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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Lost AL Championship Series (3-2) to Oakland Athletics |
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| Season Summary | 86-70, Final Rank:1, GB: 0.0 | |
| Days in First | 92 | last on Wednesday, Oct 4, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day |
| 112 | last on Oct 4, counts all days of the season including off days | |
| Biggest Lead | 4 | last on Tuesday, Jun 6, for days on which they played |
| Farthest Behind | 2.5 | last on Tuesday, May 23, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | 17 | last on Tuesday, Oct 3 |
| Most Games under .500 | never | |
| Longest Winning Streak | 5 | Sunday, Jul 9 to Thursday, Jul 13, Tuesday, Sep 12 to Sunday, Sep 17 and Friday, Sep 29 to Tuesday, Oct 3 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 4 | Tuesday, 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 Allowed | 15 | Monday, Jul 3 |
| Most Runs Scored | 13 | Saturday, Sep 30 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 13 | Tuesday, Aug 15 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 15 | |
| Times Opponent Shutout | 11 | |
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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 | 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.