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| Season Summary | 91-71, Final Rank:2, GB: 1.0 | |
| Days in First | 32 | last on Monday, Sep 18, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day |
| 41 | last on Sep 18, counts all days of the season including off days | |
| Biggest Lead | 2 | last on Tuesday, Jun 6, for days on which they played |
| Farthest Behind | 5.5 | last on Saturday, Jul 1, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | 21 | last on Sunday, Oct 1 |
| Most Games under .500 | 1 | last on Friday, Apr 14 |
| Longest Winning Streak | 7 | Friday, May 5 to Saturday, May 13 and Sunday, Jul 2 to Sunday, Jul 9 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 7 | Sunday, Jul 9 to Monday, Jul 17 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 13 | Sunday, May 14 |
| Most Runs Scored | 15 | Tuesday, Jun 13 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 19 | Saturday, Jun 17 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 15 | |
| Times Opponent Shutout | 17 | |
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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 | Tuesday, Apr 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | L | 2 | 4 | 0-1 | 7 | 1.0 | Brunet | McLain | 2:23 | 17,839 | - | ||
| 2 | 2 | Wednesday, Apr 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | W | 6 | 3 | 1-1 | 4 | 0.5 | Lolich | Lopez | 3:08 | 8,344 | + | ||
| 3 | 3 | Friday, Apr 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 3 | 5 | 1-2 | 7 | 2.0 | Merritt | Wilson | 2:55 | 21,347 | - | ||
| 4 | 4 | Saturday, Apr 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 4 | 3 | 2-2 | 4 | 1.0 | Wickersham | Kaat | Gladding | 2:36 | 11,342 | + | |
| 5 | 5 | Sunday, Apr 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCA | W | 6 | 3 | 3-2 | 5 | 1.0 | McLain | Odom | 3:04 | 0 | ++ | ||
| 6 | 6 | Sunday, Apr 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCA | L | 7 | 11 | 3-3 | 5 | 1.0 | Aker | Pena | Lindblad | 3:01 | 14,902 | - | |
| 7 | 7 | Tuesday, Apr 18 | boxscore | DET | CAL | W | 4 | 1 | 4-3 | 3 | 0.5 | Wilson | Lopez | 2:25 | 30,011 | + | |||
| 8 | 8 | Thursday, Apr 20 | boxscore | DET | CAL | W | 4 | 3 | 5-3 | 1 | Tied | Gladding | Brunet | 2:38 | 9,211 | ++ | |||
| 9 | 9 | Friday, Apr 21 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 12 | 4 | 6-3 | 1 | up 1.0 | McLain | Boswell | Sherry | 2:59 | 11,766 | +++ | ||
| 10 | 10 | Saturday, Apr 22 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 3 | 4 | 6-4 | 1 | Tied | Kaat | Lolich | Worthington | 2:06 | 6,200 | - | ||
| 11 | 11 | Sunday, Apr 23 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 2 | 4 | 6-5 | 2 | 0.5 | Worthington | Wilson | 2:25 | 9,109 | -- | |||
| 12 | 12 | Tuesday, Apr 25 | boxscore | DET | KCA | W | 5 | 0 | 7-5 | 1 | Tied | Sparma | Krausse | 2:14 | 4,773 | + | |||
| 13 | 13 | Friday, Apr 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 3 | 5 | 7-6 | 5 | 1.0 | McNally | McLain | Drabowsky | 2:55 | 15,046 | - | |
| 14 | 14 | Saturday, Apr 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 4 | 2 | 8-6 | 3 | 0.5 | Lolich | Bunker | 2:54 | 6,878 | + | ||
| 15 | 15 | Sunday, Apr 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 2 | 1 | 9-6 | 1 | up 0.5 | Wilson | Barber | Gladding | 2:38 | 0 | ++ | |
| 16 | 16 | Sunday, Apr 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 6 | 4 | 10-6 | 1 | up 0.5 | Sparma | Palmer | Wickersham | 2:30 | 26,884 | +++ | |
| 17 | 17 | Wednesday, May 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 1 | 2 | 10-7 | 1 | Tied | Peters | McLain | Locker | 2:26 | 3,594 | - | |
| 18 | 18 | Friday, May 5 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 4 | 0 | 11-7 | 1 | Tied | Lolich | Barber | 2:21 | 20,986 | + | |||
| 19 | 19 | Saturday, May 6 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 4 | 1 | 12-7 | 1 | Tied | Wilson | Miller | 2:19 | 13,864 | ++ | |||
| 20 | 20 | Sunday, May 7 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 4 | 0 | 13-7 | 1 | up 0.5 | Sparma | McNally | 2:36 | 20,651 | +++ | |||
| 21 | 21 | Tuesday, May 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 4 | 3 | 14-7 | 1 | up 0.5 | McLain | McDowell | Gladding | 2:52 | 4,741 | ++++ | |
| 22 | 22 | Wednesday, May 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 4 | 2 | 15-7 | 1 | up 0.5 | Lolich | Siebert | Gladding | 2:32 | 4,984 | +++++ | |
| 23 | 23 | Friday, May 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 5 | 4 | 16-7 | 1 | up 0.5 | Wilson | Brandon | Gladding | 2:44 | 15,564 | ++++++ | |
| 24 | 24 | Saturday, May 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 10 | 8 | 17-7 | 1 | up 0.5 | Korince | Wyatt | Wickersham | 3:13 | 9,606 | +++++++ | |
| 25 | 25 | Sunday, May 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 5 | 8 | 17-8 | 2 | 1.5 | Lonborg | McLain | Fischer | 2:29 | 0 | - | |
| 26 | 26 | Sunday, May 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 9 | 13 | 17-9 | 2 | 1.5 | Santiago | Lolich | Cisco | 3:03 | 16,436 | -- | |
| 27 | 27 | Tuesday, May 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSA | L | 4 | 5 | 17-10 | 2 | 1.5 | Pascual | Wilson | Baldwin | 2:42 | 6,152 | --- | |
| 28 | 28 | Wednesday, May 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSA | W | 8 | 1 | 18-10 | 2 | 1.5 | Sparma | Moore | 2:34 | 4,072 | + | ||
| 29 | 29 | Friday, May 19 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 4 | 2 | 19-10 | 2 | 1.5 | Lolich | Stottlemyre | 2:20 | 33,941 | ++ | |||
| 30 | 30 | Saturday, May 20 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 3 | 1 | 20-10 | 2 | 0.5 | McLain | Downing | 2:06 | 12,164 | +++ | |||
| 31 | 31 | Sunday, May 21 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 9 | 4 | 21-10 | 1 | Tied | Wilson | Ford | Gladding | 2:43 | 0 | ++++ | ||
| 32 | 32 | Sunday, May 21 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 5 | 6 | 21-11 | 1 | Tied | Hamilton | Sherry | 2:52 | 44,862 | - | |||
| 33 | 33 | Tuesday, May 23 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 2 | 5 | 21-12 | 2 | 0.5 | Bennett | Lolich | Wyatt | 2:36 | 7,570 | -- | ||
| 34 | 34 | Wednesday, May 24 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 0 | 1 | 21-13 | 2 | 1.5 | Lonborg | McLain | 2:31 | 9,890 | --- | |||
| 35 | 35 | Thursday, May 25 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 9 | 3 | 22-13 | 2 | 1.0 | Wilson | Santiago | 2:20 | 8,782 | + | |||
| 36 | 36 | Friday, May 26 | boxscore | DET | WSA | W | 10 | 5 | 23-13 | 2 | 0.5 | Wickersham | Knowles | Gladding | 3:30 | 17,641 | ++ | ||
| 37 | 37 | Saturday, May 27 | boxscore | DET | WSA | L | 1 | 8 | 23-14 | 2 | 1.5 | Pascual | Lolich | 2:59 | 7,296 | - | |||
| 38 | 38 | Sunday, May 28 | boxscore | DET | WSA | W | 3 | 1 | 24-14 | 2 | 0.5 | McLain | Richert | Gladding | 2:42 | 52,357 | + | ||
| 39 | 39 | Tuesday, May 30 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 4 | 2 | 25-14 | 1 | up 1.5 | Wilson | Peters | Gladding | 2:32 | 0 | ++ | ||
| 40 | 40 | Tuesday, May 30 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 4 | 3 | 26-14 | 1 | up 1.5 | Wickersham | Howard | Gladding | 2:45 | 40,798 | +++ | ||
| 41 | 41 | Wednesday, May 31 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 0 | 9 | 26-15 | 1 | up 0.5 | Tiant | Lolich | 3:06 | 10,793 | - | |||
| 42 | 42 | Thursday, Jun 1 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 2 | 8 | 26-16 | 1 | Tied | O'Donoghue | McLain | Pena | 2:34 | 13,364 | -- | ||
| 43 | 43 | Friday, Jun 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 9 | 5 | 27-16 | 1 | up 1.0 | Sparma | Stottlemyre | Wickersham | 3:01 | 20,869 | + | |
| 44 | 44 | Saturday, Jun 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 1 | 3 | 27-17 | 1 | up 1.0 | Verbanic | Wilson | Womack | 2:24 | 16,881 | - | |
| 45 | 45 | Sunday, Jun 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 0 | 5 | 27-18 | 1 | up 1.0 | Downing | Lolich | 2:16 | 0 | -- | ||
| 46 | 46 | Sunday, Jun 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 11 | 7 | 13 | 28-18 | 1 | up 1.0 | Podres | Womack | Marshall | 3:41 | 33,454 | + |
| 47 | 47 | Monday, Jun 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCA | W | 3 | 2 | 11 | 29-18 | 1 | up 1.5 | McLain | Aker | 2:58 | 5,804 | ++ | |
| 48 | 48 | Tuesday, Jun 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCA | W | 11 | 1 | 30-18 | 1 | up 2.0 | Wilson | Krausse | 2:23 | 0 | +++ | ||
| 49 | 49 | Tuesday, Jun 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCA | W | 7 | 1 | 31-18 | 1 | up 2.0 | Sparma | Odom | 2:30 | 12,281 | ++++ | ||
| 50 | 50 | Wednesday, Jun 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCA | L | 2 | 4 | 31-19 | 1 | up 1.5 | Lindblad | Lolich | Pierce | 2:30 | 5,584 | - | |
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Friday, Jun 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | L | 0 | 4 | 31-20 | 1 | up 1.5 | Brunet | McLain | 2:05 | 15,222 | -- | ||
| 52 | 52 | Saturday, Jun 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | L | 0 | 2 | 31-21 | 1 | up 0.5 | Wright | Wilson | Rojas | 2:14 | 19,417 | --- | |
| 53 | 53 | Sunday, Jun 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | L | 4 | 6 | 31-22 | 2 | 1.0 | Rojas | Gladding | 2:50 | 18,059 | ---- | ||
| 54 | 54 | Monday, Jun 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 5 | 11 | 31-23 | 2 | 1.0 | Merritt | Lolich | 2:33 | 15,069 | ----- | ||
| 55 | 55 | Tuesday, Jun 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 15 | 10 | 32-23 | 2 | 1.0 | McLain | Chance | Wickersham | 3:08 | 20,315 | + | |
| 56 | 56 | Wednesday, Jun 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 0 | 7 | 32-24 | 2 | 1.5 | Kaat | Wilson | 2:09 | 19,205 | - | ||
| 57 | 57 | Thursday, Jun 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 4 | 6 | 32-25 | 2 | 1.5 | Kline | Gladding | 2:43 | 15,503 | -- | ||
| 58 | 58 | Saturday, Jun 17 | boxscore | DET | KCA | W | 7 | 6 | 33-25 | 2 | 2.0 | Gladding | Segui | 3:25 | 0 | + | |||
| 59 | 59 | Saturday, Jun 17 | boxscore | DET | KCA | L | 5 | 6 | 19 | 33-26 | 2 | 2.0 | Edgerton | Marshall | 5:40 | 14,871 | - | ||
| 60 | 60 | Sunday, Jun 18 | boxscore | DET | KCA | L | 4 | 8 | 33-27 | 2 | 3.5 | Hunter | Sparma | Pierce | 2:38 | 24,634 | -- | ||
| 61 | 61 | Monday, Jun 19 | boxscore | DET | CAL | L | 0 | 2 | 33-28 | 2 | 3.5 | Wright | Lolich | Rojas | 2:39 | 0 | --- | ||
| 62 | 62 | Monday, Jun 19 | boxscore | DET | CAL | W | 5 | 1 | 34-28 | 2 | 3.5 | McLain | Turner | 2:14 | 16,428 | + | |||
| 63 | 63 | Tuesday, Jun 20 | boxscore | DET | CAL | W | 2 | 1 | 35-28 | 2 | 2.5 | Wickersham | Brunet | 2:21 | 13,043 | ++ | |||
| 64 | 64 | Wednesday, Jun 21 | boxscore | DET | MIN | T | 5 | 5 | 9 | 35-28 | 2 | 3.5 | 2:44 | 11,566 | ++ | ||||
| 65 | 65 | Thursday, Jun 22 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 5 | 2 | 36-28 | 2 | 3.0 | Sparma | Kaat | 2:09 | 11,037 | +++ | |||
| 66 | 66 | Friday, Jun 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 1 | 3 | 36-29 | 2 | 3.0 | Downing | McLain | 2:22 | 18,712 | - | ||
| 67 | 67 | Saturday, Jun 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 3 | 4 | 36-30 | 2 | 4.0 | Womack | Gladding | 2:21 | 18,287 | -- | ||
| 68 | 68 | Sunday, Jun 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 2 | 3 | 36-31 | 2 | 4.0 | Stottlemyre | Lolich | Womack | 2:36 | 24,503 | --- | |
| 69 | 69 | Tuesday, Jun 27 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 1 | 8 | 36-32 | 2 | 5.5 | McDowell | Wilson | 2:53 | 30,266 | ---- | |||
| 70 | 70 | Wednesday, Jun 28 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 7 | 4 | 37-32 | 2 | 5.5 | Sparma | Pena | Wickersham | 3:27 | 7,310 | + | ||
| 71 | 71 | Thursday, Jun 29 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 3 | 5 | 37-33 | 2 | 5.5 | Tiant | McLain | Culver | 2:55 | 10,113 | - | ||
| 72 | 72 | Friday, Jun 30 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 4 | 1 | 38-33 | 2 | 4.5 | Podres | John | Marshall | 2:30 | 31,827 | + | ||
| 73 | 73 | Saturday, Jul 1 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 5 | 6 | 38-34 | 2 | 5.5 | Horlen | Wickersham | Wilhelm | 2:58 | 32,345 | - | ||
| 74 | 74 | Sunday, Jul 2 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 3 | 0 | 39-34 | 2 | 4.5 | Sparma | Peters | 2:06 | 21,692 | + | |||
| 75 | 75 | Monday, Jul 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 2 | 1 | 40-34 | 2 | 3.5 | McLain | Tiant | 2:27 | 32,500 | ++ | ||
| 76 | 76 | Tuesday, Jul 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 6 | 1 | 41-34 | 3 | 3.5 | Wilson | Hargan | 2:19 | 8,514 | +++ | ||
| 77 | 77 | Wednesday, Jul 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 3 | 2 | 42-34 | 3 | 3.5 | Gladding | Culver | Marshall | 2:41 | 6,854 | ++++ | |
| 78 | 78 | Friday, Jul 7 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 5 | 4 | 11 | 43-34 | 2 | 3.0 | Marshall | Wyatt | 3:44 | 27,213 | +++++ | ||
| 79 | 79 | Saturday, Jul 8 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 2 | 0 | 44-34 | 2 | 3.0 | McLain | Stange | 2:14 | 19,481 | ++++++ | |||
| 80 | 80 | Sunday, Jul 9 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 10 | 4 | 45-34 | 2 | 2.0 | Wilson | Bell | Marshall | 2:48 | 0 | +++++++ | ||
| 81 | 81 | Sunday, Jul 9 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 0 | 3 | 45-35 | 2 | 2.0 | Lonborg | Wickersham | Wyatt | 2:10 | 48,266 | - | ||
| 82 | 82 | Thursday, Jul 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSA | L | 3 | 8 | 45-36 | 3 | 3.0 | Pascual | Sparma | 2:24 | 0 | -- | ||
| 83 | 83 | Thursday, Jul 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSA | L | 1 | 6 | 45-37 | 3 | 3.0 | Coleman | McLain | 2:14 | 11,318 | --- | ||
| 84 | 84 | Friday, Jul 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSA | L | 1 | 3 | 45-38 | 3 | 3.5 | Ortega | Wilson | Baldwin | 2:30 | 4,562 | ---- | |
| 85 | 85 | Saturday, Jul 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSA | L | 2 | 3 | 45-39 | 3 | 3.5 | Cox | Lolich | Lines | 2:23 | 6,169 | ----- | |
| 86 | 86 | Sunday, Jul 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 5 | 9 | 45-40 | 3 | 4.0 | Brandon | Sparma | Lyle | 2:28 | 28,237 | ------ | |
| 87 | 87 | Monday, Jul 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 1 | 7 | 45-41 | 4 | 4.5 | Stange | McLain | 2:08 | 28,991 | ------- | ||
| 88 | 88 | Tuesday, Jul 18 | boxscore | DET | WSA | W | 5 | 2 | 46-41 | 4 | 3.5 | Wilson | Pascual | 2:33 | 7,710 | + | |||
| 89 | 89 | Wednesday, Jul 19 | boxscore | DET | WSA | L | 2 | 4 | 46-42 | 5 | 3.5 | Knowles | Gladding | 2:45 | 10,383 | - | |||
| 90 | 90 | Thursday, Jul 20 | boxscore | DET | WSA | W | 8 | 4 | 47-42 | 5 | 3.0 | Sparma | Moore | Marshall | 2:42 | 8,663 | + | ||
| 91 | 91 | Friday, Jul 21 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 4 | 2 | 48-42 | 5 | 3.0 | McLain | Barber | Marshall | 2:43 | 33,730 | ++ | ||
| 92 | 92 | Saturday, Jul 22 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 11 | 4 | 49-42 | 4 | 2.0 | Wilson | Talbot | Marshall | 2:34 | 18,439 | +++ | ||
| 93 | 93 | Sunday, Jul 23 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 2 | 4 | 49-43 | 4 | 3.0 | Stottlemyre | Lolich | Hamilton | 2:37 | 0 | - | ||
| 94 | 94 | Sunday, Jul 23 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 7 | 3 | 50-43 | 4 | 3.0 | Hiller | Peterson | Marshall | 2:26 | 34,623 | + | ||
| 95 | 95 | Thursday, Jul 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 4 | 0 | 51-43 | 3 | 3.5 | McLain | Phoebus | 2:17 | 5,649 | ++ | ||
| 96 | 96 | Friday, Jul 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 7 | 4 | 52-43 | 3 | 2.5 | Wilson | Peters | Marshall | 2:33 | 28,855 | +++ | |
| 97 | 97 | Saturday, Jul 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 3 | 4 | 52-44 | 3 | 3.5 | Wood | Sparma | McMahon | 2:43 | 12,456 | - | |
| 98 | 98 | Sunday, Jul 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 1 | 4 | 52-45 | 3 | 3.5 | Horlen | McLain | 2:39 | 0 | -- | ||
| 99 | 99 | Sunday, Jul 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 7 | 1 | 53-45 | 3 | 3.5 | Podres | Howard | Marshall | 2:07 | 26,664 | + | |
| 100 | 100 | Tuesday, Aug 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 4 | 2 | 54-45 | 3 | 4.0 | Wilson | Phoebus | Hiller | 3:00 | 10,342 | ++ | |
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 101 | 101 | Wednesday, Aug 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 4 | 2 | 55-45 | 3 | 3.5 | Sparma | Brabender | Hiller | 2:28 | 0 | +++ | |
| 102 | 102 | Wednesday, Aug 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 1 | 2 | 55-46 | 3 | 3.5 | Drabowsky | Dobson | 2:17 | 12,001 | - | ||
| 103 | 103 | Thursday, Aug 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 5 | 0 | 8 | 56-46 | 3 | 3.0 | McLain | Dillman | 1:50 | 9,168 | + | |
| 104 | 104 | Friday, Aug 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 5 | 11 | 56-47 | 3 | 3.5 | McDowell | Podres | Siebert | 3:22 | 11,274 | - | |
| 105 | 105 | Saturday, Aug 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 3 | 5 | 56-48 | 3 | 4.0 | Williams | Wilson | Siebert | 2:56 | 6,859 | -- | |
| 106 | 106 | Sunday, Aug 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 7 | 3 | 57-48 | 4 | 3.0 | Sparma | Culver | 3:01 | 0 | + | ||
| 107 | 107 | Sunday, Aug 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 3 | 6 | 57-49 | 4 | 3.0 | Hargan | Dobson | Pena | 2:33 | 14,366 | - | |
| 108 | 108 | Tuesday, Aug 8 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 2 | 1 | 10 | 58-49 | 4 | 3.0 | McLain | Wilhelm | 2:53 | 0 | + | ||
| 109 | 109 | Tuesday, Aug 8 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 4 | 6 | 10 | 58-50 | 4 | 3.0 | McMahon | Wickersham | Wood | 3:30 | 44,295 | - | |
| 110 | 110 | Wednesday, Aug 9 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 4 | 2 | 59-50 | 3 | 2.0 | Wilson | Klages | 2:42 | 21,575 | + | |||
| 111 | 111 | Thursday, Aug 10 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 1 | 2 | 59-51 | 4 | 3.0 | Wilhelm | Marshall | Locker | 3:08 | 23,475 | - | ||
| 112 | 112 | Friday, Aug 11 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 1 | 5 | 59-52 | 4 | 2.5 | Phoebus | Wickersham | Miller | 2:46 | 0 | -- | ||
| 113 | 113 | Friday, Aug 11 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 5 | 2 | 60-52 | 4 | 2.5 | Lolich | Richert | 2:34 | 23,890 | + | |||
| 114 | 114 | Saturday, Aug 12 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 5 | 4 | 61-52 | 3 | 1.5 | McLain | Brabender | Hiller | 2:16 | 14,536 | ++ | ||
| 115 | 115 | Sunday, Aug 13 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 3 | 2 | 62-52 | 3 | 1.0 | Wilson | Hardin | Lasher | 2:12 | 21,114 | +++ | ||
| 116 | 116 | Tuesday, Aug 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 0 | 4 | 62-53 | 3 | 2.5 | Morehead | Sparma | 2:08 | 27,125 | - | ||
| 117 | 117 | Wednesday, Aug 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 3 | 8 | 62-54 | 4 | 3.5 | Brandon | McLain | 2:43 | 32,051 | -- | ||
| 118 | 118 | Thursday, Aug 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 7 | 4 | 10 | 63-54 | 3 | 3.0 | Gladding | Lyle | 3:20 | 28,653 | + | |
| 119 | 119 | Friday, Aug 18 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 4 | 0 | 5 | 64-54 | 3 | 2.5 | Lolich | McDowell | 1:23 | 19,461 | ++ | ||
| 120 | 120 | Saturday, Aug 19 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 0 | 5 | 64-55 | 4 | 3.5 | O'Donoghue | Sparma | 2:30 | 14,765 | - | |||
| 121 | 121 | Sunday, Aug 20 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 4 | 2 | 65-55 | 4 | 2.0 | McLain | Williams | Lasher | 2:29 | 0 | + | ||
| 122 | 122 | Sunday, Aug 20 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 4 | 0 | 66-55 | 4 | 2.0 | Hiller | McDowell | 1:55 | 25,182 | ++ | |||
| 123 | 123 | Tuesday, Aug 22 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 7 | 3 | 67-55 | 3 | 1.0 | Wilson | Chance | 2:42 | 0 | +++ | |||
| 124 | 124 | Tuesday, Aug 22 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 2 | 1 | 11 | 68-55 | 3 | 1.0 | Lasher | Worthington | 3:23 | 40,921 | ++++ | ||
| 125 | 125 | Wednesday, Aug 23 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 10 | 0 | 69-55 | 3 | 1.5 | Sparma | Merritt | 2:39 | 0 | +++++ | |||
| 126 | 126 | Wednesday, Aug 23 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 3 | 4 | 69-56 | 3 | 1.5 | Perry | Wickersham | Kline | 2:43 | 44,662 | - | ||
| 127 | 127 | Thursday, Aug 24 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 2 | 4 | 69-57 | 4 | 1.5 | Worthington | McLain | 3:02 | 24,376 | -- | |||
| 128 | 128 | Friday, Aug 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCA | W | 3 | 0 | 70-57 | 4 | 1.5 | Hiller | Dobson | 2:11 | 12,010 | + | ||
| 129 | 129 | Saturday, Aug 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCA | W | 5 | 2 | 71-57 | 3 | 1.0 | Wilson | Hunter | 2:29 | 8,382 | ++ | ||
| 130 | 130 | Sunday, Aug 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCA | L | 1 | 2 | 71-58 | 4 | 1.5 | Rodriguez | Sparma | Lindblad | 2:15 | 8,955 | - | |
| 131 | 131 | Monday, Aug 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | W | 10 | 0 | 72-58 | 3 | 1.5 | Lolich | Hamilton | 2:40 | 14,877 | + | ||
| 132 | 132 | Tuesday, Aug 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | W | 4 | 2 | 73-58 | 2 | 0.5 | McLain | Brunet | 2:41 | 0 | ++ | ||
| 133 | 133 | Tuesday, Aug 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | W | 2 | 1 | 74-58 | 2 | 0.5 | Hiller | Clark | Lasher | 2:19 | 19,178 | +++ | |
| 134 | 134 | Wednesday, Aug 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | L | 2 | 3 | 74-59 | 2 | 1.5 | Kelso | Wilson | 2:35 | 16,385 | - | ||
| 135 | 135 | Friday, Sep 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 4 | 5 | 74-60 | 3 | 2.0 | Kaat | Sparma | 2:34 | 34,068 | -- | ||
| 136 | 136 | Saturday, Sep 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 0 | 5 | 74-61 | 4 | 2.5 | Boswell | McLain | 2:15 | 29,155 | --- | ||
| 137 | 137 | Sunday, Sep 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 5 | 0 | 75-61 | 4 | 1.5 | Wilson | Chance | Lasher | 2:40 | 43,444 | + | |
| 138 | 138 | Monday, Sep 4 | boxscore | DET | KCA | W | 8 | 4 | 76-61 | 4 | 1.5 | Lolich | Nash | Gladding | 2:41 | 0 | ++ | ||
| 139 | 139 | Monday, Sep 4 | boxscore | DET | KCA | L | 2 | 4 | 76-62 | 4 | 1.5 | Pierce | Hiller | Lindblad | 2:15 | 32,324 | - | ||
| 140 | 140 | Tuesday, Sep 5 | boxscore | DET | KCA | W | 4 | 0 | 77-62 | 4 | 1.5 | Sparma | Dobson | 2:41 | 10,343 | + | |||
| 141 | 141 | Wednesday, Sep 6 | boxscore | DET | KCA | W | 8 | 5 | 78-62 | 1 | Tied | Gladding | Krausse | Lasher | 2:25 | 0 | ++ | ||
| 142 | 142 | Wednesday, Sep 6 | boxscore | DET | KCA | W | 6 | 3 | 79-62 | 1 | Tied | Wilson | Lindblad | 2:28 | 17,363 | +++ | |||
| 143 | 143 | Friday, Sep 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 4 | 1 | 80-62 | 1 | Tied | Lolich | John | Lasher | 2:31 | 22,866 | ++++ | |
| 144 | 144 | Saturday, Sep 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 7 | 3 | 81-62 | 1 | Tied | Dobson | Locker | Lasher | 2:53 | 13,559 | +++++ | |
| 145 | 145 | Sunday, Sep 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 0 | 6 | 81-63 | 3 | 1.5 | Horlen | Sparma | 2:17 | 0 | - | ||
| 146 | 146 | Sunday, Sep 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 0 | 4 | 81-64 | 3 | 1.5 | Carlos | McLain | Locker | 2:31 | 23,625 | -- | |
| 147 | 147 | Tuesday, Sep 12 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 6 | 4 | 82-64 | 3 | 1.0 | Gladding | Watt | Lasher | 2:29 | 16,224 | + | ||
| 148 | 148 | Wednesday, Sep 13 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 6 | 1 | 83-64 | 3 | 1.0 | Lolich | Richert | 2:08 | 16,719 | ++ | |||
| 149 | 149 | Friday, Sep 15 | boxscore | DET | WSA | W | 5 | 4 | 84-64 | 1 | Tied | Lasher | Cox | 3:17 | 20,988 | +++ | |||
| 150 | 150 | Saturday, Sep 16 | boxscore | DET | WSA | W | 5 | 4 | 85-64 | 1 | up 1.0 | Wilson | Priddy | Lasher | 3:02 | 24,949 | ++++ | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 151 | 151 | Sunday, Sep 17 | boxscore | DET | WSA | L | 0 | 5 | 85-65 | 1 | up 0.5 | Bertaina | Hiller | 2:26 | 22,832 | - | |||
| 152 | 152 | Monday, Sep 18 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 5 | 6 | 10 | 85-66 | 1 | Tied | Santiago | Marshall | 3:22 | 42,674 | -- | ||
| 153 | 153 | Tuesday, Sep 19 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 2 | 4 | 85-67 | 4 | 1.0 | Santiago | Lolich | Bell | 3:00 | 43,004 | --- | ||
| 154 | 154 | Wednesday, Sep 20 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 10 | 1 | 86-67 | 4 | 1.0 | Sparma | Downing | 2:44 | 14,251 | + | |||
| 155 | 155 | Friday, Sep 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSA | W | 8 | 3 | 87-67 | 3 | 1.0 | Wilson | Bertaina | 2:43 | 0 | ++ | ||
| 156 | 156 | Friday, Sep 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSA | W | 4 | 0 | 88-67 | 3 | 1.0 | Lolich | Moore | 2:52 | 11,185 | +++ | ||
| 157 | 157 | Sunday, Sep 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | WSA | L | 4 | 5 | 88-68 | 4 | 1.5 | Humphreys | Lasher | 2:47 | 8,667 | - | ||
| 158 | 158 | Monday, Sep 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 0 | 2 | 88-69 | 4 | 1.5 | Downing | Wilson | 2:22 | 8,652 | -- | ||
| 159 | 159 | Tuesday, Sep 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 1 | 0 | 89-69 | 4 | 1.5 | Lolich | Stottlemyre | 2:14 | 8,418 | + | ||
| 160 | 160 | Saturday, Sep 30 | boxscore | DET | CAL | W | 5 | 0 | 90-69 | 3 | 0.5 | Lolich | Brunet | 2:45 | 0 | ++ | |||
| 161 | 161 | Saturday, Sep 30 | boxscore | DET | CAL | L | 6 | 8 | 90-70 | 3 | 0.5 | Rojas | Aguirre | Weaver | 3:25 | 20,421 | - | ||
| 162 | 162 | Sunday, Oct 1 | boxscore | DET | CAL | W | 6 | 4 | 91-70 | 2 | 1.0 | Sparma | Wright | Gladding | 2:24 | 0 | + | ||
| 163 | 163 | Sunday, Oct 1 | boxscore | DET | CAL | L | 5 | 8 | 91-71 | 2 | 1.0 | McGlothlin | Hiller | Brunet | 3:12 | 38,398 | - | ||
| 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.