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Franchise Encyclopedia: 2001 / 2003
55-106, Finished 5th in AL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Phil Garner (0-6) and Luis Pujols (55-100)
Scored 575 runs, Allowed 864 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 52-109
Ballparks: Comerica Park · Attendance: 1,503,623 (12th of 14)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 92, Pitching - 95 · one-year: Batting - 91, Pitching - 94
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| Season Summary | 55-106, Final Rank:5, GB: 39.0 | |
| Days in First | never | |
| Biggest Lead | never led | |
| Farthest Behind | 39 | last on Sunday, Sep 29, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | never | |
| Most Games under .500 | 51 | last on Sunday, Sep 29 |
| Longest Winning Streak | 6 | Friday, May 17 to Wednesday, May 22 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 11 | Tuesday, Apr 2 to Sunday, Apr 14 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 17 | Tuesday, Jul 2 and Tuesday, Sep 24 |
| Most Runs Scored | 10 | Tuesday, Jul 23 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 12 | Wednesday, Apr 3, Tuesday, Aug 13 and Wednesday, Sep 25 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 10 | |
| Times Opponent Shutout | 7 | |
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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 | Tuesday, Apr 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | TBD | L | 5 | 9 | 0-1 | 4 | 1.0 | Zambrano | Acevedo | 3:33 | N | 38,142 | - | ||
| 2 | 2 | Wednesday, Apr 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | TBD | L | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0-2 | 4 | 2.0 | Colome | Farnsworth | 3:17 | N | 15,186 | -- | |
| 3 | 3 | Thursday, Apr 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | TBD | L | 2 | 9 | 0-3 | 5 | 2.0 | Rupe | Lima | 2:43 | D | 14,204 | --- | ||
| 4 | 4 | Friday, Apr 5 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 1 | 10 | 0-4 | 5 | 3.0 | Baez | Redman | 3:02 | D | 41,248 | ---- | |||
| 5 | 5 | Saturday, Apr 6 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 3 | 5 | 0-5 | 5 | 4.0 | Colon | Cornejo | Wickman | 3:03 | D | 19,754 | ----- | ||
| 6 | 6 | Sunday, Apr 7 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 1 | 5 | 0-6 | 5 | 5.0 | Sabathia | Weaver | Wickman | 2:41 | D | 14,749 | ------ | ||
| 7 | 7 | Tuesday, Apr 9 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 2 | 8 | 0-7 | 5 | 6.5 | Wright | Sparks | 2:34 | N | 11,833 | ------- | |||
| 8 | 8 | Wednesday, Apr 10 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 5 | 7 | 0-8 | 5 | 7.5 | Osuna | Lima | Foulke | 2:49 | D | 14,155 | -------- | ||
| 9 | 9 | Friday, Apr 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 2 | 4 | 0-9 | 5 | 9.0 | Radke | Redman | Guardado | 2:40 | N | 48,244 | --------- | |
| 10 | 10 | Saturday, Apr 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 3 | 7 | 0-10 | 5 | 10.0 | Milton | Weaver | 3:03 | N | 25,268 | ---------- | ||
| 11 | 11 | Sunday, Apr 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 7 | 13 | 0-11 | 5 | 10.5 | Romero | Anderson | 3:07 | D | 17,975 | ----------- | ||
| 12 | 12 | Tuesday, Apr 16 | boxscore | DET | TBD | W | 9 | 3 | 1-11 | 5 | 9.5 | Lima | James | 2:46 | N | 13,256 | + | |||
| 13 | 13 | Wednesday, Apr 17 | boxscore | DET | TBD | W | 7 | 6 | 2-11 | 5 | 8.5 | Anderson | Zambrano | 2:44 | N | 10,736 | ++ | |||
| 14 | 14 | Thursday, Apr 18 | boxscore | DET | TBD | L | 4 | 6 | 2-12 | 5 | 8.5 | Rupe | Weaver | Yan | 3:05 | D | 21,971 | - | ||
| 15 | 15 | Friday, Apr 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 8 | 2 | 3-12 | 5 | 7.5 | Sparks | Wright | 2:42 | N | 13,917 | + | ||
| 16 | 16 | Saturday, Apr 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 5 | 12 | 3-13 | 5 | 8.0 | Garland | Cornejo | 2:51 | D | 15,737 | - | ||
| 17 | 17 | Sunday, Apr 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 8 | 11 | 3-14 | 5 | 9.0 | Osuna | Paniagua | Foulke | 3:08 | D | 13,619 | -- | |
| 18 | 18 | Monday, Apr 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 0 | 6 | 3-15 | 5 | 9.5 | Byrd | Redman | 2:16 | N | 10,470 | --- | ||
| 19 | 19 | Tuesday, Apr 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | W | 3 | 0 | 4-15 | 5 | 8.5 | Weaver | Suppan | 2:31 | N | 11,125 | + | ||
| 20 | 20 | Wednesday, Apr 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 2 | 8 | 4-16 | 5 | 9.5 | Affeldt | Sparks | 2:52 | D | 11,825 | - | ||
| 21 | 21 | Friday, Apr 26 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5-16 | 5 | 9.0 | Anderson | Wells | 2:43 | N | 16,394 | + | ||
| 22 | 22 | Saturday, Apr 27 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 5 | 1 | 6-16 | 5 | 8.0 | Cornejo | Kinney | 2:20 | D | 17,030 | ++ | |||
| 23 | 23 | Sunday, Apr 28 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 5 | 4 | 7-16 | 5 | 7.0 | Santana | Jackson | 2:52 | D | 14,108 | +++ | |||
| 24 | 24 | Monday, Apr 29 | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 0 | 4 | 7-17 | 5 | 7.5 | Suppan | Weaver | 2:32 | N | 9,643 | - | |||
| 25 | 25 | Tuesday, Apr 30 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 9 | 3 | 8-17 | 5 | 7.5 | Sparks | George | 2:39 | N | 14,421 | + | |||
| 26 | 26 | Wednesday, May 1 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 7 | 6 | 9-17 | 4 | 7.5 | Walker | Bailey | Acevedo | 2:53 | D | 24,481 | ++ | ||
| 27 | 27 | Friday, May 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 4 | 8 | 9-18 | 4 | 8.5 | Radke | Cornejo | 2:38 | N | 20,010 | - | ||
| 28 | 28 | Saturday, May 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 2 | 3 | 9-19 | 4 | 9.5 | Jackson | Rodney | 2:48 | N | 21,845 | -- | ||
| 29 | 29 | Sunday, May 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 7 | 6 | 10-19 | 4 | 8.5 | Weaver | Lohse | Acevedo | 3:41 | D | 16,943 | + | |
| 30 | 30 | Monday, May 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 1 | 3 | 10-20 | 4 | 9.5 | Reed | Sparks | Guardado | 2:25 | N | 10,708 | - | |
| 31 | 31 | Tuesday, May 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | ANA | W | 3 | 0 | 11-20 | 4 | 8.5 | Greisinger | Weber | Acevedo | 2:43 | N | 15,315 | + | |
| 32 | 32 | Wednesday, May 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | ANA | L | 2 | 3 | 11-21 | 4 | 9.5 | Percival | Rodney | 2:48 | N | 14,722 | - | ||
| 33 | 33 | Thursday, May 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | ANA | L | 6 | 7 | 11-22 | 4 | 10.0 | Sele | Redman | Percival | 2:42 | N | 15,003 | -- | |
| 34 | 34 | Friday, May 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | L | 0 | 2 | 11-23 | 5 | 10.0 | Rogers | Weaver | Irabu | 2:20 | N | 41,969 | --- | |
| 35 | 35 | Saturday, May 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | L | 6 | 10 | 11-24 | 5 | 10.0 | Burba | Sparks | 2:46 | N | 37,354 | ---- | ||
| 36 | 36 | Sunday, May 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | L | 1 | 5 | 11-25 | 5 | 10.0 | Park | Greisinger | Van Poppel | 3:15 | D | 26,896 | ----- | |
| 37 | 37 | Tuesday, May 14 | boxscore | DET | ANA | L | 2 | 9 | 11-26 | 5 | 10.5 | Appier | Cornejo | 2:54 | N | 12,745 | ------ | |||
| 38 | 38 | Wednesday, May 15 | boxscore | DET | ANA | L | 1 | 10 | 11-27 | 5 | 11.5 | Sele | Redman | 2:55 | N | 12,314 | ------- | |||
| 39 | 39 | Friday, May 17 | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 6 | 3 | 12-27 | 5 | 11.0 | Weaver | Burba | Acevedo | 2:12 | N | 19,293 | + | ||
| 40 | 40 | Saturday, May 18 | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 8 | 7 | 13-27 | 5 | 10.0 | Santana | Seanez | Acevedo | 2:59 | D | 24,297 | ++ | ||
| 41 | 41 | Sunday, May 19 | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 2 | 1 | 14-27 | 5 | 9.0 | Greisinger | Davis | Acevedo | 2:38 | D | 18,232 | +++ | ||
| 42 | 42 | Monday, May 20 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 4 | 3 | 15-27 | 5 | 8.5 | Santana | Rincon | Walker | 3:22 | N | 12,851 | ++++ | ||
| 43 | 43 | Tuesday, May 21 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 5 | 1 | 16-27 | 4 | 8.5 | Redman | Nagy | 2:11 | N | 14,442 | +++++ | |||
| 44 | 44 | Wednesday, May 22 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 2 | 0 | 17-27 | 4 | 7.5 | Weaver | Finley | 2:17 | N | 14,396 | ++++++ | |||
| 45 | 45 | Friday, May 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 1 | 12 | 17-28 | 4 | 8.5 | Buehrle | Sparks | 2:22 | N | 14,597 | - | ||
| 46 | 46 | Saturday, May 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 4 | 6 | 17-29 | 4 | 9.5 | Wunsch | Greisinger | Foulke | 2:33 | N | 21,543 | -- | |
| 47 | 47 | Sunday, May 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 9 | 2 | 18-29 | 5 | 8.5 | Bernero | Ritchie | 2:30 | D | 23,353 | + | ||
| 48 | 48 | Monday, May 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 4 | 1 | 19-29 | 4 | 8.5 | Redman | Baez | 2:29 | D | 40,652 | ++ | ||
| 49 | 49 | Tuesday, May 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 2 | 4 | 19-30 | 5 | 9.5 | Finley | Weaver | Wickman | 2:50 | N | 25,028 | - | |
| 50 | 50 | Wednesday, May 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 9 | 5 | 20-30 | 4 | 8.5 | Sparks | Riske | Acevedo | 2:42 | N | 26,156 | + | |
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Thursday, May 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 7 | 11 | 20-31 | 5 | 9.5 | Riske | Lima | 2:56 | N | 25,689 | - | ||
| 52 | 52 | Friday, May 31 | boxscore | DET | TOR | L | 2 | 4 | 20-32 | 5 | 9.5 | Loaiza | Bernero | Escobar | 2:23 | N | 28,578 | -- | ||
| 53 | 53 | Saturday, Jun 1 | boxscore | DET | TOR | L | 1 | 4 | 11 | 20-33 | 5 | 10.5 | Politte | Patterson | Escobar | 3:16 | N | 19,581 | --- | |
| 54 | 54 | Sunday, Jun 2 | boxscore | DET | TOR | L | 6 | 7 | 20-34 | 5 | 10.5 | Halladay | Weaver | Escobar | 2:31 | D | 21,399 | ---- | ||
| 55 | 55 | Monday, Jun 3 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 7 | 6 | 10 | 21-34 | 5 | 10.0 | Acevedo | Wakefield | 2:59 | N | 12,918 | + | ||
| 56 | 56 | Tuesday, Jun 4 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 5 | 10 | 21-35 | 5 | 11.0 | Burkett | Lima | 2:37 | N | 14,254 | - | |||
| 57 | 57 | Wednesday, Jun 5 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 0 | 11 | 21-36 | 5 | 11.0 | Lowe | Bernero | Haney | 2:30 | N | 15,537 | -- | ||
| 58 | 58 | Thursday, Jun 6 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 3 | 4 | 21-37 | 5 | 12.0 | Arrojo | Redman | Urbina | 2:31 | D | 21,992 | --- | ||
| 59 | 59 | Friday, Jun 7 | boxscore | DET | PHI | L | 1 | 11 | 21-38 | 5 | 13.0 | Padilla | Weaver | 2:29 | N | 25,908 | ---- | |||
| 60 | 60 | Saturday, Jun 8 | boxscore | DET | PHI | L | 1 | 2 | 21-39 | 5 | 14.0 | Person | Patterson | Mesa | 2:20 | N | 32,295 | ----- | ||
| 61 | 61 | Sunday, Jun 9 | boxscore | DET | PHI | L | 5 | 7 | 21-40 | 5 | 14.0 | Duckworth | Sparks | Mesa | 3:10 | D | 21,714 | ------ | ||
| 62 | 62 | Monday, Jun 10 | boxscore | DET | MON | W | 6 | 4 | 22-40 | 5 | 14.0 | Bernero | Vazquez | Acevedo | 2:38 | N | 11,642 | + | ||
| 63 | 63 | Tuesday, Jun 11 | boxscore | DET | MON | W | 2 | 1 | 23-40 | 5 | 13.0 | Redman | Herges | Acevedo | 2:41 | N | 14,100 | ++ | ||
| 64 | 64 | Wednesday, Jun 12 | boxscore | DET | MON | L | 1 | 2 | 10 | 23-41 | 5 | 13.0 | Stewart | Acevedo | Lloyd | 2:53 | N | 16,837 | - | |
| 65 | 65 | Friday, Jun 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | ARI | W | 6 | 3 | 24-41 | 5 | 12.0 | Maroth | Schilling | Acevedo | 2:44 | N | 37,854 | + | |
| 66 | 66 | Saturday, Jun 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | ARI | L | 1 | 3 | 24-42 | 5 | 13.0 | Johnson | Santana | Kim | 2:35 | N | 47,280 | - | |
| 67 | 67 | Sunday, Jun 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | ARI | L | 2 | 11 | 24-43 | 5 | 14.0 | Helling | Redman | 2:35 | D | 45,904 | -- | ||
| 68 | 68 | Tuesday, Jun 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | ATL | W | 6 | 0 | 25-43 | 5 | 14.0 | Weaver | Marquis | 2:43 | N | 28,173 | + | ||
| 69 | 69 | Wednesday, Jun 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | ATL | L | 1 | 4 | 25-44 | 5 | 14.0 | Millwood | Maroth | Smoltz | 2:37 | N | 25,118 | - | |
| 70 | 70 | Thursday, Jun 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | ATL | L | 2 | 3 | 25-45 | 5 | 14.0 | Ligtenberg | Acevedo | 2:18 | N | 28,843 | -- | ||
| 71 | 71 | Friday, Jun 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | FLA | L | 1 | 4 | 25-46 | 5 | 14.0 | Tejera | Sparks | Nunez | 2:27 | N | 5,865 | --- | |
| 72 | 72 | Saturday, Jun 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | FLA | L | 4 | 5 | 25-47 | 5 | 15.0 | Neal | Acevedo | 2:59 | N | 14,713 | ---- | ||
| 73 | 73 | Sunday, Jun 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | FLA | W | 3 | 2 | 26-47 | 5 | 15.0 | Farnsworth | Almanza | Acevedo | 2:49 | D | 9,343 | + | |
| 74 | 74 | Tuesday, Jun 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 6 | 8 | 26-48 | 5 | 15.5 | Suppan | Santana | Hernandez | 2:48 | N | 12,952 | - | |
| 75 | 75 | Wednesday, Jun 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 5 | 6 | 26-49 | 5 | 16.5 | Reichert | Bernero | Hernandez | 2:45 | N | 12,828 | -- | |
| 76 | 76 | Thursday, Jun 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 2 | 5 | 26-50 | 5 | 16.5 | Byrd | Sparks | Hernandez | 2:31 | D | 16,373 | --- | |
| 77 | 77 | Friday, Jun 28 | boxscore | DET | PIT | L | 1 | 3 | 26-51 | 5 | 17.5 | Fogg | Redman | Williams | 2:17 | N | 28,582 | ---- | ||
| 78 | 78 | Saturday, Jun 29 | boxscore | DET | PIT | W | 2 | 1 | 27-51 | 5 | 16.5 | Weaver | Beimel | Acevedo | 2:36 | N | 24,449 | + | ||
| 79 | 79 | Sunday, Jun 30 | boxscore | DET | PIT | L | 2 | 6 | 27-52 | 5 | 17.5 | Benson | Maroth | Williams | 2:35 | D | 25,966 | - | ||
| 80 | 80 | Tuesday, Jul 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 9 | 17 | 27-53 | 5 | 18.0 | Ritchie | Bernero | 2:53 | N | 19,331 | -- | ||
| 81 | 81 | Wednesday, Jul 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 5 | 4 | 28-53 | 5 | 18.0 | Moehler | Glover | Paniagua | 3:01 | N | 15,064 | + | |
| 82 | 82 | Thursday, Jul 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 6 | 5 | 29-53 | 5 | 17.0 | Sparks | Wunsch | Acevedo | 3:02 | N | 22,916 | ++ | |
| 83 | 83 | Friday, Jul 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 9 | 5 | 30-53 | 5 | 17.0 | Redman | Castillo | 2:46 | N | 33,571 | +++ | ||
| 84 | 84 | Saturday, Jul 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 0 | 8 | 30-54 | 5 | 18.0 | Martinez | Maroth | 2:30 | D | 32,458 | - | ||
| 85 | 85 | Sunday, Jul 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 9 | 8 | 31-54 | 5 | 17.0 | Farnsworth | Garces | Acevedo | 3:29 | D | 33,297 | + | |
| 86 | 86 | Thursday, Jul 11 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 2 | 9 | 31-55 | 5 | 18.0 | Wright | Sparks | 2:24 | N | 16,791 | - | |||
| 87 | 87 | Friday, Jul 12 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 2 | 1 | 32-55 | 5 | 18.0 | Redman | Ritchie | Acevedo | 2:38 | N | 26,121 | + | ||
| 88 | 88 | Saturday, Jul 13 (1) | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 5 | 3 | 33-55 | 5 | 16.5 | Rodney | Buehrle | Acevedo | 2:37 | D | 13,189 | ++ | ||
| 89 | 89 | Saturday, Jul 13 (2) | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 3 | 1 | 34-55 | 5 | 16.5 | Maroth | Biddle | Henriquez | 2:38 | N | 20,058 | +++ | ||
| 90 | 90 | Sunday, Jul 14 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 4 | 6 | 34-56 | 5 | 17.5 | Garland | Bernero | Osuna | 2:33 | D | 22,098 | - | ||
| 91 | 91 | Monday, Jul 15 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 4 | 3 | 11 | 35-56 | 5 | 17.5 | Henriquez | Gomes | 3:06 | N | 21,687 | + | ||
| 92 | 92 | Tuesday, Jul 16 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 4 | 9 | 35-57 | 5 | 17.5 | Burkett | Farnsworth | 2:57 | D | 21,654 | - | |||
| 93 | 93 | Wednesday, Jul 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 1 | 2 | 35-58 | 5 | 18.5 | Pettitte | Redman | 2:39 | N | 49,116 | -- | ||
| 94 | 94 | Thursday, Jul 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 5 | 6 | 35-59 | 5 | 19.5 | Mendoza | Rodney | Rivera | 3:11 | D | 54,725 | --- | |
| 95 | 95 | Friday, Jul 19 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 1 | 5 | 35-60 | 5 | 20.5 | Lohse | Moehler | Santana | 2:34 | N | 23,611 | ---- | ||
| 96 | 96 | Saturday, Jul 20 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 4 | 14 | 35-61 | 5 | 21.5 | Mays | Bernero | 2:48 | N | 22,102 | ----- | |||
| 97 | 97 | Sunday, Jul 21 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 2 | 4 | 35-62 | 5 | 22.5 | Milton | Sparks | Guardado | 2:34 | D | 19,285 | ------ | ||
| 98 | 98 | Tuesday, Jul 23 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 10 | 1 | 36-62 | 5 | 22.0 | Redman | Suppan | 2:35 | N | 14,470 | + | |||
| 99 | 99 | Wednesday, Jul 24 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 3 | 0 | 37-62 | 5 | 22.0 | Lima | Byrd | Acevedo | 1:41 | N | 18,848 | ++ | ||
| 100 | 100 | Thursday, Jul 25 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 5 | 2 | 38-62 | 5 | 21.5 | Maroth | Asencio | Acevedo | 2:38 | D | 19,540 | +++ | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 101 | 101 | Friday, Jul 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 8 | 5 | 39-62 | 5 | 21.5 | Powell | Nagy | Henriquez | 2:58 | N | 38,738 | ++++ | |
| 102 | 102 | Saturday, Jul 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 5 | 1 | 40-62 | 5 | 21.5 | Sparks | Sabathia | 2:31 | N | 38,622 | +++++ | ||
| 103 | 103 | Sunday, Jul 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 6 | 9 | 40-63 | 5 | 22.5 | DePaula | Acevedo | 3:08 | D | 35,076 | - | ||
| 104 | 104 | Monday, Jul 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | L | 3 | 4 | 40-64 | 5 | 23.0 | Rhodes | Santana | Sasaki | 2:37 | N | 45,362 | -- | |
| 105 | 105 | Tuesday, Jul 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | L | 4 | 5 | 10 | 40-65 | 5 | 23.0 | Hasegawa | Farnsworth | 3:19 | D | 45,774 | --- | |
| 106 | 106 | Wednesday, Jul 31 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | L | 2 | 5 | 40-66 | 5 | 24.0 | Baldwin | Powell | Sasaki | 2:41 | N | 45,212 | ---- | |
| 107 | 107 | Thursday, Aug 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L | 3 | 5 | 40-67 | 5 | 25.0 | Bowie | Sparks | Koch | 3:01 | N | 13,861 | ----- | |
| 108 | 108 | Friday, Aug 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | W | 3 | 1 | 41-67 | 5 | 25.0 | Redman | Zito | Acevedo | 2:43 | N | 17,197 | + | |
| 109 | 109 | Saturday, Aug 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L | 4 | 8 | 41-68 | 5 | 26.0 | Hudson | Lima | 2:38 | D | 29,648 | - | ||
| 110 | 110 | Sunday, Aug 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L | 0 | 4 | 41-69 | 5 | 27.0 | Lidle | Maroth | 2:32 | D | 24,546 | -- | ||
| 111 | 111 | Monday, Aug 5 | boxscore | DET | ANA | L | 3 | 6 | 41-70 | 5 | 27.0 | Lackey | Powell | Percival | 3:12 | N | 18,546 | --- | ||
| 112 | 112 | Tuesday, Aug 6 | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 8 | 2 | 42-70 | 5 | 26.0 | Sparks | Park | 2:23 | N | 19,518 | + | |||
| 113 | 113 | Wednesday, Aug 7 | boxscore | DET | TEX | L | 2 | 7 | 11 | 42-71 | 5 | 26.0 | Cordero | Santana | 3:18 | N | 16,685 | - | ||
| 114 | 114 | Thursday, Aug 8 | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 2 | 1 | 43-71 | 5 | 25.0 | Lima | Valdez | Acevedo | 2:28 | N | 15,879 | + | ||
| 115 | 115 | Friday, Aug 9 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 3 | 0 | 44-71 | 5 | 25.0 | Maroth | Johnson | Acevedo | 2:23 | N | 26,231 | ++ | ||
| 116 | 116 | Saturday, Aug 10 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 2 | 3 | 44-72 | 5 | 25.0 | Lopez | Santana | Julio | 2:47 | N | 21,327 | - | ||
| 117 | 117 | Sunday, Aug 11 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 2 | 1 | 45-72 | 5 | 24.0 | Sparks | Stephens | Acevedo | 2:21 | D | 22,573 | + | ||
| 118 | 118 | Monday, Aug 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | ANA | L | 0 | 7 | 45-73 | 5 | 24.5 | Appier | Redman | 2:52 | N | 19,709 | - | ||
| 119 | 119 | Tuesday, Aug 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | ANA | L | 6 | 7 | 12 | 45-74 | 5 | 25.5 | Levine | Bernero | 4:06 | N | 19,694 | -- | |
| 120 | 120 | Wednesday, Aug 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | ANA | L | 4 | 5 | 45-75 | 5 | 25.5 | Ortiz | Maroth | Percival | 2:53 | N | 23,391 | --- | |
| 121 | 121 | Friday, Aug 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 6 | 5 | 46-75 | 5 | 25.0 | Sparks | Lopez | Acevedo | 2:57 | N | 36,086 | + | |
| 122 | 122 | Saturday, Aug 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 3 | 7 | 46-76 | 5 | 25.0 | Stephens | Redman | 2:30 | N | 34,007 | - | ||
| 123 | 123 | Sunday, Aug 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 7 | 4 | 47-76 | 5 | 25.0 | Bernero | Brock | Acevedo | 3:07 | D | 30,905 | + | |
| 124 | 124 | Monday, Aug 19 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 4 | 3 | 48-76 | 5 | 25.0 | Lima | Moyer | Acevedo | 2:39 | N | 18,788 | ++ | ||
| 125 | 125 | Tuesday, Aug 20 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 6 | 3 | 49-76 | 5 | 25.0 | Maroth | Garcia | Acevedo | 2:50 | N | 21,048 | +++ | ||
| 126 | 126 | Wednesday, Aug 21 | boxscore | DET | SEA | L | 2 | 8 | 49-77 | 5 | 25.0 | Valdez | Sparks | 2:53 | N | 18,133 | - | |||
| 127 | 127 | Thursday, Aug 22 | boxscore | DET | SEA | L | 2 | 4 | 49-78 | 5 | 26.0 | Franklin | Redman | Sasaki | 2:32 | N | 15,412 | -- | ||
| 128 | 128 | Friday, Aug 23 | boxscore | DET | OAK | L | 1 | 9 | 49-79 | 5 | 27.0 | Zito | Powell | 2:49 | N | 21,807 | --- | |||
| 129 | 129 | Saturday, Aug 24 | boxscore | DET | OAK | L | 3 | 12 | 49-80 | 5 | 28.0 | Hudson | Lima | 2:35 | N | 19,045 | ---- | |||
| 130 | 130 | Sunday, Aug 25 | boxscore | DET | OAK | L | 7 | 10 | 49-81 | 5 | 28.0 | Mecir | Walker | Koch | 3:28 | D | 24,346 | ----- | ||
| 131 | 131 | Monday, Aug 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 2 | 8 | 49-82 | 5 | 28.5 | Rodriguez | Sparks | 2:28 | N | 24,344 | ------ | ||
| 132 | 132 | Tuesday, Aug 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 8 | 5 | 50-82 | 5 | 28.5 | Redman | Phillips | Acevedo | 2:30 | N | 24,375 | + | |
| 133 | 133 | Wednesday, Aug 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 1 | 2 | 50-83 | 5 | 29.5 | Sabathia | Powell | Baez | 2:22 | N | 25,158 | - | |
| 134 | 134 | Friday, Aug 30 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 3 | 4 | 50-84 | 5 | 29.0 | Wright | Maroth | Marte | 2:36 | N | 16,857 | -- | ||
| 135 | 135 | Saturday, Aug 31 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 4 | 9 | 50-85 | 5 | 29.0 | Glover | Sparks | 2:46 | N | 15,726 | --- | |||
| 136 | 136 | Sunday, Sep 1 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 0 | 7 | 50-86 | 5 | 29.0 | Buehrle | Redman | 2:18 | D | 14,856 | ---- | |||
| 137 | 137 | Monday, Sep 2 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 1 | 11 | 50-87 | 5 | 29.0 | Sabathia | Powell | 2:16 | D | 18,722 | ----- | |||
| 138 | 138 | Tuesday, Sep 3 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 4 | 0 | 51-87 | 5 | 28.5 | Van Hekken | Mulholland | 2:08 | N | 11,635 | + | |||
| 139 | 139 | Wednesday, Sep 4 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 3 | 9 | 51-88 | 5 | 29.5 | Wright | Maroth | 2:38 | N | 12,715 | - | |||
| 140 | 140 | Thursday, Sep 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 3 | 9 | 51-89 | 5 | 30.0 | Hernandez | Sparks | 2:53 | N | 28,222 | -- | ||
| 141 | 141 | Friday, Sep 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 1 | 8 | 51-90 | 5 | 31.0 | Wells | Redman | 2:28 | N | 41,114 | --- | ||
| 142 | 142 | Saturday, Sep 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 2 | 1 | 52-90 | 5 | 30.0 | German | Mussina | Acevedo | 3:11 | D | 40,541 | + | |
| 143 | 143 | Sunday, Sep 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 4 | 6 | 52-91 | 5 | 30.0 | Stanton | Henriquez | Karsay | 3:10 | D | 39,302 | - | |
| 144 | 144 | Monday, Sep 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 2 | 5 | 52-92 | 5 | 31.0 | Reed | Maroth | Guardado | 2:37 | N | 11,684 | -- | |
| 145 | 145 | Tuesday, Sep 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 4 | 11 | 52-93 | 5 | 32.0 | Lohse | Loux | 2:42 | N | 12,408 | --- | ||
| 146 | 146 | Wednesday, Sep 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 2 | 8 | 52-94 | 5 | 33.0 | Radke | Redman | 2:19 | D | 13,106 | ---- | ||
| 147 | 147 | Friday, Sep 13 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 4 | 2 | 10 | 53-94 | 5 | 31.5 | Eckenstahler | Mullen | 3:04 | N | 17,023 | + | ||
| 148 | 148 | Saturday, Sep 14 | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 1 | 5 | 53-95 | 5 | 32.5 | Byrd | Van Hekken | 2:40 | D | 18,693 | - | |||
| 149 | 149 | Sunday, Sep 15 | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 3 | 9 | 53-96 | 5 | 33.5 | Hernandez | Beverlin | 2:53 | D | 20,991 | -- | |||
| 150 | 150 | Monday, Sep 16 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 5 | 2 | 54-96 | 5 | 33.0 | Maroth | May | German | 2:34 | N | 10,469 | + | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 151 | 151 | Tuesday, Sep 17 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 4 | 7 | 54-97 | 5 | 34.0 | Radke | Loux | Guardado | 2:46 | N | 12,833 | - | ||
| 152 | 152 | Wednesday, Sep 18 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 0 | 2 | 54-98 | 5 | 35.0 | Mays | Sparks | Guardado | 2:26 | N | 11,214 | -- | ||
| 153 | 153 | Friday, Sep 20 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 1 | 5 | 54-99 | 5 | 35.0 | Clemens | Van Hekken | 3:09 | N | 25,364 | --- | |||
| 154 | 154 | Saturday, Sep 21 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 2 | 3 | 54-100 | 5 | 35.0 | Pettitte | Beverlin | Karsay | 3:01 | D | 25,432 | ---- | ||
| 155 | 155 | Sunday, Sep 22 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 3 | 4 | 54-101 | 5 | 35.0 | Wells | Maroth | Stanton | 2:40 | D | 23,930 | ----- | ||
| 156 | 156 | Tuesday, Sep 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 2 | 17 | 54-102 | 5 | 36.0 | Asencio | Loux | 3:10 | N | 9,878 | ------ | ||
| 157 | 157 | Wednesday, Sep 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | W | 7 | 6 | 12 | 55-102 | 5 | 36.0 | Bernero | Hill | 3:42 | N | 10,203 | + | |
| 158 | 158 | Thursday, Sep 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 2 | 7 | 55-103 | 5 | 36.0 | Suppan | Cornejo | 2:38 | N | 11,092 | - | ||
| 159 | 159 | Friday, Sep 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | L | 2 | 5 | 55-104 | 5 | 37.0 | Walker | Van Hekken | Escobar | 2:33 | N | 15,407 | -- | |
| 160 | 160 | Saturday, Sep 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | L | 2 | 10 | 55-105 | 5 | 38.0 | Miller | Beverlin | 2:35 | D | 19,541 | --- | ||
| 161 | 161 | Sunday, Sep 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | L | 0 | 1 | 55-106 | 5 | 39.0 | Halladay | Maroth | Escobar | 2:12 | D | 30,029 | ---- | |
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak |