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| Season Summary | 84-78, Final Rank:4, GB: 19.0 | |
| Days in First | 1 | last on Thursday, Apr 10, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day |
| 2 | last on Apr 10, counts all days of the season including off days | |
| Biggest Lead | never led | |
| Farthest Behind | 20.5 | last on Friday, Sep 26, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | 12 | last on Sunday, Aug 3 |
| Most Games under .500 | 7 | last on Tuesday, May 27 |
| Longest Winning Streak | 9 | Friday, Jun 20 to Saturday, Jun 28 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 7 | Friday, Apr 11 to Friday, Apr 18 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 13 | Monday, May 26 |
| Most Runs Scored | 15 | Thursday, Jul 31 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 14 | Wednesday, Aug 27 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 9 | |
| Times Opponent Shutout | 9 | |
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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 | Thursday, Apr 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | W | 5 | 1 | 1-0 | 1 | Tied | Morris | Leonard | 2:28 | 34,901 | + | ||
| 2 | 2 | Friday, Apr 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 0 | 4 | 1-1 | 2 | 0.5 | Gura | Schatzeder | 2:13 | 14,605 | - | ||
| 3 | 3 | Saturday, Apr 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 6 | 8 | 1-2 | 3 | 1.5 | Pattin | Underwood | 2:59 | 16,130 | -- | ||
| 4 | 4 | Sunday, Apr 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 2 | 3 | 1-3 | 5 | 1.5 | Splittorff | Rozema | Christenson | 2:29 | 17,720 | --- | |
| 5 | 5 | Monday, Apr 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 1 | 3 | 1-4 | 7 | 2.0 | Eckersley | Morris | Burgmeier | 2:14 | 33,512 | ---- | |
| 6 | 6 | Wednesday, Apr 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 9 | 10 | 1-5 | 6 | 2.5 | Renko | Schatzeder | Burgmeier | 3:03 | 9,238 | ----- | |
| 7 | 7 | Thursday, Apr 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 4 | 5 | 11 | 1-6 | 7 | 3.5 | Drago | Lopez | 3:22 | 8,626 | ------ | |
| 8 | 8 | Friday, Apr 18 | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 6 | 9 | 11 | 1-7 | 7 | 4.0 | Quisenberry | Lopez | 3:34 | 50,687 | ------- | ||
| 9 | 9 | Saturday, Apr 19 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 8 | 6 | 2-7 | 7 | 3.0 | Morris | Martin | 2:17 | 13,583 | + | |||
| 10 | 10 | Sunday, Apr 20 | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 6 | 9 | 2-8 | 7 | 3.5 | Martin | Schatzeder | Quisenberry | 2:51 | 18,755 | - | ||
| 11 | 11 | Monday, Apr 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | L | 2 | 3 | 2-9 | 7 | 4.5 | Matlack | Wilcox | Lyle | 2:14 | 14,834 | -- | |
| 12 | 12 | Tuesday, Apr 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | W | 2 | 0 | 3-9 | 6 | 4.0 | Rozema | Jenkins | 1:54 | 14,650 | + | ||
| 13 | 13 | Wednesday, Apr 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | W | 5 | 4 | 4-9 | 6 | 3.0 | Morris | Comer | Lopez | 2:17 | 13,334 | ++ | |
| 14 | 14 | Friday, Apr 25 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 11 | 3 | 5-9 | 5 | 2.0 | Schatzeder | Eckersley | 2:28 | 11,581 | +++ | |||
| 15 | 15 | Saturday, Apr 26 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 7 | 12 | 5-10 | 6 | 3.0 | Hurst | Wilcox | Burgmeier | 2:58 | 20,261 | - | ||
| 16 | 16 | Sunday, Apr 27 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 8 | 5 | 6-10 | 5 | 3.0 | Rozema | Torrez | Lopez | 2:50 | 16,882 | + | ||
| 17 | 17 | Tuesday, Apr 29 | boxscore | DET | TEX | L | 5 | 10 | 7 | 6-11 | 5 | 4.0 | Comer | Morris | Rajsich | 2:23 | 7,941 | - | |
| 18 | 18 | Wednesday, Apr 30 | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 5 | 4 | 10 | 7-11 | 5 | 3.0 | Wilcox | Lyle | 3:19 | 8,056 | + | ||
| 19 | 19 | Friday, May 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L | 6 | 10 | 7-12 | 7 | 3.0 | McCatty | Rozema | 3:23 | 8,636 | - | ||
| 20 | 20 | Saturday, May 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L | 3 | 5 | 7-13 | 7 | 4.0 | Kingman | Morris | Jones | 2:38 | 7,062 | -- | |
| 21 | 21 | Sunday, May 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | W | 4 | 0 | 8-13 | 6 | 4.5 | Wilcox | Langford | 2:20 | 0 | + | ||
| 22 | 22 | Sunday, May 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L | 0 | 1 | 8-14 | 6 | 4.5 | Norris | Schatzeder | 2:08 | 18,217 | - | ||
| 23 | 23 | Tuesday, May 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | W | 9 | 5 | 9-14 | 6 | 4.5 | Petry | Beattie | Lopez | 3:10 | 5,821 | + | |
| 24 | 24 | Wednesday, May 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | L | 6 | 7 | 10 | 9-15 | 7 | 5.5 | Heaverlo | Underwood | 3:03 | 4,934 | - | |
| 25 | 25 | Thursday, May 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | L | 3 | 4 | 9-16 | 7 | 6.5 | Honeycutt | Morris | 2:22 | 6,950 | -- | ||
| 26 | 26 | Friday, May 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | W | 6 | 5 | 10 | 10-16 | 7 | 6.0 | Lopez | Montague | 3:16 | 27,269 | + | |
| 27 | 27 | Saturday, May 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | W | 6 | 1 | 11-16 | 7 | 5.0 | Schatzeder | Tanana | 2:38 | 35,007 | ++ | ||
| 28 | 28 | Sunday, May 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | W | 4 | 0 | 12-16 | 5 | 5.0 | Petry | Aase | 2:41 | 31,089 | +++ | ||
| 29 | 29 | Tuesday, May 13 | boxscore | DET | OAK | W | 4 | 3 | 13-16 | 5 | 3.5 | Morris | Keough | Lopez | 2:50 | 13,332 | ++++ | ||
| 30 | 30 | Wednesday, May 14 | boxscore | DET | OAK | W | 6 | 5 | 14-16 | 5 | 3.5 | Lopez | Jones | 2:51 | 16,694 | +++++ | |||
| 31 | 31 | Friday, May 16 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 1 | 2 | 14-17 | 5 | 4.5 | Flanagan | Petry | 2:39 | 34,243 | - | |||
| 32 | 32 | Sunday, May 18 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 6 | 4 | 15-17 | 5 | 4.0 | Lopez | Stoddard | 2:37 | 24,485 | + | |||
| 33 | 33 | Monday, May 19 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 0 | 1 | 15-18 | 5 | 5.0 | Guidry | Wilcox | 2:29 | 27,715 | - | |||
| 34 | 34 | Tuesday, May 20 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 12 | 8 | 16-18 | 5 | 4.0 | Hiller | John | Rozema | 2:47 | 31,194 | + | ||
| 35 | 35 | Wednesday, May 21 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 5 | 9 | 11 | 16-19 | 5 | 5.0 | May | Lopez | 3:12 | 32,478 | - | ||
| 36 | 36 | Thursday, May 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 1 | 5 | 16-20 | 5 | 6.0 | McGregor | Petry | 2:11 | 15,835 | -- | ||
| 37 | 37 | Friday, May 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 3 | 5 | 16-21 | 6 | 7.0 | Stone | Morris | Martinez | 2:30 | 16,274 | --- | |
| 38 | 38 | Saturday, May 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 1 | 9 | 16-22 | 7 | 8.0 | Palmer | Wilcox | 2:36 | 29,384 | ---- | ||
| 39 | 39 | Sunday, May 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 6 | 4 | 11 | 17-22 | 7 | 7.0 | Lopez | Martinez | 3:11 | 24,558 | + | |
| 40 | 40 | Monday, May 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 5 | 13 | 17-23 | 7 | 8.0 | Underwood | Schatzeder | Gossage | 2:34 | 28,170 | - | |
| 41 | 41 | Tuesday, May 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 6 | 9 | 17-24 | 7 | 9.0 | Griffin | Petry | Davis | 2:46 | 20,150 | -- | |
| 42 | 42 | Wednesday, May 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 6 | 3 | 18-24 | 7 | 8.0 | Morris | Guidry | Lopez | 2:19 | 26,382 | + | |
| 43 | 43 | Friday, May 30 | boxscore | DET | CAL | W | 12 | 1 | 19-24 | 7 | 8.0 | Wilcox | Tanana | 2:53 | 22,163 | ++ | |||
| 44 | 44 | Saturday, May 31 | boxscore | DET | CAL | L | 1 | 6 | 19-25 | 7 | 9.0 | Kison | Underwood | LaRoche | 2:35 | 23,350 | - | ||
| 45 | 45 | Monday, Jun 2 | boxscore | DET | SEA | T | 3 | 3 | 13 | 19-25 | 7 | 10.0 | 3:43 | 12,291 | - | ||||
| 46 | 46 | Tuesday, Jun 3 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 4 | 2 | 20-25 | 7 | 9.0 | Lopez | McLaughlin | 2:37 | 13,942 | + | |||
| 47 | 47 | Wednesday, Jun 4 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 8 | 2 | 21-25 | 7 | 8.0 | Wilcox | Bannister | 2:43 | 14,566 | ++ | |||
| 48 | 48 | Friday, Jun 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | L | 4 | 8 | 21-26 | 7 | 9.0 | Caldwell | Underwood | Augustine | 3:30 | 35,192 | - | |
| 49 | 49 | Saturday, Jun 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | L | 3 | 5 | 21-27 | 7 | 10.0 | Keeton | Morris | 2:30 | 38,011 | -- | ||
| 50 | 50 | Sunday, Jun 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | W | 9 | 5 | 22-27 | 7 | 9.0 | Petry | Travers | 3:00 | 40,892 | + | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Tuesday, Jun 10 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 8 | 3 | 23-27 | 7 | 8.5 | Wilcox | Zahn | 2:20 | 12,399 | ++ | |||
| 52 | 52 | Wednesday, Jun 11 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 5 | 9 | 23-28 | 7 | 9.5 | Jackson | Rozema | Koosman | 2:47 | 16,017 | - | ||
| 53 | 53 | Thursday, Jun 12 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 8 | 4 | 24-28 | 7 | 9.0 | Underwood | Zahn | Lopez | 2:47 | 15,630 | + | ||
| 54 | 54 | Friday, Jun 13 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 8 | 4 | 25-28 | 7 | 8.5 | Morris | Trout | 2:46 | 33,767 | ++ | |||
| 55 | 55 | Saturday, Jun 14 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 3 | 0 | 26-28 | 6 | 8.5 | Petry | Burns | 2:25 | 31,008 | +++ | |||
| 56 | 56 | Monday, Jun 16 | boxscore | DET | MIL | W | 6 | 5 | 27-28 | 7 | 9.5 | Wilcox | Castro | 2:37 | 0 | ++++ | |||
| 57 | 57 | Monday, Jun 16 | boxscore | DET | MIL | L | 3 | 5 | 27-29 | 7 | 9.5 | Cleveland | Rozema | Flinn | 2:48 | 37,040 | - | ||
| 58 | 58 | Tuesday, Jun 17 | boxscore | DET | MIL | W | 3 | 0 | 28-29 | 6 | 9.5 | Morris | Caldwell | 2:04 | 24,942 | + | |||
| 59 | 59 | Thursday, Jun 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 1 | 5 | 28-30 | 7 | 11.0 | Jackson | Schatzeder | 2:37 | 14,704 | - | ||
| 60 | 60 | Friday, Jun 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 5 | 3 | 11 | 29-30 | 6 | 11.0 | Lopez | Farmer | 3:37 | 27,241 | + | |
| 61 | 61 | Saturday, Jun 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 4 | 1 | 30-30 | 6 | 11.0 | Wilcox | Baumgarten | 2:56 | 23,990 | ++ | ||
| 62 | 62 | Sunday, Jun 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 7 | 1 | 31-30 | 5 | 9.5 | Rozema | Kravec | 2:30 | 0 | +++ | ||
| 63 | 63 | Sunday, Jun 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 6 | 4 | 32-30 | 5 | 9.5 | Morris | Wortham | Lopez | 2:23 | 27,100 | ++++ | |
| 64 | 64 | Monday, Jun 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 5 | 4 | 33-30 | 4 | 8.5 | Schatzeder | Stanton | 3:09 | 19,564 | +++++ | ||
| 65 | 65 | Tuesday, Jun 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 9 | 4 | 34-30 | 4 | 8.5 | Weaver | Barker | Lopez | 3:08 | 11,692 | ++++++ | |
| 66 | 66 | Wednesday, Jun 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 13 | 3 | 35-30 | 4 | 7.5 | Wilcox | Spillner | 2:45 | 11,873 | +++++++ | ||
| 67 | 67 | Friday, Jun 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | W | 7 | 2 | 36-30 | 4 | 6.5 | Morris | Jefferson | 2:26 | 18,494 | ++++++++ | ||
| 68 | 68 | Saturday, Jun 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | W | 8 | 3 | 37-30 | 3 | 6.5 | Rozema | Kucek | 2:53 | 20,059 | +++++++++ | ||
| 69 | 69 | Sunday, Jun 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | L | 0 | 2 | 37-31 | 3 | 7.5 | Stieb | Petry | 2:20 | 22,026 | - | ||
| 70 | 70 | Monday, Jun 30 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 9 | 4 | 38-31 | 3 | 7.5 | Schatzeder | Spillner | Lopez | 3:20 | 30,085 | + | ||
| 71 | 71 | Tuesday, Jul 1 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 7 | 8 | 38-32 | 4 | 8.5 | Owchinko | Underwood | Stanton | 3:14 | 27,830 | - | ||
| 72 | 72 | Wednesday, Jul 2 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 7 | 6 | 39-32 | 4 | 8.5 | Morris | Waits | Lopez | 3:01 | 25,981 | + | ||
| 73 | 73 | Thursday, Jul 3 | boxscore | DET | TOR | W | 8 | 5 | 40-32 | 3 | 7.5 | Underwood | McLaughlin | 3:14 | 30,027 | ++ | |||
| 74 | 74 | Friday, Jul 4 | boxscore | DET | TOR | W | 4 | 3 | 41-32 | 2 | 7.5 | Petry | Stieb | Lopez | 2:34 | 29,370 | +++ | ||
| 75 | 75 | Saturday, Jul 5 | boxscore | DET | TOR | L | 3 | 5 | 41-33 | 3 | 8.5 | Clancy | Wilcox | Garvin | 2:54 | 32,925 | - | ||
| 76 | 76 | Sunday, Jul 6 | boxscore | DET | TOR | W | 7 | 5 | 42-33 | 2 | 7.5 | Morris | Garvin | Lopez | 2:35 | 28,564 | + | ||
| 77 | 77 | Thursday, Jul 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 2 | 3 | 42-34 | 3 | 8.5 | Splittorff | Wilcox | Quisenberry | 2:11 | 23,684 | - | |
| 78 | 78 | Friday, Jul 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 3 | 7 | 42-35 | 3 | 8.5 | Leonard | Morris | 2:18 | 31,017 | -- | ||
| 79 | 79 | Saturday, Jul 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 3 | 9 | 42-36 | 4 | 9.5 | Tudor | Petry | 2:46 | 31,302 | --- | ||
| 80 | 80 | Sunday, Jul 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 4 | 8 | 42-37 | 5 | 10.5 | Drago | Rozema | 2:50 | 31,228 | ---- | ||
| 81 | 81 | Monday, Jul 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 12 | 4 | 43-37 | 3 | 10.5 | Robbins | Torrez | Lopez | 3:10 | 26,044 | + | |
| 82 | 82 | Wednesday, Jul 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | W | 7 | 2 | 44-37 | 3 | 10.0 | Weaver | Kingman | 2:44 | 7,413 | ++ | ||
| 83 | 83 | Thursday, Jul 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L | 2 | 5 | 44-38 | 4 | 11.0 | Keough | Morris | 2:23 | 6,370 | - | ||
| 84 | 84 | Friday, Jul 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | W | 5 | 3 | 10 | 45-38 | 4 | 10.0 | Lopez | Beattie | 2:55 | 7,479 | + | |
| 85 | 85 | Saturday, Jul 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | W | 5 | 3 | 10 | 46-38 | 3 | 10.0 | Rozema | Honeycutt | 2:47 | 16,525 | ++ | |
| 86 | 86 | Sunday, Jul 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | W &H | 5 | 2 | 47-38 | 3 | 9.0 | Schatzeder | Parrott | 2:23 | 7,583 | +++ | ||
| 87 | 87 | Monday, Jul 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | W | 14 | 3 | 48-38 | 3 | 8.0 | Wilcox | Aase | Underwood | 2:51 | 24,594 | ++++ | |
| 88 | 88 | Tuesday, Jul 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | L | 4 | 6 | 48-39 | 3 | 8.5 | Hassler | Rozema | Clear | 2:57 | 24,137 | - | |
| 89 | 89 | Wednesday, Jul 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | W | 7 | 6 | 49-39 | 2 | 8.5 | Lopez | Clear | 3:09 | 26,648 | + | ||
| 90 | 90 | Friday, Jul 25 | boxscore | DET | OAK | L | 3 | 5 | 49-40 | 3 | 8.5 | Langford | Robbins | 2:28 | 41,229 | - | |||
| 91 | 91 | Saturday, Jul 26 | boxscore | DET | OAK | W | 7 | 0 | 50-40 | 2 | 8.5 | Schatzeder | Kingman | 2:27 | 39,758 | + | |||
| 92 | 92 | Sunday, Jul 27 | boxscore | DET | OAK | W | 4 | 2 | 51-40 | 2 | 8.0 | Wilcox | Minetto | 2:33 | 0 | ++ | |||
| 93 | 93 | Sunday, Jul 27 | boxscore | DET | OAK | L | 0 | 4 | 51-41 | 2 | 8.0 | Keough | Morris | Lacey | 2:30 | 44,093 | - | ||
| 94 | 94 | Monday, Jul 28 | boxscore | DET | CAL | L | 2 | 3 | 51-42 | 3 | 9.0 | Montague | Petry | Hassler | 2:36 | 25,804 | -- | ||
| 95 | 95 | Tuesday, Jul 29 | boxscore | DET | CAL | L | 0 | 7 | 51-43 | 4 | 9.0 | Martinez | Robbins | 2:39 | 23,020 | --- | |||
| 96 | 96 | Wednesday, Jul 30 | boxscore | DET | CAL | L | 5 | 6 | 51-44 | 4 | 9.0 | Clear | Schatzeder | Hassler | 3:06 | 21,907 | ---- | ||
| 97 | 97 | Thursday, Jul 31 | boxscore | DET | CAL | W | 15 | 6 | 52-44 | 3 | 9.0 | Wilcox | Aase | Rozema | 2:58 | 19,850 | + | ||
| 98 | 98 | Friday, Aug 1 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 1 | 0 | 53-44 | 3 | 8.5 | Morris | Bannister | 2:00 | 0 | ++ | |||
| 99 | 99 | Friday, Aug 1 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 5 | 2 | 54-44 | 3 | 8.5 | Petry | Dressler | Lopez | 2:13 | 32,910 | +++ | ||
| 100 | 100 | Saturday, Aug 2 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 9 | 3 | 55-44 | 3 | 8.5 | Robbins | Beattie | Lopez | 2:34 | 23,278 | ++++ | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 101 | 101 | Sunday, Aug 3 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 4 | 3 | 56-44 | 3 | 7.5 | Rozema | Honeycutt | Lopez | 2:46 | 25,454 | +++++ | ||
| 102 | 102 | Monday, Aug 4 | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 5 | 6 | 56-45 | 3 | 8.5 | Quisenberry | Schatzeder | 2:59 | 37,016 | - | |||
| 103 | 103 | Tuesday, Aug 5 | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 3 | 6 | 56-46 | 3 | 8.5 | Leonard | Wilcox | Quisenberry | 2:44 | 27,469 | -- | ||
| 104 | 104 | Wednesday, Aug 6 | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 4 | 5 | 56-47 | 3 | 9.5 | Gura | Morris | Quisenberry | 2:56 | 29,115 | --- | ||
| 105 | 105 | Friday, Aug 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | W | 8 | 0 | 57-47 | 3 | 8.5 | Petry | Figueroa | 2:56 | 14,138 | + | ||
| 106 | 106 | Saturday, Aug 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | L | 3 | 4 | 10 | 57-48 | 3 | 8.5 | Darwin | Lopez | 3:08 | 19,021 | - | |
| 107 | 107 | Sunday, Aug 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | L | 2 | 4 | 57-49 | 3 | 8.5 | Perry | Weaver | Darwin | 2:33 | 11,752 | -- | |
| 108 | 108 | Monday, Aug 11 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 8 | 7 | 58-49 | 3 | 8.5 | Lopez | Burgmeier | 3:16 | 28,222 | + | |||
| 109 | 109 | Tuesday, Aug 12 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 4 | 5 | 58-50 | 3 | 9.5 | Campbell | Fidrych | Stanley | 2:37 | 48,361 | - | ||
| 110 | 110 | Wednesday, Aug 13 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 2 | 1 | 59-50 | 3 | 8.5 | Petry | Tudor | Lopez | 2:56 | 24,565 | + | ||
| 111 | 111 | Thursday, Aug 14 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 1 | 3 | 59-51 | 3 | 8.5 | Renko | Schatzeder | Stanley | 2:37 | 25,579 | - | ||
| 112 | 112 | Friday, Aug 15 | boxscore | DET | TEX | L | 2 | 6 | 59-52 | 4 | 9.5 | Matlack | Underwood | 2:34 | 30,247 | -- | |||
| 113 | 113 | Saturday, Aug 16 | boxscore | DET | TEX | L | 5 | 12 | 59-53 | 4 | 10.5 | Clay | Morris | Darwin | 2:58 | 33,868 | --- | ||
| 114 | 114 | Sunday, Aug 17 | boxscore | DET | TEX | L | 3 | 9 | 59-54 | 5 | 11.0 | Jenkins | Fidrych | 2:20 | 0 | ---- | |||
| 115 | 115 | Sunday, Aug 17 | boxscore | DET | TEX | L | 6 | 12 | 59-55 | 5 | 11.0 | Medich | Wilcox | 2:50 | 42,117 | ----- | |||
| 116 | 116 | Monday, Aug 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | L | 5 | 12 | 59-56 | 5 | 11.0 | Travers | Petry | 2:37 | 22,237 | ------ | ||
| 117 | 117 | Tuesday, Aug 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | W | 6 | 2 | 60-56 | 5 | 11.0 | Schatzeder | Haas | 2:47 | 40,318 | + | ||
| 118 | 118 | Wednesday, Aug 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | W | 8 | 6 | 61-56 | 5 | 11.0 | Ujdur | Caldwell | Lopez | 3:07 | 20,520 | ++ | |
| 119 | 119 | Thursday, Aug 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 3 | 5 | 61-57 | 5 | 10.5 | Williams | Wilcox | Corbett | 2:22 | 0 | - | |
| 120 | 120 | Thursday, Aug 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 4 | 2 | 62-57 | 5 | 10.5 | Morris | Erickson | 2:07 | 8,687 | + | ||
| 121 | 121 | Friday, Aug 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 5 | 6 | 13 | 62-58 | 6 | 10.5 | Arroyo | Rozema | 3:57 | 12,473 | - | |
| 122 | 122 | Saturday, Aug 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 4 | 3 | 63-58 | 5 | 10.5 | Robbins | Jackson | Rozema | 2:28 | 7,062 | + | |
| 123 | 123 | Sunday, Aug 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 3 | 2 | 64-58 | 5 | 10.5 | Schatzeder | Zahn | 2:27 | 11,859 | ++ | ||
| 124 | 124 | Tuesday, Aug 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 5 | 4 | 65-58 | 4 | 9.0 | Lopez | Wortham | Underwood | 2:41 | 10,061 | +++ | |
| 125 | 125 | Wednesday, Aug 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 2 | 3 | 14 | 65-59 | 4 | 9.5 | Proly | Rozema | 3:52 | 12,582 | - | |
| 126 | 126 | Thursday, Aug 28 | boxscore | DET | MIL | W | 11 | 7 | 66-59 | 4 | 9.5 | Robbins | McClure | Underwood | 3:26 | 26,318 | + | ||
| 127 | 127 | Friday, Aug 29 | boxscore | DET | MIL | W | 8 | 2 | 67-59 | 4 | 9.5 | Wilcox | Travers | 2:43 | 24,400 | ++ | |||
| 128 | 128 | Saturday, Aug 30 | boxscore | DET | MIL | L | 4 | 6 | 67-60 | 4 | 10.5 | Haas | Lopez | 2:42 | 26,051 | - | |||
| 129 | 129 | Sunday, Aug 31 | boxscore | DET | MIL | L | 6 | 11 | 67-61 | 4 | 10.5 | Cleveland | Schatzeder | 2:52 | 21,684 | -- | |||
| 130 | 130 | Monday, Sep 1 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 3 | 11 | 67-62 | 6 | 11.5 | Burns | Morris | 3:11 | 11,412 | --- | |||
| 131 | 131 | Tuesday, Sep 2 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 11 | 2 | 68-62 | 4 | 11.0 | Fidrych | Proly | 2:39 | 0 | + | |||
| 132 | 132 | Tuesday, Sep 2 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 6 | 1 | 69-62 | 4 | 11.0 | Wilcox | Dotson | 2:27 | 13,651 | ++ | |||
| 133 | 133 | Wednesday, Sep 3 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 5 | 4 | 70-62 | 4 | 11.0 | Lopez | Wortham | 3:03 | 10,395 | +++ | |||
| 134 | 134 | Friday, Sep 5 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 1 | 0 | 71-62 | 4 | 11.5 | Schatzeder | Erickson | 2:18 | 16,980 | ++++ | |||
| 135 | 135 | Saturday, Sep 6 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 0 | 4 | 71-63 | 4 | 12.5 | Koosman | Morris | Corbett | 2:26 | 18,249 | - | ||
| 136 | 136 | Sunday, Sep 7 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 1 | 3 | 71-64 | 4 | 13.5 | Jackson | Fidrych | Corbett | 2:15 | 20,009 | -- | ||
| 137 | 137 | Monday, Sep 8 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 2 | 9 | 71-65 | 5 | 15.0 | Martinez | Wilcox | Stewart | 3:02 | 0 | --- | ||
| 138 | 138 | Monday, Sep 8 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 6 | 8 | 71-66 | 5 | 15.0 | Flanagan | Petry | Stoddard | 2:48 | 19,445 | ---- | ||
| 139 | 139 | Tuesday, Sep 9 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 0 | 2 | 71-67 | 5 | 15.0 | McGregor | Schatzeder | 2:14 | 13,450 | ----- | |||
| 140 | 140 | Wednesday, Sep 10 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 4 | 8 | 71-68 | 6 | 16.0 | Martinez | Morris | Stoddard | 3:17 | 14,155 | ------ | ||
| 141 | 141 | Friday, Sep 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 6 | 3 | 72-68 | 5 | 16.5 | Lopez | Barker | 2:52 | 9,961 | + | ||
| 142 | 142 | Saturday, Sep 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 7 | 4 | 13 | 73-68 | 5 | 16.5 | Underwood | Stanton | Rozema | 4:04 | 6,380 | ++ |
| 143 | 143 | Sunday, Sep 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 4 | 5 | 13 | 73-69 | 6 | 18.0 | Cruz | Lopez | 3:53 | 0 | - | |
| 144 | 144 | Sunday, Sep 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 0 | 3 | 73-70 | 6 | 18.0 | Owchinko | Petry | 2:11 | 10,189 | -- | ||
| 145 | 145 | Tuesday, Sep 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 8 | 3 | 74-70 | 5 | 18.0 | Morris | Stone | 2:35 | 10,992 | + | ||
| 146 | 146 | Wednesday, Sep 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 3 | 9 | 74-71 | 6 | 19.0 | Stewart | Weaver | 3:01 | 9,915 | - | ||
| 147 | 147 | Thursday, Sep 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 3 | 7 | 74-72 | 6 | 19.0 | McGregor | Wilcox | Stoddard | 2:54 | 10,272 | -- | |
| 148 | 148 | Friday, Sep 19 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 4 | 3 | 75-72 | 5 | 19.0 | Schatzeder | Owchinko | Lopez | 2:54 | 10,822 | + | ||
| 149 | 149 | Saturday, Sep 20 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 13 | 3 | 76-72 | 5 | 18.0 | Petry | Waits | 3:00 | 10,985 | ++ | |||
| 150 | 150 | Sunday, Sep 21 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 13 | 1 | 77-72 | 5 | 18.0 | Morris | Spillner | Underwood | 2:33 | 10,682 | +++ | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 151 | 151 | Monday, Sep 22 | boxscore | DET | TOR | L | 5 | 6 | 77-73 | 5 | 19.0 | Garvin | Weaver | Willis | 2:59 | 6,210 | - | ||
| 152 | 152 | Tuesday, Sep 23 | boxscore | DET | TOR | L | 7 | 9 | 77-74 | 5 | 20.0 | Willis | Rozema | Kucek | 3:24 | 6,363 | -- | ||
| 153 | 153 | Wednesday, Sep 24 | boxscore | DET | TOR | W | 9 | 8 | 10 | 78-74 | 5 | 20.0 | Petry | Kucek | 3:36 | 7,129 | + | ||
| 154 | 154 | Friday, Sep 26 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 5 | 7 | 78-75 | 5 | 20.5 | Guidry | Schatzeder | Davis | 2:48 | 30,864 | - | ||
| 155 | 155 | Saturday, Sep 27 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 5 | 1 | 79-75 | 5 | 19.5 | Morris | John | Lopez | 2:25 | 27,318 | + | ||
| 156 | 156 | Sunday, Sep 28 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 6 | 5 | 10 | 80-75 | 5 | 18.5 | Lopez | Griffin | 3:18 | 25,142 | ++ | ||
| 157 | 157 | Monday, Sep 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | W | 8 | 2 | 81-75 | 5 | 18.0 | Weaver | Mirabella | Lopez | 2:48 | 12,051 | +++ | |
| 158 | 158 | Tuesday, Sep 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | W | 5 | 3 | 82-75 | 5 | 17.0 | Schatzeder | Todd | 2:15 | 12,119 | ++++ | ||
| 159 | 159 | Wednesday, Oct 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | W | 11 | 7 | 83-75 | 4 | 17.0 | Fidrych | Stieb | Underwood | 2:55 | 12,426 | +++++ | |
| 160 | 160 | Thursday, Oct 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 2 | 3 | 83-76 | 5 | 18.0 | Guidry | Morris | Gossage | 2:30 | 24,316 | - | |
| 161 | 161 | Saturday, Oct 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 2 | 5 | 83-77 | 4 | 18.0 | May | Weaver | Gossage | 2:23 | 0 | -- | |
| 162 | 162 | Saturday, Oct 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 7 | 6 | 84-77 | 4 | 18.0 | Tobik | Griffin | 2:51 | 55,410 | + | ||
| 163 | 163 | Sunday, Oct 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 1 | 2 | 84-78 | 4 | 19.0 | Lollar | Schatzeder | Bird | 1:56 | 35,879 | - | |
| 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.