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88-74, Finished 1st in AL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jim Leyland (88-74)
Scored 726 runs, Allowed 670 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-75
Ballparks: Comerica Park · Attendance: 3,028,033 (5th of 14)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 104 · one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 104
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Lost World Series (4-0) to San Francisco Giants Won AL Championship Series (4-0) over New York Yankees Won AL Division Series (3-2) over Oakland Athletics |
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| Season Summary | 88-74, Final Rank:1, GB: 0.0 | |
| Days in First | 33 | last on Wednesday, Oct 3, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day |
| 46 | last on Oct 3, counts all days of the season including off days | |
| Biggest Lead | 3 | last on Wednesday, Oct 3, for days on which they played |
| Farthest Behind | 6 | last on Tuesday, Jun 12, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | 14 | last on Wednesday, Oct 3 |
| Most Games under .500 | 6 | last on Friday, Jun 8 |
| Longest Winning Streak | 6 | Wednesday, Jul 4 to Friday, Jul 13 and Wednesday, Aug 1 to Tuesday, Aug 7 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 5 | Sunday, Apr 22 to Friday, Apr 27 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 13 | Wednesday, Jun 27 and Tuesday, Jul 17 |
| Most Runs Scored | 13 | Sunday, Apr 8 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 13 | Saturday, Jul 14 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 2 | |
| Times Opponent Shutout | 8 | |
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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 | Thursday, Apr 5 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 3 | 2 | 1-0 | 1 | up 0.5 | Valverde | Melancon | 3:07 | D | 45,027 | + | |||
| 2 | 2 | Saturday, Apr 7 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 10 | 0 | 2-0 | 1 | up 1.0 | Below | Beckett | 2:53 | D | 44,710 | ++ | |||
| 3 | 3 | Sunday, Apr 8 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 13 | 12 | 11 | 3-0 | 1 | up 1.0 | Below | Melancon | 4:45 | D | 30,788 | +++ | ||
| 4 | 4 | Tuesday, Apr 10 | boxscore | DET | TBR | W | 5 | 2 | 4-0 | 1 | up 1.5 | Coke | McGee | Valverde | 2:35 | D | 22,574 | ++++ | ||
| 5 | 5 | Wednesday, Apr 11 | boxscore | DET | TBR | L | 2 | 4 | 4-1 | 1 | up 1.0 | Shields | Verlander | Rodney | 2:48 | D | 28,180 | - | ||
| 6 | 6 | Thursday, Apr 12 | boxscore | DET | TBR | W | 7 | 2 | 5-1 | 1 | up 1.5 | Balester | Niemann | 3:23 | D | 30,288 | + | |||
| 7 | 7 | Friday, Apr 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 2 | 5 | 5-2 | 1 | up 0.5 | Peavy | Scherzer | Santiago | 2:55 | D | 38,676 | - | |
| 8 | 8 | Saturday, Apr 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 1 | 5 | 5-3 | 2 | 0.5 | Floyd | Wilk | 2:44 | D | 33,025 | -- | ||
| 9 | 9 | Sunday, Apr 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 5 | 2 | 6-3 | 1 | up 0.5 | Porcello | Sale | 3:06 | D | 25,143 | + | ||
| 10 | 10 | Monday, Apr 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | W | 3 | 2 | 7-3 | 1 | up 1.5 | Verlander | Duffy | 2:37 | N | 14,039 | ++ | ||
| 11 | 11 | Tuesday, Apr 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | W | 3 | 1 | 8-3 | 1 | up 2.0 | Dotel | Chen | Valverde | 2:50 | N | 13,851 | +++ | |
| 12 | 12 | Wednesday, Apr 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | W | 4 | 3 | 9-3 | 1 | up 2.5 | Scherzer | Mijares | Valverde | 3:06 | N | 14,083 | ++++ | |
| 13 | 13 | Thursday, Apr 19 | boxscore | DET | TEX | L | 3 | 10 | 9-4 | 1 | up 2.0 | Darvish | Wilk | 3:44 | N | 30,029 | - | |||
| 14 | 14 | Saturday, Apr 21 (1) | boxscore | DET | TEX | L | 4 | 10 | 9-5 | 1 | up 1.0 | Harrison | Porcello | 2:34 | D | 41,427 | -- | |||
| 15 | 15 | Saturday, Apr 21 (2) | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 3 | 2 | 10-5 | 1 | up 1.0 | Verlander | Feliz | Valverde | 3:11 | N | 35,001 | + | ||
| 16 | 16 | Sunday, Apr 22 | boxscore | DET | TEX | L | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10-6 | 1 | up 0.5 | Ross | Weber | Nathan | 3:38 | D | 36,255 | - | |
| 17 | 17 | Tuesday, Apr 24 | boxscore | DET | SEA | L | 4 | 7 | 10-7 | 1 | Tied | Vargas | Scherzer | League | 3:01 | N | 30,073 | -- | ||
| 18 | 18 | Wednesday, Apr 25 | boxscore | DET | SEA | L | 1 | 9 | 10-8 | 1 | Tied | Hernandez | Wilk | 2:59 | N | 28,527 | --- | |||
| 19 | 19 | Thursday, Apr 26 | boxscore | DET | SEA | L | 4 | 5 | 10-9 | 1 | Tied | Furbush | Porcello | League | 2:45 | D | 31,451 | ---- | ||
| 20 | 20 | Friday, Apr 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 6 | 7 | 10-10 | 2 | 1.0 | Rivera | Villarreal | 3:30 | N | 41,200 | ----- | ||
| 21 | 21 | Saturday, Apr 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 7 | 5 | 11-10 | 1 | Tied | Smyly | Garcia | 2:49 | D | 44,686 | + | ||
| 22 | 22 | Sunday, Apr 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 2 | 6 | 11-11 | 2 | 1.0 | Sabathia | Scherzer | 3:11 | D | 43,084 | - | ||
| 23 | 23 | Tuesday, May 1 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 9 | 3 | 12-11 | 1 | Tied | Porcello | Hochevar | 2:27 | N | 30,159 | + | |||
| 24 | 24 | Wednesday, May 2 | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 2 | 3 | 12-12 | 2 | 1.0 | Collins | Benoit | Broxton | 2:52 | D | 33,187 | - | ||
| 25 | 25 | Friday, May 4 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 5 | 4 | 13-12 | 2 | 1.5 | Valverde | Thornton | 2:49 | N | 33,615 | + | |||
| 26 | 26 | Saturday, May 5 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 2 | 3 | 13-13 | 2 | 1.5 | Jones | Valverde | Reed | 2:47 | D | 42,404 | - | ||
| 27 | 27 | Sunday, May 6 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 3 | 1 | 14-13 | 2 | 1.5 | Porcello | Axelrod | Valverde | 3:10 | D | 39,558 | + | ||
| 28 | 28 | Monday, May 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | L | 2 | 3 | 14-14 | 2 | 3.0 | Delabar | Dotel | 2:31 | N | 14,462 | - | ||
| 29 | 29 | Tuesday, May 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | W | 6 | 4 | 15-14 | 2 | 2.0 | Verlander | Millwood | Valverde | 3:07 | N | 13,455 | + | |
| 30 | 30 | Wednesday, May 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | L | 1 | 2 | 15-15 | 2 | 2.0 | Vargas | Putkonen | League | 2:06 | N | 15,655 | - | |
| 31 | 31 | Thursday, May 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | W | 10 | 6 | 16-15 | 2 | 2.0 | Scherzer | Colon | 3:13 | N | 11,513 | + | ||
| 32 | 32 | Friday, May 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L | 4 | 11 | 16-16 | 2 | 2.0 | Milone | Porcello | 2:48 | N | 26,721 | - | ||
| 33 | 33 | Saturday, May 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L | 1 | 3 | 16-17 | 2 | 2.0 | McCarthy | Fister | Fuentes | 2:35 | N | 20,077 | -- | |
| 34 | 34 | Sunday, May 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | W | 3 | 1 | 17-17 | 2 | 1.0 | Verlander | Parker | Valverde | 3:08 | D | 17,147 | + | |
| 35 | 35 | Monday, May 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 5 | 7 | 17-18 | 2 | 2.0 | Stewart | Putkonen | Reed | 3:01 | N | 23,538 | - | |
| 36 | 36 | Tuesday, May 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 10 | 8 | 18-18 | 2 | 2.0 | Balester | Ohman | Dotel | 3:42 | D | 21,473 | + | |
| 37 | 37 | Wednesday, May 16 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 7 | 11 | 18-19 | 2 | 3.0 | Burnett | Below | 3:25 | N | 33,955 | - | |||
| 38 | 38 | Thursday, May 17 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 3 | 4 | 18-20 | 2 | 4.0 | Walters | Fister | Capps | 2:36 | D | 37,840 | -- | ||
| 39 | 39 | Friday, May 18 | boxscore | DET | PIT | W | 6 | 0 | 19-20 | 2 | 3.0 | Verlander | Morton | 2:25 | N | 41,661 | + | |||
| 40 | 40 | Saturday, May 19 | boxscore | DET | PIT | L | 3 | 4 | 19-21 | 3 | 4.0 | Burnett | Smyly | Hanrahan | 3:06 | D | 42,953 | - | ||
| 41 | 41 | Sunday, May 20 | boxscore | DET | PIT | W | 4 | 3 | 20-21 | 3 | 3.0 | Scherzer | Correia | Benoit | 2:48 | D | 39,971 | + | ||
| 42 | 42 | Tuesday, May 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 3 | 5 | 20-22 | 3 | 4.0 | Jimenez | Porcello | Perez | 3:04 | N | 15,049 | - | |
| 43 | 43 | Wednesday, May 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 2 | 4 | 20-23 | 3 | 5.0 | Pestano | Coke | Perez | 2:44 | N | 22,000 | -- | |
| 44 | 44 | Thursday, May 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 1 | 2 | 20-24 | 3 | 6.0 | Masterson | Verlander | Perez | 2:21 | D | 23,622 | --- | |
| 45 | 45 | Friday, May 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 10 | 6 | 21-24 | 3 | 5.0 | Smyly | Swarzak | 3:29 | N | 37,688 | + | ||
| 46 | 46 | Saturday, May 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 6 | 3 | 22-24 | 3 | 4.0 | Scherzer | Pavano | Valverde | 2:39 | D | 37,360 | ++ | |
| 47 | 47 | Sunday, May 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 4 | 3 | 23-24 | 3 | 3.0 | Villarreal | Capps | Valverde | 3:21 | D | 38,710 | +++ | |
| 48 | 48 | Monday, May 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 4 | 7 | 23-25 | 3 | 4.0 | Doubront | Fister | 2:37 | D | 37,921 | - | ||
| 49 | 49 | Tuesday, May 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 3 | 6 | 23-26 | 3 | 4.5 | Bard | Verlander | Aceves | 3:15 | N | 37,216 | -- | |
| 50 | 50 | Wednesday, May 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 4 | 6 | 23-27 | 3 | 5.5 | Albers | Dotel | Aceves | 3:04 | N | 37,195 | --- | |
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Thursday, May 31 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 7 | 3 | 24-27 | 3 | 5.0 | Scherzer | Beckett | 3:23 | N | 37,629 | + | ||
| 52 | 52 | Friday, Jun 1 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 4 | 9 | 24-28 | 3 | 6.0 | Sabathia | Crosby | Soriano | 3:32 | N | 41,831 | - | ||
| 53 | 53 | Saturday, Jun 2 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 4 | 3 | 25-28 | 3 | 5.0 | Valverde | Phelps | 3:27 | N | 44,593 | + | |||
| 54 | 54 | Sunday, Jun 3 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 1 | 5 | 25-29 | 3 | 6.0 | Hughes | Verlander | 2:39 | D | 42,419 | - | |||
| 55 | 55 | Tuesday, Jun 5 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 2 | 4 | 25-30 | 3 | 6.0 | Jimenez | Smyly | Perez | 2:40 | N | 33,258 | -- | ||
| 56 | 56 | Wednesday, Jun 6 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 6 | 9 | 25-31 | 3 | 6.0 | Gomez | Scherzer | Perez | 2:42 | N | 31,350 | --- | ||
| 57 | 57 | Thursday, Jun 7 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 7 | 5 | 26-31 | 3 | 6.0 | Crosby | Lowe | Valverde | 2:51 | D | 40,851 | + | ||
| 58 | 58 | Friday, Jun 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | CIN | L | 5 | 6 | 10 | 26-32 | 3 | 6.0 | LeCure | Coke | 3:21 | N | 38,563 | - | |
| 59 | 59 | Saturday, Jun 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | CIN | W | 3 | 2 | 27-32 | 3 | 6.0 | Villarreal | Marshall | Valverde | 3:06 | D | 42,443 | + | |
| 60 | 60 | Sunday, Jun 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | CIN | W | 7 | 6 | 28-32 | 3 | 5.0 | Villarreal | Chapman | Valverde | 3:33 | N | 34,056 | ++ | |
| 61 | 61 | Tuesday, Jun 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHC | L | 3 | 4 | 28-33 | 3 | 6.0 | Marmol | Coke | Camp | 3:15 | N | 41,164 | - | |
| 62 | 62 | Wednesday, Jun 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHC | W | 8 | 4 | 29-33 | 3 | 5.0 | Porcello | Garza | 2:57 | N | 41,326 | + | ||
| 63 | 63 | Thursday, Jun 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHC | W | 5 | 3 | 30-33 | 3 | 4.0 | Verlander | Wood | Valverde | 2:40 | D | 42,292 | ++ | |
| 64 | 64 | Friday, Jun 15 | boxscore | DET | COL | L | 4 | 12 | 10 | 30-34 | 3 | 4.0 | Belisle | Valverde | 4:06 | N | 41,878 | - | ||
| 65 | 65 | Saturday, Jun 16 | boxscore | DET | COL | W | 4 | 1 | 31-34 | 3 | 4.0 | Fister | Friedrich | 2:42 | D | 41,800 | + | |||
| 66 | 66 | Sunday, Jun 17 | boxscore | DET | COL | W | 5 | 0 | 32-34 | 3 | 3.0 | Scherzer | Guthrie | 3:02 | D | 40,619 | ++ | |||
| 67 | 67 | Tuesday, Jun 19 | boxscore | DET | STL | W | 6 | 3 | 33-34 | 3 | 2.0 | Verlander | Lynn | Coke | 2:56 | N | 36,733 | +++ | ||
| 68 | 68 | Wednesday, Jun 20 | boxscore | DET | STL | L | 1 | 3 | 33-35 | 3 | 3.0 | Westbrook | Porcello | 2:26 | N | 38,871 | - | |||
| 69 | 69 | Thursday, Jun 21 | boxscore | DET | STL | W | 2 | 1 | 10 | 34-35 | 3 | 2.5 | Benoit | Marte | 3:03 | D | 40,776 | + | ||
| 70 | 70 | Friday, Jun 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | PIT | L | 1 | 4 | 34-36 | 3 | 3.5 | Burnett | Fister | Hanrahan | 2:39 | N | 37,965 | - | |
| 71 | 71 | Saturday, Jun 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | PIT | L | 1 | 4 | 34-37 | 3 | 3.5 | Lincoln | Scherzer | Hanrahan | 2:58 | D | 38,734 | -- | |
| 72 | 72 | Sunday, Jun 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | PIT | W | 3 | 2 | 35-37 | 3 | 3.0 | Verlander | Resop | 2:40 | D | 35,179 | + | ||
| 73 | 73 | Monday, Jun 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | W | 8 | 2 | 36-37 | 3 | 2.0 | Porcello | Grimm | 3:15 | N | 36,920 | ++ | ||
| 74 | 74 | Tuesday, Jun 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | L | 5 | 7 | 36-38 | 3 | 3.0 | Darvish | Smyly | Nathan | 3:15 | N | 39,561 | - | |
| 75 | 75 | Wednesday, Jun 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | L | 9 | 13 | 36-39 | 3 | 4.0 | Oswalt | Fister | 3:26 | N | 43,379 | -- | ||
| 76 | 76 | Thursday, Jun 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | TBR | W | 5 | 2 | 37-39 | 3 | 4.0 | Scherzer | Shields | Valverde | 3:05 | N | 20,532 | + | |
| 77 | 77 | Friday, Jun 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | TBR | L | 2 | 4 | 37-40 | 3 | 5.0 | Price | Verlander | Rodney | 2:38 | N | 19,557 | - | |
| 78 | 78 | Saturday, Jun 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | TBR | W | 6 | 2 | 38-40 | 3 | 4.0 | Porcello | Hellickson | 3:26 | N | 29,443 | + | ||
| 79 | 79 | Sunday, Jul 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | TBR | W | 5 | 3 | 39-40 | 3 | 3.0 | Smyly | Cobb | Valverde | 3:12 | D | 21,874 | ++ | |
| 80 | 80 | Monday, Jul 2 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 4 | 6 | 39-41 | 3 | 3.5 | Swarzak | Fister | Perkins | 3:25 | N | 37,406 | - | ||
| 81 | 81 | Tuesday, Jul 3 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 6 | 8 | 39-42 | 3 | 4.5 | Gray | Villarreal | Perkins | 3:26 | N | 36,757 | -- | ||
| 82 | 82 | Wednesday, Jul 4 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 5 | 1 | 40-42 | 3 | 4.5 | Verlander | Duensing | 2:33 | N | 41,023 | + | |||
| 83 | 83 | Thursday, Jul 5 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 7 | 3 | 41-42 | 3 | 4.5 | Dotel | Burnett | 2:59 | D | 33,350 | ++ | |||
| 84 | 84 | Friday, Jul 6 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 4 | 2 | 42-42 | 3 | 4.5 | Smyly | Sanchez | Valverde | 2:56 | N | 39,144 | +++ | ||
| 85 | 85 | Saturday, Jul 7 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 8 | 7 | 43-42 | 3 | 4.5 | Fister | Chen | 3:00 | D | 39,392 | ++++ | |||
| 86 | 86 | Sunday, Jul 8 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 7 | 1 | 44-42 | 3 | 3.5 | Scherzer | Teaford | 2:41 | D | 36,693 | +++++ | |||
| 87 | 87 | Friday, Jul 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 7 | 2 | 45-42 | 3 | 3.5 | Fister | Hammel | 3:00 | N | 35,566 | ++++++ | ||
| 88 | 88 | Saturday, Jul 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 6 | 8 | 13 | 45-43 | 3 | 3.5 | Gregg | Benoit | 4:43 | D | 43,215 | - | |
| 89 | 89 | Sunday, Jul 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 4 | 0 | 46-43 | 2 | 3.5 | Verlander | Gonzalez | 3:00 | D | 30,439 | + | ||
| 90 | 90 | Monday, Jul 16 | boxscore | DET | LAA | W | 8 | 6 | 47-43 | 2 | 2.5 | Dotel | Hawkins | Valverde | 3:08 | N | 36,806 | ++ | ||
| 91 | 91 | Tuesday, Jul 17 | boxscore | DET | LAA | L | 0 | 13 | 47-44 | 2 | 3.5 | Richards | Turner | 3:09 | N | 33,950 | - | |||
| 92 | 92 | Wednesday, Jul 18 | boxscore | DET | LAA | W | 7 | 2 | 48-44 | 2 | 2.5 | Fister | Wilson | 2:28 | N | 37,915 | + | |||
| 93 | 93 | Thursday, Jul 19 | boxscore | DET | LAA | W | 5 | 1 | 49-44 | 2 | 1.5 | Scherzer | Williams | 2:47 | D | 40,311 | ++ | |||
| 94 | 94 | Friday, Jul 20 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 4 | 2 | 50-44 | 2 | 0.5 | Verlander | Peavy | Valverde | 2:47 | N | 44,572 | +++ | ||
| 95 | 95 | Saturday, Jul 21 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 7 | 1 | 51-44 | 1 | up 0.5 | Porcello | Sale | 2:11 | D | 42,888 | ++++ | |||
| 96 | 96 | Sunday, Jul 22 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 6 | 4 | 52-44 | 1 | up 1.5 | Turner | Humber | Benoit | 3:00 | D | 41,281 | +++++ | ||
| 97 | 97 | Tuesday, Jul 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 2 | 3 | 52-45 | 1 | Tied | Smith | Fister | Perez | 2:42 | N | 23,637 | - | |
| 98 | 98 | Wednesday, Jul 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 5 | 3 | 53-45 | 1 | Tied | Scherzer | Lowe | Valverde | 2:58 | N | 24,029 | + | |
| 99 | 99 | Thursday, Jul 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 3 | 5 | 53-46 | 2 | 0.5 | Smith | Verlander | Perez | 2:52 | N | 34,579 | - | |
| 100 | 100 | Friday, Jul 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | L | 3 | 8 | 53-47 | 2 | 1.5 | Villanueva | Porcello | 2:52 | N | 33,962 | -- | ||
| 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 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | L | 1 | 5 | 53-48 | 2 | 2.5 | Alvarez | Sanchez | 2:34 | D | 41,832 | --- | ||
| 102 | 102 | Sunday, Jul 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | W | 4 | 1 | 54-48 | 2 | 1.5 | Fister | Cecil | Valverde | 2:33 | D | 35,975 | + | |
| 103 | 103 | Monday, Jul 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 3 | 7 | 54-49 | 2 | 1.5 | Buchholz | Scherzer | 2:56 | N | 37,784 | - | ||
| 104 | 104 | Tuesday, Jul 31 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 1 | 4 | 6 | 54-50 | 2 | 2.5 | Mortensen | Verlander | Morales | 2:22 | N | 37,275 | -- |
| 105 | 105 | Wednesday, Aug 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 7 | 5 | 55-50 | 2 | 2.5 | Porcello | Cook | Valverde | 3:34 | N | 37,213 | + | |
| 106 | 106 | Friday, Aug 3 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 10 | 2 | 56-50 | 2 | 2.5 | Sanchez | Masterson | 2:54 | N | 41,502 | ++ | |||
| 107 | 107 | Saturday, Aug 4 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 6 | 1 | 57-50 | 2 | 1.5 | Fister | Jimenez | 2:19 | N | 42,744 | +++ | |||
| 108 | 108 | Sunday, Aug 5 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 10 | 8 | 10 | 58-50 | 2 | 1.5 | Downs | Perez | 4:10 | D | 38,007 | ++++ | ||
| 109 | 109 | Monday, Aug 6 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 7 | 2 | 59-50 | 2 | 1.5 | Verlander | Nova | 2:42 | N | 41,381 | +++++ | |||
| 110 | 110 | Tuesday, Aug 7 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 6 | 5 | 60-50 | 2 | 0.5 | Porcello | Hughes | Valverde | 3:17 | N | 39,760 | ++++++ | ||
| 111 | 111 | Wednesday, Aug 8 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 8 | 12 | 60-51 | 2 | 0.5 | Sabathia | Sanchez | 3:38 | N | 41,879 | - | |||
| 112 | 112 | Thursday, Aug 9 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 3 | 4 | 60-52 | 2 | 1.0 | Rapada | Benoit | Soriano | 3:17 | D | 40,940 | -- | ||
| 113 | 113 | Friday, Aug 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | W | 6 | 2 | 61-52 | 2 | 1.0 | Scherzer | Feldman | 3:17 | N | 47,255 | + | ||
| 114 | 114 | Saturday, Aug 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | L | 1 | 2 | 61-53 | 2 | 1.0 | Adams | Villarreal | 3:08 | N | 48,303 | - | ||
| 115 | 115 | Sunday, Aug 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | L | 3 | 8 | 61-54 | 2 | 2.0 | Darvish | Porcello | 3:05 | D | 45,752 | -- | ||
| 116 | 116 | Monday, Aug 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 3 | 9 | 61-55 | 2 | 2.0 | Deduno | Sanchez | 3:05 | N | 34,366 | --- | ||
| 117 | 117 | Tuesday, Aug 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 8 | 4 | 62-55 | 2 | 2.0 | Fister | Duensing | 2:54 | N | 37,544 | + | ||
| 118 | 118 | Wednesday, Aug 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 5 | 1 | 63-55 | 2 | 2.0 | Scherzer | De Vries | 3:08 | D | 37,118 | ++ | ||
| 119 | 119 | Friday, Aug 17 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 5 | 3 | 64-55 | 2 | 1.5 | Benoit | O'Day | Valverde | 3:03 | N | 41,620 | +++ | ||
| 120 | 120 | Saturday, Aug 18 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 2 | 3 | 64-56 | 2 | 1.5 | Britton | Porcello | Johnson | 2:44 | N | 42,132 | - | ||
| 121 | 121 | Sunday, Aug 19 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 5 | 7 | 64-57 | 2 | 1.5 | Chen | Fister | Johnson | 3:05 | D | 40,511 | -- | ||
| 122 | 122 | Tuesday, Aug 21 | boxscore | DET | TOR | W | 5 | 3 | 65-57 | 2 | 2.0 | Scherzer | Romero | Valverde | 2:56 | N | 39,499 | + | ||
| 123 | 123 | Wednesday, Aug 22 | boxscore | DET | TOR | W | 3 | 2 | 66-57 | 2 | 2.0 | Sanchez | Laffey | Valverde | 2:47 | N | 37,225 | ++ | ||
| 124 | 124 | Thursday, Aug 23 | boxscore | DET | TOR | W | 3 | 2 | 11 | 67-57 | 2 | 1.5 | Benoit | Jenkins | 3:25 | D | 39,910 | +++ | ||
| 125 | 125 | Friday, Aug 24 | boxscore | DET | LAA | L | 1 | 2 | 67-58 | 2 | 2.5 | Greinke | Porcello | Richards | 3:01 | N | 39,356 | - | ||
| 126 | 126 | Saturday, Aug 25 | boxscore | DET | LAA | W | 5 | 3 | 68-58 | 2 | 2.5 | Dotel | Richards | Valverde | 2:58 | N | 41,970 | + | ||
| 127 | 127 | Sunday, Aug 26 | boxscore | DET | LAA | W | 5 | 2 | 69-58 | 2 | 2.5 | Scherzer | Santana | 2:44 | D | 40,074 | ++ | |||
| 128 | 128 | Tuesday, Aug 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 8 | 9 | 69-59 | 2 | 2.0 | Crow | Villarreal | Holland | 3:30 | N | 13,601 | - | |
| 129 | 129 | Wednesday, Aug 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 0 | 1 | 69-60 | 2 | 3.0 | Chen | Sanchez | Holland | 2:25 | N | 13,024 | -- | |
| 130 | 130 | Thursday, Aug 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 1 | 2 | 69-61 | 2 | 3.0 | Guthrie | Porcello | Herrera | 2:41 | N | 12,997 | --- | |
| 131 | 131 | Friday, Aug 31 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 7 | 4 | 70-61 | 2 | 2.0 | Dotel | Peavy | Valverde | 3:10 | N | 36,721 | + | ||
| 132 | 132 | Saturday, Sep 1 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 5 | 1 | 71-61 | 2 | 1.0 | Scherzer | Liriano | 3:17 | N | 40,059 | ++ | |||
| 133 | 133 | Sunday, Sep 2 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 4 | 2 | 72-61 | 1 | Tied | Verlander | Sale | Valverde | 2:52 | N | 42,192 | +++ | ||
| 134 | 134 | Monday, Sep 3 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 2 | 3 | 72-62 | 2 | 1.0 | Kluber | Downs | Pestano | 3:09 | D | 35,418 | - | ||
| 135 | 135 | Tuesday, Sep 4 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 2 | 3 | 72-63 | 2 | 1.0 | Masterson | Porcello | Perez | 2:57 | N | 27,729 | -- | ||
| 136 | 136 | Wednesday, Sep 5 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 7 | 1 | 73-63 | 2 | 1.0 | Fister | Jimenez | 2:26 | N | 28,881 | + | |||
| 137 | 137 | Friday, Sep 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | LAA | L | 2 | 3 | 73-64 | 2 | 1.0 | Frieri | Dotel | 2:49 | N | 40,104 | - | ||
| 138 | 138 | Saturday, Sep 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | LAA | L | 1 | 6 | 73-65 | 2 | 2.0 | Wilson | Verlander | 2:37 | N | 41,154 | -- | ||
| 139 | 139 | Sunday, Sep 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | LAA | L | 2 | 3 | 73-66 | 2 | 2.0 | Greinke | Sanchez | Frieri | 2:45 | D | 38,216 | --- | |
| 140 | 140 | Monday, Sep 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 1 | 6 | 73-67 | 2 | 3.0 | Quintana | Porcello | 2:54 | N | 30,287 | ---- | ||
| 141 | 141 | Tuesday, Sep 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 5 | 3 | 74-67 | 2 | 2.0 | Fister | Peavy | Valverde | 3:15 | N | 26,504 | + | |
| 142 | 142 | Wednesday, Sep 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 8 | 6 | 75-67 | 2 | 1.0 | Scherzer | Floyd | Valverde | 3:25 | N | 30,667 | ++ | |
| 143 | 143 | Friday, Sep 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 4 | 0 | 76-67 | 2 | 1.0 | Verlander | Kluber | 2:53 | N | 17,185 | +++ | ||
| 144 | 144 | Saturday, Sep 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 5 | 3 | 77-67 | 2 | 1.0 | Sanchez | Masterson | Valverde | 3:12 | D | 22,849 | ++++ | |
| 145 | 145 | Sunday, Sep 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 6 | 7 | 77-68 | 2 | 2.0 | Rogers | Valverde | 3:24 | D | 17,233 | - | ||
| 146 | 146 | Monday, Sep 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 4 | 5 | 77-69 | 2 | 3.0 | Jones | Fister | Reed | 3:07 | D | 29,130 | -- | |
| 147 | 147 | Tuesday, Sep 18 | boxscore | DET | OAK | W | 12 | 2 | 78-69 | 2 | 3.0 | Downs | Griffin | 3:05 | N | 31,243 | + | |||
| 148 | 148 | Wednesday, Sep 19 | boxscore | DET | OAK | W | 6 | 2 | 79-69 | 2 | 2.0 | Verlander | Anderson | 3:14 | N | 29,734 | ++ | |||
| 149 | 149 | Thursday, Sep 20 | boxscore | DET | OAK | L | 4 | 12 | 79-70 | 2 | 2.0 | Neshek | Sanchez | 3:14 | D | 34,635 | - | |||
| 150 | 150 | Saturday, Sep 22 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 8 | 0 | 80-70 | 2 | 0.5 | Fister | Deduno | 2:23 | D | 40,586 | + | |||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 151 | 151 | Sunday, Sep 23 (1) | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 4 | 10 | 80-71 | 2 | 1.0 | Diamond | Scherzer | 3:05 | D | 40,438 | - | |||
| 152 | 152 | Sunday, Sep 23 (2) | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 1 | 2 | 10 | 80-72 | 2 | 1.0 | Burton | Valverde | Perkins | 3:07 | N | 39,839 | -- | |
| 153 | 153 | Monday, Sep 24 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 6 | 2 | 81-72 | 2 | 1.0 | Verlander | Hochevar | 2:34 | N | 31,521 | + | |||
| 154 | 154 | Tuesday, Sep 25 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 2 | 0 | 82-72 | 1 | Tied | Sanchez | Chen | 2:13 | N | 29,048 | ++ | |||
| 155 | 155 | Wednesday, Sep 26 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 5 | 4 | 83-72 | 1 | up 1.0 | Benoit | Herrera | Valverde | 2:39 | N | 32,360 | +++ | ||
| 156 | 156 | Thursday, Sep 27 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 5 | 4 | 84-72 | 1 | up 2.0 | Benoit | Collins | 2:23 | D | 33,019 | ++++ | |||
| 157 | 157 | Friday, Sep 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 2 | 4 | 84-73 | 1 | up 1.0 | Burton | Villarreal | Perkins | 2:30 | N | 30,315 | - | |
| 158 | 158 | Saturday, Sep 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 6 | 4 | 85-73 | 1 | up 2.0 | Verlander | Walters | Valverde | 3:23 | D | 32,839 | + | |
| 159 | 159 | Sunday, Sep 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 2 | 1 | 86-73 | 1 | up 3.0 | Coke | Burton | Valverde | 2:43 | D | 32,554 | ++ | |
| 160 | 160 | Monday, Oct 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | W | 6 | 3 | 87-73 | 1 | up 3.0 | Porcello | Chen | Valverde | 2:55 | N | 15,312 | +++ | |
| 161 | 161 | Tuesday, Oct 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 2 | 4 | 87-74 | 1 | up 3.0 | Guthrie | Fister | Holland | 2:34 | N | 14,283 | - | |
| 162 | 162 | Wednesday, Oct 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | W | 1 | 0 | 88-74 | 1 | up 3.0 | Marte | Mendoza | Putkonen | 2:59 | N | 30,383 | + | |
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| ALDS Game 1 | Saturday, Oct 6 | boxscore | DET | OAK | W | 3 | 1 | 1-0 | Verlander | Parker | Valverde | 2:56 | N | 43,323 | ||||||
| ALDS Game 2 | Sunday, Oct 7 | boxscore | DET | OAK | W | 5 | 4 | 2-0 | Alburquerque | Balfour | 3:28 | D | 40,684 | |||||||
| ALDS Game 3 | Tuesday, Oct 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L | 0 | 2 | 2-1 | Anderson | Sanchez | Balfour | 2:33 | N | 37,090 | |||||
| ALDS Game 4 | Wednesday, Oct 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L | 3 | 4 | 2-2 | Cook | Valverde | 3:21 | N | 36,385 | ||||||
| ALDS Game 5 | Thursday, Oct 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | W | 6 | 0 | 3-2 | Verlander | Parker | 2:56 | N | 36,393 | ||||||
| ALCS Game 1 | Saturday, Oct 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 6 | 4 | 12 | 4-2 | Smyly | Phelps | 4:54 | N | 47,122 | |||||
| ALCS Game 2 | Sunday, Oct 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 3 | 0 | 5-2 | Sanchez | Kuroda | Coke | 3:18 | D | 47,082 | |||||
| ALCS Game 3 | Tuesday, Oct 16 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 2 | 1 | 6-2 | Verlander | Hughes | Coke | 3:28 | N | 42,490 | ||||||
| ALCS Game 4 | Thursday, Oct 18 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 8 | 1 | 7-2 | Scherzer | Sabathia | 3:27 | D | 42,477 | |||||||
| WS Game 1 | Wednesday, Oct 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | SFG | L | 3 | 8 | 7-3 | Zito | Verlander | 3:26 | N | 42,855 | ||||||
| WS Game 2 | Thursday, Oct 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | SFG | L | 0 | 2 | 7-4 | Bumgarner | Fister | Romo | 3:05 | N | 42,982 | |||||
| WS Game 3 | Saturday, Oct 27 | boxscore | DET | SFG | L | 0 | 2 | 7-5 | Vogelsong | Sanchez | Romo | 3:25 | N | 42,262 | ||||||
| WS Game 4 | Sunday, Oct 28 | boxscore | DET | SFG | L | 3 | 4 | 10 | 7-6 | Casilla | Coke | Romo | 3:34 | N | 42,152 |