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1972 Detroit Tigers

Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1971 / 1973

86-70, Finished 1st in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Billy Martin (86-70)
Scored 558 runs, Allowed 514 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-72

Ballparks: Tiger Stadium · Attendance: 1,892,386 (1st of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 103, Pitching - 103 · one-year: Batting - 114, Pitching - 113

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1971 / 1973 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory up to 10 runs  · Mouseover bar for details  · Click for box score  · Grouped by Month

Game Results

Season Summary 86-70, Final Rank:1, GB: 0.0
Days in First92last on Wednesday, Oct 4, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
 112last on Oct 4, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Lead4last on Tuesday, Jun 6, for days on which they played
Farthest Behind2.5last on Tuesday, May 23, for days on which they played
Most Games over .50017last on Tuesday, Oct 3
Most Games under .500never
Longest Winning Streak5Sunday, Jul 9 to Thursday, Jul 13, Tuesday, Sep 12 to Sunday, Sep 17 and Friday, Sep 29 to Tuesday, Oct 3
Longest Losing Streak4Tuesday, Jun 6 to Saturday, Jun 10, Sunday, Jul 2 to Wednesday, Jul 5, Tuesday, Aug 1 to Friday, Aug 4, Wednesday, Aug 9 to Saturday, Aug 12 and Tuesday, Aug 29 to Friday, Sep 1
Most Runs Allowed15Monday, Jul 3
Most Runs Scored13Saturday, Sep 30
Longest Game (innings)13Tuesday, Aug 15
Times Shutout by Opponent15 
Times Opponent Shutout11 

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
SplitWLRSRAWP
Overall 86 70 558 514 .551
Home/Road
SplitWLRSRAWP
Home 44 34 312 288 .564
Road 42 36 246 226 .538
Month by Month
SplitWLRSRAWP
April 7 4 51 25 .636
May 14 12 89 80 .538
June 15 12 83 83 .556
July 19 12 117 104 .613
August 12 18 102 127 .400
September 16 11 103 88 .593
October 3 1 13 7 .750
By Season Half
SplitWLRSRAWP
First Half 51 37 309 266 .580
Second Half 35 33 249 248 .515
Extra-Innings
SplitWLRSRAWP
9-Inning Games 77 63 505 456 .550
ExtraInning 9 4 50 42 .692
Shortened 0 3 3 16 .000
One-Run Games
SplitWLRSRAWP
One Run 27 24 135 132 .529
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
SplitWLRSRAWP
Blowout 19 14 182 152 .576
Opponent
SplitWLRSRAWP
BAL 8 10 46 72 .444
BOS 9 5 65 41 .643
CAL 7 5 42 38 .583
CHW 7 5 51 39 .583
CLE 8 10 46 55 .444
KCR 7 5 41 35 .583
MIL 10 8 73 73 .556
MIN 9 3 54 35 .750
NYY 7 9 47 48 .438
OAK 4 8 37 53 .333
TEX 10 2 56 25 .833

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time D/N Attendance Streak
1 1 Saturday, Apr 15 boxscore DET BOS W 3 2 1-0 1 Tied Lolich Pattin 2:18 D 31,510 +
2 2 Tuesday, Apr 18 boxscore DET @ BAL W 5 3 2-0 1 up 0.5 Coleman Palmer Scherman 2:29 N 7,022 ++
3 3 Wednesday, Apr 19 boxscore DET @ BAL L 2 5 2-1 2 0.5 Alexander Lolich 2:24 N 5,979 -
4 4 Thursday, Apr 20 boxscore DET @ BAL L 0 1 2-2 2 1.5 Dobson Timmermann 1:45 N 5,223 --
5 5 Saturday, Apr 22 boxscore DET @ MIL W 8 2 3-2 2 1.0 Coleman Parsons Scherman 2:37 D 8,968 +
6 6 Sunday, Apr 23 boxscore DET @ MIL L 0 3 3-3 3 1.0 Slaton Cain Sanders 2:40 D 10,031 -
7 7 Tuesday, Apr 25 boxscore DET @ TEX W 4 1 4-3 1 Tied Lolich Paul 2:30 N 10,213 +
8 8 Wednesday, Apr 26 boxscore DET @ TEX W 8 1 5-3 1 up 1.0 Coleman Bosman 2:32 N 4,283 ++
9 9 Friday, Apr 28 boxscore DET CHW W 12 0 6-3 1 up 1.0 Timmermann Bahnsen 2:28 N 20,856 +++
10 10 Saturday, Apr 29 boxscore DET CHW W 6 1 7-3 1 up 1.0 Lolich Wood 2:14 D 15,921 ++++
11 11 Sunday, Apr 30 boxscore DET CHW L 3 6 7-4 1 up 1.0 Bradley Coleman Forster 2:54 D 19,008 -
12 12 Tuesday, May 2 boxscore DET KCR L 3 6 7-5 1 Tied Rooker Timmermann 2:21 N 9,874 --
13 13 Wednesday, May 3 boxscore DET KCR W 6 1 8-5 1 up 0.5 Lolich Splittorff 2:04 D 9,380 +
14 14 Friday, May 5 boxscore DET TEX L 1 2 8-6 2 0.5 Gogolewski Coleman Pina 2:50 N 15,115 -
15 15 Saturday, May 6 boxscore DET TEX W 4 1 9-6 1 up 0.5 Timmermann Hand Scherman 2:20 D 11,710 +
16 16 Sunday, May 7 boxscore DET TEX W 7 4 10-6 1 up 0.5 Lolich Bosman 2:58 D 9,855 ++
17 17 Tuesday, May 9 boxscore DET @ CHW W 5 2 11-6 1 up 0.5 Coleman Wood Seelbach 3:03 N 10,978 +++
18 18 Wednesday, May 10 boxscore DET @ CHW L 0 7 11-7 2 0.5 Bradley Meeler 2:23 D 5,610 -
19 19 Saturday, May 13 boxscore DET @ KCR W 3 1 12-7 1 Tied Lolich Drago 2:42 N 11,599 +
20 20 Sunday, May 14 boxscore DET @ KCR W 3 2 13-7 2 0.5 Coleman Fitzmorris Scherman 2:35 D 10,326 ++
21 21 Sunday, May 14 boxscore DET @ KCR L 4 8 13-8 2 0.5 Dal Canton Seelbach Burgmeier 2:52 D 10,326 -
22 22 Monday, May 15 boxscore DET BAL L 2 3 13-9 2 1.0 Palmer Cain 2:18 N 29,092 --
23 23 Tuesday, May 16 boxscore DET BAL L 3 8 13-10 2 1.0 Alexander Timmermann 2:34 N 21,493 ---
24 24 Wednesday, May 17 boxscore DET BAL W 6 1 14-10 2 1.0 Lolich Dobson 2:26 N 27,384 +
25 25 Thursday, May 18 boxscore DET BOS W 7 2 15-10 2 0.5 Coleman Krausse 2:16 N 7,770 ++
26 26 Friday, May 19 boxscore DET CLE L 1 2 15-11 2 1.5 Perry Cain 2:20 N 25,124 -
27 27 Saturday, May 20 boxscore DET CLE L 1 2 15-12 2 2.5 Riddleberger Timmermann Mingori 2:47 D 17,375 --
28 28 Sunday, May 21 boxscore DET CLE W 5 0 16-12 2 1.5 Lolich Tidrow 2:28 D 52,150 +
29 29 Tuesday, May 23 boxscore DET MIL L 0 3 16-13 2 2.5 Lonborg Coleman 2:04 N 11,620 -
30 30 Wednesday, May 24 boxscore DET MIL W 5 3 17-13 2 1.5 Seelbach Sanders Niekro 2:31 N 10,012 +
31 31 Thursday, May 25 boxscore DET MIL L 0 2 17-14 2 1.5 Lockwood Lolich 2:30 N 10,336 -
32 32 Friday, May 26 boxscore DET @ NYY W 8 2 18-14 2 0.5 Timmermann Kekich Scherman 2:53 N 9,579 +
33 33 Saturday, May 27 boxscore DET @ NYY W 2 1 19-14 1 up 0.5 Coleman Stottlemyre Scherman 2:40 D 20,482 ++
34 34 Sunday, May 28 boxscore DET @ NYY W 5 4 20-14 1 up 1.0 Seelbach Beene 2:53 D 13,433 +++
35 35 Monday, May 29 boxscore DET @ NYY L 1 5 20-15 2 0.5 Kline Lolich Lyle 2:23 D 0 -
36 36 Monday, May 29 boxscore DET @ NYY L 2 4 20-16 2 0.5 Peterson Perranoski Lyle 2:23 D 23,013 --
37 37 Wednesday, May 31 boxscore DET @ CLE W 5 4 10 21-16 1 up 0.5 Scherman Mingori 3:06 N 7,176 +
38 38 Thursday, Jun 1 boxscore DET @ CLE L 0 1 21-17 1 up 0.5 Perry Coleman 2:02 N 5,712 -
39 39 Friday, Jun 2 boxscore DET MIN W 5 4 11 22-17 1 up 0.5 Scherman LaRoche 3:14 D 25,094 +
40 40 Saturday, Jun 3 boxscore DET MIN W 5 3 23-17 1 up 1.5 Niekro Perry Seelbach 2:17 D 14,699 ++
41 41 Sunday, Jun 4 boxscore DET MIN W 3 0 24-17 1 up 3.0 Timmermann Blyleven 1:54 D 19,827 +++
42 42 Tuesday, Jun 6 boxscore DET CAL W 8 6 25-17 1 up 4.0 Lolich Rose Seelbach 2:32 D 36,946 ++++
43 43 Tuesday, Jun 6 boxscore DET CAL L 0 4 25-18 1 up 4.0 Wright Coleman 2:37 N 36,946 -
44 44 Wednesday, Jun 7 boxscore DET CAL L 1 5 25-19 1 up 3.0 Ryan Niekro 2:18 N 14,015 --
45 45 Friday, Jun 9 boxscore DET OAK L 5 10 25-20 1 up 2.0 Knowles Seelbach Fingers 2:56 N 34,953 ---
46 46 Saturday, Jun 10 boxscore DET OAK L 2 5 25-21 1 up 1.0 Hamilton Lolich Locker 2:22 D 32,079 ----
47 47 Sunday, Jun 11 boxscore DET OAK W 3 2 26-21 1 up 1.0 Seelbach Holtzman 2:12 D 40,411 +
48 48 Monday, Jun 12 boxscore DET @ MIN W 2 1 27-21 1 up 1.0 Niekro Blyleven Scherman 2:32 N 17,839 ++
49 49 Tuesday, Jun 13 boxscore DET @ MIN L 1 3 6 27-22 1 Tied Perry Timmermann 1:48 N 11,811 -
50 50 Wednesday, Jun 14 boxscore DET @ MIN W 3 2 28-22 1 Tied Lolich Woodson 2:30 N 14,889 +
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time D/N Attendance Streak
51 51 Friday, Jun 16 boxscore DET @ CAL W 3 0 29-22 1 Tied Coleman Clark 2:04 N 11,220 ++
52 52 Saturday, Jun 17 boxscore DET @ CAL W 3 2 30-22 1 Tied Timmermann Allen Seelbach 2:20 N 14,224 +++
53 53 Sunday, Jun 18 boxscore DET @ CAL W 2 0 31-22 1 up 1.0 Lolich Ryan 2:27 D 20,105 ++++
54 54 Monday, Jun 19 boxscore DET @ OAK L 4 7 31-23 1 up 1.0 Locker Seelbach 2:46 N 29,521 -
55 55 Tuesday, Jun 20 boxscore DET @ OAK L 2 3 11 31-24 1 Tied Hunter Seelbach 2:44 N 6,617 --
56 56 Wednesday, Jun 21 boxscore DET @ OAK W 5 2 32-24 1 up 1.0 Timmermann Holtzman 2:18 N 7,852 +
57 57 Saturday, Jun 24 boxscore DET @ BAL L 1 3 32-25 1 up 1.0 McNally Lolich Harrison 2:14 N 0 -
58 58 Saturday, Jun 24 boxscore DET @ BAL W 2 1 12 33-25 1 up 1.0 Coleman Alexander Seelbach 3:03 N 28,190 +
59 59 Sunday, Jun 25 boxscore DET @ BAL L 1 2 33-26 1 Tied Palmer Timmermann 2:00 D 20,759 -
60 60 Monday, Jun 26 boxscore DET NYY W 4 3 34-26 1 up 1.0 Slayback Kekich Seelbach 2:20 N 30,961 +
61 61 Tuesday, Jun 27 boxscore DET NYY W 5 2 35-26 1 up 2.0 Lolich Blasingame 2:22 N 29,449 ++
62 62 Wednesday, Jun 28 boxscore DET @ BOS L 3 5 35-27 1 up 1.0 Tiant Coleman 2:57 N 16,822 -
63 63 Thursday, Jun 29 boxscore DET @ BOS W 8 4 36-27 1 up 2.0 Scherman Newhauser Seelbach 2:49 N 17,775 +
64 64 Friday, Jun 30 boxscore DET BAL L 2 3 36-28 1 up 1.0 Dobson Slayback 2:14 N 48,662 -
65 65 Saturday, Jul 1 boxscore DET BAL W 2 0 37-28 1 up 2.0 Lolich McNally 2:05 D 33,203 +
66 66 Sunday, Jul 2 boxscore DET BAL L 2 7 37-29 1 up 1.0 Cuellar Coleman 2:10 D 37,635 -
67 67 Monday, Jul 3 boxscore DET BAL L 3 15 37-30 1 Tied Palmer Timmermann 2:57 N 50,835 --
68 68 Tuesday, Jul 4 boxscore DET @ KCR L 0 1 37-31 2 1.0 Nelson Slayback 2:08 N 10,762 ---
69 69 Wednesday, Jul 5 boxscore DET @ KCR L 2 8 37-32 2 2.0 Splittorff Lolich 2:46 N 11,297 ----
70 70 Thursday, Jul 6 boxscore DET @ KCR W 7 0 38-32 2 2.0 Coleman Rooker 2:27 N 11,201 +
71 71 Friday, Jul 7 boxscore DET @ CHW W 6 4 39-32 2 1.0 Seelbach Forster Scherman 3:10 N 22,700 ++
72 72 Saturday, Jul 8 boxscore DET @ CHW L 2 5 39-33 2 0.5 Bahnsen Slayback Forster 2:27 D 15,028 -
73 73 Sunday, Jul 9 boxscore DET @ CHW L 4 5 39-34 1 Tied Romo Niekro 2:57 D 0 --
74 74 Sunday, Jul 9 boxscore DET @ CHW W 4 2 40-34 1 Tied Lolich Bradley 2:29 D 38,993 +
75 75 Monday, Jul 10 boxscore DET TEX W 8 3 41-34 1 up 1.0 Coleman Stanhouse Hiller 2:28 N 23,287 ++
76 76 Tuesday, Jul 11 boxscore DET TEX W 6 5 42-34 1 up 1.0 Seelbach Lindblad 2:51 N 15,915 +++
77 77 Wednesday, Jul 12 boxscore DET TEX W 3 1 43-34 1 up 2.0 Slayback Cox 2:16 N 14,767 ++++
78 78 Thursday, Jul 13 boxscore DET KCR W 6 4 44-34 1 up 2.5 Lolich Splittorff 2:34 N 17,987 +++++
79 79 Friday, Jul 14 boxscore DET KCR L 0 1 44-35 1 up 1.0 Dal Canton Coleman Wright 2:35 N 28,327 -
80 80 Saturday, Jul 15 boxscore DET KCR W 5 3 45-35 1 up 1.0 Timmermann Drago Scherman 2:25 D 28,727 +
81 81 Sunday, Jul 16 boxscore DET KCR W 2 0 46-35 1 up 1.0 Slayback Nelson 2:03 D 38,514 ++
82 82 Monday, Jul 17 boxscore DET CHW W 3 1 47-35 1 up 1.0 Lolich Bradley 2:27 N 41,900 +++
83 83 Tuesday, Jul 18 boxscore DET CHW W 4 3 11 48-35 1 up 1.0 Seelbach Forster 3:13 N 21,349 ++++
84 84 Wednesday, Jul 19 boxscore DET CHW L 2 3 48-36 1 up 1.0 Wood Scherman Forster 2:47 N 23,780 -
85 85 Thursday, Jul 20 boxscore DET @ TEX W 5 1 49-36 1 up 1.0 Slayback Stanhouse 2:19 N 8,436 +
86 86 Friday, Jul 21 boxscore DET @ TEX W 3 1 50-36 1 up 1.0 Lolich Broberg 2:19 N 24,222 ++
87 87 Saturday, Jul 22 boxscore DET @ TEX W 6 2 51-36 1 up 2.0 Coleman Panther 2:45 N 11,776 +++
88 88 Sunday, Jul 23 boxscore DET @ TEX L 1 3 51-37 1 up 1.0 Hand Timmermann Pina 2:12 N 11,104 -
89 89 Thursday, Jul 27 boxscore DET @ MIL W 3 2 52-37 1 up 2.5 Seelbach Parsons Scherman 2:17 N 0 +
90 90 Thursday, Jul 27 boxscore DET @ MIL W 8 5 53-37 1 up 2.5 Zachary Ryerson Scherman 2:40 N 12,123 ++
91 91 Friday, Jul 28 boxscore DET @ MIL L 2 3 53-38 1 up 2.5 Lonborg Seelbach 2:15 N 14,306 -
92 92 Saturday, Jul 29 boxscore DET @ MIL L 3 8 53-39 1 up 1.5 Colborn Slayback 2:37 N 15,450 --
93 93 Sunday, Jul 30 boxscore DET BOS L 3 4 53-40 1 up 1.0 McGlothen Seelbach Newhauser 2:40 D 0 ---
94 94 Sunday, Jul 30 boxscore DET BOS W 7 2 54-40 1 up 1.0 Niekro Tiant 2:33 D 44,612 +
95 95 Monday, Jul 31 boxscore DET BOS W 5 2 55-40 1 up 2.5 Lolich Pattin 2:50 N 41,431 ++
96 96 Tuesday, Aug 1 boxscore DET MIL L 0 9 6 55-41 1 up 2.5 Lockwood Slayback 1:48 N 14,507 -
97 97 Wednesday, Aug 2 boxscore DET MIL L 1 13 55-42 1 up 2.0 Lonborg Coleman Sanders 2:27 N 10,860 --
98 98 Thursday, Aug 3 boxscore DET MIL L 3 6 55-43 1 up 2.0 Colborn Holdsworth 2:31 N 12,795 ---
99 99 Friday, Aug 4 boxscore DET @ CLE L 0 1 55-44 1 up 2.0 Tidrow Lolich 2:09 N 18,230 ----
100 100 Saturday, Aug 5 boxscore DET @ CLE W 4 3 11 56-44 1 up 3.0 Scherman Perry 3:19 D 31,277 +
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time D/N Attendance Streak
101 101 Sunday, Aug 6 boxscore DET @ CLE L 1 2 56-45 1 up 2.5 Dunning Coleman Mingori 2:40 D 0 -
102 102 Sunday, Aug 6 boxscore DET @ CLE W 6 5 57-45 1 up 2.5 Seelbach Riddleberger Hiller 2:52 D 27,847 +
103 103 Tuesday, Aug 8 boxscore DET @ NYY L 2 4 57-46 1 up 1.0 Lyle Lolich 2:29 D 22,463 -
104 104 Wednesday, Aug 9 boxscore DET @ NYY W 6 0 58-46 1 up 0.5 Fryman Stottlemyre 2:19 D 0 +
105 105 Wednesday, Aug 9 boxscore DET @ NYY L 1 2 58-47 1 up 0.5 Gardner Timmermann Lyle 2:04 D 32,610 -
106 106 Thursday, Aug 10 boxscore DET @ NYY L 0 1 58-48 1 up 0.5 Kline Coleman Lyle 2:11 N 40,145 --
107 107 Friday, Aug 11 boxscore DET CLE L 1 5 58-49 2 0.5 Dunning Hiller 2:39 N 29,157 ---
108 108 Saturday, Aug 12 boxscore DET CLE L 1 6 58-50 2 1.0 Tidrow Lolich 2:23 D 31,578 ----
109 109 Sunday, Aug 13 boxscore DET CLE W 3 2 59-50 2 1.5 Fryman Perry 2:20 D 0 +
110 110 Sunday, Aug 13 boxscore DET CLE L 2 9 59-51 2 1.5 Hennigan Timmermann 2:26 D 37,835 -
111 111 Tuesday, Aug 15 boxscore DET MIN L 6 7 13 59-52 2 1.5 LaRoche LaGrow 4:18 N 21,423 --
112 112 Thursday, Aug 17 boxscore DET MIN W 12 2 60-52 2 0.5 Fryman Perry 2:29 N 0 +
113 113 Thursday, Aug 17 boxscore DET MIN L 6 7 10 60-53 2 0.5 Strickland Seelbach 3:16 N 20,533 -
114 114 Friday, Aug 18 boxscore DET CAL W 2 0 61-53 1 up 0.5 Lolich Ryan 2:27 N 24,010 +
115 115 Saturday, Aug 19 boxscore DET CAL W 10 1 62-53 1 up 0.5 Timmermann May LaGrow 2:40 D 24,869 ++
116 116 Sunday, Aug 20 boxscore DET CAL W 11 9 63-53 1 up 1.5 Foor Barber Seelbach 2:54 D 23,193 +++
117 117 Monday, Aug 21 boxscore DET OAK L 1 5 63-54 1 up 0.5 Hunter Fryman Fingers 2:35 N 43,439 -
118 118 Tuesday, Aug 22 boxscore DET OAK L 3 6 63-55 1 up 0.5 Odom Lolich Knowles 2:41 N 30,490 --
119 119 Wednesday, Aug 23 boxscore DET OAK W 7 5 64-55 1 up 0.5 Coleman Holtzman Seelbach 2:28 N 26,618 +
120 120 Saturday, Aug 26 boxscore DET @ MIN W 5 3 11 65-55 1 Tied Slayback Strickland LaGrow 3:54 D 36,090 ++
121 121 Sunday, Aug 27 boxscore DET @ MIN W 5 3 11 66-55 1 up 1.5 Scherman Granger 3:25 D 0 +++
122 122 Sunday, Aug 27 boxscore DET @ MIN W 1 0 11 67-55 1 up 1.5 Coleman LaRoche 2:38 D 24,962 ++++
123 123 Tuesday, Aug 29 boxscore DET @ CAL L 1 3 67-56 1 Tied May Lolich 2:27 N 15,053 -
124 124 Wednesday, Aug 30 boxscore DET @ CAL L 1 4 67-57 1 Tied Messersmith Seelbach 2:08 N 8,549 --
125 125 Thursday, Aug 31 boxscore DET @ CAL L 0 4 67-58 2 0.5 Ryan Fryman 2:01 N 9,705 ---
126 126 Friday, Sep 1 boxscore DET @ OAK L 1 4 67-59 2 1.5 Holtzman Coleman Fingers 1:56 N 7,776 ----
127 127 Saturday, Sep 2 boxscore DET @ OAK W 3 1 11 68-59 2 0.5 Scherman Hamilton Zachary 3:17 D 12,684 +
128 128 Sunday, Sep 3 boxscore DET @ OAK L 1 3 68-60 2 0.5 Hunter Slayback 2:09 D 11,133 -
129 129 Monday, Sep 4 boxscore DET CLE W 2 1 69-60 1 Tied Fryman Perry 2:23 N 22,952 +
130 130 Tuesday, Sep 5 boxscore DET CLE W 4 2 70-60 1 up 0.5 Coleman Lamb 2:24 N 14,327 ++
131 131 Wednesday, Sep 6 boxscore DET @ BAL W 4 3 71-60 1 up 0.5 Lolich Palmer Seelbach 2:35 N 12,197 +++
132 132 Thursday, Sep 7 boxscore DET @ BAL L 0 9 71-61 2 0.5 Cuellar Scherman 2:29 N 8,357 -
133 133 Friday, Sep 8 boxscore DET @ BAL W 2 1 72-61 2 0.5 Fryman Dobson 2:34 N 19,469 +
134 134 Saturday, Sep 9 boxscore DET NYY L 1 3 72-62 2 0.5 Gardner Coleman Lyle 2:48 N 41,624 -
135 135 Sunday, Sep 10 boxscore DET NYY L 0 5 72-63 3 2.0 Stottlemyre Lolich 2:02 D 31,657 --
136 136 Monday, Sep 11 boxscore DET NYY L 2 4 6 72-64 4 2.0 Kline Scherman 1:49 N 15,442 ---
137 137 Tuesday, Sep 12 boxscore DET BAL W 3 2 73-64 4 1.0 Fryman Dobson Hiller 2:40 N 24,475 +
138 138 Wednesday, Sep 13 boxscore DET BAL W 6 5 74-64 2 1.0 Coleman McNally Scherman 2:28 N 29,788 ++
139 139 Friday, Sep 15 boxscore DET @ MIL W 2 1 75-64 2 1.0 Scherman Lonborg 2:15 N 7,762 +++
140 140 Saturday, Sep 16 boxscore DET @ MIL W 2 1 76-64 2 1.0 Fryman Lockwood Seelbach 2:42 D 7,378 ++++
141 141 Sunday, Sep 17 boxscore DET @ MIL W 6 2 77-64 1 Tied Coleman Colborn 2:22 D 6,112 +++++
142 142 Tuesday, Sep 19 boxscore DET @ CLE L 2 3 77-65 2 0.5 Dunning Lolich Farmer 2:13 N 0 -
143 143 Tuesday, Sep 19 boxscore DET @ CLE L 4 6 77-66 2 0.5 Lamb Hiller Kilkenny 3:09 N 5,453 --
144 144 Wednesday, Sep 20 boxscore DET @ CLE W 4 1 78-66 2 1.0 Fryman Tidrow 2:18 N 3,198 +
145 145 Thursday, Sep 21 boxscore DET @ BOS W 10 3 79-66 1 Tied Coleman Garman 3:01 N 20,492 ++
146 146 Friday, Sep 22 boxscore DET @ BOS L 2 3 79-67 2 1.0 McGlothen Zachary Bolin 2:26 N 34,632 -
147 147 Saturday, Sep 23 boxscore DET @ BOS W 7 1 80-67 1 Tied Lolich Siebert 2:28 D 30,407 +
148 148 Sunday, Sep 24 boxscore DET @ BOS L 2 7 80-68 2 1.0 Tiant Fryman 2:43 D 34,182 -
149 149 Wednesday, Sep 27 boxscore DET NYY W 6 5 81-68 2 0.5 Seelbach Lyle 3:31 N 21,850 +
150 150 Thursday, Sep 28 boxscore DET NYY L 2 3 12 81-69 2 1.5 Lyle Lolich 3:31 N 21,185 -
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time D/N Attendance Streak
151 151 Friday, Sep 29 boxscore DET MIL W 12 5 82-69 2 1.5 Fryman Lonborg Seelbach 2:30 N 16,194 +
152 152 Saturday, Sep 30 boxscore DET MIL W 13 4 83-69 2 1.5 Coleman Lockwood Seelbach 2:51 D 24,538 ++
153 153 Sunday, Oct 1 boxscore DET MIL W 5 1 84-69 2 0.5 Hiller Parsons 2:16 D 17,429 +++
154 154 Monday, Oct 2 boxscore DET BOS W 4 1 85-69 1 up 0.5 Lolich Curtis 3:05 N 51,518 ++++
155 155 Tuesday, Oct 3 boxscore DET BOS W 3 1 86-69 1 up 1.5 Fryman Tiant Seelbach 3:06 N 50,653 +++++
156 156 Wednesday, Oct 4 boxscore DET BOS L 1 4 86-70 1 up 0.5 Pattin Coleman 2:00 D 21,956 -
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.

1971 / 1973 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits