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Lost AL Championship Series (4-1) to Minnesota Twins |
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| Season Summary | 98-64, Final Rank:1, GB: 0.0 | |
| Days in First | 30 | last on Sunday, Oct 4, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day |
| 33 | last on Oct 4, counts all days of the season including off days | |
| Biggest Lead | 2 | last on Sunday, Oct 4, for days on which they played |
| Farthest Behind | 11 | last on Tuesday, May 5, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | 34 | last on Sunday, Oct 4 |
| Most Games under .500 | 8 | last on Monday, May 11 |
| Longest Winning Streak | 6 | Tuesday, May 12 to Monday, May 18 and Sunday, Sep 13 to Saturday, Sep 19 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 5 | Sunday, Apr 19 to Friday, Apr 24 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 13 | Wednesday, Jul 1 |
| Most Runs Scored | 18 | Sunday, Jun 7 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 14 | Saturday, Jun 6 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 4 | |
| Times Opponent Shutout | 10 | |
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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 | Monday, Apr 6 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0-1 | 5 | 1.0 | Righetti | Morris | 3:01 | 51,315 | - | ||
| 2 | 2 | Wednesday, Apr 8 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 5 | 6 | 0-2 | 5 | 2.0 | Hudson | Hernandez | Righetti | 2:47 | 12,271 | -- | ||
| 3 | 3 | Thursday, Apr 9 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 9 | 3 | 1-2 | 5 | 2.0 | Terrell | Tewksbury | 2:33 | 12,228 | + | |||
| 4 | 4 | Friday, Apr 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 11 | 4 | 2-2 | 3 | 2.0 | Tanana | Allen | 3:03 | 40,025 | ++ | ||
| 5 | 5 | Saturday, Apr 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 7 | 1 | 3-2 | 3 | 2.0 | Morris | Dotson | 2:50 | 12,896 | +++ | ||
| 6 | 6 | Sunday, Apr 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 7 | 1 | 4-2 | 3 | 2.0 | Robinson | Davis | 2:54 | 13,245 | ++++ | ||
| 7 | 7 | Tuesday, Apr 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 1 | 10 | 4-3 | 4 | 3.5 | Gubicza | Petry | 2:33 | 16,023 | - | ||
| 8 | 8 | Wednesday, Apr 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 1 | 2 | 4-4 | 4 | 4.5 | Saberhagen | Terrell | Black | 2:16 | 18,721 | -- | |
| 9 | 9 | Friday, Apr 17 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 3 | 1 | 5-4 | 5 | 4.5 | Tanana | Dotson | Thurmond | 2:24 | 16,953 | + | ||
| 10 | 10 | Saturday, Apr 18 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 3 | 2 | 6-4 | 4 | 4.5 | King | Thigpen | 2:52 | 20,607 | ++ | |||
| 11 | 11 | Sunday, Apr 19 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 2 | 7 | 6-5 | 3 | 5.5 | Bannister | Petry | 2:38 | 14,269 | - | |||
| 12 | 12 | Monday, Apr 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 2 | 8 | 6-6 | 5 | 6.5 | Rhoden | Morris | Righetti | 3:04 | 20,111 | -- | |
| 13 | 13 | Tuesday, Apr 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 1 | 3 | 6-7 | 6 | 6.5 | Niekro | Terrell | Guante | 2:18 | 25,148 | --- | |
| 14 | 14 | Wednesday, Apr 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 1 | 4 | 6-8 | 6 | 7.0 | Shirley | Tanana | Righetti | 2:42 | 21,091 | ---- | |
| 15 | 15 | Friday, Apr 24 | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 3 | 7 | 6-9 | 6 | 8.0 | Leibrandt | Petry | 3:24 | 14,449 | ----- | |||
| 16 | 16 | Saturday, Apr 25 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 13 | 2 | 7-9 | 5 | 8.0 | Morris | Gubicza | 2:43 | 18,052 | + | |||
| 17 | 17 | Sunday, Apr 26 | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 1 | 6 | 7-10 | 5 | 9.0 | Saberhagen | Terrell | 2:20 | 16,686 | - | |||
| 18 | 18 | Monday, Apr 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | L | 2 | 5 | 7-11 | 6 | 10.0 | Langston | King | Nunez | 2:39 | 8,492 | -- | |
| 19 | 19 | Tuesday, Apr 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | L | 4 | 6 | 7-12 | 6 | 10.0 | Morgan | Robinson | Nunez | 2:01 | 7,393 | --- | |
| 20 | 20 | Wednesday, Apr 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | W | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8-12 | 6 | 10.0 | King | Moore | 3:06 | 26,126 | + | |
| 21 | 21 | Thursday, Apr 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | W | 12 | 4 | 9-12 | 4 | 9.0 | Morris | Fraser | 3:00 | 27,656 | ++ | ||
| 22 | 22 | Friday, May 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9-13 | 5 | 10.0 | Eckersley | Kelly | 4:17 | 14,035 | - | |
| 23 | 23 | Saturday, May 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9-14 | 5 | 11.0 | Leiper | Snell | 4:17 | 17,753 | -- | |
| 24 | 24 | Sunday, May 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L | 0 | 2 | 9-15 | 5 | 11.0 | Plunk | King | Howell | 2:28 | 21,810 | --- | |
| 25 | 25 | Tuesday, May 5 | boxscore | DET | SEA | L | 5 | 7 | 9-16 | 6 | 11.0 | Clarke | Robinson | Nunez | 3:01 | 10,918 | ---- | ||
| 26 | 26 | Wednesday, May 6 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 7 | 5 | 10-16 | 6 | 10.0 | Terrell | Bankhead | Thurmond | 2:40 | 13,718 | + | ||
| 27 | 27 | Friday, May 8 | boxscore | DET | OAK | L | 2 | 7 | 10-17 | 6 | 10.0 | Young | Tanana | 2:40 | 13,949 | - | |||
| 28 | 28 | Saturday, May 9 | boxscore | DET | OAK | L | 7 | 8 | 10-18 | 6 | 10.0 | Nelson | Thurmond | Howell | 3:28 | 15,685 | -- | ||
| 29 | 29 | Sunday, May 10 | boxscore | DET | OAK | W | 7 | 6 | 11-18 | 6 | 9.0 | Snell | Ontiveros | 2:55 | 14,114 | + | |||
| 30 | 30 | Monday, May 11 | boxscore | DET | CAL | L | 1 | 5 | 11-19 | 6 | 9.5 | Witt | Terrell | Buice | 3:35 | 11,079 | - | ||
| 31 | 31 | Tuesday, May 12 | boxscore | DET | CAL | W | 15 | 2 | 12-19 | 6 | 8.5 | Petry | Lugo | 3:15 | 11,579 | + | |||
| 32 | 32 | Wednesday, May 13 | boxscore | DET | CAL | W | 10 | 7 | 13-19 | 6 | 7.5 | Tanana | Candelaria | 2:51 | 11,659 | ++ | |||
| 33 | 33 | Friday, May 15 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 4 | 3 | 14-19 | 6 | 8.0 | Henneman | Huismann | 3:00 | 17,525 | +++ | |||
| 34 | 34 | Saturday, May 16 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 5 | 3 | 15-19 | 6 | 7.0 | Morris | Niekro | 2:20 | 20,583 | ++++ | |||
| 35 | 35 | Sunday, May 17 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 8 | 4 | 16-19 | 5 | 7.0 | Terrell | Carlton | 2:45 | 20,824 | +++++ | |||
| 36 | 36 | Monday, May 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | W | 6 | 3 | 17-19 | 5 | 7.0 | Robinson | Guzman | Thurmond | 3:21 | 26,503 | ++++++ | |
| 37 | 37 | Tuesday, May 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | L | 8 | 10 | 17-20 | 5 | 7.0 | Mohorcic | King | 3:21 | 17,484 | - | ||
| 38 | 38 | Wednesday, May 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | W | 6 | 4 | 18-20 | 5 | 6.0 | Petry | Witt | King | 3:10 | 16,820 | + | |
| 39 | 39 | Friday, May 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 3 | 2 | 19-20 | 5 | 6.0 | Morris | Viola | King | 2:43 | 15,423 | ++ | |
| 40 | 40 | Saturday, May 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 5 | 7 | 19-21 | 5 | 7.0 | Anderson | Terrell | Reardon | 3:10 | 18,601 | - | |
| 41 | 41 | Sunday, May 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 7 | 2 | 20-21 | 5 | 7.0 | Robinson | Atherton | 3:07 | 16,351 | + | ||
| 42 | 42 | Monday, May 25 | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 8 | 5 | 21-21 | 5 | 7.0 | Tanana | Correa | Henneman | 3:03 | 13,824 | ++ | ||
| 43 | 43 | Tuesday, May 26 | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 8 | 7 | 11 | 22-21 | 5 | 6.5 | Henneman | Mohorcic | 3:51 | 11,234 | +++ | ||
| 44 | 44 | Wednesday, May 27 | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 4 | 3 | 23-21 | 5 | 5.5 | Morris | Loynd | Thurmond | 2:39 | 12,696 | ++++ | ||
| 45 | 45 | Friday, May 29 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 15 | 7 | 24-21 | 4 | 5.0 | Terrell | Straker | 2:28 | 19,031 | +++++ | |||
| 46 | 46 | Sunday, May 31 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 5 | 9 | 24-22 | 5 | 6.0 | Reardon | King | 3:25 | 0 | - | |||
| 47 | 47 | Sunday, May 31 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 3 | 11 | 24-23 | 5 | 6.0 | Frazier | Tanana | 2:56 | 20,993 | -- | |||
| 48 | 48 | Monday, Jun 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 6 | 9 | 24-24 | 5 | 6.0 | Niekro | Petry | Bailes | 3:15 | 6,509 | --- | |
| 49 | 49 | Wednesday, Jun 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 15 | 3 | 25-24 | 5 | 6.5 | Morris | Schrom | 2:49 | 8,226 | + | ||
| 50 | 50 | Thursday, Jun 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 5 | 8 | 25-25 | 5 | 6.5 | Hurst | Terrell | 3:05 | 24,660 | - | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Friday, Jun 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 4 | 2 | 26-25 | 4 | 6.5 | Robinson | Nipper | King | 3:06 | 33,827 | + | |
| 52 | 52 | Saturday, Jun 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 5 | 3 | 14 | 27-25 | 4 | 5.5 | King | Gardner | 4:51 | 33,902 | ++ | |
| 53 | 53 | Sunday, Jun 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 18 | 8 | 28-25 | 4 | 5.5 | Henneman | Leister | 3:42 | 33,254 | +++ | ||
| 54 | 54 | Tuesday, Jun 9 | boxscore | DET | MIL | W | 8 | 5 | 29-25 | 4 | 5.5 | Morris | Higuera | 2:56 | 16,645 | ++++ | |||
| 55 | 55 | Wednesday, Jun 10 | boxscore | DET | MIL | L | 5 | 8 | 10 | 29-26 | 4 | 6.5 | Plesac | King | 3:13 | 16,998 | - | ||
| 56 | 56 | Thursday, Jun 11 | boxscore | DET | MIL | L | 5 | 8 | 29-27 | 4 | 7.5 | Wegman | King | Bosio | 3:10 | 20,780 | -- | ||
| 57 | 57 | Friday, Jun 12 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 11 | 4 | 30-27 | 4 | 7.5 | Tanana | Clemens | 2:59 | 32,341 | + | |||
| 58 | 58 | Saturday, Jun 13 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 6 | 4 | 31-27 | 4 | 7.5 | Petry | Crawford | Hernandez | 3:01 | 40,427 | ++ | ||
| 59 | 59 | Sunday, Jun 14 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 2 | 1 | 32-27 | 4 | 6.5 | Morris | Hurst | 2:25 | 28,203 | +++ | |||
| 60 | 60 | Monday, Jun 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | W | 2 | 1 | 33-27 | 3 | 5.5 | Terrell | Key | King | 2:29 | 36,225 | ++++ | |
| 61 | 61 | Tuesday, Jun 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | L | 4 | 10 | 33-28 | 3 | 6.5 | Lavelle | Robinson | 3:11 | 36,398 | - | ||
| 62 | 62 | Wednesday, Jun 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | W | 3 | 2 | 34-28 | 3 | 5.5 | Tanana | Clancy | Hernandez | 2:39 | 46,227 | + | |
| 63 | 63 | Friday, Jun 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 5 | 3 | 35-28 | 3 | 5.0 | Morris | Williamson | Hernandez | 2:41 | 31,672 | ++ | |
| 64 | 64 | Saturday, Jun 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 5 | 9 | 35-29 | 3 | 5.0 | Bell | Terrell | Niedenfuer | 3:12 | 27,240 | - | |
| 65 | 65 | Sunday, Jun 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 9 | 3 | 36-29 | 3 | 5.0 | Petry | Dixon | King | 3:05 | 28,845 | + | |
| 66 | 66 | Monday, Jun 22 | boxscore | DET | TOR | W | 2 | 0 | 37-29 | 3 | 4.0 | Tanana | Clancy | 2:38 | 28,978 | ++ | |||
| 67 | 67 | Tuesday, Jun 23 | boxscore | DET | TOR | L | 7 | 8 | 37-30 | 3 | 5.0 | Stieb | Robinson | Henke | 2:55 | 29,275 | - | ||
| 68 | 68 | Wednesday, Jun 24 | boxscore | DET | TOR | L | 3 | 5 | 37-31 | 3 | 6.0 | Cerutti | Morris | Musselman | 2:30 | 34,866 | -- | ||
| 69 | 69 | Friday, Jun 26 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 9 | 0 | 38-31 | 3 | 5.0 | Terrell | Griffin | 2:52 | 29,396 | + | |||
| 70 | 70 | Saturday, Jun 27 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 2 | 4 | 38-32 | 3 | 6.0 | Niedenfuer | Tanana | 2:39 | 32,395 | - | |||
| 71 | 71 | Sunday, Jun 28 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 8 | 7 | 11 | 39-32 | 3 | 5.0 | Hernandez | Corbett | 3:32 | 31,606 | + | ||
| 72 | 72 | Monday, Jun 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | W | 11 | 1 | 40-32 | 3 | 5.0 | Morris | Bosio | 3:04 | 21,487 | ++ | ||
| 73 | 73 | Tuesday, Jun 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | W | 8 | 5 | 41-32 | 3 | 5.0 | Petry | Clear | Hernandez | 3:44 | 21,609 | +++ | |
| 74 | 74 | Wednesday, Jul 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | L | 2 | 13 | 41-33 | 3 | 6.0 | Wegman | Terrell | 2:46 | 24,528 | - | ||
| 75 | 75 | Thursday, Jul 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | L | 2 | 5 | 41-34 | 3 | 6.5 | Guetterman | Tanana | 2:13 | 10,646 | -- | ||
| 76 | 76 | Friday, Jul 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | W | 5 | 2 | 42-34 | 3 | 6.0 | Robinson | Moore | King | 2:29 | 13,568 | + | |
| 77 | 77 | Saturday, Jul 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | W | 7 | 3 | 43-34 | 3 | 6.0 | Morris | Campbell | 2:55 | 16,884 | ++ | ||
| 78 | 78 | Sunday, Jul 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | W | 7 | 5 | 44-34 | 2 | 5.0 | Petry | Langston | Henneman | 2:47 | 13,232 | +++ | |
| 79 | 79 | Monday, Jul 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L | 3 | 5 | 44-35 | 3 | 5.0 | Nelson | King | Howell | 2:32 | 14,656 | - | |
| 80 | 80 | Tuesday, Jul 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | W | 6 | 4 | 45-35 | 3 | 5.0 | Tanana | Andujar | Hernandez | 2:40 | 17,174 | + | |
| 81 | 81 | Wednesday, Jul 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | W | 9 | 5 | 46-35 | 3 | 5.0 | Robinson | Ontiveros | Thurmond | 2:44 | 20,031 | ++ | |
| 82 | 82 | Thursday, Jul 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | L | 2 | 5 | 46-36 | 3 | 5.0 | Sutton | Morris | Minton | 2:13 | 30,966 | - | |
| 83 | 83 | Friday, Jul 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | W | 9 | 4 | 47-36 | 3 | 5.0 | King | Lazorko | 2:50 | 31,073 | + | ||
| 84 | 84 | Saturday, Jul 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | W | 12 | 5 | 48-36 | 3 | 4.0 | Henneman | Reuss | 3:15 | 44,219 | ++ | ||
| 85 | 85 | Sunday, Jul 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | L | 4 | 5 | 48-37 | 3 | 5.0 | Witt | Tanana | Minton | 2:50 | 42,682 | - | |
| 86 | 86 | Thursday, Jul 16 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 3 | 2 | 49-37 | 3 | 5.0 | Terrell | Moore | 2:39 | 20,488 | + | |||
| 87 | 87 | Friday, Jul 17 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 7 | 0 | 50-37 | 3 | 5.0 | Tanana | Langston | 2:09 | 24,669 | ++ | |||
| 88 | 88 | Saturday, Jul 18 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 10 | 6 | 51-37 | 3 | 4.0 | Henneman | Reed | King | 3:03 | 31,594 | +++ | ||
| 89 | 89 | Sunday, Jul 19 | boxscore | DET | SEA | L | 4 | 5 | 51-38 | 3 | 4.0 | Nunez | Hernandez | 2:20 | 23,577 | - | |||
| 90 | 90 | Monday, Jul 20 | boxscore | DET | OAK | W | 5 | 4 | 52-38 | 3 | 4.0 | Henneman | Nelson | 2:28 | 22,692 | + | |||
| 91 | 91 | Tuesday, Jul 21 | boxscore | DET | OAK | W | 6 | 5 | 10 | 53-38 | 2 | 3.0 | King | Howell | 3:33 | 23,118 | ++ | ||
| 92 | 92 | Wednesday, Jul 22 | boxscore | DET | OAK | L | 1 | 10 | 53-39 | 2 | 3.0 | Lamp | Tanana | 2:49 | 24,855 | - | |||
| 93 | 93 | Friday, Jul 24 | boxscore | DET | CAL | W | 6 | 3 | 54-39 | 3 | 2.0 | Henneman | Finley | 2:28 | 33,275 | + | |||
| 94 | 94 | Saturday, Jul 25 | boxscore | DET | CAL | W | 5 | 4 | 10 | 55-39 | 2 | 1.0 | Henneman | Minton | 3:24 | 34,973 | ++ | ||
| 95 | 95 | Sunday, Jul 26 | boxscore | DET | CAL | W | 6 | 2 | 56-39 | 2 | 1.0 | Terrell | Fraser | 3:10 | 31,339 | +++ | |||
| 96 | 96 | Monday, Jul 27 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 4 | 1 | 57-39 | 2 | 0.5 | Tanana | Nielsen | 2:26 | 23,704 | ++++ | |||
| 97 | 97 | Tuesday, Jul 28 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 3 | 1 | 58-39 | 2 | 0.5 | Robinson | Long | 2:24 | 26,156 | +++++ | |||
| 98 | 98 | Wednesday, Jul 29 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 0 | 4 | 58-40 | 2 | 1.5 | Bannister | Morris | 2:44 | 28,918 | - | |||
| 99 | 99 | Friday, Jul 31 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 5 | 6 | 58-41 | 3 | 3.0 | Righetti | Henneman | 3:07 | 50,214 | -- | ||
| 100 | 100 | Saturday, Aug 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 10 | 5 | 59-41 | 2 | 2.0 | Tanana | Rasmussen | 3:11 | 55,103 | + | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 101 | 101 | Sunday, Aug 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 5 | 8 | 59-42 | 3 | 3.0 | Rhoden | Robinson | Righetti | 3:07 | 46,212 | - | |
| 102 | 102 | Monday, Aug 3 | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 2 | 4 | 10 | 59-43 | 3 | 3.0 | Gleaton | Morris | 3:23 | 25,781 | -- | ||
| 103 | 103 | Tuesday, Aug 4 | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 4 | 8 | 59-44 | 3 | 3.0 | Jackson | Petry | 2:39 | 23,330 | --- | |||
| 104 | 104 | Wednesday, Aug 5 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 4 | 2 | 60-44 | 3 | 3.0 | Terrell | Saberhagen | 2:20 | 21,584 | + | |||
| 105 | 105 | Thursday, Aug 6 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 12 | 5 | 61-44 | 3 | 2.0 | Tanana | Guidry | 3:10 | 41,875 | ++ | |||
| 106 | 106 | Friday, Aug 7 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 8 | 0 | 62-44 | 3 | 1.5 | Robinson | Rhoden | 2:31 | 48,262 | +++ | |||
| 107 | 107 | Saturday, Aug 8 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 0 | 7 | 62-45 | 3 | 2.0 | John | King | 2:37 | 45,812 | - | |||
| 108 | 108 | Sunday, Aug 9 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 15 | 4 | 63-45 | 3 | 1.5 | Petry | Rasmussen | 3:03 | 44,673 | + | |||
| 109 | 109 | Monday, Aug 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 4 | 8 | 63-46 | 3 | 1.5 | Dotson | Terrell | 2:41 | 16,068 | - | ||
| 110 | 110 | Tuesday, Aug 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 9 | 6 | 64-46 | 2 | 1.5 | Tanana | Nielsen | Hernandez | 3:04 | 14,567 | + | |
| 111 | 111 | Wednesday, Aug 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 8 | 7 | 65-46 | 2 | 1.5 | Hernandez | Thigpen | 3:18 | 16,438 | ++ | ||
| 112 | 112 | Thursday, Aug 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | W | 4 | 1 | 66-46 | 2 | 0.5 | Morris | Gubicza | 2:59 | 38,221 | +++ | ||
| 113 | 113 | Friday, Aug 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 5 | 7 | 66-47 | 2 | 1.5 | Black | Terrell | Quisenberry | 3:08 | 38,749 | - | |
| 114 | 114 | Saturday, Aug 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | W | 8 | 4 | 67-47 | 2 | 0.5 | King | Jackson | Henneman | 3:05 | 40,425 | + | |
| 115 | 115 | Sunday, Aug 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | W | 10 | 6 | 68-47 | 2 | 0.5 | Robinson | Gleaton | 3:22 | 33,006 | ++ | ||
| 116 | 116 | Tuesday, Aug 18 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 11 | 2 | 69-47 | 2 | 0.5 | Morris | Carlton | 2:36 | 32,053 | +++ | |||
| 117 | 117 | Wednesday, Aug 19 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 7 | 1 | 70-47 | 1 | up 0.5 | Terrell | Blyleven | 2:12 | 38,163 | ++++ | |||
| 118 | 118 | Thursday, Aug 20 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 8 | 0 | 71-47 | 1 | up 0.5 | Alexander | Niekro | 2:46 | 45,804 | +++++ | |||
| 119 | 119 | Friday, Aug 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 4 | 12 | 71-48 | 1 | Tied | Easterly | Petry | Gordon | 3:42 | 0 | - | |
| 120 | 120 | Friday, Aug 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 3 | 8 | 71-49 | 1 | Tied | Farrell | Tanana | 2:43 | 20,965 | -- | ||
| 121 | 121 | Saturday, Aug 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 8 | 6 | 72-49 | 1 | Tied | Henneman | Bailes | King | 3:15 | 20,148 | + | |
| 122 | 122 | Sunday, Aug 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 4 | 3 | 73-49 | 1 | up 1.0 | Morris | Candiotti | 2:43 | 21,097 | ++ | ||
| 123 | 123 | Monday, Aug 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 4 | 5 | 73-50 | 1 | Tied | Reardon | King | 3:07 | 27,338 | - | ||
| 124 | 124 | Tuesday, Aug 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 5 | 4 | 74-50 | 1 | Tied | Alexander | Niekro | Henneman | 2:52 | 30,639 | + | |
| 125 | 125 | Wednesday, Aug 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 10 | 8 | 75-50 | 1 | up 0.5 | Petry | Reardon | Hernandez | 3:29 | 29,265 | ++ | |
| 126 | 126 | Friday, Aug 28 | boxscore | DET | TEX | L | 3 | 5 | 75-51 | 1 | Tied | Williams | Morris | Mohorcic | 3:06 | 32,362 | - | ||
| 127 | 127 | Saturday, Aug 29 | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 4 | 1 | 76-51 | 1 | up 1.0 | Terrell | Witt | 2:47 | 41,604 | + | |||
| 128 | 128 | Sunday, Aug 30 | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 7 | 0 | 77-51 | 1 | up 1.0 | Alexander | Hough | 2:23 | 38,641 | ++ | |||
| 129 | 129 | Monday, Aug 31 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 2 | 7 | 77-52 | 1 | up 1.0 | Farrell | Tanana | 3:02 | 22,530 | - | |||
| 130 | 130 | Tuesday, Sep 1 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 6 | 5 | 12 | 78-52 | 1 | up 1.0 | Hernandez | Gordon | 3:58 | 19,810 | + | ||
| 131 | 131 | Wednesday, Sep 2 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 2 | 1 | 79-52 | 1 | up 1.0 | Morris | Candiotti | 2:33 | 20,516 | ++ | |||
| 132 | 132 | Thursday, Sep 3 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 3 | 1 | 80-52 | 1 | up 1.5 | Terrell | Yett | 2:42 | 21,964 | +++ | |||
| 133 | 133 | Friday, Sep 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | W | 11 | 2 | 81-52 | 1 | up 1.5 | Alexander | Hough | 2:54 | 16,095 | ++++ | ||
| 134 | 134 | Saturday, Sep 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | L | 7 | 8 | 81-53 | 1 | up 0.5 | Howe | Hernandez | 3:42 | 26,058 | - | ||
| 135 | 135 | Sunday, Sep 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | L | 3 | 9 | 81-54 | 2 | 0.5 | Guzman | Robinson | 2:57 | 22,374 | -- | ||
| 136 | 136 | Monday, Sep 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 12 | 4 | 82-54 | 2 | 0.5 | Morris | Ballard | 3:21 | 13,651 | + | ||
| 137 | 137 | Wednesday, Sep 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 7 | 4 | 83-54 | 1 | up 1.5 | Terrell | Dixon | Hernandez | 3:09 | 0 | ++ | |
| 138 | 138 | Wednesday, Sep 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 6 | 0 | 84-54 | 1 | up 1.5 | Alexander | Boddicker | 2:47 | 21,579 | +++ | ||
| 139 | 139 | Thursday, Sep 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | L | 3 | 4 | 84-55 | 1 | up 1.0 | Nieves | Tanana | Mirabella | 2:54 | 9,715 | - | |
| 140 | 140 | Friday, Sep 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | L | 2 | 5 | 84-56 | 1 | Tied | Higuera | Henneman | 2:46 | 21,161 | -- | ||
| 141 | 141 | Saturday, Sep 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | L | 2 | 11 | 84-57 | 2 | 1.0 | Wegman | Morris | 3:14 | 50,288 | --- | ||
| 142 | 142 | Sunday, Sep 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | W | 5 | 1 | 85-57 | 1 | Tied | Terrell | Bosio | 2:39 | 21,880 | + | ||
| 143 | 143 | Monday, Sep 14 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 3 | 0 | 86-57 | 1 | Tied | Alexander | Clemens | Henneman | 3:01 | 23,287 | ++ | ||
| 144 | 144 | Tuesday, Sep 15 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 9 | 8 | 87-57 | 1 | Tied | Petry | Crawford | Henneman | 3:09 | 20,398 | +++ | ||
| 145 | 145 | Wednesday, Sep 16 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 4 | 1 | 88-57 | 1 | Tied | Morris | Sellers | 2:25 | 22,341 | ++++ | |||
| 146 | 146 | Friday, Sep 18 | boxscore | DET | MIL | W | 7 | 6 | 89-57 | 1 | up 0.5 | Terrell | Wegman | King | 2:44 | 30,104 | +++++ | ||
| 147 | 147 | Saturday, Sep 19 | boxscore | DET | MIL | W | 5 | 2 | 90-57 | 1 | up 1.5 | Alexander | Bosio | 2:42 | 34,006 | ++++++ | |||
| 148 | 148 | Sunday, Sep 20 | boxscore | DET | MIL | L | 4 | 11 | 90-58 | 1 | up 0.5 | Nieves | Morris | Crim | 2:43 | 42,143 | - | ||
| 149 | 149 | Monday, Sep 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 4 | 9 | 90-59 | 2 | 0.5 | Nipper | Snell | 3:11 | 20,376 | -- | ||
| 150 | 150 | Tuesday, Sep 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 8 | 5 | 91-59 | 2 | 0.5 | Terrell | Woodward | Noles | 3:20 | 20,189 | + | |
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 151 | 151 | Wednesday, Sep 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 4 | 0 | 92-59 | 2 | 0.5 | Alexander | Hurst | 2:20 | 23,798 | ++ | ||
| 152 | 152 | Thursday, Sep 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | L | 3 | 4 | 92-60 | 2 | 1.5 | Flanagan | Morris | Henke | 2:51 | 42,436 | - | |
| 153 | 153 | Friday, Sep 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | L | 2 | 3 | 92-61 | 2 | 2.5 | Musselman | Hernandez | 2:52 | 46,233 | -- | ||
| 154 | 154 | Saturday, Sep 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | L | 9 | 10 | 92-62 | 2 | 3.5 | Nunez | Henneman | 3:35 | 46,429 | --- | ||
| 155 | 155 | Sunday, Sep 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | W | 3 | 2 | 13 | 93-62 | 2 | 2.5 | Henneman | Nunez | Noles | 4:06 | 46,346 | + |
| 156 | 156 | Monday, Sep 28 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 0 | 3 | 93-63 | 2 | 2.5 | Habyan | Morris | Niedenfuer | 2:50 | 20,015 | - | ||
| 157 | 157 | Tuesday, Sep 29 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 10 | 1 | 94-63 | 2 | 1.5 | Tanana | Bell | 2:38 | 16,882 | + | |||
| 158 | 158 | Wednesday, Sep 30 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 3 | 7 | 94-64 | 2 | 1.5 | Mesa | Petry | 2:54 | 19,434 | - | |||
| 159 | 159 | Thursday, Oct 1 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 9 | 5 | 95-64 | 2 | 1.0 | Terrell | Boddicker | 2:45 | 19,749 | + | |||
| 160 | 160 | Friday, Oct 2 | boxscore | DET | TOR | W | 4 | 3 | 96-64 | 1 | Tied | Alexander | Clancy | Henneman | 3:01 | 45,167 | ++ | ||
| 161 | 161 | Saturday, Oct 3 | boxscore | DET | TOR | W | 3 | 2 | 12 | 97-64 | 1 | up 1.0 | Henneman | Musselman | 4:05 | 45,026 | +++ | ||
| 162 | 162 | Sunday, Oct 4 | boxscore | DET | TOR | W | 1 | 0 | 98-64 | 1 | up 2.0 | Tanana | Key | 2:29 | 51,005 | ++++ | |||
| 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.