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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1991 / 1993
75-87, Finished 6th in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Sparky Anderson (75-87)
Scored 791 runs, Allowed 794 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-81
Ballparks: Tiger Stadium · Attendance: 1,423,963 (13th of 14)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 99
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| Season Summary | 75-87, Final Rank:6, GB: 21.0 | |
| Days in First | never | |
| Biggest Lead | never led | |
| Farthest Behind | 21 | last on Sunday, Oct 4, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | never | |
| Most Games under .500 | 12 | last on Sunday, Oct 4 |
| Longest Winning Streak | 5 | Sunday, Jul 5 to Thursday, Jul 9 and Friday, Aug 7 to Tuesday, Aug 11 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 6 | Monday, Apr 6 to Sunday, Apr 12, Thursday, May 28 to Tuesday, Jun 2, Friday, Jul 24 to Wednesday, Jul 29 and Sunday, Aug 30 to Saturday, Sep 5 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 17 | Friday, May 29 |
| Most Runs Scored | 15 | Saturday, Jun 13 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 14 | Monday, Jul 6 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 9 | |
| Times Opponent Shutout | 4 | |
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| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Monday, Apr 6 | boxscore | DET | TOR | L | 2 | 4 | 0-1 | 5 | 1.0 | Morris | Gullickson | 2:46 | D | 51,068 | - | |||
| 2 | 2 | Wednesday, Apr 8 | boxscore | DET | TOR | L | 9 | 10 | 0-2 | 7 | 2.0 | Henke | Tanana | Ward | 4:00 | D | 12,819 | -- | ||
| 3 | 3 | Thursday, Apr 9 | boxscore | DET | TOR | L | 1 | 3 | 0-3 | 7 | 3.0 | Guzman | Terrell | Ward | 3:03 | D | 9,720 | --- | ||
| 4 | 4 | Friday, Apr 10 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 3 | 7 | 0-4 | 7 | 4.0 | Perez | King | 3:29 | N | 10,622 | ---- | |||
| 5 | 5 | Saturday, Apr 11 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 1 | 8 | 0-5 | 7 | 5.0 | Leary | Gullickson | 2:21 | D | 15,752 | ----- | |||
| 6 | 6 | Sunday, Apr 12 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 1 | 5 | 0-6 | 7 | 6.0 | Sanderson | Aldred | Habyan | 2:58 | D | 12,521 | ------ | ||
| 7 | 7 | Monday, Apr 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 7 | 5 | 1-6 | 7 | 5.5 | Leiter | Nichols | Henneman | 3:01 | D | 5,615 | + | |
| 8 | 8 | Tuesday, Apr 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 7 | 8 | 1-7 | 7 | 6.0 | Power | Lancaster | Olin | 3:09 | N | 4,083 | - | |
| 9 | 9 | Wednesday, Apr 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 8 | 1 | 2-7 | 7 | 6.0 | King | Bell | 3:04 | N | 5,280 | + | ||
| 10 | 10 | Thursday, Apr 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 13 | 4 | 3-7 | 6 | 6.0 | Gullickson | Cook | 3:02 | D | 6,434 | ++ | ||
| 11 | 11 | Friday, Apr 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 0 | 8 | 3-8 | 7 | 6.0 | Sutcliffe | Aldred | 2:45 | N | 45,188 | - | ||
| 12 | 12 | Saturday, Apr 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 1 | 6 | 3-9 | 7 | 7.0 | Mussina | Tanana | 2:56 | D | 45,701 | -- | ||
| 13 | 13 | Sunday, Apr 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 2 | 3 | 3-10 | 7 | 7.0 | Milacki | Terrell | Olson | 2:46 | D | 43,548 | --- | |
| 14 | 14 | Monday, Apr 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 4 | 12 | 3-11 | 7 | 8.0 | Mills | King | Frohwirth | 3:29 | N | 45,013 | ---- | |
| 15 | 15 | Tuesday, Apr 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | W | 4 | 2 | 4-11 | 7 | 8.0 | Gullickson | Witt | Henneman | 2:39 | N | 20,220 | + | |
| 16 | 16 | Wednesday, Apr 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | W | 12 | 8 | 5-11 | 7 | 7.0 | Leiter | Robinson | 3:29 | N | 19,838 | ++ | ||
| 17 | 17 | Thursday, Apr 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | W | 11 | 5 | 6-11 | 6 | 7.0 | Lancaster | Brown | Doherty | 3:24 | N | 30,432 | +++ | |
| 18 | 18 | Friday, Apr 24 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 1 | 9 | 6-12 | 6 | 8.0 | McDowell | Terrell | 2:45 | N | 10,404 | - | |||
| 19 | 19 | Sunday, Apr 26 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 6 | 7 | 6-13 | 7 | 8.5 | Hibbard | King | Thigpen | 2:46 | D | 14,181 | -- | ||
| 20 | 20 | Tuesday, Apr 28 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 4 | 1 | 7-13 | 6 | 7.5 | Gullickson | Swan | 2:27 | N | 9,304 | + | |||
| 21 | 21 | Thursday, Apr 30 | boxscore | DET | OAK | L | 6 | 10 | 7-14 | 6 | 8.0 | Horsman | Leiter | Eckersley | 3:56 | N | 9,906 | - | ||
| 22 | 22 | Friday, May 1 | boxscore | DET | OAK | L | 6 | 7 | 7-15 | 6 | 8.0 | Parrett | Henneman | Eckersley | 3:25 | N | 13,277 | -- | ||
| 23 | 23 | Saturday, May 2 | boxscore | DET | OAK | W | 5 | 3 | 8-15 | 6 | 7.0 | Tanana | Welch | Henneman | 2:45 | N | 15,492 | + | ||
| 24 | 24 | Sunday, May 3 | boxscore | DET | OAK | W | 8 | 4 | 9-15 | 6 | 7.0 | King | Moore | Henneman | 3:12 | D | 18,353 | ++ | ||
| 25 | 25 | Monday, May 4 | boxscore | DET | CAL | W | 6 | 2 | 10-15 | 6 | 7.0 | Gullickson | Abbott | 2:47 | N | 9,466 | +++ | |||
| 26 | 26 | Tuesday, May 5 | boxscore | DET | CAL | W | 2 | 1 | 11-15 | 6 | 7.0 | Doherty | Eichhorn | 2:35 | D | 13,180 | ++++ | |||
| 27 | 27 | Wednesday, May 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L | 2 | 5 | 11-16 | 6 | 8.0 | Stewart | Terrell | Eckersley | 2:47 | N | 18,689 | - | |
| 28 | 28 | Thursday, May 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L | 2 | 6 | 11-17 | 6 | 9.0 | Welch | Tanana | Eckersley | 2:42 | D | 23,155 | -- | |
| 29 | 29 | Friday, May 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | W | 7 | 6 | 12-17 | 6 | 8.0 | Lancaster | Schooler | Henneman | 3:07 | N | 16,894 | + | |
| 30 | 30 | Saturday, May 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | W | 13 | 0 | 13-17 | 5 | 7.0 | Gullickson | Swan | 2:56 | N | 40,455 | ++ | ||
| 31 | 31 | Sunday, May 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | L | 2 | 6 | 13-18 | 6 | 8.0 | Fleming | Aldred | 2:55 | D | 15,662 | - | ||
| 32 | 32 | Tuesday, May 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | W | 4 | 2 | 14-18 | 6 | 8.0 | Tanana | Harvey | Henneman | 3:16 | N | 21,500 | + | |
| 33 | 33 | Wednesday, May 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | L | 5 | 7 | 14-19 | 6 | 9.0 | Frey | Terrell | Harvey | 3:09 | D | 28,331 | - | |
| 34 | 34 | Friday, May 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | W | 8 | 2 | 15-19 | 6 | 8.5 | Doherty | Young | 2:40 | N | 22,844 | + | ||
| 35 | 35 | Saturday, May 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | W | 7 | 2 | 16-19 | 6 | 8.0 | Aldred | Gordon | 3:15 | N | 32,460 | ++ | ||
| 36 | 36 | Sunday, May 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 1 | 2 | 16-20 | 6 | 8.0 | Gubicza | Terrell | 2:46 | D | 20,642 | - | ||
| 37 | 37 | Monday, May 18 | boxscore | DET | MIL | L | 1 | 9 | 16-21 | 6 | 8.0 | Wegman | King | 2:39 | N | 9,680 | -- | |||
| 38 | 38 | Tuesday, May 19 | boxscore | DET | MIL | W | 3 | 0 | 17-21 | 6 | 7.0 | Tanana | Robinson | Henneman | 2:57 | N | 10,743 | + | ||
| 39 | 39 | Wednesday, May 20 | boxscore | DET | MIL | W | 4 | 3 | 18-21 | 5 | 6.5 | Knudsen | Henry | 2:47 | N | 12,585 | ++ | |||
| 40 | 40 | Thursday, May 21 | boxscore | DET | MIL | L | 3 | 7 | 18-22 | 6 | 7.0 | Nunez | Aldred | 2:52 | N | 10,576 | - | |||
| 41 | 41 | Friday, May 22 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 6 | 3 | 19-22 | 6 | 7.0 | Leiter | Smiley | Henneman | 2:42 | N | 14,824 | + | ||
| 42 | 42 | Saturday, May 23 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 5 | 6 | 19-23 | 6 | 7.0 | Tapani | Doherty | Aguilera | 3:31 | D | 32,979 | - | ||
| 43 | 43 | Sunday, May 24 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 0 | 15 | 19-24 | 6 | 7.5 | Krueger | Tanana | 3:23 | N | 13,789 | -- | |||
| 44 | 44 | Tuesday, May 26 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 8 | 1 | 20-24 | 6 | 7.0 | Gullickson | Pichardo | 2:11 | N | 10,290 | + | |||
| 45 | 45 | Wednesday, May 27 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 11 | 2 | 21-24 | 6 | 6.0 | Aldred | Boddicker | 2:30 | N | 10,622 | ++ | |||
| 46 | 46 | Thursday, May 28 | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 1 | 5 | 21-25 | 6 | 6.5 | Gubicza | Leiter | 2:53 | N | 11,688 | - | |||
| 47 | 47 | Friday, May 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 5 | 17 | 21-26 | 6 | 7.5 | Tapani | Ritz | Willis | 2:59 | N | 26,952 | -- | |
| 48 | 48 | Saturday, May 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 5 | 7 | 21-27 | 6 | 8.5 | Edens | Henneman | Aguilera | 3:24 | N | 33,447 | --- | |
| 49 | 49 | Sunday, May 31 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 1 | 4 | 21-28 | 6 | 9.5 | Erickson | Gullickson | Guthrie | 2:26 | D | 33,054 | ---- | |
| 50 | 50 | Monday, Jun 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | L | 2 | 6 | 21-29 | 6 | 10.5 | Navarro | Aldred | 2:45 | N | 10,933 | ----- | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Tuesday, Jun 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | L | 4 | 5 | 21-30 | 6 | 11.5 | Orosco | Leiter | Henry | 3:03 | N | 14,064 | ------ | |
| 52 | 52 | Wednesday, Jun 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | W | 10 | 4 | 22-30 | 6 | 10.5 | Ritz | Wegman | 3:19 | D | 19,026 | + | ||
| 53 | 53 | Thursday, Jun 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 6 | 2 | 23-30 | 6 | 10.0 | Tanana | Sanderson | 3:33 | N | 16,359 | ++ | ||
| 54 | 54 | Saturday, Jun 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 6 | 2 | 24-30 | 6 | 9.5 | Gullickson | Kamieniecki | 2:55 | N | 23,824 | +++ | ||
| 55 | 55 | Sunday, Jun 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 5 | 6 | 24-31 | 6 | 9.5 | Perez | Terrell | Farr | 3:15 | D | 37,427 | - | |
| 56 | 56 | Monday, Jun 8 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 9 | 2 | 25-31 | 6 | 9.5 | Leiter | Scudder | Knudsen | 3:21 | N | 11,667 | + | ||
| 57 | 57 | Tuesday, Jun 9 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 1 | 6 | 25-32 | 6 | 10.5 | Boucher | Tanana | 2:37 | N | 11,840 | - | |||
| 58 | 58 | Wednesday, Jun 10 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 2 | 4 | 11 | 25-33 | 6 | 11.5 | Olin | Munoz | 3:37 | N | 11,767 | -- | ||
| 59 | 59 | Thursday, Jun 11 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 5 | 7 | 25-34 | 6 | 12.5 | Mills | Gullickson | Olson | 3:21 | N | 13,193 | --- | ||
| 60 | 60 | Friday, Jun 12 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 0 | 6 | 25-35 | 6 | 12.5 | Mussina | Aldred | 3:00 | N | 18,148 | ---- | |||
| 61 | 61 | Saturday, Jun 13 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 15 | 1 | 26-35 | 6 | 11.5 | Leiter | Milacki | 3:11 | N | 23,308 | + | |||
| 62 | 62 | Sunday, Jun 14 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 7 | 4 | 27-35 | 6 | 11.5 | Tanana | Mesa | Henneman | 3:03 | D | 21,967 | ++ | ||
| 63 | 63 | Tuesday, Jun 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | W | 4 | 3 | 28-35 | 6 | 10.5 | Gullickson | Key | Henneman | 3:08 | N | 50,394 | +++ | |
| 64 | 64 | Wednesday, Jun 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | L | 2 | 6 | 28-36 | 6 | 11.5 | Morris | Ritz | Ward | 3:15 | N | 50,401 | - | |
| 65 | 65 | Thursday, Jun 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | W | 14 | 10 | 29-36 | 6 | 10.5 | Munoz | Timlin | Henneman | 4:01 | D | 50,392 | + | |
| 66 | 66 | Friday, Jun 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 8 | 3 | 13 | 30-36 | 6 | 9.5 | Terrell | Alvarez | 4:18 | N | 39,066 | ++ | |
| 67 | 67 | Saturday, Jun 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 1 | 3 | 30-37 | 6 | 10.5 | McCaskill | Groom | Thigpen | 2:51 | N | 42,253 | - | |
| 68 | 68 | Sunday, Jun 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 5 | 6 | 30-38 | 6 | 10.5 | Hernandez | Terrell | Thigpen | 3:26 | D | 40,049 | -- | |
| 69 | 69 | Monday, Jun 22 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 4 | 2 | 11 | 31-38 | 6 | 10.5 | Knudsen | Darwin | 3:31 | N | 19,040 | + | ||
| 70 | 70 | Tuesday, Jun 23 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 11 | 7 | 32-38 | 6 | 10.0 | Kiely | Hesketh | 3:32 | N | 14,134 | ++ | |||
| 71 | 71 | Wednesday, Jun 24 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 5 | 1 | 33-38 | 6 | 10.0 | Tanana | Gardiner | 2:44 | D | 20,834 | +++ | |||
| 72 | 72 | Thursday, Jun 25 | boxscore | DET | TEX | L | 2 | 5 | 33-39 | 6 | 10.5 | Brown | Groom | 2:32 | N | 13,346 | - | |||
| 73 | 73 | Friday, Jun 26 | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 4 | 2 | 34-39 | 6 | 10.5 | Gullickson | Burns | Henneman | 2:57 | N | 18,326 | + | ||
| 74 | 74 | Saturday, Jun 27 | boxscore | DET | TEX | L | 8 | 10 | 34-40 | 6 | 10.5 | Guzman | Ritz | Rogers | 3:08 | D | 36,180 | - | ||
| 75 | 75 | Sunday, Jun 28 | boxscore | DET | TEX | L | 4 | 8 | 34-41 | 6 | 10.5 | Ryan | Leiter | 3:35 | D | 42,394 | -- | |||
| 76 | 76 | Monday, Jun 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 8 | 3 | 35-41 | 6 | 10.5 | Tanana | Hesketh | Knudsen | 3:24 | N | 33,388 | + | |
| 77 | 77 | Tuesday, Jun 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 5 | 8 | 35-42 | 6 | 10.5 | Irvine | Henneman | 3:05 | N | 33,485 | - | ||
| 78 | 78 | Wednesday, Jul 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 4 | 6 | 35-43 | 6 | 11.5 | Dopson | Gullickson | Reardon | 3:03 | N | 32,059 | -- | |
| 79 | 79 | Friday, Jul 3 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 6 | 4 | 36-43 | 6 | 12.0 | Terrell | Johnson | Henneman | 2:57 | N | 0 | + | ||
| 80 | 80 | Friday, Jul 3 | boxscore | DET | SEA | L | 0 | 11 | 36-44 | 6 | 12.0 | Hanson | Lancaster | 2:33 | N | 19,686 | - | |||
| 81 | 81 | Saturday, Jul 4 | boxscore | DET | SEA | L | 3 | 4 | 10 | 36-45 | 6 | 13.0 | Schooler | Henneman | Swan | 3:03 | N | 13,532 | -- | |
| 82 | 82 | Sunday, Jul 5 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 8 | 5 | 37-45 | 6 | 13.0 | Terrell | DeLucia | Doherty | 3:03 | D | 18,251 | + | ||
| 83 | 83 | Monday, Jul 6 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 5 | 4 | 14 | 38-45 | 6 | 13.0 | Kiely | Walker | 4:23 | D | 14,880 | ++ | ||
| 84 | 84 | Tuesday, Jul 7 | boxscore | DET | OAK | W | 3 | 2 | 39-45 | 6 | 13.0 | Ritz | Darling | Henneman | 3:10 | N | 17,548 | +++ | ||
| 85 | 85 | Wednesday, Jul 8 | boxscore | DET | OAK | W | 6 | 3 | 40-45 | 6 | 13.0 | Lancaster | Corsi | Henneman | 3:32 | N | 16,722 | ++++ | ||
| 86 | 86 | Thursday, Jul 9 | boxscore | DET | CAL | W | 5 | 4 | 41-45 | 5 | 13.0 | Tanana | Blyleven | Henneman | 2:55 | N | 15,102 | +++++ | ||
| 87 | 87 | Friday, Jul 10 | boxscore | DET | CAL | L | 1 | 6 | 41-46 | 6 | 13.0 | Valera | Groom | 2:54 | N | 19,211 | - | |||
| 88 | 88 | Saturday, Jul 11 | boxscore | DET | CAL | L | 1 | 2 | 41-47 | 6 | 13.0 | Crim | Gullickson | Grahe | 2:44 | D | 39,461 | -- | ||
| 89 | 89 | Sunday, Jul 12 | boxscore | DET | CAL | L | 4 | 5 | 10 | 41-48 | 6 | 13.0 | Frey | Henneman | 3:38 | D | 22,395 | --- | ||
| 90 | 90 | Thursday, Jul 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L | 0 | 4 | 41-49 | 6 | 14.0 | Downs | Tanana | 2:23 | N | 30,236 | ---- | ||
| 91 | 91 | Friday, Jul 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | W | 4 | 3 | 42-49 | 6 | 13.0 | Gullickson | Welch | Knudsen | 3:04 | N | 33,293 | + | |
| 92 | 92 | Saturday, Jul 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | W | 5 | 2 | 43-49 | 5 | 13.0 | Leiter | Moore | Groom | 3:32 | D | 41,533 | ++ | |
| 93 | 93 | Sunday, Jul 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L | 2 | 6 | 43-50 | 6 | 14.0 | Nelson | Ritz | 2:54 | D | 31,429 | - | ||
| 94 | 94 | Monday, Jul 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | W | 6 | 4 | 44-50 | 6 | 13.0 | Terrell | Grant | Knudsen | 2:56 | N | 25,351 | + | |
| 95 | 95 | Tuesday, Jul 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | W | 6 | 2 | 45-50 | 6 | 13.0 | Tanana | Johnson | 3:12 | N | 13,879 | ++ | ||
| 96 | 96 | Wednesday, Jul 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | W | 3 | 2 | 46-50 | 4 | 12.0 | Gullickson | Hanson | Knudsen | 2:31 | N | 15,302 | +++ | |
| 97 | 97 | Thursday, Jul 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | W | 5 | 2 | 47-50 | 4 | 12.0 | Leiter | Langston | Doherty | 2:37 | N | 20,900 | ++++ | |
| 98 | 98 | Friday, Jul 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | L | 3 | 6 | 47-51 | 5 | 12.0 | Blyleven | Ritz | Grahe | 2:41 | N | 22,951 | - | |
| 99 | 99 | Saturday, Jul 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | L | 0 | 9 | 47-52 | 5 | 12.0 | Fortugno | Terrell | 2:32 | D | 30,682 | -- | ||
| 100 | 100 | Sunday, Jul 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | L | 3 | 4 | 47-53 | 5 | 12.0 | Crim | Doherty | Grahe | 3:10 | D | 30,549 | --- | |
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 101 | 101 | Tuesday, Jul 28 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 6 | 8 | 47-54 | 6 | 13.5 | McDowell | Gullickson | Radinsky | 3:17 | N | 0 | ---- | ||
| 102 | 102 | Tuesday, Jul 28 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 3 | 5 | 47-55 | 6 | 13.5 | Fernandez | Groom | Thigpen | 2:55 | N | 22,688 | ----- | ||
| 103 | 103 | Wednesday, Jul 29 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 6 | 8 | 47-56 | 6 | 13.5 | Leach | Munoz | Radinsky | 3:25 | N | 21,061 | ------ | ||
| 104 | 104 | Friday, Jul 31 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 9 | 6 | 48-56 | 6 | 14.0 | Kiely | Plunk | Henneman | 3:08 | D | 53,419 | + | |
| 105 | 105 | Saturday, Aug 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 5 | 8 | 48-57 | 6 | 15.0 | Plunk | Lancaster | Lilliquist | 3:11 | D | 21,066 | - | |
| 106 | 106 | Sunday, Aug 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 5 | 4 | 49-57 | 5 | 15.0 | Gullickson | Nagy | Henneman | 2:38 | D | 25,733 | + | |
| 107 | 107 | Monday, Aug 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 3 | 6 | 49-58 | 5 | 15.0 | Rhodes | Groom | Davis | 2:58 | N | 45,833 | - | |
| 108 | 108 | Tuesday, Aug 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 3 | 6 | 49-59 | 6 | 15.0 | Sutcliffe | Knudsen | Olson | 2:49 | N | 44,575 | -- | |
| 109 | 109 | Wednesday, Aug 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 0 | 4 | 49-60 | 6 | 16.0 | Mussina | Kiely | 2:34 | N | 45,041 | --- | ||
| 110 | 110 | Thursday, Aug 6 | boxscore | DET | TOR | L | 11 | 15 | 49-61 | 6 | 17.0 | Morris | Tanana | 3:53 | N | 27,969 | ---- | |||
| 111 | 111 | Friday, Aug 7 | boxscore | DET | TOR | W | 7 | 2 | 50-61 | 6 | 16.0 | Gullickson | Key | 2:42 | N | 29,994 | + | |||
| 112 | 112 | Saturday, Aug 8 | boxscore | DET | TOR | W | 8 | 6 | 51-61 | 5 | 15.0 | Kiely | Linton | Henneman | 3:37 | N | 39,344 | ++ | ||
| 113 | 113 | Sunday, Aug 9 | boxscore | DET | TOR | W | 9 | 2 | 52-61 | 5 | 14.0 | Haas | Wells | 2:53 | D | 40,035 | +++ | |||
| 114 | 114 | Monday, Aug 10 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 10 | 5 | 53-61 | 5 | 14.0 | Doherty | Hillegas | 3:36 | N | 16,824 | ++++ | |||
| 115 | 115 | Tuesday, Aug 11 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 5 | 1 | 54-61 | 4 | 13.0 | Tanana | Perez | 2:44 | N | 19,194 | +++++ | |||
| 116 | 116 | Wednesday, Aug 12 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 0 | 10 | 54-62 | 4 | 13.0 | Sanderson | Gullickson | 2:52 | D | 25,480 | - | |||
| 117 | 117 | Friday, Aug 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | W | 9 | 6 | 55-62 | 4 | 13.5 | Haas | Pavlik | Henneman | 3:20 | N | 38,696 | + | |
| 118 | 118 | Saturday, Aug 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | W | 10 | 3 | 56-62 | 4 | 13.0 | Doherty | Witt | Munoz | 3:12 | N | 31,008 | ++ | |
| 119 | 119 | Sunday, Aug 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | W | 6 | 0 | 57-62 | 4 | 12.5 | Tanana | Ryan | 2:42 | N | 25,216 | +++ | ||
| 120 | 120 | Monday, Aug 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 5 | 6 | 57-63 | 4 | 13.0 | Meacham | Knudsen | Montgomery | 3:01 | N | 28,927 | - | |
| 121 | 121 | Tuesday, Aug 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | W | 5 | 1 | 58-63 | 4 | 13.0 | King | Berenguer | 2:43 | N | 20,358 | + | ||
| 122 | 122 | Wednesday, Aug 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 2 | 7 | 58-64 | 4 | 13.0 | Appier | Haas | 2:27 | N | 23,507 | - | ||
| 123 | 123 | Friday, Aug 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | L | 2 | 3 | 58-65 | 4 | 12.5 | Navarro | Doherty | Henry | 2:41 | N | 23,434 | -- | |
| 124 | 124 | Saturday, Aug 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | L | 1 | 5 | 58-66 | 5 | 13.5 | Eldred | Tanana | 2:43 | N | 41,699 | --- | ||
| 125 | 125 | Sunday, Aug 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | W | 3 | 2 | 59-66 | 4 | 12.5 | Henneman | Plesac | 2:37 | D | 27,903 | + | ||
| 126 | 126 | Monday, Aug 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 6 | 2 | 60-66 | 4 | 11.5 | King | Krueger | 2:55 | N | 25,072 | ++ | ||
| 127 | 127 | Tuesday, Aug 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 4 | 3 | 61-66 | 4 | 10.5 | Haas | Tapani | Henneman | 2:39 | N | 25,844 | +++ | |
| 128 | 128 | Wednesday, Aug 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 0 | 1 | 61-67 | 4 | 11.5 | Smiley | Kiely | 2:17 | N | 21,632 | - | ||
| 129 | 129 | Friday, Aug 28 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 4 | 2 | 62-67 | 4 | 11.0 | Terrell | Meacham | Henneman | 3:02 | N | 24,715 | + | ||
| 130 | 130 | Saturday, Aug 29 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 12 | 1 | 63-67 | 4 | 10.0 | Gullickson | Berenguer | 2:14 | D | 41,605 | ++ | |||
| 131 | 131 | Sunday, Aug 30 | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 4 | 9 | 63-68 | 4 | 11.0 | Appier | King | 3:32 | D | 24,667 | - | |||
| 132 | 132 | Monday, Aug 31 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 3 | 5 | 10 | 63-69 | 4 | 12.0 | Wayne | Henneman | Aguilera | 3:13 | N | 14,626 | -- | |
| 133 | 133 | Tuesday, Sep 1 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 4 | 5 | 63-70 | 4 | 13.0 | Willis | Lancaster | Aguilera | 3:26 | N | 13,172 | --- | ||
| 134 | 134 | Wednesday, Sep 2 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 2 | 4 | 63-71 | 4 | 13.0 | Erickson | Terrell | Aguilera | 2:52 | D | 12,810 | ---- | ||
| 135 | 135 | Friday, Sep 4 | boxscore | DET | MIL | L | 3 | 6 | 63-72 | 4 | 14.0 | Bosio | Gullickson | Plesac | 3:17 | N | 19,431 | ----- | ||
| 136 | 136 | Saturday, Sep 5 | boxscore | DET | MIL | L | 3 | 10 | 63-73 | 5 | 15.0 | Wegman | Haas | 2:44 | N | 22,234 | ------ | |||
| 137 | 137 | Sunday, Sep 6 | boxscore | DET | MIL | W | 6 | 2 | 64-73 | 4 | 15.0 | Doherty | Navarro | 3:02 | D | 20,857 | + | |||
| 138 | 138 | Tuesday, Sep 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 3 | 4 | 64-74 | 6 | 16.0 | McDowell | Tanana | Hernandez | 2:56 | D | 0 | - | |
| 139 | 139 | Tuesday, Sep 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 3 | 4 | 64-75 | 6 | 16.0 | Leach | Leiter | Radinsky | 2:50 | N | 26,784 | -- | |
| 140 | 140 | Wednesday, Sep 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 4 | 6 | 64-76 | 7 | 17.0 | Leach | Gullickson | Hernandez | 2:47 | N | 23,117 | --- | |
| 141 | 141 | Thursday, Sep 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 8 | 0 | 65-76 | 5 | 16.5 | Haas | Fernandez | 2:37 | N | 25,963 | + | ||
| 142 | 142 | Friday, Sep 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 6 | 7 | 65-77 | 7 | 17.0 | Gardiner | Doherty | Ryan | 3:40 | N | 32,696 | - | |
| 143 | 143 | Saturday, Sep 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 9 | 5 | 66-77 | 6 | 17.0 | Terrell | Clemens | 3:55 | D | 32,865 | + | ||
| 144 | 144 | Sunday, Sep 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 7 | 2 | 67-77 | 6 | 17.0 | Tanana | Dopson | 3:09 | D | 32,615 | ++ | ||
| 145 | 145 | Tuesday, Sep 15 | boxscore | DET | TEX | L | 5 | 6 | 67-78 | 6 | 17.5 | Guzman | Gullickson | Whiteside | 3:25 | N | 10,756 | - | ||
| 146 | 146 | Wednesday, Sep 16 | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 4 | 1 | 68-78 | 6 | 16.5 | Haas | Pavlik | Henneman | 2:38 | N | 11,188 | + | ||
| 147 | 147 | Friday, Sep 18 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 10 | 3 | 69-78 | 4 | 17.0 | Doherty | Dopson | King | 3:01 | N | 14,951 | ++ | ||
| 148 | 148 | Saturday, Sep 19 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 3 | 2 | 70-78 | 4 | 17.0 | Tanana | Harris | 2:46 | D | 18,613 | +++ | |||
| 149 | 149 | Sunday, Sep 20 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 4 | 5 | 70-79 | 4 | 17.0 | Viola | Gullickson | Fossas | 3:06 | D | 18,459 | - | ||
| 150 | 150 | Monday, Sep 21 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 6 | 5 | 10 | 71-79 | 4 | 16.5 | Leiter | Irvine | 3:22 | N | 9,558 | + | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 151 | 151 | Tuesday, Sep 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 5 | 6 | 12 | 71-80 | 6 | 18.0 | Farr | Aldred | 4:05 | D | 0 | - | |
| 152 | 152 | Tuesday, Sep 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 4 | 7 | 71-81 | 6 | 18.0 | Habyan | King | Farr | 2:37 | N | 13,001 | -- | |
| 153 | 153 | Wednesday, Sep 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 10 | 8 | 72-81 | 6 | 17.0 | Aldred | Hitchcock | Munoz | 3:14 | N | 11,450 | + | |
| 154 | 154 | Thursday, Sep 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 1 | 10 | 72-82 | 6 | 18.0 | Kamieniecki | Tanana | 3:01 | N | 12,415 | - | ||
| 155 | 155 | Friday, Sep 25 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 6 | 5 | 10 | 73-82 | 5 | 18.0 | Henneman | Olin | 3:30 | N | 13,624 | + | ||
| 156 | 156 | Saturday, Sep 26 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 4 | 7 | 73-83 | 6 | 18.0 | Armstrong | Knudsen | Olin | 3:06 | D | 16,567 | - | ||
| 157 | 157 | Sunday, Sep 27 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 13 | 3 | 74-83 | 5 | 18.0 | Terrell | Mesa | 2:46 | D | 14,330 | + | |||
| 158 | 158 | Tuesday, Sep 29 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 2 | 7 | 74-84 | 5 | 19.0 | McDonald | Tanana | 2:48 | N | 10,448 | - | |||
| 159 | 159 | Wednesday, Sep 30 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 4 | 2 | 75-84 | 5 | 18.0 | Doherty | Milacki | Henneman | 2:30 | N | 11,990 | + | ||
| 160 | 160 | Friday, Oct 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | L | 7 | 8 | 75-85 | 6 | 19.0 | Morris | Gullickson | Henke | 3:07 | N | 50,418 | - | |
| 161 | 161 | Saturday, Oct 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | L | 1 | 3 | 75-86 | 6 | 20.0 | Guzman | Haas | Ward | 2:54 | D | 50,412 | -- | |
| 162 | 162 | Sunday, Oct 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | L | 4 | 7 | 75-87 | 6 | 21.0 | Stottlemyre | Aldred | Timlin | 2:58 | D | 50,421 | --- | |
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak |
Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.