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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1976 / 1978
74-88, Finished 4th in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Ralph Houk (74-88)
Scored 714 runs, Allowed 751 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-85
Ballparks: Tiger Stadium · Attendance: 1,359,856 (7th of 14)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 105 · one-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 105
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| Season Summary | 74-88, Final Rank:4, GB: 26.0 | |
| Days in First | never | |
| Biggest Lead | never led | |
| Farthest Behind | 27 | last on Thursday, Sep 29, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | never | |
| Most Games under .500 | 15 | last on Thursday, Sep 29 |
| Longest Winning Streak | 5 | Sunday, Jun 26 to Friday, Jul 1 and Friday, Aug 19 to Tuesday, Aug 23 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 6 | Tuesday, May 24 to Monday, May 30, Monday, Jul 4 to Saturday, Jul 9, Thursday, Sep 8 to Monday, Sep 12 and Friday, Sep 23 to Thursday, Sep 29 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 16 | Saturday, Apr 9 |
| Most Runs Scored | 14 | Sunday, May 22 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 14 | Tuesday, Apr 26 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 10 | |
| Times Opponent Shutout | 3 | |
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| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Thursday, Apr 7 | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 4 | 7 | 0-1 | 4 | 1.0 | Splittorff | Roberts | Littell | 2:30 | D | 46,807 | - | ||
| 2 | 2 | Saturday, Apr 9 | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 2 | 16 | 0-2 | 6 | 1.5 | Hassler | Bare | Leonard | 3:00 | D | 9,240 | -- | ||
| 3 | 3 | Sunday, Apr 10 | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 0 | 5 | 0-3 | 6 | 2.5 | Colborn | Ruhle | Gura | 2:12 | D | 7,804 | --- | ||
| 4 | 4 | Monday, Apr 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | L | 3 | 5 | 0-4 | 7 | 3.0 | Hargan | Hiller | 2:09 | D | 29,132 | ---- | ||
| 5 | 5 | Tuesday, Apr 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | W | 6 | 1 | 1-4 | 6 | 2.0 | Roberts | Singer | 2:19 | D | 11,505 | + | ||
| 6 | 6 | Wednesday, Apr 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | L | 6 | 7 | 1-5 | 6 | 3.0 | Lemanczyk | Arroyo | Willis | 2:27 | D | 12,113 | - | |
| 7 | 7 | Thursday, Apr 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | L | 3 | 5 | 1-6 | 7 | 4.0 | Garvin | Hiller | 2:05 | D | 13,369 | -- | ||
| 8 | 8 | Friday, Apr 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | W | 4 | 3 | 2-6 | 6 | 3.0 | Ruhle | Colborn | Foucault | 2:27 | N | 15,955 | + | |
| 9 | 9 | Saturday, Apr 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | W | 8 | 5 | 3-6 | 4 | 3.0 | Hiller | Mingori | 2:33 | N | 23,753 | ++ | ||
| 10 | 10 | Sunday, Apr 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 5 | 6 | 3-7 | 6 | 4.0 | Gura | Roberts | Littell | 2:17 | D | 15,868 | - | |
| 11 | 11 | Monday, Apr 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 3 | 5 | 3-8 | 6 | 4.5 | Jenkins | Arroyo | Willoughby | 2:26 | D | 30,059 | -- | |
| 12 | 12 | Tuesday, Apr 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 3 | 11 | 3-9 | 6 | 5.5 | Stanley | Bare | 2:28 | N | 16,941 | --- | ||
| 13 | 13 | Wednesday, Apr 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 3 | 2 | 4-9 | 6 | 4.5 | Ruhle | Tiant | Hiller | 2:17 | N | 20,289 | + | |
| 14 | 14 | Thursday, Apr 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 8 | 0 | 5-9 | 6 | 4.0 | Rozema | Cleveland | 2:10 | D | 24,903 | ++ | ||
| 15 | 15 | Sunday, Apr 24 (1) | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 1 | 3 | 5-10 | 6 | 4.5 | Palmer | Roberts | 2:04 | D | 17,115 | - | |||
| 16 | 16 | Sunday, Apr 24 (2) | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 2 | 1 | 6-10 | 6 | 4.5 | Ruhle | Flanagan | Hiller | 1:53 | D | 17,115 | + | ||
| 17 | 17 | Tuesday, Apr 26 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 7 | 10 | 14 | 6-11 | 6 | 4.5 | LaGrow | Foucault | 3:58 | D | 6,396 | - | ||
| 18 | 18 | Wednesday, Apr 27 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 10 | 9 | 7-11 | 6 | 4.5 | Arroyo | Dal Canton | 2:22 | D | 5,868 | + | |||
| 19 | 19 | Friday, Apr 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 6 | 5 | 10 | 8-11 | 6 | 4.5 | Foucault | Johnson | Hiller | 3:00 | N | 10,240 | ++ |
| 20 | 20 | Saturday, Apr 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 3 | 7 | 8-12 | 6 | 4.5 | Zahn | Roberts | 2:22 | D | 9,596 | - | ||
| 21 | 21 | Sunday, May 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 5 | 6 | 8-13 | 6 | 5.0 | Holly | Hiller | 2:02 | D | 8,637 | -- | ||
| 22 | 22 | Tuesday, May 3 | boxscore | DET | TEX | L | 0 | 13 | 8-14 | 6 | 6.5 | Blyleven | Ruhle | 2:14 | N | 12,272 | --- | |||
| 23 | 23 | Friday, May 6 | boxscore | DET | MIL | W | 5 | 2 | 9-14 | 6 | 4.5 | Roberts | Augustine | Foucault | 2:13 | N | 12,817 | + | ||
| 24 | 24 | Saturday, May 7 | boxscore | DET | MIL | W | 6 | 2 | 10-14 | 5 | 4.5 | Rozema | Travers | 2:14 | D | 15,391 | ++ | |||
| 25 | 25 | Sunday, May 8 | boxscore | DET | MIL | L | 4 | 7 | 10-15 | 5 | 5.5 | Haas | Ruhle | Castro | 2:41 | D | 27,783 | - | ||
| 26 | 26 | Tuesday, May 10 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 5 | 7 | 10-16 | 6 | 6.0 | Holly | Sykes | Burgmeier | 2:22 | N | 8,358 | -- | ||
| 27 | 27 | Wednesday, May 11 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 8 | 3 | 11-16 | 6 | 5.0 | Roberts | Zahn | 2:16 | N | 7,893 | + | |||
| 28 | 28 | Thursday, May 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | W | 9 | 1 | 12-16 | 6 | 4.0 | Rozema | Travers | 2:26 | N | 6,390 | ++ | ||
| 29 | 29 | Friday, May 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | L | 3 | 9 | 12-17 | 6 | 5.0 | Haas | Ruhle | 2:15 | N | 12,153 | - | ||
| 30 | 30 | Saturday, May 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | W | 3 | 2 | 13-17 | 5 | 5.0 | Arroyo | Cort | Hiller | 2:23 | D | 12,632 | + | |
| 31 | 31 | Sunday, May 15 (1) | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | W | 5 | 3 | 10 | 14-17 | 5 | 5.0 | Foucault | Slaton | 2:28 | D | 0 | ++ | |
| 32 | 32 | Sunday, May 15 (2) | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | L | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14-18 | 5 | 5.0 | Augustine | Roberts | 2:18 | D | 47,732 | - | |
| 33 | 33 | Tuesday, May 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | L | 1 | 3 | 14-19 | 5 | 5.0 | Alexander | Rozema | 2:14 | N | 10,826 | -- | ||
| 34 | 34 | Wednesday, May 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | L | 3 | 6 | 14-20 | 5 | 5.5 | Perry | Hiller | 2:37 | N | 10,090 | --- | ||
| 35 | 35 | Friday, May 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 7 | 4 | 15-20 | 5 | 5.0 | Foucault | Brett | 2:11 | N | 17,225 | + | ||
| 36 | 36 | Saturday, May 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 3 | 2 | 16-20 | 5 | 4.5 | Arroyo | Barrios | 2:26 | N | 20,790 | ++ | ||
| 37 | 37 | Sunday, May 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 14 | 3 | 17-20 | 5 | 4.0 | Rozema | Wood | 2:56 | D | 31,030 | +++ | ||
| 38 | 38 | Tuesday, May 24 | boxscore | DET | CAL | L | 1 | 2 | 17-21 | 5 | 5.5 | Ryan | Hiller | 2:31 | N | 14,194 | - | |||
| 39 | 39 | Wednesday, May 25 | boxscore | DET | CAL | L | 0 | 4 | 17-22 | 5 | 6.0 | Tanana | Roberts | 2:21 | N | 13,150 | -- | |||
| 40 | 40 | Friday, May 27 | boxscore | DET | SEA | L | 1 | 2 | 17-23 | 6 | 7.0 | Abbott | Fidrych | Kekich | 1:41 | N | 44,207 | --- | ||
| 41 | 41 | Saturday, May 28 | boxscore | DET | SEA | L | 1 | 3 | 17-24 | 6 | 8.0 | Pole | Rozema | Laxton | 1:59 | D | 15,820 | ---- | ||
| 42 | 42 | Sunday, May 29 | boxscore | DET | SEA | L | 4 | 6 | 17-25 | 6 | 8.0 | Thomas | Foucault | 2:42 | D | 11,778 | ----- | |||
| 43 | 43 | Monday, May 30 | boxscore | DET | OAK | L | 3 | 6 | 17-26 | 6 | 9.0 | Ellis | Roberts | Coleman | 2:30 | N | 12,026 | ------ | ||
| 44 | 44 | Tuesday, May 31 | boxscore | DET | OAK | W | 5 | 2 | 18-26 | 6 | 8.0 | Hiller | Blue | Foucault | 2:21 | N | 7,067 | + | ||
| 45 | 45 | Wednesday, Jun 1 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 4 | 6 | 18-27 | 6 | 8.0 | Bibby | Fidrych | Monge | 2:18 | N | 17,718 | - | ||
| 46 | 46 | Thursday, Jun 2 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 4 | 2 | 19-27 | 6 | 7.0 | Rozema | Dobson | Foucault | 2:28 | N | 7,274 | + | ||
| 47 | 47 | Saturday, Jun 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | W | 9 | 6 | 20-27 | 6 | 7.0 | Hiller | Ryan | 2:56 | N | 30,331 | ++ | ||
| 48 | 48 | Sunday, Jun 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | L | 1 | 5 | 20-28 | 6 | 7.0 | Tanana | Arroyo | 2:31 | N | 21,032 | - | ||
| 49 | 49 | Monday, Jun 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | W | 8 | 0 | 21-28 | 6 | 7.0 | Fidrych | Ross | 2:19 | N | 38,551 | + | ||
| 50 | 50 | Tuesday, Jun 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | W | 5 | 2 | 22-28 | 6 | 6.0 | Rozema | Abbott | Foucault | 2:23 | N | 10,050 | ++ | |
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Wednesday, Jun 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | L | 2 | 3 | 22-29 | 6 | 7.0 | Kekich | Hiller | 1:59 | N | 11,211 | - | ||
| 52 | 52 | Thursday, Jun 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | L | 1 | 2 | 22-30 | 6 | 8.0 | Romo | Sykes | 2:18 | N | 10,840 | -- | ||
| 53 | 53 | Friday, Jun 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | W | 6 | 4 | 23-30 | 6 | 8.0 | Arroyo | Langford | Foucault | 2:29 | N | 3,799 | + | |
| 54 | 54 | Saturday, Jun 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | W | 5 | 1 | 24-30 | 6 | 8.0 | Fidrych | Ellis | 2:06 | D | 18,164 | ++ | ||
| 55 | 55 | Sunday, Jun 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L | 1 | 7 | 24-31 | 6 | 8.0 | Blue | Rozema | 2:15 | D | 5,120 | - | ||
| 56 | 56 | Tuesday, Jun 14 | boxscore | DET | TOR | W | 7 | 2 | 25-31 | 5 | 8.0 | Hiller | Jefferson | 2:01 | N | 11,808 | + | |||
| 57 | 57 | Wednesday, Jun 15 | boxscore | DET | TOR | W | 9 | 0 | 26-31 | 5 | 7.5 | Arroyo | Lemanczyk | 2:07 | N | 11,349 | ++ | |||
| 58 | 58 | Thursday, Jun 16 | boxscore | DET | TOR | W | 4 | 1 | 27-31 | 5 | 7.0 | Fidrych | Garvin | 1:39 | N | 26,041 | +++ | |||
| 59 | 59 | Friday, Jun 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 5 | 8 | 12 | 27-32 | 5 | 7.5 | Kern | Crawford | 3:15 | N | 21,452 | - | |
| 60 | 60 | Saturday, Jun 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 4 | 5 | 27-33 | 6 | 8.5 | Eckersley | Foucault | 2:35 | D | 16,062 | -- | ||
| 61 | 61 | Sunday, Jun 19 (1) | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 2 | 4 | 27-34 | 6 | 10.0 | Garland | Hiller | 2:08 | D | 0 | --- | ||
| 62 | 62 | Sunday, Jun 19 (2) | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 0 | 4 | 27-35 | 6 | 10.0 | Bibby | Arroyo | 2:23 | D | 33,243 | ---- | ||
| 63 | 63 | Monday, Jun 20 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 2 | 1 | 28-35 | 6 | 10.0 | Fidrych | Gullett | 2:33 | N | 47,236 | + | |||
| 64 | 64 | Tuesday, Jun 21 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 5 | 2 | 29-35 | 6 | 10.0 | Crawford | Guidry | 2:07 | N | 19,272 | ++ | |||
| 65 | 65 | Wednesday, Jun 22 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 11 | 12 | 29-36 | 6 | 11.0 | Lyle | Foucault | Clay | 2:44 | N | 18,129 | - | ||
| 66 | 66 | Friday, Jun 24 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 2 | 4 | 29-37 | 6 | 11.5 | Bibby | Arroyo | 2:13 | N | 22,533 | -- | |||
| 67 | 67 | Saturday, Jun 25 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 6 | 4 | 30-37 | 6 | 10.5 | Fidrych | Dobson | 2:19 | D | 37,279 | + | |||
| 68 | 68 | Sunday, Jun 26 (1) | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 2 | 5 | 30-38 | 6 | 10.0 | Waits | Hiller | Kern | 2:48 | D | 0 | - | ||
| 69 | 69 | Sunday, Jun 26 (2) | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 3 | 2 | 31-38 | 6 | 10.0 | Sykes | Garland | 1:58 | D | 30,582 | + | |||
| 70 | 70 | Monday, Jun 27 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 4 | 1 | 32-38 | 6 | 9.0 | Roberts | Wise | 2:09 | N | 14,433 | ++ | |||
| 71 | 71 | Tuesday, Jun 28 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 3 | 2 | 33-38 | 6 | 8.0 | Crawford | Campbell | 2:14 | N | 13,403 | +++ | |||
| 72 | 72 | Wednesday, Jun 29 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 7 | 2 | 34-38 | 6 | 7.0 | Fidrych | Lee | 2:13 | N | 51,745 | ++++ | |||
| 73 | 73 | Friday, Jul 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 5 | 1 | 35-38 | 6 | 6.0 | Rozema | Torrez | 2:07 | N | 22,876 | +++++ | ||
| 74 | 74 | Saturday, Jul 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 4 | 6 | 35-39 | 6 | 6.5 | Lyle | Hiller | 2:14 | D | 20,825 | - | ||
| 75 | 75 | Sunday, Jul 3 (1) | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 0 | 2 | 35-40 | 6 | 6.5 | Guidry | Arroyo | 2:15 | D | 42,549 | -- | ||
| 76 | 76 | Sunday, Jul 3 (2) | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 10 | 6 | 36-40 | 6 | 6.5 | Foucault | Tidrow | 2:47 | D | 42,549 | + | ||
| 77 | 77 | Monday, Jul 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 4 | 6 | 36-41 | 6 | 7.5 | May | Fidrych | Martinez | 1:59 | N | 45,339 | - | |
| 78 | 78 | Tuesday, Jul 5 (1) | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 1 | 2 | 36-42 | 6 | 9.0 | Palmer | Rozema | 2:16 | N | 0 | -- | ||
| 79 | 79 | Tuesday, Jul 5 (2) | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 5 | 6 | 12 | 36-43 | 6 | 9.0 | Drago | Crawford | 3:35 | N | 11,565 | --- | |
| 80 | 80 | Wednesday, Jul 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 0 | 2 | 36-44 | 6 | 9.5 | Flanagan | Roberts | 1:52 | N | 7,341 | ---- | ||
| 81 | 81 | Friday, Jul 8 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 7 | 10 | 36-45 | 6 | 11.0 | Kirkwood | Fidrych | 2:38 | N | 45,993 | ----- | |||
| 82 | 82 | Saturday, Jul 9 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 2 | 5 | 36-46 | 6 | 11.0 | Kravec | Arroyo | LaGrow | 2:31 | N | 21,526 | ------ | ||
| 83 | 83 | Sunday, Jul 10 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 6 | 5 | 10 | 37-46 | 6 | 10.5 | Wilcox | Hamilton | 3:02 | D | 21,008 | + | ||
| 84 | 84 | Monday, Jul 11 | boxscore | DET | TOR | W | 9 | 7 | 38-46 | 6 | 10.5 | Grilli | DeBarr | 2:30 | N | 9,057 | ++ | |||
| 85 | 85 | Tuesday, Jul 12 | boxscore | DET | TOR | W | 2 | 1 | 39-46 | 5 | 9.5 | Crawford | Jefferson | 1:59 | D | 25,007 | +++ | |||
| 86 | 86 | Wednesday, Jul 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 4 | 6 | 39-47 | 6 | 10.5 | Bird | Arroyo | Littell | 2:28 | N | 19,418 | - | |
| 87 | 87 | Thursday, Jul 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 3 | 4 | 39-48 | 6 | 11.5 | Colborn | Sykes | Gura | 2:11 | N | 20,755 | -- | |
| 88 | 88 | Friday, Jul 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | L | 6 | 8 | 13 | 39-49 | 6 | 12.0 | Vuckovich | Crawford | 3:21 | N | 23,749 | --- | |
| 89 | 89 | Saturday, Jul 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | W | 11 | 3 | 40-49 | 5 | 12.0 | Rozema | Willis | 2:43 | D | 35,151 | + | ||
| 90 | 90 | Sunday, Jul 17 (1) | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | L | 2 | 3 | 40-50 | 6 | 11.5 | Jefferson | Arroyo | 2:06 | D | 0 | - | ||
| 91 | 91 | Sunday, Jul 17 (2) | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | W | 7 | 6 | 11 | 41-50 | 6 | 11.5 | Hiller | Lemanczyk | 2:58 | D | 36,613 | + | |
| 92 | 92 | Thursday, Jul 21 | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 1 | 8 | 41-51 | 6 | 12.0 | Splittorff | Roberts | 2:18 | N | 15,262 | - | |||
| 93 | 93 | Friday, Jul 22 | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 4 | 5 | 12 | 41-52 | 6 | 12.5 | Bird | Hiller | 3:12 | N | 22,758 | -- | ||
| 94 | 94 | Saturday, Jul 23 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 5 | 4 | 42-52 | 6 | 11.5 | Rozema | Gura | 2:21 | D | 30,156 | + | |||
| 95 | 95 | Sunday, Jul 24 | boxscore | DET | TOR | W | 6 | 2 | 43-52 | 5 | 11.5 | Sykes | Jefferson | 2:06 | D | 20,177 | ++ | |||
| 96 | 96 | Monday, Jul 25 | boxscore | DET | TOR | W | 8 | 3 | 44-52 | 4 | 11.5 | Wilcox | Byrd | Crawford | 2:14 | N | 16,911 | +++ | ||
| 97 | 97 | Tuesday, Jul 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 3 | 8 | 44-53 | 5 | 11.5 | Knapp | Roberts | 2:19 | N | 23,099 | - | ||
| 98 | 98 | Wednesday, Jul 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 3 | 1 | 45-53 | 4 | 11.5 | Arroyo | Wood | Hiller | 2:49 | N | 30,606 | + | |
| 99 | 99 | Friday, Jul 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | W | 13 | 6 | 46-53 | 4 | 11.0 | Rozema | Alexander | 2:28 | N | 20,034 | ++ | ||
| 100 | 100 | Saturday, Jul 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | L | 5 | 6 | 12 | 46-54 | 4 | 12.0 | Lindblad | Hiller | 3:30 | N | 22,369 | - | |
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 101 | 101 | Sunday, Jul 31 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | L &H | 2 | 3 | 10 | 46-55 | 4 | 12.0 | Devine | Crawford | 2:37 | N | 16,309 | -- | |
| 102 | 102 | Wednesday, Aug 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 1 | 11 | 46-56 | 4 | 13.5 | Thormodsgard | Arroyo | 2:37 | N | 13,174 | --- | ||
| 103 | 103 | Thursday, Aug 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 4 | 2 | 47-56 | 4 | 13.5 | Rozema | Redfern | 2:40 | N | 18,060 | + | ||
| 104 | 104 | Friday, Aug 5 (1) | boxscore | DET | TEX | L | 3 | 4 | 11 | 47-57 | 4 | 15.0 | Knowles | Hiller | 3:01 | N | 0 | - | ||
| 105 | 105 | Friday, Aug 5 (2) | boxscore | DET | TEX | L | 0 | 6 | 47-58 | 4 | 15.0 | Briles | Sykes | 2:32 | N | 27,094 | -- | |||
| 106 | 106 | Saturday, Aug 6 | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 6 | 5 | 48-58 | 4 | 15.0 | Wilcox | Alexander | Foucault | 2:17 | D | 24,771 | + | ||
| 107 | 107 | Sunday, Aug 7 | boxscore | DET | TEX | L | 1 | 4 | 48-59 | 4 | 16.0 | Ellis | Arroyo | 2:12 | D | 17,597 | - | |||
| 108 | 108 | Monday, Aug 8 | boxscore | DET | MIL | W | 6 | 1 | 49-59 | 4 | 15.5 | Crawford | Caldwell | 2:26 | N | 11,973 | + | |||
| 109 | 109 | Tuesday, Aug 9 (1) | boxscore | DET | MIL | W | 4 | 2 | 50-59 | 4 | 15.5 | Rozema | Slaton | 2:04 | N | 0 | ++ | |||
| 110 | 110 | Tuesday, Aug 9 (2) | boxscore | DET | MIL | L | 4 | 6 | 50-60 | 4 | 15.5 | Travers | Grilli | McClure | 2:28 | N | 18,099 | - | ||
| 111 | 111 | Wednesday, Aug 10 | boxscore | DET | MIL | W | 5 | 3 | 51-60 | 4 | 15.5 | Morris | Augustine | Foucault | 2:20 | N | 11,696 | + | ||
| 112 | 112 | Friday, Aug 12 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 11 | 12 | 51-61 | 4 | 16.0 | Burgmeier | Arroyo | Johnson | 2:36 | N | 20,554 | - | ||
| 113 | 113 | Saturday, Aug 13 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 2 | 1 | 52-61 | 4 | 16.0 | Wilcox | Zahn | Foucault | 2:11 | N | 23,147 | + | ||
| 114 | 114 | Sunday, Aug 14 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 6 | 5 | 53-61 | 4 | 16.0 | Rozema | Johnson | 2:35 | D | 35,803 | ++ | |||
| 115 | 115 | Monday, Aug 15 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 13 | 1 | 54-61 | 4 | 16.0 | Sykes | Pole | 2:14 | N | 14,414 | +++ | |||
| 116 | 116 | Tuesday, Aug 16 | boxscore | DET | SEA | L | 2 | 3 | 54-62 | 4 | 17.0 | Abbott | Morris | 2:10 | N | 9,065 | - | |||
| 117 | 117 | Wednesday, Aug 17 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 5 | 7 | 54-63 | 4 | 17.0 | Figueroa | Arroyo | Lyle | 2:42 | N | 26,718 | -- | ||
| 118 | 118 | Thursday, Aug 18 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 4 | 5 | 54-64 | 4 | 18.0 | Hunter | Crawford | Lyle | 2:31 | N | 27,564 | --- | ||
| 119 | 119 | Friday, Aug 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | W | 6 | 4 | 55-64 | 4 | 17.0 | Rozema | Pole | Taylor | 2:55 | N | 19,698 | + | |
| 120 | 120 | Saturday, Aug 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | W | 7 | 3 | 56-64 | 4 | 16.0 | Wilcox | Abbott | 2:35 | N | 55,670 | ++ | ||
| 121 | 121 | Sunday, Aug 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | W | 5 | 4 | 57-64 | 4 | 15.0 | Crawford | Mitchell | Hiller | 2:26 | D | 15,373 | +++ | |
| 122 | 122 | Monday, Aug 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | W | 5 | 1 | 58-64 | 4 | 14.0 | Arroyo | Hartzell | 2:11 | N | 24,304 | ++++ | ||
| 123 | 123 | Tuesday, Aug 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | W | 3 | 1 | 59-64 | 4 | 13.5 | Sykes | Simpson | Foucault | 2:24 | N | 13,875 | +++++ | |
| 124 | 124 | Wednesday, Aug 24 (1) | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L | 1 | 3 | 59-65 | 4 | 15.0 | Blue | Rozema | 1:53 | N | 0 | - | ||
| 125 | 125 | Wednesday, Aug 24 (2) | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L | 5 | 6 | 10 | 59-66 | 4 | 15.0 | Bair | Hiller | 3:01 | N | 7,324 | -- | |
| 126 | 126 | Friday, Aug 26 | boxscore | DET | CAL | L | 4 | 7 | 11 | 59-67 | 4 | 16.5 | LaRoche | Foucault | 3:11 | N | 22,602 | --- | ||
| 127 | 127 | Saturday, Aug 27 | boxscore | DET | CAL | W | 7 | 6 | 60-67 | 4 | 15.5 | Hiller | LaRoche | 2:18 | D | 23,105 | + | |||
| 128 | 128 | Sunday, Aug 28 | boxscore | DET | CAL | W | 12 | 9 | 61-67 | 4 | 15.5 | Foucault | Miller | 3:02 | D | 14,985 | ++ | |||
| 129 | 129 | Tuesday, Aug 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | W | 4 | 2 | 62-67 | 4 | 16.0 | Rozema | Caldwell | 2:27 | N | 7,349 | +++ | ||
| 130 | 130 | Wednesday, Aug 31 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | W | 5 | 2 | 63-67 | 4 | 16.0 | Wilcox | Slaton | 2:19 | N | 5,945 | ++++ | ||
| 131 | 131 | Thursday, Sep 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | L | 0 | 1 | 63-68 | 4 | 16.5 | Augustine | Arroyo | Rodriguez | 2:32 | N | 3,985 | - | |
| 132 | 132 | Friday, Sep 2 | boxscore | DET | OAK | W | 6 | 4 | 64-68 | 4 | 16.5 | Crawford | Blue | Hiller | 2:26 | N | 11,500 | + | ||
| 133 | 133 | Saturday, Sep 3 | boxscore | DET | OAK | W | 10 | 8 | 65-68 | 4 | 16.5 | Glynn | Lacey | Foucault | 2:56 | D | 11,159 | ++ | ||
| 134 | 134 | Sunday, Sep 4 | boxscore | DET | OAK | L | 5 | 7 | 65-69 | 4 | 17.5 | Lacey | Rozema | Bair | 2:25 | D | 15,906 | - | ||
| 135 | 135 | Monday, Sep 5 (1) | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 8 | 7 | 11 | 66-69 | 4 | 16.5 | Crawford | Drago | 4:05 | D | 22,062 | + | ||
| 136 | 136 | Monday, Sep 5 (2) | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 0 | 5 | 66-70 | 4 | 16.5 | May | Grilli | 2:14 | D | 22,062 | - | |||
| 137 | 137 | Tuesday, Sep 6 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 2 | 7 | 66-71 | 4 | 17.5 | Flanagan | Arroyo | 2:00 | N | 7,851 | -- | |||
| 138 | 138 | Wednesday, Sep 7 (1) | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 2 | 6 | 11 | 66-72 | 4 | 18.0 | McGregor | Hiller | 2:48 | N | 11,032 | --- | ||
| 139 | 139 | Wednesday, Sep 7 (2) | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 12 | 5 | 67-72 | 4 | 18.0 | Glynn | Grimsley | 2:48 | N | 11,032 | + | |||
| 140 | 140 | Thursday, Sep 8 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 0 | 4 | 67-73 | 4 | 19.0 | Palmer | Sykes | 2:18 | D | 1,969 | - | |||
| 141 | 141 | Friday, Sep 9 (1) | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 1 | 5 | 67-74 | 4 | 20.5 | Tiant | Rozema | Campbell | 2:35 | N | 0 | -- | |
| 142 | 142 | Friday, Sep 9 (2) | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 6 | 8 | 67-75 | 4 | 20.5 | Wise | Ruhle | Campbell | 3:03 | N | 34,581 | --- | |
| 143 | 143 | Saturday, Sep 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 1 | 7 | 67-76 | 4 | 20.5 | Aase | Wilcox | 2:39 | D | 26,782 | ---- | ||
| 144 | 144 | Sunday, Sep 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 2 | 6 | 67-77 | 4 | 21.0 | Lee | Arroyo | 2:23 | D | 34,325 | ----- | ||
| 145 | 145 | Monday, Sep 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 1 | 8 | 67-78 | 4 | 21.5 | Garland | Crawford | 2:19 | N | 3,032 | ------ | ||
| 146 | 146 | Wednesday, Sep 14 (1) | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 5 | 3 | 68-78 | 4 | 21.5 | Sykes | Bibby | Taylor | 2:33 | N | 0 | + | |
| 147 | 147 | Wednesday, Sep 14 (2) | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 2 | 1 | 10 | 69-78 | 4 | 21.5 | Hiller | Kern | Foucault | 2:54 | N | 4,151 | ++ |
| 148 | 148 | Friday, Sep 16 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 4 | 5 | 69-79 | 4 | 22.0 | Gullett | Arroyo | 2:27 | N | 18,016 | - | |||
| 149 | 149 | Saturday, Sep 17 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 4 | 9 | 69-80 | 4 | 23.0 | Tidrow | Crawford | 2:30 | D | 17,656 | -- | |||
| 150 | 150 | Sunday, Sep 18 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 5 | 6 | 69-81 | 4 | 24.0 | Guidry | Sykes | Lyle | 2:11 | D | 12,672 | --- | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 151 | 151 | Monday, Sep 19 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 6 | 4 | 70-81 | 4 | 23.0 | Foucault | Dobson | 2:49 | N | 5,843 | + | |||
| 152 | 152 | Tuesday, Sep 20 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 5 | 4 | 10 | 71-81 | 4 | 22.5 | Foucault | Waits | 2:59 | N | 5,557 | ++ | ||
| 153 | 153 | Thursday, Sep 22 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 5 | 4 | 72-81 | 4 | 21.5 | Arroyo | Willoughby | Foucault | 2:27 | N | 3,507 | +++ | ||
| 154 | 154 | Friday, Sep 23 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 1 | 5 | 72-82 | 4 | 22.5 | Lee | Sykes | 2:11 | N | 11,344 | - | |||
| 155 | 155 | Saturday, Sep 24 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 2 | 6 | 72-83 | 4 | 23.0 | Paxton | Wilcox | Campbell | 2:16 | D | 9,245 | -- | ||
| 156 | 156 | Sunday, Sep 25 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 5 | 12 | 72-84 | 4 | 24.5 | Cleveland | Glynn | 2:56 | D | 12,707 | --- | |||
| 157 | 157 | Tuesday, Sep 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 1 | 6 | 72-85 | 4 | 26.0 | Flanagan | Arroyo | 2:26 | N | 4,854 | ---- | ||
| 158 | 158 | Wednesday, Sep 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 2 | 3 | 11 | 72-86 | 4 | 27.0 | Palmer | Foucault | 2:58 | N | 7,547 | ----- | |
| 159 | 159 | Thursday, Sep 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 3 | 6 | 72-87 | 4 | 27.0 | May | Crawford | Martinez | 2:21 | N | 6,241 | ------ | |
| 160 | 160 | Friday, Sep 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 5 | 2 | 73-87 | 4 | 26.0 | Hiller | Guidry | 2:31 | N | 28,200 | + | ||
| 161 | 161 | Saturday, Oct 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 10 | 7 | 74-87 | 4 | 25.0 | Taylor | McCall | 2:47 | D | 50,054 | ++ | ||
| 162 | 162 | Sunday, Oct 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 7 | 8 | 74-88 | 4 | 26.0 | Thomas | Foucault | 2:35 | D | 18,778 | - | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak |