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95-59, Finished 2nd in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Red Rolfe (95-59)
Scored 837 runs, Allowed 713 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-66
Ballparks: Briggs Stadium · Attendance: 1,951,474 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 95
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| Season Summary | 95-59, Final Rank:2, GB: 3.0 | |
| Days in First | 90 | last on Thursday, Sep 21, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day |
| 110 | last on Sep 21, counts all days of the season including off days | |
| Biggest Lead | 4.5 | last on Monday, Jul 17, for days on which they played |
| Farthest Behind | 4 | last on Friday, May 26, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | 38 | last on Thursday, Sep 21 |
| Most Games under .500 | never | |
| Longest Winning Streak | 7 | Tuesday, May 30 to Tuesday, Jun 6 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 4 | Friday, Sep 22 to Tuesday, Sep 26 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 14 | Friday, Jul 21 |
| Most Runs Scored | 18 | Saturday, Jun 10 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 14 | Sunday, Jun 11 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 3 | |
| Times Opponent Shutout | 9 | |
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| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Tuesday, Apr 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 7 | 6 | 10 | 1-0 | 1 | Tied | Houtteman | Flores | Calvert | 2:55 | D | 65,744 | + |
| 2 | 2 | Thursday, Apr 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 5 | 4 | 2-0 | 1 | Tied | Gray | Wynn | 2:23 | D | 4,964 | ++ | ||
| 3 | 3 | Friday, Apr 21 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 4 | 1 | 3-0 | 1 | up 0.5 | Trucks | Haefner | 1:48 | D | 44,642 | +++ | |||
| 4 | 4 | Saturday, Apr 22 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 5 | 0 | 4-0 | 1 | up 1.5 | Houtteman | Wight | 1:59 | D | 15,548 | ++++ | |||
| 5 | 5 | Sunday, Apr 23 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 4 | 5 | 4-1 | 1 | up 1.0 | Pierce | Hutchinson | 2:29 | D | 29,289 | - | |||
| 6 | 6 | Tuesday, Apr 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | SLB | W | 5 | 2 | 5-1 | 1 | up 1.0 | Trucks | Starr | Houtteman | 2:09 | N | 2,458 | + | |
| 7 | 7 | Wednesday, Apr 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | SLB | W | 8 | 6 | 10 | 6-1 | 1 | up 1.0 | Calvert | Albrecht | 2:36 | D | 1,802 | ++ | |
| 8 | 8 | Friday, Apr 28 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 1 | 6 | 6-2 | 1 | up 1.0 | Feller | Gray | 2:14 | D | 15,155 | - | |||
| 9 | 9 | Sunday, Apr 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 0 | 5 | 6-3 | 1 | up 0.5 | Wight | Houtteman | 1:59 | D | 0 | -- | ||
| 10 | 10 | Sunday, Apr 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | T | 7 | 7 | 6-3 | 1 | up 0.5 | 3:03 | D | 8,175 | -- | ||||
| 11 | 11 | Thursday, May 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | PHA | W | 8 | 5 | 7-3 | 1 | up 1.0 | Houtteman | Brissie | 2:05 | D | 1,901 | + | ||
| 12 | 12 | Friday, May 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSH | W | 9 | 6 | 8-3 | 1 | up 1.0 | Trout | Nagy | Calvert | 3:00 | N | 16,338 | ++ | |
| 13 | 13 | Saturday, May 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSH | W | 8 | 6 | 9-3 | 1 | up 1.0 | Hutchinson | Scarborough | Trout | 2:25 | D | 8,362 | +++ | |
| 14 | 14 | Sunday, May 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 3 | 6 | 9-4 | 2 | 0.5 | Byrne | Calvert | 2:22 | D | 54,027 | - | ||
| 15 | 15 | Monday, May 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 7 | 1 | 10-4 | 1 | Tied | Houtteman | Raschi | 2:21 | D | 15,969 | + | ||
| 16 | 16 | Tuesday, May 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 1 | 6 | 10-5 | 2 | 1.0 | Parnell | Trucks | 2:11 | D | 15,291 | - | ||
| 17 | 17 | Thursday, May 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 13 | 4 | 11-5 | 1 | up 1.0 | Hutchinson | Dobson | 2:22 | D | 0 | + | ||
| 18 | 18 | Thursday, May 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 5 | 3 | 12-5 | 1 | up 1.0 | Gray | Kinder | Houtteman | 2:18 | D | 27,758 | ++ | |
| 19 | 19 | Saturday, May 13 | boxscore | DET | SLB | W | 1 | 0 | 11 | 13-5 | 1 | up 0.5 | Trucks | Garver | 2:35 | D | 16,002 | +++ | ||
| 20 | 20 | Sunday, May 14 | boxscore | DET | SLB | L | 3 | 7 | 13-6 | 1 | Tied | Fannin | Newhouser | Ferrick | 2:09 | D | 30,794 | - | ||
| 21 | 21 | Tuesday, May 16 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 1 | 6 | 13-7 | 3 | 1.0 | Dobson | Houtteman | 2:06 | D | 20,369 | -- | |||
| 22 | 22 | Wednesday, May 17 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 6 | 3 | 14-7 | 2 | 0.5 | Gray | Kinder | 1:50 | D | 11,963 | + | |||
| 23 | 23 | Thursday, May 18 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 12 | 13 | 14-8 | 3 | 1.0 | Papai | Hutchinson | Dobson | 2:45 | D | 16,110 | - | ||
| 24 | 24 | Friday, May 19 | boxscore | DET | PHA | W | 14 | 8 | 15-8 | 2 | 1.0 | Hutchinson | Wyse | 2:18 | D | 3,855 | + | |||
| 25 | 25 | Saturday, May 20 | boxscore | DET | PHA | W | 5 | 3 | 16-8 | 2 | 1.0 | Houtteman | Shantz | 1:58 | D | 20,296 | ++ | |||
| 26 | 26 | Sunday, May 21 | boxscore | DET | WSH | L | 2 | 6 | 16-9 | 2 | 2.5 | Marrero | Gray | 2:01 | D | 33,320 | - | |||
| 27 | 27 | Monday, May 22 | boxscore | DET | WSH | W | 5 | 1 | 17-9 | 2 | 2.5 | Newhouser | Scarborough | 1:58 | D | 5,132 | + | |||
| 28 | 28 | Tuesday, May 23 | boxscore | DET | WSH | L | 2 | 8 | 17-10 | 2 | 3.0 | Hudson | Hutchinson | 1:44 | D | 4,521 | - | |||
| 29 | 29 | Thursday, May 25 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 4 | 6 | 17-11 | 3 | 4.0 | Byrne | Houtteman | Page | 2:20 | D | 20,531 | -- | ||
| 30 | 30 | Friday, May 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | SLB | W | 11 | 2 | 18-11 | 2 | 4.0 | Newhouser | Fannin | 2:24 | D | 3,854 | + | ||
| 31 | 31 | Saturday, May 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | SLB | W | 8 | 6 | 19-11 | 3 | 3.0 | Gray | Ostrowski | Houtteman | 2:13 | D | 1,305 | ++ | |
| 32 | 32 | Sunday, May 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | SLB | W | 6 | 2 | 20-11 | 2 | 2.0 | Hutchinson | Widmar | 1:39 | D | 0 | +++ | ||
| 33 | 33 | Sunday, May 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | SLB | W | 2 | 1 | 21-11 | 2 | 2.0 | Trout | Dorish | 1:51 | D | 6,059 | ++++ | ||
| 34 | 34 | Tuesday, May 30 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 0 | 4 | 21-12 | 2 | 3.0 | Lemon | Houtteman | 2:05 | D | 0 | - | |||
| 35 | 35 | Tuesday, May 30 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 5 | 2 | 22-12 | 2 | 3.0 | Newhouser | Bearden | 1:51 | D | 55,537 | + | |||
| 36 | 36 | Friday, Jun 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | PHA | W | 8 | 2 | 23-12 | 2 | 2.0 | Gray | Brissie | 1:58 | N | 0 | ++ | ||
| 37 | 37 | Friday, Jun 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | PHA | W | 16 | 5 | 24-12 | 2 | 2.0 | Hutchinson | Kellner | 2:20 | N | 17,449 | +++ | ||
| 38 | 38 | Saturday, Jun 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | PHA | W | 6 | 1 | 25-12 | 2 | 2.5 | Newhouser | Shantz | 1:44 | D | 2,714 | ++++ | ||
| 39 | 39 | Sunday, Jun 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSH | W | 3 | 0 | 26-12 | 2 | 2.5 | Houtteman | Kuzava | 2:03 | D | 8,451 | +++++ | ||
| 40 | 40 | Monday, Jun 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSH | W | 7 | 4 | 27-12 | 2 | 1.5 | Trout | Nagy | 2:00 | N | 12,530 | ++++++ | ||
| 41 | 41 | Tuesday, Jun 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSH | W | 11 | 8 | 28-12 | 2 | 0.5 | Hutchinson | Haynes | Calvert | 2:28 | D | 3,679 | +++++++ | |
| 42 | 42 | Wednesday, Jun 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 4 | 5 | 28-13 | 2 | 1.5 | Raschi | Newhouser | 2:20 | D | 29,534 | - | ||
| 43 | 43 | Thursday, Jun 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 4 | 11 | 28-14 | 2 | 2.5 | Byrne | Houtteman | 2:06 | N | 62,264 | -- | ||
| 44 | 44 | Friday, Jun 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 13 | 7 | 29-14 | 2 | 1.5 | Calvert | Lopat | 2:21 | D | 1,857 | + | ||
| 45 | 45 | Saturday, Jun 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 18 | 8 | 30-14 | 2 | 0.5 | Trout | Kinder | Houtteman | 2:40 | D | 25,851 | ++ | |
| 46 | 46 | Sunday, Jun 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 6 | 2 | 31-14 | 2 | 0.5 | Newhouser | Dobson | 2:20 | D | 0 | +++ | ||
| 47 | 47 | Sunday, Jun 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 9 | 6 | 14 | 32-14 | 2 | 0.5 | Gray | Parnell | 3:13 | D | 34,906 | ++++ | |
| 48 | 48 | Tuesday, Jun 13 | boxscore | DET | PHA | W | 6 | 5 | 10 | 33-14 | 1 | up 0.5 | Houtteman | Wyse | 2:22 | N | 31,894 | +++++ | ||
| 49 | 49 | Wednesday, Jun 14 | boxscore | DET | PHA | L | 2 | 8 | 33-15 | 1 | up 0.5 | Brissie | Trout | 2:12 | D | 9,190 | - | |||
| 50 | 50 | Thursday, Jun 15 | boxscore | DET | PHA | W | 7 | 3 | 34-15 | 1 | up 1.5 | Hutchinson | Shantz | 1:42 | D | 8,105 | + | |||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Friday, Jun 16 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 4 | 1 | 35-15 | 1 | up 1.5 | Newhouser | Dobson | 2:10 | N | 54,086 | ++ | |||
| 52 | 52 | Saturday, Jun 17 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 2 | 1 | 36-15 | 1 | up 2.5 | Gray | Parnell | 2:07 | D | 29,124 | +++ | |||
| 53 | 53 | Sunday, Jun 18 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 10 | 2 | 37-15 | 1 | up 2.0 | Houtteman | Stobbs | 2:04 | D | 36,714 | ++++ | |||
| 54 | 54 | Tuesday, Jun 20 | boxscore | DET | WSH | L | 2 | 4 | 37-16 | 1 | up 1.0 | Marrero | Hutchinson | 2:01 | N | 32,400 | - | |||
| 55 | 55 | Wednesday, Jun 21 | boxscore | DET | WSH | L | 4 | 12 | 37-17 | 1 | up 1.0 | Consuegra | Newhouser | 2:28 | D | 9,477 | -- | |||
| 56 | 56 | Thursday, Jun 22 | boxscore | DET | WSH | L | 2 | 5 | 37-18 | 1 | up 1.0 | Kuzava | Trout | 2:20 | D | 9,310 | --- | |||
| 57 | 57 | Friday, Jun 23 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 10 | 9 | 38-18 | 1 | up 2.0 | Hutchinson | Page | 2:41 | N | 51,400 | + | |||
| 58 | 58 | Saturday, Jun 24 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 4 | 1 | 39-18 | 1 | up 3.0 | Houtteman | Reynolds | 2:11 | D | 32,665 | ++ | |||
| 59 | 59 | Sunday, Jun 25 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 2 | 8 | 39-19 | 1 | up 3.0 | Lopat | Newhouser | 2:15 | D | 0 | - | |||
| 60 | 60 | Sunday, Jun 25 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 6 | 3 | 40-19 | 1 | up 3.0 | Gray | Raschi | 2:22 | D | 55,628 | + | |||
| 61 | 61 | Monday, Jun 26 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 6 | 4 | 41-19 | 1 | up 3.5 | White | Pierce | Trout | 2:05 | D | 7,458 | ++ | ||
| 62 | 62 | Tuesday, Jun 27 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 9 | 3 | 42-19 | 1 | up 4.5 | Gray | Scarborough | 2:30 | N | 40,383 | +++ | |||
| 63 | 63 | Wednesday, Jun 28 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 6 | 2 | 43-19 | 1 | up 4.5 | Houtteman | Holcombe | 2:02 | D | 9,684 | ++++ | |||
| 64 | 64 | Thursday, Jun 29 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 3 | 7 | 43-20 | 1 | up 4.5 | Cain | Hutchinson | 2:11 | D | 7,717 | - | |||
| 65 | 65 | Friday, Jun 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 3 | 11 | 43-21 | 1 | up 4.0 | Garcia | Newhouser | 2:10 | N | 50,882 | -- | ||
| 66 | 66 | Saturday, Jul 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 4 | 7 | 43-22 | 1 | up 4.0 | Wynn | White | Benton | 2:39 | D | 28,056 | --- | |
| 67 | 67 | Sunday, Jul 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 8 | 5 | 44-22 | 1 | up 3.5 | Newhouser | Weik | 2:52 | D | 0 | + | ||
| 68 | 68 | Sunday, Jul 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 3 | 5 | 44-23 | 1 | up 3.5 | Feller | Gray | Benton | 2:24 | D | 78,187 | - | |
| 69 | 69 | Monday, Jul 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 8 | 4 | 45-23 | 1 | up 4.5 | Hutchinson | Holcombe | Trout | 2:46 | D | 12,710 | + | |
| 70 | 70 | Tuesday, Jul 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 1 | 4 | 45-24 | 1 | up 4.0 | Wight | White | 1:59 | D | 0 | - | ||
| 71 | 71 | Tuesday, Jul 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 10 | 9 | 46-24 | 1 | up 4.0 | Rogovin | Cain | 3:08 | D | 35,998 | + | ||
| 72 | 72 | Wednesday, Jul 5 | boxscore | DET | SLB | W | 6 | 1 | 47-24 | 1 | up 4.0 | Houtteman | Garver | 2:08 | N | 30,450 | ++ | |||
| 73 | 73 | Friday, Jul 7 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 5 | 2 | 48-24 | 1 | up 3.5 | Gray | Feller | 2:06 | N | 55,145 | +++ | |||
| 74 | 74 | Saturday, Jul 8 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 5 | 4 | 49-24 | 1 | up 4.5 | Newhouser | Gromek | Trout | 2:20 | D | 33,239 | ++++ | ||
| 75 | 75 | Sunday, Jul 9 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 2 | 6 | 49-25 | 1 | up 3.0 | Lemon | Houtteman | 2:35 | D | 0 | - | |||
| 76 | 76 | Sunday, Jul 9 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 2 | 5 | 49-26 | 1 | up 3.0 | Wynn | Rogovin | 2:24 | D | 54,299 | -- | |||
| 77 | 77 | Thursday, Jul 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSH | W | 5 | 2 | 50-26 | 1 | up 3.5 | Newhouser | Consuegra | 2:15 | N | 11,783 | + | ||
| 78 | 78 | Friday, Jul 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSH | W | 2 | 0 | 51-26 | 1 | up 4.5 | Hutchinson | Marrero | 2:43 | N | 13,394 | ++ | ||
| 79 | 79 | Sunday, Jul 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | PHA | L | 2 | 5 | 51-27 | 1 | up 4.0 | Kellner | Houtteman | 2:35 | D | 0 | - | ||
| 80 | 80 | Sunday, Jul 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | PHA | W | 7 | 6 | 52-27 | 1 | up 4.0 | White | Hooper | 2:27 | D | 7,047 | + | ||
| 81 | 81 | Monday, Jul 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | PHA | W | 8 | 6 | 53-27 | 1 | up 4.5 | Newhouser | Scheib | Calvert | 2:26 | N | 0 | ++ | |
| 82 | 82 | Monday, Jul 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | PHA | W | 3 | 1 | 54-27 | 1 | up 4.5 | Rogovin | Wyse | 2:21 | N | 8,145 | +++ | ||
| 83 | 83 | Tuesday, Jul 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 9 | 12 | 54-28 | 1 | up 3.5 | Kinder | Hutchinson | Dobson | 3:00 | N | 31,802 | - | |
| 84 | 84 | Wednesday, Jul 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 9 | 5 | 55-28 | 1 | up 3.0 | Trout | Nixon | White | 2:53 | D | 20,778 | + | |
| 85 | 85 | Thursday, Jul 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 5 | 6 | 11 | 55-29 | 1 | up 2.5 | Kinder | Houtteman | 2:42 | D | 9,584 | - | |
| 86 | 86 | Friday, Jul 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 5 | 14 | 55-30 | 1 | up 1.5 | Ferrick | Gray | Page | 2:53 | N | 62,823 | -- | |
| 87 | 87 | Saturday, Jul 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 4 | 10 | 55-31 | 1 | up 0.5 | Byrne | Newhouser | 2:29 | D | 42,685 | --- | ||
| 88 | 88 | Sunday, Jul 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 6 | 5 | 56-31 | 1 | up 1.5 | Houtteman | Reynolds | 2:53 | D | 59,760 | + | ||
| 89 | 89 | Tuesday, Jul 25 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 6 | 7 | 56-32 | 1 | up 1.5 | Stobbs | White | McDermott | 2:53 | D | 54,194 | - | ||
| 90 | 90 | Wednesday, Jul 26 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 0 | 1 | 56-33 | 1 | up 0.5 | Parnell | Houtteman | 1:55 | D | 21,792 | -- | |||
| 91 | 91 | Thursday, Jul 27 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 5 | 1 | 57-33 | 1 | up 1.5 | Trout | Kinder | 2:04 | D | 16,059 | + | |||
| 92 | 92 | Friday, Jul 28 | boxscore | DET | PHA | L | 6 | 7 | 57-34 | 1 | up 0.5 | Hooper | White | 2:30 | N | 37,324 | - | |||
| 93 | 93 | Saturday, Jul 29 | boxscore | DET | PHA | W | 8 | 5 | 58-34 | 1 | up 0.5 | Stuart | Wyse | 2:32 | D | 12,836 | + | |||
| 94 | 94 | Sunday, Jul 30 | boxscore | DET | PHA | W | 12 | 10 | 59-34 | 1 | Tied | Hutchinson | Kellner | Newhouser | 2:54 | D | 23,146 | ++ | ||
| 95 | 95 | Tuesday, Aug 1 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 7 | 3 | 60-34 | 1 | up 1.0 | Trout | Byrne | 2:13 | N | 54,087 | +++ | |||
| 96 | 96 | Wednesday, Aug 2 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 4 | 0 | 61-34 | 1 | up 2.0 | White | Reynolds | 2:09 | D | 39,632 | ++++ | |||
| 97 | 97 | Thursday, Aug 3 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 5 | 2 | 62-34 | 1 | up 2.5 | Houtteman | Lopat | 1:51 | D | 31,713 | +++++ | |||
| 98 | 98 | Friday, Aug 4 | boxscore | DET | WSH | L | 2 | 5 | 62-35 | 1 | up 2.0 | Kuzava | Gray | 2:36 | N | 41,659 | - | |||
| 99 | 99 | Saturday, Aug 5 | boxscore | DET | WSH | W | 9 | 8 | 63-35 | 1 | up 2.5 | Hutchinson | Consuegra | Newhouser | 2:17 | D | 16,143 | + | ||
| 100 | 100 | Sunday, Aug 6 | boxscore | DET | WSH | W | 4 | 0 | 64-35 | 1 | up 3.0 | Trout | Bearden | 1:57 | D | 31,414 | ++ | |||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 101 | 101 | Tuesday, Aug 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 6 | 9 | 64-36 | 1 | up 3.0 | Aloma | Calvert | 2:59 | N | 21,065 | - | ||
| 102 | 102 | Wednesday, Aug 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 5 | 3 | 65-36 | 1 | up 3.0 | Hutchinson | Scarborough | 2:07 | D | 6,486 | + | ||
| 103 | 103 | Thursday, Aug 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 10 | 6 | 66-36 | 1 | up 3.5 | Houtteman | Holcombe | Stuart | 2:33 | D | 0 | ++ | |
| 104 | 104 | Thursday, Aug 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | T | 1 | 1 | 7 | 66-36 | 1 | up 3.5 | 1:24 | D | 11,684 | ++ | |||
| 105 | 105 | Friday, Aug 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | SLB | W | 4 | 3 | 10 | 67-36 | 1 | up 3.0 | Trout | Garver | 2:39 | N | 0 | +++ | |
| 106 | 106 | Friday, Aug 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | SLB | L | 1 | 2 | 67-37 | 1 | up 3.0 | Johnson | Borowy | 2:13 | N | 9,562 | - | ||
| 107 | 107 | Monday, Aug 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 2 | 3 | 10 | 67-38 | 1 | up 2.5 | Wynn | Newhouser | 2:29 | N | 60,120 | -- | |
| 108 | 108 | Tuesday, Aug 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 4 | 1 | 68-38 | 1 | up 3.5 | Houtteman | Lemon | Stuart | 2:12 | D | 40,299 | + | |
| 109 | 109 | Wednesday, Aug 16 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 6 | 2 | 69-38 | 1 | up 3.0 | Trout | Pierce | 2:06 | N | 50,262 | ++ | |||
| 110 | 110 | Thursday, Aug 17 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 8 | 3 | 70-38 | 1 | up 3.0 | White | Gumpert | 2:10 | D | 13,967 | +++ | |||
| 111 | 111 | Saturday, Aug 19 | boxscore | DET | SLB | W | 6 | 0 | 71-38 | 1 | up 3.0 | Houtteman | Garver | D | ++++ | |||||
| 112 | 112 | Sunday, Aug 20 | boxscore | DET | SLB | W | 5 | 4 | 72-38 | 1 | up 3.0 | Stuart | Marshall | 2:16 | D | 0 | +++++ | |||
| 113 | 113 | Sunday, Aug 20 | boxscore | DET | SLB | L | 2 | 6 | 72-39 | 1 | up 3.0 | Overmire | Newhouser | 2:11 | D | 44,920 | - | |||
| 114 | 114 | Monday, Aug 21 | boxscore | DET | SLB | W | 7 | 1 | 73-39 | 1 | up 3.5 | Trout | Widmar | 1:46 | D | 13,190 | + | |||
| 115 | 115 | Tuesday, Aug 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 6 | 13 | 73-40 | 1 | up 2.5 | Reynolds | White | 2:35 | D | 39,602 | - | ||
| 116 | 116 | Wednesday, Aug 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 5 | 7 | 73-41 | 1 | up 1.5 | Raschi | Houtteman | Ferrick | 2:35 | D | 44,196 | -- | |
| 117 | 117 | Thursday, Aug 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 6 | 3 | 74-41 | 1 | up 2.5 | Newhouser | Byrne | 2:28 | D | 38,929 | + | ||
| 118 | 118 | Friday, Aug 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 2 | 6 | 74-42 | 1 | up 1.5 | Parnell | Trout | 2:02 | N | 34,964 | - | ||
| 119 | 119 | Saturday, Aug 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 8 | 6 | 75-42 | 1 | up 1.5 | Hutchinson | Masterson | Newhouser | 2:51 | D | 29,992 | + | |
| 120 | 120 | Sunday, Aug 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | PHA | L | 3 | 4 | 75-43 | 1 | up 1.0 | Hooper | Herbert | 2:00 | D | 0 | - | ||
| 121 | 121 | Sunday, Aug 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | PHA | W | 8 | 1 | 76-43 | 1 | up 1.0 | Houtteman | Brissie | 2:05 | D | 8,884 | + | ||
| 122 | 122 | Monday, Aug 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | PHA | L | 3 | 4 | 76-44 | 1 | up 1.0 | Shantz | Newhouser | 1:50 | D | 1,372 | - | ||
| 123 | 123 | Tuesday, Aug 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSH | L | 4 | 5 | 76-45 | 1 | Tied | Hudson | Trout | 2:00 | N | 8,731 | -- | ||
| 124 | 124 | Wednesday, Aug 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSH | L | 2 | 3 | 11 | 76-46 | 2 | 1.0 | Consuegra | Hutchinson | 2:10 | N | 0 | --- | |
| 125 | 125 | Wednesday, Aug 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSH | W | 10 | 8 | 77-46 | 2 | 1.0 | Herbert | Pearce | 3:04 | N | 13,429 | + | ||
| 126 | 126 | Thursday, Aug 31 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSH | L | 1 | 2 | 77-47 | 2 | 2.0 | Bearden | Houtteman | 2:00 | D | 4,305 | - | ||
| 127 | 127 | Saturday, Sep 2 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 8 | 2 | 78-47 | 2 | 2.5 | Newhouser | Scarborough | 1:59 | D | 16,815 | + | |||
| 128 | 128 | Sunday, Sep 3 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 4 | 2 | 79-47 | 2 | 2.0 | Hutchinson | Wight | 1:46 | D | 25,589 | ++ | |||
| 129 | 129 | Monday, Sep 4 | boxscore | DET | SLB | W | 4 | 2 | 80-47 | 2 | 2.0 | White | Garver | 2:15 | D | 0 | +++ | |||
| 130 | 130 | Monday, Sep 4 | boxscore | DET | SLB | L | 4 | 5 | 80-48 | 2 | 2.0 | Widmar | White | Starr | 2:27 | D | 37,515 | - | ||
| 131 | 131 | Tuesday, Sep 5 | boxscore | DET | SLB | W | 7 | 4 | 81-48 | 2 | 1.5 | Stuart | Pillette | 2:16 | N | 30,130 | + | |||
| 132 | 132 | Wednesday, Sep 6 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 5 | 3 | 82-48 | 2 | 0.5 | Newhouser | Wynn | 2:04 | N | 52,555 | ++ | |||
| 133 | 133 | Thursday, Sep 7 | boxscore | DET | CLE | T | 13 | 13 | 10 | 82-48 | 1 | Tied | 3:25 | D | 26,617 | ++ | ||||
| 134 | 134 | Friday, Sep 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 3 | 2 | 83-48 | 1 | up 0.5 | Trout | Cain | 2:33 | N | 17,742 | +++ | ||
| 135 | 135 | Saturday, Sep 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 7 | 0 | 84-48 | 1 | up 1.0 | Houtteman | Pierce | 2:27 | D | 4,529 | ++++ | ||
| 136 | 136 | Sunday, Sep 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 1 | 0 | 12 | 85-48 | 1 | up 0.5 | Newhouser | Gumpert | 2:41 | D | +++++ | ||
| 137 | 137 | Sunday, Sep 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 4 | 5 | 85-49 | 1 | up 0.5 | Scarborough | Herbert | 2:12 | D | 18,946 | - | ||
| 138 | 138 | Tuesday, Sep 12 | boxscore | DET | WSH | W | 3 | 2 | 86-49 | 1 | up 0.5 | Trout | Bearden | 1:46 | D | 5,092 | + | |||
| 139 | 139 | Wednesday, Sep 13 | boxscore | DET | WSH | W | 6 | 1 | 87-49 | 1 | up 0.5 | Hutchinson | Kuzava | Gray | 1:58 | D | 5,634 | ++ | ||
| 140 | 140 | Thursday, Sep 14 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 5 | 7 | 87-50 | 2 | 0.5 | Raschi | Newhouser | 2:31 | D | 20,853 | - | |||
| 141 | 141 | Friday, Sep 15 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 9 | 7 | 88-50 | 1 | up 0.5 | Borowy | Reynolds | 2:38 | D | 23,900 | + | |||
| 142 | 142 | Saturday, Sep 16 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 1 | 8 | 88-51 | 2 | 0.5 | Ford | Trout | 2:30 | D | 56,548 | - | |||
| 143 | 143 | Sunday, Sep 17 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 2 | 3 | 88-52 | 2 | 1.0 | Parnell | Hutchinson | Kinder | 2:00 | D | 53,167 | -- | ||
| 144 | 144 | Monday, Sep 18 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 2 | 3 | 88-53 | 3 | 1.5 | Nixon | Newhouser | Kinder | 2:22 | D | 24,485 | --- | ||
| 145 | 145 | Tuesday, Sep 19 | boxscore | DET | PHA | W | 12 | 4 | 89-53 | 2 | 0.5 | Houtteman | Wyse | 2:02 | D | 5,322 | + | |||
| 146 | 146 | Wednesday, Sep 20 | boxscore | DET | PHA | W | 6 | 5 | 90-53 | 2 | 0.5 | White | Hooper | 2:05 | D | 7,571 | ++ | |||
| 147 | 147 | Thursday, Sep 21 | boxscore | DET | PHA | W | 8 | 2 | 91-53 | 1 | Tied | Hutchinson | Coleman | 2:17 | D | 5,194 | +++ | |||
| 148 | 148 | Friday, Sep 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 3 | 4 | 91-54 | 2 | 0.5 | Feller | Newhouser | 2:10 | N | 29,909 | - | ||
| 149 | 149 | Saturday, Sep 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 2 | 10 | 91-55 | 2 | 1.5 | Garcia | Houtteman | 2:15 | D | 17,315 | -- | ||
| 150 | 150 | Sunday, Sep 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 1 | 2 | 10 | 91-56 | 2 | 2.5 | Lemon | Gray | 2:42 | D | 35,092 | --- | |
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 151 | 151 | Tuesday, Sep 26 | boxscore | DET | SLB | L | 1 | 3 | 91-57 | 2 | 3.5 | Johnson | Newhouser | 2:03 | D | 0 | ---- | |||
| 152 | 152 | Tuesday, Sep 26 | boxscore | DET | SLB | W | 5 | 3 | 92-57 | 2 | 3.5 | White | Fannin | Herbert | 2:12 | D | 9,464 | + | ||
| 153 | 153 | Wednesday, Sep 27 | boxscore | DET | SLB | W | 5 | 4 | 93-57 | 2 | 2.5 | White | Overmire | 2:01 | D | 3,335 | ++ | |||
| 154 | 154 | Thursday, Sep 28 | boxscore | DET | SLB | W | 4 | 3 | 12 | 94-57 | 2 | 2.5 | White | Pillette | 2:44 | D | 3,814 | +++ | ||
| 155 | 155 | Friday, Sep 29 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 2 | 12 | 94-58 | 2 | 3.0 | Lemon | Gray | 2:29 | D | 9,814 | - | |||
| 156 | 156 | Saturday, Sep 30 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 3 | 1 | 95-58 | 2 | 3.0 | Newhouser | Garcia | 2:16 | D | 24,178 | + | |||
| 157 | 157 | Sunday, Oct 1 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 5 | 7 | 95-59 | 2 | 3.0 | Gromek | Stuart | 2:20 | D | 49,110 | - | |||
| 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.