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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1960 / 1962
101-61, Finished 2nd in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bob Scheffing (101-61)
Scored 841 runs, Allowed 671 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 98-64
Ballparks: Tiger Stadium · Attendance: 1,600,710 (2nd of 10)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 94
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| Season Summary | 101-61, Final Rank:2, GB: 8.0 | |
| Days in First | 68 | last on Monday, Jul 24, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day |
| 83 | last on Jul 24, counts all days of the season including off days | |
| Biggest Lead | 5 | last on Wednesday, May 17, for days on which they played |
| Farthest Behind | 11.5 | last on Tuesday, Sep 12, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | 40 | last on Sunday, Oct 1 |
| Most Games under .500 | 1 | last on Tuesday, Apr 11 |
| Longest Winning Streak | 8 | Friday, Apr 14 to Monday, Apr 24 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 8 | Friday, Sep 1 to Friday, Sep 8 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 14 | Sunday, Jul 23 |
| Most Runs Scored | 17 | Sunday, Jul 23 and Saturday, Aug 12 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 12 | Friday, Jun 30 and Sunday, Sep 17 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 7 | |
| Times Opponent Shutout | 12 | |
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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 11 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 5 | 9 | 0-1 | 6 | 1.0 | Perry | Bunning | 2:48 | D | 41,643 | - | |||
| 2 | 2 | Friday, Apr 14 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 7 | 0 | 1-1 | 4 | 1.0 | Lary | Baumann | 2:08 | D | 4,288 | + | |||
| 3 | 3 | Saturday, Apr 15 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 6 | 2 | 2-1 | 1 | Tied | Mossi | McLish | Fox | 2:43 | D | 5,371 | ++ | ||
| 4 | 4 | Wednesday, Apr 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 5 | 2 | 3-1 | 2 | 1.0 | Fox | Funk | 2:40 | D | 28,216 | +++ | ||
| 5 | 5 | Thursday, Apr 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 11 | 4 | 4-1 | 2 | 0.5 | Lary | Bell | 2:31 | D | 2,272 | ++++ | ||
| 6 | 6 | Friday, Apr 21 | boxscore | DET | LAA | W | 9 | 1 | 5-1 | 1 | Tied | Mossi | Casale | 2:40 | D | 3,335 | +++++ | |||
| 7 | 7 | Sunday, Apr 23 | boxscore | DET | LAA | W | 3 | 1 | 6-1 | 1 | up 0.5 | Bruce | McBride | Donohue | 2:17 | D | 0 | ++++++ | ||
| 8 | 8 | Sunday, Apr 23 | boxscore | DET | LAA | W | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7-1 | 1 | up 0.5 | Donohue | Moeller | 3:11 | D | 25,466 | +++++++ | ||
| 9 | 9 | Monday, Apr 24 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 4 | 3 | 8-1 | 1 | up 0.5 | Lary | Turley | 2:19 | D | 5,662 | ++++++++ | |||
| 10 | 10 | Wednesday, Apr 26 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 11 | 13 | 10 | 8-2 | 1 | up 0.5 | Arroyo | Aguirre | 3:20 | D | 4,676 | - | ||
| 11 | 11 | Thursday, Apr 27 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 2 | 5 | 8-3 | 2 | 0.5 | Hillman | Bunning | 2:45 | D | 2,844 | -- | |||
| 12 | 12 | Saturday, Apr 29 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 9 | 5 | 9-3 | 1 | up 1.0 | Lary | Brewer | Aguirre | 2:21 | D | 5,366 | + | ||
| 13 | 13 | Sunday, Apr 30 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 8 | 2 | 10-3 | 1 | up 1.0 | Regan | Barber | Aguirre | 2:41 | D | 0 | ++ | ||
| 14 | 14 | Sunday, Apr 30 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 2 | 4 | 10-4 | 1 | up 1.0 | Brown | Foytack | 2:01 | D | 26,094 | - | |||
| 15 | 15 | Tuesday, May 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSA | W | 6 | 3 | 11-4 | 1 | up 1.0 | Bunning | Sturdivant | 2:38 | N | 4,543 | + | ||
| 16 | 16 | Wednesday, May 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSA | L | 4 | 5 | 11-5 | 1 | Tied | McClain | Lary | Sisler | 2:08 | N | 4,017 | - | |
| 17 | 17 | Thursday, May 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSA | W | 6 | 0 | 12-5 | 1 | Tied | Mossi | Daniels | 2:25 | N | 4,682 | + | ||
| 18 | 18 | Friday, May 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 8 | 4 | 13-5 | 1 | Tied | Foytack | Shaw | Aguirre | 2:50 | N | 14,602 | ++ | |
| 19 | 19 | Saturday, May 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 11 | 8 | 14-5 | 1 | up 1.0 | Aguirre | Staley | Fox | 3:17 | D | 5,710 | +++ | |
| 20 | 20 | Sunday, May 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 8 | 6 | 15-5 | 1 | up 2.5 | Grzenda | Wynn | Aguirre | 2:57 | D | 0 | ++++ | |
| 21 | 21 | Sunday, May 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 5 | 3 | 16-5 | 1 | up 2.5 | Regan | McLish | 2:29 | D | 21,567 | +++++ | ||
| 22 | 22 | Tuesday, May 9 | boxscore | DET | WSA | W | 7 | 2 | 17-5 | 1 | up 3.0 | Mossi | McClain | 2:20 | N | 0 | ++++++ | |||
| 23 | 23 | Tuesday, May 9 | boxscore | DET | WSA | L | 4 | 5 | 17-6 | 1 | up 3.0 | Daniels | Foytack | Sisler | 2:28 | N | 25,946 | - | ||
| 24 | 24 | Wednesday, May 10 | boxscore | DET | WSA | W | 7 | 1 | 18-6 | 1 | up 3.0 | Bunning | Hobaugh | 2:34 | D | 5,012 | + | |||
| 25 | 25 | Thursday, May 11 | boxscore | DET | WSA | L | 4 | 9 | 18-7 | 1 | up 2.5 | Kutyna | Fischer | 2:27 | D | 7,599 | - | |||
| 26 | 26 | Friday, May 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 4 | 3 | 19-7 | 1 | up 3.5 | Lary | Coates | 3:09 | N | 23,556 | + | ||
| 27 | 27 | Saturday, May 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 8 | 3 | 20-7 | 1 | up 4.5 | Regan | Turley | 2:45 | D | 18,036 | ++ | ||
| 28 | 28 | Sunday, May 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 4 | 5 | 11 | 20-8 | 1 | up 2.5 | Coates | Aguirre | 3:30 | D | 0 | - | |
| 29 | 29 | Sunday, May 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 6 | 8 | 20-9 | 1 | up 2.5 | Coates | Bunning | 2:39 | N | 40,968 | -- | ||
| 30 | 30 | Monday, May 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 10 | 5 | 21-9 | 1 | up 3.0 | Foytack | Hall | 2:38 | N | 15,783 | + | ||
| 31 | 31 | Tuesday, May 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 10 | 4 | 22-9 | 1 | up 4.0 | Lary | Barber | 2:30 | N | 12,813 | ++ | ||
| 32 | 32 | Wednesday, May 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 9 | 1 | 23-9 | 1 | up 5.0 | Regan | Fisher | 2:31 | N | 11,701 | +++ | ||
| 33 | 33 | Thursday, May 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 0 | 1 | 23-10 | 1 | up 4.5 | Conley | Bunning | 2:09 | N | 7,726 | - | ||
| 34 | 34 | Saturday, May 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 3 | 4 | 10 | 23-11 | 1 | up 4.0 | Hillman | Aguirre | 2:31 | D | 10,085 | -- | |
| 35 | 35 | Sunday, May 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCA | W | 5 | 3 | 24-11 | 1 | up 3.5 | Lary | Daley | 2:52 | D | 7,000 | + | ||
| 36 | 36 | Monday, May 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCA | W | 10 | 2 | 25-11 | 1 | up 3.5 | Regan | Bass | 2:38 | N | 4,014 | ++ | ||
| 37 | 37 | Tuesday, May 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 5 | 2 | 26-11 | 1 | up 4.5 | Aguirre | Moore | 2:46 | N | 24,449 | +++ | ||
| 38 | 38 | Wednesday, May 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 5 | 4 | 27-11 | 1 | up 4.5 | Mossi | Pascual | Fischer | 3:00 | N | 24,358 | ++++ | |
| 39 | 39 | Thursday, May 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 6 | 7 | 11 | 27-12 | 1 | up 3.5 | Giel | Donohue | 3:18 | D | 8,549 | - | |
| 40 | 40 | Friday, May 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | LAA | L | 4 | 5 | 27-13 | 1 | up 3.0 | Duren | Lary | 2:58 | N | 12,557 | -- | ||
| 41 | 41 | Saturday, May 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | LAA | L | 1 | 10 | 27-14 | 1 | up 3.0 | McBride | Regan | 2:53 | N | 9,870 | --- | ||
| 42 | 42 | Sunday, May 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | LAA | W | 9 | 4 | 28-14 | 1 | up 3.5 | Bunning | Duren | Fox | 2:46 | D | 14,086 | + | |
| 43 | 43 | Tuesday, May 30 | boxscore | DET | KCA | W | 5 | 3 | 29-14 | 1 | up 2.5 | Fischer | Kunkel | 2:33 | D | 0 | ++ | |||
| 44 | 44 | Tuesday, May 30 | boxscore | DET | KCA | L | 3 | 9 | 29-15 | 1 | up 2.5 | Walker | Foytack | Kunkel | 2:55 | D | 51,791 | - | ||
| 45 | 45 | Wednesday, May 31 | boxscore | DET | KCA | L | 4 | 6 | 29-16 | 1 | up 2.0 | Nuxhall | Lary | Kunkel | 2:58 | N | 7,397 | -- | ||
| 46 | 46 | Thursday, Jun 1 | boxscore | DET | KCA | T | 4 | 4 | 8 | 29-16 | 1 | up 2.0 | 2:23 | D | 3,970 | -- | ||||
| 47 | 47 | Friday, Jun 2 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 2 | 0 | 30-16 | 1 | up 2.0 | Bunning | Kralick | 2:36 | N | 22,141 | + | |||
| 48 | 48 | Saturday, Jun 3 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 2 | 1 | 31-16 | 1 | up 2.0 | Mossi | Ramos | 2:31 | D | 11,311 | ++ | |||
| 49 | 49 | Sunday, Jun 4 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 10 | 4 | 32-16 | 1 | up 2.0 | Lary | Pascual | 2:36 | D | 0 | +++ | |||
| 50 | 50 | Sunday, Jun 4 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 9 | 3 | 33-16 | 1 | up 2.0 | Foytack | Kaat | 2:22 | D | 32,761 | ++++ | |||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Monday, Jun 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 0 | 8 | 33-17 | 1 | up 1.0 | Baumann | Regan | 2:36 | N | 17,166 | - | ||
| 52 | 52 | Tuesday, Jun 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 1 | 7 | 33-18 | 1 | Tied | Lown | Bunning | 2:46 | N | 18,402 | -- | ||
| 53 | 53 | Thursday, Jun 8 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 0 | 1 | 33-19 | 2 | 0.5 | Perry | Mossi | Funk | 2:21 | N | 0 | --- | ||
| 54 | 54 | Thursday, Jun 8 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 2 | 1 | 34-19 | 2 | 0.5 | Lary | Hawkins | 2:23 | N | 48,550 | + | |||
| 55 | 55 | Friday, Jun 9 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 4 | 5 | 34-20 | 2 | 1.5 | Latman | Foytack | 2:20 | N | 43,427 | - | |||
| 56 | 56 | Saturday, Jun 10 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 2 | 0 | 35-20 | 2 | 0.5 | Bunning | Bell | Fischer | 2:13 | D | 21,124 | + | ||
| 57 | 57 | Sunday, Jun 11 | boxscore | DET | WSA | L | 4 | 7 | 35-21 | 2 | 1.5 | McClain | Woodeshick | Gabler | 2:42 | D | 0 | - | ||
| 58 | 58 | Sunday, Jun 11 | boxscore | DET | WSA | W | 7 | 6 | 11 | 36-21 | 2 | 1.5 | Regan | Sisler | 3:30 | D | 21,723 | + | ||
| 59 | 59 | Tuesday, Jun 13 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 7 | 1 | 37-21 | 2 | 1.0 | Mossi | Conley | 2:33 | N | 14,645 | ++ | |||
| 60 | 60 | Wednesday, Jun 14 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 4 | 2 | 38-21 | 1 | Tied | Lary | Muffett | 2:12 | D | 8,202 | +++ | |||
| 61 | 61 | Thursday, Jun 15 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 1 | 10 | 38-22 | 1 | Tied | Monbouquette | Bunning | 2:34 | D | 4,706 | - | |||
| 62 | 62 | Friday, Jun 16 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 4 | 2 | 39-22 | 1 | Tied | Regan | Stafford | 2:12 | N | 51,744 | + | |||
| 63 | 63 | Saturday, Jun 17 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 12 | 10 | 40-22 | 1 | up 1.0 | Foytack | Daley | Fox | 2:58 | N | 51,509 | ++ | ||
| 64 | 64 | Sunday, Jun 18 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 0 | 9 | 40-23 | 1 | up 0.5 | Ford | Lary | Arroyo | 2:27 | D | 44,459 | - | ||
| 65 | 65 | Tuesday, Jun 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSA | W | 5 | 4 | 41-23 | 1 | up 1.5 | Bunning | Donovan | Aguirre | 2:41 | N | 11,173 | + | |
| 66 | 66 | Thursday, Jun 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSA | W | 6 | 4 | 42-23 | 1 | up 1.0 | Fox | Daniels | 3:08 | N | 9,685 | ++ | ||
| 67 | 67 | Friday, Jun 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 15 | 7 | 43-23 | 1 | up 2.0 | Mossi | Perry | Fischer | 3:02 | N | 24,037 | +++ | |
| 68 | 68 | Saturday, Jun 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 5 | 4 | 44-23 | 1 | up 2.0 | Foytack | Funk | Regan | 2:33 | D | 9,789 | ++++ | |
| 69 | 69 | Sunday, Jun 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 6 | 3 | 45-23 | 1 | up 1.5 | Bunning | Hawkins | Fox | 2:50 | D | 0 | +++++ | |
| 70 | 70 | Sunday, Jun 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 3 | 4 | 45-24 | 1 | up 1.5 | Funk | Aguirre | 2:30 | D | 34,979 | - | ||
| 71 | 71 | Tuesday, Jun 27 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 5 | 6 | 45-25 | 1 | up 0.5 | Hacker | Foytack | Lown | 3:07 | N | 0 | -- | ||
| 72 | 72 | Tuesday, Jun 27 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 1 | 11 | 45-26 | 1 | up 0.5 | Pizarro | Regan | 2:40 | N | 57,271 | --- | |||
| 73 | 73 | Wednesday, Jun 28 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 12 | 5 | 46-26 | 1 | up 1.5 | Mossi | Herbert | 3:10 | D | 19,713 | + | |||
| 74 | 74 | Thursday, Jun 29 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 5 | 2 | 47-26 | 1 | up 2.0 | Lary | McLish | 2:11 | D | 14,379 | ++ | |||
| 75 | 75 | Friday, Jun 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 6 | 5 | 12 | 48-26 | 1 | up 2.0 | Fox | Wilhelm | 3:56 | N | 33,710 | +++ | |
| 76 | 76 | Saturday, Jul 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 11 | 8 | 11 | 49-26 | 1 | up 2.0 | Fischer | Hyde | 3:25 | D | 10,884 | ++++ | |
| 77 | 77 | Sunday, Jul 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 3 | 6 | 49-27 | 1 | up 1.0 | Estrada | Regan | Hoeft | 2:36 | D | 11,115 | - | |
| 78 | 78 | Tuesday, Jul 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 2 | 6 | 49-28 | 1 | up 1.0 | Ford | Mossi | 2:20 | D | 0 | -- | ||
| 79 | 79 | Tuesday, Jul 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 4 | 3 | 10 | 50-28 | 1 | up 1.0 | Lary | Stafford | Fox | 3:29 | D | 74,246 | + |
| 80 | 80 | Wednesday, Jul 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 6 | 2 | 51-28 | 1 | up 0.5 | Bunning | Muffett | 2:24 | D | 7,785 | ++ | ||
| 81 | 81 | Wednesday, Jul 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 3 | 8 | 51-29 | 1 | up 0.5 | Monbouquette | Bruce | Fornieles | 2:27 | N | 19,965 | - | |
| 82 | 82 | Thursday, Jul 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 3 | 0 | 52-29 | 1 | up 0.5 | Regan | Cisco | Fox | 2:27 | D | 13,008 | + | |
| 83 | 83 | Friday, Jul 7 | boxscore | DET | LAA | L | 2 | 4 | 52-30 | 2 | 0.5 | McBride | Fox | 2:29 | N | 37,839 | - | |||
| 84 | 84 | Saturday, Jul 8 | boxscore | DET | LAA | W | 3 | 2 | 53-30 | 2 | 0.5 | Gladding | Bowsfield | Aguirre | 2:25 | D | 21,084 | + | ||
| 85 | 85 | Sunday, Jul 9 | boxscore | DET | LAA | W | 1 | 0 | 54-30 | 1 | up 0.5 | Lary | Grba | 2:29 | D | 0 | ++ | |||
| 86 | 86 | Sunday, Jul 9 | boxscore | DET | LAA | W | 6 | 3 | 55-30 | 1 | up 0.5 | Bunning | Duren | Aguirre | 3:11 | D | 36,495 | +++ | ||
| 87 | 87 | Friday, Jul 14 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 2 | 5 | 55-31 | 1 | Tied | Kralick | Lary | 2:49 | N | 30,999 | - | |||
| 88 | 88 | Saturday, Jul 15 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 2 | 1 | 56-31 | 1 | Tied | Bunning | Pascual | 2:28 | D | 12,325 | + | |||
| 89 | 89 | Sunday, Jul 16 | boxscore | DET | KCA | W | 11 | 1 | 57-31 | 1 | up 0.5 | Mossi | Archer | 2:29 | D | 0 | ++ | |||
| 90 | 90 | Sunday, Jul 16 | boxscore | DET | KCA | W | 8 | 3 | 58-31 | 1 | up 0.5 | Regan | Walker | 2:02 | D | 21,468 | +++ | |||
| 91 | 91 | Monday, Jul 17 | boxscore | DET | KCA | W | 7 | 4 | 59-31 | 1 | up 0.5 | Foytack | Nuxhall | Fox | 2:10 | N | 12,736 | ++++ | ||
| 92 | 92 | Tuesday, Jul 18 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 7 | 8 | 10 | 59-32 | 2 | 0.5 | Wilhelm | Fischer | 3:07 | N | 31,018 | - | ||
| 93 | 93 | Wednesday, Jul 19 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 2 | 4 | 59-33 | 1 | Tied | Fisher | Bunning | Brown | 2:40 | N | 29,475 | -- | ||
| 94 | 94 | Thursday, Jul 20 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 15 | 8 | 60-33 | 1 | up 0.5 | Woodeshick | Barber | Aguirre | 3:20 | D | 18,269 | + | ||
| 95 | 95 | Friday, Jul 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCA | L | 2 | 3 | 60-34 | 2 | 0.5 | Archer | Regan | 2:34 | N | 16,548 | - | ||
| 96 | 96 | Sunday, Jul 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCA | W | 6 | 4 | 61-34 | 1 | up 0.5 | Foytack | Nuxhall | Mossi | 2:56 | D | 0 | + | |
| 97 | 97 | Sunday, Jul 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCA | W | 17 | 14 | 62-34 | 1 | up 0.5 | Fischer | Ditmar | Regan | 3:54 | D | 17,852 | ++ | |
| 98 | 98 | Monday, Jul 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | LAA | W | 5 | 2 | 63-34 | 1 | up 1.0 | Bunning | Donohue | 2:38 | N | 11,935 | +++ | ||
| 99 | 99 | Tuesday, Jul 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | LAA | L | 4 | 5 | 63-35 | 2 | 0.5 | Duren | Regan | 2:36 | N | 8,316 | - | ||
| 100 | 100 | Wednesday, Jul 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | LAA | W | 5 | 4 | 64-35 | 2 | 0.5 | Lary | Moeller | 2:47 | N | 12,936 | + | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 101 | 101 | Friday, Jul 28 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 3 | 4 | 64-36 | 2 | 1.0 | Ramos | Foytack | Moore | 2:19 | N | 35,034 | - | ||
| 102 | 102 | Saturday, Jul 29 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 4 | 5 | 64-37 | 2 | 2.0 | Kaat | Bunning | Pleis | 2:44 | D | 13,420 | -- | ||
| 103 | 103 | Sunday, Jul 30 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 0 | 4 | 64-38 | 2 | 1.5 | Kralick | Lary | 2:36 | D | 16,121 | --- | |||
| 104 | 104 | Wednesday, Aug 2 | boxscore | DET | WSA | W | 4 | 3 | 65-38 | 2 | 2.5 | Mossi | Kutyna | 2:18 | N | 0 | + | |||
| 105 | 105 | Wednesday, Aug 2 | boxscore | DET | WSA | L | 2 | 6 | 11 | 65-39 | 2 | 2.5 | Klippstein | Regan | Burnside | 3:10 | N | 27,010 | - | |
| 106 | 106 | Thursday, Aug 3 | boxscore | DET | WSA | W | 2 | 1 | 66-39 | 2 | 1.5 | Bunning | Daniels | 2:04 | D | 8,991 | + | |||
| 107 | 107 | Friday, Aug 4 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 6 | 1 | 67-39 | 2 | 1.5 | Lary | Latman | 2:00 | N | 38,926 | ++ | |||
| 108 | 108 | Saturday, Aug 5 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 7 | 6 | 68-39 | 2 | 1.5 | Regan | Bell | Bunning | 2:38 | D | 23,785 | +++ | ||
| 109 | 109 | Sunday, Aug 6 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 2 | 1 | 69-39 | 2 | 2.5 | Mossi | Perry | 2:12 | D | 0 | ++++ | |||
| 110 | 110 | Sunday, Aug 6 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 5 | 9 | 69-40 | 2 | 2.5 | Grant | Bruce | 2:45 | D | 49,666 | - | |||
| 111 | 111 | Tuesday, Aug 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 3 | 0 | 70-40 | 2 | 3.0 | Bunning | Baumann | 2:14 | N | 32,518 | + | ||
| 112 | 112 | Wednesday, Aug 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 8 | 2 | 71-40 | 2 | 3.0 | Lary | McLish | 2:42 | N | 27,374 | ++ | ||
| 113 | 113 | Thursday, Aug 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 3 | 2 | 72-40 | 2 | 3.0 | Mossi | Pizarro | 2:43 | D | 10,149 | +++ | ||
| 114 | 114 | Friday, Aug 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 1 | 2 | 72-41 | 2 | 4.0 | Ramos | Foytack | 2:15 | N | 34,117 | - | ||
| 115 | 115 | Saturday, Aug 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 17 | 3 | 73-41 | 2 | 3.0 | Bunning | Lee | 2:53 | D | 28,871 | + | ||
| 116 | 116 | Sunday, Aug 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 5 | 13 | 73-42 | 2 | 3.5 | Pascual | Kline | Moore | 3:10 | D | 29,383 | - | |
| 117 | 117 | Tuesday, Aug 15 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 2 | 0 | 74-42 | 2 | 2.0 | Lary | Estrada | 2:15 | N | 0 | + | |||
| 118 | 118 | Tuesday, Aug 15 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 3 | 2 | 75-42 | 2 | 2.0 | Staley | Brown | 2:25 | N | 49,558 | ++ | |||
| 119 | 119 | Wednesday, Aug 16 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 2 | 8 | 75-43 | 2 | 3.0 | Pappas | Bunning | 2:56 | D | 19,754 | - | |||
| 120 | 120 | Thursday, Aug 17 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 1 | 3 | 75-44 | 2 | 4.0 | Fisher | Foytack | 2:17 | D | 24,241 | -- | |||
| 121 | 121 | Friday, Aug 18 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 5 | 0 | 76-44 | 2 | 3.0 | Kline | Monbouquette | 2:30 | N | 33,733 | + | |||
| 122 | 122 | Saturday, Aug 19 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 3 | 2 | 77-44 | 2 | 3.0 | Aguirre | Fornieles | 2:38 | D | 17,965 | ++ | |||
| 123 | 123 | Sunday, Aug 20 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 6 | 1 | 78-44 | 2 | 3.0 | Lary | Conley | 1:59 | D | 0 | +++ | |||
| 124 | 124 | Sunday, Aug 20 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 7 | 6 | 79-44 | 2 | 3.0 | Fox | Stallard | 2:46 | D | 37,793 | ++++ | |||
| 125 | 125 | Tuesday, Aug 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 8 | 1 | 80-44 | 2 | 2.0 | Foytack | Grant | 2:10 | N | 11,012 | +++++ | ||
| 126 | 126 | Wednesday, Aug 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 2 | 4 | 80-45 | 2 | 3.0 | Latman | Mossi | Funk | 2:23 | N | 10,460 | - | |
| 127 | 127 | Thursday, Aug 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 6 | 0 | 81-45 | 2 | 2.0 | Lary | Perry | 2:02 | N | 10,542 | + | ||
| 128 | 128 | Friday, Aug 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSA | W | 6 | 0 | 82-45 | 2 | 2.0 | Bunning | Gabler | 2:29 | N | 7,907 | ++ | ||
| 129 | 129 | Sunday, Aug 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSA | W | 7 | 4 | 83-45 | 2 | 2.0 | Mossi | Daniels | Staley | 2:34 | D | 0 | +++ | |
| 130 | 130 | Sunday, Aug 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSA | W | 10 | 1 | 84-45 | 2 | 2.0 | Foytack | Sisler | 2:15 | D | 10,542 | ++++ | ||
| 131 | 131 | Monday, Aug 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSA | W | 7 | 3 | 85-45 | 2 | 1.5 | Kline | McClain | Fox | 3:00 | D | 2,506 | +++++ | |
| 132 | 132 | Tuesday, Aug 29 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 3 | 4 | 85-46 | 2 | 1.5 | Herbert | Lary | Lown | 2:31 | N | 47,830 | - | ||
| 133 | 133 | Wednesday, Aug 30 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 4 | 7 | 85-47 | 2 | 2.5 | Pizarro | Bunning | 3:03 | N | 37,490 | -- | |||
| 134 | 134 | Thursday, Aug 31 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 8 | 2 | 86-47 | 2 | 1.5 | Foytack | Baumann | 2:11 | D | 25,504 | + | |||
| 135 | 135 | Friday, Sep 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 0 | 1 | 86-48 | 2 | 2.5 | Arroyo | Mossi | 2:44 | N | 65,566 | - | ||
| 136 | 136 | Saturday, Sep 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 2 | 7 | 86-49 | 2 | 3.5 | Terry | Lary | Arroyo | 2:02 | D | 50,261 | -- | |
| 137 | 137 | Sunday, Sep 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 5 | 8 | 86-50 | 2 | 4.5 | Arroyo | Staley | 2:42 | D | 55,676 | --- | ||
| 138 | 138 | Monday, Sep 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 3 | 6 | 86-51 | 2 | 6.5 | Fisher | Foytack | Wilhelm | 2:34 | N | 0 | ---- | |
| 139 | 139 | Monday, Sep 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 1 | 4 | 86-52 | 2 | 6.5 | Hoeft | Kline | Wilhelm | 3:09 | N | 19,334 | ----- | |
| 140 | 140 | Tuesday, Sep 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 0 | 1 | 86-53 | 2 | 7.5 | Estrada | Mossi | Barber | 2:31 | N | 13,841 | ------ | |
| 141 | 141 | Thursday, Sep 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 4 | 8 | 86-54 | 2 | 9.0 | Monbouquette | Lary | 2:21 | D | 4,180 | ------- | ||
| 142 | 142 | Friday, Sep 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 2 | 9 | 86-55 | 2 | 10.0 | Fornieles | Bunning | 3:11 | N | 18,525 | -------- | ||
| 143 | 143 | Saturday, Sep 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 3 | 1 | 87-55 | 2 | 10.0 | Kline | Delock | Fox | 2:40 | D | 12,733 | + | |
| 144 | 144 | Sunday, Sep 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 7 | 8 | 87-56 | 2 | 11.5 | Conley | Mossi | Earley | 3:01 | D | 14,409 | - | |
| 145 | 145 | Tuesday, Sep 12 | boxscore | DET | KCA | W | 3 | 1 | 88-56 | 2 | 11.5 | Lary | Walker | 1:59 | N | 10,984 | + | |||
| 146 | 146 | Wednesday, Sep 13 | boxscore | DET | KCA | W | 8 | 0 | 89-56 | 2 | 11.0 | Bunning | Archer | 2:25 | D | 2,785 | ++ | |||
| 147 | 147 | Thursday, Sep 14 | boxscore | DET | KCA | L | 2 | 5 | 89-57 | 2 | 10.5 | Shaw | Foytack | 2:34 | D | 2,269 | - | |||
| 148 | 148 | Friday, Sep 15 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 1 | 11 | 89-58 | 2 | 10.5 | Ford | Mossi | 2:47 | N | 0 | -- | |||
| 149 | 149 | Friday, Sep 15 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 4 | 2 | 90-58 | 2 | 10.5 | Kline | Daley | 2:32 | N | 42,267 | + | |||
| 150 | 150 | Saturday, Sep 16 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 10 | 4 | 91-58 | 2 | 9.5 | Lary | Terry | 2:32 | D | 35,820 | ++ | |||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 151 | 151 | Sunday, Sep 17 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 4 | 6 | 12 | 91-59 | 2 | 10.5 | Arroyo | Fox | 3:46 | D | 44,219 | - | ||
| 152 | 152 | Tuesday, Sep 19 | boxscore | DET | LAA | W | 6 | 2 | 92-59 | 2 | 10.0 | Mossi | McBride | 2:28 | D | 3,494 | + | |||
| 153 | 153 | Wednesday, Sep 20 | boxscore | DET | LAA | W | 6 | 3 | 93-59 | 2 | 10.0 | Kline | Bowsfield | 2:07 | D | 3,116 | ++ | |||
| 154 | 154 | Friday, Sep 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | LAA | W | 6 | 4 | 94-59 | 2 | 9.0 | Lary | Grba | 2:35 | N | 5,792 | +++ | ||
| 155 | 155 | Saturday, Sep 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | LAA | W | 4 | 2 | 95-59 | 2 | 9.0 | Bunning | McBride | Fox | 2:32 | D | 2,939 | ++++ | |
| 156 | 156 | Sunday, Sep 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | LAA | W | 7 | 5 | 10 | 96-59 | 2 | 8.0 | Koplitz | Fowler | 3:12 | D | 5,518 | +++++ | |
| 157 | 157 | Monday, Sep 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCA | W | 6 | 4 | 97-59 | 2 | 8.0 | Aguirre | Archer | Staley | 2:26 | N | 0 | ++++++ | |
| 158 | 158 | Monday, Sep 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCA | L | 3 | 6 | 97-60 | 2 | 8.0 | Shaw | Kline | 2:12 | N | 3,365 | - | ||
| 159 | 159 | Tuesday, Sep 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCA | L | 5 | 8 | 97-61 | 2 | 9.0 | Bass | Nischwitz | Nuxhall | 2:53 | N | 3,262 | -- | |
| 160 | 160 | Wednesday, Sep 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCA | W | 10 | 2 | 98-61 | 2 | 8.0 | Lary | Walker | Fox | 2:09 | N | 2,722 | + | |
| 161 | 161 | Friday, Sep 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 6 | 4 | 10 | 99-61 | 2 | 8.0 | Fox | Pascual | 2:46 | D | 3,151 | ++ | |
| 162 | 162 | Saturday, Sep 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 6 | 4 | 6 | 100-61 | 2 | 8.0 | Koplitz | Kaat | 1:46 | D | 8,668 | +++ | |
| 163 | 163 | Sunday, Oct 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 8 | 3 | 101-61 | 2 | 8.0 | Foytack | Schroll | 1:57 | D | 15,723 | ++++ | ||
| 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.