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1951 Detroit Tigers Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1950 / 1952)
73-81, Finished 5th in American League
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Scored 685 runs, Allowed 741 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 71-83
Manager: Red Rolfe (73-81)
Ballpark: Briggs Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,132,641 (5th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 100, Pitching - 101;   one-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 106
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1950 / 1952 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Season Summary 73-81, Final Rank:5, GB: 25.0
Days in Firstnever
 
Biggest Leadnever led
Farthest Behind25last on Sunday, Sep 30, for days on which they played
Most Games over .5006last on Sunday, May 20
Most Games under .50013last on Friday, Sep 14
Longest Winning Streak5Monday, May 7 to Saturday, May 12
Longest Losing Streak7Sunday, May 27 to Sunday, Jun 3
Most Runs Allowed20Saturday, Aug 18
Most Runs Scored13Saturday, Jul 7
Times Shutout by Opponent14 
Times Opponent Shutout8 

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
SplitWLRSRAWP
Overall 73 81 685 741 .474
Home/Road
SplitWLRSRAWP
Home 36 41 358 402 .468
Road 37 40 327 339 .481
Month by Month
SplitWLRSRAWP
April 3 5 26 32 .375
May 14 15 143 158 .483
June 14 12 133 111 .538
July 12 18 137 158 .400
August 16 19 145 188 .457
September 14 12 101 94 .538
By Season Half
SplitWLRSRAWP
First Half 34 38 340 341 .472
Second Half 39 43 345 400 .476
One-Run Games
SplitWLRSRAWP
One Run 25 21 180 176 .543
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
SplitWLRSRAWP
Blowout 16 24 202 263 .400
Opponent
SplitWLRSRAWP
BOS 10 12 102 106 .455
CHW 10 12 60 78 .455
CLE 5 17 72 95 .227
NYY 10 12 117 133 .455
PHA 13 9 125 118 .591
SLB 12 10 99 105 .545
WSH 13 9 110 106 .591

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

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Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
1 1 Tuesday, Apr 17 DET CLE L 1 2 0-1 5 1.0 Lemon 2:16 43,470 -
2 2 Wednesday, Apr 18 DET CLE L 2 4 0-2 6 2.0 Wynn 2:36 5,161 --
3 3 Friday, Apr 20 DET @ CHW L 0 5 0-3 6 3.5 Gumpert 2:08 8,731 ---
4 4 Saturday, Apr 21 DET @ CHW W 7 6 1-3 5 2.5 Hutchinson 2:38 3,231 +
5 5 Sunday, Apr 22 DET @ CHW L 2 3 1-4 6 3.5 Pierce 2:00 8,449 -
6 6 Monday, Apr 23 DET SLB W 7 4 2-4 6 3.0 Herbert 2:02 2,125 +
7 7 Saturday, Apr 28 DET CHW W 7 4 3-4 6 3.5 Rogovin 2:05 11,640 ++
8 8 Sunday, Apr 29 DET CHW L 0 4 3-5 6 3.0 Holcombe 2:16 21,301 -
9 9 Tuesday, May 1 DET PHA L 1 9 3-6 6 4.0 Wyse 2:54 3,583 --
10 10 Wednesday, May 2 DET PHA W 5 4 4-6 6 4.0 Herbert 3:15 11,902 +
11 11 Thursday, May 3 DET BOS L 1 6 4-7 6 5.0 Stobbs 2:20 6,705 -
12 12 Friday, May 4 DET BOS W 8 4 5-7 6 5.0 Newhouser 2:10 5,513 +
13 13 Saturday, May 5 DET BOS W 8 7 6-7 6 5.0 Herbert 3:07 19,322 ++
14 14 Sunday, May 6 DET NYY L 6 11 6-8 6 6.0 Morgan 2:43 37,078 -
15 15 Monday, May 7 DET NYY W 10 6 7-8 6 5.0 Bearden 2:48 6,036 +
16 16 Tuesday, May 8 DET NYY W 6 5 8-8 6 4.0 Herbert 3:20 11,653 ++
17 17 Wednesday, May 9 DET WSH W 4 0 9-8 5 4.0 Newhouser 1:39 3,799 +++
18 18 Friday, May 11 DET @ SLB W 7 1 10-8 5 3.5 Trout 2:16 2,130 ++++
19 19 Saturday, May 12 DET @ SLB W 5 2 11-8 4 3.5 Hutchinson 2:09 1,436 +++++
20 20 Sunday, May 13 DET @ SLB L 10 13 11-9 3 2.5 Garver 2:36 -
21 21 Sunday, May 13 DET @ SLB W 5 3 12-9 3 2.5 Gray 2:15 8,237 +
22 22 Tuesday, May 15 DET @ WSH W 12 4 13-9 2 2.5 Newhouser 2:22 11,814 ++
23 23 Wednesday, May 16 DET @ WSH W 7 1 14-9 2 2.5 Trout 2:11 9,105 +++
24 24 Thursday, May 17 DET @ WSH L 6 11 14-10 3 3.5 Marrero 2:23 2,868 -
25 25 Friday, May 18 DET @ PHA W 9 6 15-10 3 2.5 Cain 2:40 4,679 +
26 26 Sunday, May 20 DET @ BOS W 8 4 16-10 3 2.5 Newhouser 2:24 30,320 ++
27 27 Monday, May 21 DET @ BOS L 7 9 16-11 3 3.5 Nixon 2:25 5,934 -
28 28 Tuesday, May 22 DET @ BOS L 3 6 16-12 3 4.5 McDermott 2:24 7,995 --
29 29 Thursday, May 24 DET @ NYY L 1 11 16-13 4 5.5 Ostrowski 2:07 11,193 ---
30 30 Friday, May 25 DET SLB L 3 4 16-14 4 6.5 Widmar 2:08 23,531 ----
31 31 Saturday, May 26 DET SLB L 2 3 16-15 4 7.5 Kennedy 2:03 6,299 -----
32 32 Sunday, May 27 DET SLB W 3 2 17-15 4 7.5 Trucks 1:58 +
33 33 Sunday, May 27 DET SLB L 3 8 17-16 4 7.5 Garver 2:04 8,889 -
34 34 Monday, May 28 DET CLE L 0 9 17-17 4 7.5 Feller 2:24 28,652 --
35 35 Tuesday, May 29 DET CLE L 1 2 17-18 4 8.0 Lemon 1:56 6,280 ---
36 36 Wednesday, May 30 DET @ CLE L 1 3 17-19 5 10.0 Chakales 2:22 0 ----
37 37 Wednesday, May 30 DET @ CLE L 1 4 17-20 5 10.0 Garcia 1:49 28,782 -----
38 38 Saturday, Jun 2 DET NYY L 7 8 17-21 5 10.0 Reynolds 4:27 22,047 ------
39 39 Sunday, Jun 3 DET WSH L 4 8 17-22 5 10.0 Sima 2:45 0 -------
40 40 Sunday, Jun 3 DET WSH W 10 2 18-22 5 10.0 Hutchinson 1:49 16,929 +
41 41 Monday, Jun 4 DET WSH W 6 5 19-22 5 10.5 Newhouser 2:13 2,235 ++
42 42 Tuesday, Jun 5 DET WSH W 4 0 20-22 5 10.5 Bearden 1:56 16,164 +++
43 43 Wednesday, Jun 6 DET BOS W 6 4 21-22 5 10.5 Cain 2:24 9,002 ++++
44 44 Thursday, Jun 7 DET BOS L 3 5 21-23 5 11.5 Kinder 2:05 39,929 -
45 45 Friday, Jun 8 DET PHA W 9 2 22-23 5 10.5 Trout 2:06 2,623 +
46 46 Sunday, Jun 10 DET PHA W 11 7 23-23 5 9.0 Hutchinson 2:23 0 ++
47 47 Sunday, Jun 10 DET PHA W 9 5 24-23 5 9.0 Cain 2:34 26,764 +++
48 48 Tuesday, Jun 12 DET @ BOS W 7 3 25-23 5 9.0 Gray 2:43 28,775 ++++
49 49 Wednesday, Jun 13 DET @ BOS L 0 2 25-24 5 9.5 Wight 2:02 9,390 -
50 50 Friday, Jun 15 DET @ NYY L 0 2 25-25 5 10.0 Raschi 2:11 43,804 --
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
51 51 Saturday, Jun 16 DET @ NYY W 4 0 26-25 5 9.0 Cain 2:00 27,376 +
52 52 Sunday, Jun 17 DET @ NYY L 0 5 26-26 5 10.5 Reynolds 2:58 45,642 -
53 53 Tuesday, Jun 19 DET @ PHA L 5 9 26-27 5 11.0 Kucab 2:41 4,880 --
54 54 Wednesday, Jun 20 DET @ PHA W 7 2 27-27 5 10.5 Hutchinson 2:51 0 +
55 55 Wednesday, Jun 20 DET @ PHA L 4 5 27-28 5 10.5 Shantz 2:03 10,362 -
56 56 Thursday, Jun 21 DET @ PHA W 9 3 28-28 5 10.5 Cain 2:12 1,346 +
57 57 Friday, Jun 22 DET @ WSH W 7 3 29-28 5 9.5 Gray 2:31 5,800 ++
58 58 Saturday, Jun 23 DET @ WSH L 3 6 29-29 5 9.5 Porterfield 2:19 3,941 -
59 59 Sunday, Jun 24 DET @ WSH W 10 5 30-29 5 9.0 Hutchinson 2:39 8,561 +
60 60 Tuesday, Jun 26 DET @ CHW L 3 11 30-30 5 10.0 Aloma 2:42 47,120 -
61 61 Wednesday, Jun 27 DET @ CHW W 3 2 31-30 5 9.0 Trucks 2:33 12,606 +
62 62 Friday, Jun 29 DET @ CLE L 1 4 31-31 5 10.0 Lemon 2:22 26,501 -
63 63 Saturday, Jun 30 DET @ CLE L 1 3 31-32 5 10.0 Wynn 1:49 10,050 --
64 64 Sunday, Jul 1 DET @ CLE L 1 2 31-33 5 11.0 Feller 2:05 0 ---
65 65 Sunday, Jul 1 DET @ CLE L 0 2 31-34 5 11.0 Chakales 1:41 42,891 ----
66 66 Wednesday, Jul 4 DET CHW W 6 3 32-34 5 11.0 Newhouser 2:11 +
67 67 Wednesday, Jul 4 DET CHW L 1 5 32-35 5 11.0 Dobson 2:20 38,024 -
68 68 Thursday, Jul 5 DET CHW W 8 0 33-35 5 10.5 Hutchinson 1:44 11,462 +
69 69 Friday, Jul 6 DET CLE L 4 7 33-36 5 10.5 Feller 2:55 54,562 -
70 70 Saturday, Jul 7 DET CLE W 13 3 34-36 5 10.5 Cain 2:12 16,049 +
71 71 Sunday, Jul 8 DET CLE L 3 8 34-37 5 12.0 Wynn 2:31 0 -
72 72 Sunday, Jul 8 DET CLE L 2 10 34-38 5 12.0 Garcia 1:45 41,154 --
73 73 Thursday, Jul 12 DET WSH W 5 4 35-38 5 11.5 Cain 2:01 4,655 +
74 74 Friday, Jul 13 DET WSH L 1 3 35-39 5 11.5 Porterfield 1:57 22,693 -
75 75 Saturday, Jul 14 DET WSH L 0 8 35-40 5 12.5 Johnson 1:45 6,729 --
76 76 Sunday, Jul 15 DET NYY W 5 3 36-40 5 12.5 Hutchinson 1:54 +
77 77 Sunday, Jul 15 DET NYY L 7 8 36-41 5 12.5 Morgan 2:34 45,919 -
78 78 Monday, Jul 16 DET NYY L 6 8 36-42 5 12.5 Shea 2:45 12,226 --
79 79 Tuesday, Jul 17 DET PHA W 8 5 37-42 5 11.5 Trucks 2:40 15,746 +
80 80 Wednesday, Jul 18 DET PHA L 9 16 37-43 5 12.5 Fowler 1:45 4,136 -
81 81 Thursday, Jul 19 DET PHA L 0 5 37-44 5 12.0 Martin 2:43 0 --
82 82 Thursday, Jul 19 DET PHA W 4 3 38-44 5 12.0 Trucks 2:10 7,380 +
83 83 Friday, Jul 20 DET BOS W 6 1 39-44 5 11.0 Stuart 2:02 45,653 ++
84 84 Saturday, Jul 21 DET BOS L 3 6 39-45 5 12.0 Scarborough 2:01 14,509 -
85 85 Sunday, Jul 22 DET BOS L 9 10 39-46 5 13.0 Wight 3:00 24,088 --
86 86 Tuesday, Jul 24 DET @ WSH W 2 1 40-46 5 13.0 Stuart 1:56 10,661 +
87 87 Wednesday, Jul 25 DET @ WSH L 4 7 40-47 5 14.0 Johnson 2:14 3,069 -
88 88 Thursday, Jul 26 DET @ WSH W 6 3 41-47 5 13.0 Trout 2:22 3,430 +
89 89 Friday, Jul 27 DET @ PHA L 6 10 41-48 5 14.0 Hooper 2:26 3,835 -
90 90 Saturday, Jul 28 DET @ PHA W 6 5 42-48 5 13.5 Stuart 2:24 1,546 +
91 91 Sunday, Jul 29 DET @ PHA W 8 4 43-48 5 14.5 Trout 0:00 5,788 ++
92 92 Sunday, Jul 29 DET @ PHA L 0 3 43-49 5 14.5 Shantz 1:59 5,788 -
93 93 Monday, Jul 30 DET @ NYY L 4 5 43-50 5 15.5 Lopat 2:19 39,684 --
94 94 Wednesday, Aug 1 DET @ NYY W 9 8 44-50 5 15.5 Trucks 3:09 0 +
95 95 Wednesday, Aug 1 DET @ NYY L 6 10 44-51 5 15.5 Morgan 2:25 31,101 -
96 96 Thursday, Aug 2 DET @ NYY W 6 0 45-51 5 14.5 White 2:48 14,963 +
97 97 Friday, Aug 3 DET @ BOS L 2 5 45-52 5 15.0 McDermott 2:06 31,209 -
98 98 Saturday, Aug 4 DET @ BOS W 2 1 46-52 5 15.0 Borowy 2:07 22,726 +
99 99 Sunday, Aug 5 DET @ BOS W 3 1 47-52 5 15.0 Stuart 2:11 0 ++
100 100 Sunday, Aug 5 DET @ BOS W 8 5 48-52 5 15.0 Borowy 2:48 34,546 +++
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
101 101 Monday, Aug 6 DET CHW L 1 10 48-53 5 16.0 Dobson 2:19 33,704 -
102 102 Tuesday, Aug 7 DET CHW L 1 2 48-54 5 16.5 Pierce 3:00 7,275 --
103 103 Wednesday, Aug 8 DET CHW W 6 5 49-54 5 16.0 Trout 3:08 9,765 +
104 104 Thursday, Aug 9 DET SLB L 3 6 49-55 5 16.5 Sanford 2:03 3,709 -
105 105 Friday, Aug 10 DET SLB L 2 4 49-56 5 17.5 Garver 2:14 20,761 --
106 106 Saturday, Aug 11 DET SLB W 7 4 50-56 5 17.5 Trout 2:02 7,077 +
107 107 Sunday, Aug 12 DET SLB W 2 1 51-56 5 17.5 Cain 2:14 12,998 ++
108 108 Monday, Aug 13 DET @ CLE L 1 2 51-57 5 18.5 Feller 2:20 46,290 -
109 109 Tuesday, Aug 14 DET @ CLE L 5 6 51-58 5 19.5 Brissie 2:47 15,505 --
110 110 Wednesday, Aug 15 DET @ CHW L 0 2 51-59 5 20.5 Rogovin 2:18 22,576 ---
111 111 Thursday, Aug 16 DET @ CHW W 2 1 52-59 5 19.5 Trout 2:08 8,356 +
112 112 Friday, Aug 17 DET @ SLB W 5 4 53-59 5 18.0 Gray 2:15 3,154 ++
113 113 Saturday, Aug 18 DET @ SLB L 9 20 53-60 5 19.0 Mahoney 2:46 1,871 -
114 114 Sunday, Aug 19 DET @ SLB W 5 2 54-60 5 18.0 Bearden 1:59 +
115 115 Sunday, Aug 19 DET @ SLB W 6 2 55-60 5 18.0 Cain 2:24 18,369 ++
116 116 Monday, Aug 20 DET NYY W 6 3 56-60 5 18.5 Trucks 2:03 +++
117 117 Monday, Aug 20 DET NYY L 5 12 56-61 5 18.5 Ostrowski 2:05 39,540 -
118 118 Tuesday, Aug 21 DET NYY L 4 11 56-62 5 19.5 Schallock 2:41 36,547 --
119 119 Wednesday, Aug 22 DET NYY W 7 6 57-62 5 19.5 Trucks 3:46 13,168 +
120 120 Thursday, Aug 23 DET WSH L 0 10 57-63 5 20.5 Porterfield 2:04 3,813 -
121 121 Friday, Aug 24 DET WSH L 7 10 57-64 5 20.5 Haynes 2:18 1,887 --
122 122 Saturday, Aug 25 DET WSH L 5 11 57-65 5 20.5 Harris 2:30 7,165 ---
123 123 Sunday, Aug 26 DET PHA W 6 0 58-65 5 20.0 Hutchinson 1:44 10,025 +
124 124 Monday, Aug 27 DET PHA L 0 1 58-66 5 20.5 Shantz 1:55 14,329 -
125 125 Tuesday, Aug 28 DET BOS W 5 4 59-66 5 20.5 White 2:02 6,586 +
126 126 Wednesday, Aug 29 DET BOS L 5 7 59-67 5 20.5 Scarborough 2:36 8,050 -
127 127 Thursday, Aug 30 DET BOS L 4 10 59-68 5 21.0 Stobbs 2:31 6,378 --
128 128 Friday, Aug 31 DET CHW L 0 2 59-69 5 21.5 Rogovin 1:53 26,698 ---
129 129 Saturday, Sep 1 DET CHW L 1 4 59-70 5 22.5 Holcombe 1:52 5,102 ----
130 130 Sunday, Sep 2 DET CHW W 1 0 60-70 5 22.0 Trucks 1:49 15,168 +
131 131 Monday, Sep 3 DET SLB W 6 5 61-70 5 22.5 White 3:35 ++
132 132 Monday, Sep 3 DET SLB L 2 3 61-71 5 22.5 Sanford 1:50 16,981 -
133 133 Wednesday, Sep 5 DET @ CLE L 2 5 61-72 5 23.0 Wynn 2:05 31,129 --
134 134 Friday, Sep 7 DET @ CHW W 4 1 62-72 5 22.0 Gray 2:14 0 +
135 135 Friday, Sep 7 DET @ CHW W 2 1 63-72 5 22.0 Trucks 3:07 20,256 ++
136 136 Saturday, Sep 8 DET @ CHW L 2 3 63-73 5 23.0 Aloma 1:56 6,103 -
137 137 Sunday, Sep 9 DET @ CHW L 3 4 63-74 5 24.0 Rogovin 2:25 13,844 --
138 138 Tuesday, Sep 11 DET @ BOS L 3 4 63-75 5 24.5 Kiely 2:08 7,789 ---
139 139 Wednesday, Sep 12 DET @ BOS L 1 2 63-76 5 25.0 Wight 2:19 8,143 ----
140 140 Thursday, Sep 13 DET @ NYY W 9 2 64-76 5 24.0 Trucks 2:20 12,150 +
141 141 Friday, Sep 14 DET @ NYY L 2 5 64-77 5 24.5 Raschi 2:00 10,380 -
142 142 Saturday, Sep 15 DET @ NYY W 7 4 65-77 5 24.0 Trout 2:14 18,643 +
143 143 Sunday, Sep 16 DET @ WSH W 3 1 66-77 5 22.5 Cain 1:56 0 ++
144 144 Sunday, Sep 16 DET @ WSH W 4 3 67-77 5 22.5 Gray 2:25 10,530 +++
145 145 Tuesday, Sep 18 DET @ PHA W 8 6 68-77 5 22.0 Trucks 3:02 1,402 ++++
146 146 Wednesday, Sep 19 DET @ PHA L 1 8 68-78 5 23.0 Shantz 1:51 1,441 -
147 147 Friday, Sep 21 DET CLE W 7 6 69-78 5 23.5 Hutchinson 2:01 10,146 +
148 148 Saturday, Sep 22 DET CLE W 9 4 70-78 5 22.5 Cain 2:25 15,714 ++
149 149 Sunday, Sep 23 DET CLE W 9 1 71-78 5 22.5 Trucks 2:25 46,623 +++
150 150 Tuesday, Sep 25 DET @ SLB W 2 0 72-78 5 22.0 Gray 1:57 1,754 ++++
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
151 151 Wednesday, Sep 26 DET @ SLB L 1 7 72-79 5 22.0 Garver 2:57 1,784 -
152 152 Thursday, Sep 27 DET @ SLB L 4 7 72-80 5 22.5 Markell 1:34 580 --
153 153 Saturday, Sep 29 DET @ CLE L 6 7 72-81 5 25.0 Brissie 3:13 10,037 ---
154 154 Sunday, Sep 30 DET @ CLE W 2 1 73-81 5 25.0 Trucks 1:46 18,587 +
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
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Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.

1950 / 1952 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits