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| Season Summary | 86-76, Final Rank:5, GB: 13.5 | |
| Days in First | 26 | last on Sunday, May 21, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day |
| 37 | last on May 21, counts all days of the season including off days | |
| Biggest Lead | 3 | last on Wednesday, May 3, for days on which they played |
| Farthest Behind | 16.5 | last on Wednesday, Jul 19, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | 15 | last on Friday, Sep 1 |
| Most Games under .500 | 3 | last on Tuesday, Jul 4 |
| Longest Winning Streak | 5 | Saturday, Apr 15 to Sunday, Apr 23 and Tuesday, Aug 1 to Sunday, Aug 6 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 7 | Wednesday, May 24 to Monday, May 29 and Monday, Jun 12 to Sunday, Jun 18 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 12 | Friday, Jun 23 |
| Most Runs Scored | 15 | Sunday, May 14 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 16 | Tuesday, May 16 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 7 | |
| Times Opponent Shutout | 12 | |
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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 | Friday, Apr 7 | boxscore | DET | TOR | W | 6 | 2 | 1-0 | 1 | Tied | Fidrych | Lemanczyk | 2:04 | 52,528 | + | |||
| 2 | 2 | Saturday, Apr 8 | boxscore | DET | TOR | L | 2 | 5 | 1-1 | 3 | 1.0 | Garvin | Slaton | Willis | 2:29 | 12,413 | - | ||
| 3 | 3 | Sunday, Apr 9 | boxscore | DET | TOR | W | 8 | 4 | 2-1 | 2 | 1.0 | Billingham | Underwood | Foucault | 2:26 | 9,169 | + | ||
| 4 | 4 | Tuesday, Apr 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | W | 6 | 2 | 3-1 | 2 | 1.0 | Rozema | Medich | 2:28 | 13,764 | ++ | ||
| 5 | 5 | Wednesday, Apr 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | W | 3 | 2 | 4-1 | 2 | 1.0 | Fidrych | Matlack | 2:04 | 26,049 | +++ | ||
| 6 | 6 | Friday, Apr 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | L | 8 | 10 | 4-2 | 2 | 1.0 | Kirkwood | Wilcox | Murphy | 2:55 | 35,761 | - | |
| 7 | 7 | Saturday, Apr 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | W | 6 | 3 | 5-2 | 1 | Tied | Billingham | Willis | Foucault | 2:26 | 15,024 | + | |
| 8 | 8 | Sunday, Apr 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | W | 4 | 3 | 6-2 | 1 | up 0.5 | Crawford | Clancy | 2:21 | 17,088 | ++ | ||
| 9 | 9 | Monday, Apr 17 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 10 | 9 | 7-2 | 1 | up 1.0 | Hiller | Willoughby | 3:02 | 19,841 | +++ | |||
| 10 | 10 | Saturday, Apr 22 | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 7 | 6 | 10 | 8-2 | 1 | up 0.5 | Hiller | Jenkins | 2:51 | 22,054 | ++++ | ||
| 11 | 11 | Sunday, Apr 23 | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 9 | 6 | 9-2 | 1 | up 0.5 | Slaton | Matlack | Foucault | 2:43 | 0 | +++++ | ||
| 12 | 12 | Sunday, Apr 23 | boxscore | DET | TEX | L | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9-3 | 1 | up 0.5 | Barker | Crawford | 2:56 | 20,615 | - | ||
| 13 | 13 | Monday, Apr 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 4 | 1 | 10-3 | 1 | up 1.0 | Billingham | Kravec | 2:15 | 8,314 | + | ||
| 14 | 14 | Tuesday, Apr 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 8 | 4 | 10 | 11-3 | 1 | up 1.0 | Hiller | Torrealba | 2:47 | 13,496 | ++ | |
| 15 | 15 | Wednesday, Apr 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 2 | 7 | 11-4 | 1 | up 1.0 | Wood | Crawford | 2:23 | 7,983 | - | ||
| 16 | 16 | Friday, Apr 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | W | 5 | 4 | 12-4 | 1 | up 2.0 | Slaton | Honeycutt | Hiller | 2:53 | 10,240 | + | |
| 17 | 17 | Saturday, Apr 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | W | 5 | 0 | 13-4 | 1 | up 3.0 | Rozema | Mitchell | 2:20 | 12,123 | ++ | ||
| 18 | 18 | Sunday, Apr 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | L | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13-5 | 1 | up 3.0 | Romo | Foucault | 3:20 | 7,474 | - | |
| 19 | 19 | Tuesday, May 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | W | 10 | 2 | 14-5 | 1 | up 3.0 | Wilcox | Brett | 2:36 | 18,641 | + | ||
| 20 | 20 | Wednesday, May 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | W | 7 | 4 | 15-5 | 1 | up 3.0 | Slaton | Tanana | Hiller | 2:29 | 19,462 | ++ | |
| 21 | 21 | Friday, May 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L | 1 | 5 | 15-6 | 1 | up 2.0 | Johnson | Billingham | 2:03 | 14,612 | - | ||
| 22 | 22 | Saturday, May 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | W | 6 | 0 | 16-6 | 1 | up 2.0 | Sykes | Wirth | 2:16 | 12,539 | + | ||
| 23 | 23 | Sunday, May 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | W | 4 | 0 | 17-6 | 1 | up 2.0 | Wilcox | Keough | 2:10 | 16,239 | ++ | ||
| 24 | 24 | Tuesday, May 9 | boxscore | DET | CAL | L | 5 | 7 | 17-7 | 1 | up 0.5 | LaRoche | Foucault | 2:43 | 21,089 | - | |||
| 25 | 25 | Friday, May 12 | boxscore | DET | OAK | L | 4 | 10 | 17-8 | 1 | Tied | Sosa | Hiller | 3:06 | 18,367 | -- | |||
| 26 | 26 | Saturday, May 13 | boxscore | DET | OAK | L | 2 | 3 | 17-9 | 2 | 1.0 | Lacey | Rozema | Sosa | 2:39 | 16,324 | --- | ||
| 27 | 27 | Sunday, May 14 | boxscore | DET | OAK | W | 15 | 0 | 18-9 | 2 | 1.0 | Sykes | Broberg | 2:15 | 12,513 | + | |||
| 28 | 28 | Monday, May 15 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 4 | 2 | 19-9 | 1 | Tied | Slaton | Abbott | 1:49 | 8,412 | ++ | |||
| 29 | 29 | Tuesday, May 16 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 4 | 2 | 16 | 20-9 | 1 | Tied | Foucault | Rawley | 4:30 | 12,423 | +++ | ||
| 30 | 30 | Wednesday, May 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | W | 5 | 3 | 21-9 | 1 | up 0.5 | Billingham | Augustine | Hiller | 2:31 | 10,004 | ++++ | |
| 31 | 31 | Thursday, May 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | L | 7 | 8 | 21-10 | 1 | Tied | Castro | Foucault | 2:52 | 15,217 | - | ||
| 32 | 32 | Friday, May 19 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 7 | 5 | 22-10 | 1 | up 1.0 | Sykes | Torrez | Hiller | 2:30 | 48,817 | + | ||
| 33 | 33 | Saturday, May 20 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 5 | 6 | 22-11 | 1 | Tied | Campbell | Foucault | 2:53 | 30,856 | - | |||
| 34 | 34 | Sunday, May 21 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 2 | 1 | 23-11 | 1 | Tied | Wilcox | Lee | 2:27 | 0 | + | |||
| 35 | 35 | Sunday, May 21 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 3 | 9 | 23-12 | 1 | Tied | Tiant | Rozema | 2:53 | 52,368 | - | |||
| 36 | 36 | Tuesday, May 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 0 | 2 | 23-13 | 2 | 0.5 | Flanagan | Billingham | 1:51 | 4,536 | -- | ||
| 37 | 37 | Wednesday, May 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 3 | 2 | 24-13 | 2 | 1.0 | Hiller | Martinez | 2:29 | 0 | + | ||
| 38 | 38 | Wednesday, May 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 0 | 1 | 24-14 | 2 | 1.0 | Palmer | Sykes | 1:57 | 8,196 | - | ||
| 39 | 39 | Thursday, May 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 1 | 2 | 24-15 | 3 | 2.0 | McGregor | Hiller | 2:13 | 5,109 | -- | ||
| 40 | 40 | Friday, May 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 3 | 6 | 24-16 | 3 | 3.0 | Lee | Wilcox | 2:21 | 33,431 | --- | ||
| 41 | 41 | Saturday, May 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 0 | 1 | 24-17 | 3 | 4.0 | Tiant | Morris | 2:31 | 33,335 | ---- | ||
| 42 | 42 | Sunday, May 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 3 | 4 | 10 | 24-18 | 3 | 6.0 | Stanley | Hiller | 2:45 | 0 | ----- | |
| 43 | 43 | Sunday, May 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 3 | 4 | 24-19 | 3 | 6.0 | Wright | Slaton | Drago | 2:19 | 34,672 | ------ | |
| 44 | 44 | Monday, May 29 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 3 | 6 | 24-20 | 3 | 7.0 | McGregor | Sykes | 2:00 | 20,534 | ------- | |||
| 45 | 45 | Tuesday, May 30 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 5 | 2 | 25-20 | 3 | 7.0 | Baker | Briles | Hiller | 2:25 | 10,530 | + | ||
| 46 | 46 | Wednesday, May 31 | boxscore | DET | MIL | W | 3 | 0 | 26-20 | 3 | 6.0 | Wilcox | Travers | 2:20 | 13,017 | ++ | |||
| 47 | 47 | Thursday, Jun 1 | boxscore | DET | MIL | W | 4 | 3 | 27-20 | 3 | 5.5 | Slaton | Sorensen | Hiller | 1:51 | 11,614 | +++ | ||
| 48 | 48 | Friday, Jun 2 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 2 | 4 | 27-21 | 3 | 6.5 | Erickson | Billingham | Marshall | 2:38 | 21,127 | - | ||
| 49 | 49 | Saturday, Jun 3 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 2 | 9 | 27-22 | 3 | 7.5 | Goltz | Sykes | 2:21 | 21,227 | -- | |||
| 50 | 50 | Sunday, Jun 4 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 6 | 4 | 28-22 | 3 | 6.5 | Morris | Zahn | 2:22 | 36,575 | + | |||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Tuesday, Jun 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | L | 1 | 5 | 28-23 | 3 | 6.0 | Sorensen | Wilcox | 1:58 | 13,022 | - | ||
| 52 | 52 | Wednesday, Jun 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | W | 8 | 1 | 29-23 | 3 | 5.5 | Slaton | Replogle | 2:37 | 7,437 | + | ||
| 53 | 53 | Friday, Jun 9 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 3 | 2 | 30-23 | 3 | 5.5 | Billingham | Splittorff | Hiller | 1:55 | 32,309 | ++ | ||
| 54 | 54 | Saturday, Jun 10 | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 3 | 6 | 30-24 | 3 | 6.5 | Leonard | Morris | 2:27 | 32,381 | - | |||
| 55 | 55 | Sunday, Jun 11 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 5 | 2 | 10 | 31-24 | 3 | 6.5 | Hiller | Hrabosky | 2:45 | 24,210 | + | ||
| 56 | 56 | Monday, Jun 12 | boxscore | DET | MIL | L | 4 | 7 | 31-25 | 4 | 7.5 | McClure | Wilcox | 2:38 | 14,472 | - | |||
| 57 | 57 | Tuesday, Jun 13 | boxscore | DET | MIL | L | 2 | 7 | 31-26 | 5 | 8.5 | Caldwell | Slaton | 2:32 | 16,622 | -- | |||
| 58 | 58 | Wednesday, Jun 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 1 | 7 | 31-27 | 5 | 9.5 | Splittorff | Billingham | 2:05 | 21,025 | --- | ||
| 59 | 59 | Thursday, Jun 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 2 | 7 | 31-28 | 5 | 10.5 | Leonard | Sykes | 2:26 | 19,721 | ---- | ||
| 60 | 60 | Friday, Jun 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 2 | 5 | 31-29 | 5 | 11.5 | Jackson | Rozema | 2:57 | 9,479 | ----- | ||
| 61 | 61 | Saturday, Jun 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 1 | 3 | 31-30 | 5 | 12.5 | Zahn | Wilcox | 2:15 | 9,807 | ------ | ||
| 62 | 62 | Sunday, Jun 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 4 | 8 | 31-31 | 5 | 12.5 | Goltz | Slaton | Marshall | 2:39 | 21,480 | ------- | |
| 63 | 63 | Tuesday, Jun 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | W | 4 | 3 | 13 | 32-31 | 5 | 12.0 | Hiller | Willis | 3:12 | 31,625 | + | |
| 64 | 64 | Wednesday, Jun 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | W | 10 | 8 | 33-31 | 5 | 12.0 | Crawford | Kirkwood | Foucault | 3:02 | 29,439 | ++ | |
| 65 | 65 | Thursday, Jun 22 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 2 | 4 | 33-32 | 5 | 12.5 | Guidry | Rozema | Gossage | 2:30 | 33,971 | - | ||
| 66 | 66 | Friday, Jun 23 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 3 | 12 | 33-33 | 5 | 13.5 | Lyle | Wilcox | 2:30 | 39,022 | -- | |||
| 67 | 67 | Saturday, Jun 24 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 4 | 3 | 34-33 | 5 | 13.5 | Slaton | Tidrow | 2:01 | 37,681 | + | |||
| 68 | 68 | Sunday, Jun 25 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 2 | 4 | 34-34 | 5 | 14.5 | Gullett | Baker | Gossage | 2:35 | 34,014 | - | ||
| 69 | 69 | Monday, Jun 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 4 | 5 | 34-35 | 5 | 15.5 | Hood | Billingham | Spillner | 2:24 | 4,633 | -- | |
| 70 | 70 | Tuesday, Jun 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 6 | 1 | 35-35 | 5 | 14.5 | Rozema | Freisleben | 2:21 | 12,214 | + | ||
| 71 | 71 | Wednesday, Jun 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 4 | 3 | 36-35 | 5 | 14.5 | Slaton | Waits | Hiller | 2:33 | 0 | ++ | |
| 72 | 72 | Wednesday, Jun 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 1 | 2 | 36-36 | 5 | 14.5 | Paxton | Wilcox | Monge | 2:02 | 13,489 | - | |
| 73 | 73 | Thursday, Jun 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 3 | 6 | 36-37 | 5 | 15.5 | Kern | Morris | 2:30 | 5,672 | -- | ||
| 74 | 74 | Friday, Jun 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 2 | 10 | 36-38 | 5 | 15.5 | Gullett | Baker | 2:29 | 33,894 | --- | ||
| 75 | 75 | Saturday, Jul 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 8 | 4 | 37-38 | 5 | 14.5 | Billingham | Messersmith | 2:57 | 37,260 | + | ||
| 76 | 76 | Sunday, Jul 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 2 | 3 | 37-39 | 5 | 15.5 | Guidry | Hiller | Gossage | 2:18 | 0 | - | |
| 77 | 77 | Sunday, Jul 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 3 | 5 | 37-40 | 5 | 15.5 | Gossage | Slaton | 2:24 | 51,327 | -- | ||
| 78 | 78 | Monday, Jul 3 | boxscore | DET | TOR | W | 6 | 5 | 38-40 | 5 | 15.5 | Wilcox | Murphy | 2:16 | 21,597 | + | |||
| 79 | 79 | Tuesday, Jul 4 | boxscore | DET | TOR | L | 2 | 9 | 38-41 | 5 | 16.0 | Moore | Morris | 2:40 | 11,913 | - | |||
| 80 | 80 | Wednesday, Jul 5 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 13 | 3 | 39-41 | 5 | 16.0 | Billingham | Wise | 2:31 | 12,778 | + | |||
| 81 | 81 | Thursday, Jul 6 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 8 | 4 | 40-41 | 5 | 16.0 | Sykes | Waits | Hiller | 2:34 | 17,125 | ++ | ||
| 82 | 82 | Friday, Jul 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | W | 12 | 7 | 41-41 | 5 | 15.0 | Rozema | Ellis | 3:08 | 21,069 | +++ | ||
| 83 | 83 | Saturday, Jul 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | W | 5 | 1 | 42-41 | 5 | 15.5 | Wilcox | Alexander | 2:33 | 22,993 | ++++ | ||
| 84 | 84 | Sunday, Jul 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | L | 3 | 4 | 13 | 42-42 | 5 | 15.5 | Umbarger | Slaton | 3:40 | 15,770 | - | |
| 85 | 85 | Thursday, Jul 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | L | 4 | 5 | 42-43 | 5 | 15.5 | Romo | Crawford | 2:24 | 7,449 | -- | ||
| 86 | 86 | Friday, Jul 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | W | 2 | 0 | 43-43 | 5 | 14.5 | Slaton | Rawley | 2:22 | 9,742 | + | ||
| 87 | 87 | Saturday, Jul 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | L | 0 | 2 | 43-44 | 5 | 15.5 | Tanana | Wilcox | 2:13 | 33,001 | - | ||
| 88 | 88 | Sunday, Jul 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | W | 4 | 0 | 44-44 | 5 | 16.0 | Billingham | Frost | 2:32 | 21,447 | + | ||
| 89 | 89 | Monday, Jul 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | W | 4 | 3 | 10 | 45-44 | 5 | 16.0 | Morris | LaRoche | 2:56 | 32,469 | ++ | |
| 90 | 90 | Tuesday, Jul 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L | 3 | 6 | 45-45 | 5 | 16.5 | Langford | Rozema | Lacey | 2:16 | 3,023 | - | |
| 91 | 91 | Wednesday, Jul 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | W | 5 | 4 | 46-45 | 5 | 16.5 | Slaton | Keough | 2:33 | 5,225 | + | ||
| 92 | 92 | Friday, Jul 21 | boxscore | DET | CAL | L | 2 | 4 | 11 | 46-46 | 5 | 15.5 | LaRoche | Young | 3:29 | 0 | - | ||
| 93 | 93 | Friday, Jul 21 | boxscore | DET | CAL | W | 5 | 0 | 47-46 | 5 | 15.5 | Billingham | Frost | 2:15 | 33,699 | + | |||
| 94 | 94 | Saturday, Jul 22 | boxscore | DET | CAL | W | 7 | 3 | 48-46 | 5 | 14.5 | Sykes | Brett | 2:50 | 31,107 | ++ | |||
| 95 | 95 | Sunday, Jul 23 | boxscore | DET | CAL | W | 4 | 3 | 49-46 | 5 | 14.0 | Foucault | LaRoche | 2:40 | 0 | +++ | |||
| 96 | 96 | Sunday, Jul 23 | boxscore | DET | CAL | L | 3 | 4 | 49-47 | 5 | 14.0 | Ryan | Slaton | 2:15 | 35,224 | - | |||
| 97 | 97 | Monday, Jul 24 | boxscore | DET | OAK | W | 4 | 1 | 50-47 | 5 | 13.5 | Young | Keough | 2:19 | 19,733 | + | |||
| 98 | 98 | Tuesday, Jul 25 | boxscore | DET | OAK | W | 11 | 2 | 51-47 | 5 | 12.5 | Wilcox | Renko | 2:21 | 17,723 | ++ | |||
| 99 | 99 | Wednesday, Jul 26 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 9 | 6 | 52-47 | 5 | 11.5 | Billingham | Flanagan | Sykes | 2:36 | 18,056 | +++ | ||
| 100 | 100 | Thursday, Jul 27 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 3 | 7 | 52-48 | 5 | 11.5 | McGregor | Slaton | 2:21 | 22,856 | - | |||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 101 | 101 | Friday, Jul 28 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 4 | 3 | 53-48 | 5 | 10.5 | Rozema | Romo | 2:19 | 20,484 | + | |||
| 102 | 102 | Saturday, Jul 29 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 9 | 1 | 54-48 | 5 | 10.5 | Young | Honeycutt | 2:14 | 22,984 | ++ | |||
| 103 | 103 | Sunday, Jul 30 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 5 | 4 | 55-48 | 5 | 9.5 | Wilcox | Abbott | Sykes | 2:33 | 21,575 | +++ | ||
| 104 | 104 | Monday, Jul 31 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | L | 7 | 8 | 14 | 55-49 | 5 | 10.5 | Coleman | Sykes | 3:59 | 18,032 | - | |
| 105 | 105 | Tuesday, Aug 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | W | 3 | 2 | 56-49 | 5 | 9.5 | Slaton | Clancy | 2:16 | 19,265 | + | ||
| 106 | 106 | Thursday, Aug 3 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 5 | 4 | 10 | 57-49 | 5 | 10.0 | Sykes | LaGrow | 3:01 | 11,257 | ++ | ||
| 107 | 107 | Friday, Aug 4 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 7 | 1 | 58-49 | 5 | 9.0 | Young | Wood | 2:24 | 31,334 | +++ | |||
| 108 | 108 | Saturday, Aug 5 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 7 | 0 | 59-49 | 5 | 9.0 | Billingham | Burns | 2:22 | 33,494 | ++++ | |||
| 109 | 109 | Sunday, Aug 6 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 8 | 0 | 60-49 | 4 | 9.0 | Slaton | Kravec | 2:20 | 27,504 | +++++ | |||
| 110 | 110 | Tuesday, Aug 8 | boxscore | DET | TEX | L | 4 | 9 | 60-50 | 4 | 10.0 | Mirabella | Rozema | Medich | 2:56 | 20,951 | - | ||
| 111 | 111 | Wednesday, Aug 9 | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 5 | 2 | 61-50 | 4 | 9.0 | Young | Umbarger | 2:20 | 30,167 | + | |||
| 112 | 112 | Friday, Aug 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 7 | 3 | 62-50 | 4 | 8.5 | Billingham | Burns | 2:15 | 25,798 | ++ | ||
| 113 | 113 | Saturday, Aug 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 3 | 6 | 62-51 | 3 | 10.0 | Kravec | Slaton | LaGrow | 2:48 | 20,128 | - | |
| 114 | 114 | Sunday, Aug 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 10 | 2 | 63-51 | 3 | 10.0 | Rozema | Proly | 2:26 | 33,128 | + | ||
| 115 | 115 | Monday, Aug 14 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 11 | 2 | 64-51 | 3 | 9.0 | Wilcox | Gale | 2:58 | 31,409 | ++ | |||
| 116 | 116 | Tuesday, Aug 15 | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 2 | 4 | 64-52 | 3 | 9.0 | Leonard | Young | Hrabosky | 2:50 | 33,365 | - | ||
| 117 | 117 | Wednesday, Aug 16 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 2 | 0 | 65-52 | 4 | 9.0 | Billingham | Clyde | 2:11 | 15,819 | + | |||
| 118 | 118 | Thursday, Aug 17 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 9 | 5 | 66-52 | 4 | 9.0 | Morris | Hood | 2:53 | 18,966 | ++ | |||
| 119 | 119 | Friday, Aug 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | L | 0 | 2 | 66-53 | 4 | 10.0 | Sorensen | Rozema | 2:07 | 27,543 | - | ||
| 120 | 120 | Saturday, Aug 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | W | 6 | 4 | 67-53 | 4 | 9.0 | Wilcox | Augustine | 2:29 | 35,104 | + | ||
| 121 | 121 | Sunday, Aug 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | L | 1 | 2 | 67-54 | 4 | 10.0 | Caldwell | Young | 2:22 | 46,791 | - | ||
| 122 | 122 | Monday, Aug 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 9 | 6 | 68-54 | 4 | 9.5 | Billingham | Zahn | 2:30 | 7,419 | + | ||
| 123 | 123 | Tuesday, Aug 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 7 | 3 | 69-54 | 4 | 8.5 | Slaton | Perzanowski | 2:49 | 7,726 | ++ | ||
| 124 | 124 | Wednesday, Aug 23 | boxscore | DET | TOR | L | 3 | 4 | 12 | 69-55 | 4 | 9.0 | Cruz | Rozema | 3:08 | 0 | - | ||
| 125 | 125 | Wednesday, Aug 23 | boxscore | DET | TOR | L | 4 | 5 | 69-56 | 4 | 9.0 | Garvin | Sykes | Willis | 2:17 | 26,631 | -- | ||
| 126 | 126 | Thursday, Aug 24 | boxscore | DET | TOR | W | 5 | 2 | 70-56 | 4 | 8.5 | Wilcox | Moore | 2:16 | 13,314 | + | |||
| 127 | 127 | Friday, Aug 25 | boxscore | DET | MIL | W | 6 | 3 | 71-56 | 4 | 8.5 | Young | Caldwell | Hiller | 2:21 | 32,010 | ++ | ||
| 128 | 128 | Saturday, Aug 26 | boxscore | DET | MIL | L | 5 | 9 | 71-57 | 4 | 9.5 | Travers | Billingham | McClure | 2:45 | 32,103 | - | ||
| 129 | 129 | Sunday, Aug 27 | boxscore | DET | MIL | W | 4 | 2 | 72-57 | 4 | 9.5 | Slaton | Sorensen | Hiller | 2:22 | 43,478 | + | ||
| 130 | 130 | Monday, Aug 28 | boxscore | DET | MIL | L | 1 | 10 | 72-58 | 4 | 10.5 | Augustine | Rozema | 2:29 | 23,037 | - | |||
| 131 | 131 | Tuesday, Aug 29 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 4 | 2 | 73-58 | 4 | 10.5 | Wilcox | Goltz | 2:09 | 13,839 | + | |||
| 132 | 132 | Thursday, Aug 31 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 1 | 4 | 73-59 | 4 | 11.0 | Zahn | Young | Marshall | 2:35 | 16,995 | - | ||
| 133 | 133 | Friday, Sep 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | W | 6 | 2 | 74-59 | 4 | 10.0 | Billingham | Leonard | 2:26 | 32,329 | + | ||
| 134 | 134 | Saturday, Sep 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 3 | 8 | 74-60 | 5 | 10.0 | Splittorff | Slaton | 2:14 | 34,004 | - | ||
| 135 | 135 | Sunday, Sep 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 2 | 6 | 74-61 | 5 | 11.0 | Gura | Rozema | 1:56 | 27,217 | -- | ||
| 136 | 136 | Monday, Sep 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 1 | 9 | 74-62 | 5 | 10.5 | Guidry | Wilcox | 2:19 | 0 | --- | ||
| 137 | 137 | Monday, Sep 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 5 | 4 | 75-62 | 5 | 10.5 | Hiller | Lyle | 2:31 | 46,896 | + | ||
| 138 | 138 | Tuesday, Sep 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 2 | 4 | 75-63 | 5 | 10.5 | Tidrow | Young | Gossage | 2:16 | 16,891 | - | |
| 139 | 139 | Wednesday, Sep 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 2 | 8 | 75-64 | 5 | 11.5 | Figueroa | Billingham | 2:24 | 24,452 | -- | ||
| 140 | 140 | Friday, Sep 8 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 6 | 3 | 76-64 | 5 | 10.0 | Slaton | Clyde | Hiller | 2:59 | 13,624 | + | ||
| 141 | 141 | Saturday, Sep 9 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 5 | 2 | 77-64 | 5 | 9.0 | Rozema | Paxton | 2:40 | 16,026 | ++ | |||
| 142 | 142 | Sunday, Sep 10 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 4 | 7 | 77-65 | 5 | 9.0 | Kern | Wilcox | 2:42 | 15,583 | - | |||
| 143 | 143 | Tuesday, Sep 12 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 7 | 4 | 78-65 | 5 | 8.5 | Young | Tidrow | Hiller | 2:18 | 14,162 | + | ||
| 144 | 144 | Wednesday, Sep 13 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 3 | 7 | 78-66 | 5 | 9.0 | Beattie | Billingham | 2:54 | 16,841 | - | |||
| 145 | 145 | Thursday, Sep 14 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 2 | 4 | 78-67 | 5 | 10.0 | Figueroa | Slaton | Lyle | 1:57 | 17,118 | -- | ||
| 146 | 146 | Friday, Sep 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 1 | 0 | 79-67 | 5 | 10.0 | Rozema | Reuschel | 1:56 | 4,070 | + | ||
| 147 | 147 | Saturday, Sep 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 10 | 4 | 80-67 | 5 | 10.0 | Wilcox | Waits | 2:53 | 4,640 | ++ | ||
| 148 | 148 | Sunday, Sep 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 1 | 2 | 80-68 | 5 | 10.0 | Kern | Young | 2:06 | 4,515 | - | ||
| 149 | 149 | Monday, Sep 18 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 4 | 5 | 11 | 80-69 | 5 | 11.0 | Hassler | Baker | 3:22 | 13,849 | -- | ||
| 150 | 150 | Tuesday, Sep 19 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 6 | 8 | 80-70 | 5 | 11.0 | Campbell | Morris | Hassler | 3:03 | 15,901 | --- | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 151 | 151 | Wednesday, Sep 20 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 12 | 2 | 81-70 | 5 | 10.5 | Rozema | Torrez | 2:53 | 16,689 | + | |||
| 152 | 152 | Thursday, Sep 21 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 1 | 5 | 81-71 | 5 | 11.5 | Eckersley | Wilcox | 2:24 | 15,213 | - | |||
| 153 | 153 | Friday, Sep 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 7 | 5 | 10 | 82-71 | 5 | 10.5 | Hiller | Flanagan | 2:53 | 5,444 | + | |
| 154 | 154 | Saturday, Sep 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 4 | 3 | 83-71 | 5 | 10.0 | Hiller | Stanhouse | 2:49 | 0 | ++ | ||
| 155 | 155 | Saturday, Sep 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 1 | 6 | 83-72 | 5 | 10.0 | Palmer | Baker | 2:14 | 13,036 | - | ||
| 156 | 156 | Sunday, Sep 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 4 | 2 | 84-72 | 5 | 10.0 | Slaton | Stanhouse | 2:20 | 9,081 | + | ||
| 157 | 157 | Tuesday, Sep 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 0 | 6 | 84-73 | 5 | 11.0 | Eckersley | Rozema | 2:38 | 27,078 | - | ||
| 158 | 158 | Wednesday, Sep 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 2 | 5 | 84-74 | 5 | 12.0 | Tiant | Wilcox | Stanley | 2:18 | 26,035 | -- | |
| 159 | 159 | Thursday, Sep 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 0 | 1 | 84-75 | 5 | 13.0 | Torrez | Young | 2:21 | 26,774 | --- | ||
| 160 | 160 | Friday, Sep 29 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 3 | 2 | 85-75 | 5 | 13.0 | Slaton | Stewart | Hiller | 2:03 | 12,348 | + | ||
| 161 | 161 | Saturday, Sep 30 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 5 | 4 | 86-75 | 5 | 13.0 | Baker | Flanagan | Hiller | 2:24 | 13,919 | ++ | ||
| 162 | 162 | Sunday, Oct 1 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 2 | 4 | 86-76 | 5 | 13.0 | Martinez | Rozema | 2:17 | 13,948 | - | |||
| 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.