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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1981 / 1983
83-79, Finished 4th in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Sparky Anderson (83-79)
Scored 729 runs, Allowed 685 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-76
Ballparks: Tiger Stadium · Attendance: 1,636,058 (7th of 14)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 99
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| Season Summary | 83-79, Final Rank:4, GB: 12.0 | |
| Days in First | 22 | last on Saturday, Jun 12, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day |
| 28 | last on Jun 16, counts all days of the season including off days | |
| Biggest Lead | 2 | last on Saturday, Apr 24, for days on which they played |
| Farthest Behind | 14.5 | last on Friday, Sep 24, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | 17 | last on Saturday, Jun 12 |
| Most Games under .500 | 2 | last on Friday, Apr 16 |
| Longest Winning Streak | 8 | Saturday, Apr 17 to Saturday, Apr 24 and Monday, May 10 to Thursday, May 20 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 10 | Sunday, Jun 13 to Wednesday, Jun 23 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 13 | Sunday, Jun 13, Sunday, Jun 27, Saturday, Aug 21 and Saturday, Sep 11 |
| Most Runs Scored | 18 | Thursday, Jul 15 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 18 | Wednesday, Jun 9 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 10 | |
| Times Opponent Shutout | 5 | |
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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 | Friday, Apr 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 2 | 4 | 0-1 | 6 | 1.0 | Gura | Morris | 2:12 | N | 29,069 | - | ||
| 2 | 2 | Saturday, Apr 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 2 | 5 | 0-2 | 7 | 1.5 | Leonard | Petry | Quisenberry | 2:22 | N | 19,508 | -- | |
| 3 | 3 | Sunday, Apr 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | W | 2 | 1 | 1-2 | 5 | 1.0 | Rozema | Blue | Saucier | 2:00 | D | 22,962 | + | |
| 4 | 4 | Monday, Apr 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | L | 5 | 9 | 1-3 | 7 | 1.5 | Leal | Wilcox | 2:50 | D | 11,180 | - | ||
| 5 | 5 | Tuesday, Apr 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | W | 4 | 2 | 2-3 | 4 | 1.5 | Morris | Murray | 2:23 | N | 10,087 | + | ||
| 6 | 6 | Wednesday, Apr 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | L | 4 | 5 | 2-4 | 6 | 1.5 | Jackson | Saucier | 2:28 | N | 10,114 | - | ||
| 7 | 7 | Thursday, Apr 15 | boxscore | DET | TOR | W | 4 | 2 | 3-4 | 3 | 1.0 | Saucier | Stieb | Sosa | 2:26 | D | 51,038 | + | ||
| 8 | 8 | Friday, Apr 16 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 2 | 10 | 3-5 | 5 | 1.0 | Guidry | Underwood | 2:54 | N | 14,082 | - | |||
| 9 | 9 | Saturday, Apr 17 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 5 | 3 | 4-5 | 1 | Tied | Morris | John | Saucier | 2:15 | D | 12,963 | + | ||
| 10 | 10 | Sunday, Apr 18 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 5 | 2 | 5-5 | 1 | Tied | Petry | Righetti | 2:27 | D | 23,334 | ++ | |||
| 11 | 11 | Monday, Apr 19 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 3 | 2 | 6-5 | 1 | up 0.5 | Saucier | Quisenberry | Sosa | 2:24 | N | 10,809 | +++ | ||
| 12 | 12 | Tuesday, Apr 20 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 8 | 0 | 7-5 | 1 | up 0.5 | Wilcox | Blue | 2:26 | N | 10,654 | ++++ | |||
| 13 | 13 | Wednesday, Apr 21 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 4 | 1 | 8-5 | 1 | up 1.5 | Underwood | Gura | 2:22 | N | 12,583 | +++++ | |||
| 14 | 14 | Thursday, Apr 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 3 | 1 | 9-5 | 1 | up 1.5 | Morris | John | 2:02 | N | 16,059 | ++++++ | ||
| 15 | 15 | Friday, Apr 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 9 | 1 | 10-5 | 1 | up 2.0 | Petry | Righetti | 2:59 | N | 20,160 | +++++++ | ||
| 16 | 16 | Saturday, Apr 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 7 | 2 | 11-5 | 1 | up 2.0 | Pashnick | Alexander | Saucier | 2:26 | D | 25,585 | ++++++++ | |
| 17 | 17 | Sunday, Apr 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 1 | 3 | 11-6 | 1 | up 1.0 | Rawley | Wilcox | Gossage | 2:35 | D | 37,348 | - | |
| 18 | 18 | Tuesday, Apr 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 5 | 2 | 12-6 | 1 | Tied | Morris | Jackson | 2:43 | N | 7,479 | + | ||
| 19 | 19 | Wednesday, Apr 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 2 | 4 | 12-7 | 1 | Tied | Redfern | Petry | Davis | 2:33 | N | 7,747 | - | |
| 20 | 20 | Thursday, Apr 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 2 | 3 | 12-8 | 2 | 0.5 | Lamp | Pashnick | Barojas | 2:48 | N | 7,519 | -- | |
| 21 | 21 | Friday, Apr 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 6 | 4 | 11 | 13-8 | 2 | 0.5 | Saucier | Koosman | Sosa | 3:39 | N | 21,245 | + |
| 22 | 22 | Saturday, May 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 5 | 2 | 14-8 | 2 | 0.5 | Petry | Dotson | Rozema | 2:56 | D | 17,334 | ++ | |
| 23 | 23 | Sunday, May 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 3 | 10 | 14-9 | 2 | 1.5 | Hoyt | Morris | 2:57 | D | 39,204 | - | ||
| 24 | 24 | Tuesday, May 4 | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 4 | 3 | 15-9 | 2 | 2.0 | Rozema | Darwin | 2:16 | N | 19,525 | + | |||
| 25 | 25 | Wednesday, May 5 | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 6 | 4 | 16-9 | 2 | 1.0 | Sosa | Comer | 2:34 | N | 14,811 | ++ | |||
| 26 | 26 | Friday, May 7 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 5 | 8 | 16-10 | 2 | 1.5 | Hoyt | Morris | Escarrega | 3:24 | N | 38,006 | - | ||
| 27 | 27 | Saturday, May 8 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 4 | 7 | 16-11 | 2 | 2.5 | Koosman | Sosa | 2:40 | D | 28,915 | -- | |||
| 28 | 28 | Sunday, May 9 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 3 | 4 | 16-12 | 3 | 3.5 | Dotson | Pashnick | Barojas | 3:00 | D | 23,468 | --- | ||
| 29 | 29 | Monday, May 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | W | 3 | 1 | 17-12 | 2 | 3.5 | Wilcox | Hough | 2:21 | N | 9,027 | + | ||
| 30 | 30 | Thursday, May 13 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 6 | 2 | 18-12 | 2 | 2.5 | Morris | Pacella | 2:20 | N | 11,945 | ++ | |||
| 31 | 31 | Friday, May 14 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 4 | 2 | 11 | 19-12 | 2 | 2.0 | Rozema | Davis | 3:30 | N | 21,459 | +++ | ||
| 32 | 32 | Saturday, May 15 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 5 | 4 | 10 | 20-12 | 2 | 2.0 | Sosa | Jackson | 3:07 | D | 16,092 | ++++ | ||
| 33 | 33 | Sunday, May 16 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 7 | 6 | 21-12 | 2 | 1.0 | Tobik | Felton | 2:24 | D | 19,392 | +++++ | |||
| 34 | 34 | Tuesday, May 18 | boxscore | DET | OAK | W | 11 | 9 | 22-12 | 1 | Tied | Underwood | Beard | 2:51 | N | 23,879 | ++++++ | |||
| 35 | 35 | Wednesday, May 19 | boxscore | DET | OAK | W | 6 | 3 | 23-12 | 1 | Tied | Petry | Keough | Saucier | 2:47 | N | 23,207 | +++++++ | ||
| 36 | 36 | Thursday, May 20 | boxscore | DET | OAK | W | 11 | 3 | 24-12 | 1 | Tied | Wilcox | Underwood | 2:49 | N | 24,125 | ++++++++ | |||
| 37 | 37 | Friday, May 21 | boxscore | DET | CAL | L | 7 | 9 | 24-13 | 2 | 1.0 | Forsch | Underwood | Corbett | 2:36 | N | 37,781 | - | ||
| 38 | 38 | Saturday, May 22 | boxscore | DET | CAL | W | 5 | 1 | 25-13 | 2 | 1.0 | Morris | Moreno | 2:24 | D | 23,191 | + | |||
| 39 | 39 | Sunday, May 23 | boxscore | DET | CAL | L | 2 | 7 | 25-14 | 2 | 2.0 | Renko | Petry | 2:27 | D | 27,344 | - | |||
| 40 | 40 | Tuesday, May 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | L | 6 | 7 | 25-15 | 2 | 2.0 | Caudill | Sosa | 3:00 | N | 6,406 | -- | ||
| 41 | 41 | Wednesday, May 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | L | 2 | 4 | 25-16 | 2 | 2.5 | Perry | Morris | Caudill | 2:29 | N | 7,775 | --- | |
| 42 | 42 | Friday, May 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | W | 6 | 4 | 26-16 | 2 | 2.0 | Tobik | Langford | 2:53 | N | 17,120 | + | ||
| 43 | 43 | Saturday, May 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | W | 7 | 4 | 27-16 | 2 | 1.0 | Wilcox | Norris | Sosa | 2:56 | D | 26,733 | ++ | |
| 44 | 44 | Sunday, May 30 (1) | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | W | 5 | 2 | 28-16 | 2 | 0.5 | Morris | Keough | 3:08 | D | 0 | +++ | ||
| 45 | 45 | Sunday, May 30 (2) | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L | 3 | 10 | 28-17 | 2 | 0.5 | McCatty | Underwood | 2:49 | D | 39,275 | - | ||
| 46 | 46 | Monday, May 31 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | W | 4 | 3 | 29-17 | 2 | 0.5 | Sosa | Corbett | 2:45 | D | 42,415 | + | ||
| 47 | 47 | Tuesday, Jun 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | W | 2 | 1 | 30-17 | 1 | up 0.5 | Petry | Forsch | Tobik | 2:24 | N | 23,163 | ++ | |
| 48 | 48 | Wednesday, Jun 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | W | 5 | 4 | 31-17 | 1 | up 1.5 | Lopez | Corbett | Tobik | 3:04 | N | 27,396 | +++ | |
| 49 | 49 | Friday, Jun 4 | boxscore | DET | SEA | L | 0 | 4 | 31-18 | 1 | up 0.5 | Beattie | Morris | 2:39 | N | 32,404 | - | |||
| 50 | 50 | Sunday, Jun 6 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 10 | 2 | 32-18 | 1 | Tied | Petry | Perry | 2:25 | D | 18,378 | + | |||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Tuesday, Jun 8 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 8 | 3 | 33-18 | 1 | Tied | Underwood | Sutcliffe | 2:46 | N | 21,308 | ++ | |||
| 52 | 52 | Wednesday, Jun 9 (1) | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 2 | 1 | 34-18 | 1 | up 0.5 | Morris | Barker | 2:27 | N | 0 | +++ | |||
| 53 | 53 | Wednesday, Jun 9 (2) | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 4 | 3 | 18 | 35-18 | 1 | up 0.5 | Pashnick | Anderson | 4:54 | N | 32,213 | ++++ | ||
| 54 | 54 | Friday, Jun 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | L | 6 | 8 | 35-19 | 1 | Tied | Vuckovich | Lopez | Fingers | 2:36 | N | 22,165 | - | |
| 55 | 55 | Saturday, Jun 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | W | 7 | 3 | 36-19 | 1 | Tied | Wilcox | Caldwell | 2:38 | N | 36,999 | + | ||
| 56 | 56 | Sunday, Jun 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | L | 5 | 13 | 36-20 | 2 | 0.5 | Lerch | Underwood | Slaton | 2:44 | D | 48,424 | - | |
| 57 | 57 | Monday, Jun 14 (1) | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 0 | 5 | 36-21 | 2 | 1.0 | Barker | Morris | 2:44 | N | 0 | -- | ||
| 58 | 58 | Monday, Jun 14 (2) | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 1 | 2 | 36-22 | 2 | 1.0 | Sutcliffe | Ujdur | Spillner | 2:31 | N | 27,098 | --- | |
| 59 | 59 | Thursday, Jun 17 | boxscore | DET | MIL | L | 2 | 3 | 11 | 36-23 | 2 | 1.0 | Caldwell | Tobik | Fingers | 2:42 | N | 26,321 | ---- | |
| 60 | 60 | Friday, Jun 18 | boxscore | DET | MIL | L | 2 | 5 | 36-24 | 2 | 1.0 | Lerch | Wilcox | Fingers | 2:43 | N | 37,181 | ----- | ||
| 61 | 61 | Saturday, Jun 19 | boxscore | DET | MIL | L | 3 | 10 | 36-25 | 2 | 2.0 | Haas | Morris | 2:23 | N | 38,317 | ------ | |||
| 62 | 62 | Sunday, Jun 20 | boxscore | DET | MIL | L | 5 | 7 | 36-26 | 2 | 2.0 | Augustine | Ujdur | Fingers | 2:34 | D | 31,696 | ------- | ||
| 63 | 63 | Monday, Jun 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 1 | 5 | 36-27 | 2 | 3.0 | Tudor | Petry | Stanley | 2:35 | N | 24,234 | -------- | |
| 64 | 64 | Tuesday, Jun 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 4 | 5 | 11 | 36-28 | 2 | 4.0 | Clear | Tobik | 3:08 | N | 28,215 | --------- | |
| 65 | 65 | Wednesday, Jun 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 4 | 10 | 36-29 | 2 | 5.0 | Eckersley | Morris | 2:46 | N | 30,547 | ---------- | ||
| 66 | 66 | Thursday, Jun 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 7 | 1 | 37-29 | 2 | 4.5 | Ujdur | McGregor | 2:28 | N | 27,191 | + | ||
| 67 | 67 | Friday, Jun 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 2 | 5 | 37-30 | 3 | 4.5 | Flanagan | Petry | Stoddard | 2:31 | N | 25,230 | - | |
| 68 | 68 | Saturday, Jun 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 1 | 4 | 37-31 | 3 | 4.5 | Martinez | Wilcox | 2:33 | N | 31,859 | -- | ||
| 69 | 69 | Sunday, Jun 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 1 | 13 | 37-32 | 4 | 4.5 | Palmer | Morris | 2:58 | D | 43,938 | --- | ||
| 70 | 70 | Tuesday, Jun 29 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 2 | 4 | 37-33 | 4 | 6.0 | Eckersley | Ujdur | 1:54 | N | 32,697 | ---- | |||
| 71 | 71 | Wednesday, Jun 30 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 12 | 3 | 38-33 | 3 | 5.0 | Petry | Hurst | 2:30 | N | 24,691 | + | |||
| 72 | 72 | Thursday, Jul 1 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 5 | 4 | 39-33 | 3 | 4.0 | Wilcox | Stanley | 2:12 | N | 27,243 | ++ | |||
| 73 | 73 | Friday, Jul 2 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 4 | 5 | 39-34 | 3 | 4.0 | Palmer | Underwood | Stoddard | 2:49 | N | 26,477 | - | ||
| 74 | 74 | Saturday, Jul 3 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 3 | 8 | 39-35 | 4 | 4.0 | Davis | Ujdur | 2:54 | N | 24,782 | -- | |||
| 75 | 75 | Sunday, Jul 4 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 6 | 1 | 40-35 | 3 | 4.0 | Petry | Flanagan | 2:05 | D | 15,880 | + | |||
| 76 | 76 | Monday, Jul 5 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 3 | 5 | 40-36 | 4 | 4.5 | Castillo | Wilcox | 2:29 | D | 22,933 | - | |||
| 77 | 77 | Tuesday, Jul 6 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 11 | 6 | 41-36 | 4 | 3.5 | Morris | Redfern | 2:52 | N | 14,859 | + | |||
| 78 | 78 | Wednesday, Jul 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 0 | 7 | 41-37 | 4 | 4.5 | Lamp | Ujdur | 2:16 | N | 24,018 | - | ||
| 79 | 79 | Thursday, Jul 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 2 | 3 | 41-38 | 4 | 5.5 | Hoyt | Petry | 2:24 | N | 31,261 | -- | ||
| 80 | 80 | Friday, Jul 9 (1) | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | L | 2 | 3 | 41-39 | 4 | 6.0 | Darwin | Tobik | 2:05 | D | 0 | --- | ||
| 81 | 81 | Friday, Jul 9 (2) | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | L | 1 | 3 | 41-40 | 4 | 6.0 | Medich | Pashnick | Schmidt | 2:22 | N | 19,183 | ---- | |
| 82 | 82 | Saturday, Jul 10 (1) | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | L | 5 | 6 | 41-41 | 4 | 6.5 | Darwin | Tobik | 2:48 | D | 0 | ----- | ||
| 83 | 83 | Saturday, Jul 10 (2) | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | W | 6 | 0 | 42-41 | 4 | 6.5 | Morris | Hough | 2:23 | N | 42,163 | + | ||
| 84 | 84 | Sunday, Jul 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | W | 3 | 2 | 43-41 | 4 | 5.5 | Ujdur | Darwin | 2:13 | N | 16,987 | ++ | ||
| 85 | 85 | Thursday, Jul 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 18 | 2 | 44-41 | 4 | 6.0 | Petry | O'Connor | Saucier | 3:01 | N | 19,108 | +++ | |
| 86 | 86 | Friday, Jul 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 6 | 3 | 45-41 | 4 | 6.0 | Morris | Viola | Tobik | 2:25 | N | 8,258 | ++++ | |
| 87 | 87 | Saturday, Jul 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 8 | 4 | 46-41 | 4 | 6.0 | Ujdur | Castillo | Tobik | 2:51 | N | 10,971 | +++++ | |
| 88 | 88 | Sunday, Jul 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 1 | 6 | 46-42 | 4 | 7.0 | Havens | Underwood | 1:55 | D | 15,657 | - | ||
| 89 | 89 | Monday, Jul 19 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 0 | 6 | 46-43 | 4 | 7.0 | Lamp | Wilcox | 2:42 | N | 23,175 | -- | |||
| 90 | 90 | Tuesday, Jul 20 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 1 | 0 | 47-43 | 4 | 6.0 | Petry | Hoyt | 2:11 | N | 23,402 | + | |||
| 91 | 91 | Wednesday, Jul 21 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 3 | 9 | 12 | 47-44 | 4 | 7.0 | Barojas | Tobik | 3:35 | N | 24,215 | - | ||
| 92 | 92 | Friday, Jul 23 | boxscore | DET | TEX | L | 1 | 3 | 47-45 | 4 | 7.0 | Tanana | Morris | Schmidt | 2:24 | N | 27,320 | -- | ||
| 93 | 93 | Saturday, Jul 24 | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 3 | 1 | 48-45 | 4 | 7.0 | Pashnick | Medich | 2:26 | D | 35,470 | + | |||
| 94 | 94 | Sunday, Jul 25 (1) | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 7 | 2 | 49-45 | 4 | 5.5 | Petry | Darwin | 2:25 | D | 0 | ++ | |||
| 95 | 95 | Sunday, Jul 25 (2) | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 7 | 6 | 50-45 | 4 | 5.5 | Rucker | Schmidt | 2:59 | D | 33,537 | +++ | |||
| 96 | 96 | Monday, Jul 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 5 | 3 | 51-45 | 4 | 5.0 | Ujdur | Morgan | Gumpert | 2:49 | N | 21,021 | ++++ | |
| 97 | 97 | Tuesday, Jul 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 5 | 6 | 51-46 | 4 | 5.5 | May | Morris | Gossage | 2:43 | N | 22,966 | - | |
| 98 | 98 | Wednesday, Jul 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 7 | 8 | 51-47 | 4 | 6.5 | Frazier | James | Gossage | 2:46 | N | 16,521 | -- | |
| 99 | 99 | Friday, Jul 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | L | 5 | 6 | 12 | 51-48 | 5 | 6.5 | Murray | James | 3:43 | N | 18,262 | --- | |
| 100 | 100 | Saturday, Jul 31 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | L | 0 | 1 | 10 | 51-49 | 5 | 7.0 | Gott | Rucker | 2:31 | D | 21,007 | ---- | |
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 101 | 101 | Sunday, Aug 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | W | 8 | 5 | 52-49 | 4 | 6.5 | Morris | Leal | Tobik | 2:28 | D | 23,033 | + | |
| 102 | 102 | Monday, Aug 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 5 | 6 | 10 | 52-50 | 4 | 6.5 | Quisenberry | Tobik | 3:25 | N | 36,725 | - | |
| 103 | 103 | Tuesday, Aug 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 5 | 6 | 52-51 | 4 | 7.5 | Armstrong | Underwood | 2:39 | N | 27,264 | -- | ||
| 104 | 104 | Wednesday, Aug 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | W | 7 | 1 | 53-51 | 4 | 7.5 | Petry | Gura | 2:37 | N | 26,340 | + | ||
| 105 | 105 | Thursday, Aug 5 (1) | boxscore | DET | TOR | W | 5 | 2 | 54-51 | 4 | 6.5 | Ujdur | Leal | 2:24 | N | 0 | ++ | |||
| 106 | 106 | Thursday, Aug 5 (2) | boxscore | DET | TOR | W | 7 | 4 | 55-51 | 4 | 6.5 | Rucker | Jackson | Tobik | 2:52 | N | 26,010 | +++ | ||
| 107 | 107 | Friday, Aug 6 | boxscore | DET | TOR | W | 6 | 0 | 56-51 | 4 | 6.5 | Morris | Stieb | 1:56 | N | 21,602 | ++++ | |||
| 108 | 108 | Saturday, Aug 7 | boxscore | DET | TOR | L | 4 | 7 | 56-52 | 4 | 6.5 | Clancy | Pashnick | Murray | 2:25 | D | 20,608 | - | ||
| 109 | 109 | Sunday, Aug 8 (1) | boxscore | DET | TOR | L | 4 | 7 | 56-53 | 4 | 8.0 | Gott | Underwood | McLaughlin | 2:41 | D | 0 | -- | ||
| 110 | 110 | Sunday, Aug 8 (2) | boxscore | DET | TOR | L | 4 | 7 | 56-54 | 4 | 8.0 | Geisel | Rucker | Murray | 2:46 | D | 23,550 | --- | ||
| 111 | 111 | Monday, Aug 9 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 7 | 9 | 56-55 | 5 | 9.0 | LaRoche | Rucker | Gossage | 2:49 | N | 30,992 | ---- | ||
| 112 | 112 | Tuesday, Aug 10 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 10 | 1 | 57-55 | 4 | 9.0 | Ujdur | Alexander | 2:27 | N | 26,122 | + | |||
| 113 | 113 | Wednesday, Aug 11 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 3 | 2 | 12 | 58-55 | 4 | 8.0 | Tobik | Frazier | 3:31 | N | 27,677 | ++ | ||
| 114 | 114 | Friday, Aug 13 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 10 | 1 | 59-55 | 4 | 9.0 | Wilcox | Frost | Underwood | 2:40 | N | 30,351 | +++ | ||
| 115 | 115 | Saturday, Aug 14 | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 0 | 1 | 59-56 | 4 | 9.0 | Gura | Petry | 2:30 | D | 34,346 | - | |||
| 116 | 116 | Sunday, Aug 15 | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 1 | 6 | 59-57 | 4 | 9.0 | Leonard | Ujdur | 2:39 | D | 25,930 | -- | |||
| 117 | 117 | Monday, Aug 16 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 3 | 1 | 60-57 | 4 | 8.5 | Morris | Bannister | 2:05 | N | 14,290 | + | |||
| 118 | 118 | Tuesday, Aug 17 (1) | boxscore | DET | SEA | L | 4 | 5 | 60-58 | 4 | 8.0 | Clark | Wilcox | Caudill | 2:41 | D | 0 | - | ||
| 119 | 119 | Tuesday, Aug 17 (2) | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 3 | 2 | 61-58 | 4 | 8.0 | Pashnick | Stoddard | Tobik | 2:12 | N | 17,697 | + | ||
| 120 | 120 | Wednesday, Aug 18 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 7 | 2 | 62-58 | 4 | 7.0 | Petry | Perry | Underwood | 3:00 | N | 16,584 | ++ | ||
| 121 | 121 | Friday, Aug 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | W | 8 | 6 | 63-58 | 3 | 7.5 | Ujdur | Forsch | Tobik | 3:20 | N | 36,316 | +++ | |
| 122 | 122 | Saturday, Aug 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | L | 1 | 13 | 63-59 | 4 | 8.5 | Zahn | Morris | 2:48 | N | 44,194 | - | ||
| 123 | 123 | Sunday, Aug 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | L | 5 | 6 | 63-60 | 4 | 9.5 | Sanchez | Rucker | 2:54 | D | 33,136 | -- | ||
| 124 | 124 | Monday, Aug 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | W | 5 | 1 | 64-60 | 4 | 8.5 | Petry | Norris | 2:46 | N | 28,860 | + | ||
| 125 | 125 | Tuesday, Aug 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L | 0 | 3 | 64-61 | 4 | 9.5 | Keough | Ujdur | 2:24 | D | 17,098 | - | ||
| 126 | 126 | Thursday, Aug 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | L | 4 | 5 | 64-62 | 5 | 10.5 | Caudill | Morris | 2:49 | N | 7,907 | -- | ||
| 127 | 127 | Friday, Aug 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | W | 6 | 1 | 65-62 | 4 | 10.5 | Wilcox | Beattie | Tobik | 2:23 | N | 8,986 | + | |
| 128 | 128 | Saturday, Aug 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | L | 3 | 4 | 65-63 | 4 | 10.5 | Musselman | Tobik | 3:02 | N | 10,120 | - | ||
| 129 | 129 | Sunday, Aug 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | W | 6 | 2 | 66-63 | 4 | 10.5 | Ujdur | Perry | 3:07 | N | 8,998 | + | ||
| 130 | 130 | Tuesday, Aug 31 | boxscore | DET | CAL | L | 0 | 11 | 66-64 | 5 | 11.0 | Zahn | Morris | 2:42 | N | 15,187 | - | |||
| 131 | 131 | Wednesday, Sep 1 | boxscore | DET | CAL | W | 5 | 3 | 67-64 | 4 | 11.0 | Wilcox | Forsch | Underwood | 2:40 | N | 11,430 | + | ||
| 132 | 132 | Thursday, Sep 2 | boxscore | DET | CAL | W | 6 | 3 | 68-64 | 4 | 10.5 | Lopez | Witt | 2:32 | N | 12,547 | ++ | |||
| 133 | 133 | Friday, Sep 3 | boxscore | DET | OAK | W | 6 | 3 | 69-64 | 4 | 9.5 | Ujdur | Langford | 2:31 | N | 22,756 | +++ | |||
| 134 | 134 | Saturday, Sep 4 | boxscore | DET | OAK | L | 3 | 4 | 69-65 | 4 | 10.5 | Norris | Sosa | 3:02 | D | 18,538 | - | |||
| 135 | 135 | Sunday, Sep 5 | boxscore | DET | OAK | W | 8 | 1 | 70-65 | 4 | 10.5 | Morris | Keough | 2:42 | D | 16,955 | + | |||
| 136 | 136 | Monday, Sep 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | W | 6 | 5 | 10 | 71-65 | 4 | 9.5 | Wilcox | Medich | Lopez | 3:20 | D | 15,090 | ++ |
| 137 | 137 | Tuesday, Sep 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | L | 0 | 4 | 71-66 | 4 | 10.5 | Sutton | Petry | 2:25 | N | 11,709 | - | ||
| 138 | 138 | Wednesday, Sep 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | L | 7 | 9 | 71-67 | 4 | 11.5 | Haas | Ujdur | 2:58 | N | 13,043 | -- | ||
| 139 | 139 | Friday, Sep 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 6 | 4 | 72-67 | 4 | 11.0 | Morris | Eckersley | Lopez | 2:44 | N | 27,199 | + | |
| 140 | 140 | Saturday, Sep 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 3 | 13 | 72-68 | 4 | 11.0 | Torrez | Wilcox | 3:03 | D | 25,451 | - | ||
| 141 | 141 | Sunday, Sep 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 7 | 10 | 72-69 | 5 | 11.0 | Stanley | Tobik | 2:32 | D | 25,154 | -- | ||
| 142 | 142 | Monday, Sep 13 | boxscore | DET | MIL | W | 4 | 3 | 11 | 73-69 | 4 | 10.0 | Lopez | Ladd | 3:14 | N | 9,708 | + | ||
| 143 | 143 | Tuesday, Sep 14 | boxscore | DET | MIL | L | 3 | 6 | 73-70 | 4 | 11.0 | Medich | Rucker | Slaton | 3:27 | N | 8,516 | - | ||
| 144 | 144 | Wednesday, Sep 15 | boxscore | DET | MIL | L | 3 | 5 | 73-71 | 4 | 12.0 | Vuckovich | Morris | Bernard | 3:02 | N | 9,324 | -- | ||
| 145 | 145 | Thursday, Sep 16 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 4 | 2 | 74-71 | 4 | 11.5 | Wilcox | Torrez | 2:15 | N | 8,253 | + | |||
| 146 | 146 | Friday, Sep 17 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 5 | 1 | 75-71 | 4 | 11.5 | Petry | Denman | Lopez | 2:06 | N | 17,451 | ++ | ||
| 147 | 147 | Saturday, Sep 18 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 2 | 6 | 75-72 | 4 | 12.5 | Stanley | Ujdur | 2:47 | D | 18,425 | - | |||
| 148 | 148 | Sunday, Sep 19 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 4 | 6 | 75-73 | 4 | 13.5 | Tudor | Rucker | Clear | 2:46 | D | 16,209 | -- | ||
| 149 | 149 | Monday, Sep 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 1 | 3 | 75-74 | 4 | 14.5 | Stewart | Morris | 2:32 | N | 8,246 | --- | ||
| 150 | 150 | Tuesday, Sep 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 11 | 1 | 76-74 | 4 | 13.5 | Wilcox | Davis | 3:10 | N | 10,522 | + | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 151 | 151 | Thursday, Sep 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 10 | 5 | 77-74 | 4 | 13.5 | Rucker | Stewart | 3:06 | N | 8,633 | ++ | ||
| 152 | 152 | Friday, Sep 24 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 2 | 6 | 77-75 | 4 | 14.5 | Brennan | Ujdur | Spillner | 2:41 | N | 7,226 | - | ||
| 153 | 153 | Saturday, Sep 25 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 4 | 0 | 78-75 | 4 | 13.5 | Morris | Heaton | 2:28 | D | 8,358 | + | |||
| 154 | 154 | Sunday, Sep 26 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 3 | 4 | 78-76 | 4 | 13.5 | Barker | Wilcox | Glynn | 2:37 | D | 8,613 | - | ||
| 155 | 155 | Tuesday, Sep 28 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 9 | 6 | 79-76 | 4 | 13.5 | Rucker | Stewart | 2:38 | N | 7,755 | + | |||
| 156 | 156 | Wednesday, Sep 29 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 3 | 2 | 80-76 | 4 | 13.5 | Tobik | Martinez | 2:41 | N | 8,897 | ++ | |||
| 157 | 157 | Thursday, Sep 30 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 5 | 6 | 80-77 | 4 | 13.5 | Flinn | Tobik | 3:11 | N | 11,049 | - | |||
| 158 | 158 | Friday, Oct 1 (1) | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 2 | 3 | 80-78 | 4 | 12.5 | Barker | Wilcox | 2:52 | N | 0 | -- | ||
| 159 | 159 | Friday, Oct 1 (2) | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 4 | 2 | 81-78 | 4 | 12.5 | Underwood | Anderson | Bailey | 2:15 | N | 6,075 | + | |
| 160 | 160 | Saturday, Oct 2 (1) | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 0 | 2 | 81-79 | 4 | 12.0 | Brennan | Petry | Spillner | 2:24 | D | 0 | - | |
| 161 | 161 | Saturday, Oct 2 (2) | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 4 | 1 | 82-79 | 4 | 12.0 | Rucker | Reed | 2:27 | D | 7,151 | + | ||
| 162 | 162 | Sunday, Oct 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 9 | 1 | 83-79 | 4 | 12.0 | Ujdur | Sutcliffe | 2:45 | D | 7,934 | ++ | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak |