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86-77, Finished 2nd in AL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jim Leyland (86-77)
Scored 743 runs, Allowed 745 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-82
Ballparks: Comerica Park · Attendance: 2,567,165 (4th of 14)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 103
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| Season Summary | 86-77, Final Rank:2, GB: 1.0 | |
| Days in First | 142 | last on Sunday, Oct 4, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day |
| 164 | last on Oct 5, counts all days of the season including off days | |
| Biggest Lead | 7 | last on Sunday, Sep 6, for days on which they played |
| Farthest Behind | 3 | last on Thursday, May 7, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | 14 | last on Sunday, Sep 6 |
| Most Games under .500 | 2 | last on Thursday, Apr 9 |
| Longest Winning Streak | 7 | Friday, May 15 to Friday, May 22 and Thursday, Jun 18 to Thursday, Jun 25 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 5 | Tuesday, Sep 8 to Saturday, Sep 12 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 14 | Wednesday, May 13 |
| Most Runs Scored | 15 | Friday, Apr 10 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 16 | Friday, Jul 3 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 6 | |
| Times Opponent Shutout | 9 | |
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| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Monday, Apr 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | L | 5 | 12 | 0-1 | 3 | 0.5 | Halladay | Verlander | 2:43 | 48,027 | - | ||
| 2 | 2 | Tuesday, Apr 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | L | 4 | 5 | 0-2 | 5 | 1.5 | Ryan | Lyon | 2:40 | 16,790 | -- | ||
| 3 | 3 | Wednesday, Apr 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | W | 5 | 1 | 1-2 | 4 | 1.0 | Miner | Litsch | 2:25 | 12,145 | + | ||
| 4 | 4 | Thursday, Apr 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | L | 2 | 6 | 1-3 | 4 | 1.5 | Romero | Porcello | 2:41 | 15,297 | - | ||
| 5 | 5 | Friday, Apr 10 | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 15 | 2 | 2-3 | 3 | 1.0 | Galarraga | Benson | 2:56 | 44,588 | + | |||
| 6 | 6 | Saturday, Apr 11 | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 4 | 3 | 3-3 | 1 | Tied | Robertson | Harrison | Rodney | 2:30 | 28,693 | ++ | ||
| 7 | 7 | Sunday, Apr 12 | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 6 | 4 | 4-3 | 1 | up 0.5 | Lyon | Wilson | Rodney | 2:26 | 18,905 | +++ | ||
| 8 | 8 | Monday, Apr 13 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 6 | 10 | 4-4 | 3 | 0.5 | Floyd | Miner | 3:20 | 21,850 | - | |||
| 9 | 9 | Wednesday, Apr 15 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 9 | 0 | 5-4 | 1 | Tied | Galarraga | Contreras | 3:03 | 20,212 | + | |||
| 10 | 10 | Friday, Apr 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | L | 3 | 6 | 5-5 | 2 | 1.0 | Hernandez | Verlander | Morrow | 2:26 | 35,824 | - | |
| 11 | 11 | Saturday, Apr 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | W | 2 | 0 | 6-5 | 2 | 1.0 | Jackson | Bedard | Rodney | 2:38 | 31,966 | + | |
| 12 | 12 | Sunday, Apr 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | W | 8 | 2 | 7-5 | 1 | Tied | Porcello | Silva | 2:41 | 30,450 | ++ | ||
| 13 | 13 | Tuesday, Apr 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | LAA | L | 3 | 4 | 7-6 | 1 | Tied | Arredondo | Lyon | Fuentes | 2:47 | 41,627 | - | |
| 14 | 14 | Wednesday, Apr 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | LAA | W | 12 | 10 | 8-6 | 1 | Tied | Rincon | Shields | 3:26 | 43,047 | + | ||
| 15 | 15 | Thursday, Apr 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | LAA | L | 5 | 10 | 8-7 | 1 | Tied | Palmer | Jackson | 3:00 | 38,543 | - | ||
| 16 | 16 | Friday, Apr 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 1 | 6 | 8-8 | 2 | 1.0 | Greinke | Porcello | 2:06 | 36,363 | -- | ||
| 17 | 17 | Saturday, Apr 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | W | 9 | 1 | 9-8 | 1 | Tied | Miner | Davies | 2:39 | 37,647 | + | ||
| 18 | 18 | Sunday, Apr 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | W | 3 | 2 | 10-8 | 1 | up 1.0 | Galarraga | Ponson | Rodney | 2:31 | 13,520 | ++ | |
| 19 | 19 | Monday, Apr 27 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 4 | 2 | 11-8 | 1 | up 1.0 | Verlander | Sabathia | 2:19 | 28,784 | +++ | |||
| 20 | 20 | Tuesday, Apr 28 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 0 | 11 | 11-9 | 1 | up 1.0 | Hughes | Perry | 3:23 | 25,519 | - | |||
| 21 | 21 | Wednesday, Apr 29 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 6 | 8 | 11-10 | 1 | Tied | Chamberlain | Porcello | 2:57 | 28,348 | -- | |||
| 22 | 22 | Friday, May 1 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 5 | 6 | 11-11 | 4 | 1.0 | Pavano | Galarraga | Wood | 2:46 | 22,288 | --- | ||
| 23 | 23 | Saturday, May 2 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 9 | 7 | 12-11 | 2 | 0.5 | Zumaya | Betancourt | Rodney | 3:19 | 34,646 | + | ||
| 24 | 24 | Sunday, May 3 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 3 | 1 | 13-11 | 2 | 0.5 | Verlander | Lee | Rodney | 2:37 | 27,411 | ++ | ||
| 25 | 25 | Monday, May 4 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 2 | 7 | 13-12 | 2 | 1.5 | Liriano | Jackson | 2:41 | 21,298 | - | |||
| 26 | 26 | Tuesday, May 5 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 9 | 0 | 14-12 | 2 | 1.5 | Porcello | Blackburn | 2:24 | 23,754 | + | |||
| 27 | 27 | Thursday, May 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 0 | 6 | 14-13 | 2 | 3.0 | Buehrle | Galarraga | 2:02 | 27,475 | - | ||
| 28 | 28 | Friday, May 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 1 | 0 | 15-13 | 2 | 2.0 | Verlander | Lee | 2:12 | 27,492 | + | ||
| 29 | 29 | Saturday, May 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 4 | 0 | 16-13 | 2 | 1.0 | Jackson | Carmona | 3:07 | 33,640 | ++ | ||
| 30 | 30 | Sunday, May 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 5 | 3 | 17-13 | 1 | Tied | Porcello | Reyes | 3:03 | 25,705 | +++ | ||
| 31 | 31 | Tuesday, May 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 2 | 6 | 17-14 | 1 | Tied | Slowey | Galarraga | 2:52 | 24,807 | - | ||
| 32 | 32 | Wednesday, May 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 10 | 14 | 13 | 17-15 | 1 | Tied | Crain | Lyon | 4:48 | 22,178 | -- | |
| 33 | 33 | Thursday, May 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 5 | 6 | 17-16 | 1 | Tied | Breslow | Seay | Nathan | 2:51 | 26,046 | --- | |
| 34 | 34 | Friday, May 15 | boxscore | DET | OAK | W | 14 | 1 | 18-16 | 1 | Tied | Jackson | Anderson | 2:27 | 26,770 | + | |||
| 35 | 35 | Saturday, May 16 | boxscore | DET | OAK | W | 9 | 1 | 19-16 | 1 | up 1.0 | Porcello | Braden | 2:39 | 31,554 | ++ | |||
| 36 | 36 | Sunday, May 17 | boxscore | DET | OAK | W | 11 | 7 | 20-16 | 1 | up 1.0 | Miner | Cahill | 2:57 | 27,535 | +++ | |||
| 37 | 37 | Tuesday, May 19 | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 4 | 0 | 21-16 | 1 | up 1.0 | Willis | McCarthy | 2:20 | 23,756 | ++++ | |||
| 38 | 38 | Wednesday, May 20 | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 5 | 3 | 22-16 | 1 | up 2.0 | Verlander | Harrison | Rodney | 2:35 | 23,417 | +++++ | ||
| 39 | 39 | Thursday, May 21 | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 4 | 3 | 23-16 | 1 | up 3.0 | Jackson | Millwood | Rodney | 2:40 | 34,356 | ++++++ | ||
| 40 | 40 | Friday, May 22 | boxscore | DET | COL | W | 4 | 3 | 24-16 | 1 | up 4.0 | Porcello | Jimenez | Zumaya | 2:26 | 28,264 | +++++++ | ||
| 41 | 41 | Saturday, May 23 | boxscore | DET | COL | L | 3 | 4 | 24-17 | 1 | up 4.0 | Marquis | Galarraga | Street | 2:33 | 37,035 | - | ||
| 42 | 42 | Sunday, May 24 | boxscore | DET | COL | L | 1 | 3 | 24-18 | 1 | up 3.0 | Hammel | Willis | Street | 2:39 | 34,606 | -- | ||
| 43 | 43 | Monday, May 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | W | 13 | 1 | 25-18 | 1 | up 4.0 | Verlander | Meche | 2:52 | 34,524 | + | ||
| 44 | 44 | Tuesday, May 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 1 | 6 | 25-19 | 1 | up 3.0 | Greinke | Jackson | 2:27 | 16,366 | - | ||
| 45 | 45 | Wednesday, May 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | W | 8 | 3 | 26-19 | 1 | up 3.5 | Porcello | Davies | 2:41 | 16,568 | + | ||
| 46 | 46 | Thursday, May 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 1 | 5 | 26-20 | 1 | up 3.5 | Hernandez | Galarraga | 2:46 | 11,937 | - | ||
| 47 | 47 | Friday, May 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 2 | 7 | 26-21 | 1 | up 3.5 | Bergesen | Willis | 2:12 | 42,704 | -- | ||
| 48 | 48 | Saturday, May 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 6 | 3 | 27-21 | 1 | up 4.0 | Verlander | Albers | Rodney | 2:55 | 34,567 | + | |
| 49 | 49 | Sunday, May 31 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 3 | 0 | 28-21 | 1 | up 4.0 | Jackson | Berken | Rodney | 2:21 | 32,233 | ++ | |
| 50 | 50 | Tuesday, Jun 2 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 1 | 5 | 28-22 | 1 | up 3.5 | Matsuzaka | Porcello | 3:14 | 25,914 | - | |||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Wednesday, Jun 3 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 5 | 10 | 28-23 | 1 | up 3.5 | Beckett | Galarraga | 3:09 | 29,240 | -- | |||
| 52 | 52 | Thursday, Jun 4 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 3 | 6 | 28-24 | 1 | up 2.5 | Wakefield | Willis | Papelbon | 2:53 | 31,353 | --- | ||
| 53 | 53 | Friday, Jun 5 | boxscore | DET | LAA | L | 1 | 2 | 28-25 | 1 | up 1.5 | Santana | Rodney | Fuentes | 2:35 | 31,187 | ---- | ||
| 54 | 54 | Saturday, Jun 6 | boxscore | DET | LAA | W | 2 | 1 | 29-25 | 1 | up 2.5 | Jackson | Escobar | 2:25 | 32,367 | + | |||
| 55 | 55 | Sunday, Jun 7 | boxscore | DET | LAA | W | 9 | 6 | 30-25 | 1 | up 3.5 | Zumaya | Arredondo | 3:11 | 32,074 | ++ | |||
| 56 | 56 | Monday, Jun 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 5 | 4 | 31-25 | 1 | up 4.0 | Zumaya | Linebrink | Rodney | 3:01 | 24,408 | +++ | |
| 57 | 57 | Monday, Jun 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 1 | 6 | 31-26 | 1 | up 4.0 | Contreras | Bonderman | 2:18 | 30,809 | - | ||
| 58 | 58 | Tuesday, Jun 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 7 | 6 | 10 | 32-26 | 1 | up 4.0 | Lyon | Linebrink | 3:36 | 25,676 | + | |
| 59 | 59 | Wednesday, Jun 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 2 | 1 | 33-26 | 1 | up 4.0 | Verlander | Danks | 2:12 | 28,079 | ++ | ||
| 60 | 60 | Thursday, Jun 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 3 | 4 | 33-27 | 1 | up 4.0 | Jenks | Zumaya | 2:37 | 20,824 | - | ||
| 61 | 61 | Friday, Jun 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | PIT | W | 3 | 1 | 34-27 | 1 | up 4.0 | Porcello | Snell | Rodney | 2:30 | 18,369 | + | |
| 62 | 62 | Saturday, Jun 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | PIT | L | 3 | 9 | 34-28 | 1 | up 3.0 | Duke | Galarraga | 2:27 | 31,411 | - | ||
| 63 | 63 | Sunday, Jun 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | PIT | L | 3 | 6 | 34-29 | 1 | up 3.0 | Ohlendorf | Willis | Capps | 3:05 | 27,565 | -- | |
| 64 | 64 | Tuesday, Jun 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | STL | L | 2 | 11 | 34-30 | 1 | up 2.0 | Wainwright | Verlander | 2:33 | 44,021 | --- | ||
| 65 | 65 | Wednesday, Jun 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | STL | L | 3 | 4 | 34-31 | 1 | up 2.0 | Wellemeyer | Jackson | Franklin | 2:49 | 39,699 | ---- | |
| 66 | 66 | Thursday, Jun 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | STL | W | 6 | 3 | 35-31 | 1 | up 2.0 | Porcello | Pineiro | Rodney | 2:53 | 41,323 | + | |
| 67 | 67 | Friday, Jun 19 | boxscore | DET | MIL | W | 10 | 4 | 7 | 36-31 | 1 | up 2.0 | Miner | Looper | 2:28 | 34,112 | ++ | ||
| 68 | 68 | Saturday, Jun 20 | boxscore | DET | MIL | W | 9 | 5 | 37-31 | 1 | up 3.0 | Figaro | Bush | 3:01 | 39,156 | +++ | |||
| 69 | 69 | Sunday, Jun 21 | boxscore | DET | MIL | W | 3 | 2 | 38-31 | 1 | up 4.0 | Verlander | Gallardo | Rodney | 2:20 | 41,163 | ++++ | ||
| 70 | 70 | Tuesday, Jun 23 | boxscore | DET | CHC | W | 5 | 4 | 39-31 | 1 | up 4.0 | Lyon | Gregg | 2:34 | 38,046 | +++++ | |||
| 71 | 71 | Wednesday, Jun 24 | boxscore | DET | CHC | W | 5 | 3 | 40-31 | 1 | up 5.0 | Miner | Harden | Rodney | 3:19 | 36,438 | ++++++ | ||
| 72 | 72 | Thursday, Jun 25 | boxscore | DET | CHC | W | 6 | 5 | 41-31 | 1 | up 5.0 | Galarraga | Lilly | Rodney | 2:34 | 42,332 | +++++++ | ||
| 73 | 73 | Friday, Jun 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | HOU | L | 4 | 5 | 41-32 | 1 | up 4.0 | Sampson | Zumaya | Hawkins | 3:24 | 33,052 | - | |
| 74 | 74 | Saturday, Jun 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | HOU | L | 1 | 8 | 41-33 | 1 | up 4.0 | Paulino | Figaro | 2:16 | 37,123 | -- | ||
| 75 | 75 | Sunday, Jun 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | HOU | W | 4 | 3 | 42-33 | 1 | up 4.0 | Seay | Valverde | Rodney | 2:31 | 34,041 | + | |
| 76 | 76 | Monday, Jun 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L | 1 | 7 | 42-34 | 1 | up 4.0 | Anderson | Porcello | 2:36 | 10,563 | - | ||
| 77 | 77 | Tuesday, Jun 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | W | 5 | 3 | 43-34 | 1 | up 4.0 | Galarraga | Gonzalez | 2:50 | 12,126 | + | ||
| 78 | 78 | Wednesday, Jul 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L | 1 | 5 | 43-35 | 1 | up 3.0 | Braden | Verlander | 2:18 | 21,238 | - | ||
| 79 | 79 | Friday, Jul 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 11 | 9 | 16 | 44-35 | 1 | up 2.5 | Dolsi | Dickey | 5:07 | 33,368 | + | |
| 80 | 80 | Saturday, Jul 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 3 | 4 | 44-36 | 1 | up 2.5 | Guerrier | Lyon | Nathan | 2:49 | 27,238 | - | |
| 81 | 81 | Sunday, Jul 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 2 | 6 | 44-37 | 1 | up 2.0 | Blackburn | Porcello | 2:25 | 33,274 | -- | ||
| 82 | 82 | Monday, Jul 6 | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 3 | 4 | 44-38 | 1 | up 1.5 | Colon | Rodney | Soria | 2:53 | 32,134 | --- | ||
| 83 | 83 | Tuesday, Jul 7 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 8 | 5 | 45-38 | 1 | up 2.0 | Verlander | Chen | Rodney | 3:03 | 29,751 | + | ||
| 84 | 84 | Wednesday, Jul 8 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 3 | 1 | 46-38 | 1 | up 2.0 | French | Greinke | Rodney | 2:26 | 29,104 | ++ | ||
| 85 | 85 | Friday, Jul 10 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 5 | 1 | 47-38 | 1 | up 3.5 | Jackson | Lee | 2:43 | 35,592 | +++ | |||
| 86 | 86 | Saturday, Jul 11 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 4 | 5 | 47-39 | 1 | up 2.5 | Pavano | Galarraga | Wood | 2:34 | 41,782 | - | ||
| 87 | 87 | Sunday, Jul 12 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 10 | 1 | 48-39 | 1 | up 3.5 | Verlander | Ohka | 2:48 | 39,680 | + | |||
| 88 | 88 | Friday, Jul 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 3 | 5 | 48-40 | 1 | up 2.5 | Hughes | Zumaya | Rivera | 3:17 | 46,197 | - | |
| 89 | 89 | Saturday, Jul 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 1 | 2 | 48-41 | 1 | up 1.5 | Sabathia | Verlander | Rivera | 2:39 | 46,423 | -- | |
| 90 | 90 | Sunday, Jul 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 1 | 2 | 48-42 | 1 | up 1.5 | Chamberlain | Jackson | Rivera | 2:50 | 46,937 | --- | |
| 91 | 91 | Tuesday, Jul 21 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 9 | 7 | 49-42 | 1 | up 2.0 | Porcello | Olson | Rodney | 2:59 | 32,906 | + | ||
| 92 | 92 | Wednesday, Jul 22 | boxscore | DET | SEA | L | 1 | 2 | 49-43 | 1 | up 1.0 | Hernandez | Seay | Aardsma | 2:26 | 29,758 | - | ||
| 93 | 93 | Thursday, Jul 23 | boxscore | DET | SEA | L | 1 | 2 | 49-44 | 1 | Tied | Washburn | French | Aardsma | 2:28 | 32,177 | -- | ||
| 94 | 94 | Friday, Jul 24 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 5 | 1 | 50-44 | 1 | up 2.0 | Verlander | Contreras | 2:35 | 27,844 | + | |||
| 95 | 95 | Friday, Jul 24 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 4 | 3 | 51-44 | 1 | up 2.0 | Lyon | Linebrink | Rodney | 2:31 | 39,375 | ++ | ||
| 96 | 96 | Saturday, Jul 25 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 4 | 3 | 10 | 52-44 | 1 | up 3.0 | Rodney | Carrasco | 3:14 | 41,378 | +++ | ||
| 97 | 97 | Sunday, Jul 26 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 1 | 5 | 52-45 | 1 | up 2.0 | Richard | Porcello | 2:33 | 38,255 | - | |||
| 98 | 98 | Monday, Jul 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | L | 2 | 5 | 52-46 | 1 | up 2.0 | Hunter | Galarraga | Wilson | 2:30 | 17,173 | -- | |
| 99 | 99 | Tuesday, Jul 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | L | 3 | 7 | 52-47 | 1 | up 2.0 | Grilli | French | 2:36 | 21,615 | --- | ||
| 100 | 100 | Wednesday, Jul 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | W | 13 | 5 | 53-47 | 1 | up 2.0 | Verlander | Feldman | 3:05 | 33,235 | + | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 101 | 101 | Friday, Jul 31 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 5 | 6 | 13 | 53-48 | 1 | up 1.5 | Ohka | Fien | 5:02 | 35,273 | - | |
| 102 | 102 | Saturday, Aug 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 4 | 3 | 12 | 54-48 | 1 | up 1.5 | Seay | Veras | Miner | 3:35 | 31,353 | + |
| 103 | 103 | Sunday, Aug 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 1 | 11 | 54-49 | 1 | up 1.5 | Pavano | Galarraga | 2:45 | 24,718 | - | ||
| 104 | 104 | Monday, Aug 3 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 6 | 5 | 55-49 | 1 | up 2.0 | Rodney | Baez | 2:28 | 27,857 | + | |||
| 105 | 105 | Tuesday, Aug 4 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 2 | 8 | 55-50 | 1 | up 1.0 | Matusz | Washburn | 2:44 | 29,295 | - | |||
| 106 | 106 | Wednesday, Aug 5 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 4 | 2 | 56-50 | 1 | up 1.0 | Jackson | Guthrie | Rodney | 2:21 | 28,978 | + | ||
| 107 | 107 | Thursday, Aug 6 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 7 | 3 | 57-50 | 1 | up 2.0 | Porcello | Hernandez | Lyon | 2:42 | 31,165 | ++ | ||
| 108 | 108 | Friday, Aug 7 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 10 | 8 | 58-50 | 1 | up 3.0 | Galarraga | Swarzak | 3:17 | 36,444 | +++ | |||
| 109 | 109 | Saturday, Aug 8 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 0 | 11 | 58-51 | 1 | up 2.0 | Pavano | Verlander | 2:34 | 39,685 | - | |||
| 110 | 110 | Sunday, Aug 9 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 8 | 7 | 59-51 | 1 | up 3.0 | Lyon | Guerrier | Rodney | 3:01 | 35,423 | + | ||
| 111 | 111 | Monday, Aug 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 5 | 6 | 59-52 | 1 | up 3.0 | Ramirez | Miner | Papelbon | 3:25 | 37,960 | - | |
| 112 | 112 | Tuesday, Aug 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 5 | 7 | 59-53 | 1 | up 2.0 | Tazawa | Lambert | 3:11 | 38,013 | -- | ||
| 113 | 113 | Wednesday, Aug 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 2 | 8 | 59-54 | 1 | up 2.0 | Beckett | Miner | 2:57 | 38,124 | --- | ||
| 114 | 114 | Thursday, Aug 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 2 | 0 | 60-54 | 1 | up 2.5 | Verlander | Buchholz | Rodney | 2:44 | 37,556 | + | |
| 115 | 115 | Friday, Aug 14 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 1 | 0 | 61-54 | 1 | up 2.5 | Lyon | Colon | 2:21 | 34,799 | ++ | |||
| 116 | 116 | Saturday, Aug 15 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 10 | 3 | 62-54 | 1 | up 2.5 | Jackson | Hochevar | 2:58 | 37,276 | +++ | |||
| 117 | 117 | Sunday, Aug 16 | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 2 | 3 | 10 | 62-55 | 1 | up 2.5 | Soria | Rodney | 3:24 | 32,888 | - | ||
| 118 | 118 | Tuesday, Aug 18 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 5 | 3 | 63-55 | 1 | up 3.0 | Seay | Lowe | Rodney | 2:51 | 33,710 | + | ||
| 119 | 119 | Wednesday, Aug 19 | boxscore | DET | SEA | L | 1 | 3 | 63-56 | 1 | up 2.0 | Snell | Verlander | Aardsma | 2:35 | 33,194 | - | ||
| 120 | 120 | Thursday, Aug 20 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 7 | 6 | 64-56 | 1 | up 2.5 | Seay | Aardsma | 2:34 | 31,167 | + | |||
| 121 | 121 | Friday, Aug 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | W | 3 | 2 | 65-56 | 1 | up 3.5 | Jackson | Gonzalez | Rodney | 2:54 | 15,927 | ++ | |
| 122 | 122 | Saturday, Aug 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L | 2 | 3 | 65-57 | 1 | up 2.5 | Bailey | Miner | 2:33 | 26,266 | - | ||
| 123 | 123 | Sunday, Aug 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L | 4 | 9 | 65-58 | 1 | up 2.5 | Tomko | Porcello | 2:51 | 17,690 | -- | ||
| 124 | 124 | Monday, Aug 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | LAA | W | 10 | 7 | 66-58 | 1 | up 3.5 | Verlander | Weaver | Rodney | 3:34 | 38,421 | + | |
| 125 | 125 | Tuesday, Aug 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | LAA | W | 5 | 3 | 67-58 | 1 | up 4.5 | Washburn | Lackey | Rodney | 3:20 | 42,970 | ++ | |
| 126 | 126 | Wednesday, Aug 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | LAA | L | 2 | 4 | 67-59 | 1 | up 4.5 | Saunders | Jackson | Fuentes | 2:49 | 36,329 | - | |
| 127 | 127 | Friday, Aug 28 | boxscore | DET | TBR | W | 6 | 2 | 68-59 | 1 | up 4.5 | Porcello | Garza | 2:46 | 35,030 | + | |||
| 128 | 128 | Saturday, Aug 29 | boxscore | DET | TBR | L | 1 | 3 | 68-60 | 1 | up 4.5 | Price | Robertson | Howell | 2:54 | 39,296 | - | ||
| 129 | 129 | Sunday, Aug 30 | boxscore | DET | TBR | W | 4 | 3 | 69-60 | 1 | up 4.5 | Verlander | Balfour | Rodney | 2:30 | 36,067 | + | ||
| 130 | 130 | Monday, Aug 31 | boxscore | DET | TBR | L | 7 | 11 | 69-61 | 1 | up 3.5 | Shields | Washburn | 2:50 | 26,533 | - | |||
| 131 | 131 | Tuesday, Sep 1 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 8 | 5 | 70-61 | 1 | up 3.5 | Jackson | Carrasco | Rodney | 2:55 | 24,225 | + | ||
| 132 | 132 | Wednesday, Sep 2 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 4 | 2 | 71-61 | 1 | up 4.5 | Porcello | Laffey | Rodney | 2:18 | 25,840 | ++ | ||
| 133 | 133 | Thursday, Sep 3 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 4 | 3 | 10 | 72-61 | 1 | up 5.0 | Miner | Perez | 3:06 | 28,267 | +++ | ||
| 134 | 134 | Friday, Sep 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | TBR | W | 4 | 3 | 73-61 | 1 | up 6.0 | Verlander | Howell | Rodney | 2:59 | 18,596 | ++++ | |
| 135 | 135 | Saturday, Sep 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | TBR | W | 8 | 6 | 74-61 | 1 | up 6.0 | Seay | Balfour | Lyon | 3:13 | 36,973 | +++++ | |
| 136 | 136 | Sunday, Sep 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | TBR | W | 5 | 3 | 75-61 | 1 | up 7.0 | Jackson | Springer | Lyon | 2:48 | 28,059 | ++++++ | |
| 137 | 137 | Tuesday, Sep 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 5 | 7 | 75-62 | 1 | up 6.5 | Yabuta | Seay | Soria | 2:53 | 12,032 | - | |
| 138 | 138 | Wednesday, Sep 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 1 | 5 | 75-63 | 1 | up 5.5 | Tejeda | Verlander | Soria | 3:08 | 10,584 | -- | |
| 139 | 139 | Thursday, Sep 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 4 | 7 | 75-64 | 1 | up 5.5 | Colon | Miner | Rosa | 3:16 | 12,029 | --- | |
| 140 | 140 | Friday, Sep 11 | boxscore | DET | TOR | L | 4 | 6 | 75-65 | 1 | up 5.5 | Tallet | Robertson | Frasor | 3:22 | 31,575 | ---- | ||
| 141 | 141 | Saturday, Sep 12 | boxscore | DET | TOR | L | 6 | 8 | 75-66 | 1 | up 5.0 | League | Rodney | Frasor | 3:03 | 36,142 | ----- | ||
| 142 | 142 | Sunday, Sep 13 | boxscore | DET | TOR | W | 7 | 2 | 76-66 | 1 | up 5.5 | Porcello | Romero | 2:40 | 32,468 | + | |||
| 143 | 143 | Monday, Sep 14 | boxscore | DET | TOR | W | 6 | 5 | 10 | 77-66 | 1 | up 5.5 | Seay | Wolfe | 3:04 | 24,375 | ++ | ||
| 144 | 144 | Tuesday, Sep 15 | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 1 | 11 | 77-67 | 1 | up 4.5 | Tejeda | Washburn | 3:06 | 20,422 | - | |||
| 145 | 145 | Wednesday, Sep 16 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 4 | 3 | 78-67 | 1 | up 4.5 | Miner | DiNardo | Rodney | 2:54 | 25,400 | + | ||
| 146 | 146 | Thursday, Sep 17 | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 2 | 9 | 78-68 | 1 | up 4.0 | Greinke | Jackson | 3:05 | 26,457 | - | |||
| 147 | 147 | Friday, Sep 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 0 | 3 | 78-69 | 1 | up 3.0 | Duensing | Porcello | Nathan | 2:42 | 32,693 | -- | |
| 148 | 148 | Saturday, Sep 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 2 | 6 | 78-70 | 1 | up 2.0 | Crain | Verlander | 2:48 | 43,338 | --- | ||
| 149 | 149 | Sunday, Sep 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 6 | 2 | 79-70 | 1 | up 3.0 | Robertson | Baker | 3:12 | 36,335 | + | ||
| 150 | 150 | Tuesday, Sep 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 3 | 1 | 80-70 | 1 | up 2.5 | Jackson | Laffey | Rodney | 2:56 | 23,217 | ++ | |
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 151 | 151 | Wednesday, Sep 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 11 | 3 | 81-70 | 1 | up 2.5 | Porcello | Masterson | 3:04 | 13,971 | +++ | ||
| 152 | 152 | Thursday, Sep 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 6 | 5 | 82-70 | 1 | up 3.0 | Verlander | Carrasco | Rodney | 3:17 | 23,516 | ++++ | |
| 153 | 153 | Friday, Sep 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 0 | 2 | 82-71 | 1 | up 2.0 | Peavy | Bonine | Thornton | 2:26 | 30,794 | - | |
| 154 | 154 | Saturday, Sep 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 12 | 5 | 83-71 | 1 | up 2.0 | Figaro | Garcia | 2:50 | 35,590 | + | ||
| 155 | 155 | Sunday, Sep 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 4 | 8 | 83-72 | 1 | up 2.0 | Hudson | Jackson | Thornton | 2:38 | 33,685 | - | |
| 156 | 156 | Tuesday, Sep 29 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 2 | 3 | 10 | 83-73 | 1 | up 2.0 | Rauch | Lyon | Nathan | 2:52 | 35,243 | -- | |
| 157 | 157 | Tuesday, Sep 29 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 6 | 5 | 84-73 | 1 | up 2.0 | Verlander | Duensing | Rodney | 2:50 | 30,240 | + | ||
| 158 | 158 | Wednesday, Sep 30 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 7 | 2 | 85-73 | 1 | up 3.0 | Bonine | Pavano | 2:59 | 34,775 | ++ | |||
| 159 | 159 | Thursday, Oct 1 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 3 | 8 | 85-74 | 1 | up 2.0 | Baker | Robertson | 3:33 | 40,533 | - | |||
| 160 | 160 | Friday, Oct 2 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 0 | 8 | 85-75 | 1 | up 1.0 | Peavy | Jackson | 2:24 | 34,726 | -- | |||
| 161 | 161 | Saturday, Oct 3 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 1 | 5 | 85-76 | 1 | Tied | Garcia | Figaro | 2:49 | 35,184 | --- | |||
| 162 | 162 | Sunday, Oct 4 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 5 | 3 | 86-76 | 1 | Tied | Verlander | Danks | Rodney | 2:26 | 35,806 | + | ||
| 163 | 163 | Tuesday, Oct 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 5 | 6 | 12 | 86-77 | 2 | 1.0 | Keppel | Rodney | 4:37 | 54,088 | - | |
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | Attendance | Streak |
Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.