | 2,000 | ++ | ||
| 14 | 14 | Saturday, May 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | PHA | L | 5 | 14 | 8-6 | 3 | 2.0 | Babich | Hutchinson | 2:14 | D | 6,000 | - | ||
| 15 | 15 | Sunday, May 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 6 | 4 | 9-6 | 3 | 1.5 | McKain | Chandler | Benton | 2:35 | D | 36,937 | + | |
| 16 | 16 | Monday, May 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 6 | 4 | 10-6 | 3 | 1.0 | Seats | Murphy | 2:20 | D | 5,650 | ++ | ||
| 17 | 17 | Tuesday, May 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 4 | 2 | 11-6 | 2 | 1.0 | Newhouser | Sundra | Benton | 2:18 | D | 10,482 | +++ | |
| 18 | 18 | Wednesday, May 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 4 | 5 | 11-7 | 3 | 2.0 | Bagby | Pippen | Wilson | 2:15 | D | 3,800 | - | |
| 19 | 19 | Thursday, May 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 5 | 6 | 10 | 11-8 | 3 | 3.0 | Hash | Benton | 2:32 | D | 7,700 | -- | |
| 20 | 20 | Friday, May 10 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 3 | 0 | 12-8 | 3 | 3.0 | Newsom | Rigney | 1:42 | D | 4,342 | + | |||
| 21 | 21 | Saturday, May 11 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 0 | 1 | 12-9 | 3 | 4.0 | Knott | Bridges | 1:58 | D | 24,525 | - | |||
| 22 | 22 | Sunday, May 12 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 3 | 4 | 12-10 | 3 | 4.0 | Lyons | Nelson | 2:04 | D | 18,517 | -- | |||
| 23 | 23 | Tuesday, May 14 | boxscore | DET | WSH | L | 2 | 4 | 12-11 | 3 | 5.0 | Leonard | Newhouser | 1:53 | D | 5,032 | --- | |||
| 24 | 24 | Saturday, May 18 | boxscore | DET | PHA | W | 8 | 6 | 13-11 | 3 | 5.0 | Newsom | Babich | 2:05 | D | 8,470 | + | |||
| 25 | 25 | Monday, May 20 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 10 | 7 | 14-11 | 3 | 4.0 | Rowe | Hash | 2:16 | D | 7,931 | ++ | |||
| 26 | 26 | Tuesday, May 21 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 8 | 11 | 14-12 | 3 | 5.0 | Dickman | Trout | 2:32 | D | 6,908 | - | |||
| 27 | 27 | Wednesday, May 22 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 2 | 8 | 14-13 | 3 | 5.0 | Breuer | Newhouser | 2:06 | D | 9,914 | -- | |||
| 28 | 28 | Thursday, May 23 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 3 | 2 | 15-13 | 3 | 4.5 | Newsom | Ruffing | 2:02 | D | 9,429 | + | |||
| 29 | 29 | Friday, May 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 1 | 2 | 15-14 | 3 | 5.0 | Rigney | Bridges | 1:42 | D | 2,000 | - | ||
| 30 | 30 | Saturday, May 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 10 | 4 | 8 | 16-14 | 3 | 4.5 | Trout | Knott | Benton | 2:12 | D | 7,000 | + |
| 31 | 31 | Monday, May 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 6 | 1 | 17-14 | 3 | 3.5 | Newsom | Naymick | 2:16 | D | 25,718 | ++ | ||
| 32 | 32 | Tuesday, May 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 8 | 5 | 18-14 | 3 | 3.5 | Benton | Zuber | 2:37 | D | 2,000 | +++ | ||
| 33 | 33 | Wednesday, May 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 4 | 7 | 18-15 | 3 | 4.5 | Feller | Seats | 2:04 | D | 2,500 | - | ||
| 34 | 34 | Thursday, May 30 | boxscore | DET | SLB | W | 2 | 1 | 19-15 | 3 | 3.5 | Bridges | Niggeling | 1:45 | D | 0 | + | |||
| 35 | 35 | Thursday, May 30 | boxscore | DET | SLB | W | 15 | 6 | 20-15 | 3 | 3.5 | Rowe | Coffman | 2:18 | D | 33,461 | ++ | |||
| 36 | 36 | Saturday, Jun 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSH | W | 12 | 3 | 21-15 | 3 | 3.5 | Newsom | Hudlin | D | +++ | ||||
| 37 | 37 | Sunday, Jun 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSH | W | 8 | 6 | 22-15 | 3 | 3.0 | Benton | Monteagudo | 2:05 | D | 1,000 | ++++ | ||
| 38 | 38 | Monday, Jun 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSH | L | 3 | 9 | 22-16 | 3 | 3.0 | Leonard | Gorsica | 1:55 | D | - | |||
| 39 | 39 | Tuesday, Jun 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | PHA | L | 6 | 8 | 22-17 | 3 | 3.0 | Babich | Bridges | Heusser | 2:30 | D | 2,500 | -- | |
| 40 | 40 | Wednesday, Jun 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | PHA | W | 9 | 1 | 23-17 | 3 | 2.0 | Rowe | Caster | 2:10 | N | 18,553 | + | ||
| 41 | 41 | Thursday, Jun 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | PHA | L | 4 | 7 | 23-18 | 3 | 3.0 | Dean | Benton | 2:05 | D | 6,000 | - | ||
| 42 | 42 | Friday, Jun 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 7 | 1 | 24-18 | 3 | 2.0 | Newhouser | Butland | 2:14 | D | 1,170 | + | ||
| 43 | 43 | Saturday, Jun 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 4 | 2 | 25-18 | 3 | 1.5 | Gorsica | Galehouse | D | ++ | ||||
| 44 | 44 | Tuesday, Jun 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 6 | 1 | 26-18 | 2 | 1.0 | Bridges | Donald | 2:03 | D | 5,654 | +++ | ||
| 45 | 45 | Wednesday, Jun 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 5 | 7 | 26-19 | 2 | 2.0 | Hadley | Benton | 2:02 | D | 10,036 | - | ||
| 46 | 46 | Thursday, Jun 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 2 | 3 | 10 | 26-20 | 3 | 2.5 | Smith | Trout | 2:19 | D | 3,000 | -- | |
| 47 | 47 | Friday, Jun 14 | boxscore | DET | WSH | W | 10 | 1 | 27-20 | 3 | 2.5 | Newhouser | Masterson | 2:12 | D | 4,401 | + | |||
| 48 | 48 | Saturday, Jun 15 | boxscore | DET | WSH | W | 11 | 1 | 28-20 | 2 | 2.0 | Newsom | Hudson | 2:04 | D | 0 | ++ | |||
| 49 | 49 | Saturday, Jun 15 | boxscore | DET | WSH | W | 8 | 0 | 29-20 | 2 | 2.0 | Gorsica | Haynes | 1:55 | D | 26,402 | +++ | |||
| 50 | 50 | Sunday, Jun 16 | boxscore | DET | WSH | W | 8 | 7 | 30-20 | 2 | 2.5 | McKain | Chase | 2:08 | D | 19,760 | ++++ | |||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Wednesday, Jun 19 | boxscore | DET | PHA | W | 5 | 4 | 10 | 31-20 | 2 | 0.5 | Newsom | Potter | 2:27 | D | 0 | +++++ | ||
| 52 | 52 | Wednesday, Jun 19 | boxscore | DET | PHA | W | 9 | 4 | 32-20 | 2 | 0.5 | Rowe | Caster | Benton | 1:58 | D | 16,351 | ++++++ | ||
| 53 | 53 | Thursday, Jun 20 | boxscore | DET | PHA | L | 4 | 6 | 32-21 | 2 | 1.0 | Dean | Newhouser | Heusser | 2:07 | D | 4,262 | - | ||
| 54 | 54 | Friday, Jun 21 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 7 | 12 | 32-22 | 2 | 2.0 | Ruffing | Gorsica | Sundra | 2:42 | D | 11,717 | -- | ||
| 55 | 55 | Saturday, Jun 22 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 3 | 2 | 33-22 | 2 | 2.0 | Benton | Hildebrand | 2:00 | D | 14,694 | + | |||
| 56 | 56 | Sunday, Jun 23 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 9 | 2 | 34-22 | 2 | 1.5 | Newsom | Breuer | 2:08 | D | 32,892 | ++ | |||
| 57 | 57 | Tuesday, Jun 25 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 7 | 11 | 34-23 | 2 | 2.5 | Wilson | Rowe | 2:09 | D | 0 | - | |||
| 58 | 58 | Tuesday, Jun 25 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 5 | 1 | 35-23 | 2 | 2.5 | Newhouser | Galehouse | 1:58 | D | 26,169 | + | |||
| 59 | 59 | Wednesday, Jun 26 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 1 | 3 | 35-24 | 2 | 2.5 | Hash | Gorsica | 1:58 | D | 8,329 | - | |||
| 60 | 60 | Thursday, Jun 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | SLB | W | 2 | 1 | 36-24 | 2 | 2.0 | Newsom | Harris | 2:21 | N | 15,258 | + | ||
| 61 | 61 | Saturday, Jun 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | SLB | W | 9 | 5 | 37-24 | 2 | 2.0 | Bridges | Auker | Benton | D | ++ | |||
| 62 | 62 | Saturday, Jun 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | SLB | T | 9 | 9 | 37-24 | 2 | 2.0 | 2:44 | D | 3,849 | ++ | ||||
| 63 | 63 | Sunday, Jun 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | SLB | L | 6 | 7 | 11 | 37-25 | 2 | 2.0 | Lawson | Newhouser | 2:40 | D | 0 | - | |
| 64 | 64 | Sunday, Jun 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | SLB | W | 10 | 1 | 7 | 38-25 | 2 | 2.0 | Gorsica | Kramer | 2:03 | D | 9,492 | + | |
| 65 | 65 | Monday, Jul 1 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 3 | 1 | 39-25 | 2 | 1.0 | Newsom | Rigney | 1:45 | D | 5,018 | ++ | |||
| 66 | 66 | Tuesday, Jul 2 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 10 | 9 | 40-25 | 1 | Tied | Benton | Brown | McKain | 2:37 | D | 4,663 | +++ | ||
| 67 | 67 | Wednesday, Jul 3 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 7 | 12 | 40-26 | 2 | 1.0 | Knott | Trout | Rigney | 2:32 | D | 5,171 | - | ||
| 68 | 68 | Thursday, Jul 4 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 5 | 3 | 41-26 | 2 | 1.0 | Bridges | Smith | 1:55 | D | 0 | + | |||
| 69 | 69 | Thursday, Jul 4 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 1 | 2 | 11 | 41-27 | 2 | 1.0 | Allen | Benton | 2:30 | D | 57,633 | - | ||
| 70 | 70 | Saturday, Jul 6 | boxscore | DET | SLB | W | 11 | 2 | 42-27 | 2 | 0.5 | Newsom | Kennedy | D | + | |||||
| 71 | 71 | Saturday, Jul 6 | boxscore | DET | SLB | W | 2 | 0 | 43-27 | 2 | 0.5 | Gorsica | Niggeling | 1:50 | D | 25,005 | ++ | |||
| 72 | 72 | Sunday, Jul 7 | boxscore | DET | SLB | W | 5 | 2 | 44-27 | 1 | up 0.5 | Rowe | Harris | Benton | 2:00 | D | 13,587 | +++ | ||
| 73 | 73 | Thursday, Jul 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSH | L | 3 | 7 | 44-28 | 2 | 0.5 | Hudson | Newhouser | 1:50 | D | 3,500 | - | ||
| 74 | 74 | Saturday, Jul 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSH | W | 4 | 3 | 45-28 | 2 | 0.5 | Smith | Leonard | Benton | 2:15 | D | 0 | + | |
| 75 | 75 | Saturday, Jul 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSH | W | 4 | 0 | 46-28 | 2 | 0.5 | Newsom | Masterson | 2:15 | D | 14,000 | ++ | ||
| 76 | 76 | Sunday, Jul 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | PHA | L | 2 | 8 | 46-29 | 2 | 1.0 | Vaughan | Rowe | 1:49 | D | 0 | - | ||
| 77 | 77 | Sunday, Jul 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | PHA | L | 2 | 5 | 46-30 | 2 | 1.0 | Potter | Gorsica | 2:15 | D | 21,030 | -- | ||
| 78 | 78 | Monday, Jul 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | PHA | W | 9 | 8 | 47-30 | 1 | Tied | Newhouser | Heusser | Trout | 2:19 | D | 3,000 | + | |
| 79 | 79 | Tuesday, Jul 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | PHA | L | 1 | 3 | 47-31 | 1 | Tied | Caster | Hutchinson | 1:26 | D | 2,500 | - | ||
| 80 | 80 | Wednesday, Jul 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 3 | 8 | 47-32 | 2 | 0.5 | Ostermueller | Benton | D | -- | ||||
| 81 | 81 | Wednesday, Jul 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 5 | 8 | 47-33 | 2 | 0.5 | Bagby | Smith | Dickman | 2:00 | D | 32,400 | --- | |
| 82 | 82 | Thursday, Jul 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 10 | 8 | 11 | 48-33 | 1 | up 0.5 | Seats | Wilson | Benton | 3:12 | D | 5,800 | + |
| 83 | 83 | Friday, Jul 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 4 | 0 | 49-33 | 1 | up 1.5 | Bridges | Galehouse | 1:59 | D | 13,300 | ++ | ||
| 84 | 84 | Saturday, Jul 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 3 | 1 | 50-33 | 1 | up 1.5 | Newhouser | Ruffing | 2:20 | D | 16,868 | +++ | ||
| 85 | 85 | Sunday, Jul 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 4 | 3 | 51-33 | 1 | up 1.5 | McKain | Breuer | Benton | D | ++++ | |||
| 86 | 86 | Sunday, Jul 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 3 | 2 | 52-33 | 1 | up 1.5 | Rowe | Russo | Trout | D | +++++ | |||
| 87 | 87 | Tuesday, Jul 23 | boxscore | DET | WSH | L | 3 | 6 | 52-34 | 1 | up 0.5 | Chase | Gorsica | D | - | |||||
| 88 | 88 | Wednesday, Jul 24 | boxscore | DET | WSH | W | 7 | 5 | 53-34 | 1 | up 0.5 | Hutchinson | Hudson | Benton | 1:58 | D | 6,044 | + | ||
| 89 | 89 | Thursday, Jul 25 | boxscore | DET | WSH | W | 5 | 2 | 54-34 | 1 | up 1.5 | Newhouser | Leonard | McKain | 2:15 | D | 5,481 | ++ | ||
| 90 | 90 | Friday, Jul 26 | boxscore | DET | PHA | L | 4 | 7 | 54-35 | 1 | up 0.5 | Caster | Bridges | 2:20 | D | 4,971 | - | |||
| 91 | 91 | Saturday, Jul 27 | boxscore | DET | PHA | W | 15 | 2 | 55-35 | 1 | up 2.0 | Rowe | Potter | 2:24 | D | 0 | + | |||
| 92 | 92 | Saturday, Jul 27 | boxscore | DET | PHA | W | 8 | 7 | 56-35 | 1 | up 2.0 | Gorsica | Vaughan | Benton | 2:42 | D | 23,470 | ++ | ||
| 93 | 93 | Sunday, Jul 28 | boxscore | DET | PHA | L | 5 | 9 | 11 | 56-36 | 1 | up 1.5 | Beckmann | Newsom | 3:18 | D | 13,967 | - | ||
| 94 | 94 | Monday, Jul 29 | boxscore | DET | PHA | L | 7 | 9 | 56-37 | 1 | up 1.0 | Potter | Hutchinson | Vaughan | 2:14 | D | 8,310 | -- | ||
| 95 | 95 | Tuesday, Jul 30 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 6 | 8 | 56-38 | 1 | Tied | Ruffing | Newhouser | Murphy | 2:35 | D | 14,845 | --- | ||
| 96 | 96 | Wednesday, Jul 31 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 7 | 6 | 11 | 57-38 | 1 | Tied | McKain | Gomez | 2:50 | D | 13,169 | + | ||
| 97 | 97 | Thursday, Aug 1 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 11 | 2 | 58-38 | 1 | up 1.0 | Rowe | Breuer | 2:08 | D | 16,440 | ++ | |||
| 98 | 98 | Friday, Aug 2 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 9 | 12 | 58-39 | 1 | up 1.0 | Wilson | Seats | Heving | 3:01 | D | 8,693 | - | ||
| 99 | 99 | Saturday, Aug 3 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 6 | 4 | 59-39 | 1 | up 1.5 | Hutchinson | Bagby | Benton | 2:16 | D | 0 | + | ||
| 100 | 100 | Saturday, Aug 3 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 14 | 2 | 60-39 | 1 | up 1.5 | Gorsica | Hash | 2:04 | D | 38,150 | ++ | |||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 101 | 101 | Sunday, Aug 4 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 3 | 7 | 60-40 | 1 | up 0.5 | Grove | Newhouser | 2:23 | D | 27,398 | - | |||
| 102 | 102 | Monday, Aug 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | SLB | W | 9 | 2 | 61-40 | 1 | Tied | Rowe | Niggeling | D | + | ||||
| 103 | 103 | Monday, Aug 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | SLB | L | 0 | 4 | 6 | 61-41 | 1 | Tied | Whitehead | Bridges | 1:18 | D | 2,158 | - | |
| 104 | 104 | Tuesday, Aug 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | SLB | W | 6 | 2 | 62-41 | 1 | up 0.5 | Newsom | Harris | McKain | 2:37 | N | 8,252 | + | |
| 105 | 105 | Wednesday, Aug 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | SLB | W | 7 | 5 | 63-41 | 1 | up 0.5 | Gorsica | Trotter | Benton | 2:08 | D | 1,081 | ++ | |
| 106 | 106 | Friday, Aug 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 2 | 3 | 63-42 | 1 | up 0.5 | Smith | Benton | N | 36,713 | - | |||
| 107 | 107 | Saturday, Aug 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 5 | 2 | 5 | 64-42 | 1 | up 1.0 | Rowe | Lee | 1:06 | D | 17,247 | + | |
| 108 | 108 | Sunday, Aug 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 3 | 4 | 64-43 | 1 | Tied | Lyons | Hutchinson | 2:26 | D | 0 | - | ||
| 109 | 109 | Sunday, Aug 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 3 | 4 | 64-44 | 1 | Tied | Brown | Bridges | 2:00 | D | 32,032 | -- | ||
| 110 | 110 | Monday, Aug 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 5 | 8 | 64-45 | 2 | 1.0 | Feller | Newhouser | 2:30 | D | 23,720 | --- | ||
| 111 | 111 | Tuesday, Aug 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 5 | 6 | 64-46 | 2 | 2.0 | Eisenstat | Benton | 2:39 | D | 16,128 | ---- | ||
| 112 | 112 | Wednesday, Aug 14 | boxscore | DET | SLB | W | 13 | 7 | 65-46 | 2 | 2.0 | Trout | Lawson | 2:43 | D | 6,733 | + | |||
| 113 | 113 | Thursday, Aug 15 | boxscore | DET | SLB | W | 5 | 2 | 66-46 | 2 | 2.0 | Newsom | Mills | 2:17 | D | 6,962 | ++ | |||
| 114 | 114 | Friday, Aug 16 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 4 | 13 | 66-47 | 2 | 3.0 | Rigney | Bridges | 2:00 | D | 10,013 | - | |||
| 115 | 115 | Saturday, Aug 17 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 5 | 9 | 66-48 | 2 | 3.0 | Knott | Trout | Brown | 2:40 | D | 13,706 | -- | ||
| 116 | 116 | Sunday, Aug 18 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 5 | 7 | 66-49 | 2 | 3.5 | Lyons | Benton | 2:24 | D | 19,292 | --- | |||
| 117 | 117 | Tuesday, Aug 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 3 | 4 | 66-50 | 2 | 4.5 | Ruffing | Rowe | 2:05 | D | 0 | ---- | ||
| 118 | 118 | Tuesday, Aug 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 2 | 4 | 66-51 | 2 | 4.5 | Bonham | Trout | 2:00 | D | 30,346 | ----- | ||
| 119 | 119 | Wednesday, Aug 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 5 | 6 | 66-52 | 2 | 5.5 | Murphy | Benton | 2:30 | D | 9,234 | ------ | ||
| 120 | 120 | Thursday, Aug 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 9 | 8 | 10 | 67-52 | 2 | 4.5 | Hutchinson | Bagby | 2:32 | D | 6,600 | + | |
| 121 | 121 | Saturday, Aug 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 12 | 1 | 68-52 | 2 | 3.5 | Bridges | Heving | 2:12 | D | 0 | ++ | ||
| 122 | 122 | Saturday, Aug 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 7 | 8 | 68-53 | 2 | 3.5 | Dickman | Trout | 2:05 | D | 29,209 | - | ||
| 123 | 123 | Sunday, Aug 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | PHA | W | 7 | 3 | 69-53 | 2 | 2.5 | Newsom | Ross | 2:11 | D | 19,794 | + | ||
| 124 | 124 | Thursday, Aug 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSH | W | 3 | 2 | 70-53 | 2 | 2.0 | Rowe | Chase | 2:11 | D | 0 | ++ | ||
| 125 | 125 | Thursday, Aug 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSH | W | 6 | 0 | 6 | 71-53 | 2 | 2.0 | Newsom | Hudson | 1:31 | D | 4,000 | +++ | |
| 126 | 126 | Saturday, Aug 31 | boxscore | DET | @ | SLB | W | 6 | 1 | 72-53 | 2 | 2.5 | Bridges | Harris | 2:05 | D | 1,819 | ++++ | ||
| 127 | 127 | Sunday, Sep 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | SLB | L | 2 | 8 | 72-54 | 2 | 3.5 | Niggeling | Gorsica | 2:02 | D | 5,763 | - | ||
| 128 | 128 | Monday, Sep 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 1 | 2 | 72-55 | 2 | 3.5 | Dietrich | Newsom | D | -- | ||||
| 129 | 129 | Monday, Sep 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 0 | 4 | 72-56 | 2 | 3.5 | Rigney | Trout | 1:51 | D | 27,654 | --- | ||
| 130 | 130 | Tuesday, Sep 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 2 | 10 | 72-57 | 3 | 4.0 | Knott | Hutchinson | 2:09 | D | 2,681 | ---- | ||
| 131 | 131 | Wednesday, Sep 4 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 7 | 2 | 73-57 | 2 | 3.0 | Rowe | Feller | 2:13 | D | 17,710 | + | |||
| 132 | 132 | Thursday, Sep 5 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 11 | 3 | 74-57 | 2 | 2.0 | Benton | Smith | 2:10 | D | 18,508 | ++ | |||
| 133 | 133 | Friday, Sep 6 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 10 | 5 | 75-57 | 2 | 1.0 | Newsom | Allen | 2:45 | D | 22,566 | +++ | |||
| 134 | 134 | Saturday, Sep 7 | boxscore | DET | SLB | W | 5 | 4 | 76-57 | 1 | Tied | Benton | Kennedy | D | ++++ | |||||
| 135 | 135 | Sunday, Sep 8 | boxscore | DET | SLB | W | 5 | 4 | 77-57 | 1 | Tied | Bridges | Niggeling | 1:56 | D | 24,632 | +++++ | |||
| 136 | 136 | Tuesday, Sep 10 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 5 | 6 | 13 | 77-58 | 1 | Tied | Grove | Benton | 3:05 | D | 6,634 | - | ||
| 137 | 137 | Wednesday, Sep 11 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 11 | 7 | 78-58 | 1 | up 0.5 | McKain | Heving | 2:54 | D | 3,966 | + | |||
| 138 | 138 | Thursday, Sep 12 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 6 | 3 | 79-58 | 1 | up 0.5 | Rowe | Donald | 2:19 | D | 19,272 | ++ | |||
| 139 | 139 | Friday, Sep 13 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 8 | 0 | 80-58 | 1 | up 0.5 | Bridges | Russo | 2:09 | D | 25,514 | +++ | |||
| 140 | 140 | Saturday, Sep 14 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 7 | 16 | 80-59 | 1 | up 0.5 | Breuer | Newsom | 2:51 | D | 56,697 | - | |||
| 141 | 141 | Sunday, Sep 15 | boxscore | DET | WSH | L | 1 | 6 | 80-60 | 2 | 1.0 | Leonard | Hutchinson | 2:02 | D | 21,613 | -- | |||
| 142 | 142 | Monday, Sep 16 | boxscore | DET | WSH | W | 9 | 2 | 81-60 | 2 | 0.5 | Newsom | Krakauskas | 1:52 | D | 3,917 | + | |||
| 143 | 143 | Tuesday, Sep 17 | boxscore | DET | WSH | W | 6 | 3 | 82-60 | 1 | up 0.5 | Rowe | Masterson | Benton | 1:51 | D | 5,655 | ++ | ||
| 144 | 144 | Wednesday, Sep 18 | boxscore | DET | PHA | W | 14 | 0 | 83-60 | 2 | 0.5 | Bridges | Caster | Seats | 2:04 | D | 0 | +++ | ||
| 145 | 145 | Wednesday, Sep 18 | boxscore | DET | PHA | L | 6 | 13 | 83-61 | 2 | 0.5 | Heusser | Gorsica | Ross | 2:00 | D | 12,757 | - | ||
| 146 | 146 | Thursday, Sep 19 | boxscore | DET | PHA | W | 13 | 2 | 84-61 | 1 | Tied | Giebell | Dean | 1:37 | D | 0 | + | |||
| 147 | 147 | Thursday, Sep 19 | boxscore | DET | PHA | W | 10 | 1 | 85-61 | 1 | Tied | Trout | Potter | 1:34 | D | 10,493 | ++ | |||
| 148 | 148 | Friday, Sep 20 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 6 | 5 | 86-61 | 1 | up 1.0 | Newhouser | Feller | Benton | 2:55 | D | 22,508 | +++ | ||
| 149 | 149 | Saturday, Sep 21 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 5 | 0 | 87-61 | 1 | up 2.0 | Rowe | Milnar | 2:12 | D | 42,320 | ++++ | |||
| 150 | 150 | Sunday, Sep 22 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 5 | 10 | 87-62 | 1 | up 1.0 | Feller | Bridges | 2:56 | D | 56,771 | - | |||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 151 | 151 | Wednesday, Sep 25 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 10 | 9 | 10 | 88-62 | 1 | up 2.0 | Newsom | Brown | 2:18 | D | 0 | + | ||
| 152 | 152 | Wednesday, Sep 25 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 3 | 2 | 89-62 | 1 | up 2.0 | Newsom | Rigney | 2:04 | D | 21,566 | ++ | |||
| 153 | 153 | Friday, Sep 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 2 | 0 | 90-62 | 1 | up 3.0 | Giebell | Feller | 2:39 | D | 32,553 | +++ | ||
| 154 | 154 | Saturday, Sep 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 1 | 2 | 90-63 | 1 | up 2.0 | Harder | Newsom | 1:37 | D | 18,346 | - | ||
| 155 | 155 | Sunday, Sep 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 2 | 3 | 14 | 90-64 | 1 | up 1.0 | Milnar | Hutchinson | D | -- | |||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak |
Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.