Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978 / 1980
85-76, Finished 5th in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Les Moss (27-26), Dick Tracewski (2-0) and Sparky Anderson (56-50)
Scored 770 runs, Allowed 738 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-77
Ballparks: Tiger Stadium · Attendance: 1,630,929 (7th of 14)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 103 · one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 95
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| Season Summary | 85-76, Final Rank:5, GB: 18.0 | |
| Days in First | never | |
| Biggest Lead | never led | |
| Farthest Behind | 20 | last on Sunday, Sep 9, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | 12 | last on Wednesday, Sep 19 |
| Most Games under .500 | 5 | last on Saturday, May 26 |
| Longest Winning Streak | 6 | Sunday, May 27 to Thursday, May 31 and Sunday, Aug 26 to Thursday, Aug 30 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 5 | Wednesday, Jun 20 to Saturday, Jun 23 and Friday, Aug 31 to Tuesday, Sep 4 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 16 | Wednesday, Aug 8 |
| Most Runs Scored | 14 | Sunday, Jul 15 and Tuesday, Sep 11 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 16 | Saturday, May 26 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 4 | |
| Times Opponent Shutout | 6 | |
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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 7 | boxscore | DET | TEX | L | 2 | 8 | 0-1 | 5 | 1.5 | Jenkins | Rozema | 2:40 | D | 43,708 | - | |||
| 2 | 2 | Monday, Apr 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | W | 7 | 3 | 1-1 | 4 | 0.5 | Wilcox | Gale | Hiller | 3:02 | N | 18,429 | + | |
| 3 | 3 | Wednesday, Apr 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 3 | 10 | 1-2 | 4 | 1.5 | Rodriguez | Taylor | 2:31 | N | 14,833 | - | ||
| 4 | 4 | Friday, Apr 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | L | 4 | 5 | 1-3 | 6 | 2.0 | Kern | Burnside | Lyle | 2:24 | N | 23,095 | -- | |
| 5 | 5 | Saturday, Apr 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | L | 5 | 7 | 1-4 | 6 | 3.0 | Lyle | Baker | 3:04 | N | 30,014 | --- | ||
| 6 | 6 | Sunday, Apr 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | W | 11 | 6 | 2-4 | 5 | 3.0 | Burnside | Lyle | 2:50 | D | 19,353 | + | ||
| 7 | 7 | Monday, Apr 16 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 10 | 4 | 3-4 | 4 | 2.5 | Billingham | Gura | Baker | 2:54 | D | 9,457 | ++ | ||
| 8 | 8 | Tuesday, Apr 17 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 6 | 3 | 4-4 | 4 | 1.5 | Hiller | Splittorff | 2:35 | D | 15,275 | +++ | |||
| 9 | 9 | Friday, Apr 20 | boxscore | DET | TOR | W | 7 | 2 | 5-4 | 4 | 1.0 | Wilcox | Lemongello | 2:12 | N | 13,617 | ++++ | |||
| 10 | 10 | Saturday, Apr 21 | boxscore | DET | TOR | L | 4 | 5 | 5-5 | 4 | 2.0 | Huffman | Billingham | Freisleben | 2:32 | N | 10,904 | - | ||
| 11 | 11 | Sunday, Apr 22 | boxscore | DET | TOR | W | 4 | 1 | 6-5 | 3 | 2.0 | Rozema | Underwood | 1:53 | D | 14,543 | + | |||
| 12 | 12 | Thursday, Apr 26 (1) | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | L | 1 | 5 | 6-6 | 5 | 4.5 | Slaton | Billingham | 2:10 | D | 0 | - | ||
| 13 | 13 | Thursday, Apr 26 (2) | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | L | 5 | 7 | 6-7 | 5 | 4.5 | Cleveland | Baker | Castro | 2:52 | D | 8,839 | -- | |
| 14 | 14 | Friday, Apr 27 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 3 | 5 | 6-8 | 5 | 4.5 | Koosman | Rozema | Marshall | 2:27 | N | 11,262 | --- | ||
| 15 | 15 | Saturday, Apr 28 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 5 | 3 | 7-8 | 5 | 3.5 | Young | Goltz | Hiller | 2:23 | D | 8,818 | + | ||
| 16 | 16 | Sunday, Apr 29 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 3 | 5 | 7-9 | 5 | 4.5 | Zahn | Wilcox | Marshall | 2:40 | D | 12,577 | - | ||
| 17 | 17 | Tuesday, May 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 5 | 2 | 8-9 | 5 | 3.5 | Baker | Kravec | Billingham | 2:19 | N | 16,470 | + | |
| 18 | 18 | Thursday, May 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 6 | 7 | 8-10 | 5 | 4.5 | Marshall | Billingham | 2:56 | N | 4,581 | - | ||
| 19 | 19 | Friday, May 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 6 | 7 | 8-11 | 5 | 5.0 | Marshall | Lopez | 2:47 | N | 5,768 | -- | ||
| 20 | 20 | Saturday, May 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 8 | 4 | 9-11 | 5 | 5.0 | Billingham | Hartzell | 2:47 | D | 15,002 | + | ||
| 21 | 21 | Sunday, May 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 6 | 9 | 9-12 | 5 | 6.0 | Marshall | Hiller | 2:18 | D | 15,235 | - | ||
| 22 | 22 | Monday, May 7 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 5 | 4 | 10-12 | 5 | 5.0 | Taylor | Trout | 2:26 | N | 13,921 | + | |||
| 23 | 23 | Tuesday, May 8 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 10 | 8 | 11-12 | 5 | 5.0 | Billingham | Scarbery | 2:57 | N | 13,769 | ++ | |||
| 24 | 24 | Wednesday, May 9 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 4 | 5 | 11-13 | 5 | 5.0 | Baumgarten | Wilcox | Kravec | 2:52 | N | 13,167 | - | ||
| 25 | 25 | Friday, May 11 | boxscore | DET | MIL | L | 1 | 5 | 11-14 | 5 | 6.5 | Sorensen | Fidrych | 2:00 | N | 42,563 | -- | |||
| 26 | 26 | Saturday, May 12 | boxscore | DET | MIL | L | 2 | 3 | 11-15 | 5 | 7.5 | Augustine | Taylor | McClure | 2:32 | D | 19,801 | --- | ||
| 27 | 27 | Sunday, May 13 | boxscore | DET | MIL | W | 6 | 2 | 12-15 | 5 | 7.0 | Morris | Haas | Billingham | 2:26 | D | 12,162 | + | ||
| 28 | 28 | Monday, May 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 3 | 1 | 13-15 | 5 | 6.5 | Wilcox | Figueroa | 2:31 | N | 15,650 | ++ | ||
| 29 | 29 | Tuesday, May 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 3 | 11 | 13-16 | 5 | 7.0 | John | Baker | 2:15 | N | 18,876 | - | ||
| 30 | 30 | Wednesday, May 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 2 | 6 | 13-17 | 5 | 7.5 | Guidry | Fidrych | 1:59 | N | 43,843 | -- | ||
| 31 | 31 | Friday, May 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 5 | 3 | 14-17 | 5 | 7.0 | Hiller | Monge | 2:43 | N | 10,452 | + | ||
| 32 | 32 | Saturday, May 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 0 | 6 | 14-18 | 5 | 8.0 | Waits | Morris | 2:12 | D | 7,229 | - | ||
| 33 | 33 | Sunday, May 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 7 | 9 | 14-19 | 5 | 9.0 | Spillner | Hiller | 2:55 | D | 11,571 | -- | ||
| 34 | 34 | Monday, May 21 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 3 | 1 | 15-19 | 5 | 8.5 | Billingham | Guidry | 2:03 | N | 26,153 | + | |||
| 35 | 35 | Tuesday, May 22 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 8 | 12 | 15-20 | 5 | 8.5 | Tiant | Fidrych | 3:03 | N | 33,497 | - | |||
| 36 | 36 | Wednesday, May 23 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 4 | 3 | 16-20 | 5 | 8.5 | Hiller | Clay | 2:30 | N | 21,671 | + | |||
| 37 | 37 | Saturday, May 26 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 5 | 7 | 16 | 16-21 | 6 | 10.0 | Stewart | Hiller | 5:17 | D | 14,583 | - | ||
| 38 | 38 | Sunday, May 27 (1) | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 5 | 1 | 17-21 | 5 | 8.0 | Billingham | McGregor | 2:17 | D | 0 | + | |||
| 39 | 39 | Sunday, May 27 (2) | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 10 | 3 | 18-21 | 5 | 8.0 | Rozema | Stone | 2:35 | D | 27,425 | ++ | |||
| 40 | 40 | Monday, May 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | W | 6 | 2 | 19-21 | 5 | 7.0 | Morris | Lemanczyk | 2:06 | N | 10,740 | +++ | ||
| 41 | 41 | Tuesday, May 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | W | 9 | 8 | 20-21 | 5 | 7.0 | Tobik | Buskey | Hiller | 3:03 | N | 11,449 | ++++ | |
| 42 | 42 | Wednesday, May 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | W | 8 | 2 | 21-21 | 5 | 6.0 | Wilcox | Huffman | 2:23 | N | 21,359 | +++++ | ||
| 43 | 43 | Thursday, May 31 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | W | 1 | 0 | 22-21 | 5 | 5.5 | Underwood | Underwood | Hiller | 1:52 | N | 12,423 | ++++++ | |
| 44 | 44 | Friday, Jun 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L | 2 | 3 | 22-22 | 5 | 5.5 | McCatty | Hiller | 2:10 | N | 2,731 | - | ||
| 45 | 45 | Saturday, Jun 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | W | 9 | 3 | 23-22 | 5 | 5.5 | Morris | Minetto | Tobik | 2:41 | D | 3,420 | + | |
| 46 | 46 | Sunday, Jun 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | W | 2 | 0 | 24-22 | 5 | 4.5 | Rozema | Johnson | 2:14 | D | 4,030 | ++ | ||
| 47 | 47 | Monday, Jun 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | L | 2 | 11 | 24-23 | 5 | 5.5 | Honeycutt | Wilcox | 2:11 | N | 5,529 | - | ||
| 48 | 48 | Tuesday, Jun 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | W | 3 | 1 | 25-23 | 5 | 4.5 | Billingham | Abbott | Hiller | 2:07 | N | 6,156 | + | |
| 49 | 49 | Wednesday, Jun 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | L | 3 | 4 | 25-24 | 5 | 5.5 | Bannister | Morris | McLaughlin | 2:13 | N | 6,382 | - | |
| 50 | 50 | Friday, Jun 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | L | 4 | 6 | 25-25 | 5 | 7.0 | Aase | Wilcox | Clear | 2:23 | N | 28,298 | -- | |
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Saturday, Jun 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | L | 1 | 9 | 25-26 | 5 | 8.0 | Ryan | Rozema | 2:41 | N | 36,499 | --- | ||
| 52 | 52 | Sunday, Jun 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | W | 10 | 7 | 26-26 | 5 | 8.0 | Arroyo | Tanana | Hiller | 2:39 | D | 30,229 | + | |
| 53 | 53 | Monday, Jun 11 | boxscore | DET | OAK | W | 3 | 1 | 27-26 | 5 | 8.0 | Morris | McCatty | 2:36 | N | 15,625 | ++ | |||
| 54 | 54 | Tuesday, Jun 12 | boxscore | DET | OAK | W | 9 | 2 | 28-26 | 5 | 7.0 | Underwood | Minetto | 2:20 | N | 16,278 | +++ | |||
| 55 | 55 | Wednesday, Jun 13 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 7 | 3 | 29-26 | 5 | 7.0 | Wilcox | Parrott | Hiller | 2:30 | N | 16,113 | ++++ | ||
| 56 | 56 | Thursday, Jun 14 | boxscore | DET | SEA | L | 2 | 3 | 29-27 | 5 | 7.5 | Rawley | Hiller | McLaughlin | 2:36 | N | 21,957 | - | ||
| 57 | 57 | Friday, Jun 15 | boxscore | DET | CAL | L | 7 | 8 | 29-28 | 5 | 8.5 | Clear | Tobik | 2:48 | N | 41,151 | -- | |||
| 58 | 58 | Saturday, Jun 16 | boxscore | DET | CAL | L | 2 | 4 | 29-29 | 6 | 9.0 | Frost | Morris | LaRoche | 2:40 | N | 39,240 | --- | ||
| 59 | 59 | Sunday, Jun 17 | boxscore | DET | CAL | W | 8 | 4 | 30-29 | 5 | 9.0 | Lopez | Aase | 2:43 | D | 32,744 | + | |||
| 60 | 60 | Monday, Jun 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 8 | 9 | 30-30 | 5 | 10.0 | Drago | Arroyo | Campbell | 3:30 | N | 29,533 | - | |
| 61 | 61 | Tuesday, Jun 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 10 | 4 | 14 | 31-30 | 5 | 10.0 | Lopez | Stanley | 4:35 | N | 34,153 | + | |
| 62 | 62 | Wednesday, Jun 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 3 | 13 | 31-31 | 5 | 11.0 | Torrez | Baker | 2:38 | N | 34,035 | - | ||
| 63 | 63 | Thursday, Jun 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 2 | 3 | 31-32 | 5 | 11.5 | Eckersley | Morris | 2:20 | N | 34,316 | -- | ||
| 64 | 64 | Friday, Jun 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 5 | 6 | 31-33 | 5 | 12.5 | Martinez | Tobik | 2:46 | N | 35,456 | --- | ||
| 65 | 65 | Saturday, Jun 23 (1) | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 6 | 8 | 31-34 | 5 | 14.5 | Martinez | Hiller | 2:46 | N | 0 | ---- | ||
| 66 | 66 | Saturday, Jun 23 (2) | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 5 | 6 | 31-35 | 5 | 14.5 | Stewart | Billingham | 2:37 | N | 45,814 | ----- | ||
| 67 | 67 | Sunday, Jun 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 6 | 4 | 32-35 | 5 | 13.5 | Lopez | Martinez | 3:05 | D | 41,200 | + | ||
| 68 | 68 | Tuesday, Jun 26 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 6 | 4 | 33-35 | 5 | 14.0 | Morris | Campbell | 2:32 | N | 36,247 | ++ | |||
| 69 | 69 | Wednesday, Jun 27 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 1 | 3 | 33-36 | 5 | 15.0 | Stanley | Tobik | 2:39 | N | 32,381 | - | |||
| 70 | 70 | Thursday, Jun 28 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 6 | 3 | 34-36 | 5 | 14.0 | Billingham | Renko | Lopez | 2:22 | N | 32,755 | + | ||
| 71 | 71 | Friday, Jun 29 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 8 | 6 | 35-36 | 5 | 14.5 | Wilcox | Cruz | Tobik | 2:44 | N | 20,289 | ++ | ||
| 72 | 72 | Saturday, Jun 30 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 2 | 4 | 35-37 | 5 | 15.5 | Clyde | Young | Monge | 2:28 | D | 27,104 | - | ||
| 73 | 73 | Sunday, Jul 1 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 10 | 2 | 36-37 | 5 | 15.5 | Morris | Barker | 2:38 | D | 20,121 | + | |||
| 74 | 74 | Monday, Jul 2 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 4 | 8 | 11 | 36-38 | 5 | 15.5 | Cruz | Lopez | 3:28 | N | 20,990 | - | ||
| 75 | 75 | Tuesday, Jul 3 | boxscore | DET | TOR | L | 1 | 9 | 36-39 | 5 | 15.5 | Moore | Billingham | 2:18 | N | 20,885 | -- | |||
| 76 | 76 | Wednesday, Jul 4 | boxscore | DET | TOR | L | 6 | 7 | 11 | 36-40 | 5 | 15.5 | Buskey | Tobik | 2:50 | N | 13,772 | --- | ||
| 77 | 77 | Thursday, Jul 5 | boxscore | DET | TOR | W | 3 | 2 | 37-40 | 5 | 15.0 | Young | Huffman | Lopez | 2:21 | N | 13,199 | + | ||
| 78 | 78 | Friday, Jul 6 (1) | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | W | 7 | 4 | 38-40 | 5 | 13.5 | Morris | Haas | Lopez | 2:55 | N | 0 | ++ | |
| 79 | 79 | Friday, Jul 6 (2) | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | W | 5 | 4 | 39-40 | 5 | 13.5 | Wilcox | Slaton | Tobik | 2:45 | N | 54,630 | +++ | |
| 80 | 80 | Saturday, Jul 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | W | 6 | 3 | 40-40 | 5 | 12.5 | Underwood | Mitchell | Lopez | 2:55 | D | 33,265 | ++++ | |
| 81 | 81 | Sunday, Jul 8 (1) | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | L | 4 | 5 | 40-41 | 5 | 14.0 | Caldwell | Hiller | 2:44 | D | 0 | - | ||
| 82 | 82 | Sunday, Jul 8 (2) | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | L | 1 | 3 | 40-42 | 5 | 14.0 | Travers | Petry | 2:15 | D | 39,141 | -- | ||
| 83 | 83 | Monday, Jul 9 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 3 | 5 | 40-43 | 5 | 15.0 | Koosman | Baker | Marshall | 2:24 | N | 15,742 | --- | ||
| 84 | 84 | Tuesday, Jul 10 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 6 | 5 | 41-43 | 5 | 14.0 | Lopez | Marshall | 2:49 | N | 17,747 | + | |||
| 85 | 85 | Wednesday, Jul 11 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 0 | 3 | 41-44 | 5 | 15.0 | Jackson | Morris | Redfern | 2:35 | N | 16,180 | - | ||
| 86 | 86 | Thursday, Jul 12 (1) | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 4 | 1 | 42-44 | 5 | 14.0 | Underwood | Howard | Lopez | 2:38 | D | 47,795 | + | |
| 87 | 87 | Thursday, Jul 12 (2) | DET | @ | CHW | W *V | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43-44 | 5 | 14.0 | N | ++ | ||||||
| 88 | 88 | Friday, Jul 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 3 | 1 | 44-44 | 5 | 13.0 | Petry | Kravec | 2:55 | N | 27,587 | +++ | ||
| 89 | 89 | Saturday, Jul 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 4 | 12 | 44-45 | 5 | 14.0 | Baumgarten | Baker | 2:54 | N | 23,887 | - | ||
| 90 | 90 | Sunday, Jul 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 14 | 5 | 45-45 | 5 | 14.0 | Morris | Wortham | 2:53 | D | 25,873 | + | ||
| 91 | 91 | Thursday, Jul 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 8 | 3 | 46-45 | 5 | 13.5 | Underwood | Koosman | 2:45 | N | 17,391 | ++ | ||
| 92 | 92 | Friday, Jul 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 6 | 14 | 46-46 | 5 | 14.5 | Serum | Young | 2:30 | N | 14,509 | - | ||
| 93 | 93 | Saturday, Jul 21 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 4 | 2 | 47-46 | 5 | 14.5 | Petry | Baumgarten | Lopez | 2:52 | N | 37,596 | + | ||
| 94 | 94 | Sunday, Jul 22 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 1 | 0 | 48-46 | 5 | 14.5 | Wilcox | Scarbery | Lopez | 2:00 | D | 27,461 | ++ | ||
| 95 | 95 | Monday, Jul 23 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 3 | 11 | 48-47 | 5 | 15.5 | Trout | Baker | Farmer | 3:03 | N | 21,436 | - | ||
| 96 | 96 | Tuesday, Jul 24 | boxscore | DET | MIL | L | 4 | 5 | 48-48 | 5 | 17.0 | Travers | Underwood | Galasso | 2:18 | N | 20,630 | -- | ||
| 97 | 97 | Wednesday, Jul 25 | boxscore | DET | MIL | W | 11 | 2 | 49-48 | 5 | 16.0 | Morris | Slaton | 2:37 | N | 17,858 | + | |||
| 98 | 98 | Thursday, Jul 26 | boxscore | DET | MIL | W | 5 | 2 | 50-48 | 5 | 16.0 | Petry | Haas | 2:32 | N | 24,079 | ++ | |||
| 99 | 99 | Friday, Jul 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | W | 4 | 3 | 11 | 51-48 | 5 | 16.0 | Lopez | Buskey | 3:12 | N | 23,814 | +++ | |
| 100 | 100 | Saturday, Jul 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | L | 0 | 3 | 51-49 | 5 | 16.0 | Lemanczyk | Robbins | 1:57 | N | 30,131 | - | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 101 | 101 | Sunday, Jul 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | W | 5 | 4 | 52-49 | 5 | 16.0 | Underwood | Clancy | Lopez | 2:55 | D | 33,824 | + | |
| 102 | 102 | Monday, Jul 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | W | 6 | 4 | 53-49 | 5 | 16.0 | Hiller | Darwin | Lopez | 2:40 | N | 14,297 | ++ | |
| 103 | 103 | Tuesday, Jul 31 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | L | 3 | 11 | 53-50 | 5 | 17.0 | Medich | Petry | 2:45 | N | 12,218 | - | ||
| 104 | 104 | Wednesday, Aug 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | L | 3 | 4 | 53-51 | 5 | 18.0 | Comer | Wilcox | Kern | 2:16 | N | 13,803 | -- | |
| 105 | 105 | Friday, Aug 3 (1) | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 3 | 5 | 53-52 | 5 | 18.5 | Busby | Underwood | Hrabosky | 2:42 | N | 0 | --- | ||
| 106 | 106 | Friday, Aug 3 (2) | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 4 | 3 | 54-52 | 5 | 18.5 | Lopez | Mingori | 2:18 | N | 43,047 | + | |||
| 107 | 107 | Saturday, Aug 4 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 5 | 2 | 55-52 | 5 | 18.5 | Chris | Gura | Hiller | 2:28 | D | 39,402 | ++ | ||
| 108 | 108 | Sunday, Aug 5 | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 2 | 3 | 55-53 | 5 | 18.5 | Leonard | Petry | Quisenberry | 3:09 | D | 28,703 | - | ||
| 109 | 109 | Tuesday, Aug 7 (1) | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 3 | 1 | 56-53 | 5 | 16.5 | Wilcox | Kern | 2:25 | N | 0 | + | |||
| 110 | 110 | Tuesday, Aug 7 (2) | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 8 | 2 | 57-53 | 5 | 16.5 | Billingham | Rajsich | Lopez | 2:27 | N | 27,009 | ++ | ||
| 111 | 111 | Wednesday, Aug 8 (1) | boxscore | DET | TEX | L | 9 | 16 | 57-54 | 5 | 16.0 | Jenkins | Underwood | 3:00 | N | 0 | - | |||
| 112 | 112 | Wednesday, Aug 8 (2) | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 10 | 4 | 58-54 | 5 | 16.0 | Robbins | Johnson | 2:44 | N | 28,619 | + | |||
| 113 | 113 | Thursday, Aug 9 | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 3 | 2 | 59-54 | 5 | 16.0 | Chris | Medich | Lopez | 2:29 | N | 23,663 | ++ | ||
| 114 | 114 | Friday, Aug 10 (1) | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 6 | 7 | 59-55 | 5 | 17.5 | Quisenberry | Lopez | 3:06 | N | 0 | - | ||
| 115 | 115 | Friday, Aug 10 (2) | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 3 | 7 | 59-56 | 5 | 17.5 | Leonard | Underwood | Quisenberry | 2:17 | N | 37,012 | -- | |
| 116 | 116 | Saturday, Aug 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 5 | 11 | 59-57 | 5 | 18.0 | Splittorff | Billingham | 2:34 | N | 40,255 | --- | ||
| 117 | 117 | Sunday, Aug 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 1 | 7 | 59-58 | 5 | 18.5 | Chamberlain | Wilcox | 2:27 | D | 32,671 | ---- | ||
| 118 | 118 | Monday, Aug 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | W | 5 | 3 | 60-58 | 5 | 17.5 | Morris | Ryan | Lopez | 2:37 | N | 34,032 | + | |
| 119 | 119 | Tuesday, Aug 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | W | 6 | 3 | 61-58 | 5 | 17.5 | Robbins | Aase | Billingham | 2:24 | N | 29,465 | ++ | |
| 120 | 120 | Wednesday, Aug 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | W | 6 | 1 | 62-58 | 5 | 17.5 | Petry | Barr | 2:37 | N | 31,885 | +++ | ||
| 121 | 121 | Friday, Aug 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | W | 9 | 2 | 63-58 | 5 | 16.0 | Wilcox | Honeycutt | Hiller | 2:51 | N | 11,074 | ++++ | |
| 122 | 122 | Saturday, Aug 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | W | 7 | 4 | 64-58 | 5 | 16.0 | Morris | Dressler | 2:28 | N | 14,049 | +++++ | ||
| 123 | 123 | Sunday, Aug 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | L | 4 | 8 | 64-59 | 5 | 16.0 | Bannister | Robbins | 2:50 | N | 7,262 | - | ||
| 124 | 124 | Monday, Aug 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | W | 7 | 3 | 65-59 | 5 | 16.0 | Petry | Heaverlo | 2:48 | N | 5,171 | + | ||
| 125 | 125 | Tuesday, Aug 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L | 1 | 8 | 65-60 | 5 | 16.0 | Kingman | Chris | 2:11 | N | 1,563 | - | ||
| 126 | 126 | Wednesday, Aug 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | W | 3 | 1 | 66-60 | 5 | 15.5 | Wilcox | McCatty | Lopez | 2:38 | D | 2,609 | + | |
| 127 | 127 | Friday, Aug 24 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 5 | 2 | 67-60 | 5 | 15.5 | Morris | Bannister | Lopez | 2:46 | N | 26,068 | ++ | ||
| 128 | 128 | Saturday, Aug 25 | boxscore | DET | SEA | L | 4 | 8 | 67-61 | 5 | 16.0 | Parrott | Petry | 2:12 | D | 28,770 | - | |||
| 129 | 129 | Sunday, Aug 26 (1) | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 4 | 3 | 10 | 68-61 | 5 | 16.0 | Lopez | McLaughlin | 2:47 | D | 0 | + | ||
| 130 | 130 | Sunday, Aug 26 (2) | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 9 | 8 | 69-61 | 5 | 16.0 | Tobik | Stein | 2:46 | D | 31,770 | ++ | |||
| 131 | 131 | Monday, Aug 27 | boxscore | DET | CAL | W | 3 | 2 | 70-61 | 5 | 15.5 | Billingham | Barr | Lopez | 2:27 | N | 22,874 | +++ | ||
| 132 | 132 | Tuesday, Aug 28 | boxscore | DET | CAL | W | 12 | 2 | 71-61 | 5 | 15.0 | Robbins | Aase | 2:29 | N | 19,178 | ++++ | |||
| 133 | 133 | Wednesday, Aug 29 | boxscore | DET | CAL | W | 2 | 1 | 72-61 | 5 | 15.5 | Morris | Frost | Lopez | 2:37 | N | 19,880 | +++++ | ||
| 134 | 134 | Thursday, Aug 30 | boxscore | DET | OAK | W | 8 | 7 | 73-61 | 4 | 15.5 | Tobik | Minetto | 2:50 | N | 12,870 | ++++++ | |||
| 135 | 135 | Friday, Aug 31 | boxscore | DET | OAK | L | 3 | 5 | 73-62 | 5 | 15.5 | Kingman | Tobik | Hamilton | 2:47 | N | 18,454 | - | ||
| 136 | 136 | Saturday, Sep 1 | boxscore | DET | OAK | L | 3 | 6 | 10 | 73-63 | 5 | 15.5 | McCatty | Lopez | Hamilton | 2:48 | D | 15,235 | -- | |
| 137 | 137 | Sunday, Sep 2 | boxscore | DET | OAK | L | 4 | 5 | 73-64 | 5 | 16.5 | Langford | Robbins | 2:25 | D | 14,379 | --- | |||
| 138 | 138 | Monday, Sep 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 3 | 4 | 73-65 | 5 | 18.0 | Wise | Morris | 2:25 | D | 9,095 | ---- | ||
| 139 | 139 | Tuesday, Sep 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 3 | 5 | 73-66 | 5 | 18.5 | Barker | Petry | Monge | 2:08 | N | 4,824 | ----- | |
| 140 | 140 | Wednesday, Sep 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 9 | 3 | 74-66 | 5 | 18.0 | Lopez | Cruz | 3:11 | N | 5,172 | + | ||
| 141 | 141 | Thursday, Sep 6 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L &V | 1 | 3 | 10 | 74-67 | 5 | 19.0 | Gossage | Wilcox | 2:54 | N | 19,196 | - | ||
| 142 | 142 | Friday, Sep 7 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 6 | 0 | 75-67 | 5 | 19.0 | Billingham | Clay | 2:20 | N | 28,943 | + | |||
| 143 | 143 | Saturday, Sep 8 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 4 | 5 | 75-68 | 5 | 20.0 | Guidry | Morris | Gossage | 2:16 | N | 30,069 | - | ||
| 144 | 144 | Sunday, Sep 9 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 3 | 1 | 76-68 | 5 | 20.0 | Chris | John | Lopez | 2:06 | D | 30,836 | + | ||
| 145 | 145 | Tuesday, Sep 11 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 14 | 1 | 77-68 | 5 | 18.5 | Rozema | Spillner | 2:52 | N | 7,983 | ++ | |||
| 146 | 146 | Wednesday, Sep 12 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 4 | 1 | 78-68 | 5 | 17.5 | Wilcox | Waits | Lopez | 2:28 | N | 8,517 | +++ | ||
| 147 | 147 | Saturday, Sep 15 (1) | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 4 | 3 | 79-68 | 5 | 18.0 | Morris | John | Lopez | 2:21 | D | 0 | ++++ | |
| 148 | 148 | Saturday, Sep 15 (2) | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 1 | 7 | 79-69 | 5 | 18.0 | Davis | Chris | Kaat | 2:15 | D | 30,050 | - | |
| 149 | 149 | Sunday, Sep 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 8 | 4 | 12 | 80-69 | 5 | 18.0 | Lopez | Gossage | 3:31 | D | 40,192 | + | |
| 150 | 150 | Monday, Sep 17 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 1 | 2 | 80-70 | 5 | 19.0 | McGregor | Wilcox | 2:28 | N | 12,918 | - | |||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 151 | 151 | Tuesday, Sep 18 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 2 | 1 | 81-70 | 4 | 18.0 | Petry | Flanagan | Lopez | 2:09 | N | 13,586 | + | ||
| 152 | 152 | Wednesday, Sep 19 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 5 | 0 | 82-70 | 4 | 17.0 | Morris | Martinez | 2:18 | N | 12,573 | ++ | |||
| 153 | 153 | Thursday, Sep 20 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 7 | 8 | 82-71 | 4 | 18.0 | Martinez | Billingham | Stanhouse | 3:32 | N | 10,024 | - | ||
| 154 | 154 | Friday, Sep 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 1 | 4 | 7 | 82-72 | 4 | 18.5 | Tudor | Rozema | 1:45 | N | 24,802 | -- | |
| 155 | 155 | Sunday, Sep 23 (1) | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 1 | 2 | 82-73 | 5 | 18.0 | Eckersley | Wilcox | 2:17 | D | 0 | --- | ||
| 156 | 156 | Sunday, Sep 23 (2) | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 3 | 2 | 10 | 83-73 | 5 | 18.0 | Lopez | Torrez | 2:36 | D | 31,871 | + | |
| 157 | 157 | Tuesday, Sep 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 3 | 2 | 84-73 | 5 | 17.0 | Morris | Martinez | Lopez | 2:40 | N | 12,543 | ++ | |
| 158 | 158 | Wednesday, Sep 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 2 | 13 | 84-74 | 5 | 18.0 | McGregor | Chris | 2:27 | N | 17,205 | - | ||
| 159 | 159 | Friday, Sep 28 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 4 | 7 | 84-75 | 5 | 19.0 | Torrez | Wilcox | Burgmeier | 2:35 | N | 17,846 | -- | ||
| 160 | 160 | Saturday, Sep 29 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 5 | 8 | 84-76 | 5 | 19.0 | Renko | Lopez | Drago | 2:42 | D | 19,907 | --- | ||
| 161 | 161 | Sunday, Sep 30 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 5 | 1 | 85-76 | 5 | 18.0 | Morris | Stanley | 2:01 | D | 20,167 | + | |||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak |