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81-81, Finished 3rd in AL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jim Leyland (81-81)
Scored 751 runs, Allowed 743 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-80
Ballparks: Comerica Park · Attendance: 2,461,237 (6th of 14)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 101 · one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 98
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| Season Summary | 81-81, Final Rank:3, GB: 13.0 | |
| Days in First | 13 | last on Saturday, Jul 10, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day |
| 16 | last on Jul 10, counts all days of the season including off days | |
| Biggest Lead | 1 | last on Wednesday, Jul 7, for days on which they played |
| Farthest Behind | 15.5 | last on Wednesday, Sep 15, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | 11 | last on Saturday, Jul 10 |
| Most Games under .500 | 5 | last on Thursday, Aug 19 |
| Longest Winning Streak | 7 | Friday, Jun 11 to Friday, Jun 18 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 7 | Sunday, Jul 11 to Tuesday, Jul 20 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 15 | Wednesday, Jun 9 |
| Most Runs Scored | 13 | Sunday, Aug 15 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 14 | Monday, Jul 19 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 10 | |
| Times Opponent Shutout | 5 | |
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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 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | W | 8 | 4 | 1-0 | 1 | Tied | Zumaya | Tejeda | 3:05 | D | 40,052 | + | ||
| 2 | 2 | Wednesday, Apr 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 2 | 3 | 11 | 1-1 | 2 | 0.5 | Farnsworth | Valverde | 3:33 | N | 10,574 | - | |
| 3 | 3 | Thursday, Apr 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | W | 7 | 3 | 2-1 | 2 | 0.5 | Bonine | Mendoza | 3:06 | D | 10,909 | + | ||
| 4 | 4 | Friday, Apr 9 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 5 | 2 | 3-1 | 2 | 0.5 | Porcello | Huff | Valverde | 2:33 | D | 45,010 | ++ | ||
| 5 | 5 | Saturday, Apr 10 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 4 | 2 | 4-1 | 2 | 0.5 | Bonderman | Talbot | Perry | 3:01 | D | 35,332 | +++ | ||
| 6 | 6 | Sunday, Apr 11 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 9 | 8 | 5-1 | 1 | up 0.5 | Coke | Perez | 3:28 | D | 26,081 | ++++ | |||
| 7 | 7 | Monday, Apr 12 | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 5 | 10 | 5-2 | 2 | 0.5 | Hochevar | Scherzer | 3:26 | D | 17,058 | - | |||
| 8 | 8 | Tuesday, Apr 13 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 6 | 5 | 6-2 | 1 | Tied | Zumaya | Hughes | Valverde | 3:03 | D | 18,414 | + | ||
| 9 | 9 | Wednesday, Apr 14 | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 3 | 7 | 6-3 | 1 | Tied | Davies | Perry | Soria | 2:50 | D | 19,262 | - | ||
| 10 | 10 | Friday, Apr 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | L | 3 | 11 | 6-4 | 2 | 1.5 | Hernandez | Bonderman | 2:57 | N | 39,999 | -- | ||
| 11 | 11 | Saturday, Apr 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | L | 2 | 4 | 6-5 | 2 | 2.5 | League | Verlander | Aardsma | 2:35 | N | 31,647 | --- | |
| 12 | 12 | Sunday, Apr 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | W | 4 | 2 | 7-5 | 2 | 1.5 | Scherzer | Snell | Valverde | 3:01 | D | 30,419 | + | |
| 13 | 13 | Monday, Apr 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | LAA | L | 0 | 2 | 7-6 | 2 | 2.0 | Pineiro | Willis | Rodney | 2:19 | N | 36,006 | - | |
| 14 | 14 | Tuesday, Apr 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | LAA | L | 5 | 6 | 7-7 | 2 | 3.0 | Kazmir | Porcello | Rodney | 3:09 | N | 35,266 | -- | |
| 15 | 15 | Wednesday, Apr 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | LAA | W | 4 | 3 | 8-7 | 2 | 3.0 | Coke | Fuentes | Valverde | 2:55 | N | 35,279 | + | |
| 16 | 16 | Thursday, Apr 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | LAA | W | 5 | 4 | 9-7 | 2 | 2.0 | Verlander | Saunders | Valverde | 3:31 | N | 37,338 | ++ | |
| 17 | 17 | Friday, Apr 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | L | 4 | 5 | 9-8 | 2 | 3.0 | Feliz | Ni | 3:04 | N | 26,445 | - | ||
| 18 | 18 | Saturday, Apr 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | W | 8 | 4 | 10-8 | 2 | 3.0 | Bonine | Feldman | 3:06 | N | 45,752 | + | ||
| 19 | 19 | Sunday, Apr 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | L | 4 | 8 | 10-9 | 2 | 3.0 | Lewis | Porcello | 2:47 | D | 31,211 | - | ||
| 20 | 20 | Monday, Apr 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | W | 8 | 6 | 11-9 | 2 | 2.5 | Coke | Feliz | Valverde | 2:43 | N | 16,381 | + | |
| 21 | 21 | Tuesday, Apr 27 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 0 | 2 | 11-10 | 2 | 3.5 | Liriano | Verlander | Rauch | 2:51 | N | 22,008 | - | ||
| 22 | 22 | Wednesday, Apr 28 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 11 | 6 | 12-10 | 2 | 2.5 | Thomas | Mahay | 3:08 | N | 19,900 | + | |||
| 23 | 23 | Thursday, Apr 29 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 3 | 0 | 13-10 | 2 | 1.5 | Willis | Pavano | Valverde | 2:18 | D | 25,595 | ++ | ||
| 24 | 24 | Friday, Apr 30 | boxscore | DET | LAA | W | 10 | 6 | 14-10 | 2 | 1.5 | Porcello | Pineiro | 2:43 | N | 31,725 | +++ | |||
| 25 | 25 | Saturday, May 1 | boxscore | DET | LAA | W | 3 | 2 | 15-10 | 2 | 0.5 | Perry | Shields | 2:57 | D | 31,042 | ++++ | |||
| 26 | 26 | Sunday, May 2 | boxscore | DET | LAA | W | 5 | 1 | 16-10 | 2 | 0.5 | Verlander | Weaver | 2:43 | D | 25,603 | +++++ | |||
| 27 | 27 | Monday, May 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 4 | 10 | 16-11 | 2 | 1.5 | Baker | Scherzer | 2:29 | N | 38,728 | - | ||
| 28 | 28 | Tuesday, May 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 3 | 4 | 16-12 | 2 | 2.5 | Blackburn | Perry | 2:32 | N | 39,020 | -- | ||
| 29 | 29 | Wednesday, May 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 4 | 5 | 16-13 | 2 | 3.5 | Slowey | Porcello | Rauch | 2:38 | D | 39,037 | --- | |
| 30 | 30 | Saturday, May 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 6 | 4 | 17-13 | 2 | 2.5 | Verlander | Wood | Valverde | 3:10 | D | 18,428 | + | |
| 31 | 31 | Sunday, May 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 4 | 7 | 17-14 | 2 | 3.5 | Talbot | Scherzer | Perez | 3:16 | D | 16,980 | - | |
| 32 | 32 | Monday, May 10 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 5 | 4 | 18-14 | 2 | 3.0 | Bonine | Mitre | Valverde | 3:16 | N | 34,365 | + | ||
| 33 | 33 | Wednesday, May 12 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 2 | 0 | 19-14 | 2 | 3.0 | Porcello | Vazquez | Valverde | 2:15 | D | 27,376 | ++ | ||
| 34 | 34 | Wednesday, May 12 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 0 | 8 | 19-15 | 2 | 3.0 | Hughes | Bonderman | 3:06 | N | 28,514 | - | |||
| 35 | 35 | Thursday, May 13 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 6 | 0 | 20-15 | 2 | 2.5 | Verlander | Sabathia | 2:38 | D | 31,130 | + | |||
| 36 | 36 | Friday, May 14 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 2 | 7 | 20-16 | 2 | 2.5 | Buchholz | Scherzer | 2:57 | N | 31,732 | - | |||
| 37 | 37 | Saturday, May 15 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 7 | 6 | 12 | 21-16 | 2 | 1.5 | Valverde | Delcarmen | 4:35 | N | 40,742 | + | ||
| 38 | 38 | Sunday, May 16 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 5 | 1 | 22-16 | 2 | 1.5 | Galarraga | Lackey | 2:54 | D | 35,454 | ++ | |||
| 39 | 39 | Tuesday, May 18 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 2 | 6 | 22-17 | 2 | 2.0 | Garcia | Porcello | 2:44 | D | 28,155 | - | |||
| 40 | 40 | Wednesday, May 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | W | 5 | 1 | 23-17 | 2 | 1.0 | Verlander | Braden | 2:26 | N | 19,284 | + | ||
| 41 | 41 | Thursday, May 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | W | 5 | 2 | 24-17 | 1 | Tied | Bonderman | Ross | Valverde | 2:50 | D | 24,146 | ++ | |
| 42 | 42 | Friday, May 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | LAD | L | 1 | 4 | 24-18 | 2 | 1.0 | Billingsley | Willis | Broxton | 2:35 | N | 44,282 | - | |
| 43 | 43 | Saturday, May 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | LAD | L | 4 | 6 | 24-19 | 2 | 2.0 | Ely | Galarraga | Broxton | 2:59 | D | 45,117 | -- | |
| 44 | 44 | Sunday, May 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | LAD | W | 6 | 2 | 25-19 | 2 | 1.0 | Porcello | Kuroda | 2:43 | D | 46,053 | + | ||
| 45 | 45 | Tuesday, May 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | L | 3 | 5 | 25-20 | 2 | 1.0 | Kelley | Verlander | Aardsma | 2:17 | N | 20,920 | - | |
| 46 | 46 | Wednesday, May 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | L | 4 | 5 | 25-21 | 2 | 1.0 | League | Perry | Aardsma | 2:45 | D | 22,422 | -- | |
| 47 | 47 | Friday, May 28 | boxscore | DET | OAK | L | 4 | 5 | 25-22 | 2 | 2.5 | Ziegler | Perry | Bailey | 2:43 | N | 40,210 | --- | ||
| 48 | 48 | Saturday, May 29 | boxscore | DET | OAK | L | 0 | 6 | 25-23 | 2 | 3.5 | Anderson | Porcello | 2:35 | N | 39,750 | ---- | |||
| 49 | 49 | Sunday, May 30 | boxscore | DET | OAK | W | 10 | 2 | 26-23 | 2 | 3.5 | Scherzer | Braden | Zumaya | 2:43 | D | 32,510 | + | ||
| 50 | 50 | Monday, May 31 | boxscore | DET | OAK | L | 1 | 4 | 26-24 | 2 | 4.5 | Cahill | Verlander | Bailey | 2:48 | D | 23,641 | - | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Tuesday, Jun 1 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 2 | 3 | 26-25 | 2 | 4.5 | Westbrook | Bonderman | Wood | 2:35 | N | 19,446 | -- | ||
| 52 | 52 | Wednesday, Jun 2 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 3 | 0 | 27-25 | 2 | 3.5 | Galarraga | Hernandez | 1:44 | N | 17,738 | + | |||
| 53 | 53 | Thursday, Jun 3 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 12 | 6 | 28-25 | 2 | 2.5 | Thomas | Ambriz | 3:17 | D | 28,169 | ++ | |||
| 54 | 54 | Friday, Jun 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 3 | 7 | 28-26 | 2 | 3.5 | Chen | Scherzer | 2:46 | N | 21,930 | - | ||
| 55 | 55 | Saturday, Jun 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | W | 4 | 2 | 29-26 | 2 | 3.5 | Verlander | Hochevar | Valverde | 2:58 | N | 24,383 | + | |
| 56 | 56 | Sunday, Jun 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 2 | 7 | 29-27 | 2 | 3.5 | Bannister | Bonderman | 2:16 | D | 22,240 | - | ||
| 57 | 57 | Tuesday, Jun 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 7 | 2 | 30-27 | 2 | 3.5 | Thomas | Thornton | 2:59 | N | 20,776 | + | ||
| 58 | 58 | Wednesday, Jun 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 3 | 15 | 30-28 | 2 | 4.5 | Garcia | Porcello | 2:32 | N | 21,959 | - | ||
| 59 | 59 | Thursday, Jun 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 0 | 3 | 30-29 | 2 | 4.5 | Danks | Scherzer | Jenks | 2:15 | D | 26,004 | -- | |
| 60 | 60 | Friday, Jun 11 | boxscore | DET | PIT | W | 6 | 2 | 31-29 | 2 | 4.5 | Verlander | Ohlendorf | 2:43 | N | 33,236 | + | |||
| 61 | 61 | Saturday, Jun 12 | boxscore | DET | PIT | W | 4 | 3 | 10 | 32-29 | 2 | 3.5 | Coke | Donnelly | 3:27 | N | 34,501 | ++ | ||
| 62 | 62 | Sunday, Jun 13 | boxscore | DET | PIT | W | 4 | 3 | 33-29 | 2 | 2.5 | Thomas | Lopez | Valverde | 2:33 | D | 31,243 | +++ | ||
| 63 | 63 | Tuesday, Jun 15 | boxscore | DET | WSN | W | 7 | 4 | 34-29 | 2 | 2.5 | Scherzer | Lannan | Valverde | 2:57 | N | 24,821 | ++++ | ||
| 64 | 64 | Wednesday, Jun 16 | boxscore | DET | WSN | W | 8 | 3 | 35-29 | 2 | 2.5 | Verlander | Hernandez | 2:26 | N | 24,767 | +++++ | |||
| 65 | 65 | Thursday, Jun 17 | boxscore | DET | WSN | W | 8 | 3 | 36-29 | 2 | 1.5 | Bonderman | Atilano | 2:44 | D | 33,630 | ++++++ | |||
| 66 | 66 | Friday, Jun 18 | boxscore | DET | ARI | W | 7 | 5 | 37-29 | 2 | 0.5 | Coke | Qualls | Valverde | 2:58 | N | 37,438 | +++++++ | ||
| 67 | 67 | Saturday, Jun 19 | boxscore | DET | ARI | L | 5 | 6 | 37-30 | 2 | 1.5 | Jackson | Porcello | Heilman | 2:50 | N | 40,681 | - | ||
| 68 | 68 | Sunday, Jun 20 | boxscore | DET | ARI | W | 3 | 1 | 38-30 | 2 | 1.5 | Scherzer | Kennedy | Valverde | 2:35 | D | 41,417 | + | ||
| 69 | 69 | Tuesday, Jun 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYM | L | 6 | 14 | 38-31 | 2 | 1.5 | Nieve | Verlander | 3:17 | N | 32,363 | - | ||
| 70 | 70 | Wednesday, Jun 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYM | L | 0 | 5 | 38-32 | 2 | 1.5 | Dickey | Bonderman | 2:25 | N | 35,045 | -- | ||
| 71 | 71 | Thursday, Jun 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYM | W | 6 | 5 | 39-32 | 2 | 0.5 | Galarraga | Takahashi | Valverde | 3:21 | N | 31,319 | + | |
| 72 | 72 | Friday, Jun 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | ATL | L | 1 | 3 | 39-33 | 2 | 0.5 | Medlen | Oliver | Wagner | 2:39 | N | 36,634 | - | |
| 73 | 73 | Saturday, Jun 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | ATL | L | 3 | 4 | 39-34 | 2 | 1.5 | Kawakami | Zumaya | Moylan | 3:23 | D | 39,184 | -- | |
| 74 | 74 | Sunday, Jun 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | ATL | W | 10 | 4 | 40-34 | 2 | 0.5 | Verlander | Hanson | 3:14 | D | 26,034 | + | ||
| 75 | 75 | Monday, Jun 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 7 | 5 | 41-34 | 1 | up 0.5 | Bonderman | Liriano | Valverde | 3:18 | N | 40,681 | ++ | |
| 76 | 76 | Tuesday, Jun 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 4 | 11 | 41-35 | 2 | 0.5 | Blackburn | Galarraga | 2:58 | N | 40,593 | - | ||
| 77 | 77 | Wednesday, Jun 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 1 | 5 | 41-36 | 2 | 1.5 | Slowey | Oliver | 2:32 | D | 40,671 | -- | ||
| 78 | 78 | Friday, Jul 2 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 7 | 1 | 42-36 | 2 | 1.0 | Scherzer | Fister | 2:32 | N | 32,512 | + | |||
| 79 | 79 | Saturday, Jul 3 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 6 | 1 | 43-36 | 1 | Tied | Verlander | Vargas | 2:41 | N | 32,430 | ++ | |||
| 80 | 80 | Sunday, Jul 4 | boxscore | DET | SEA | L | 1 | 8 | 43-37 | 1 | Tied | Lee | Bonderman | 2:49 | D | 24,899 | - | |||
| 81 | 81 | Monday, Jul 5 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 12 | 9 | 44-37 | 1 | up 0.5 | Bonine | Hendrickson | 3:44 | D | 26,432 | + | |||
| 82 | 82 | Tuesday, Jul 6 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 7 | 5 | 11 | 45-37 | 1 | up 0.5 | Perry | Hernandez | 3:56 | N | 22,532 | ++ | ||
| 83 | 83 | Wednesday, Jul 7 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 4 | 2 | 46-37 | 1 | up 1.0 | Scherzer | Bergesen | Coke | 2:22 | N | 22,837 | +++ | ||
| 84 | 84 | Friday, Jul 9 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 7 | 3 | 47-37 | 1 | up 0.5 | Verlander | Liriano | 3:13 | N | 42,549 | ++++ | |||
| 85 | 85 | Saturday, Jul 10 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 7 | 4 | 48-37 | 1 | up 0.5 | Bonderman | Blackburn | Valverde | 2:38 | D | 41,461 | +++++ | ||
| 86 | 86 | Sunday, Jul 11 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 3 | 6 | 48-38 | 2 | 0.5 | Pavano | Oliver | Rauch | 2:47 | D | 39,689 | - | ||
| 87 | 87 | Friday, Jul 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 2 | 8 | 48-39 | 2 | 1.0 | Westbrook | Scherzer | 3:03 | N | 22,295 | -- | ||
| 88 | 88 | Saturday, Jul 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 3 | 4 | 48-40 | 2 | 1.5 | Hernandez | Coke | Perez | 2:53 | D | 20,090 | --- | |
| 89 | 89 | Saturday, Jul 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 1 | 2 | 11 | 48-41 | 2 | 1.5 | Perez | Weinhardt | 3:18 | N | 20,902 | ---- | |
| 90 | 90 | Sunday, Jul 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 2 | 7 | 48-42 | 2 | 1.5 | Gomez | Oliver | 2:44 | D | 19,102 | ----- | ||
| 91 | 91 | Monday, Jul 19 | boxscore | DET | TEX | L | 6 | 8 | 14 | 48-43 | 2 | 2.5 | Harrison | Gonzalez | Feliz | 4:53 | N | 26,626 | ------ | |
| 92 | 92 | Tuesday, Jul 20 | boxscore | DET | TEX | L | 0 | 8 | 48-44 | 2 | 3.5 | Hunter | Galarraga | 2:45 | N | 27,576 | ------- | |||
| 93 | 93 | Wednesday, Jul 21 | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 4 | 1 | 49-44 | 2 | 2.5 | Scherzer | Lewis | 2:35 | N | 28,704 | + | |||
| 94 | 94 | Thursday, Jul 22 | boxscore | DET | TOR | W | 5 | 2 | 50-44 | 2 | 2.0 | Verlander | Romero | Valverde | 2:29 | D | 34,476 | ++ | ||
| 95 | 95 | Saturday, Jul 24 | boxscore | DET | TOR | L | 2 | 3 | 50-45 | 3 | 2.5 | Marcum | Porcello | Gregg | 2:58 | N | 39,391 | - | ||
| 96 | 96 | Sunday, Jul 25 | boxscore | DET | TOR | L | 3 | 5 | 50-46 | 3 | 2.0 | Downs | Valverde | Gregg | 2:36 | D | 38,526 | -- | ||
| 97 | 97 | Sunday, Jul 25 | boxscore | DET | TOR | W | 6 | 5 | 51-46 | 3 | 2.0 | Coke | Frasor | Valverde | 2:51 | N | 37,093 | + | ||
| 98 | 98 | Monday, Jul 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | TBR | L | 0 | 5 | 51-47 | 3 | 3.0 | Garza | Scherzer | 2:36 | N | 17,009 | - | ||
| 99 | 99 | Tuesday, Jul 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | TBR | L | 2 | 3 | 51-48 | 3 | 4.0 | Shields | Verlander | Soriano | 2:52 | N | 19,843 | -- | |
| 100 | 100 | Wednesday, Jul 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | TBR | L | 4 | 7 | 51-49 | 3 | 5.0 | Niemann | Bonine | Soriano | 2:55 | N | 16,209 | --- | |
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 101 | 101 | Thursday, Jul 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | TBR | L | 2 | 4 | 51-50 | 3 | 6.0 | Price | Porcello | Wheeler | 2:37 | D | 26,716 | ---- | |
| 102 | 102 | Friday, Jul 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 6 | 5 | 52-50 | 3 | 6.0 | Weinhardt | Lester | 3:49 | N | 37,832 | + | ||
| 103 | 103 | Saturday, Jul 31 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 4 | 5 | 52-51 | 3 | 6.0 | Okajima | Coke | 3:29 | D | 37,498 | - | ||
| 104 | 104 | Sunday, Aug 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 3 | 4 | 52-52 | 3 | 7.0 | Papelbon | Thomas | 2:48 | D | 37,479 | -- | ||
| 105 | 105 | Tuesday, Aug 3 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 2 | 12 | 52-53 | 3 | 7.0 | Buehrle | Porcello | 2:25 | D | 26,141 | --- | |||
| 106 | 106 | Tuesday, Aug 3 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 7 | 1 | 53-53 | 3 | 7.0 | Bonderman | Torres | 2:27 | N | 24,826 | + | |||
| 107 | 107 | Wednesday, Aug 4 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 1 | 4 | 53-54 | 3 | 8.0 | Jackson | Galarraga | Jenks | 2:51 | N | 31,770 | - | ||
| 108 | 108 | Thursday, Aug 5 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 4 | 6 | 11 | 53-55 | 3 | 9.0 | Santos | Valverde | 3:18 | D | 34,156 | -- | ||
| 109 | 109 | Friday, Aug 6 | boxscore | DET | LAA | L | 2 | 4 | 53-56 | 3 | 9.0 | Weaver | Verlander | Fuentes | 2:47 | N | 35,106 | --- | ||
| 110 | 110 | Saturday, Aug 7 | boxscore | DET | LAA | L | 1 | 10 | 53-57 | 3 | 10.0 | Kazmir | Bonderman | 2:49 | N | 38,783 | ---- | |||
| 111 | 111 | Sunday, Aug 8 | boxscore | DET | LAA | W | 9 | 4 | 54-57 | 3 | 9.0 | Porcello | Bell | 2:51 | D | 32,037 | + | |||
| 112 | 112 | Monday, Aug 9 | boxscore | DET | TBR | L | 3 | 6 | 54-58 | 3 | 9.0 | Price | Galarraga | Soriano | 3:13 | N | 23,932 | - | ||
| 113 | 113 | Tuesday, Aug 10 | boxscore | DET | TBR | L | 0 | 8 | 54-59 | 3 | 10.0 | Hellickson | Scherzer | 2:49 | N | 26,114 | -- | |||
| 114 | 114 | Wednesday, Aug 11 | boxscore | DET | TBR | W | 3 | 2 | 55-59 | 3 | 9.0 | Verlander | Garza | Valverde | 3:11 | D | 28,815 | + | ||
| 115 | 115 | Friday, Aug 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 4 | 8 | 55-60 | 3 | 10.5 | Buehrle | Bonderman | 2:20 | N | 34,834 | - | ||
| 116 | 116 | Saturday, Aug 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 3 | 2 | 56-60 | 3 | 10.5 | Coke | Putz | 2:53 | N | 36,548 | + | ||
| 117 | 117 | Sunday, Aug 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 13 | 8 | 57-60 | 3 | 10.5 | Thomas | Putz | 3:31 | D | 36,287 | ++ | ||
| 118 | 118 | Monday, Aug 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 3 | 1 | 58-60 | 3 | 10.0 | Scherzer | Vazquez | Valverde | 3:48 | N | 46,098 | +++ | |
| 119 | 119 | Tuesday, Aug 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 2 | 6 | 58-61 | 3 | 11.0 | Sabathia | Verlander | 3:10 | N | 46,906 | - | ||
| 120 | 120 | Wednesday, Aug 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 5 | 9 | 58-62 | 3 | 12.0 | Moseley | Bonderman | 3:07 | N | 46,479 | -- | ||
| 121 | 121 | Thursday, Aug 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 5 | 11 | 58-63 | 3 | 12.0 | Hughes | Porcello | Mitre | 2:56 | D | 48,143 | --- | |
| 122 | 122 | Friday, Aug 20 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 6 | 0 | 59-63 | 3 | 12.0 | Galarraga | Masterson | 2:30 | N | 33,936 | + | |||
| 123 | 123 | Saturday, Aug 21 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 5 | 2 | 60-63 | 3 | 11.0 | Scherzer | Tomlin | Valverde | 2:29 | N | 38,088 | ++ | ||
| 124 | 124 | Sunday, Aug 22 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 8 | 1 | 61-63 | 3 | 11.0 | Verlander | Gomez | 2:33 | D | 35,104 | +++ | |||
| 125 | 125 | Monday, Aug 23 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 12 | 3 | 62-63 | 3 | 10.0 | Bonderman | Chen | 2:50 | N | 30,552 | ++++ | |||
| 126 | 126 | Tuesday, Aug 24 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 9 | 1 | 63-63 | 3 | 9.0 | Porcello | Davies | 2:37 | N | 29,043 | +++++ | |||
| 127 | 127 | Wednesday, Aug 25 | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 3 | 4 | 12 | 63-64 | 3 | 9.0 | Humber | Figaro | Soria | 3:52 | D | 31,231 | - | |
| 128 | 128 | Thursday, Aug 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | W | 7 | 1 | 64-64 | 3 | 9.0 | Scherzer | Romero | 2:26 | N | 16,088 | + | ||
| 129 | 129 | Friday, Aug 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | L | 2 | 3 | 11 | 64-65 | 3 | 10.0 | Camp | Coke | 3:32 | N | 20,298 | - | |
| 130 | 130 | Saturday, Aug 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | L | 4 | 5 | 64-66 | 3 | 11.0 | Morrow | Figaro | Gregg | 2:51 | D | 27,119 | -- | |
| 131 | 131 | Sunday, Aug 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | W | 10 | 4 | 65-66 | 3 | 10.0 | Porcello | Rzepczynski | 2:39 | D | 26,624 | + | ||
| 132 | 132 | Tuesday, Aug 31 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 3 | 4 | 65-67 | 3 | 11.0 | Guerrier | Coke | Capps | 3:03 | N | 40,186 | - | |
| 133 | 133 | Wednesday, Sep 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 1 | 2 | 10 | 65-68 | 3 | 12.0 | Rauch | Perry | 2:50 | N | 39,438 | -- | |
| 134 | 134 | Thursday, Sep 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 10 | 9 | 13 | 66-68 | 3 | 11.0 | Valverde | Blackburn | 4:47 | N | 39,551 | + | |
| 135 | 135 | Friday, Sep 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | W | 9 | 5 | 11 | 67-68 | 3 | 11.0 | Perry | Chavez | 3:28 | N | 17,835 | ++ | |
| 136 | 136 | Saturday, Sep 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | W | 6 | 4 | 68-68 | 3 | 11.0 | Porcello | Hughes | Valverde | 2:57 | N | 21,483 | +++ | |
| 137 | 137 | Sunday, Sep 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 1 | 2 | 68-69 | 3 | 12.0 | Davies | Thomas | Soria | 2:46 | D | 19,061 | - | |
| 138 | 138 | Monday, Sep 6 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 4 | 5 | 10 | 68-70 | 3 | 13.0 | Sale | Valverde | 3:00 | D | 32,924 | -- | ||
| 139 | 139 | Tuesday, Sep 7 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 9 | 1 | 69-70 | 3 | 13.0 | Verlander | Garcia | 2:52 | N | 24,905 | + | |||
| 140 | 140 | Wednesday, Sep 8 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 5 | 1 | 70-70 | 3 | 13.0 | Bonderman | Danks | 2:04 | N | 25,995 | ++ | |||
| 141 | 141 | Thursday, Sep 9 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 6 | 3 | 71-70 | 3 | 12.5 | Porcello | Floyd | Perry | 2:12 | D | 29,995 | +++ | ||
| 142 | 142 | Friday, Sep 10 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 3 | 6 | 71-71 | 3 | 12.5 | Hernandez | Coke | Uehara | 2:53 | N | 28,575 | - | ||
| 143 | 143 | Saturday, Sep 11 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 3 | 5 | 71-72 | 3 | 13.5 | Guthrie | Scherzer | Uehara | 2:42 | N | 28,139 | -- | ||
| 144 | 144 | Sunday, Sep 12 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 6 | 2 | 72-72 | 3 | 13.5 | Verlander | Gonzalez | 2:44 | D | 24,170 | + | |||
| 145 | 145 | Tuesday, Sep 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | L | 4 | 11 | 72-73 | 3 | 14.5 | Nippert | Weinhardt | 3:11 | N | 24,452 | - | ||
| 146 | 146 | Wednesday, Sep 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | L | 7 | 11 | 72-74 | 3 | 15.5 | Lewis | Galarraga | 2:56 | N | 34,964 | -- | ||
| 147 | 147 | Friday, Sep 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 9 | 2 | 73-74 | 3 | 15.0 | Scherzer | Jackson | 2:39 | N | 28,563 | + | ||
| 148 | 148 | Saturday, Sep 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 6 | 3 | 74-74 | 3 | 15.0 | Verlander | Santos | 2:42 | D | 27,828 | ++ | ||
| 149 | 149 | Sunday, Sep 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 9 | 7 | 11 | 75-74 | 3 | 14.0 | Weinhardt | Santos | Schlereth | 4:13 | N | 25,417 | +++ |
| 150 | 150 | Monday, Sep 20 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 7 | 5 | 76-74 | 3 | 14.0 | Thomas | Greinke | Coke | 2:43 | N | 24,382 | ++++ | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 151 | 151 | Tuesday, Sep 21 | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 6 | 9 | 76-75 | 3 | 15.0 | Chen | Galarraga | Soria | 3:07 | N | 26,178 | - | ||
| 152 | 152 | Wednesday, Sep 22 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 4 | 2 | 77-75 | 3 | 15.0 | Scherzer | Davies | 2:20 | N | 24,678 | + | |||
| 153 | 153 | Friday, Sep 24 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 10 | 1 | 78-75 | 3 | 14.0 | Verlander | Liriano | 2:49 | N | 30,083 | ++ | |||
| 154 | 154 | Saturday, Sep 25 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 11 | 10 | 13 | 79-75 | 3 | 13.0 | Schlereth | Neshek | 4:19 | N | 34,129 | +++ | ||
| 155 | 155 | Sunday, Sep 26 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 5 | 1 | 80-75 | 3 | 12.0 | Porcello | Duensing | 2:15 | D | 32,021 | ++++ | |||
| 156 | 156 | Monday, Sep 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 3 | 6 | 80-76 | 3 | 12.0 | Carrasco | Galarraga | Perez | 2:40 | N | 10,161 | - | |
| 157 | 157 | Wednesday, Sep 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 0 | 4 | 80-77 | 3 | 13.0 | Talbot | Scherzer | 2:22 | D | 0 | -- | ||
| 158 | 158 | Wednesday, Sep 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 3 | 4 | 80-78 | 3 | 13.0 | Tomlin | Verlander | Perez | 2:38 | N | 12,227 | --- | |
| 159 | 159 | Friday, Oct 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 6 | 10 | 80-79 | 3 | 13.0 | Tillman | Bonderman | 2:32 | D | 0 | ---- | ||
| 160 | 160 | Friday, Oct 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 1 | 2 | 80-80 | 3 | 13.0 | Guthrie | Porcello | Uehara | 2:14 | N | 20,870 | ----- | |
| 161 | 161 | Saturday, Oct 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 1 | 2 | 80-81 | 3 | 14.0 | Matusz | Galarraga | Uehara | 2:00 | N | 35,332 | ------ | |
| 162 | 162 | Sunday, Oct 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 4 | 2 | 81-81 | 3 | 13.0 | Schlereth | Bergesen | Valverde | 2:46 | D | 23,914 | + | |
| 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.