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| Season Summary | 79-83, Final Rank:3, GB: 9.0 | |
| Days in First | never | |
| Biggest Lead | never led | |
| Farthest Behind | 13 | last on Saturday, Sep 8, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | never | |
| Most Games under .500 | 12 | last on Thursday, Aug 16 |
| Longest Winning Streak | 7 | Tuesday, May 15 to Monday, May 21 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 5 | Sunday, Apr 29 to Thursday, May 3 and Saturday, May 26 to Wednesday, May 30 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 16 | Tuesday, Apr 24 |
| Most Runs Scored | 17 | Saturday, Jul 28 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 14 | Thursday, Aug 2 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 7 | |
| Times Opponent Shutout | 12 | |
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| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Monday, Apr 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 2 | 5 | 0-1 | 5 | 1.0 | Clemens | Morris | Smith | 2:47 | 35,199 | - | |
| 2 | 2 | Tuesday, Apr 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 2 | 4 | 0-2 | 6 | 2.0 | Boddicker | Ritz | Smith | 2:54 | 15,352 | -- | |
| 3 | 3 | Wednesday, Apr 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 2 | 3 | 10 | 0-3 | 7 | 3.0 | Harris | Gleaton | 3:24 | 15,369 | --- | |
| 4 | 4 | Thursday, Apr 12 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 11 | 7 | 1-3 | 6 | 2.0 | Lugo | Rochford | 3:36 | 44,906 | + | |||
| 5 | 5 | Friday, Apr 13 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 10 | 6 | 2-3 | 5 | 1.5 | Morris | Price | 3:25 | 11,871 | ++ | |||
| 6 | 6 | Saturday, Apr 14 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 4 | 7 | 2-4 | 6 | 2.0 | Johnson | Ritz | Olson | 3:36 | 11,294 | - | ||
| 7 | 7 | Sunday, Apr 15 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 6 | 4 | 3-4 | 4 | 1.5 | Petry | Aldrich | Henneman | 3:03 | 10,632 | + | ||
| 8 | 8 | Tuesday, Apr 17 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 1 | 4 | 3-5 | 4 | 2.5 | Leary | Tanana | Righetti | 2:39 | 11,595 | - | ||
| 9 | 9 | Wednesday, Apr 18 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 8 | 4 | 4-5 | 4 | 1.5 | Morris | LaPoint | Henneman | 3:12 | 14,515 | + | ||
| 10 | 10 | Thursday, Apr 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 2 | 4 | 4-6 | 6 | 2.0 | Johnson | Ritz | Olson | 3:31 | 49,288 | - | |
| 11 | 11 | Friday, Apr 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 0 | 6 | 4-7 | 7 | 3.0 | Milacki | Robinson | 2:53 | 22,382 | -- | ||
| 12 | 12 | Saturday, Apr 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 3 | 2 | 5-7 | 7 | 3.0 | Lugo | Aldrich | Henneman | 3:00 | 20,512 | + | |
| 13 | 13 | Sunday, Apr 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 2 | 3 | 12 | 5-8 | 7 | 3.0 | Olson | Henneman | 4:26 | 31,873 | - | |
| 14 | 14 | Monday, Apr 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 6 | 3 | 6-8 | 6 | 3.0 | Tanana | Smith | Henneman | 2:43 | 13,129 | + | |
| 15 | 15 | Tuesday, Apr 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 4 | 16 | 6-9 | 7 | 4.0 | Candelaria | Ritz | 3:07 | 13,561 | - | ||
| 16 | 16 | Wednesday, Apr 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 6 | 4 | 7-9 | 5 | 4.0 | Robinson | Tapani | Henneman | 2:48 | 14,865 | + | |
| 17 | 17 | Friday, Apr 27 | boxscore | DET | MIL | L | 6 | 9 | 7-10 | 6 | 4.0 | Krueger | Morris | Crim | 2:57 | 14,389 | - | ||
| 18 | 18 | Saturday, Apr 28 | boxscore | DET | MIL | W | 13 | 5 | 8-10 | 6 | 3.0 | Tanana | August | 3:04 | 15,829 | + | |||
| 19 | 19 | Sunday, Apr 29 | boxscore | DET | MIL | L | 1 | 6 | 8-11 | 6 | 4.0 | Bosio | Petry | 2:57 | 15,186 | - | |||
| 20 | 20 | Monday, Apr 30 | boxscore | DET | MIL | L | 1 | 6 | 8-12 | 7 | 5.0 | Knudson | Robinson | 2:42 | 10,466 | -- | |||
| 21 | 21 | Tuesday, May 1 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 5 | 9 | 8-13 | 7 | 6.0 | Candelaria | Gibson | 2:55 | 10,563 | --- | |||
| 22 | 22 | Wednesday, May 2 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 2 | 8 | 8-14 | 7 | 6.5 | West | Morris | 2:27 | 10,665 | ---- | |||
| 23 | 23 | Thursday, May 3 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8-15 | 7 | 7.5 | Leach | Henneman | Aguilera | 2:58 | 12,454 | ----- | |
| 24 | 24 | Friday, May 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | W | 3 | 1 | 9-15 | 7 | 7.0 | Petry | Flanagan | Henneman | 2:42 | 49,146 | + | |
| 25 | 25 | Saturday, May 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | L | 1 | 5 | 9-16 | 7 | 7.0 | Stottlemyre | Robinson | 2:45 | 49,219 | - | ||
| 26 | 26 | Sunday, May 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | L | 7 | 11 | 9-17 | 7 | 7.0 | Key | Dubois | 2:53 | 49,206 | -- | ||
| 27 | 27 | Monday, May 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | L | 4 | 5 | 9-18 | 7 | 8.0 | Krueger | Morris | Plesac | 2:39 | 10,892 | --- | |
| 28 | 28 | Tuesday, May 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | L | 5 | 7 | 9-19 | 7 | 9.0 | Mirabella | Tanana | Plesac | 3:04 | 10,891 | ---- | |
| 29 | 29 | Wednesday, May 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | W | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10-19 | 7 | 8.0 | Petry | Bosio | Henneman | 2:43 | 10,780 | + |
| 30 | 30 | Thursday, May 10 | boxscore | DET | TOR | W | 10 | 5 | 11-19 | 7 | 7.5 | Robinson | Stottlemyre | 3:03 | 11,296 | ++ | |||
| 31 | 31 | Friday, May 11 | boxscore | DET | TOR | L | 2 | 4 | 11-20 | 7 | 8.5 | Key | Dubois | Henke | 2:55 | 17,376 | - | ||
| 32 | 32 | Sunday, May 13 | boxscore | DET | TOR | L | 3 | 6 | 11-21 | 7 | 8.0 | Wells | Morris | 2:53 | 17,068 | -- | |||
| 33 | 33 | Monday, May 14 | boxscore | DET | TOR | L | 3 | 8 | 10 | 11-22 | 7 | 9.0 | Ward | Henneman | 3:38 | 10,833 | --- | ||
| 34 | 34 | Tuesday, May 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | W | 3 | 2 | 12-22 | 7 | 8.0 | Petry | Brown | Henneman | 3:16 | 20,006 | + | |
| 35 | 35 | Wednesday, May 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | W | 12 | 0 | 13-22 | 7 | 7.5 | Robinson | Bohanon | 2:57 | 14,492 | ++ | ||
| 36 | 36 | Thursday, May 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | W | 7 | 5 | 10 | 14-22 | 7 | 7.5 | Henneman | Russell | 3:48 | 28,394 | +++ | |
| 37 | 37 | Friday, May 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 8 | 2 | 15-22 | 7 | 7.5 | Dubois | Perez | 3:15 | 21,312 | ++++ | ||
| 38 | 38 | Saturday, May 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 6 | 4 | 16-22 | 6 | 6.5 | Tanana | McDowell | Henneman | 3:16 | 22,136 | +++++ | |
| 39 | 39 | Sunday, May 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 3 | 2 | 10 | 17-22 | 5 | 6.5 | Nunez | Edwards | Henneman | 3:06 | 21,821 | ++++++ |
| 40 | 40 | Monday, May 21 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 11 | 6 | 18-22 | 5 | 5.5 | Robinson | Gordon | Gleaton | 3:08 | 12,372 | +++++++ | ||
| 41 | 41 | Tuesday, May 22 | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 8 | 9 | 18-23 | 5 | 6.5 | Farr | Morris | Montgomery | 3:13 | 12,486 | - | ||
| 42 | 42 | Wednesday, May 23 | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 5 | 1 | 19-23 | 5 | 5.5 | Dubois | Jeffcoat | Gibson | 2:27 | 14,063 | + | ||
| 43 | 43 | Thursday, May 24 | boxscore | DET | TEX | L | 2 | 3 | 19-24 | 5 | 5.5 | Hough | Tanana | Russell | 2:45 | 11,834 | - | ||
| 44 | 44 | Friday, May 25 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 2 | 1 | 20-24 | 5 | 4.5 | Gibson | Hibbard | Henneman | 3:00 | 13,852 | + | ||
| 45 | 45 | Saturday, May 26 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 4 | 10 | 20-25 | 5 | 4.5 | Patterson | Robinson | 3:23 | 17,026 | - | |||
| 46 | 46 | Sunday, May 27 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 1 | 2 | 20-26 | 6 | 4.5 | Perez | Morris | Thigpen | 2:55 | -- | |||
| 47 | 47 | Monday, May 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 2 | 3 | 20-27 | 6 | 5.0 | Saberhagen | Dubois | 2:15 | 36,695 | --- | ||
| 48 | 48 | Tuesday, May 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 3 | 5 | 20-28 | 6 | 6.0 | Farr | Henneman | Montgomery | 3:01 | 20,835 | ---- | |
| 49 | 49 | Wednesday, May 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 3 | 4 | 20-29 | 6 | 6.0 | Aquino | Petry | Montgomery | 2:47 | 20,675 | ----- | |
| 50 | 50 | Friday, Jun 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | W | 9 | 7 | 21-29 | 6 | 5.5 | Morris | Bankhead | Henneman | 3:16 | 14,298 | + | |
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Saturday, Jun 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | L | 0 | 2 | 21-30 | 6 | 6.5 | Johnson | Robinson | 2:41 | 20,014 | - | ||
| 52 | 52 | Sunday, Jun 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | W | 2 | 0 | 22-30 | 6 | 5.5 | Tanana | Hanson | Henneman | 3:00 | 23,636 | + | |
| 53 | 53 | Tuesday, Jun 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 6 | 2 | 23-30 | 6 | 5.5 | Petry | Candiotti | Nunez | 2:53 | 12,407 | ++ | |
| 54 | 54 | Wednesday, Jun 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 6 | 4 | 24-30 | 6 | 5.5 | Morris | Swindell | Henneman | 2:42 | 13,213 | +++ | |
| 55 | 55 | Thursday, Jun 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 8 | 0 | 25-30 | 5 | 5.5 | Dubois | Black | 2:25 | 8,927 | ++++ | ||
| 56 | 56 | Friday, Jun 8 | boxscore | DET | SEA | L | 2 | 5 | 25-31 | 5 | 6.0 | Hanson | Tanana | Jackson | 3:04 | 0 | - | ||
| 57 | 57 | Friday, Jun 8 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 6 | 3 | 26-31 | 5 | 6.0 | Henneman | Comstock | 2:59 | 18,718 | + | |||
| 58 | 58 | Saturday, Jun 9 | boxscore | DET | SEA | L | 2 | 5 | 26-32 | 5 | 7.0 | Swan | Petry | 2:45 | 21,137 | - | |||
| 59 | 59 | Sunday, Jun 10 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 4 | 3 | 27-32 | 5 | 6.0 | Morris | Holman | Henneman | 2:41 | 22,174 | + | ||
| 60 | 60 | Tuesday, Jun 12 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 3 | 7 | 27-33 | 6 | 6.0 | Black | Dubois | 2:23 | 12,332 | - | |||
| 61 | 61 | Wednesday, Jun 13 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 5 | 4 | 28-33 | 5 | 6.0 | Henneman | Seanez | 2:55 | 13,728 | + | |||
| 62 | 62 | Thursday, Jun 14 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 7 | 3 | 29-33 | 5 | 6.0 | Tanana | Valdez | 2:45 | 12,309 | ++ | |||
| 63 | 63 | Friday, Jun 15 | boxscore | DET | CAL | W | 2 | 1 | 10 | 30-33 | 4 | 6.0 | Gleaton | Harvey | 3:46 | 21,252 | +++ | ||
| 64 | 64 | Saturday, Jun 16 | boxscore | DET | CAL | W | 6 | 2 | 31-33 | 3 | 6.0 | Morris | Blyleven | 2:44 | 36,247 | ++++ | |||
| 65 | 65 | Sunday, Jun 17 | boxscore | DET | CAL | L | 3 | 7 | 31-34 | 3 | 7.0 | Finley | Dubois | Harvey | 3:03 | 23,269 | - | ||
| 66 | 66 | Monday, Jun 18 | boxscore | DET | OAK | W | 7 | 2 | 32-34 | 3 | 6.5 | Robinson | Young | Nunez | 2:47 | 18,551 | + | ||
| 67 | 67 | Tuesday, Jun 19 | boxscore | DET | OAK | W | 7 | 6 | 33-34 | 3 | 5.5 | Gibson | Stewart | Henneman | 3:17 | 21,738 | ++ | ||
| 68 | 68 | Wednesday, Jun 20 | boxscore | DET | OAK | L | 7 | 12 | 33-35 | 3 | 6.5 | Welch | Petry | 2:50 | 24,799 | - | |||
| 69 | 69 | Thursday, Jun 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | L | 4 | 6 | 33-36 | 4 | 6.5 | Blyleven | Morris | Harvey | 2:51 | 26,462 | -- | |
| 70 | 70 | Friday, Jun 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | L | 0 | 1 | 33-37 | 5 | 6.5 | Bailes | Gibson | 2:27 | 43,253 | --- | ||
| 71 | 71 | Saturday, Jun 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | W | 9 | 4 | 34-37 | 4 | 6.5 | Robinson | Abbott | 3:26 | 50,527 | + | ||
| 72 | 72 | Sunday, Jun 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | L | 2 | 10 | 34-38 | 5 | 7.5 | McCaskill | Tanana | 2:48 | 35,566 | - | ||
| 73 | 73 | Monday, Jun 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L | 3 | 4 | 34-39 | 5 | 8.0 | Welch | Petry | Eckersley | 2:44 | 30,095 | -- | |
| 74 | 74 | Tuesday, Jun 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L | 2 | 3 | 34-40 | 5 | 9.0 | Sanderson | Morris | Eckersley | 2:16 | 31,643 | --- | |
| 75 | 75 | Wednesday, Jun 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | W | 5 | 4 | 35-40 | 5 | 9.0 | Henneman | Burns | 3:20 | 36,480 | + | ||
| 76 | 76 | Friday, Jun 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 2 | 3 | 35-41 | 4 | 9.5 | Crawford | Robinson | Montgomery | 2:55 | 37,485 | - | |
| 77 | 77 | Saturday, Jun 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | W | 5 | 3 | 36-41 | 4 | 8.5 | Nunez | Davis | Henneman | 2:47 | 34,404 | + | |
| 78 | 78 | Sunday, Jul 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | W | 9 | 4 | 37-41 | 4 | 8.5 | Morris | Gordon | Gibson | 2:56 | 25,407 | ++ | |
| 79 | 79 | Monday, Jul 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 4 | 5 | 37-42 | 4 | 9.5 | Thigpen | Henneman | 3:40 | 26,787 | - | ||
| 80 | 80 | Tuesday, Jul 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 13 | 7 | 38-42 | 4 | 8.5 | Nunez | King | Gleaton | 3:34 | 25,526 | + | |
| 81 | 81 | Wednesday, Jul 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 10 | 7 | 12 | 39-42 | 4 | 8.5 | McCullers | Patterson | 4:38 | 23,547 | ++ | |
| 82 | 82 | Thursday, Jul 5 | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 3 | 15 | 39-43 | 4 | 8.5 | Aquino | Petry | 3:12 | 18,884 | - | |||
| 83 | 83 | Friday, Jul 6 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 4 | 0 | 40-43 | 4 | 7.5 | Morris | Gordon | 2:24 | 21,256 | + | |||
| 84 | 84 | Saturday, Jul 7 | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 0 | 4 | 40-44 | 4 | 7.5 | Appier | Tanana | 2:46 | 27,149 | - | |||
| 85 | 85 | Sunday, Jul 8 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 10 | 4 | 41-44 | 4 | 6.5 | Petry | Davis | 3:04 | 27,315 | + | |||
| 86 | 86 | Thursday, Jul 12 | boxscore | DET | TEX | L | 1 | 11 | 41-45 | 4 | 7.0 | Brown | Morris | 2:39 | 15,938 | - | |||
| 87 | 87 | Friday, Jul 13 | boxscore | DET | TEX | L | 6 | 7 | 41-46 | 4 | 7.0 | Witt | Gleaton | Rogers | 3:22 | 17,042 | -- | ||
| 88 | 88 | Saturday, Jul 14 | boxscore | DET | TEX | L | 3 | 5 | 41-47 | 4 | 7.5 | Ryan | Robinson | Arnsberg | 3:28 | 27,850 | --- | ||
| 89 | 89 | Sunday, Jul 15 | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 3 | 2 | 42-47 | 4 | 6.5 | Searcy | Jeffcoat | Henneman | 3:00 | 21,787 | + | ||
| 90 | 90 | Monday, Jul 16 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 5 | 4 | 43-47 | 4 | 6.0 | Henneman | Pall | 3:19 | 14,770 | ++ | |||
| 91 | 91 | Tuesday, Jul 17 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 3 | 7 | 43-48 | 4 | 6.5 | Perez | Morris | 3:07 | 16,281 | - | |||
| 92 | 92 | Wednesday, Jul 18 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 5 | 7 | 43-49 | 4 | 7.5 | Pall | Henneman | Thigpen | 2:59 | 15,254 | -- | ||
| 93 | 93 | Thursday, Jul 19 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 1 | 0 | 44-49 | 4 | 6.5 | Robinson | Harris | Gleaton | 2:27 | 12,678 | + | ||
| 94 | 94 | Friday, Jul 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | L | 3 | 5 | 44-50 | 5 | 7.0 | Ryan | Searcy | Rogers | 2:37 | 41,719 | - | |
| 95 | 95 | Saturday, Jul 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | W | 8 | 1 | 45-50 | 5 | 6.5 | Petry | Jeffcoat | 2:33 | 40,505 | + | ||
| 96 | 96 | Sunday, Jul 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | L | 3 | 5 | 45-51 | 5 | 6.5 | Arnsberg | Morris | Rogers | 3:07 | 29,773 | - | |
| 97 | 97 | Monday, Jul 23 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 3 | 13 | 45-52 | 5 | 7.0 | Johnson | Tanana | 3:22 | 14,458 | -- | |||
| 98 | 98 | Tuesday, Jul 24 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 8 | 2 | 46-52 | 5 | 6.0 | Robinson | Mitchell | 3:04 | 16,693 | + | |||
| 99 | 99 | Wednesday, Jul 25 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 4 | 3 | 47-52 | 5 | 5.0 | Henneman | Milacki | Gleaton | 2:47 | 23,684 | ++ | ||
| 100 | 100 | Thursday, Jul 26 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 10 | 4 | 48-52 | 4 | 5.0 | Petry | Gardner | 3:02 | 20,564 | +++ | |||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 101 | 101 | Friday, Jul 27 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 0 | 1 | 48-53 | 4 | 6.0 | Bolton | Morris | Murphy | 2:48 | 27,556 | - | ||
| 102 | 102 | Saturday, Jul 28 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 17 | 9 | 49-53 | 4 | 5.0 | Gibson | Lamp | 3:32 | 39,727 | + | |||
| 103 | 103 | Sunday, Jul 29 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 3 | 13 | 49-54 | 4 | 6.0 | Harris | Robinson | 3:14 | 28,631 | - | |||
| 104 | 104 | Monday, Jul 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 2 | 6 | 49-55 | 4 | 7.0 | LaPoint | Searcy | 2:31 | 24,037 | -- | ||
| 105 | 105 | Tuesday, Jul 31 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 4 | 10 | 49-56 | 4 | 7.0 | Leiter | Petry | 3:19 | 21,682 | --- | ||
| 106 | 106 | Wednesday, Aug 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 15 | 4 | 50-56 | 4 | 7.0 | Morris | Hawkins | 3:11 | 22,288 | + | ||
| 107 | 107 | Thursday, Aug 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 6 | 5 | 14 | 51-56 | 4 | 6.5 | Parker | Mills | Tanana | 4:40 | 20,160 | ++ |
| 108 | 108 | Friday, Aug 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 5 | 14 | 51-57 | 4 | 7.5 | Harris | Robinson | 3:03 | 34,713 | - | ||
| 109 | 109 | Saturday, Aug 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 1 | 3 | 51-58 | 4 | 8.5 | Clemens | Searcy | Murphy | 3:00 | 34,857 | -- | |
| 110 | 110 | Sunday, Aug 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 7 | 2 | 52-58 | 4 | 7.5 | Petry | Boddicker | Gleaton | 3:05 | 34,581 | + | |
| 111 | 111 | Tuesday, Aug 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | L | 5 | 11 | 52-59 | 4 | 8.5 | Key | Morris | 2:44 | 49,894 | - | ||
| 112 | 112 | Wednesday, Aug 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | L | 3 | 8 | 52-60 | 4 | 8.5 | Wells | Terrell | 3:11 | 49,897 | -- | ||
| 113 | 113 | Thursday, Aug 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | W | 5 | 4 | 53-60 | 4 | 8.5 | Robinson | Stottlemyre | Gleaton | 3:00 | 49,911 | + | |
| 114 | 114 | Friday, Aug 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 2 | 5 | 53-61 | 4 | 8.5 | Walker | Searcy | Jones | 2:23 | 42,196 | - | |
| 115 | 115 | Saturday, Aug 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 4 | 13 | 53-62 | 5 | 9.5 | Swindell | Petry | Ward | 3:14 | 15,319 | -- | |
| 116 | 116 | Sunday, Aug 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 5 | 9 | 53-63 | 5 | 10.5 | Candiotti | Morris | Jones | 2:56 | 24,484 | --- | |
| 117 | 117 | Monday, Aug 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 6 | 5 | 54-63 | 5 | 9.5 | Terrell | Shaw | Gleaton | 2:51 | 12,073 | + | |
| 118 | 118 | Tuesday, Aug 14 | boxscore | DET | MIL | L | 6 | 7 | 54-64 | 5 | 10.5 | Crim | Gleaton | Plesac | 3:37 | 17,557 | - | ||
| 119 | 119 | Wednesday, Aug 15 | boxscore | DET | MIL | L | 3 | 7 | 54-65 | 5 | 10.5 | Mirabella | Searcy | Plesac | 3:07 | 15,957 | -- | ||
| 120 | 120 | Thursday, Aug 16 | boxscore | DET | MIL | L | 4 | 8 | 54-66 | 5 | 11.0 | Robinson | Petry | Plesac | 3:28 | 15,888 | --- | ||
| 121 | 121 | Friday, Aug 17 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 3 | 0 | 55-66 | 5 | 10.0 | Morris | Candiotti | 2:18 | 21,286 | + | |||
| 122 | 122 | Saturday, Aug 18 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 6 | 3 | 56-66 | 5 | 9.0 | Terrell | Shaw | Nunez | 2:34 | 25,808 | ++ | ||
| 123 | 123 | Monday, Aug 20 | boxscore | DET | CAL | L | 3 | 5 | 56-67 | 5 | 10.5 | Langston | Gibson | Harvey | 3:35 | 13,349 | - | ||
| 124 | 124 | Tuesday, Aug 21 | boxscore | DET | CAL | W | 6 | 2 | 57-67 | 4 | 9.5 | Petry | Grahe | Nunez | 3:00 | 14,916 | + | ||
| 125 | 125 | Wednesday, Aug 22 | boxscore | DET | CAL | W | 7 | 4 | 58-67 | 4 | 9.5 | Morris | Finley | Gleaton | 3:01 | 21,375 | ++ | ||
| 126 | 126 | Friday, Aug 24 | boxscore | DET | OAK | L | 4 | 6 | 58-68 | 4 | 10.0 | Sanderson | Terrell | Eckersley | 3:19 | 29,613 | - | ||
| 127 | 127 | Saturday, Aug 25 | boxscore | DET | OAK | W | 14 | 4 | 59-68 | 4 | 10.0 | Tanana | Stewart | 3:11 | 45,474 | + | |||
| 128 | 128 | Sunday, Aug 26 | boxscore | DET | OAK | W | 7 | 3 | 60-68 | 4 | 10.0 | Robinson | Welch | 2:40 | 24,630 | ++ | |||
| 129 | 129 | Tuesday, Aug 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | L | 3 | 4 | 60-69 | 4 | 11.5 | Comstock | Gibson | 2:43 | 12,201 | - | ||
| 130 | 130 | Wednesday, Aug 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | W | 4 | 2 | 61-69 | 3 | 11.5 | Terrell | Young | Gleaton | 2:42 | 13,105 | + | |
| 131 | 131 | Thursday, Aug 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | W | 3 | 2 | 62-69 | 3 | 11.5 | Henneman | Jackson | 2:59 | 10,055 | ++ | ||
| 132 | 132 | Friday, Aug 31 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 12 | 6 | 63-69 | 3 | 11.5 | Parker | Abbott | 3:24 | 21,071 | +++ | ||
| 133 | 133 | Saturday, Sep 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 9 | 5 | 64-69 | 3 | 11.5 | Nosek | Anderson | Henneman | 2:55 | 17,370 | ++++ | |
| 134 | 134 | Sunday, Sep 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 3 | 4 | 64-70 | 3 | 12.5 | Erickson | Morris | Aguilera | 2:29 | 21,894 | - | |
| 135 | 135 | Monday, Sep 3 | boxscore | DET | TOR | W | 5 | 0 | 65-70 | 3 | 11.5 | Terrell | Key | 2:32 | 33,658 | + | |||
| 136 | 136 | Tuesday, Sep 4 | boxscore | DET | TOR | W | 3 | 1 | 66-70 | 3 | 10.5 | Gibson | Ward | Henneman | 3:07 | 14,760 | ++ | ||
| 137 | 137 | Wednesday, Sep 5 | boxscore | DET | TOR | L | 3 | 7 | 66-71 | 3 | 10.5 | Wells | Parker | 3:14 | 16,677 | - | |||
| 138 | 138 | Thursday, Sep 6 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 0 | 6 | 5 | 66-72 | 3 | 11.0 | Candiotti | Nosek | 1:33 | 11,283 | -- | ||
| 139 | 139 | Friday, Sep 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | L | 5 | 6 | 66-73 | 3 | 12.0 | Higuera | Morris | Crim | 2:26 | 17,055 | --- | |
| 140 | 140 | Saturday, Sep 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | L | 2 | 5 | 66-74 | 4 | 13.0 | Navarro | Terrell | Machado | 2:36 | 35,299 | ---- | |
| 141 | 141 | Sunday, Sep 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | W | 5 | 0 | 67-74 | 3 | 12.0 | Aldred | Krueger | Nunez | 2:58 | 22,561 | + | |
| 142 | 142 | Monday, Sep 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 8 | 0 | 68-74 | 3 | 11.5 | Tanana | Harnisch | 3:11 | 20,688 | ++ | ||
| 143 | 143 | Tuesday, Sep 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 2 | 1 | 69-74 | 3 | 10.5 | Gibson | Schilling | Gleaton | 3:11 | 26,836 | +++ | |
| 144 | 144 | Wednesday, Sep 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 1 | 2 | 69-75 | 3 | 11.5 | McDonald | Morris | 2:35 | 23,350 | - | ||
| 145 | 145 | Thursday, Sep 13 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 3 | 7 | 69-76 | 3 | 11.5 | Witt | Terrell | 3:00 | 13,152 | -- | |||
| 146 | 146 | Friday, Sep 14 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 2 | 5 | 69-77 | 3 | 11.5 | Leary | Aldred | Righetti | 3:35 | 15,646 | --- | ||
| 147 | 147 | Saturday, Sep 15 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 4 | 3 | 70-77 | 3 | 10.5 | Tanana | Eiland | Nunez | 3:02 | 18,976 | + | ||
| 148 | 148 | Sunday, Sep 16 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 5 | 2 | 71-77 | 3 | 9.5 | Searcy | Cary | Gibson | 2:46 | 19,953 | ++ | ||
| 149 | 149 | Tuesday, Sep 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | W | 3 | 2 | 72-77 | 3 | 9.0 | Morris | Finley | Henneman | 2:43 | 22,397 | +++ | |
| 150 | 150 | Wednesday, Sep 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | W | 12 | 5 | 73-77 | 3 | 9.0 | Terrell | Grahe | Gleaton | 3:35 | 21,770 | ++++ | |
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 151 | 151 | Friday, Sep 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L | 5 | 6 | 73-78 | 3 | 9.0 | Welch | Parker | Eckersley | 3:11 | 41,356 | - | |
| 152 | 152 | Saturday, Sep 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L | 1 | 5 | 73-79 | 3 | 9.0 | Sanderson | Searcy | Honeycutt | 3:10 | 40,904 | -- | |
| 153 | 153 | Sunday, Sep 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | W | 6 | 0 | 74-79 | 3 | 9.0 | Morris | Moore | 2:39 | 43,666 | + | ||
| 154 | 154 | Tuesday, Sep 25 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 4 | 1 | 75-79 | 3 | 8.5 | Henneman | DeLucia | 2:19 | 11,210 | ++ | |||
| 155 | 155 | Wednesday, Sep 26 | boxscore | DET | SEA | L | 4 | 8 | 75-80 | 3 | 8.5 | Hanson | Tanana | Swift | 3:14 | 11,865 | - | ||
| 156 | 156 | Thursday, Sep 27 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 2 | 3 | 75-81 | 3 | 9.0 | Bolton | Searcy | Reardon | 2:41 | 13,247 | -- | ||
| 157 | 157 | Friday, Sep 28 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 3 | 1 | 76-81 | 3 | 9.0 | Morris | Anderson | Henneman | 2:26 | 18,321 | + | ||
| 158 | 158 | Saturday, Sep 29 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 0 | 2 | 76-82 | 3 | 10.0 | Erickson | Aldred | Aguilera | 3:00 | 19,727 | - | ||
| 159 | 159 | Sunday, Sep 30 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 1 | 0 | 77-82 | 3 | 9.0 | Terrell | Guthrie | Gleaton | 2:20 | 19,487 | + | ||
| 160 | 160 | Monday, Oct 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 2 | 0 | 78-82 | 3 | 9.0 | Tanana | Cary | Gleaton | 2:41 | 12,125 | ++ | |
| 161 | 161 | Tuesday, Oct 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 1 | 4 | 78-83 | 3 | 9.0 | Guetterman | Nunez | Righetti | 3:01 | 13,734 | - | |
| 162 | 162 | Wednesday, Oct 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 10 | 3 | 79-83 | 3 | 9.0 | Morris | Adkins | 2:45 | 13,380 | + | ||
| 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.