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Franchise Encyclopedia: 2000 / 2002
66-96, Finished 4th in AL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Phil Garner (66-96)
Scored 724 runs, Allowed 876 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 67-95
Ballparks: Comerica Park · Attendance: 1,921,305 (9th of 14)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 93, Pitching - 95 · one-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 96
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| Season Summary | 66-96, Final Rank:4, GB: 25.0 | |
| Days in First | 1 | last on Sunday, Apr 8, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day |
| 2 | last on Apr 8, counts all days of the season including off days | |
| Biggest Lead | never led | |
| Farthest Behind | 25.5 | last on Thursday, Oct 4, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | 1 | last on Sunday, Apr 8 |
| Most Games under .500 | 31 | last on Friday, Sep 21 |
| Longest Winning Streak | 5 | Tuesday, May 8 to Saturday, May 12 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 8 | Sunday, Jun 24 to Sunday, Jul 1 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 16 | Wednesday, Aug 22 |
| Most Runs Scored | 19 | Wednesday, Aug 8 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 18 | Tuesday, Jun 5 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 6 | |
| Times Opponent Shutout | 2 | |
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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 | Tuesday, Apr 3 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 2 | 3 | 0-1 | 3 | 1.0 | Radke | Weaver | Wells | 2:32 | D | 40,104 | - | ||
| 2 | 2 | Thursday, Apr 5 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 5 | 9 | 10 | 0-2 | 4 | 2.0 | Guardado | Jones | 3:12 | D | 20,836 | -- | ||
| 3 | 3 | Friday, Apr 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 10 | 9 | 10 | 1-2 | 3 | 2.0 | Patterson | Foulke | Jones | 3:38 | D | 43,954 | + |
| 4 | 4 | Saturday, Apr 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 5 | 3 | 2-2 | 2 | 1.0 | Holt | Buehrle | Jones | 2:31 | D | 20,264 | ++ | |
| 5 | 5 | Sunday, Apr 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 5 | 3 | 3-2 | 1 | Tied | Weaver | Wells | Jones | 2:49 | D | 19,887 | +++ | |
| 6 | 6 | Monday, Apr 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 5 | 11 | 3-3 | 2 | 1.0 | Radke | Sparks | 3:01 | N | 46,101 | - | ||
| 7 | 7 | Tuesday, Apr 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 2 | 8 | 3-4 | 2 | 2.0 | Milton | Perisho | 2:43 | N | 9,130 | -- | ||
| 8 | 8 | Wednesday, Apr 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 1 | 12 | 3-5 | 3 | 3.0 | Mays | Mlicki | 2:47 | N | 11,149 | --- | ||
| 9 | 9 | Thursday, Apr 12 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 3 | 5 | 3-6 | 4 | 3.5 | Colon | Holt | Wickman | 3:15 | N | 15,639 | ---- | ||
| 10 | 10 | Friday, Apr 13 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 8 | 9 | 3-7 | 4 | 4.5 | Sabathia | Weaver | Shuey | 3:27 | N | 20,334 | ----- | ||
| 11 | 11 | Saturday, Apr 14 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 1 | 0 | 4-7 | 4 | 4.5 | Sparks | Finley | 2:03 | D | 23,119 | + | |||
| 12 | 12 | Tuesday, Apr 17 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 7 | 4 | 5-7 | 3 | 4.5 | Anderson | Wunsch | Jones | 2:39 | N | 13,068 | ++ | ||
| 13 | 13 | Wednesday, Apr 18 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 4 | 6 | 5-8 | 3 | 5.5 | Buehrle | Holt | Foulke | 2:49 | N | 13,180 | - | ||
| 14 | 14 | Thursday, Apr 19 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 1 | 3 | 5-9 | 4 | 6.0 | Wells | Weaver | 2:34 | N | 14,571 | -- | |||
| 15 | 15 | Friday, Apr 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 4 | 5 | 5-10 | 4 | 7.0 | Wickman | Nitkowski | 3:19 | N | 33,127 | --- | ||
| 16 | 16 | Saturday, Apr 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 4 | 5 | 11 | 5-11 | 4 | 8.0 | Reed | Jones | 3:27 | D | 42,068 | ---- | |
| 17 | 17 | Sunday, Apr 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 3 | 11 | 5-12 | 5 | 9.0 | Burba | Mlicki | 3:02 | D | 34,125 | ----- | ||
| 18 | 18 | Tuesday, Apr 24 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 3 | 8 | 5-13 | 5 | 9.0 | Hentgen | Weaver | 2:41 | N | 14,101 | ------ | |||
| 19 | 19 | Wednesday, Apr 25 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 4 | 6 | 5-14 | 5 | 10.0 | Roberts | Sparks | Kohlmeier | 2:48 | N | 18,919 | ------- | ||
| 20 | 20 | Thursday, Apr 26 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 8 | 2 | 6-14 | 5 | 9.0 | Holt | Johnson | 2:37 | D | 18,824 | + | |||
| 21 | 21 | Friday, Apr 27 | boxscore | DET | TBD | W | 4 | 2 | 7-14 | 3 | 9.0 | Mlicki | Rupe | Jones | 2:49 | N | 16,458 | ++ | ||
| 22 | 22 | Saturday, Apr 28 | boxscore | DET | TBD | L | 3 | 7 | 7-15 | 4 | 9.0 | Judd | Perisho | 3:03 | D | 18,666 | - | |||
| 23 | 23 | Sunday, Apr 29 | boxscore | DET | TBD | W | 6 | 1 | 8-15 | 4 | 9.0 | Weaver | Lopez | 2:27 | D | 16,769 | + | |||
| 24 | 24 | Tuesday, May 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | W | 6 | 3 | 10 | 9-15 | 3 | 8.5 | Patterson | Zimmerman | Jones | 3:01 | N | 25,638 | ++ |
| 25 | 25 | Wednesday, May 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | W | 8 | 4 | 10-15 | 3 | 8.5 | Holt | Oliver | Anderson | 3:00 | N | 33,825 | +++ | |
| 26 | 26 | Thursday, May 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | W | 9 | 4 | 11-15 | 3 | 8.0 | Mlicki | Helling | 2:48 | D | 34,051 | ++++ | ||
| 27 | 27 | Friday, May 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | ANA | L | 5 | 7 | 11-16 | 3 | 9.0 | Weber | Murray | Percival | 3:16 | N | 36,690 | - | |
| 28 | 28 | Saturday, May 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | ANA | W | 11 | 2 | 12-16 | 3 | 8.0 | Weaver | Ortiz | 2:49 | N | 24,758 | + | ||
| 29 | 29 | Sunday, May 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | ANA | L | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12-17 | 3 | 9.0 | Levine | Patterson | 2:56 | D | 29,353 | - | |
| 30 | 30 | Tuesday, May 8 | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 5 | 4 | 13-17 | 3 | 9.0 | Jones | Crabtree | 3:36 | N | 21,662 | + | |||
| 31 | 31 | Wednesday, May 9 | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 3 | 2 | 14-17 | 3 | 8.0 | Mlicki | Davis | Jones | 2:55 | N | 17,933 | ++ | ||
| 32 | 32 | Thursday, May 10 | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 6 | 5 | 15-17 | 3 | 8.0 | Patterson | Zimmerman | Jones | 2:56 | D | 25,306 | +++ | ||
| 33 | 33 | Friday, May 11 | boxscore | DET | ANA | W | 7 | 6 | 11 | 16-17 | 3 | 8.0 | Jones | Lukasiewicz | 4:17 | N | 18,811 | ++++ | ||
| 34 | 34 | Saturday, May 12 | boxscore | DET | ANA | W | 4 | 1 | 17-17 | 3 | 7.0 | Anderson | Hasegawa | 2:53 | D | 22,133 | +++++ | |||
| 35 | 35 | Sunday, May 13 | boxscore | DET | ANA | L | 2 | 14 | 17-18 | 3 | 8.0 | Washburn | Holt | 3:16 | D | 20,012 | - | |||
| 36 | 36 | Tuesday, May 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 3 | 11 | 17-19 | 3 | 8.5 | Ponson | Mlicki | 3:07 | N | 33,853 | -- | ||
| 37 | 37 | Wednesday, May 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 2 | 3 | 17-20 | 3 | 9.5 | Hentgen | Weaver | Ryan | 2:24 | N | 27,722 | --- | |
| 38 | 38 | Thursday, May 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 7 | 5 | 18-20 | 3 | 9.5 | Sparks | Roberts | Jones | 2:52 | N | 27,508 | + | |
| 39 | 39 | Friday, May 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | TBD | W | 18 | 2 | 19-20 | 3 | 8.5 | Santos | Sturtze | 3:00 | N | 12,131 | ++ | ||
| 40 | 40 | Saturday, May 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | TBD | W | 10 | 5 | 20-20 | 3 | 8.5 | Holt | Lopez | Patterson | 2:59 | D | 13,304 | +++ | |
| 41 | 41 | Sunday, May 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | TBD | L | 2 | 10 | 20-21 | 3 | 8.5 | Wilson | Mlicki | 2:39 | D | 13,512 | - | ||
| 42 | 42 | Tuesday, May 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 3 | 0 | 21-21 | 3 | 8.5 | Weaver | Colon | Jones | 3:00 | N | 35,362 | + | |
| 43 | 43 | Wednesday, May 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 3 | 4 | 10 | 21-22 | 3 | 8.5 | Wickman | Borkowski | 3:11 | N | 36,804 | - | |
| 44 | 44 | Thursday, May 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 5 | 8 | 21-23 | 3 | 9.0 | Burba | Santos | Wickman | 3:10 | N | 36,295 | -- | |
| 45 | 45 | Friday, May 25 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 4 | 8 | 21-24 | 3 | 10.0 | Lowe | Jones | 3:08 | N | 21,053 | --- | |||
| 46 | 46 | Saturday, May 26 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 0 | 8 | 21-25 | 3 | 10.0 | Buehrle | Mlicki | 2:39 | N | 25,881 | ---- | |||
| 47 | 47 | Sunday, May 27 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 2 | 3 | 11 | 21-26 | 3 | 10.5 | Barcelo | Patterson | Lowe | 3:55 | N | 17,355 | ----- | |
| 48 | 48 | Monday, May 28 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 12 | 6 | 22-26 | 3 | 10.0 | Sparks | Finley | 2:56 | D | 24,615 | + | |||
| 49 | 49 | Tuesday, May 29 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 4 | 6 | 22-27 | 3 | 11.0 | Shuey | Murray | Wickman | 3:20 | N | 21,404 | - | ||
| 50 | 50 | Wednesday, May 30 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 4 | 8 | 22-28 | 3 | 12.0 | Wright | Holt | Wickman | 3:31 | N | 18,359 | -- | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Friday, Jun 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 0 | 3 | 22-29 | 3 | 12.5 | Buehrle | Mlicki | Foulke | 2:34 | N | 19,840 | --- | |
| 52 | 52 | Saturday, Jun 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 3 | 5 | 22-30 | 3 | 12.5 | Wells | Weaver | Foulke | 2:30 | N | 23,915 | ---- | |
| 53 | 53 | Sunday, Jun 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 6 | 9 | 10 | 22-31 | 4 | 13.5 | Howry | Jones | 3:17 | D | 19,446 | ----- | |
| 54 | 54 | Tuesday, Jun 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 3 | 4 | 18 | 22-32 | 4 | 14.0 | Wakefield | Borkowski | 5:52 | N | 32,814 | ------ | |
| 55 | 55 | Wednesday, Jun 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 7 | 3 | 23-32 | 4 | 13.5 | Mlicki | Castillo | Anderson | 3:14 | N | 32,794 | + | |
| 56 | 56 | Thursday, Jun 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 1 | 8 | 23-33 | 4 | 14.5 | Wakefield | Santos | Arrojo | 2:59 | N | 32,132 | - | |
| 57 | 57 | Friday, Jun 8 | boxscore | DET | MIL | W | 9 | 4 | 24-33 | 4 | 13.5 | Weaver | Rigdon | 3:23 | N | 27,770 | + | |||
| 58 | 58 | Saturday, Jun 9 | boxscore | DET | MIL | W | 6 | 5 | 25-33 | 4 | 13.5 | Anderson | Leskanic | 2:52 | N | 26,276 | ++ | |||
| 59 | 59 | Sunday, Jun 10 | boxscore | DET | MIL | L | 3 | 8 | 25-34 | 4 | 13.5 | Wright | Holt | 2:51 | D | 23,070 | - | |||
| 60 | 60 | Tuesday, Jun 12 | boxscore | DET | PIT | L | 3 | 13 | 25-35 | 4 | 14.0 | Ritchie | Mlicki | 2:41 | N | 15,919 | -- | |||
| 61 | 61 | Wednesday, Jun 13 | boxscore | DET | PIT | W | 6 | 3 | 26-35 | 4 | 14.0 | Weaver | Beimel | Anderson | 3:04 | N | 17,639 | + | ||
| 62 | 62 | Thursday, Jun 14 | boxscore | DET | PIT | W | 6 | 4 | 27-35 | 4 | 13.0 | Sparks | Arroyo | Anderson | 2:45 | N | 17,305 | ++ | ||
| 63 | 63 | Friday, Jun 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | ARI | W | 5 | 2 | 28-35 | 4 | 12.0 | Holt | Brohawn | Anderson | 2:59 | N | 31,683 | +++ | |
| 64 | 64 | Saturday, Jun 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | ARI | L | 1 | 3 | 28-36 | 4 | 12.0 | Ellis | Blair | Prinz | 2:44 | N | 35,028 | - | |
| 65 | 65 | Sunday, Jun 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | ARI | L | 3 | 8 | 28-37 | 4 | 12.0 | Schilling | Mlicki | 2:34 | D | 39,760 | -- | ||
| 66 | 66 | Monday, Jun 18 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 1 | 10 | 28-38 | 4 | 12.5 | Clemens | Weaver | 3:03 | N | 29,365 | --- | |||
| 67 | 67 | Tuesday, Jun 19 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 7 | 1 | 29-38 | 4 | 12.5 | Sparks | Keisler | 2:20 | N | 24,171 | + | |||
| 68 | 68 | Wednesday, Jun 20 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 5 | 2 | 30-38 | 4 | 11.5 | Holt | Hernandez | Anderson | 3:18 | N | 23,618 | ++ | ||
| 69 | 69 | Friday, Jun 22 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 5 | 4 | 31-38 | 4 | 11.5 | Jones | Wells | 3:01 | N | 28,282 | +++ | |||
| 70 | 70 | Saturday, Jun 23 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 10 | 9 | 32-38 | 4 | 10.5 | Patterson | Carrasco | Jones | 3:18 | N | 28,935 | ++++ | ||
| 71 | 71 | Sunday, Jun 24 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 5 | 14 | 32-39 | 4 | 11.5 | Milton | Sparks | 3:04 | D | 27,024 | - | |||
| 72 | 72 | Monday, Jun 25 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 3 | 6 | 32-40 | 4 | 11.5 | Mays | Holt | Hawkins | 2:43 | D | 22,302 | -- | ||
| 73 | 73 | Tuesday, Jun 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 5 | 12 | 32-41 | 4 | 12.5 | Reichert | Blair | 2:39 | N | 13,966 | --- | ||
| 74 | 74 | Wednesday, Jun 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 4 | 5 | 32-42 | 4 | 13.0 | Hernandez | Jones | 2:50 | N | 15,207 | ---- | ||
| 75 | 75 | Thursday, Jun 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 2 | 9 | 32-43 | 4 | 13.0 | Durbin | Weaver | 2:39 | D | 22,239 | ----- | ||
| 76 | 76 | Friday, Jun 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 2 | 3 | 32-44 | 4 | 14.0 | Wells | Murray | Hawkins | 2:41 | N | 21,312 | ------ | |
| 77 | 77 | Saturday, Jun 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 2 | 3 | 32-45 | 4 | 15.0 | Mays | Holt | Guardado | 2:12 | N | 34,460 | ------- | |
| 78 | 78 | Sunday, Jul 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 3 | 8 | 32-46 | 5 | 16.0 | Santana | Blair | 2:41 | D | 21,031 | -------- | ||
| 79 | 79 | Tuesday, Jul 3 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 8 | 4 | 33-46 | 4 | 16.5 | Lima | Durbin | 2:55 | N | 23,824 | + | |||
| 80 | 80 | Wednesday, Jul 4 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 6 | 4 | 34-46 | 4 | 15.5 | Weaver | Bailey | Anderson | 3:22 | D | 27,115 | ++ | ||
| 81 | 81 | Thursday, Jul 5 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 7 | 1 | 35-46 | 4 | 15.5 | Sparks | Wilson | 2:20 | N | 22,281 | +++ | |||
| 82 | 82 | Friday, Jul 6 | boxscore | DET | CHC | L | 9 | 15 | 35-47 | 4 | 16.5 | Heredia | Nitkowski | 3:49 | N | 39,906 | - | |||
| 83 | 83 | Saturday, Jul 7 | boxscore | DET | CHC | L | 6 | 10 | 35-48 | 4 | 17.5 | Lieber | Blair | 3:09 | N | 39,697 | -- | |||
| 84 | 84 | Sunday, Jul 8 | boxscore | DET | CHC | W | 9 | 6 | 36-48 | 4 | 17.5 | Jones | Heredia | Anderson | 2:59 | D | 38,729 | + | ||
| 85 | 85 | Thursday, Jul 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | STL | W | 7 | 5 | 37-48 | 4 | 17.5 | Weaver | Kile | Anderson | 3:14 | N | 35,554 | ++ | |
| 86 | 86 | Friday, Jul 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | STL | W | 4 | 1 | 38-48 | 4 | 16.5 | Sparks | Matthews | 2:32 | N | 38,667 | +++ | ||
| 87 | 87 | Saturday, Jul 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | STL | L | 2 | 3 | 38-49 | 4 | 17.5 | Morris | Lima | Kline | 2:36 | D | 47,176 | - | |
| 88 | 88 | Sunday, Jul 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | CIN | W | 8 | 5 | 39-49 | 4 | 16.5 | Blair | Nichting | Anderson | 3:07 | D | 24,719 | + | |
| 89 | 89 | Monday, Jul 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | CIN | L | 1 | 9 | 39-50 | 4 | 16.5 | Davis | Pettyjohn | 2:28 | N | 19,757 | - | ||
| 90 | 90 | Tuesday, Jul 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | CIN | W | 3 | 1 | 40-50 | 4 | 15.5 | Weaver | Reitsma | Anderson | 2:58 | N | 19,933 | + | |
| 91 | 91 | Wednesday, Jul 18 (1) | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 5 | 8 | 40-51 | 4 | 15.0 | Clemens | Sparks | Rivera | 2:49 | D | 14,800 | - | ||
| 92 | 92 | Wednesday, Jul 18 (2) | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 12 | 4 | 41-51 | 4 | 15.0 | Santos | Lilly | 3:11 | N | 33,216 | + | |||
| 93 | 93 | Thursday, Jul 19 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 11 | 2 | 42-51 | 4 | 15.0 | Lima | Pettitte | 2:38 | N | 35,320 | ++ | |||
| 94 | 94 | Friday, Jul 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 7 | 3 | 43-51 | 4 | 14.0 | Holt | Westbrook | 3:03 | N | 42,520 | +++ | ||
| 95 | 95 | Saturday, Jul 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 4 | 8 | 43-52 | 4 | 14.0 | Nagy | Pettyjohn | 2:31 | D | 42,316 | - | ||
| 96 | 96 | Sunday, Jul 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 3 | 6 | 43-53 | 4 | 14.0 | Colon | Weaver | 3:07 | D | 42,462 | -- | ||
| 97 | 97 | Tuesday, Jul 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 5 | 6 | 43-54 | 4 | 13.5 | Pettitte | Sparks | Rivera | 2:58 | N | 34,519 | --- | |
| 98 | 98 | Wednesday, Jul 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 2 | 4 | 43-55 | 4 | 14.5 | Witasick | Lima | Rivera | 2:40 | N | 34,480 | ---- | |
| 99 | 99 | Thursday, Jul 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 8 | 14 | 43-56 | 4 | 15.5 | Mendoza | Holt | 3:13 | D | 45,221 | ----- | ||
| 100 | 100 | Friday, Jul 27 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 4 | 7 | 43-57 | 4 | 15.5 | Colon | Pettyjohn | Wickman | 2:57 | N | 39,504 | ------ | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 101 | 101 | Saturday, Jul 28 (1) | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 4 | 6 | 43-58 | 4 | 15.5 | Baez | Murray | Wickman | 3:09 | D | 27,643 | ------- | ||
| 102 | 102 | Saturday, Jul 28 (2) | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 4 | 2 | 44-58 | 4 | 15.5 | Weaver | Woodard | Anderson | 2:44 | N | 34,916 | + | ||
| 103 | 103 | Sunday, Jul 29 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 8 | 3 | 45-58 | 4 | 14.5 | Sparks | Burba | 2:38 | D | 32,918 | ++ | |||
| 104 | 104 | Tuesday, Jul 31 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 4 | 2 | 46-58 | 4 | 13.5 | Lima | Sele | Anderson | 2:24 | N | 30,022 | +++ | ||
| 105 | 105 | Wednesday, Aug 1 | boxscore | DET | SEA | L | 1 | 7 | 46-59 | 4 | 14.5 | Abbott | Holt | 3:01 | N | 23,847 | - | |||
| 106 | 106 | Thursday, Aug 2 | boxscore | DET | SEA | L | 1 | 2 | 46-60 | 4 | 14.5 | Pineiro | Pettyjohn | Sasaki | 2:23 | N | 27,097 | -- | ||
| 107 | 107 | Friday, Aug 3 | boxscore | DET | OAK | L | 1 | 2 | 46-61 | 4 | 15.0 | Hudson | Weaver | 2:25 | N | 30,071 | --- | |||
| 108 | 108 | Saturday, Aug 4 | boxscore | DET | OAK | L | 1 | 10 | 46-62 | 4 | 16.0 | Zito | Sparks | 2:29 | N | 28,331 | ---- | |||
| 109 | 109 | Sunday, Aug 5 | boxscore | DET | OAK | L | 1 | 4 | 46-63 | 4 | 16.0 | Lidle | Lima | Isringhausen | 2:18 | D | 26,626 | ----- | ||
| 110 | 110 | Monday, Aug 6 | boxscore | DET | OAK | L | 3 | 6 | 46-64 | 4 | 16.5 | Vizcaino | Patterson | Isringhausen | 3:06 | D | 21,830 | ------ | ||
| 111 | 111 | Tuesday, Aug 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | W | 7 | 3 | 47-64 | 4 | 15.5 | Perisho | Venafro | 2:44 | N | 26,621 | + | ||
| 112 | 112 | Wednesday, Aug 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | W | 19 | 6 | 48-64 | 4 | 15.5 | Patterson | Venafro | 3:26 | N | 30,016 | ++ | ||
| 113 | 113 | Thursday, Aug 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | L | 3 | 7 | 48-65 | 4 | 15.5 | Helling | Sparks | 3:08 | N | 27,652 | - | ||
| 114 | 114 | Friday, Aug 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 3 | 7 | 48-66 | 4 | 15.5 | Byrd | Weaver | Stein | 2:38 | N | 22,107 | -- | |
| 115 | 115 | Saturday, Aug 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 1 | 4 | 48-67 | 4 | 15.5 | George | Lima | Hernandez | 2:04 | N | 26,943 | --- | |
| 116 | 116 | Sunday, Aug 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 4 | 6 | 48-68 | 4 | 16.5 | Suppan | Pettyjohn | Hernandez | 2:31 | D | 17,811 | ---- | |
| 117 | 117 | Tuesday, Aug 14 | boxscore | DET | ANA | L | 1 | 7 | 48-69 | 4 | 17.5 | Washburn | Cornejo | 2:52 | N | 24,082 | ----- | |||
| 118 | 118 | Wednesday, Aug 15 | boxscore | DET | ANA | W | 5 | 1 | 49-69 | 4 | 17.5 | Perisho | Holtz | 2:33 | N | 20,853 | + | |||
| 119 | 119 | Thursday, Aug 16 | boxscore | DET | ANA | L | 2 | 4 | 49-70 | 4 | 18.5 | Schoeneweis | Weaver | Percival | 2:37 | D | 22,141 | - | ||
| 120 | 120 | Friday, Aug 17 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 4 | 2 | 50-70 | 4 | 17.5 | Lima | George | Anderson | 2:12 | N | 30,214 | + | ||
| 121 | 121 | Saturday, Aug 18 | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 4 | 8 | 50-71 | 4 | 18.5 | Suppan | Nitkowski | 2:50 | N | 31,897 | - | |||
| 122 | 122 | Sunday, Aug 19 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 4 | 3 | 51-71 | 4 | 17.5 | Cornejo | Durbin | Anderson | 2:17 | D | 26,898 | + | ||
| 123 | 123 | Monday, Aug 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | W | 4 | 1 | 52-71 | 4 | 16.5 | Sparks | Garcia | 2:22 | N | 45,972 | ++ | ||
| 124 | 124 | Tuesday, Aug 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | L | 1 | 4 | 52-72 | 4 | 17.5 | Sele | Weaver | Sasaki | 2:20 | N | 45,036 | - | |
| 125 | 125 | Wednesday, Aug 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | L | 1 | 16 | 52-73 | 4 | 18.5 | Abbott | Lima | 2:57 | N | 45,814 | -- | ||
| 126 | 126 | Thursday, Aug 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | L | 1 | 5 | 52-74 | 4 | 19.5 | Pineiro | Redman | 3:10 | D | 45,063 | --- | ||
| 127 | 127 | Friday, Aug 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | W | 8 | 4 | 53-74 | 4 | 18.5 | Cornejo | Hudson | 3:20 | N | 41,646 | + | ||
| 128 | 128 | Saturday, Aug 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L | 1 | 6 | 53-75 | 4 | 18.5 | Zito | Sparks | 2:45 | D | 24,236 | - | ||
| 129 | 129 | Sunday, Aug 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L | 6 | 7 | 53-76 | 4 | 19.5 | Tam | Perisho | Isringhausen | 3:13 | D | 27,915 | -- | |
| 130 | 130 | Tuesday, Aug 28 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 6 | 8 | 53-77 | 4 | 20.5 | Embree | Patterson | Howry | 2:59 | N | 19,129 | --- | ||
| 131 | 131 | Wednesday, Aug 29 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 3 | 8 | 53-78 | 4 | 21.5 | Glover | Redman | 3:19 | N | 21,998 | ---- | |||
| 132 | 132 | Thursday, Aug 30 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 3 | 1 | 54-78 | 4 | 21.5 | Cornejo | Buehrle | Anderson | 2:04 | N | 24,364 | + | ||
| 133 | 133 | Friday, Aug 31 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | W | 4 | 3 | 55-78 | 4 | 20.5 | Sparks | Borbon | Anderson | 2:49 | N | 22,383 | ++ | |
| 134 | 134 | Saturday, Sep 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | L | 1 | 3 | 55-79 | 4 | 21.5 | Lyon | Weaver | Plesac | 2:13 | D | 22,052 | - | |
| 135 | 135 | Sunday, Sep 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | L | 0 | 11 | 55-80 | 4 | 21.5 | Loaiza | Lima | 2:39 | D | 24,146 | -- | ||
| 136 | 136 | Tuesday, Sep 4 (1) | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 1 | 10 | 55-81 | 5 | 23.5 | Buehrle | Cornejo | 2:41 | D | 0 | --- | ||
| 137 | 137 | Tuesday, Sep 4 (2) | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 0 | 4 | 55-82 | 5 | 23.5 | Lowe | Pettyjohn | 2:31 | D | 13,265 | ---- | ||
| 138 | 138 | Wednesday, Sep 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 3 | 5 | 55-83 | 5 | 23.5 | Wright | Sparks | Foulke | 2:45 | N | 14,576 | ----- | |
| 139 | 139 | Thursday, Sep 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 6 | 2 | 56-83 | 4 | 23.5 | Weaver | Garland | 3:27 | D | 13,602 | + | ||
| 140 | 140 | Friday, Sep 7 | boxscore | DET | TOR | L | 1 | 2 | 56-84 | 4 | 23.5 | Lyon | Lima | Koch | 2:20 | N | 28,083 | - | ||
| 141 | 141 | Saturday, Sep 8 | boxscore | DET | TOR | W | 4 | 3 | 57-84 | 4 | 23.5 | Murray | Halladay | Anderson | 2:45 | N | 29,158 | + | ||
| 142 | 142 | Sunday, Sep 9 | boxscore | DET | TOR | L | 3 | 6 | 57-85 | 4 | 24.5 | Carpenter | Cornejo | 2:56 | D | 24,652 | - | |||
| 143 | 143 | Monday, Sep 10 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 2 | 3 | 57-86 | 4 | 24.5 | Mays | Pineda | Guardado | 2:48 | N | 19,456 | -- | ||
| 144 | 144 | Tuesday, Sep 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 3 | 8 | 57-87 | 4 | 25.5 | Radke | Weaver | 2:48 | N | 10,878 | --- | ||
| 145 | 145 | Wednesday, Sep 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 6 | 2 | 58-87 | 4 | 25.5 | Sparks | Milton | 2:28 | N | 10,157 | + | ||
| 146 | 146 | Thursday, Sep 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 0 | 3 | 58-88 | 4 | 25.5 | Mays | Lima | 2:07 | D | 9,754 | - | ||
| 147 | 147 | Friday, Sep 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 2 | 5 | 58-89 | 4 | 25.5 | Fossum | Murray | Urbina | 2:33 | N | 30,905 | -- | |
| 148 | 148 | Saturday, Sep 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 4 | 3 | 59-89 | 4 | 25.5 | Pettyjohn | Arrojo | Anderson | 3:05 | N | 30,871 | + | |
| 149 | 149 | Sunday, Sep 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 12 | 6 | 60-89 | 4 | 25.5 | Weaver | Nomo | 3:04 | D | 31,333 | ++ | ||
| 150 | 150 | Monday, Sep 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | W | 4 | 2 | 61-89 | 4 | 24.5 | Sparks | Suppan | Anderson | 2:34 | N | 12,152 | +++ | |
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 151 | 151 | Tuesday, Sep 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | W | 6 | 4 | 62-89 | 4 | 24.5 | Lima | George | Anderson | 2:47 | N | 11,160 | ++++ | |
| 152 | 152 | Wednesday, Sep 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 6 | 8 | 62-90 | 4 | 25.0 | Stein | Murray | Hernandez | 3:05 | N | 11,097 | - | |
| 153 | 153 | Thursday, Sep 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 7 | 8 | 62-91 | 4 | 25.5 | MacDougal | Cornejo | Hernandez | 3:35 | N | 11,978 | -- | |
| 154 | 154 | Friday, Sep 28 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 4 | 1 | 63-91 | 4 | 24.5 | Weaver | Nomo | Anderson | 2:54 | N | 32,453 | + | ||
| 155 | 155 | Saturday, Sep 29 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 7 | 2 | 64-91 | 4 | 24.5 | Sparks | Kim | 2:25 | N | 30,089 | ++ | |||
| 156 | 156 | Sunday, Sep 30 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 5 | 8 | 64-92 | 4 | 25.5 | Castillo | Lima | Urbina | 3:15 | D | 29,229 | - | ||
| 157 | 157 | Tuesday, Oct 2 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 0 | 5 | 64-93 | 4 | 25.5 | Radke | Murray | 2:20 | N | 11,941 | -- | |||
| 158 | 158 | Wednesday, Oct 3 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 9 | 5 | 65-93 | 4 | 25.5 | Cornejo | Fiore | 2:39 | N | 12,318 | + | |||
| 159 | 159 | Thursday, Oct 4 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 4 | 5 | 65-94 | 4 | 25.5 | Carrasco | Anderson | Guardado | 2:44 | D | 15,454 | - | ||
| 160 | 160 | Saturday, Oct 6 (1) | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 3 | 8 | 65-95 | 4 | 24.0 | Suppan | Weaver | Hernandez | 2:50 | D | 0 | -- | ||
| 161 | 161 | Saturday, Oct 6 (2) | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 2 | 1 | 66-95 | 4 | 24.0 | Sparks | George | 1:56 | D | 18,844 | + | |||
| 162 | 162 | Sunday, Oct 7 | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 4 | 10 | 66-96 | 4 | 25.0 | Stein | Lima | 2:14 | D | 19,261 | - | |||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak |