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| Season Summary | 76-78, Final Rank:4, GB: 18.0 | |
| Days in First | never | |
| Biggest Lead | never led | |
| Farthest Behind | 18.5 | last on Friday, Sep 18, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | 5 | last on Saturday, Jun 20 |
| Most Games under .500 | 13 | last on Saturday, May 2 |
| Longest Winning Streak | 5 | Sunday, May 24 to Saturday, May 30 and Wednesday, Aug 26 to Tuesday, Sep 1 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 6 | Friday, Apr 10 to Friday, Apr 17, Tuesday, Apr 21 to Sunday, Apr 26, Friday, Jul 3 to Thursday, Jul 9 and Sunday, Jul 12 to Saturday, Jul 18 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 17 | Wednesday, May 6 |
| Most Runs Scored | 14 | Monday, May 18, Thursday, Aug 20 and Monday, Sep 7 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 14 | Friday, Apr 10 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 10 | |
| Times Opponent Shutout | 9 | |
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| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Friday, Apr 10 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 7 | 9 | 14 | 0-1 | 6 | 1.0 | Staley | Mossi | Rudolph | 4:25 | 38,332 | - | |
| 2 | 2 | Saturday, Apr 11 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 3 | 5 | 0-2 | 7 | 2.0 | Wynn | Narleski | 2:29 | 5,529 | -- | |||
| 3 | 3 | Sunday, Apr 12 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 3 | 5 | 0-3 | 8 | 3.0 | Donovan | Lary | Shaw | 2:42 | 11,228 | --- | ||
| 4 | 4 | Tuesday, Apr 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 1 | 8 | 0-4 | 8 | 4.0 | Score | Bunning | 2:40 | 33,098 | ---- | ||
| 5 | 5 | Wednesday, Apr 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0-5 | 8 | 4.5 | McLish | Narleski | 2:12 | 3,424 | ----- | |
| 6 | 6 | Friday, Apr 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 5 | 6 | 0-6 | 8 | 5.5 | Arias | Narleski | Lown | 2:24 | 2,656 | ------ | |
| 7 | 7 | Saturday, Apr 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 5 | 2 | 1-6 | 8 | 5.5 | Hoeft | Moore | Morgan | 2:42 | 7,159 | + | |
| 8 | 8 | Tuesday, Apr 21 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 1 | 14 | 1-7 | 8 | 6.0 | McLish | Foytack | 2:50 | 12,935 | - | |||
| 9 | 9 | Wednesday, Apr 22 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 1 | 10 | 1-8 | 8 | 7.0 | Bell | Lary | 2:27 | 3,253 | -- | |||
| 10 | 10 | Thursday, Apr 23 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 4 | 10 | 1-9 | 8 | 8.0 | Brodowski | Narleski | 2:48 | 3,197 | --- | |||
| 11 | 11 | Friday, Apr 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCA | L | 1 | 10 | 1-10 | 8 | 9.0 | Terry | Hoeft | 2:34 | 8,727 | ---- | ||
| 12 | 12 | Saturday, Apr 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCA | L | 7 | 8 | 1-11 | 8 | 9.0 | Garver | Foytack | Tomanek | 2:40 | 9,499 | ----- | |
| 13 | 13 | Sunday, Apr 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCA | L | 3 | 4 | 1-12 | 8 | 8.5 | Grim | Bunning | Daley | 2:44 | 7,430 | ------ | |
| 14 | 14 | Wednesday, Apr 29 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2-12 | 8 | 8.0 | Lary | Portocarrero | 1:36 | 3,005 | + | ||
| 15 | 15 | Thursday, Apr 30 | boxscore | DET | WSH | L | 1 | 9 | 2-13 | 8 | 8.5 | Fischer | Foytack | 2:21 | 1,467 | - | |||
| 16 | 16 | Friday, May 1 | boxscore | DET | WSH | L | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2-14 | 8 | 9.5 | Pascual | Bunning | 3:10 | 1,863 | -- | ||
| 17 | 17 | Saturday, May 2 | boxscore | DET | WSH | L | 3 | 15 | 2-15 | 8 | 10.5 | Kemmerer | Davie | 2:28 | 4,771 | --- | |||
| 18 | 18 | Sunday, May 3 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 4 | 2 | 3-15 | 8 | 9.5 | Lary | Turley | 2:35 | 0 | + | |||
| 19 | 19 | Sunday, May 3 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 8 | 2 | 4-15 | 8 | 9.5 | Mossi | Maas | 2:40 | 43,438 | ++ | |||
| 20 | 20 | Tuesday, May 5 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 8 | 3 | 5-15 | 8 | 9.5 | Bunning | Casale | 2:49 | 21,100 | +++ | |||
| 21 | 21 | Wednesday, May 6 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 6 | 17 | 5-16 | 8 | 9.5 | Baumann | Foytack | 2:52 | 4,854 | - | |||
| 22 | 22 | Thursday, May 7 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 3 | 1 | 6-16 | 8 | 9.0 | Lary | Delock | 2:03 | 4,215 | + | |||
| 23 | 23 | Friday, May 8 | boxscore | DET | KCA | W | 5 | 4 | 7-16 | 8 | 9.0 | Narleski | Herbert | 2:09 | 16,176 | ++ | |||
| 24 | 24 | Saturday, May 9 | boxscore | DET | KCA | W | 7 | 4 | 8-16 | 8 | 8.0 | Bunning | Grim | 2:30 | 6,691 | +++ | |||
| 25 | 25 | Sunday, May 10 | boxscore | DET | KCA | W | 7 | 6 | 9-16 | 8 | 6.5 | Foytack | Terry | Narleski | 2:21 | 9,783 | ++++ | ||
| 26 | 26 | Tuesday, May 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSH | L | 4 | 7 | 9-17 | 8 | 7.5 | Fischer | Sisler | Clevenger | 2:14 | 4,234 | - | |
| 27 | 27 | Thursday, May 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSH | W | 4 | 2 | 10-17 | 8 | 7.0 | Bunning | Griggs | 2:43 | 6,976 | + | ||
| 28 | 28 | Friday, May 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 1 | 2 | 10-18 | 8 | 8.0 | Loes | Mossi | 2:30 | 6,781 | - | ||
| 29 | 29 | Saturday, May 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 1 | 6 | 10-19 | 8 | 9.0 | Wilhelm | Lary | 2:23 | 7,674 | -- | ||
| 30 | 30 | Sunday, May 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 1 | 10 | 10-20 | 8 | 9.5 | Delock | Foytack | 2:42 | 17,180 | --- | ||
| 31 | 31 | Monday, May 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 14 | 2 | 11-20 | 8 | 9.0 | Bunning | Sullivan | 2:39 | 3,028 | + | ||
| 32 | 32 | Tuesday, May 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 6 | 3 | 12-20 | 8 | 8.5 | Mossi | Ford | 2:47 | 19,057 | ++ | ||
| 33 | 33 | Wednesday, May 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 13 | 6 | 13-20 | 7 | 8.5 | Lary | Shantz | 3:17 | 12,775 | +++ | ||
| 34 | 34 | Friday, May 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 0 | 1 | 13-21 | 7 | 9.5 | Bell | Foytack | 1:52 | 24,317 | - | ||
| 35 | 35 | Saturday, May 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 6 | 4 | 14-21 | 7 | 8.5 | Bunning | McLish | 2:25 | 5,864 | + | ||
| 36 | 36 | Sunday, May 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 2 | 3 | 14-22 | 7 | 8.5 | Score | Narleski | 2:30 | 0 | - | ||
| 37 | 37 | Sunday, May 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 6 | 3 | 15-22 | 7 | 8.5 | Lary | Garcia | Sisler | 2:22 | 22,735 | + | |
| 38 | 38 | Monday, May 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCA | W | 4 | 3 | 16-22 | 6 | 8.0 | Davie | Coleman | Narleski | 2:38 | 8,766 | ++ | |
| 39 | 39 | Tuesday, May 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCA | W | 9 | 5 | 17-22 | 6 | 8.0 | Foytack | Garver | Morgan | 2:25 | 7,502 | +++ | |
| 40 | 40 | Friday, May 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 4 | 1 | 18-22 | 6 | 6.5 | Mossi | Shaw | 2:08 | 4,114 | ++++ | ||
| 41 | 41 | Saturday, May 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 4 | 2 | 19-22 | 5 | 6.5 | Lary | Pierce | 2:44 | 0 | +++++ | ||
| 42 | 42 | Saturday, May 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 3 | 4 | 19-23 | 5 | 6.5 | Lown | Morgan | 2:55 | 23,621 | - | ||
| 43 | 43 | Sunday, May 31 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 7 | 4 | 20-23 | 5 | 5.5 | Davie | Garcia | 2:22 | 27,706 | + | |||
| 44 | 44 | Monday, Jun 1 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 3 | 1 | 21-23 | 5 | 4.5 | Foytack | Bell | 2:13 | 8,224 | ++ | |||
| 45 | 45 | Tuesday, Jun 2 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 2 | 0 | 22-23 | 5 | 3.5 | Mossi | Maas | 2:05 | 42,268 | +++ | |||
| 46 | 46 | Wednesday, Jun 3 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 5 | 6 | 22-24 | 5 | 3.5 | Duren | Narleski | 2:54 | 43,146 | - | |||
| 47 | 47 | Thursday, Jun 4 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 3 | 14 | 22-25 | 5 | 4.5 | Ford | Bunning | 2:46 | 15,267 | -- | |||
| 48 | 48 | Friday, Jun 5 | boxscore | DET | WSH | W | 7 | 6 | 23-25 | 5 | 4.5 | Sisler | Pascual | 2:49 | 27,537 | + | |||
| 49 | 49 | Saturday, Jun 6 | boxscore | DET | WSH | W | 4 | 1 | 24-25 | 5 | 3.5 | Foytack | Clevenger | 1:59 | 11,064 | ++ | |||
| 50 | 50 | Sunday, Jun 7 | boxscore | DET | WSH | W | 6 | 4 | 25-25 | 4 | 3.0 | Narleski | Ramos | Sisler | 1:44 | 20,447 | +++ | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Monday, Jun 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 6 | 3 | 26-25 | 4 | 2.5 | Bunning | Monbouquette | 2:40 | 17,119 | ++++ | ||
| 52 | 52 | Tuesday, Jun 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 2 | 5 | 26-26 | 4 | 2.5 | Casale | Davie | 2:35 | 14,573 | - | ||
| 53 | 53 | Wednesday, Jun 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 10 | 9 | 27-26 | 4 | 2.5 | Morgan | Fornieles | Sisler | 3:00 | 4,343 | + | |
| 54 | 54 | Thursday, Jun 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 8 | 1 | 28-26 | 4 | 2.5 | Narleski | Wills | 2:33 | 3,248 | ++ | ||
| 55 | 55 | Friday, Jun 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 3 | 1 | 29-26 | 3 | 2.0 | Mossi | Bronstad | 2:30 | 41,891 | +++ | ||
| 56 | 56 | Saturday, Jun 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 4 | 6 | 8 | 29-27 | 4 | 2.0 | Larsen | Bunning | Ditmar | 2:32 | 23,232 | - |
| 57 | 57 | Sunday, Jun 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 3 | 2 | 30-27 | 3 | 2.0 | Lary | Ford | Sisler | 2:18 | 0 | + | |
| 58 | 58 | Sunday, Jun 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 8 | 2 | 31-27 | 3 | 2.0 | Foytack | Maas | 2:32 | 51,295 | ++ | ||
| 59 | 59 | Monday, Jun 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 6 | 4 | 32-27 | 3 | 1.5 | Narleski | Wilhelm | Sisler | 2:45 | 17,308 | +++ | |
| 60 | 60 | Wednesday, Jun 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 0 | 4 | 32-28 | 3 | 2.5 | Pappas | Bunning | 1:55 | 7,268 | - | ||
| 61 | 61 | Thursday, Jun 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 6 | 7 | 32-29 | 3 | 2.5 | Johnson | Sisler | 2:37 | 6,248 | -- | ||
| 62 | 62 | Friday, Jun 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSH | W | 6 | 4 | 11 | 33-29 | 4 | 1.5 | Schultz | Stobbs | 3:22 | 10,726 | + | |
| 63 | 63 | Saturday, Jun 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSH | W | 7 | 4 | 34-29 | 2 | 0.5 | Lary | Griggs | Sisler | 3:32 | 8,687 | ++ | |
| 64 | 64 | Sunday, Jun 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSH | L | 3 | 4 | 34-30 | 3 | 2.5 | Clevenger | Schultz | 2:38 | 0 | - | ||
| 65 | 65 | Sunday, Jun 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSH | L | 5 | 7 | 34-31 | 3 | 2.5 | Ramos | Narleski | 2:33 | 18,667 | -- | ||
| 66 | 66 | Tuesday, Jun 23 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 4 | 10 | 34-32 | 5 | 2.5 | Delock | Foytack | 2:29 | 40,085 | --- | |||
| 67 | 67 | Wednesday, Jun 24 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 2 | 4 | 34-33 | 5 | 2.5 | Harshman | Mossi | Fornieles | 2:46 | 9,327 | ---- | ||
| 68 | 68 | Thursday, Jun 25 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 10 | 5 | 35-33 | 5 | 2.5 | Bunning | Brewer | Morgan | 2:38 | 10,144 | + | ||
| 69 | 69 | Friday, Jun 26 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 7 | 12 | 35-34 | 5 | 4.0 | O'Dell | Narleski | Fisher | 2:40 | 0 | - | ||
| 70 | 70 | Friday, Jun 26 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 1 | 4 | 35-35 | 5 | 4.0 | Walker | Lary | Loes | 2:02 | 51,082 | -- | ||
| 71 | 71 | Saturday, Jun 27 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 12 | 2 | 36-35 | 5 | 3.0 | Foytack | Hoeft | 2:16 | 10,856 | + | |||
| 72 | 72 | Sunday, Jun 28 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 7 | 2 | 37-35 | 4 | 3.5 | Mossi | Pappas | 2:15 | 17,910 | ++ | |||
| 73 | 73 | Monday, Jun 29 | boxscore | DET | KCA | L | 3 | 10 | 10 | 37-36 | 4 | 4.0 | Daley | Schultz | Garver | 3:07 | 5,114 | - | |
| 74 | 74 | Tuesday, Jun 30 | boxscore | DET | KCA | W | 4 | 0 | 38-36 | 4 | 4.0 | Lary | Coleman | 2:15 | 17,948 | + | |||
| 75 | 75 | Wednesday, Jul 1 | boxscore | DET | KCA | W | 5 | 4 | 39-36 | 3 | 3.0 | Foytack | Garver | Narleski | 2:06 | 6,189 | ++ | ||
| 76 | 76 | Thursday, Jul 2 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 9 | 7 | 40-36 | 3 | 2.0 | Mossi | Shaw | Sisler | 3:00 | 29,312 | +++ | ||
| 77 | 77 | Friday, Jul 3 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 5 | 6 | 10 | 40-37 | 4 | 3.0 | Lown | Morgan | 3:13 | 11,729 | - | ||
| 78 | 78 | Saturday, Jul 4 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 1 | 6 | 40-38 | 5 | 5.0 | McLish | Lary | 2:19 | 0 | -- | |||
| 79 | 79 | Saturday, Jul 4 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 9 | 12 | 11 | 40-39 | 5 | 5.0 | Bell | Smith | 3:39 | 35,799 | --- | ||
| 80 | 80 | Sunday, Jul 5 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 4 | 5 | 10 | 40-40 | 5 | 6.0 | Bell | Morgan | 2:49 | 16,676 | ---- | ||
| 81 | 81 | Thursday, Jul 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCA | L | 0 | 5 | 40-41 | 5 | 6.5 | Herbert | Lary | 2:20 | 0 | ----- | ||
| 82 | 82 | Thursday, Jul 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCA | L | 0 | 4 | 40-42 | 5 | 6.5 | Kucks | Narleski | 1:51 | 15,187 | ------ | ||
| 83 | 83 | Friday, Jul 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCA | W | 5 | 2 | 41-42 | 5 | 6.5 | Bunning | Grim | 2:29 | 14,766 | + | ||
| 84 | 84 | Saturday, Jul 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 7 | 8 | 41-43 | 5 | 7.5 | Perry | Sisler | Bell | 3:10 | 29,895 | - | |
| 85 | 85 | Sunday, Jul 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 6 | 2 | 42-43 | 5 | 7.5 | Foytack | Locke | 2:01 | 0 | + | ||
| 86 | 86 | Sunday, Jul 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 4 | 8 | 42-44 | 5 | 7.5 | Perry | Morgan | 2:13 | 54,727 | - | ||
| 87 | 87 | Tuesday, Jul 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSH | L | 2 | 4 | 42-45 | 5 | 7.5 | Ramos | Lary | 2:31 | 4,560 | -- | ||
| 88 | 88 | Wednesday, Jul 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSH | L | 0 | 3 | 5 | 42-46 | 6 | 8.0 | Pascual | Bunning | 1:13 | 7,715 | --- | |
| 89 | 89 | Thursday, Jul 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSH | L | 2 | 5 | 42-47 | 6 | 8.5 | Fischer | Narleski | Hyde | 2:31 | 10,407 | ---- | |
| 90 | 90 | Friday, Jul 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 2 | 3 | 42-48 | 6 | 9.5 | Brown | Mossi | Pappas | 1:56 | 26,808 | ----- | |
| 91 | 91 | Saturday, Jul 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 2 | 5 | 42-49 | 6 | 10.0 | Portocarrero | Foytack | Walker | 2:24 | 0 | ------ | |
| 92 | 92 | Saturday, Jul 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 2 | 0 | 43-49 | 6 | 10.0 | Lary | Wilhelm | 2:19 | 23,188 | + | ||
| 93 | 93 | Sunday, Jul 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 1 | 2 | 43-50 | 6 | 9.5 | O'Dell | Bunning | Loes | 1:55 | 8,856 | - | |
| 94 | 94 | Tuesday, Jul 21 | boxscore | DET | WSH | W | 8 | 1 | 44-50 | 6 | 9.5 | Foytack | Fischer | 2:13 | 23,075 | + | |||
| 95 | 95 | Wednesday, Jul 22 | boxscore | DET | WSH | W | 6 | 2 | 45-50 | 5 | 9.5 | Lary | Ramos | Narleski | 2:09 | 8,211 | ++ | ||
| 96 | 96 | Thursday, Jul 23 | boxscore | DET | WSH | W | 11 | 2 | 46-50 | 5 | 9.0 | Bunning | Woodeshick | 2:14 | 5,320 | +++ | |||
| 97 | 97 | Friday, Jul 24 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 4 | 2 | 47-50 | 5 | 9.0 | Mossi | Larsen | 2:34 | 50,161 | ++++ | |||
| 98 | 98 | Saturday, Jul 25 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 8 | 9 | 47-51 | 5 | 10.0 | Maas | Smith | Bronstad | 3:35 | 26,530 | - | ||
| 99 | 99 | Sunday, Jul 26 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 1 | 0 | 10 | 48-51 | 5 | 10.0 | Lary | Duren | 2:28 | 36,227 | + | ||
| 100 | 100 | Monday, Jul 27 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 2 | 5 | 48-52 | 6 | 10.0 | Brown | Bunning | Loes | 2:18 | 7,170 | - | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 101 | 101 | Tuesday, Jul 28 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 8 | 3 | 49-52 | 6 | 10.0 | Mossi | Wilhelm | 2:23 | 21,446 | + | |||
| 102 | 102 | Wednesday, Jul 29 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 1 | 5 | 49-53 | 6 | 10.5 | Walker | Foytack | Pappas | 2:09 | 5,812 | - | ||
| 103 | 103 | Thursday, Jul 30 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 11 | 2 | 50-53 | 5 | 10.5 | Lary | O'Dell | 2:15 | 6,525 | + | |||
| 104 | 104 | Friday, Jul 31 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 5 | 6 | 50-54 | 6 | 11.5 | Fornieles | Bunning | 3:14 | 31,916 | - | |||
| 105 | 105 | Saturday, Aug 1 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 6 | 2 | 51-54 | 5 | 11.5 | Mossi | Casale | 2:34 | 9,772 | + | |||
| 106 | 106 | Sunday, Aug 2 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 4 | 5 | 51-55 | 6 | 13.0 | Delock | Foytack | 2:26 | 16,722 | - | |||
| 107 | 107 | Tuesday, Aug 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 4 | 3 | 52-55 | 5 | 12.0 | Lary | Grba | 2:43 | 33,778 | + | ||
| 108 | 108 | Wednesday, Aug 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 0 | 3 | 52-56 | 6 | 12.5 | Shantz | Mossi | 2:11 | 10,202 | - | ||
| 109 | 109 | Thursday, Aug 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 4 | 0 | 53-56 | 5 | 12.0 | Foytack | Ditmar | 1:58 | 16,746 | + | ||
| 110 | 110 | Friday, Aug 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 3 | 4 | 53-57 | 6 | 13.0 | Monbouquette | Narleski | 2:32 | 21,099 | - | ||
| 111 | 111 | Saturday, Aug 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 3 | 4 | 10 | 53-58 | 6 | 13.5 | Delock | Burnside | 3:12 | 13,930 | -- | |
| 112 | 112 | Sunday, Aug 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 7 | 3 | 54-58 | 5 | 14.0 | Mossi | Brewer | Foytack | 2:55 | 12,500 | + | |
| 113 | 113 | Tuesday, Aug 11 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 8 | 1 | 55-58 | 5 | 13.0 | Bunning | Pierce | 2:30 | 34,417 | ++ | |||
| 114 | 114 | Wednesday, Aug 12 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 6 | 11 | 55-59 | 5 | 14.0 | Staley | Burnside | Lown | 2:55 | 12,820 | - | ||
| 115 | 115 | Thursday, Aug 13 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 0 | 9 | 55-60 | 5 | 15.0 | Wynn | Mossi | 2:17 | 9,894 | -- | |||
| 116 | 116 | Friday, Aug 14 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 11 | 1 | 56-60 | 5 | 15.0 | Lary | McLish | 2:24 | 28,198 | + | |||
| 117 | 117 | Saturday, Aug 15 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 9 | 6 | 57-60 | 5 | 14.0 | Bunning | Score | Morgan | 2:40 | 12,330 | ++ | ||
| 118 | 118 | Monday, Aug 17 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 5 | 4 | 58-60 | 5 | 13.0 | Foytack | Bell | 2:15 | 4,788 | +++ | |||
| 119 | 119 | Tuesday, Aug 18 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 3 | 5 | 58-61 | 5 | 14.0 | Ditmar | Mossi | Ford | 2:29 | 37,353 | - | ||
| 120 | 120 | Wednesday, Aug 19 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 5 | 10 | 58-62 | 5 | 14.0 | Ford | Lary | 3:27 | 33,517 | -- | |||
| 121 | 121 | Thursday, Aug 20 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 14 | 2 | 59-62 | 5 | 13.0 | Bunning | Blaylock | 3:00 | 17,296 | + | |||
| 122 | 122 | Friday, Aug 21 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 2 | 0 | 60-62 | 5 | 13.0 | Foytack | Monbouquette | 1:52 | 16,781 | ++ | |||
| 123 | 123 | Saturday, Aug 22 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 1 | 7 | 60-63 | 5 | 14.0 | Baumann | Mossi | 2:17 | 8,632 | - | |||
| 124 | 124 | Sunday, Aug 23 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 9 | 5 | 61-63 | 4 | 13.5 | Lary | Portocarrero | Morgan | 2:43 | 24,031 | + | ||
| 125 | 125 | Monday, Aug 24 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 0 | 11 | 61-64 | 5 | 14.5 | Wilhelm | Mossi | Fisher | 2:12 | 2,246 | - | ||
| 126 | 126 | Tuesday, Aug 25 | boxscore | DET | WSH | L | 1 | 3 | 61-65 | 5 | 15.5 | Ramos | Foytack | Stobbs | 2:21 | 18,863 | -- | ||
| 127 | 127 | Wednesday, Aug 26 | boxscore | DET | WSH | W | 3 | 2 | 62-65 | 4 | 14.5 | Bunning | Kemmerer | Morgan | 2:20 | 5,781 | + | ||
| 128 | 128 | Friday, Aug 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCA | W | 6 | 5 | 10 | 63-65 | 3 | 15.0 | Lary | Sturdivant | Morgan | 2:19 | 10,459 | ++ |
| 129 | 129 | Saturday, Aug 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCA | W | 9 | 3 | 64-65 | 3 | 15.0 | Foytack | Herbert | 2:10 | 16,343 | +++ | ||
| 130 | 130 | Sunday, Aug 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCA | W | 4 | 0 | 65-65 | 3 | 15.5 | Mossi | Daley | 2:30 | 9,500 | ++++ | ||
| 131 | 131 | Tuesday, Sep 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 4 | 0 | 66-65 | 3 | 14.5 | Bunning | Shaw | 2:45 | 27,218 | +++++ | ||
| 132 | 132 | Wednesday, Sep 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 2 | 7 | 66-66 | 4 | 16.5 | Donovan | Lary | Staley | 2:16 | 0 | - | |
| 133 | 133 | Wednesday, Sep 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 4 | 11 | 66-67 | 4 | 16.5 | Stanka | Foytack | Staley | 2:42 | 43,237 | -- | |
| 134 | 134 | Friday, Sep 4 | boxscore | DET | KCA | W | 9 | 2 | 67-67 | 3 | 16.5 | Mossi | Daley | 2:34 | 4,811 | + | |||
| 135 | 135 | Saturday, Sep 5 | boxscore | DET | KCA | W | 5 | 4 | 68-67 | 3 | 15.5 | Bunning | Grim | Burnside | 2:33 | 7,612 | ++ | ||
| 136 | 136 | Sunday, Sep 6 | boxscore | DET | KCA | W | 7 | 6 | 69-67 | 3 | 14.5 | Burnside | Sturdivant | 2:42 | 13,434 | +++ | |||
| 137 | 137 | Monday, Sep 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 14 | 15 | 69-68 | 3 | 16.5 | Locke | Bunning | 3:20 | 0 | - | ||
| 138 | 138 | Monday, Sep 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 5 | 6 | 69-69 | 3 | 16.5 | Garcia | Burnside | 3:02 | 28,041 | -- | ||
| 139 | 139 | Wednesday, Sep 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 3 | 1 | 70-69 | 3 | 17.0 | Bunning | Sullivan | 2:55 | 13,406 | + | ||
| 140 | 140 | Thursday, Sep 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 3 | 7 | 70-70 | 4 | 17.0 | Monbouquette | Lary | 2:30 | 3,294 | - | ||
| 141 | 141 | Friday, Sep 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 3 | 9 | 70-71 | 4 | 16.5 | Coates | Foytack | 2:30 | 6,042 | -- | ||
| 142 | 142 | Saturday, Sep 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 4 | 0 | 71-71 | 4 | 16.5 | Mossi | Ford | 2:18 | 22,321 | + | ||
| 143 | 143 | Sunday, Sep 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSH | L | 1 | 5 | 71-72 | 4 | 17.5 | Woodeshick | Bunning | 2:31 | 4,940 | - | ||
| 144 | 144 | Monday, Sep 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSH | L | 0 | 5 | 71-73 | 4 | 17.5 | Clevenger | Narleski | 2:07 | 2,151 | -- | ||
| 145 | 145 | Tuesday, Sep 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 1 | 2 | 11 | 71-74 | 4 | 18.5 | Wilhelm | Foytack | 2:27 | 12,907 | --- | |
| 146 | 146 | Wednesday, Sep 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 3 | 1 | 72-74 | 4 | 17.5 | Mossi | Fisher | Morgan | 2:32 | 7,246 | + | |
| 147 | 147 | Friday, Sep 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 0 | 1 | 72-75 | 4 | 18.5 | Shaw | Bunning | 2:12 | 37,352 | - | ||
| 148 | 148 | Saturday, Sep 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 5 | 4 | 73-75 | 4 | 17.5 | Foytack | Donovan | Narleski | 2:31 | 17,287 | + | |
| 149 | 149 | Sunday, Sep 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 5 | 4 | 74-75 | 4 | 16.5 | Mossi | Pierce | Bunning | 2:43 | 27,784 | ++ | |
| 150 | 150 | Tuesday, Sep 22 | boxscore | DET | KCA | W | 6 | 4 | 75-75 | 4 | 16.5 | Bunning | Johnson | Morgan | 2:26 | 2,413 | +++ | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 151 | 151 | Wednesday, Sep 23 | boxscore | DET | KCA | L | 6 | 7 | 75-76 | 4 | 17.0 | Sturdivant | Smith | Grim | 2:15 | 2,289 | - | ||
| 152 | 152 | Friday, Sep 25 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 6 | 5 | 76-76 | 4 | 16.0 | Mossi | Staley | 2:11 | 3,386 | + | |||
| 153 | 153 | Saturday, Sep 26 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 5 | 10 | 76-77 | 4 | 17.0 | Wynn | Proctor | Lown | 2:14 | 9,814 | - | ||
| 154 | 154 | Sunday, Sep 27 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 4 | 6 | 76-78 | 4 | 18.0 | Shaw | Bruce | McBride | 1:56 | 13,985 | -- | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak |
Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.