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88-65, Finished 1st in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Steve O'Neill (88-65)
Scored 633 runs, Allowed 565 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-69
Ballparks: Briggs Stadium · Attendance: 1,280,341 (1st of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 105 · one-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 105
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Won World Series (4-3) over Chicago Cubs |
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| Season Summary | 88-65, Final Rank:1, GB: 0.0 | |
| Days in First | 89 | last on Sunday, Sep 30, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day |
| 115 | last on Sep 30, counts all days of the season including off days | |
| Biggest Lead | 5 | last on Wednesday, Aug 1, for days on which they played |
| Farthest Behind | 2.5 | last on Tuesday, Jun 5, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | 25 | last on Sunday, Sep 16 |
| Most Games under .500 | 1 | last on Tuesday, Apr 17 |
| Longest Winning Streak | 6 | Friday, Jul 27 to Thursday, Aug 2 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 4 | Thursday, Jul 12 to Sunday, Jul 15 and Friday, Aug 3 to Sunday, Aug 5 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 14 | Thursday, Sep 6 |
| Most Runs Scored | 15 | Monday, Aug 13 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 24 | Saturday, Jul 21 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 14 | |
| Times Opponent Shutout | 19 | |
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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 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | SLB | L | 1 | 7 | 0-1 | 5 | 1.0 | Jakucki | Newhouser | 1:45 | D | 4,167 | - | ||
| 2 | 2 | Wednesday, Apr 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | SLB | W | 11 | 0 | 1-1 | 3 | 1.0 | Trout | Kramer | 2:18 | D | 1,665 | + | ||
| 3 | 3 | Thursday, Apr 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | SLB | W | 1 | 0 | 2-1 | 3 | 1.0 | Benton | Potter | 1:58 | D | 1,641 | ++ | ||
| 4 | 4 | Friday, Apr 20 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 1 | 4 | 2-2 | 3 | 2.0 | Gromek | Overmire | D | - | |||||
| 5 | 5 | Saturday, Apr 21 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 3 | 2 | 11 | 3-2 | 3 | 1.0 | Newhouser | Embree | 2:44 | D | 4,374 | + | ||
| 6 | 6 | Sunday, Apr 22 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 6 | 3 | 4-2 | 3 | 1.5 | Trout | Reynolds | 2:00 | D | 33,063 | ++ | |||
| 7 | 7 | Saturday, Apr 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 5 | 1 | 5-2 | 2 | 1.0 | Benton | Bagby | 1:49 | D | 2,000 | +++ | ||
| 8 | 8 | Sunday, Apr 29 (1) | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 0 | 4 | 5-3 | 1 | Tied | Gromek | Newhouser | 2:12 | D | 0 | - | ||
| 9 | 9 | Sunday, Apr 29 (2) | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 4 | 0 | 6-3 | 1 | Tied | Trout | Embree | 1:45 | D | 8,450 | + | ||
| 10 | 10 | Tuesday, May 1 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 0 | 5 | 6-4 | 3 | 1.0 | Haynes | Wilson | 1:40 | D | 3,294 | - | |||
| 11 | 11 | Wednesday, May 2 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 2 | 1 | 7-4 | 2 | 0.5 | Benton | Grove | 1:30 | D | 3,792 | + | |||
| 12 | 12 | Saturday, May 5 | boxscore | DET | SLB | L | 0 | 5 | 7-5 | 3 | 1.5 | Kramer | Trout | 1:50 | D | 3,354 | - | |||
| 13 | 13 | Sunday, May 6 (1) | boxscore | DET | SLB | W | 3 | 0 | 8-5 | 3 | 1.0 | Newhouser | Jakucki | 3:09 | D | 39,482 | + | |||
| 14 | 14 | Sunday, May 6 (2) | boxscore | DET | SLB | W | 1 | 0 | 9-5 | 3 | 1.0 | Benton | Shirley | 1:28 | D | 39,482 | ++ | |||
| 15 | 15 | Wednesday, May 9 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 4 | 1 | 10-5 | 2 | 0.5 | Trout | Gettel | 1:44 | D | 7,574 | +++ | |||
| 16 | 16 | Friday, May 11 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 3 | 7 | 10-6 | 3 | 0.5 | Borowy | Newhouser | 2:00 | D | 7,688 | - | |||
| 17 | 17 | Sunday, May 13 (1) | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 2 | 8 | 10-7 | 3 | 1.0 | Ferriss | Trout | 2:01 | D | 0 | -- | |||
| 18 | 18 | Sunday, May 13 (2) | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 2 | 0 | 11-7 | 3 | 1.0 | Benton | Wilson | 1:32 | D | 30,989 | + | |||
| 19 | 19 | Saturday, May 19 (1) | boxscore | DET | WSH | L | 2 | 6 | 11-8 | 2 | 1.0 | Wolff | Trout | 1:40 | D | 0 | - | |||
| 20 | 20 | Saturday, May 19 (2) | boxscore | DET | WSH | W | 3 | 0 | 12-8 | 2 | 1.0 | Newhouser | Haefner | 1:40 | D | 9,949 | + | |||
| 21 | 21 | Sunday, May 20 (1) | boxscore | DET | WSH | W | 4 | 1 | 13-8 | 2 | 2.0 | Overmire | Niggeling | 1:45 | D | 0 | ++ | |||
| 22 | 22 | Sunday, May 20 (2) | boxscore | DET | WSH | L | 0 | 1 | 13-9 | 2 | 2.0 | Pieretti | Benton | 1:29 | D | 31,900 | - | |||
| 23 | 23 | Wednesday, May 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | PHA | W | 7 | 1 | 14-9 | 2 | 1.0 | Newhouser | Flores | 1:51 | D | 2,273 | + | ||
| 24 | 24 | Thursday, May 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | PHA | L | 2 | 7 | 14-10 | 3 | 1.0 | Christopher | Mueller | 2:10 | D | 2,732 | - | ||
| 25 | 25 | Friday, May 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | PHA | W | 2 | 1 | 15-10 | 2 | 0.5 | Overmire | Newsom | 2:03 | N | 19,240 | + | ||
| 26 | 26 | Saturday, May 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | PHA | W | 5 | 4 | 16-10 | 2 | 0.5 | Wilson | Gerkin | 1:51 | D | 2,375 | ++ | ||
| 27 | 27 | Sunday, May 27 (1) | boxscore | DET | @ | WSH | W | 3 | 1 | 17-10 | 2 | 1.5 | Newhouser | Niggeling | 2:00 | D | 0 | +++ | ||
| 28 | 28 | Sunday, May 27 (2) | boxscore | DET | @ | WSH | L | 1 | 2 | 17-11 | 2 | 1.5 | Haefner | Orrell | 1:44 | D | 7,222 | - | ||
| 29 | 29 | Wednesday, May 30 (1) | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 3 | 2 | 18-11 | 2 | 2.0 | Overmire | Dubiel | 1:47 | D | 0 | + | ||
| 30 | 30 | Wednesday, May 30 (2) | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 2 | 3 | 18-12 | 2 | 2.0 | Gettel | Newhouser | Turner | 2:12 | D | 70,906 | - | |
| 31 | 31 | Thursday, May 31 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 2 | 0 | 19-12 | 2 | 1.0 | Mueller | Zuber | D | + | ||||
| 32 | 32 | Friday, Jun 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 4 | 6 | 19-13 | 2 | 2.0 | O'Neill | Wilson | Barrett | 2:00 | D | 1,861 | - | |
| 33 | 33 | Saturday, Jun 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 1 | 5 | 19-14 | 2 | 2.0 | Hausmann | Orrell | 1:44 | D | 4,352 | -- | ||
| 34 | 34 | Sunday, Jun 3 (1) | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 3 | 4 | 19-15 | 2 | 2.0 | Wilson | Trout | Ferriss | 1:56 | D | 0 | --- | |
| 35 | 35 | Sunday, Jun 3 (2) | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 4 | 3 | 20-15 | 2 | 2.0 | Newhouser | Terry | 1:52 | D | 15,522 | + | ||
| 36 | 36 | Tuesday, Jun 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 0 | 9 | 20-16 | 2 | 2.5 | Embree | Mueller | 2:31 | N | 7,249 | - | ||
| 37 | 37 | Wednesday, Jun 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 8 | 1 | 21-16 | 2 | 1.5 | Overmire | Smith | 1:45 | D | 3,000 | + | ||
| 38 | 38 | Thursday, Jun 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 3 | 2 | 22-16 | 2 | 1.0 | Newhouser | Reynolds | 2:01 | D | 2,500 | ++ | ||
| 39 | 39 | Friday, Jun 8 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 2 | 1 | 23-16 | 1 | Tied | Orrell | Lee | Trout | 1:45 | D | 14,385 | +++ | ||
| 40 | 40 | Saturday, Jun 9 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 7 | 6 | 24-16 | 1 | Tied | Eaton | Caldwell | 2:01 | D | 6,484 | ++++ | |||
| 41 | 41 | Sunday, Jun 10 (1) | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 3 | 2 | 25-16 | 2 | 0.5 | Trout | Humphries | Newhouser | 1:45 | D | 0 | +++++ | ||
| 42 | 42 | Sunday, Jun 10 (2) | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 4 | 9 | 25-17 | 2 | 0.5 | Grove | Overmire | Lopat | 2:09 | D | 30,933 | - | ||
| 43 | 43 | Tuesday, Jun 12 | boxscore | DET | SLB | W | 2 | 1 | 11 | 26-17 | 1 | up 0.5 | Newhouser | Kramer | 2:26 | D | 19,943 | + | ||
| 44 | 44 | Wednesday, Jun 13 | boxscore | DET | SLB | W | 6 | 4 | 27-17 | 1 | up 1.0 | Orrell | Potter | Mueller | 1:59 | D | 7,246 | ++ | ||
| 45 | 45 | Thursday, Jun 14 | boxscore | DET | SLB | L | 2 | 3 | 27-18 | 1 | up 0.5 | Jakucki | Trout | D | - | |||||
| 46 | 46 | Saturday, Jun 16 (1) | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 7 | 5 | 28-18 | 1 | up 2.5 | Trout | Lopat | 2:10 | D | 3,500 | + | ||
| 47 | 47 | Saturday, Jun 16 (2) | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 6 | 1 | 29-18 | 1 | up 2.5 | Newhouser | Humphries | 1:44 | D | 5,996 | ++ | ||
| 48 | 48 | Sunday, Jun 17 (1) | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 1 | 6 | 29-19 | 1 | up 1.5 | Lee | Orrell | 1:31 | D | 0 | - | ||
| 49 | 49 | Sunday, Jun 17 (2) | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 5 | 7 | 29-20 | 1 | up 1.5 | Haynes | Mueller | Caldwell | 1:47 | D | 21,864 | -- | |
| 50 | 50 | Monday, Jun 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 0 | 1 | 29-21 | 1 | up 1.0 | Dietrich | Trout | 1:45 | D | 16,868 | --- | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Tuesday, Jun 19 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 4 | 3 | 30-21 | 1 | up 2.0 | Eaton | Gromek | Overmire | 1:59 | D | 20,351 | + | ||
| 52 | 52 | Wednesday, Jun 20 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 5 | 0 | 31-21 | 1 | up 2.5 | Newhouser | Smith | 1:43 | D | 7,426 | ++ | |||
| 53 | 53 | Thursday, Jun 21 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 5 | 1 | 32-21 | 1 | up 2.5 | Overmire | Bagby | 1:28 | D | 4,983 | +++ | |||
| 54 | 54 | Friday, Jun 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | SLB | L | 4 | 8 | 32-22 | 1 | up 1.5 | Jakucki | Trout | 2:11 | N | 14,162 | - | ||
| 55 | 55 | Saturday, Jun 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | SLB | W | 5 | 1 | 33-22 | 1 | up 1.5 | Mueller | Kramer | 2:15 | N | 11,972 | + | ||
| 56 | 56 | Sunday, Jun 24 (1) | boxscore | DET | @ | SLB | W | 5 | 1 | 34-22 | 1 | up 1.5 | Newhouser | Shirley | 2:15 | D | ++ | |||
| 57 | 57 | Sunday, Jun 24 (2) | boxscore | DET | @ | SLB | W | 4 | 3 | 35-22 | 1 | up 1.5 | Trout | Potter | D | +++ | ||||
| 58 | 58 | Wednesday, Jun 27 | boxscore | DET | WSH | L | 1 | 9 | 35-23 | 1 | Tied | Leonard | Trout | 1:33 | N | 24,366 | - | |||
| 59 | 59 | Thursday, Jun 28 | boxscore | DET | WSH | W | 5 | 2 | 36-23 | 1 | up 1.0 | Newhouser | Wolff | 1:50 | D | 7,191 | + | |||
| 60 | 60 | Friday, Jun 29 | boxscore | DET | WSH | L | 3 | 8 | 36-24 | 1 | up 0.5 | Pieretti | Overmire | 2:10 | D | 4,630 | - | |||
| 61 | 61 | Saturday, Jun 30 | boxscore | DET | PHA | W | 4 | 1 | 37-24 | 1 | up 1.5 | Mueller | Newsom | Newhouser | 1:57 | D | 10,375 | + | ||
| 62 | 62 | Sunday, Jul 1 (1) | boxscore | DET | PHA | W | 9 | 5 | 38-24 | 1 | up 3.5 | Trout | Newsom | Benton | 2:16 | D | 0 | ++ | ||
| 63 | 63 | Sunday, Jul 1 (2) | boxscore | DET | PHA | W | 5 | 3 | 39-24 | 1 | up 3.5 | Overmire | Christopher | 1:50 | D | 47,729 | +++ | |||
| 64 | 64 | Tuesday, Jul 3 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 0 | 4 | 39-25 | 1 | up 3.5 | Wilson | Newhouser | 2:09 | D | 22,528 | - | |||
| 65 | 65 | Wednesday, Jul 4 (1) | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 3 | 4 | 39-26 | 1 | up 3.5 | Ferriss | Trout | 1:56 | D | 0 | -- | |||
| 66 | 66 | Wednesday, Jul 4 (2) | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 5 | 2 | 40-26 | 1 | up 3.5 | Benton | Hausmann | Overmire | 2:02 | D | 45,376 | + | ||
| 67 | 67 | Thursday, Jul 5 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 9 | 8 | 41-26 | 1 | up 4.5 | Eaton | Barrett | D | ++ | |||||
| 68 | 68 | Friday, Jul 6 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 4 | 5 | 41-27 | 1 | up 3.0 | Bevens | Overmire | 2:07 | D | 31,288 | - | |||
| 69 | 69 | Saturday, Jul 7 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 3 | 2 | 10 | 42-27 | 1 | up 4.0 | Newhouser | Zuber | 2:19 | D | 15,875 | + | ||
| 70 | 70 | Sunday, Jul 8 (1) | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 6 | 8 | 42-28 | 1 | up 4.5 | Borowy | Trout | Turner | 2:17 | D | 0 | - | ||
| 71 | 71 | Sunday, Jul 8 (2) | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 3 | 2 | 43-28 | 1 | up 4.5 | Benton | Gettel | 1:39 | D | 56,164 | + | |||
| 72 | 72 | Thursday, Jul 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 1 | 2 | 43-29 | 1 | up 3.5 | Wilson | Newhouser | 1:56 | D | 9,006 | - | ||
| 73 | 73 | Friday, Jul 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 1 | 5 | 43-30 | 1 | up 2.5 | Ferriss | Overmire | 1:50 | D | 9,522 | -- | ||
| 74 | 74 | Saturday, Jul 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 1 | 7 | 43-31 | 1 | up 2.0 | O'Neill | Mueller | 2:05 | D | 7,379 | --- | ||
| 75 | 75 | Sunday, Jul 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 4 | 5 | 43-32 | 1 | up 1.5 | Holcombe | Houtteman | Turner | 2:37 | D | 40,808 | ---- | |
| 76 | 76 | Monday, Jul 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 9 | 4 | 44-32 | 1 | up 3.0 | Overmire | Zuber | D | + | ||||
| 77 | 77 | Wednesday, Jul 18 (1) | boxscore | DET | @ | WSH | W | 6 | 4 | 45-32 | 1 | up 4.5 | Newhouser | Haefner | 2:12 | N | 0 | ++ | ||
| 78 | 78 | Wednesday, Jul 18 (2) | boxscore | DET | @ | WSH | W | 5 | 0 | 46-32 | 1 | up 4.5 | Benton | Pieretti | 1:39 | N | 12,337 | +++ | ||
| 79 | 79 | Friday, Jul 20 (1) | boxscore | DET | @ | WSH | L | 3 | 4 | 46-33 | 1 | up 3.0 | Leonard | Overmire | 2:02 | N | 0 | - | ||
| 80 | 80 | Friday, Jul 20 (2) | boxscore | DET | @ | WSH | L | 1 | 3 | 46-34 | 1 | up 3.0 | Wolff | Eaton | 2:00 | N | 20,528 | -- | ||
| 81 | 81 | Saturday, Jul 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | PHA | T | 1 | 1 | 24 | 46-34 | 1 | up 2.5 | 4:48 | D | 4,526 | -- | |||
| 82 | 82 | Sunday, Jul 22 (1) | boxscore | DET | @ | PHA | W | 9 | 1 | 47-34 | 1 | up 2.5 | Newhouser | Gerkin | D | + | ||||
| 83 | 83 | Sunday, Jul 22 (2) | boxscore | DET | @ | PHA | L | 1 | 2 | 6 | 47-35 | 1 | up 2.5 | Black | Benton | 1:07 | D | 20,341 | - | |
| 84 | 84 | Monday, Jul 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | PHA | L | 0 | 1 | 47-36 | 1 | up 2.5 | Newsom | Overmire | 1:55 | N | 10,703 | -- | ||
| 85 | 85 | Friday, Jul 27 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 1 | 0 | 48-36 | 1 | up 3.0 | Newhouser | Humphries | 1:45 | D | 13,203 | + | |||
| 86 | 86 | Saturday, Jul 28 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 8 | 3 | 49-36 | 1 | up 4.0 | Trout | Grove | 1:58 | D | 11,651 | ++ | |||
| 87 | 87 | Sunday, Jul 29 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 4 | 2 | 50-36 | 1 | up 4.0 | Benton | Dietrich | 1:41 | D | 33,789 | +++ | |||
| 88 | 88 | Tuesday, Jul 31 | boxscore | DET | SLB | W | 5 | 4 | 12 | 51-36 | 1 | up 4.0 | Newhouser | Jakucki | 2:21 | D | 11,882 | ++++ | ||
| 89 | 89 | Wednesday, Aug 1 | boxscore | DET | SLB | W | 9 | 8 | 52-36 | 1 | up 5.0 | Eaton | Hollingsworth | Overmire | 2:10 | D | 12,527 | +++++ | ||
| 90 | 90 | Thursday, Aug 2 | boxscore | DET | SLB | W | 6 | 0 | 53-36 | 1 | up 4.5 | Benton | Kramer | 1:38 | D | 13,782 | ++++++ | |||
| 91 | 91 | Friday, Aug 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 0 | 5 | 53-37 | 1 | up 3.0 | Caldwell | Overmire | 1:52 | N | 26,919 | - | ||
| 92 | 92 | Saturday, Aug 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 2 | 3 | 53-38 | 1 | up 2.5 | Grove | Newhouser | 1:46 | D | 5,128 | -- | ||
| 93 | 93 | Sunday, Aug 5 (1) | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 8 | 12 | 53-39 | 1 | up 0.5 | Johnson | Trout | 2:11 | D | 0 | --- | ||
| 94 | 94 | Sunday, Aug 5 (2) | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 2 | 3 | 53-40 | 1 | up 0.5 | Papish | Mueller | 2:02 | D | 17,152 | ---- | ||
| 95 | 95 | Monday, Aug 6 (1) | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 6 | 2 | 54-40 | 1 | up 0.5 | Benton | Lopat | 2:03 | D | 0 | + | ||
| 96 | 96 | Monday, Aug 6 (2) | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 0 | 7 | 54-41 | 1 | up 0.5 | Humphries | Eaton | 2:02 | D | 14,588 | - | ||
| 97 | 97 | Wednesday, Aug 8 (1) | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 5 | 2 | 55-41 | 1 | up 1.0 | Overmire | Ferriss | Benton | 1:45 | D | 0 | + | ||
| 98 | 98 | Wednesday, Aug 8 (2) | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 4 | 7 | 12 | 55-42 | 1 | up 1.0 | Ryba | Wilson | Woods | 2:41 | D | 26,309 | - | |
| 99 | 99 | Thursday, Aug 9 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 11 | 5 | 56-42 | 1 | up 1.0 | Trout | O'Neill | 2:02 | D | 8,343 | + | |||
| 100 | 100 | Friday, Aug 10 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 0 | 9 | 56-43 | 1 | up 1.0 | Heflin | Benton | 1:52 | D | 7,522 | - | |||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 101 | 101 | Saturday, Aug 11 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 5 | 4 | 57-43 | 1 | up 1.0 | Caster | Woods | D | + | |||||
| 102 | 102 | Sunday, Aug 12 (1) | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 9 | 6 | 11 | 58-43 | 1 | up 2.0 | Tobin | Turner | 2:40 | D | 0 | ++ | ||
| 103 | 103 | Sunday, Aug 12 (2) | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 8 | 2 | 59-43 | 1 | up 2.0 | Newhouser | Zuber | 1:52 | D | 54,969 | +++ | |||
| 104 | 104 | Monday, Aug 13 (1) | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 15 | 4 | 60-43 | 1 | up 3.0 | Trout | Bonham | D | ++++ | |||||
| 105 | 105 | Monday, Aug 13 (2) | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 11 | 9 | 61-43 | 1 | up 3.0 | Caster | Holcombe | 2:21 | D | 41,958 | +++++ | |||
| 106 | 106 | Wednesday, Aug 15 | boxscore | DET | WSH | L | 0 | 8 | 61-44 | 1 | up 2.5 | Leonard | Tobin | 1:47 | D | 46,660 | - | |||
| 107 | 107 | Thursday, Aug 16 | boxscore | DET | WSH | W | 9 | 2 | 62-44 | 1 | up 3.5 | Newhouser | Pieretti | 1:58 | D | 35,681 | + | |||
| 108 | 108 | Friday, Aug 17 | boxscore | DET | WSH | L | 1 | 3 | 62-45 | 1 | up 2.5 | Haefner | Overmire | 1:48 | D | 14,770 | - | |||
| 109 | 109 | Saturday, Aug 18 | boxscore | DET | WSH | L | 5 | 11 | 62-46 | 1 | up 1.5 | Wolff | Benton | 2:02 | D | 20,380 | -- | |||
| 110 | 110 | Sunday, Aug 19 (1) | boxscore | DET | PHA | W | 6 | 1 | 63-46 | 1 | up 1.5 | Trout | Black | 1:42 | D | 0 | + | |||
| 111 | 111 | Sunday, Aug 19 (2) | boxscore | DET | PHA | L | 3 | 8 | 11 | 63-47 | 1 | up 1.5 | Christopher | Tobin | 2:27 | D | 37,767 | - | ||
| 112 | 112 | Monday, Aug 20 (1) | boxscore | DET | PHA | W | 4 | 0 | 64-47 | 1 | up 1.5 | Newhouser | Bowles | 1:49 | D | 0 | + | |||
| 113 | 113 | Monday, Aug 20 (2) | boxscore | DET | PHA | W | 4 | 1 | 65-47 | 1 | up 1.5 | Mueller | Flores | 1:49 | D | 14,870 | ++ | |||
| 114 | 114 | Tuesday, Aug 21 (1) | boxscore | DET | PHA | L | 6 | 7 | 11 | 65-48 | 1 | up 1.0 | Berry | Houtteman | 2:49 | D | - | |||
| 115 | 115 | Tuesday, Aug 21 (2) | boxscore | DET | PHA | W | 7 | 6 | 66-48 | 1 | up 1.0 | Caster | Newsom | D | + | |||||
| 116 | 116 | Wednesday, Aug 22 | boxscore | DET | PHA | W | 4 | 1 | 67-48 | 1 | up 0.5 | Trout | Connelly | 1:43 | D | 8,329 | ++ | |||
| 117 | 117 | Thursday, Aug 23 | boxscore | DET | PHA | W | 4 | 3 | 68-48 | 1 | up 1.0 | Tobin | Black | 1:32 | D | 9,037 | +++ | |||
| 118 | 118 | Friday, Aug 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 2 | 4 | 68-49 | 1 | up 0.5 | Feller | Newhouser | N | - | ||||
| 119 | 119 | Sunday, Aug 26 (1) | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 1 | 3 | 68-50 | 1 | up 1.5 | Reynolds | Trout | D | -- | ||||
| 120 | 120 | Sunday, Aug 26 (2) | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 4 | 5 | 68-51 | 1 | up 1.5 | Gromek | Tobin | D | --- | ||||
| 121 | 121 | Tuesday, Aug 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | SLB | W | 10 | 1 | 69-51 | 1 | up 1.5 | Newhouser | Kramer | 2:09 | N | 17,621 | + | ||
| 122 | 122 | Wednesday, Aug 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | SLB | L | 4 | 5 | 69-52 | 1 | up 1.0 | Muncrief | Benton | 2:17 | N | 14,007 | - | ||
| 123 | 123 | Friday, Aug 31 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 2 | 7 | 69-53 | 1 | up 1.5 | Reynolds | Trout | 2:32 | D | 12,498 | -- | |||
| 124 | 124 | Saturday, Sep 1 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 5 | 4 | 70-53 | 1 | up 1.5 | Tobin | Klieman | 2:43 | D | 25,742 | + | |||
| 125 | 125 | Sunday, Sep 2 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 2 | 3 | 70-54 | 1 | up 1.0 | Bagby | Mueller | 1:56 | D | 30,656 | - | |||
| 126 | 126 | Monday, Sep 3 (1) | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 6 | 5 | 71-54 | 1 | up 2.0 | Bridges | Humphries | Caster | 2:11 | D | 0 | + | ||
| 127 | 127 | Monday, Sep 3 (2) | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 6 | 5 | 72-54 | 1 | up 2.0 | Tobin | Dietrich | 2:01 | D | 53,953 | ++ | |||
| 128 | 128 | Tuesday, Sep 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 10 | 0 | 73-54 | 1 | up 2.5 | Trout | Gettel | 2:25 | D | 22,021 | +++ | ||
| 129 | 129 | Wednesday, Sep 5 (1) | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 10 | 7 | 74-54 | 1 | up 2.5 | Caster | Bevens | Tobin | D | ++++ | |||
| 130 | 130 | Wednesday, Sep 5 (2) | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 1 | 5 | 74-55 | 1 | up 2.5 | Page | Benton | 2:18 | D | 51,511 | - | ||
| 131 | 131 | Thursday, Sep 6 (1) | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 5 | 14 | 74-56 | 1 | up 1.5 | Dubiel | Tobin | 2:47 | D | 0 | -- | ||
| 132 | 132 | Thursday, Sep 6 (2) | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 5 | 2 | 75-56 | 1 | up 1.5 | Mueller | Zuber | 2:03 | D | 43,634 | + | ||
| 133 | 133 | Friday, Sep 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 5 | 0 | 76-56 | 1 | up 1.5 | Newhouser | Bevens | D | ++ | ||||
| 134 | 134 | Saturday, Sep 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 11 | 4 | 77-56 | 1 | up 1.5 | Trout | Page | Overmire | 2:40 | D | 33,350 | +++ | |
| 135 | 135 | Sunday, Sep 9 (1) | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 6 | 3 | 78-56 | 1 | up 1.0 | Trout | Barrett | 2:02 | D | 0 | ++++ | ||
| 136 | 136 | Sunday, Sep 9 (2) | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | T | 3 | 3 | 11 | 78-56 | 1 | up 1.0 | 2:19 | D | 28,898 | ++++ | |||
| 137 | 137 | Monday, Sep 10 (1) | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 2 | 9 | 78-57 | 1 | up 1.0 | Ferriss | Mueller | 1:57 | D | 0 | - | ||
| 138 | 138 | Monday, Sep 10 (2) | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 2 | 1 | 79-57 | 1 | up 1.0 | Overmire | O'Neill | Oana | 1:40 | D | 5,847 | + | |
| 139 | 139 | Tuesday, Sep 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 5 | 0 | 80-57 | 1 | up 2.0 | Trout | Woods | 1:34 | D | 3,497 | ++ | ||
| 140 | 140 | Wednesday, Sep 12 (1) | boxscore | DET | @ | PHA | W | 7 | 4 | 81-57 | 1 | up 1.5 | Benton | Newsom | Caster | 1:52 | D | 0 | +++ | |
| 141 | 141 | Wednesday, Sep 12 (2) | boxscore | DET | @ | PHA | L | 2 | 3 | 16 | 81-58 | 1 | up 1.5 | Black | Trout | 3:09 | D | 12,051 | - | |
| 142 | 142 | Thursday, Sep 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | PHA | L | 2 | 3 | 81-59 | 1 | up 0.5 | Knerr | Tobin | 1:47 | D | 5,617 | -- | ||
| 143 | 143 | Friday, Sep 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | PHA | W | 1 | 0 | 5 | 82-59 | 1 | up 0.5 | Mueller | Fowler | 1:09 | D | 3,000 | + | |
| 144 | 144 | Saturday, Sep 15 (1) | boxscore | DET | @ | WSH | W | 7 | 4 | 83-59 | 1 | up 2.5 | Caster | Carrasquel | 2:04 | D | 0 | ++ | ||
| 145 | 145 | Saturday, Sep 15 (2) | boxscore | DET | @ | WSH | W | 7 | 3 | 84-59 | 1 | up 2.5 | Trout | Haefner | 1:53 | N | 22,946 | +++ | ||
| 146 | 146 | Sunday, Sep 16 (1) | boxscore | DET | @ | WSH | L | 2 | 3 | 84-60 | 1 | up 2.5 | Wolff | Newhouser | 2:08 | D | 0 | - | ||
| 147 | 147 | Sunday, Sep 16 (2) | boxscore | DET | @ | WSH | W | 5 | 4 | 85-60 | 1 | up 2.5 | Benton | Niggeling | Trout | 2:06 | D | 29,590 | + | |
| 148 | 148 | Tuesday, Sep 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSH | L | 5 | 12 | 85-61 | 1 | up 1.5 | Leonard | Caster | Wolff | 2:30 | D | 5,720 | - | |
| 149 | 149 | Wednesday, Sep 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 0 | 2 | 85-62 | 1 | up 1.0 | Feller | Mueller | 1:43 | D | 2,500 | -- | ||
| 150 | 150 | Thursday, Sep 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 1 | 6 | 85-63 | 1 | up 1.0 | Reynolds | Benton | 2:00 | D | --- | |||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 151 | 151 | Saturday, Sep 22 | boxscore | DET | SLB | W | 9 | 0 | 86-63 | 1 | up 1.5 | Newhouser | Muncrief | 2:00 | D | 30,354 | + | |||
| 152 | 152 | Sunday, Sep 23 | boxscore | DET | SLB | L | 0 | 5 | 86-64 | 1 | up 1.0 | Potter | Trout | 1:59 | D | 47,830 | - | |||
| 153 | 153 | Wednesday, Sep 26 (1) | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 11 | 0 | 87-64 | 1 | up 1.0 | Newhouser | Reynolds | 2:02 | D | 0 | + | |||
| 154 | 154 | Wednesday, Sep 26 (2) | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 2 | 3 | 87-65 | 1 | up 1.0 | Gromek | Benton | D | - | |||||
| 155 | 155 | Sunday, Sep 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | SLB | W | 6 | 3 | 88-65 | 1 | up 1.5 | Newhouser | Potter | Benton | 2:23 | D | 5,582 | + | |
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak |