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| Season Summary | 89-73, Final Rank:4, GB: 13.0 | |
| Days in First | 8 | last on Saturday, May 1, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day |
| 10 | last on May 1, counts all days of the season including off days | |
| Biggest Lead | 1 | last on Thursday, Apr 15, for days on which they played |
| Farthest Behind | 13 | last on Sunday, Oct 3, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | 17 | last on Saturday, Oct 2 |
| Most Games under .500 | 1 | last on Sunday, May 9 |
| Longest Winning Streak | 8 | Saturday, Jun 12 to Sunday, Jun 20 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 5 | Sunday, May 2 to Wednesday, May 5 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 15 | Tuesday, May 18 |
| Most Runs Scored | 13 | Thursday, May 13 and Sunday, Jul 25 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 15 | Saturday, May 8 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 11 | |
| Times Opponent Shutout | 14 | |
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| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
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| 1 | 1 | Monday, Apr 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCA | W | 6 | 2 | 1-0 | 1 | Tied | Lolich | Drabowsky | Sherry | 2:44 | 18,109 | + | |
| 2 | 2 | Tuesday, Apr 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCA | W | 11 | 4 | 2-0 | 1 | up 0.5 | Aguirre | Segui | McLain | 2:49 | 2,028 | ++ | |
| 3 | 3 | Thursday, Apr 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 6 | 4 | 3-0 | 1 | up 1.0 | Wickersham | Fosnow | 2:31 | 2,382 | +++ | ||
| 4 | 4 | Saturday, Apr 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | L | 1 | 3 | 3-1 | 1 | up 0.5 | Newman | Regan | 2:03 | 10,460 | - | ||
| 5 | 5 | Sunday, Apr 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | W | 4 | 1 | 13 | 4-1 | 1 | up 0.5 | Fox | Lee | 3:17 | 8,672 | + | |
| 6 | 6 | Monday, Apr 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | L | 2 | 4 | 4-2 | 1 | Tied | Lopez | Lolich | 2:25 | 5,136 | - | ||
| 7 | 7 | Wednesday, Apr 21 | boxscore | DET | KCA | W | 1 | 0 | 5-2 | 1 | Tied | Aguirre | O'Donoghue | Sherry | 2:05 | 32,658 | + | ||
| 8 | 8 | Friday, Apr 23 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 6 | 8 | 10 | 5-3 | 3 | 1.5 | Worthington | Navarro | 3:20 | 12,038 | - | ||
| 9 | 9 | Saturday, Apr 24 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 7 | 4 | 6-3 | 3 | 0.5 | Sherry | Fosnow | 3:05 | 3,596 | + | |||
| 10 | 10 | Tuesday, Apr 27 | boxscore | DET | CAL | L | 3 | 4 | 6-4 | 3 | 1.5 | Newman | McLain | Lee | 2:19 | 4,872 | - | ||
| 11 | 11 | Wednesday, Apr 28 | boxscore | DET | CAL | W | 5 | 4 | 7-4 | 3 | 1.0 | Lolich | Brunet | Sherry | 2:38 | 4,621 | + | ||
| 12 | 12 | Friday, Apr 30 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 4 | 1 | 8-4 | 2 | 0.5 | Aguirre | Morehead | 2:25 | 8,800 | ++ | |||
| 13 | 13 | Saturday, May 1 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 9 | 8 | 9-4 | 1 | Tied | Lolich | Lamabe | 3:00 | 3,854 | +++ | |||
| 14 | 14 | Sunday, May 2 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 1 | 2 | 9-5 | 3 | 1.0 | Wilson | Regan | Radatz | 2:21 | 0 | - | ||
| 15 | 15 | Sunday, May 2 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 3 | 10 | 9-6 | 3 | 1.0 | Monbouquette | Sparma | 2:23 | 22,011 | -- | |||
| 16 | 16 | Tuesday, May 4 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 6 | 10 | 9-7 | 3 | 2.0 | Wills | McLain | 2:52 | 3,751 | --- | |||
| 17 | 17 | Wednesday, May 5 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 0 | 4 | 9-8 | 5 | 4.0 | Buzhardt | Lolich | 2:25 | 0 | ---- | |||
| 18 | 18 | Wednesday, May 5 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 1 | 4 | 9-9 | 5 | 4.0 | Horlen | Wickersham | 2:11 | 9,380 | ----- | |||
| 19 | 19 | Saturday, May 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 4 | 3 | 15 | 10-9 | 4 | 3.5 | Fox | Hall | 4:00 | 3,683 | + | |
| 20 | 20 | Sunday, May 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 1 | 7 | 10-10 | 6 | 4.0 | Pappas | Regan | 2:40 | 0 | - | ||
| 21 | 21 | Sunday, May 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 4 | 5 | 12 | 10-11 | 6 | 4.0 | Hall | Gladding | 3:05 | 12,086 | -- | |
| 22 | 22 | Monday, May 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 5 | 4 | 11-11 | 6 | 3.5 | Lolich | Roberts | Fox | 2:24 | 7,616 | + | |
| 23 | 23 | Tuesday, May 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSA | W | 7 | 6 | 12-11 | 6 | 3.5 | Sherry | Kline | 3:20 | 6,066 | ++ | ||
| 24 | 24 | Wednesday, May 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSA | W | 5 | 2 | 13-11 | 5 | 3.5 | Sparma | McCormick | Lolich | 2:49 | 3,205 | +++ | |
| 25 | 25 | Thursday, May 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSA | W | 13 | 3 | 14-11 | 5 | 3.0 | Aguirre | Daniels | 2:47 | 3,361 | ++++ | ||
| 26 | 26 | Friday, May 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 12 | 8 | 10 | 15-11 | 3 | 3.0 | Fox | Radatz | 3:25 | 10,271 | +++++ | |
| 27 | 27 | Saturday, May 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 6 | 2 | 16-11 | 3 | 3.0 | Lolich | Lonborg | Sherry | 2:50 | 6,514 | ++++++ | |
| 28 | 28 | Sunday, May 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 0 | 5 | 16-12 | 3 | 5.0 | Wilson | Wickersham | 2:09 | 0 | - | ||
| 29 | 29 | Sunday, May 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 3 | 4 | 16-13 | 3 | 5.0 | Monbouquette | Sparma | Radatz | 2:19 | 18,244 | -- | |
| 30 | 30 | Tuesday, May 18 | boxscore | DET | WSA | L | 9 | 15 | 16-14 | 5 | 6.5 | Ortega | Aguirre | Ridzik | 2:41 | 8,841 | --- | ||
| 31 | 31 | Wednesday, May 19 | boxscore | DET | WSA | W | 4 | 0 | 17-14 | 3 | 5.5 | McLain | Daniels | 2:07 | 5,309 | + | |||
| 32 | 32 | Thursday, May 20 | boxscore | DET | WSA | W | 9 | 8 | 10 | 18-14 | 3 | 5.0 | Hamilton | Bridges | 2:36 | 3,510 | ++ | ||
| 33 | 33 | Friday, May 21 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 2 | 5 | 18-15 | 4 | 5.0 | Pappas | Wickersham | Miller | 2:20 | 15,039 | - | ||
| 34 | 34 | Saturday, May 22 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 8 | 4 | 19-15 | 3 | 4.0 | Sparma | Roberts | Nischwitz | 2:29 | 6,237 | + | ||
| 35 | 35 | Sunday, May 23 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 3 | 7 | 19-16 | 4 | 5.5 | Barber | Aguirre | Miller | 2:33 | 0 | - | ||
| 36 | 36 | Sunday, May 23 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 3 | 8 | 19-17 | 4 | 5.5 | McNally | Hamilton | Miller | 2:31 | 17,143 | -- | ||
| 37 | 37 | Monday, May 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 8 | 3 | 20-17 | 4 | 4.5 | Lolich | Buzhardt | 2:16 | 13,654 | + | ||
| 38 | 38 | Tuesday, May 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 7 | 5 | 21-17 | 4 | 3.5 | Gladding | John | Fox | 2:12 | 13,130 | ++ | |
| 39 | 39 | Thursday, May 27 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 4 | 1 | 22-17 | 3 | 2.5 | Sparma | Ford | 2:13 | 18,257 | +++ | |||
| 40 | 40 | Friday, May 28 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 1 | 0 | 23-17 | 3 | 2.5 | Aguirre | Terry | 1:54 | 11,291 | ++++ | |||
| 41 | 41 | Saturday, May 29 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 1 | 0 | 10 | 24-17 | 3 | 2.5 | Lolich | Kralick | 2:30 | 5,953 | +++++ | ||
| 42 | 42 | Sunday, May 30 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 2 | 10 | 24-18 | 3 | 3.0 | McDowell | Regan | 2:44 | 17,524 | - | |||
| 43 | 43 | Monday, May 31 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 1 | 3 | 24-19 | 3 | 3.0 | Ford | McLain | Ramos | 1:56 | 0 | -- | |
| 44 | 44 | Monday, May 31 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 5 | 1 | 25-19 | 3 | 3.0 | Sparma | Blanco | 2:22 | 31,442 | + | ||
| 45 | 45 | Friday, Jun 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 6 | 7 | 25-20 | 3 | 5.0 | Siebert | Sherry | Bell | 2:32 | 17,693 | - | |
| 46 | 46 | Saturday, Jun 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 1 | 2 | 10 | 25-21 | 4 | 5.5 | McDowell | Fox | 3:08 | 13,084 | -- | |
| 47 | 47 | Sunday, Jun 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 1 | 10 | 25-22 | 5 | 6.5 | Kralick | Sparma | Bell | 2:49 | 29,183 | --- | |
| 48 | 48 | Monday, Jun 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | W | 6 | 5 | 26-22 | 4 | 5.5 | Sherry | Lee | Fox | 2:27 | 4,420 | + | |
| 49 | 49 | Tuesday, Jun 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | L | 1 | 3 | 26-23 | 4 | 6.5 | Newman | Wickersham | 1:48 | 4,516 | - | ||
| 50 | 50 | Wednesday, Jun 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | W | 4 | 2 | 27-23 | 4 | 5.5 | Aguirre | Lopez | 2:14 | 5,515 | + | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Friday, Jun 11 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 4 | 5 | 10 | 27-24 | 5 | 7.0 | Stigman | Fox | 3:14 | 0 | - | ||
| 52 | 52 | Friday, Jun 11 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 4 | 5 | 12 | 27-25 | 5 | 7.0 | Perry | Fox | 3:16 | 30,716 | -- | ||
| 53 | 53 | Saturday, Jun 12 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 8 | 5 | 28-25 | 5 | 6.0 | McLain | Fosnow | Gladding | 2:46 | 7,493 | + | ||
| 54 | 54 | Sunday, Jun 13 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 5 | 4 | 29-25 | 4 | 5.0 | Aguirre | Kaat | Lolich | 2:33 | 50,383 | ++ | ||
| 55 | 55 | Tuesday, Jun 15 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 6 | 5 | 30-25 | 5 | 5.0 | Gladding | Radatz | 2:48 | 9,624 | +++ | |||
| 56 | 56 | Wednesday, Jun 16 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 9 | 4 | 31-25 | 5 | 4.0 | Gladding | Duliba | 3:03 | 7,736 | ++++ | |||
| 57 | 57 | Thursday, Jun 17 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 6 | 5 | 32-25 | 5 | 4.0 | Fox | Lamabe | 2:45 | 6,094 | +++++ | |||
| 58 | 58 | Friday, Jun 18 | boxscore | DET | KCA | W | 3 | 1 | 33-25 | 4 | 3.0 | Aguirre | O'Donoghue | 1:57 | 12,073 | ++++++ | |||
| 59 | 59 | Saturday, Jun 19 | boxscore | DET | KCA | W | 8 | 2 | 34-25 | 4 | 2.0 | McLain | Segui | 2:28 | 6,914 | +++++++ | |||
| 60 | 60 | Sunday, Jun 20 | boxscore | DET | KCA | W | 12 | 8 | 35-25 | 5 | 3.0 | Sparma | Segui | Gladding | 3:25 | 0 | ++++++++ | ||
| 61 | 61 | Sunday, Jun 20 | boxscore | DET | KCA | L | 1 | 2 | 35-26 | 5 | 3.0 | Sheldon | Wickersham | 2:05 | 20,127 | - | |||
| 62 | 62 | Tuesday, Jun 22 | boxscore | DET | CAL | L | 0 | 3 | 35-27 | 5 | 3.0 | Brunet | Lolich | 2:41 | 17,516 | -- | |||
| 63 | 63 | Wednesday, Jun 23 | boxscore | DET | CAL | W | 2 | 0 | 36-27 | 5 | 3.0 | Aguirre | May | 2:05 | 9,494 | + | |||
| 64 | 64 | Thursday, Jun 24 | boxscore | DET | CAL | W | 3 | 2 | 37-27 | 5 | 2.0 | McLain | Newman | 1:50 | 6,382 | ++ | |||
| 65 | 65 | Friday, Jun 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 3 | 4 | 37-28 | 5 | 3.0 | Klippstein | Wickersham | 2:45 | 26,998 | - | ||
| 66 | 66 | Saturday, Jun 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 5 | 2 | 38-28 | 5 | 2.0 | Lolich | Pleis | Fox | 3:20 | 20,181 | + | |
| 67 | 67 | Sunday, Jun 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 4 | 6 | 38-29 | 5 | 4.0 | Worthington | Gladding | 2:38 | 0 | - | ||
| 68 | 68 | Sunday, Jun 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 5 | 6 | 10 | 38-30 | 5 | 4.0 | Pleis | Sherry | 3:20 | 32,146 | -- | |
| 69 | 69 | Monday, Jun 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 4 | 3 | 39-30 | 4 | 3.5 | McLain | Bunker | Pena | 2:41 | 13,215 | + | |
| 70 | 70 | Tuesday, Jun 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 2 | 3 | 39-31 | 5 | 4.5 | Miller | Wickersham | 2:25 | 9,425 | - | ||
| 71 | 71 | Thursday, Jul 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 2 | 1 | 40-31 | 5 | 4.0 | Pena | Wilson | 2:24 | 3,863 | + | ||
| 72 | 72 | Friday, Jul 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSA | L | 0 | 6 | 40-32 | 5 | 5.0 | Kreutzer | Aguirre | 2:50 | 6,298 | - | ||
| 73 | 73 | Saturday, Jul 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSA | W | 1 | 0 | 5 | 41-32 | 5 | 4.0 | McLain | Richert | 1:05 | 3,447 | + | |
| 74 | 74 | Sunday, Jul 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSA | L | 3 | 6 | 41-33 | 5 | 5.0 | Narum | Wickersham | Kline | 2:30 | 9,603 | - | |
| 75 | 75 | Monday, Jul 5 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 2 | 7 | 41-34 | 5 | 6.0 | Ford | Lolich | 2:18 | 0 | -- | |||
| 76 | 76 | Monday, Jul 5 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 5 | 4 | 42-34 | 5 | 6.0 | Sparma | Reniff | Pena | 2:48 | 40,153 | + | ||
| 77 | 77 | Tuesday, Jul 6 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 8 | 0 | 43-34 | 5 | 6.0 | McLain | Stottlemyre | 2:13 | 22,052 | ++ | |||
| 78 | 78 | Wednesday, Jul 7 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 3 | 4 | 43-35 | 5 | 7.0 | Downing | Aguirre | 2:43 | 23,789 | - | |||
| 79 | 79 | Thursday, Jul 8 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 6 | 1 | 44-35 | 5 | 6.5 | Lolich | Mikkelsen | 2:51 | 24,559 | + | |||
| 80 | 80 | Friday, Jul 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCA | W | 7 | 5 | 10 | 45-35 | 5 | 6.5 | Gladding | O'Donoghue | Sherry | 3:25 | 5,772 | ++ |
| 81 | 81 | Saturday, Jul 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCA | L | 3 | 4 | 45-36 | 5 | 7.0 | Mossi | Sherry | 2:34 | 6,080 | - | ||
| 82 | 82 | Sunday, Jul 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCA | W | 4 | 2 | 46-36 | 5 | 7.0 | Aguirre | Stock | 2:15 | 5,874 | + | ||
| 83 | 83 | Thursday, Jul 15 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 5 | 4 | 10 | 47-36 | 5 | 6.5 | Gladding | Miller | 2:55 | 16,217 | ++ | ||
| 84 | 84 | Friday, Jul 16 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 1 | 2 | 11 | 47-37 | 5 | 6.5 | Haddix | Sherry | 3:22 | 15,327 | - | ||
| 85 | 85 | Sunday, Jul 18 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 1 | 4 | 47-38 | 5 | 6.5 | Bunker | Aguirre | 2:10 | 43,313 | -- | |||
| 86 | 86 | Monday, Jul 19 | boxscore | DET | WSA | L | 0 | 8 | 47-39 | 5 | 7.5 | Ortega | Lolich | 2:24 | 4,986 | --- | |||
| 87 | 87 | Tuesday, Jul 20 | boxscore | DET | WSA | W | 2 | 0 | 48-39 | 5 | 6.5 | Wickersham | Koplitz | 2:03 | 7,278 | + | |||
| 88 | 88 | Wednesday, Jul 21 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 10 | 5 | 49-39 | 5 | 6.5 | Lolich | McDowell | Fox | 3:08 | 0 | ++ | ||
| 89 | 89 | Wednesday, Jul 21 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 2 | 1 | 50-39 | 5 | 6.5 | McLain | Siebert | 1:59 | 32,704 | +++ | |||
| 90 | 90 | Friday, Jul 23 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 6 | 5 | 51-39 | 4 | 6.0 | Pena | Locker | 2:48 | 25,058 | ++++ | |||
| 91 | 91 | Saturday, Jul 24 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 7 | 4 | 52-39 | 4 | 5.0 | Wickersham | Horlen | Navarro | 2:38 | 10,994 | +++++ | ||
| 92 | 92 | Sunday, Jul 25 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 6 | 10 | 52-40 | 4 | 5.5 | John | Lolich | Wilhelm | 3:04 | 0 | - | ||
| 93 | 93 | Sunday, Jul 25 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 13 | 2 | 53-40 | 4 | 5.5 | McLain | Howard | 2:17 | 36,799 | + | |||
| 94 | 94 | Tuesday, Jul 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 3 | 4 | 53-41 | 4 | 6.0 | Ford | Aguirre | Hamilton | 2:32 | 0 | - | |
| 95 | 95 | Tuesday, Jul 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 3 | 0 | 54-41 | 4 | 6.0 | Sparma | Bouton | Gladding | 2:32 | 21,598 | + | |
| 96 | 96 | Wednesday, Jul 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 4 | 3 | 55-41 | 4 | 6.0 | Wickersham | Hamilton | Fox | 2:33 | 14,474 | ++ | |
| 97 | 97 | Thursday, Jul 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 3 | 7 | 55-42 | 4 | 6.5 | Stottlemyre | McLain | 2:25 | 22,714 | - | ||
| 98 | 98 | Friday, Jul 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 3 | 1 | 56-42 | 4 | 6.5 | Lolich | Fisher | Gladding | 2:33 | 26,824 | + | |
| 99 | 99 | Saturday, Jul 31 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 3 | 4 | 56-43 | 4 | 7.5 | Lary | Sparma | Buzhardt | 2:31 | 6,405 | - | |
| 100 | 100 | Sunday, Aug 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 0 | 1 | 56-44 | 4 | 7.0 | Horlen | Aguirre | 1:57 | 0 | -- | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 101 | 101 | Sunday, Aug 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 2 | 1 | 57-44 | 4 | 7.0 | Wickersham | John | Lolich | 2:26 | 18,266 | + | |
| 102 | 102 | Monday, Aug 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 0 | 2 | 57-45 | 4 | 8.0 | Peters | McLain | Wilhelm | 2:00 | 13,705 | - | |
| 103 | 103 | Tuesday, Aug 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 12 | 7 | 58-45 | 4 | 7.5 | Fox | Stange | 3:13 | 9,372 | + | ||
| 104 | 104 | Wednesday, Aug 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 1 | 4 | 58-46 | 4 | 8.5 | Siebert | Sparma | 2:51 | 17,796 | - | ||
| 105 | 105 | Thursday, Aug 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 2 | 5 | 58-47 | 4 | 9.5 | McDowell | Wickersham | 2:27 | 13,639 | -- | ||
| 106 | 106 | Friday, Aug 6 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 5 | 4 | 59-47 | 4 | 9.5 | Pena | Ramos | 2:47 | 33,653 | + | |||
| 107 | 107 | Saturday, Aug 7 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 5 | 6 | 59-48 | 4 | 10.5 | Stottlemyre | Aguirre | Ford | 3:00 | 34,625 | - | ||
| 108 | 108 | Sunday, Aug 8 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 5 | 6 | 59-49 | 4 | 11.5 | Reniff | Pena | 2:57 | 23,684 | -- | |||
| 109 | 109 | Tuesday, Aug 10 | boxscore | DET | KCA | W | 3 | 0 | 60-49 | 4 | 11.5 | Wickersham | Talbot | 2:28 | 7,529 | + | |||
| 110 | 110 | Wednesday, Aug 11 | boxscore | DET | KCA | W | 6 | 2 | 61-49 | 4 | 10.0 | Sparma | Hunter | 2:25 | 0 | ++ | |||
| 111 | 111 | Wednesday, Aug 11 | boxscore | DET | KCA | W | 5 | 4 | 10 | 62-49 | 4 | 10.0 | Gladding | Aker | 3:08 | 12,937 | +++ | ||
| 112 | 112 | Thursday, Aug 12 | boxscore | DET | KCA | W | 11 | 1 | 63-49 | 3 | 10.0 | Aguirre | Segui | 2:33 | 6,329 | ++++ | |||
| 113 | 113 | Friday, Aug 13 | boxscore | DET | CAL | W | 2 | 1 | 64-49 | 3 | 9.0 | McLain | Chance | 2:14 | 13,777 | +++++ | |||
| 114 | 114 | Saturday, Aug 14 | boxscore | DET | CAL | L | 2 | 5 | 64-50 | 4 | 9.0 | Lopez | Wickersham | Lee | 2:37 | 8,818 | - | ||
| 115 | 115 | Sunday, Aug 15 | boxscore | DET | CAL | W | 9 | 2 | 65-50 | 2 | 8.0 | Sparma | McBride | 2:22 | 0 | + | |||
| 116 | 116 | Sunday, Aug 15 | boxscore | DET | CAL | W | 9 | 5 | 66-50 | 2 | 8.0 | Pena | Sukla | Fox | 2:50 | 16,792 | ++ | ||
| 117 | 117 | Tuesday, Aug 17 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 7 | 4 | 67-50 | 2 | 7.0 | Aguirre | Merritt | Fox | 2:45 | 33,677 | +++ | ||
| 118 | 118 | Thursday, Aug 19 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 3 | 8 | 67-51 | 3 | 9.0 | Grant | Wickersham | 2:30 | 0 | - | |||
| 119 | 119 | Thursday, Aug 19 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 1 | 2 | 67-52 | 3 | 9.0 | Kaat | Pena | 2:30 | 36,076 | -- | |||
| 120 | 120 | Friday, Aug 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 2 | 0 | 68-52 | 2 | 8.0 | McLain | Monbouquette | 2:05 | 0 | + | ||
| 121 | 121 | Friday, Aug 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 3 | 2 | 69-52 | 2 | 8.0 | Wickersham | Wilson | Pena | 2:20 | 11,829 | ++ | |
| 122 | 122 | Saturday, Aug 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 10 | 13 | 69-53 | 3 | 9.0 | Duliba | Aguirre | 2:54 | 7,567 | - | ||
| 123 | 123 | Sunday, Aug 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 2 | 1 | 6 | 70-53 | 3 | 8.0 | Sparma | Bennett | 1:25 | 7,272 | + | |
| 124 | 124 | Monday, Aug 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCA | L | 3 | 4 | 70-54 | 3 | 9.0 | Sheldon | Navarro | Wyatt | 2:27 | 3,414 | - | |
| 125 | 125 | Tuesday, Aug 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCA | W | 8 | 2 | 71-54 | 3 | 8.0 | McLain | Krausse | 2:24 | 4,437 | + | ||
| 126 | 126 | Wednesday, Aug 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCA | L | 0 | 5 | 71-55 | 3 | 9.0 | Hunter | Sparma | 2:12 | 4,794 | - | ||
| 127 | 127 | Thursday, Aug 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCA | L | 3 | 5 | 71-56 | 4 | 10.0 | Dickson | Sherry | Wyatt | 2:38 | 3,806 | -- | |
| 128 | 128 | Friday, Aug 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | L | 2 | 3 | 71-57 | 4 | 11.0 | Chance | Lolich | Lee | 2:27 | 7,323 | --- | |
| 129 | 129 | Saturday, Aug 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | L | 3 | 4 | 71-58 | 5 | 11.0 | Coates | Pena | Sanford | 2:29 | 5,571 | ---- | |
| 130 | 130 | Sunday, Aug 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | W | 2 | 1 | 72-58 | 4 | 10.0 | Sparma | Newman | 2:32 | 5,132 | + | ||
| 131 | 131 | Monday, Aug 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 2 | 3 | 11 | 72-59 | 4 | 11.0 | Klippstein | Sherry | 3:10 | 15,647 | - | |
| 132 | 132 | Tuesday, Aug 31 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 7 | 6 | 73-59 | 5 | 10.0 | Nischwitz | Nelson | Gladding | 3:30 | 22,542 | + | |
| 133 | 133 | Wednesday, Sep 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 2 | 5 | 73-60 | 5 | 11.0 | Perry | Wickersham | Worthington | 2:35 | 17,951 | - | |
| 134 | 134 | Thursday, Sep 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 5 | 4 | 74-60 | 4 | 10.0 | Sparma | Merritt | Fox | 3:35 | 14,075 | + | |
| 135 | 135 | Friday, Sep 3 | boxscore | DET | WSA | W | 10 | 2 | 75-60 | 3 | 10.0 | Aguirre | Narum | 2:38 | 10,053 | ++ | |||
| 136 | 136 | Saturday, Sep 4 | boxscore | DET | WSA | L | 0 | 1 | 75-61 | 4 | 10.0 | Duckworth | Wickersham | Kline | 2:43 | 6,643 | - | ||
| 137 | 137 | Sunday, Sep 5 | boxscore | DET | WSA | L | 1 | 2 | 75-62 | 4 | 9.5 | Richert | Lolich | McCormick | 2:44 | 0 | -- | ||
| 138 | 138 | Sunday, Sep 5 | boxscore | DET | WSA | W | 11 | 2 | 76-62 | 4 | 9.5 | Regan | Ortega | 2:30 | 14,209 | + | |||
| 139 | 139 | Monday, Sep 6 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 1 | 4 | 76-63 | 5 | 10.0 | Wilson | Sparma | 2:25 | 9,864 | - | |||
| 140 | 140 | Tuesday, Sep 7 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 5 | 3 | 77-63 | 5 | 9.5 | Fox | Monbouquette | 2:13 | 5,019 | + | |||
| 141 | 141 | Wednesday, Sep 8 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 0 | 2 | 77-64 | 4 | 10.0 | Barber | Aguirre | 2:02 | 0 | - | |||
| 142 | 142 | Wednesday, Sep 8 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 5 | 0 | 78-64 | 4 | 10.0 | Wickersham | Knowles | 1:48 | 10,660 | + | |||
| 143 | 143 | Friday, Sep 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 2 | 0 | 79-64 | 4 | 10.5 | Lolich | Siebert | 2:26 | 6,774 | ++ | ||
| 144 | 144 | Saturday, Sep 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 5 | 3 | 80-64 | 4 | 10.5 | Sparma | Tiant | Pena | 2:32 | 3,576 | +++ | |
| 145 | 145 | Tuesday, Sep 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 3 | 5 | 80-65 | 4 | 11.5 | Miller | Pena | 2:35 | 0 | - | ||
| 146 | 146 | Tuesday, Sep 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 7 | 1 | 81-65 | 4 | 11.5 | Wickersham | Pappas | 2:36 | 4,377 | + | ||
| 147 | 147 | Wednesday, Sep 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 2 | 3 | 81-66 | 4 | 12.5 | McNally | McLain | 2:13 | 3,655 | - | ||
| 148 | 148 | Friday, Sep 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 4 | 3 | 10 | 82-66 | 4 | 11.5 | Lolich | Ford | Fox | 2:35 | 11,162 | + |
| 149 | 149 | Saturday, Sep 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 4 | 3 | 10 | 83-66 | 4 | 11.5 | McLain | Mikkelsen | 2:26 | 51,664 | ++ | |
| 150 | 150 | Sunday, Sep 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 0 | 3 | 83-67 | 4 | 12.5 | Beck | Wickersham | 2:23 | 14,283 | - | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 151 | 151 | Monday, Sep 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 4 | 5 | 14 | 83-68 | 4 | 12.5 | McDowell | Pena | 4:58 | 1,831 | -- | |
| 152 | 152 | Tuesday, Sep 21 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 6 | 2 | 84-68 | 4 | 11.5 | McLain | Horlen | 2:24 | 6,780 | + | |||
| 153 | 153 | Wednesday, Sep 22 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 1 | 2 | 84-69 | 4 | 11.5 | Buzhardt | Lolich | Wilhelm | 2:28 | 5,869 | - | ||
| 154 | 154 | Friday, Sep 24 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 2 | 3 | 10 | 84-70 | 4 | 12.0 | McDowell | Pena | McMahon | 2:44 | 12,564 | -- | |
| 155 | 155 | Saturday, Sep 25 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 4 | 1 | 85-70 | 4 | 12.5 | McLain | Kralick | 2:28 | 6,725 | + | |||
| 156 | 156 | Sunday, Sep 26 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 2 | 0 | 86-70 | 4 | 13.0 | Lolich | Terry | 1:48 | 0 | ++ | |||
| 157 | 157 | Sunday, Sep 26 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 1 | 7 | 86-71 | 4 | 13.0 | Kelley | Regan | 2:27 | 10,986 | - | |||
| 158 | 158 | Tuesday, Sep 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 3 | 4 | 11 | 86-72 | 4 | 12.5 | Wilhelm | Fox | 2:45 | 0 | -- | |
| 159 | 159 | Tuesday, Sep 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 4 | 3 | 87-72 | 4 | 12.5 | Aguirre | Buzhardt | Hiller | 2:23 | 6,123 | + | |
| 160 | 160 | Saturday, Oct 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSA | W | 9 | 1 | 88-72 | 4 | 12.0 | McLain | Duckworth | 2:34 | 0 | ++ | ||
| 161 | 161 | Saturday, Oct 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSA | W | 6 | 2 | 89-72 | 4 | 12.0 | Lolich | Richert | 2:23 | 1,908 | +++ | ||
| 162 | 162 | Sunday, Oct 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSA | L | 2 | 3 | 89-73 | 4 | 13.0 | Coleman | Sparma | 2:06 | 3,066 | - | ||
| 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.