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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1994 / 1996
60-84, Finished 4th in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Sparky Anderson (60-84)
Scored 654 runs, Allowed 844 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 55-89
Ballparks: Tiger Stadium · Attendance: 1,180,979 (11th of 14)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 105
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| Season Summary | 60-84, Final Rank:4, GB: 26.0 | |
| Days in First | 1 | last on Wednesday, Apr 26, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day |
| 2 | last on Apr 26, counts all days of the season including off days | |
| Biggest Lead | never led | |
| Farthest Behind | 26 | last on Sunday, Oct 1, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | 4 | last on Sunday, Jul 9 |
| Most Games under .500 | 24 | last on Sunday, Oct 1 |
| Longest Winning Streak | 5 | Saturday, May 20 to Wednesday, May 24, Monday, Jul 3 to Friday, Jul 7 and Saturday, Sep 9 to Wednesday, Sep 13 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 8 | Thursday, Jul 13 to Thursday, Jul 20 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 15 | Tuesday, Aug 22 |
| Most Runs Scored | 14 | Wednesday, May 24 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 16 | Saturday, Jul 29 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 9 | |
| Times Opponent Shutout | 3 | |
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| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
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| 1 | 1 | Wednesday, Apr 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | W | 5 | 4 | 1-0 | 1 | Tied | Moore | Finley | Groom | 3:04 | N | 51,145 | + | |
| 2 | 2 | Thursday, Apr 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | L | 0 | 3 | 1-1 | 4 | 1.0 | Johnson | Bergman | Ayala | 2:16 | N | 34,656 | - | |
| 3 | 3 | Friday, Apr 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | L | 2 | 9 | 1-2 | 4 | 1.5 | Bosio | Doherty | 2:46 | N | 19,336 | -- | ||
| 4 | 4 | Saturday, Apr 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | L | 1 | 11 | 1-3 | 4 | 2.5 | Fleming | Wells | Converse | 2:44 | N | 27,264 | --- | |
| 5 | 5 | Sunday, Apr 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | W | 10 | 1 | 2-3 | 4 | 1.5 | Moore | Wells | 3:18 | N | 19,743 | + | ||
| 6 | 6 | Tuesday, May 2 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 1 | 11 | 2-4 | 4 | 2.0 | Martinez | Bergman | 3:23 | D | 39,398 | - | |||
| 7 | 7 | Wednesday, May 3 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 7 | 14 | 2-5 | 4 | 3.0 | Clark | Doherty | 3:32 | N | 29,996 | -- | |||
| 8 | 8 | Thursday, May 4 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 4 | 3 | 3-5 | 4 | 3.0 | Wells | Hershiser | Henneman | 2:25 | D | 28,846 | + | ||
| 9 | 9 | Friday, May 5 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 7 | 10 | 3-6 | 5 | 4.0 | Lilliquist | Lira | Ryan | 3:21 | N | 10,041 | - | ||
| 10 | 10 | Saturday, May 6 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 3 | 5 | 3-7 | 5 | 4.0 | Sele | Bergman | Belinda | 3:18 | D | 16,564 | -- | ||
| 11 | 11 | Sunday, May 7 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 1 | 12 | 3-8 | 5 | 4.0 | Eshelman | Groom | 2:38 | D | 10,752 | --- | |||
| 12 | 12 | Tuesday, May 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | W | 4 | 2 | 10 | 4-8 | 5 | 4.0 | Doherty | Lloyd | 2:52 | N | 7,298 | + | |
| 13 | 13 | Wednesday, May 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | L | 2 | 13 | 4-9 | 5 | 5.0 | Scanlan | Moore | 2:57 | N | 7,129 | - | ||
| 14 | 14 | Thursday, May 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | W | 8 | 0 | 5-9 | 5 | 4.5 | Bergman | Wegman | 3:03 | D | 11,078 | + | ||
| 15 | 15 | Friday, May 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | W | 6 | 1 | 6-9 | 4 | 4.0 | Groom | Gross | 3:19 | N | 21,393 | ++ | ||
| 16 | 16 | Saturday, May 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | L | 3 | 5 | 6-10 | 5 | 4.5 | Pavlik | Wells | Russell | 2:51 | N | 31,160 | - | |
| 17 | 17 | Sunday, May 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | W | 8 | 3 | 7-10 | 4 | 4.5 | Moore | Helling | 3:30 | D | 21,182 | + | ||
| 18 | 18 | Tuesday, May 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 9 | 8 | 8-10 | 4 | 4.5 | Boever | Jones | Henneman | 3:50 | N | 36,249 | ++ | |
| 19 | 19 | Wednesday, May 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 4 | 7 | 8-11 | 4 | 5.5 | Brown | Lira | Benitez | 2:40 | N | 35,187 | - | |
| 20 | 20 | Thursday, May 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 2 | 3 | 8-12 | 5 | 6.5 | Mussina | Wells | Jones | 2:52 | N | 39,489 | -- | |
| 21 | 21 | Friday, May 19 | boxscore | DET | TOR | L | 2 | 4 | 8-13 | 5 | 6.5 | Cone | Moore | 2:27 | N | 18,558 | --- | |||
| 22 | 22 | Saturday, May 20 | boxscore | DET | TOR | W | 10 | 6 | 9-13 | 5 | 5.5 | Doherty | Hentgen | 2:48 | D | 18,888 | + | |||
| 23 | 23 | Sunday, May 21 | boxscore | DET | TOR | W | 2 | 1 | 10-13 | 3 | 4.5 | Boever | Cox | Henneman | 3:12 | D | 19,144 | ++ | ||
| 24 | 24 | Monday, May 22 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 10 | 8 | 11-13 | 3 | 4.0 | Boever | Carmona | Henneman | 3:07 | D | 9,167 | +++ | ||
| 25 | 25 | Tuesday, May 23 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 6 | 4 | 7 | 12-13 | 3 | 4.0 | Wells | Guardado | 2:06 | N | 8,042 | ++++ | ||
| 26 | 26 | Wednesday, May 24 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 14 | 3 | 13-13 | 3 | 3.0 | Moore | Radke | 3:00 | N | 8,608 | +++++ | |||
| 27 | 27 | Thursday, May 25 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 3 | 4 | 13-14 | 3 | 3.0 | Guthrie | Boever | Aguilera | 2:42 | D | 17,111 | - | ||
| 28 | 28 | Friday, May 26 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 8 | 7 | 14-14 | 2 | 3.0 | Maxcy | Hernandez | 3:25 | N | 15,551 | + | |||
| 29 | 29 | Saturday, May 27 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 0 | 1 | 14-15 | 2 | 4.0 | Bere | Lira | Hernandez | 2:54 | D | 14,425 | - | ||
| 30 | 30 | Sunday, May 28 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 12 | 14 | 14-16 | 3 | 4.0 | Radinsky | Groom | Hernandez | 3:46 | D | 10,813 | -- | ||
| 31 | 31 | Monday, May 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | L | 4 | 5 | 14-17 | 3 | 5.0 | Cone | Moore | Timlin | 3:04 | N | 39,294 | --- | |
| 32 | 32 | Tuesday, May 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | W | 8 | 6 | 15-17 | 2 | 5.0 | Lira | Cox | Henneman | 3:02 | N | 39,711 | + | |
| 33 | 33 | Wednesday, May 31 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | L | 3 | 5 | 15-18 | 2 | 6.0 | Hentgen | Doherty | 2:35 | D | 41,232 | - | ||
| 34 | 34 | Friday, Jun 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 4 | 5 | 15 | 15-19 | 3 | 7.0 | Hernandez | Henneman | 4:58 | N | 19,090 | -- | |
| 35 | 35 | Saturday, Jun 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 6 | 10 | 15-20 | 4 | 8.0 | McCaskill | Boever | 3:13 | N | 27,220 | --- | ||
| 36 | 36 | Sunday, Jun 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 8 | 5 | 16-20 | 2 | 8.0 | Maxcy | Hernandez | Henneman | 3:06 | D | 21,673 | + | |
| 37 | 37 | Monday, Jun 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 0 | 8 | 16-21 | 2 | 9.0 | Hershiser | Bergman | 2:43 | N | 34,615 | - | ||
| 38 | 38 | Tuesday, Jun 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 3 | 4 | 16-22 | 3 | 9.0 | Tavarez | Boever | Mesa | 3:10 | N | 36,115 | -- | |
| 39 | 39 | Wednesday, Jun 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 2 | 3 | 10 | 16-23 | 5 | 10.0 | Plunk | Maxcy | 2:42 | N | 36,363 | --- | |
| 40 | 40 | Thursday, Jun 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 2 | 9 | 16-24 | 5 | 10.0 | Tapani | Moore | 2:26 | N | 11,304 | ---- | ||
| 41 | 41 | Friday, Jun 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 6 | 5 | 17-24 | 4 | 10.0 | Doherty | Guthrie | Henneman | 3:12 | N | 13,980 | + | |
| 42 | 42 | Saturday, Jun 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 7 | 5 | 18-24 | 3 | 9.0 | Bergman | Trombley | Henneman | 3:17 | N | 17,516 | ++ | |
| 43 | 43 | Sunday, Jun 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 8 | 2 | 19-24 | 3 | 8.0 | Lira | Radke | Boever | 2:19 | D | 15,364 | +++ | |
| 44 | 44 | Monday, Jun 12 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 6 | 1 | 20-24 | 2 | 7.0 | Wells | Pettitte | 3:07 | N | 14,135 | ++++ | |||
| 45 | 45 | Tuesday, Jun 13 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 4 | 10 | 20-25 | 2 | 8.0 | McDowell | Moore | 3:07 | N | 11,800 | - | |||
| 46 | 46 | Wednesday, Jun 14 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 3 | 12 | 20-26 | 2 | 8.0 | Perez | Ahearne | 2:42 | N | 12,254 | -- | |||
| 47 | 47 | Thursday, Jun 15 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 9 | 2 | 21-26 | 2 | 7.5 | Bergman | Boehringer | 3:07 | N | 9,793 | + | |||
| 48 | 48 | Friday, Jun 16 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 5 | 3 | 22-26 | 2 | 6.5 | Lira | McDonald | Henneman | 3:41 | N | 16,444 | ++ | ||
| 49 | 49 | Saturday, Jun 17 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 5 | 3 | 23-26 | 2 | 5.5 | Wells | Brown | Boever | 3:05 | N | 13,195 | +++ | ||
| 50 | 50 | Sunday, Jun 18 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 10 | 8 | 24-26 | 2 | 5.5 | Maxcy | Mussina | Henneman | 3:37 | D | 16,109 | ++++ | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Monday, Jun 19 | boxscore | DET | TEX | L | 4 | 6 | 24-27 | 2 | 5.5 | Gross | Ahearne | Russell | 2:44 | N | 11,215 | - | ||
| 52 | 52 | Tuesday, Jun 20 | boxscore | DET | TEX | L | 6 | 8 | 24-28 | 2 | 5.5 | Oliver | Bergman | Russell | 3:06 | N | 10,874 | -- | ||
| 53 | 53 | Wednesday, Jun 21 | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 1 | 0 | 25-28 | 2 | 5.5 | Lira | Tewksbury | Henneman | 2:00 | N | 16,487 | + | ||
| 54 | 54 | Friday, Jun 23 | boxscore | DET | MIL | W | 5 | 2 | 26-28 | 2 | 5.0 | Wells | Bones | Henneman | 2:35 | N | 15,920 | ++ | ||
| 55 | 55 | Saturday, Jun 24 | boxscore | DET | MIL | W | 7 | 2 | 27-28 | 2 | 5.0 | Moore | Givens | Boever | 2:39 | N | 12,062 | +++ | ||
| 56 | 56 | Sunday, Jun 25 | boxscore | DET | MIL | W | 6 | 3 | 28-28 | 2 | 4.0 | Maxcy | Rightnowar | Henneman | 2:55 | D | 15,263 | ++++ | ||
| 57 | 57 | Monday, Jun 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 3 | 7 | 28-29 | 2 | 5.0 | Pettitte | Lira | 2:48 | N | 18,353 | - | ||
| 58 | 58 | Tuesday, Jun 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 1 | 7 | 28-30 | 2 | 6.0 | Macdonald | Bohanon | Ausanio | 2:53 | N | 19,765 | -- | |
| 59 | 59 | Wednesday, Jun 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 8 | 4 | 29-30 | 2 | 5.0 | Wells | McDowell | 3:09 | D | 24,673 | + | ||
| 60 | 60 | Thursday, Jun 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 1 | 7 | 29-31 | 2 | 6.0 | Wakefield | Moore | 2:37 | D | 28,457 | - | ||
| 61 | 61 | Friday, Jun 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 7 | 6 | 30-31 | 2 | 5.0 | Boever | Ryan | Henneman | 3:27 | N | 31,349 | + | |
| 62 | 62 | Saturday, Jul 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 11 | 2 | 31-31 | 2 | 4.0 | Lira | Hanson | Doherty | 3:10 | D | 33,359 | ++ | |
| 63 | 63 | Sunday, Jul 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 11 | 12 | 31-32 | 2 | 5.0 | Belinda | Boever | 3:26 | D | 34,344 | - | ||
| 64 | 64 | Monday, Jul 3 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 4 | 2 | 32-32 | 2 | 5.0 | Wells | Bosio | Henneman | 2:16 | N | 23,780 | + | ||
| 65 | 65 | Tuesday, Jul 4 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 9 | 8 | 33-32 | 2 | 5.0 | Christopher | Ayala | 3:37 | N | 20,188 | ++ | |||
| 66 | 66 | Wednesday, Jul 5 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 8 | 6 | 34-32 | 2 | 4.0 | Christopher | Carmona | Henneman | 3:20 | D | 17,224 | +++ | ||
| 67 | 67 | Thursday, Jul 6 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 12 | 5 | 35-32 | 2 | 3.0 | Doherty | Haney | Wickander | 2:56 | N | 11,464 | ++++ | ||
| 68 | 68 | Friday, Jul 7 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 3 | 1 | 36-32 | 2 | 3.0 | Wells | Appier | 2:32 | N | 19,968 | +++++ | |||
| 69 | 69 | Saturday, Jul 8 | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 1 | 4 | 36-33 | 2 | 3.0 | Gubicza | Moore | Montgomery | 2:23 | N | 36,905 | - | ||
| 70 | 70 | Sunday, Jul 9 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 4 | 2 | 37-33 | 2 | 3.0 | Lira | Gordon | Henneman | 2:30 | D | 18,110 | + | ||
| 71 | 71 | Thursday, Jul 13 | boxscore | DET | CAL | L | 5 | 8 | 10 | 37-34 | 2 | 3.0 | Percival | Boever | Smith | 3:05 | N | 13,837 | - | |
| 72 | 72 | Friday, Jul 14 | boxscore | DET | CAL | L | 3 | 7 | 37-35 | 2 | 4.0 | Patterson | Lira | Percival | 3:01 | N | 19,204 | -- | ||
| 73 | 73 | Sunday, Jul 16 (1) | boxscore | DET | CAL | L | 4 | 6 | 37-36 | 2 | 4.0 | Finley | Boever | Smith | 3:17 | D | 0 | --- | ||
| 74 | 74 | Sunday, Jul 16 (2) | boxscore | DET | CAL | L | 6 | 13 | 8 | 37-37 | 2 | 4.0 | James | Moore | 2:49 | D | 21,186 | ---- | ||
| 75 | 75 | Monday, Jul 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | L | 6 | 10 | 10 | 37-38 | 2 | 4.0 | Ayala | Groom | 3:27 | N | 14,358 | ----- | |
| 76 | 76 | Tuesday, Jul 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | L | 6 | 10 | 37-39 | 3 | 5.0 | Belcher | Lima | 2:55 | D | 14,667 | ------ | ||
| 77 | 77 | Wednesday, Jul 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L | 1 | 2 | 37-40 | 3 | 6.0 | Prieto | Doherty | Honeycutt | 2:43 | N | 11,672 | ------- | |
| 78 | 78 | Thursday, Jul 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L | 3 | 6 | 37-41 | 3 | 7.0 | Darling | Moore | Eckersley | 2:35 | D | 13,697 | -------- | |
| 79 | 79 | Friday, Jul 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | W | 4 | 3 | 38-41 | 3 | 7.0 | Wells | Habyan | Henneman | 2:50 | N | 21,731 | + | |
| 80 | 80 | Saturday, Jul 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | L | 3 | 13 | 38-42 | 4 | 7.0 | Anderson | Bergman | 2:39 | N | 28,429 | - | ||
| 81 | 81 | Sunday, Jul 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | L | 2 | 13 | 38-43 | 4 | 7.0 | Langston | Lima | 3:04 | D | 18,948 | -- | ||
| 82 | 82 | Tuesday, Jul 25 | boxscore | DET | OAK | W | 6 | 3 | 39-43 | 4 | 6.5 | Lira | Darling | 3:15 | N | 14,560 | + | |||
| 83 | 83 | Wednesday, Jul 26 | boxscore | DET | OAK | W | 10 | 4 | 40-43 | 4 | 6.5 | Wells | Reyes | 2:45 | N | 14,284 | ++ | |||
| 84 | 84 | Thursday, Jul 27 | boxscore | DET | OAK | L | 3 | 11 | 40-44 | 4 | 6.5 | Stottlemyre | Moore | 3:05 | D | 18,836 | - | |||
| 85 | 85 | Friday, Jul 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 3 | 4 | 40-45 | 4 | 7.5 | Montgomery | Doherty | 2:25 | N | 18,070 | -- | ||
| 86 | 86 | Saturday, Jul 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 4 | 5 | 16 | 40-46 | 4 | 8.5 | Pichardo | Doherty | 4:35 | N | 20,157 | --- | |
| 87 | 87 | Sunday, Jul 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 2 | 3 | 40-47 | 4 | 8.5 | Anderson | Lira | Montgomery | 2:46 | D | 21,049 | ---- | |
| 88 | 88 | Tuesday, Aug 1 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 3 | 13 | 40-48 | 4 | 9.5 | Smith | Moore | 2:54 | N | 20,170 | ----- | |||
| 89 | 89 | Wednesday, Aug 2 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 5 | 0 | 41-48 | 4 | 8.5 | Bergman | Clemens | 2:30 | N | 16,488 | + | |||
| 90 | 90 | Thursday, Aug 3 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 2 | 10 | 41-49 | 4 | 9.5 | Wakefield | Nitkowski | 2:15 | N | 11,451 | - | |||
| 91 | 91 | Friday, Aug 4 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 1 | 4 | 41-50 | 4 | 10.5 | Kamieniecki | Lima | Wetteland | 2:58 | N | 23,304 | -- | ||
| 92 | 92 | Saturday, Aug 5 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 1 | 7 | 41-51 | 4 | 11.5 | Hitchcock | Lira | 2:26 | N | 21,219 | --- | |||
| 93 | 93 | Sunday, Aug 6 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 6 | 5 | 12 | 42-51 | 4 | 11.5 | Boever | Eiland | 3:49 | D | 33,008 | + | ||
| 94 | 94 | Tuesday, Aug 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | L | 1 | 4 | 42-52 | 4 | 13.0 | Gross | Bergman | Whiteside | 2:35 | N | 27,760 | - | |
| 95 | 95 | Wednesday, Aug 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | L | 5 | 13 | 42-53 | 4 | 14.0 | Rogers | Doherty | 3:02 | N | 22,680 | -- | ||
| 96 | 96 | Thursday, Aug 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | L | 2 | 7 | 42-54 | 4 | 15.0 | Darwin | Lira | 2:38 | N | 32,084 | --- | ||
| 97 | 97 | Friday, Aug 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | L | 4 | 5 | 42-55 | 4 | 16.0 | Givens | Moore | Fetters | 2:49 | N | 12,791 | ---- | |
| 98 | 98 | Saturday, Aug 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | W | 8 | 2 | 43-55 | 4 | 16.0 | Lima | McAndrew | Doherty | 2:42 | N | 21,342 | + | |
| 99 | 99 | Sunday, Aug 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | L | 3 | 8 | 43-56 | 4 | 17.0 | Bones | Bergman | 2:59 | D | 22,756 | - | ||
| 100 | 100 | Monday, Aug 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | L | 2 | 3 | 43-57 | 4 | 18.0 | Karl | Maxcy | Fetters | 2:35 | N | 16,200 | -- | |
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 101 | 101 | Tuesday, Aug 15 | boxscore | DET | TOR | W | 11 | 5 | 44-57 | 4 | 17.0 | Bohanon | Hentgen | 3:15 | N | 19,173 | + | |||
| 102 | 102 | Wednesday, Aug 16 | boxscore | DET | TOR | L | 4 | 7 | 44-58 | 4 | 18.0 | Hurtado | Maxcy | Castillo | 3:06 | N | 17,551 | - | ||
| 103 | 103 | Thursday, Aug 17 | boxscore | DET | TOR | L | 0 | 3 | 44-59 | 5 | 19.0 | Leiter | Lima | Castillo | 2:34 | N | 14,629 | -- | ||
| 104 | 104 | Friday, Aug 18 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 3 | 1 | 45-59 | 4 | 18.0 | Bergman | Parra | Doherty | 2:46 | N | 18,265 | + | ||
| 105 | 105 | Saturday, Aug 19 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 5 | 9 | 45-60 | 5 | 19.0 | Radke | Nitkowski | Mahomes | 2:35 | N | 15,147 | - | ||
| 106 | 106 | Sunday, Aug 20 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 7 | 8 | 10 | 45-61 | 5 | 20.0 | Mahomes | Doherty | 3:10 | D | 18,868 | -- | ||
| 107 | 107 | Monday, Aug 21 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 3 | 7 | 45-62 | 5 | 21.0 | Fernandez | Moore | McCaskill | 2:43 | N | 16,890 | --- | ||
| 108 | 108 | Tuesday, Aug 22 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 7 | 15 | 45-63 | 5 | 22.0 | DeLeon | Lima | 3:34 | N | 16,107 | ---- | |||
| 109 | 109 | Wednesday, Aug 23 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 7 | 5 | 46-63 | 5 | 22.0 | Lira | Hernandez | 2:45 | N | 15,506 | + | |||
| 110 | 110 | Friday, Aug 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 5 | 6 | 11 | 46-64 | 5 | 22.5 | Tavarez | Lira | 3:22 | N | 41,676 | - | |
| 111 | 111 | Saturday, Aug 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 2 | 6 | 46-65 | 5 | 22.5 | Nagy | Moore | 3:00 | D | 41,744 | -- | ||
| 112 | 112 | Sunday, Aug 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 2 | 9 | 46-66 | 5 | 23.5 | Hershiser | Lima | 2:35 | D | 41,616 | --- | ||
| 113 | 113 | Tuesday, Aug 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 7 | 5 | 47-66 | 5 | 22.5 | Bergman | Keyser | Lira | 3:02 | N | 18,890 | + | |
| 114 | 114 | Wednesday, Aug 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 7 | 10 | 47-67 | 5 | 23.5 | Karchner | Maxcy | Hernandez | 2:58 | N | 17,074 | - | |
| 115 | 115 | Thursday, Aug 31 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 0 | 9 | 47-68 | 5 | 23.5 | Fernandez | Moore | 2:18 | D | 15,883 | -- | ||
| 116 | 116 | Friday, Sep 1 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 4 | 14 | 47-69 | 5 | 24.5 | Nagy | Lima | 3:18 | N | 16,155 | --- | |||
| 117 | 117 | Saturday, Sep 2 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 3 | 2 | 48-69 | 5 | 24.5 | Lira | Hershiser | Doherty | 2:27 | N | 22,426 | + | ||
| 118 | 118 | Sunday, Sep 3 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 8 | 9 | 10 | 48-70 | 5 | 25.5 | Mesa | Boever | 3:22 | D | 25,393 | - | ||
| 119 | 119 | Monday, Sep 4 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 3 | 2 | 49-70 | 5 | 25.0 | Sodowsky | Clark | Henry | 2:19 | D | 24,987 | + | ||
| 120 | 120 | Tuesday, Sep 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 6 | 4 | 50-70 | 4 | 25.0 | Nitkowski | Munoz | Christopher | 2:27 | N | 8,358 | ++ | |
| 121 | 121 | Wednesday, Sep 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 1 | 9 | 50-71 | 5 | 26.0 | Rodriguez | Maxcy | 2:28 | D | 7,845 | - | ||
| 122 | 122 | Friday, Sep 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | L | 5 | 9 | 50-72 | 5 | 26.0 | Ware | Lira | 3:06 | N | 36,490 | -- | ||
| 123 | 123 | Saturday, Sep 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | W | 5 | 2 | 51-72 | 5 | 25.0 | Bergman | Guzman | Henry | 2:38 | D | 43,127 | + | |
| 124 | 124 | Sunday, Sep 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | W | 5 | 2 | 11 | 52-72 | 4 | 24.0 | Doherty | Timlin | Henry | 3:22 | D | 39,255 | ++ |
| 125 | 125 | Monday, Sep 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | W | 3 | 2 | 10 | 53-72 | 4 | 23.0 | Christopher | Rogers | Bohanon | 3:22 | N | 32,135 | +++ |
| 126 | 126 | Tuesday, Sep 12 | boxscore | DET | MIL | W | 5 | 1 | 54-72 | 4 | 22.0 | Lima | Givens | Doherty | 2:29 | N | 8,874 | ++++ | ||
| 127 | 127 | Wednesday, Sep 13 | boxscore | DET | MIL | W | 5 | 3 | 55-72 | 4 | 22.0 | Henry | Fetters | 2:41 | D | 8,967 | +++++ | |||
| 128 | 128 | Thursday, Sep 14 | boxscore | DET | MIL | L | 3 | 6 | 55-73 | 4 | 22.0 | Sparks | Bergman | Fetters | 2:57 | N | 7,775 | - | ||
| 129 | 129 | Friday, Sep 15 | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 3 | 2 | 56-73 | 4 | 22.0 | Sodowsky | Gross | Henry | 2:48 | N | 12,059 | + | ||
| 130 | 130 | Saturday, Sep 16 | boxscore | DET | TEX | L | 3 | 7 | 56-74 | 4 | 22.0 | Rogers | Nitkowski | 2:37 | N | 17,142 | - | |||
| 131 | 131 | Sunday, Sep 17 | boxscore | DET | TEX | L | 0 | 5 | 56-75 | 4 | 23.0 | Pavlik | Lima | 2:37 | D | 12,940 | -- | |||
| 132 | 132 | Monday, Sep 18 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 2 | 6 | 56-76 | 4 | 23.0 | Haynes | Lira | 2:41 | N | 12,637 | --- | |||
| 133 | 133 | Tuesday, Sep 19 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 7 | 4 | 57-76 | 4 | 23.0 | Myers | Krivda | Henry | 2:48 | D | 9,647 | + | ||
| 134 | 134 | Wednesday, Sep 20 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 3 | 6 | 57-77 | 4 | 24.0 | Erickson | Sodowsky | 2:23 | D | 8,397 | - | |||
| 135 | 135 | Thursday, Sep 21 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 1 | 13 | 57-78 | 4 | 24.5 | Mussina | Doherty | 2:51 | D | 14,803 | -- | |||
| 136 | 136 | Saturday, Sep 23 (1) | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 2 | 5 | 57-79 | 4 | 25.5 | Cone | Lima | Wetteland | 2:44 | D | 0 | --- | |
| 137 | 137 | Saturday, Sep 23 (2) | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 1 | 3 | 57-80 | 4 | 25.5 | Kamieniecki | Lira | Wetteland | 2:38 | D | 36,248 | ---- | |
| 138 | 138 | Sunday, Sep 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 8 | 3 | 58-80 | 4 | 24.5 | Christopher | Pettitte | 2:53 | D | 34,848 | + | ||
| 139 | 139 | Monday, Sep 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 7 | 4 | 59-80 | 4 | 23.5 | Gohr | Murray | Doherty | 2:46 | N | 25,661 | ++ | |
| 140 | 140 | Tuesday, Sep 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 1 | 5 | 59-81 | 4 | 24.5 | Smith | Nitkowski | 2:09 | N | 24,032 | - | ||
| 141 | 141 | Wednesday, Sep 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 7 | 5 | 60-81 | 4 | 23.5 | Lima | Wakefield | Blomdahl | 2:39 | N | 30,989 | + | |
| 142 | 142 | Friday, Sep 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 0 | 6 | 60-82 | 4 | 25.0 | Brown | Lira | 2:31 | N | 46,512 | - | ||
| 143 | 143 | Saturday, Sep 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 0 | 12 | 60-83 | 4 | 26.0 | McDonald | Bergman | 2:56 | D | 47,132 | -- | ||
| 144 | 144 | Sunday, Oct 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 0 | 4 | 60-84 | 4 | 26.0 | Mussina | Sodowsky | 2:24 | D | 45,760 | --- | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak |