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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1999 / 2001
79-83, Finished 3rd in AL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Phil Garner (79-83)
Scored 823 runs, Allowed 827 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-81
Ballparks: Comerica Park · Attendance: 2,438,617 (7th of 14)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 95 · one-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 95
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| Season Summary | 79-83, Final Rank:3, GB: 16.0 | |
| Days in First | 1 | last on Monday, Apr 3, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day |
| 6 | last on Apr 3, counts all days of the season including off days | |
| Biggest Lead | never led | |
| Farthest Behind | 18 | last on Sunday, Sep 24, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | 3 | last on Tuesday, Sep 5 |
| Most Games under .500 | 14 | last on Friday, Jun 2 |
| Longest Winning Streak | 6 | Sunday, Aug 13 to Saturday, Aug 19 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 8 | Saturday, Apr 15 to Monday, Apr 24 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 14 | Friday, Apr 7 and Saturday, Apr 22 |
| Most Runs Scored | 18 | Tuesday, Jun 20 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 15 | Saturday, Jul 8 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 15 | |
| Times Opponent Shutout | 6 | |
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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 | Monday, Apr 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | W | 7 | 4 | 1-0 | 1 | Tied | Nomo | Appier | Jones | 3:13 | N | 53,498 | + | |
| 2 | 2 | Tuesday, Apr 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L | 1 | 3 | 1-1 | 2 | 0.5 | Hudson | Nitkowski | Isringhausen | 2:39 | N | 10,188 | - | |
| 3 | 3 | Wednesday, Apr 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L | 2 | 8 | 1-2 | 3 | 1.0 | Olivares | Moehler | 2:42 | D | 10,229 | -- | ||
| 4 | 4 | Friday, Apr 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 10 | 14 | 1-3 | 5 | 1.5 | Worrell | Mlicki | 3:33 | N | 39,415 | --- | ||
| 5 | 5 | Saturday, Apr 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1-4 | 5 | 2.5 | Reyes | Brocail | 3:06 | D | 42,547 | ---- | |
| 6 | 6 | Sunday, Apr 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 6 | 11 | 1-5 | 5 | 3.0 | Mercedes | Nitkowski | 3:15 | D | 42,178 | ----- | ||
| 7 | 7 | Tuesday, Apr 11 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 5 | 2 | 2-5 | 4 | 3.5 | Moehler | Garcia | Jones | 3:12 | D | 39,168 | + | ||
| 8 | 8 | Wednesday, Apr 12 | boxscore | DET | SEA | L | 0 | 4 | 2-6 | 4 | 4.5 | Sele | Mlicki | 2:24 | N | 21,405 | - | |||
| 9 | 9 | Thursday, Apr 13 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 2 | 0 | 3-6 | 4 | 4.0 | Brocail | Rhodes | Jones | 2:58 | N | 20,781 | + | ||
| 10 | 10 | Friday, Apr 14 | boxscore | DET | TBD | W | 10 | 5 | 4-6 | 4 | 3.0 | Nitkowski | Rupe | 2:47 | N | 25,043 | ++ | |||
| 11 | 11 | Saturday, Apr 15 | boxscore | DET | TBD | L | 0 | 7 | 4-7 | 4 | 3.0 | Gooden | Weaver | 2:38 | N | 25,969 | - | |||
| 12 | 12 | Sunday, Apr 16 | boxscore | DET | TBD | L | 6 | 7 | 4-8 | 4 | 4.0 | Hernandez | Jones | 3:01 | D | 24,686 | -- | |||
| 13 | 13 | Tuesday, Apr 18 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 0 | 7 | 4-9 | 4 | 4.0 | Schourek | Mlicki | Lowe | 2:34 | N | 21,632 | --- | ||
| 14 | 14 | Wednesday, Apr 19 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 0 | 10 | 4-10 | 5 | 4.5 | Rose | Nomo | 3:00 | N | 20,526 | ---- | |||
| 15 | 15 | Friday, Apr 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 2 | 7 | 4-11 | 5 | 5.5 | Wells | Nitkowski | 2:52 | N | 11,278 | ----- | ||
| 16 | 16 | Saturday, Apr 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 6 | 14 | 4-12 | 5 | 6.5 | Parque | Weaver | 3:19 | D | 16,410 | ------ | ||
| 17 | 17 | Sunday, Apr 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 4 | 9 | 4-13 | 5 | 7.5 | Baldwin | Borkowski | 2:47 | D | 12,154 | ------- | ||
| 18 | 18 | Monday, Apr 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | ANA | L | 4 | 10 | 4-14 | 5 | 8.5 | Hill | Mlicki | 2:55 | N | 16,433 | -------- | ||
| 19 | 19 | Tuesday, Apr 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | ANA | W | 4 | 2 | 5-14 | 5 | 7.5 | Poole | Bottenfield | Jones | 2:49 | N | 17,086 | + | |
| 20 | 20 | Wednesday, Apr 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | ANA | L | 1 | 6 | 5-15 | 5 | 8.5 | Schoeneweis | Nitkowski | 2:26 | N | 16,153 | - | ||
| 21 | 21 | Friday, Apr 28 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 2 | 3 | 5-16 | 5 | 10.0 | Baldwin | Weaver | Foulke | 2:24 | N | 26,916 | -- | ||
| 22 | 22 | Saturday, Apr 29 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 1 | 2 | 5-17 | 5 | 11.0 | Eldred | Mlicki | Foulke | 2:37 | D | 28,393 | --- | ||
| 23 | 23 | Sunday, Apr 30 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 4 | 3 | 12 | 6-17 | 5 | 10.0 | Anderson | Eyre | 3:36 | D | 28,435 | + | ||
| 24 | 24 | Monday, May 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 6 | 10 | 6-18 | 5 | 10.0 | Fassero | Nitkowski | 2:46 | N | 24,087 | - | ||
| 25 | 25 | Tuesday, May 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 7 | 6 | 12 | 7-18 | 5 | 9.0 | Blair | Wakefield | Jones | 3:56 | N | 22,897 | + |
| 26 | 26 | Wednesday, May 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 2 | 4 | 7-19 | 5 | 10.0 | Lowe | Weaver | 2:27 | N | 27,397 | - | ||
| 27 | 27 | Thursday, May 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 8 | 6 | 11 | 8-19 | 5 | 9.5 | Anderson | Wells | Jones | 3:34 | N | 6,675 | + |
| 28 | 28 | Friday, May 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 10 | 8 | 9-19 | 5 | 8.5 | Patterson | Carrasco | Jones | 3:44 | N | 11,500 | ++ | |
| 29 | 29 | Saturday, May 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 1 | 6 | 9-20 | 5 | 8.5 | Redman | Nitkowski | 2:29 | N | 14,013 | - | ||
| 30 | 30 | Sunday, May 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 0 | 4 | 9-21 | 5 | 8.5 | Mays | Johnson | 2:37 | D | 8,333 | -- | ||
| 31 | 31 | Monday, May 8 | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9-22 | 5 | 8.5 | Santiago | Brocail | 2:47 | N | 20,340 | --- | ||
| 32 | 32 | Wednesday, May 10 | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 0 | 6 | 9-23 | 5 | 9.0 | Fussell | Nomo | 2:49 | D | 31,529 | ---- | |||
| 33 | 33 | Friday, May 12 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 9 | 7 | 10-23 | 5 | 8.0 | Nitkowski | Clemens | Jones | 3:26 | N | 33,326 | + | ||
| 34 | 34 | Saturday, May 13 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 6 | 3 | 11-23 | 5 | 8.0 | Weaver | Pettitte | Jones | 2:42 | D | 36,520 | ++ | ||
| 35 | 35 | Sunday, May 14 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 2 | 1 | 12-23 | 5 | 8.0 | Mlicki | Cone | Jones | 2:34 | D | 31,313 | +++ | ||
| 36 | 36 | Tuesday, May 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 9 | 11 | 12-24 | 5 | 9.0 | Nagy | Nomo | Karsay | 3:41 | N | 40,633 | - | |
| 37 | 37 | Wednesday, May 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 2 | 7 | 12-25 | 5 | 9.0 | Colon | Nitkowski | 2:57 | N | 40,652 | -- | ||
| 38 | 38 | Friday, May 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 0 | 3 | 12-26 | 5 | 10.0 | Fassero | Moehler | Lowe | 2:38 | N | 31,973 | --- | |
| 39 | 39 | Saturday, May 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 2 | 1 | 13-26 | 5 | 10.0 | Mlicki | Wakefield | Jones | 3:12 | D | 31,909 | + | |
| 40 | 40 | Sunday, May 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 7 | 5 | 14-26 | 5 | 10.0 | Nomo | Martinez | Jones | 3:34 | D | 31,893 | ++ | |
| 41 | 41 | Tuesday, May 23 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 10 | 4 | 15-26 | 5 | 9.5 | Blair | Colon | 3:29 | N | 27,039 | +++ | |||
| 42 | 42 | Wednesday, May 24 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 10 | 9 | 16-26 | 5 | 8.5 | Patterson | Watson | Jones | 3:44 | N | 27,274 | ++++ | ||
| 43 | 43 | Thursday, May 25 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 1 | 4 | 16-27 | 5 | 8.5 | Burba | Moehler | Karsay | 2:51 | N | 30,103 | - | ||
| 44 | 44 | Friday, May 26 | boxscore | DET | TOR | L | 2 | 8 | 16-28 | 5 | 9.5 | Frascatore | Brocail | 3:07 | N | 33,068 | -- | |||
| 45 | 45 | Saturday, May 27 | boxscore | DET | TOR | W | 4 | 3 | 17-28 | 5 | 9.5 | Brocail | Quantrill | 2:45 | N | 29,584 | + | |||
| 46 | 46 | Sunday, May 28 | boxscore | DET | TOR | L | 7 | 12 | 17-29 | 5 | 9.5 | Andrews | Blair | 3:00 | D | 29,105 | - | |||
| 47 | 47 | Monday, May 29 | boxscore | DET | TEX | L | 2 | 3 | 17-30 | 5 | 9.5 | Rogers | Weaver | Wetteland | 2:45 | N | 31,915 | -- | ||
| 48 | 48 | Tuesday, May 30 | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 7 | 4 | 18-30 | 5 | 9.5 | Moehler | Loaiza | Jones | 2:48 | N | 21,053 | + | ||
| 49 | 49 | Wednesday, May 31 | boxscore | DET | TEX | L | 5 | 13 | 18-31 | 5 | 10.5 | Oliver | Mlicki | 3:17 | N | 22,425 | - | |||
| 50 | 50 | Friday, Jun 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHC | L | 0 | 2 | 18-32 | 5 | 11.5 | Downs | Nomo | Aguilera | 2:47 | D | 37,785 | -- | |
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Saturday, Jun 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHC | W | 5 | 3 | 19-32 | 5 | 10.5 | Weaver | Wood | Jones | 2:50 | D | 40,061 | + | |
| 52 | 52 | Sunday, Jun 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHC | W | 3 | 2 | 12 | 20-32 | 5 | 10.5 | Anderson | Van Poppel | Jones | 3:13 | D | 36,749 | ++ |
| 53 | 53 | Monday, Jun 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | PIT | L | 1 | 5 | 20-33 | 5 | 11.5 | Cordova | Mlicki | 2:53 | N | 12,479 | - | ||
| 54 | 54 | Tuesday, Jun 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | PIT | W | 2 | 1 | 21-33 | 5 | 11.5 | Nitkowski | Anderson | Jones | 2:58 | N | 13,174 | + | |
| 55 | 55 | Wednesday, Jun 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | PIT | L | 3 | 4 | 21-34 | 5 | 12.5 | Ritchie | Nomo | Williams | 2:43 | N | 15,067 | - | |
| 56 | 56 | Friday, Jun 9 | boxscore | DET | STL | W | 4 | 2 | 22-34 | 5 | 12.5 | Weaver | Stephenson | Jones | 2:22 | N | 39,081 | + | ||
| 57 | 57 | Saturday, Jun 10 | boxscore | DET | STL | W | 10 | 1 | 23-34 | 5 | 12.5 | Moehler | Ankiel | 2:41 | N | 39,053 | ++ | |||
| 58 | 58 | Sunday, Jun 11 | boxscore | DET | STL | L | 3 | 7 | 23-35 | 5 | 12.5 | Hentgen | Mlicki | 2:38 | D | 38,139 | - | |||
| 59 | 59 | Monday, Jun 12 | boxscore | DET | TOR | L | 2 | 4 | 23-36 | 5 | 13.5 | Castillo | Nomo | Koch | 2:55 | N | 21,779 | -- | ||
| 60 | 60 | Tuesday, Jun 13 | boxscore | DET | TOR | W | 16 | 3 | 24-36 | 5 | 13.5 | Blair | Andrews | 2:41 | N | 23,314 | + | |||
| 61 | 61 | Wednesday, Jun 14 | boxscore | DET | TOR | L | 1 | 8 | 24-37 | 5 | 14.5 | Carpenter | Weaver | 2:50 | N | 27,479 | - | |||
| 62 | 62 | Friday, Jun 16 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 5 | 2 | 25-37 | 5 | 15.0 | Moehler | Burba | Jones | 2:50 | N | 39,072 | + | ||
| 63 | 63 | Saturday, Jun 17 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 8 | 6 | 26-37 | 5 | 15.0 | Brocail | Karsay | 3:03 | D | 39,569 | ++ | |||
| 64 | 64 | Sunday, Jun 18 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 4 | 9 | 26-38 | 5 | 16.0 | Speier | Patterson | 3:04 | D | 39,123 | - | |||
| 65 | 65 | Tuesday, Jun 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | W | 18 | 6 | 27-38 | 4 | 15.5 | Weaver | Carpenter | 3:03 | N | 18,850 | + | ||
| 66 | 66 | Wednesday, Jun 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | L | 0 | 6 | 27-39 | 4 | 15.5 | Escobar | Moehler | 2:29 | N | 18,125 | - | ||
| 67 | 67 | Thursday, Jun 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | L | 4 | 7 | 27-40 | 5 | 16.5 | Wells | Nomo | 2:47 | N | 20,259 | -- | ||
| 68 | 68 | Friday, Jun 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 7 | 6 | 28-40 | 4 | 16.5 | Blair | Navarro | Jones | 3:10 | N | 43,095 | + | |
| 69 | 69 | Saturday, Jun 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 1 | 8 | 28-41 | 5 | 16.0 | Colon | Sparks | 2:49 | D | 43,081 | - | ||
| 70 | 70 | Saturday, Jun 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 14 | 8 | 29-41 | 5 | 16.0 | Nitkowski | Mohler | 3:21 | N | 43,083 | + | ||
| 71 | 71 | Sunday, Jun 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 1 | 2 | 29-42 | 5 | 17.0 | Karsay | Anderson | 3:10 | D | 43,062 | - | ||
| 72 | 72 | Monday, Jun 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 13 | 2 | 30-42 | 5 | 16.5 | Moehler | Burba | 3:04 | N | 43,191 | + | ||
| 73 | 73 | Tuesday, Jun 27 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 7 | 6 | 11 | 31-42 | 5 | 15.5 | Cruz | Rivera | 4:16 | N | 37,512 | ++ | ||
| 74 | 74 | Wednesday, Jun 28 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 13 | 6 | 32-42 | 4 | 15.5 | Blair | Ford | Sparks | 2:45 | N | 39,212 | +++ | ||
| 75 | 75 | Thursday, Jun 29 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 0 | 8 | 32-43 | 5 | 15.5 | Pettitte | Mlicki | 2:39 | N | 39,586 | - | |||
| 76 | 76 | Friday, Jun 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | W | 3 | 1 | 33-43 | 5 | 15.5 | Weaver | Reichert | Jones | 2:41 | N | 23,396 | + | |
| 77 | 77 | Saturday, Jul 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | W | 8 | 7 | 34-43 | 5 | 15.5 | Brocail | Bottalico | Jones | 3:25 | N | 21,271 | ++ | |
| 78 | 78 | Sunday, Jul 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | W | 2 | 0 | 35-43 | 4 | 15.5 | Nomo | Suzuki | Jones | 2:50 | D | 17,500 | +++ | |
| 79 | 79 | Monday, Jul 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | TBD | W | 5 | 4 | 10 | 36-43 | 4 | 15.5 | Patterson | Hernandez | Jones | 3:15 | N | 15,709 | ++++ |
| 80 | 80 | Tuesday, Jul 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | TBD | W | 11 | 0 | 37-43 | 4 | 14.5 | Mlicki | Lidle | 2:46 | D | 18,011 | +++++ | ||
| 81 | 81 | Wednesday, Jul 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | TBD | L | 1 | 4 | 37-44 | 4 | 15.5 | Rekar | Weaver | Hernandez | 2:58 | N | 14,934 | - | |
| 82 | 82 | Friday, Jul 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | L | 3 | 4 | 37-45 | 4 | 16.5 | Haynes | Moehler | Wickman | 2:44 | N | 13,913 | -- | |
| 83 | 83 | Saturday, Jul 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | W | 4 | 2 | 15 | 38-45 | 4 | 15.5 | Cruz | De Los Santos | 5:20 | N | 23,872 | + | |
| 84 | 84 | Sunday, Jul 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | L | 3 | 10 | 38-46 | 4 | 15.5 | Bere | Blair | 2:58 | D | 19,037 | - | ||
| 85 | 85 | Thursday, Jul 13 | boxscore | DET | HOU | W | 8 | 2 | 39-46 | 3 | 14.5 | Moehler | Reynolds | 2:35 | N | 30,226 | + | |||
| 86 | 86 | Friday, Jul 14 | boxscore | DET | HOU | L | 4 | 9 | 39-47 | 3 | 14.5 | Holt | Nomo | 2:57 | N | 38,119 | - | |||
| 87 | 87 | Saturday, Jul 15 | boxscore | DET | HOU | W | 11 | 6 | 40-47 | 3 | 14.5 | Patterson | Henry | 3:01 | D | 39,189 | + | |||
| 88 | 88 | Sunday, Jul 16 | boxscore | DET | CIN | W | 6 | 2 | 41-47 | 3 | 14.5 | Weaver | Parris | 2:57 | D | 40,637 | ++ | |||
| 89 | 89 | Monday, Jul 17 | boxscore | DET | CIN | W | 3 | 1 | 42-47 | 3 | 14.5 | Mlicki | Luebbers | Jones | 2:23 | N | 35,217 | +++ | ||
| 90 | 90 | Tuesday, Jul 18 | boxscore | DET | CIN | L | 4 | 5 | 42-48 | 3 | 15.5 | Dessens | Moehler | Graves | 3:04 | N | 38,255 | - | ||
| 91 | 91 | Wednesday, Jul 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 1 | 9 | 42-49 | 3 | 16.5 | Clemens | Nomo | 2:53 | N | 32,420 | -- | ||
| 92 | 92 | Thursday, Jul 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 5 | 3 | 43-49 | 3 | 15.5 | Blair | Pettitte | Jones | 3:11 | D | 45,535 | + | |
| 93 | 93 | Friday, Jul 21 | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 0 | 4 | 43-50 | 4 | 16.5 | Reichert | Weaver | 2:40 | N | 38,738 | - | |||
| 94 | 94 | Saturday, Jul 22 | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 5 | 8 | 43-51 | 4 | 16.0 | Witasick | Mlicki | Bottalico | 3:24 | D | 36,917 | -- | ||
| 95 | 95 | Saturday, Jul 22 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 10 | 6 | 44-51 | 4 | 16.0 | Cruz | Bochtler | 3:08 | N | 35,046 | + | |||
| 96 | 96 | Sunday, Jul 23 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 12 | 9 | 45-51 | 3 | 15.0 | Brocail | Byrdak | Jones | 3:40 | D | 36,413 | ++ | ||
| 97 | 97 | Monday, Jul 24 | boxscore | DET | TBD | L | 2 | 4 | 45-52 | 3 | 16.0 | Lopez | Nomo | Hernandez | 2:52 | N | 28,102 | - | ||
| 98 | 98 | Tuesday, Jul 25 | boxscore | DET | TBD | W | 6 | 4 | 46-52 | 3 | 15.0 | Blair | Trachsel | Jones | 3:06 | N | 26,271 | + | ||
| 99 | 99 | Wednesday, Jul 26 | boxscore | DET | TBD | L | 2 | 6 | 46-53 | 4 | 15.0 | Yan | Weaver | Hernandez | 3:03 | N | 32,884 | - | ||
| 100 | 100 | Thursday, Jul 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | L | 3 | 7 | 46-54 | 4 | 16.0 | Glynn | Sparks | Zimmerman | 2:32 | N | 37,748 | -- | |
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 101 | 101 | Friday, Jul 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | L | 5 | 11 | 46-55 | 4 | 16.0 | Helling | Moehler | 3:07 | N | 47,783 | --- | ||
| 102 | 102 | Saturday, Jul 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | W | 10 | 2 | 47-55 | 3 | 15.0 | Nomo | Rogers | 2:56 | N | 48,150 | + | ||
| 103 | 103 | Sunday, Jul 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | W | 8 | 7 | 48-55 | 3 | 15.0 | Blair | Oliver | Jones | 3:10 | N | 40,167 | ++ | |
| 104 | 104 | Monday, Jul 31 | boxscore | DET | @ | ANA | L | 4 | 5 | 48-56 | 3 | 15.5 | Petkovsek | Jones | 2:51 | N | 16,797 | - | ||
| 105 | 105 | Tuesday, Aug 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | ANA | W | 6 | 3 | 49-56 | 3 | 15.5 | Cruz | Cooper | Jones | 3:00 | N | 19,104 | + | |
| 106 | 106 | Wednesday, Aug 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | ANA | W | 5 | 3 | 50-56 | 3 | 14.5 | Moehler | Hill | Jones | 2:55 | D | 29,017 | ++ | |
| 107 | 107 | Friday, Aug 4 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 1 | 3 | 50-57 | 3 | 14.5 | Milton | Nitkowski | Wells | 2:42 | N | 39,745 | - | ||
| 108 | 108 | Saturday, Aug 5 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 4 | 3 | 51-57 | 3 | 14.5 | Sparks | Mays | Jones | 2:30 | N | 39,592 | + | ||
| 109 | 109 | Sunday, Aug 6 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 3 | 7 | 51-58 | 3 | 15.5 | Romero | Weaver | 2:56 | D | 34,290 | - | |||
| 110 | 110 | Monday, Aug 7 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 3 | 4 | 51-59 | 3 | 16.0 | Groom | Brocail | Kohlmeier | 2:57 | N | 27,392 | -- | ||
| 111 | 111 | Tuesday, Aug 8 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 4 | 1 | 52-59 | 3 | 14.5 | Moehler | Rapp | 2:32 | N | 30,190 | + | |||
| 112 | 112 | Wednesday, Aug 9 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 2 | 5 | 52-60 | 3 | 15.5 | Mercedes | Blair | Kohlmeier | 2:37 | N | 28,041 | - | ||
| 113 | 113 | Thursday, Aug 10 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 14 | 3 | 53-60 | 3 | 14.5 | Sparks | Ponson | 2:51 | D | 40,093 | + | |||
| 114 | 114 | Friday, Aug 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | W | 11 | 4 | 54-60 | 3 | 14.5 | Weaver | Heredia | 3:48 | N | 14,181 | ++ | ||
| 115 | 115 | Saturday, Aug 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L | 5 | 9 | 54-61 | 3 | 15.5 | Hudson | Bernero | 3:01 | D | 25,713 | - | ||
| 116 | 116 | Sunday, Aug 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | W | 5 | 3 | 55-61 | 3 | 14.5 | Moehler | Zito | Jones | 3:06 | D | 16,966 | + | |
| 117 | 117 | Monday, Aug 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | W | 15 | 4 | 56-61 | 3 | 13.5 | Blair | Moyer | 3:06 | N | 44,941 | ++ | ||
| 118 | 118 | Tuesday, Aug 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | W | 9 | 0 | 57-61 | 3 | 13.5 | Sparks | Sele | 2:33 | N | 38,674 | +++ | ||
| 119 | 119 | Wednesday, Aug 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | W | 12 | 8 | 58-61 | 3 | 13.5 | Weaver | Tomko | 3:33 | D | 42,429 | ++++ | ||
| 120 | 120 | Friday, Aug 18 | boxscore | DET | OAK | W | 10 | 1 | 59-61 | 3 | 13.0 | Nomo | Hudson | 3:03 | N | 39,277 | +++++ | |||
| 121 | 121 | Saturday, Aug 19 | boxscore | DET | OAK | W | 4 | 3 | 60-61 | 3 | 13.0 | Moehler | Zito | Jones | 2:55 | N | 38,628 | ++++++ | ||
| 122 | 122 | Sunday, Aug 20 | boxscore | DET | OAK | L | 4 | 5 | 11 | 60-62 | 3 | 13.0 | Isringhausen | Cruz | Tam | 4:11 | D | 39,442 | - | |
| 123 | 123 | Monday, Aug 21 | boxscore | DET | OAK | W | 3 | 1 | 61-62 | 3 | 12.0 | Sparks | Mulder | Jones | 2:40 | N | 30,135 | + | ||
| 124 | 124 | Tuesday, Aug 22 | boxscore | DET | SEA | L | 4 | 8 | 61-63 | 3 | 12.5 | Paniagua | Weaver | Sasaki | 3:23 | N | 30,991 | - | ||
| 125 | 125 | Wednesday, Aug 23 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 6 | 5 | 62-63 | 3 | 12.5 | Cruz | Rhodes | Jones | 3:07 | N | 32,356 | + | ||
| 126 | 126 | Thursday, Aug 24 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 10 | 3 | 63-63 | 3 | 11.5 | Moehler | Moyer | 3:29 | D | 36,885 | ++ | |||
| 127 | 127 | Friday, Aug 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 3 | 8 | 63-64 | 3 | 12.5 | Radke | Blair | Wells | 2:55 | N | 8,734 | - | |
| 128 | 128 | Saturday, Aug 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 8 | 2 | 64-64 | 3 | 11.5 | Sparks | Milton | 2:35 | N | 12,048 | + | ||
| 129 | 129 | Sunday, Aug 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 6 | 7 | 10 | 64-65 | 3 | 12.5 | Carrasco | Jones | 3:39 | D | 9,759 | - | |
| 130 | 130 | Tuesday, Aug 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 12 | 2 | 65-65 | 3 | 12.0 | Weaver | Parrish | 3:24 | N | 31,980 | + | ||
| 131 | 131 | Wednesday, Aug 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 1 | 5 | 65-66 | 3 | 13.0 | Mercedes | Nomo | 2:57 | N | 31,383 | - | ||
| 132 | 132 | Thursday, Aug 31 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 6 | 1 | 66-66 | 3 | 12.5 | Patterson | Trombley | 3:18 | N | 33,709 | + | ||
| 133 | 133 | Friday, Sep 1 | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 7 | 5 | 67-66 | 3 | 12.5 | Sparks | Helling | Jones | 3:20 | N | 31,471 | ++ | ||
| 134 | 134 | Saturday, Sep 2 | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 5 | 3 | 68-66 | 3 | 12.5 | Blair | Rogers | Anderson | 2:56 | N | 35,060 | +++ | ||
| 135 | 135 | Sunday, Sep 3 | boxscore | DET | TEX | L | 1 | 4 | 68-67 | 3 | 13.5 | Glynn | Weaver | Wetteland | 2:49 | D | 30,242 | - | ||
| 136 | 136 | Monday, Sep 4 | boxscore | DET | ANA | W | 5 | 0 | 69-67 | 3 | 12.5 | Nomo | Karl | 3:00 | N | 26,364 | + | |||
| 137 | 137 | Tuesday, Sep 5 | boxscore | DET | ANA | W | 7 | 5 | 70-67 | 3 | 11.5 | Moehler | Wise | Jones | 2:47 | N | 20,322 | ++ | ||
| 138 | 138 | Wednesday, Sep 6 | boxscore | DET | ANA | L | 0 | 1 | 70-68 | 3 | 12.5 | Schoeneweis | Sparks | Percival | 2:32 | N | 20,937 | - | ||
| 139 | 139 | Thursday, Sep 7 | boxscore | DET | ANA | L | 4 | 6 | 70-69 | 3 | 13.5 | Belcher | Mlicki | Hasegawa | 2:47 | N | 27,513 | -- | ||
| 140 | 140 | Friday, Sep 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | L | 0 | 3 | 70-70 | 3 | 14.5 | Loaiza | Weaver | 2:24 | N | 19,121 | --- | ||
| 141 | 141 | Saturday, Sep 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | L | 5 | 6 | 70-71 | 3 | 14.5 | Koch | Nitkowski | 3:24 | D | 23,623 | ---- | ||
| 142 | 142 | Sunday, Sep 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | L | 2 | 6 | 70-72 | 3 | 15.0 | Carpenter | Sparks | Escobar | 2:24 | D | 21,666 | ----- | |
| 143 | 143 | Monday, Sep 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 3 | 10 | 70-73 | 3 | 16.0 | Sirotka | Moehler | Howry | 3:15 | N | 21,527 | ------ | |
| 144 | 144 | Tuesday, Sep 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 10 | 3 | 71-73 | 3 | 15.0 | Mlicki | Wells | 3:09 | N | 15,297 | + | ||
| 145 | 145 | Wednesday, Sep 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 0 | 1 | 71-74 | 3 | 16.0 | Parque | Weaver | Foulke | 2:38 | N | 16,651 | - | |
| 146 | 146 | Friday, Sep 15 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 6 | 7 | 71-75 | 3 | 16.0 | Beck | Cruz | Lowe | 3:49 | N | 33,785 | -- | ||
| 147 | 147 | Saturday, Sep 16 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 5 | 8 | 71-76 | 3 | 16.5 | Pichardo | Anderson | Lowe | 3:16 | D | 34,822 | --- | ||
| 148 | 148 | Saturday, Sep 16 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 12 | 2 | 72-76 | 3 | 16.5 | Nomo | Ontiveros | 3:01 | N | 24,216 | + | |||
| 149 | 149 | Sunday, Sep 17 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 5 | 4 | 73-76 | 3 | 15.5 | Mlicki | Martinez | Jones | 2:47 | D | 33,174 | ++ | ||
| 150 | 150 | Monday, Sep 18 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 5 | 2 | 74-76 | 3 | 14.5 | Weaver | Barcelo | Jones | 2:42 | N | 22,718 | +++ | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 151 | 151 | Tuesday, Sep 19 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 2 | 6 | 74-77 | 3 | 15.5 | Lowe | Sparks | 2:32 | N | 24,951 | - | |||
| 152 | 152 | Wednesday, Sep 20 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 6 | 13 | 74-78 | 3 | 16.5 | Garland | Moehler | 3:00 | N | 28,422 | -- | |||
| 153 | 153 | Friday, Sep 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 9 | 6 | 75-78 | 3 | 17.0 | Nomo | Neagle | Jones | 3:59 | N | 37,092 | + | |
| 154 | 154 | Saturday, Sep 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 8 | 13 | 75-79 | 3 | 18.0 | Nelson | Blair | Rivera | 3:33 | D | 40,029 | - | |
| 155 | 155 | Sunday, Sep 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 3 | 6 | 75-80 | 3 | 18.0 | Pettitte | Weaver | Rivera | 3:00 | D | 41,415 | -- | |
| 156 | 156 | Monday, Sep 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 15 | 4 | 76-80 | 3 | 17.0 | Sparks | Gooden | 3:20 | N | 32,701 | + | ||
| 157 | 157 | Tuesday, Sep 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 6 | 7 | 76-81 | 3 | 17.0 | Bottalico | Blair | 3:13 | N | 11,731 | - | ||
| 158 | 158 | Wednesday, Sep 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 0 | 3 | 76-82 | 3 | 17.0 | Suppan | Nomo | 2:41 | N | 12,187 | -- | ||
| 159 | 159 | Thursday, Sep 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 5 | 8 | 76-83 | 3 | 17.0 | Santiago | Jones | Bottalico | 3:28 | N | 15,002 | --- | |
| 160 | 160 | Friday, Sep 29 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 1 | 0 | 77-83 | 3 | 17.0 | Weaver | Mays | Jones | 2:28 | N | 28,604 | + | ||
| 161 | 161 | Saturday, Sep 30 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 6 | 5 | 11 | 78-83 | 3 | 17.0 | Jones | Hawkins | 3:52 | N | 29,321 | ++ | ||
| 162 | 162 | Sunday, Oct 1 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 12 | 11 | 79-83 | 3 | 16.0 | Jones | Guardado | 3:59 | D | 28,293 | +++ | |||
| 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.