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1979 Detroit Tigers Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978 / 1980)
85-76, Finished 5th in AL East
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Scored 770 runs, Allowed 738 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-77
Manager: Les Moss (27-26), Dick Tracewski (2-0) and Sparky Anderson (56-50)
Ballpark: Tiger Stadium (ballparks.com)
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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1978 / 1980 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Season Summary 85-76, Final Rank:5, GB: 18.0
Days in Firstnever
 
Biggest Leadnever led
Farthest Behind20last on Sunday, Sep 9, for days on which they played
Most Games over .50012last on Wednesday, Sep 19
Most Games under .5005last on Saturday, May 26
Longest Winning Streak6Sunday, May 27 to Thursday, May 31 and Sunday, Aug 26 to Thursday, Aug 30
Longest Losing Streak5Wednesday, Jun 20 to Saturday, Jun 23 and Friday, Aug 31 to Tuesday, Sep 4
Most Runs Allowed16Wednesday, Aug 8
Most Runs Scored14Sunday, Jul 15 and Tuesday, Sep 11
Longest Game (innings)16Saturday, May 26
Times Shutout by Opponent4 
Times Opponent Shutout6 

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
SplitWLRSRAWP
Overall 85 76 770 738 .528
Home/Road
SplitWLRSRAWP
Home 46 34 394 323 .575
Road 39 42 376 415 .481
Month by Month
SplitWLRSRAWP
April 7 9 80 79 .438
May 15 12 138 131 .556
June 13 16 142 142 .448
July 18 13 141 143 .581
August 20 12 163 145 .625
September 12 14 106 98 .462
By Season Half
SplitWLRSRAWP
First Half 45 45 441 431 .500
Second Half 40 31 329 307 .563
Extra-Innings
SplitWLRSRAWP
9-Inning Games 79 70 721 687 .530
ExtraInning 5 5 48 47 .500
Shortened 1 1 1 4 .500
One-Run Games
SplitWLRSRAWP
One Run 21 26 193 198 .447
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
SplitWLRSRAWP
Blowout 21 18 246 240 .538
Opponent
SplitWLRSRAWP
BAL 6 7 62 61 .462
BOS 5 8 55 63 .385
CAL 8 4 66 50 .667
CHW 9 3 57 51 .750
CLE 6 6 69 52 .500
KCR 5 7 55 65 .417
MIL 6 7 58 50 .462
MIN 4 8 60 70 .333
NYY 7 6 50 57 .538
OAK 7 5 54 44 .583
SEA 7 5 59 57 .583
TEX 6 6 67 70 .500
TOR 9 4 58 48 .692

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

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

1978 / 1980 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits