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| Season Summary | 84-78, Final Rank:2, GB: 7.0 | |
| Days in First | 5 | last on Monday, Aug 26, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day |
| 6 | last on Aug 26, counts all days of the season including off days | |
| Biggest Lead | never led | |
| Farthest Behind | 8 | last on Monday, Jul 15, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | 12 | last on Monday, Aug 26 |
| Most Games under .500 | 4 | last on Tuesday, Jun 4 |
| Longest Winning Streak | 7 | Monday, Aug 19 to Monday, Aug 26 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 8 | Friday, May 10 to Saturday, May 18 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 18 | Sunday, Jul 14 |
| Most Runs Scored | 17 | Friday, Jul 19 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 14 | Monday, May 27, Thursday, Aug 8 and Friday, Oct 4 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 7 | |
| Times Opponent Shutout | 8 | |
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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 8 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 6 | 4 | 1-0 | 1 | Tied | Gibson | Cadaret | Henneman | 3:15 | 47,382 | + | ||
| 2 | 2 | Wednesday, Apr 10 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 0 | 4 | 1-1 | 3 | 1.0 | Sanderson | Terrell | 2:56 | 7,842 | - | |||
| 3 | 3 | Thursday, Apr 11 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 11 | 5 | 2-1 | 2 | 0.5 | Gibson | Habyan | 3:40 | 8,392 | + | |||
| 4 | 4 | Friday, Apr 12 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 1 | 4 | 2-2 | 2 | 1.5 | Fernandez | Searcy | Thigpen | 3:17 | 10,847 | - | ||
| 5 | 5 | Saturday, Apr 13 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 1 | 4 | 2-3 | 4 | 1.5 | McDowell | Tanana | 2:36 | 10,673 | -- | |||
| 6 | 6 | Monday, Apr 15 | boxscore | DET | TOR | L | 3 | 4 | 2-4 | 5 | 3.0 | Stottlemyre | Terrell | Ward | 2:44 | 9,632 | --- | ||
| 7 | 7 | Tuesday, Apr 16 | boxscore | DET | TOR | W | 6 | 2 | 3-4 | 4 | 2.0 | Gullickson | Wells | Henneman | 2:45 | 10,791 | + | ||
| 8 | 8 | Wednesday, Apr 17 | boxscore | DET | TOR | W | 5 | 4 | 10 | 4-4 | 2 | 1.0 | Henneman | Ward | 2:58 | 16,355 | ++ | ||
| 9 | 9 | Thursday, Apr 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 16 | 0 | 5-4 | 2 | 0.5 | Tanana | McDowell | 3:11 | 42,191 | +++ | ||
| 10 | 10 | Saturday, Apr 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6-4 | 2 | 1.0 | Henneman | Radinsky | Gleaton | 4:00 | 36,420 | ++++ |
| 11 | 11 | Sunday, Apr 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 4 | 5 | 6-5 | 2 | 1.0 | Drahman | Gibson | 3:18 | 29,776 | - | ||
| 12 | 12 | Monday, Apr 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 10 | 5 | 7-5 | 1 | Tied | Gleaton | Cadaret | 3:12 | 12,938 | + | ||
| 13 | 13 | Tuesday, Apr 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 0 | 5 | 7-6 | 2 | 1.0 | Eiland | Tanana | 2:32 | 14,789 | - | ||
| 14 | 14 | Thursday, Apr 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | L | 2 | 3 | 7-7 | 3 | 1.5 | Key | Petry | Ward | 2:42 | 49,688 | -- | |
| 15 | 15 | Friday, Apr 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | L | 4 | 5 | 7-8 | 4 | 2.5 | Stottlemyre | Terrell | Ward | 2:40 | 50,170 | --- | |
| 16 | 16 | Saturday, Apr 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | W | 4 | 2 | 8-8 | 4 | 1.5 | Gullickson | Wells | Henneman | 2:41 | 50,211 | + | |
| 17 | 17 | Sunday, Apr 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | L | 6 | 9 | 8-9 | 4 | 2.5 | Timlin | Leiter | Ward | 3:07 | 50,134 | - | |
| 18 | 18 | Monday, Apr 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | W | 3 | 1 | 9-9 | 3 | 2.0 | Searcy | Saberhagen | Gibson | 2:39 | 20,477 | + | |
| 19 | 19 | Tuesday, Apr 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | W | 13 | 7 | 10-9 | 3 | 1.5 | Leiter | Montgomery | Henneman | 3:03 | 18,204 | ++ | |
| 20 | 20 | Wednesday, May 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | W | 6 | 4 | 11-9 | 2 | 0.5 | Gullickson | Boddicker | Henneman | 2:51 | 18,536 | +++ | |
| 21 | 21 | Friday, May 3 | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 7 | 6 | 11 | 12-9 | 4 | 0.5 | Henneman | Arnsberg | 4:16 | 13,337 | ++++ | ||
| 22 | 22 | Saturday, May 4 | boxscore | DET | TEX | L | 5 | 6 | 12-10 | 4 | 1.5 | Gossage | Gleaton | 3:10 | 16,051 | - | |||
| 23 | 23 | Sunday, May 5 | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 8 | 7 | 13-10 | 3 | 1.5 | Terrell | Brown | 3:24 | 14,619 | + | |||
| 24 | 24 | Tuesday, May 7 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 5 | 4 | 14-10 | 2 | 0.5 | Gullickson | Appier | Gibson | 2:36 | 11,506 | ++ | ||
| 25 | 25 | Wednesday, May 8 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 7 | 3 | 15-10 | 2 | 0.5 | Tanana | Davis | 3:06 | 14,495 | +++ | |||
| 26 | 26 | Thursday, May 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 3 | 0 | 16-10 | 2 | 0.5 | Petry | Tapani | Gibson | 2:26 | 10,765 | ++++ | |
| 27 | 27 | Friday, May 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 2 | 5 | 16-11 | 2 | 1.5 | Guthrie | Terrell | Aguilera | 2:46 | 16,012 | - | |
| 28 | 28 | Saturday, May 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 4 | 5 | 16-12 | 3 | 2.5 | Willis | Henneman | Aguilera | 3:13 | 23,063 | -- | |
| 29 | 29 | Sunday, May 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 3 | 8 | 16-13 | 3 | 2.5 | Erickson | Gullickson | 2:22 | 13,189 | --- | ||
| 30 | 30 | Monday, May 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | L | 1 | 8 | 16-14 | 3 | 2.5 | Barfield | Cerutti | 2:58 | 26,544 | ---- | ||
| 31 | 31 | Tuesday, May 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | L | 3 | 5 | 16-15 | 3 | 3.5 | Chiamparino | Petry | Russell | 3:18 | 14,507 | ----- | |
| 32 | 32 | Wednesday, May 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | L | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16-16 | 3 | 4.5 | Gossage | Searcy | 4:35 | 18,581 | ------ | |
| 33 | 33 | Friday, May 17 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 1 | 8 | 16-17 | 3 | 4.5 | Erickson | Gullickson | Bedrosian | 3:08 | 13,673 | ------- | ||
| 34 | 34 | Saturday, May 18 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 1 | 4 | 16-18 | 3 | 4.5 | Guthrie | Tanana | Aguilera | 2:55 | 31,432 | -------- | ||
| 35 | 35 | Sunday, May 19 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 8 | 3 | 17-18 | 3 | 3.5 | Petry | Morris | 2:33 | 17,148 | + | |||
| 36 | 36 | Monday, May 20 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 11 | 5 | 18-18 | 3 | 3.5 | Gleaton | Milacki | 3:21 | 22,231 | ++ | |||
| 37 | 37 | Tuesday, May 21 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 4 | 5 | 18-19 | 3 | 4.5 | Flanagan | Gibson | Olson | 3:18 | 11,339 | - | ||
| 38 | 38 | Wednesday, May 22 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 9 | 5 | 19-19 | 3 | 4.5 | Gullickson | McDonald | 2:52 | 13,440 | + | |||
| 39 | 39 | Thursday, May 23 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 5 | 3 | 20-19 | 3 | 3.5 | Henneman | Clemens | Gibson | 3:33 | 14,744 | ++ | ||
| 40 | 40 | Friday, May 24 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 9 | 10 | 20-20 | 3 | 4.5 | Bolton | Petry | Reardon | 3:28 | 16,546 | - | ||
| 41 | 41 | Saturday, May 25 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 3 | 2 | 21-20 | 3 | 3.5 | Terrell | Young | Henneman | 3:05 | 19,179 | + | ||
| 42 | 42 | Sunday, May 26 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 9 | 4 | 22-20 | 3 | 2.5 | Leiter | Kiecker | Gibson | 3:21 | 24,821 | ++ | ||
| 43 | 43 | Monday, May 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | W | 15 | 9 | 14 | 23-20 | 3 | 1.5 | Henneman | Crim | 5:37 | 27,667 | +++ | |
| 44 | 44 | Tuesday, May 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | L | 2 | 15 | 23-21 | 3 | 2.5 | August | Tanana | 2:44 | 12,981 | - | ||
| 45 | 45 | Wednesday, May 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | L | 2 | 6 | 23-22 | 3 | 2.5 | Navarro | Terrell | 2:32 | 21,673 | -- | ||
| 46 | 46 | Friday, May 31 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 9 | 11 | 23-23 | 3 | 3.0 | Valdez | Ritz | Hillegas | 3:29 | 22,658 | --- | |
| 47 | 47 | Saturday, Jun 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 1 | 3 | 23-24 | 3 | 3.0 | Swindell | Gullickson | 2:02 | 22,535 | ---- | ||
| 48 | 48 | Sunday, Jun 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 2 | 3 | 23-25 | 3 | 3.0 | Candiotti | Tanana | Jones | 2:43 | 14,164 | ----- | |
| 49 | 49 | Monday, Jun 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 0 | 2 | 23-26 | 4 | 4.0 | Nagy | Terrell | Hillegas | 2:31 | 6,832 | ------ | |
| 50 | 50 | Tuesday, Jun 4 | boxscore | DET | SEA | L | 6 | 8 | 23-27 | 4 | 4.0 | Holman | Cerutti | Jackson | 3:33 | 11,993 | ------- | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Wednesday, Jun 5 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 7 | 1 | 24-27 | 3 | 4.0 | Gleaton | DeLucia | Gibson | 2:59 | 12,609 | + | ||
| 52 | 52 | Thursday, Jun 6 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 5 | 4 | 25-27 | 3 | 3.0 | Gullickson | Bankhead | Henneman | 2:37 | 15,600 | ++ | ||
| 53 | 53 | Friday, Jun 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | W | 5 | 0 | 26-27 | 3 | 2.0 | Tanana | Valenzuela | 2:41 | 49,977 | +++ | ||
| 54 | 54 | Saturday, Jun 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | W | 4 | 3 | 27-27 | 3 | 2.0 | Terrell | Abbott | Henneman | 2:33 | 59,502 | ++++ | |
| 55 | 55 | Sunday, Jun 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | L | 3 | 7 | 27-28 | 3 | 3.0 | Finley | Gakeler | 2:54 | 42,677 | - | ||
| 56 | 56 | Monday, Jun 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L | 6 | 12 | 27-29 | 3 | 3.5 | Guzman | Henneman | 3:37 | 22,499 | -- | ||
| 57 | 57 | Tuesday, Jun 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | W | 5 | 1 | 28-29 | 3 | 2.5 | Gullickson | Hawkins | Henneman | 3:02 | 27,014 | + | |
| 58 | 58 | Wednesday, Jun 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L | 1 | 3 | 28-30 | 3 | 3.5 | Moore | Tanana | Eckersley | 3:18 | 30,404 | - | |
| 59 | 59 | Thursday, Jun 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | L | 5 | 6 | 28-31 | 3 | 4.5 | Swift | Gibson | Jackson | 2:26 | 15,557 | -- | |
| 60 | 60 | Friday, Jun 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | W | 5 | 1 | 29-31 | 3 | 4.5 | Gakeler | Holman | 2:35 | 20,616 | + | ||
| 61 | 61 | Saturday, Jun 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | L | 2 | 15 | 29-32 | 3 | 4.5 | Johnson | Ritz | Swift | 3:00 | 27,417 | - | |
| 62 | 62 | Sunday, Jun 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | W | 7 | 3 | 30-32 | 3 | 4.0 | Gullickson | Rice | 2:32 | 53,287 | + | ||
| 63 | 63 | Tuesday, Jun 18 | boxscore | DET | OAK | W | 2 | 0 | 31-32 | 3 | 2.5 | Tanana | Welch | Henneman | 2:45 | 23,664 | ++ | ||
| 64 | 64 | Wednesday, Jun 19 | boxscore | DET | OAK | L | 4 | 5 | 31-33 | 3 | 2.5 | Nelson | Terrell | Eckersley | 3:27 | 22,658 | - | ||
| 65 | 65 | Thursday, Jun 20 | boxscore | DET | CAL | L | 5 | 7 | 31-34 | 3 | 3.5 | Grahe | Gibson | Harvey | 3:24 | 13,744 | -- | ||
| 66 | 66 | Friday, Jun 21 | boxscore | DET | CAL | W | 9 | 2 | 32-34 | 3 | 3.5 | Gullickson | McCaskill | 2:43 | 27,094 | + | |||
| 67 | 67 | Saturday, Jun 22 | boxscore | DET | CAL | L | 3 | 10 | 32-35 | 3 | 4.5 | Langston | Ritz | 3:26 | 21,809 | - | |||
| 68 | 68 | Sunday, Jun 23 | boxscore | DET | CAL | W | 4 | 3 | 10 | 33-35 | 3 | 4.5 | Gibson | Robinson | 3:13 | 23,785 | + | ||
| 69 | 69 | Tuesday, Jun 25 | boxscore | DET | MIL | L | 3 | 11 | 33-36 | 3 | 5.0 | Wegman | Terrell | 3:04 | 13,765 | - | |||
| 70 | 70 | Wednesday, Jun 26 | boxscore | DET | MIL | W | 8 | 7 | 13 | 34-36 | 3 | 5.0 | Cerutti | Machado | 4:00 | 13,355 | + | ||
| 71 | 71 | Thursday, Jun 27 | boxscore | DET | MIL | L | 3 | 9 | 34-37 | 3 | 6.0 | Bosio | Gullickson | 2:43 | 13,606 | - | |||
| 72 | 72 | Friday, Jun 28 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 7 | 1 | 35-37 | 3 | 5.0 | Tanana | Boucher | 2:43 | 16,991 | + | |||
| 73 | 73 | Saturday, Jun 29 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 9 | 4 | 36-37 | 3 | 5.0 | Meacham | Nagy | Henneman | 2:45 | 39,091 | ++ | ||
| 74 | 74 | Sunday, Jun 30 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 4 | 1 | 37-37 | 3 | 5.0 | Terrell | Nichols | Leiter | 2:26 | 24,640 | +++ | ||
| 75 | 75 | Monday, Jul 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 2 | 10 | 37-38 | 3 | 6.0 | McDonald | Gakeler | 2:43 | 28,835 | - | ||
| 76 | 76 | Tuesday, Jul 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 4 | 3 | 38-38 | 3 | 6.0 | Gullickson | Ballard | Henneman | 3:12 | 30,898 | + | |
| 77 | 77 | Wednesday, Jul 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 8 | 2 | 39-38 | 3 | 6.0 | Tanana | Milacki | 3:12 | 46,702 | ++ | ||
| 78 | 78 | Thursday, Jul 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 6 | 1 | 40-38 | 3 | 5.0 | Meacham | Darwin | 3:03 | 33,611 | +++ | ||
| 79 | 79 | Friday, Jul 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 1 | 10 | 40-39 | 3 | 6.0 | Morton | Terrell | 2:24 | 33,997 | - | ||
| 80 | 80 | Saturday, Jul 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 4 | 7 | 40-40 | 3 | 7.0 | Clemens | Gibson | Reardon | 2:56 | 34,440 | -- | |
| 81 | 81 | Sunday, Jul 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 7 | 6 | 41-40 | 3 | 7.0 | Gullickson | Bolton | Cerutti | 3:17 | 33,648 | + | |
| 82 | 82 | Thursday, Jul 11 | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 5 | 9 | 41-41 | 3 | 8.0 | Appier | Gakeler | 3:20 | 18,101 | - | |||
| 83 | 83 | Friday, Jul 12 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 6 | 3 | 42-41 | 3 | 8.0 | Gibson | Magnante | Henneman | 3:00 | 23,737 | + | ||
| 84 | 84 | Saturday, Jul 13 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 8 | 5 | 43-41 | 2 | 8.0 | Terrell | Saberhagen | 2:46 | 38,739 | ++ | |||
| 85 | 85 | Sunday, Jul 14 | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 4 | 18 | 43-42 | 3 | 8.0 | Gordon | Gullickson | Aquino | 3:12 | 33,202 | - | ||
| 86 | 86 | Monday, Jul 15 | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 8 | 7 | 44-42 | 2 | 8.0 | Henneman | Jeffcoat | 2:54 | 14,365 | + | |||
| 87 | 87 | Tuesday, Jul 16 | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 6 | 5 | 45-42 | 2 | 7.0 | Henneman | Brown | 2:59 | 16,662 | ++ | |||
| 88 | 88 | Wednesday, Jul 17 | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 6 | 4 | 10 | 46-42 | 2 | 6.5 | Terrell | Rosenthal | 3:05 | 25,450 | +++ | ||
| 89 | 89 | Friday, Jul 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | W | 17 | 0 | 47-42 | 2 | 7.0 | Gullickson | Gordon | 2:56 | 30,587 | ++++ | ||
| 90 | 90 | Saturday, Jul 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 4 | 8 | 47-43 | 2 | 7.0 | Boddicker | Meacham | Aquino | 2:55 | 31,057 | - | |
| 91 | 91 | Sunday, Jul 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 4 | 8 | 47-44 | 2 | 7.0 | Appier | Leiter | 2:48 | 27,759 | -- | ||
| 92 | 92 | Tuesday, Jul 23 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 6 | 3 | 48-44 | 2 | 6.0 | Tanana | Anderson | Henneman | 2:53 | 21,976 | + | ||
| 93 | 93 | Wednesday, Jul 24 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 6 | 3 | 49-44 | 2 | 6.0 | Gullickson | West | Henneman | 3:15 | 18,391 | ++ | ||
| 94 | 94 | Thursday, Jul 25 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 3 | 9 | 49-45 | 2 | 6.0 | Erickson | Aldred | Bedrosian | 3:07 | 20,007 | - | ||
| 95 | 95 | Friday, Jul 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | W | 3 | 2 | 10 | 50-45 | 2 | 6.0 | Henneman | Russell | 3:39 | 40,383 | + | |
| 96 | 96 | Saturday, Jul 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | L | 5 | 8 | 50-46 | 2 | 6.0 | Alexander | Kiely | Rogers | 3:18 | 40,112 | - | |
| 97 | 97 | Sunday, Jul 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | L | 6 | 10 | 50-47 | 2 | 6.0 | Ryan | Tanana | 3:28 | 40,411 | -- | ||
| 98 | 98 | Monday, Jul 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 3 | 6 | 50-48 | 2 | 6.0 | West | Gullickson | Aguilera | 3:05 | 35,599 | --- | |
| 99 | 99 | Tuesday, Jul 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 7 | 9 | 50-49 | 2 | 6.0 | Willis | Cerutti | 3:18 | 42,035 | ---- | ||
| 100 | 100 | Wednesday, Jul 31 | boxscore | DET | CAL | W | 3 | 1 | 51-49 | 2 | 6.0 | Terrell | Langston | 2:18 | 17,626 | + | |||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 101 | 101 | Thursday, Aug 1 | boxscore | DET | CAL | W | 5 | 3 | 52-49 | 2 | 6.0 | Leiter | Fetters | Henneman | 3:01 | 25,092 | ++ | ||
| 102 | 102 | Friday, Aug 2 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 7 | 3 | 53-49 | 2 | 5.0 | Tanana | Kamieniecki | 2:50 | 25,578 | +++ | |||
| 103 | 103 | Saturday, Aug 3 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 7 | 6 | 54-49 | 2 | 4.0 | Gullickson | Johnson | Henneman | 3:23 | 30,927 | ++++ | ||
| 104 | 104 | Sunday, Aug 4 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 8 | 7 | 10 | 55-49 | 2 | 4.0 | Henneman | Farr | 4:07 | 30,022 | +++++ | ||
| 105 | 105 | Monday, Aug 5 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 5 | 7 | 55-50 | 2 | 4.5 | Sanderson | Terrell | Guetterman | 3:03 | 25,938 | - | ||
| 106 | 106 | Tuesday, Aug 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | L | 1 | 2 | 55-51 | 2 | 5.5 | Key | Cerutti | Henke | 2:41 | 50,305 | -- | |
| 107 | 107 | Wednesday, Aug 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | L | 2 | 5 | 55-52 | 2 | 6.5 | Guzman | Tanana | Henke | 2:56 | 50,324 | --- | |
| 108 | 108 | Thursday, Aug 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | W | 4 | 0 | 14 | 56-52 | 2 | 5.5 | Gibson | Henke | 5:12 | 50,307 | + | |
| 109 | 109 | Saturday, Aug 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 5 | 1 | 57-52 | 2 | 3.5 | Leiter | Sanderson | 3:15 | 0 | ++ | ||
| 110 | 110 | Saturday, Aug 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 4 | 0 | 58-52 | 2 | 3.5 | Terrell | Taylor | 2:46 | 28,744 | +++ | ||
| 111 | 111 | Sunday, Aug 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 6 | 12 | 58-53 | 2 | 4.0 | Cadaret | Gakeler | 3:05 | 0 | - | ||
| 112 | 112 | Sunday, Aug 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 8 | 10 | 10 | 58-54 | 2 | 4.0 | Farr | Gibson | 3:57 | 34,733 | -- | |
| 113 | 113 | Tuesday, Aug 13 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 11 | 9 | 59-54 | 2 | 2.0 | Tanana | Fernandez | 3:21 | 0 | + | |||
| 114 | 114 | Tuesday, Aug 13 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 4 | 3 | 60-54 | 2 | 2.0 | Gullickson | Hibbard | Henneman | 3:06 | 29,339 | ++ | ||
| 115 | 115 | Wednesday, Aug 14 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 8 | 9 | 60-55 | 2 | 2.0 | Radinsky | Gibson | Thigpen | 4:10 | 21,114 | - | ||
| 116 | 116 | Thursday, Aug 15 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 6 | 4 | 61-55 | 2 | 2.0 | Leiter | Carter | Henneman | 3:12 | 20,247 | + | ||
| 117 | 117 | Friday, Aug 16 | boxscore | DET | TOR | W | 5 | 2 | 62-55 | 2 | 1.0 | Cerutti | Key | Gakeler | 2:41 | 43,186 | ++ | ||
| 118 | 118 | Saturday, Aug 17 | boxscore | DET | TOR | L | 5 | 7 | 62-56 | 2 | 2.0 | MacDonald | Aldred | Henke | 3:36 | 46,634 | - | ||
| 119 | 119 | Sunday, Aug 18 | boxscore | DET | TOR | L | 2 | 4 | 62-57 | 2 | 3.0 | Candiotti | Kaiser | Henke | 3:13 | 48,724 | -- | ||
| 120 | 120 | Monday, Aug 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 3 | 2 | 63-57 | 2 | 2.5 | Tanana | Fernandez | Gibson | 3:28 | 42,406 | + | |
| 121 | 121 | Tuesday, Aug 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 5 | 0 | 64-57 | 2 | 2.5 | Terrell | Hough | 2:33 | 34,404 | ++ | ||
| 122 | 122 | Wednesday, Aug 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 12 | 9 | 65-57 | 2 | 1.5 | Leiter | Alvarez | 3:43 | 41,754 | +++ | ||
| 123 | 123 | Friday, Aug 23 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 8 | 6 | 66-57 | 2 | 1.0 | Gullickson | Holman | Kaiser | 3:49 | 30,214 | ++++ | ||
| 124 | 124 | Saturday, Aug 24 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 7 | 2 | 67-57 | 1 | Tied | Tanana | Johnson | 2:52 | 42,135 | +++++ | |||
| 125 | 125 | Sunday, Aug 25 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 4 | 3 | 68-57 | 1 | Tied | Terrell | Schooler | 2:40 | 29,480 | ++++++ | |||
| 126 | 126 | Monday, Aug 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | W | 5 | 1 | 69-57 | 1 | Tied | Leiter | Grahe | Gakeler | 3:01 | 29,104 | +++++++ | |
| 127 | 127 | Tuesday, Aug 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | L | 2 | 4 | 69-58 | 2 | 1.0 | Finley | Cerutti | Harvey | 3:00 | 27,494 | - | |
| 128 | 128 | Wednesday, Aug 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | L | 0 | 1 | 69-59 | 2 | 2.0 | Abbott | Gullickson | Harvey | 2:18 | 24,882 | -- | |
| 129 | 129 | Friday, Aug 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L | 3 | 6 | 10 | 69-60 | 2 | 2.5 | Eckersley | Gleaton | 3:29 | 31,774 | --- | |
| 130 | 130 | Saturday, Aug 31 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L | 8 | 9 | 10 | 69-61 | 2 | 3.5 | Eckersley | Cerutti | 4:51 | 43,726 | ---- | |
| 131 | 131 | Sunday, Sep 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | W | 5 | 2 | 70-61 | 2 | 2.5 | Leiter | Welch | Gleaton | 3:02 | 33,173 | + | |
| 132 | 132 | Monday, Sep 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | W | 12 | 5 | 71-61 | 2 | 2.5 | Gullickson | DeLucia | Gibson | 3:09 | 20,208 | ++ | |
| 133 | 133 | Tuesday, Sep 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | L | 0 | 1 | 71-62 | 2 | 2.5 | Holman | Aldred | Swift | 2:23 | 11,441 | - | |
| 134 | 134 | Thursday, Sep 5 | boxscore | DET | OAK | L | 1 | 4 | 71-63 | 2 | 4.0 | Moore | Tanana | Eckersley | 3:31 | 16,953 | -- | ||
| 135 | 135 | Friday, Sep 6 | boxscore | DET | OAK | W | 11 | 2 | 72-63 | 2 | 4.0 | Terrell | Welch | 2:47 | 24,797 | + | |||
| 136 | 136 | Saturday, Sep 7 | boxscore | DET | OAK | L | 1 | 3 | 72-64 | 2 | 5.0 | Slusarski | Leiter | Eckersley | 3:15 | 34,737 | - | ||
| 137 | 137 | Sunday, Sep 8 | boxscore | DET | OAK | L | 4 | 7 | 72-65 | 3 | 6.0 | Stewart | Gullickson | Eckersley | 2:49 | 28,873 | -- | ||
| 138 | 138 | Tuesday, Sep 10 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 0 | 4 | 72-66 | 3 | 6.0 | Clemens | Tanana | 2:27 | 16,859 | --- | |||
| 139 | 139 | Wednesday, Sep 11 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 8 | 2 | 73-66 | 3 | 5.0 | Terrell | Young | 2:50 | 16,710 | + | |||
| 140 | 140 | Thursday, Sep 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | L | 0 | 7 | 73-67 | 3 | 5.5 | Bosio | Leiter | 3:08 | 9,835 | - | ||
| 141 | 141 | Friday, Sep 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | W | 3 | 2 | 74-67 | 3 | 5.5 | Gullickson | Lee | Kaiser | 3:06 | 14,554 | + | |
| 142 | 142 | Saturday, Sep 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | W | 6 | 4 | 75-67 | 3 | 5.5 | Aldred | Plesac | 3:04 | 26,644 | ++ | ||
| 143 | 143 | Sunday, Sep 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | L | 3 | 5 | 75-68 | 3 | 5.5 | Wegman | Tanana | Henry | 2:55 | 13,296 | - | |
| 144 | 144 | Tuesday, Sep 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 1 | 3 | 75-69 | 3 | 5.0 | Jones | Terrell | Olin | 2:41 | 5,749 | -- | |
| 145 | 145 | Wednesday, Sep 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 2 | 3 | 75-70 | 3 | 6.0 | Nagy | Gullickson | 2:07 | 4,976 | --- | ||
| 146 | 146 | Friday, Sep 20 | boxscore | DET | MIL | L | 5 | 8 | 75-71 | 3 | 6.0 | Plesac | Leiter | Henry | 3:29 | 13,966 | ---- | ||
| 147 | 147 | Saturday, Sep 21 | boxscore | DET | MIL | L | 2 | 5 | 75-72 | 3 | 6.0 | Wegman | Tanana | Henry | 2:48 | 18,317 | ----- | ||
| 148 | 148 | Sunday, Sep 22 | boxscore | DET | MIL | L | 5 | 9 | 75-73 | 3 | 7.0 | Bosio | Terrell | 2:51 | 15,752 | ------ | |||
| 149 | 149 | Monday, Sep 23 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 2 | 1 | 76-73 | 3 | 6.0 | Gullickson | King | Henneman | 2:53 | 9,453 | + | ||
| 150 | 150 | Tuesday, Sep 24 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 7 | 2 | 77-73 | 3 | 6.0 | Aldred | Nagy | 2:44 | 10,074 | ++ | |||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 151 | 151 | Wednesday, Sep 25 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 4 | 6 | 77-74 | 3 | 7.0 | Jones | Leiter | Olin | 3:23 | 9,563 | - | ||
| 152 | 152 | Thursday, Sep 26 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 6 | 5 | 78-74 | 3 | 6.5 | Cerutti | Otto | Henneman | 2:51 | 9,914 | + | ||
| 153 | 153 | Friday, Sep 27 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 7 | 9 | 78-75 | 3 | 7.5 | Williamson | Terrell | Olson | 3:41 | 13,449 | - | ||
| 154 | 154 | Saturday, Sep 28 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 5 | 4 | 10 | 79-75 | 3 | 6.5 | Henneman | Olson | 3:03 | 22,541 | + | ||
| 155 | 155 | Sunday, Sep 29 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 4 | 7 | 79-76 | 3 | 7.5 | Mesa | Aldred | Frohwirth | 3:05 | 17,925 | - | ||
| 156 | 156 | Monday, Sep 30 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 8 | 3 | 80-76 | 3 | 6.5 | Leiter | Johnson | 2:38 | 11,824 | + | |||
| 157 | 157 | Tuesday, Oct 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 8 | 5 | 81-76 | 3 | 6.5 | Tanana | Clemens | 3:23 | 31,942 | ++ | ||
| 158 | 158 | Wednesday, Oct 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 3 | 5 | 81-77 | 3 | 7.5 | Hesketh | Terrell | Fossas | 3:20 | 32,003 | - | |
| 159 | 159 | Thursday, Oct 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 10 | 5 | 82-77 | 3 | 7.0 | Gullickson | Morton | 3:05 | 31,162 | + | ||
| 160 | 160 | Friday, Oct 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 4 | 2 | 14 | 83-77 | 3 | 7.0 | Haas | Poole | Cerutti | 4:28 | 47,983 | ++ |
| 161 | 161 | Saturday, Oct 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 3 | 7 | 83-78 | 3 | 7.0 | Poole | Leiter | Williamson | 3:35 | 49,289 | - | |
| 162 | 162 | Sunday, Oct 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 7 | 1 | 84-78 | 2 | 7.0 | Tanana | Milacki | 2:43 | 50,700 | + | ||
| 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.