Recent Game Results
Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month- 1. Apr 9, DET (1-0) beat TOR, 6-2
- 2. Apr 11, DET (2-0) beat TOR, 6-2
- 3. Apr 12, DET (2-1) lost to TOR, 2-6
- 4. Apr 14, DET (3-1) beat KCR, 6-5
- 5. Apr 15, DET (4-1) beat KCR, 4-0
- 6. Apr 16, DET (5-1) beat TOR, 2-0
- 7. Apr 17, DET (6-1) beat TOR, 8-5
- 8. Apr 18, DET (7-1) beat TOR, 4-3
- 9. Apr 19, DET (7-2) lost to TOR, 1-9
- 10. Apr 20, DET (7-3) lost to NYY, 2-6
- 11. Apr 21, DET (7-4) lost to NYY, 0-2
- 12. Apr 22, DET (7-5) lost to NYY, 2-7
- 13. Apr 24, DET (7-6) lost to CHW, 2-3
- 14. Apr 25, DET (7-7) lost to CHW, 0-4
- 15. Apr 26, DET (7-8) lost to CHW, 4-5
- 16. Apr 27, DET (7-9) lost to NYY, 1-3
- 17. Apr 28, DET (7-10) lost to NYY, 1-4
- 18. Apr 29, DET (7-11) lost to NYY, 2-3
- 19. Apr 30, DET (8-11) beat SEA, 2-0
- 20. May 1, DET (9-11) beat SEA, 7-3
- 21. May 2, DET (9-12) lost to SEA, 1-3
- 22. May 3, DET (10-12) beat SEA, 8-5
- 23. May 5, DET (10-13) lost to OAK, 2-6
- 24. May 6, DET (11-13) beat OAK, 3-2
- 25. May 7, DET (11-14) lost to OAK, 3-5
- 26. May 8, DET (12-14) beat CAL, 6-1
- 27. May 9, DET (12-15) lost to CAL, 1-15
- 28. May 10, DET (12-16) lost to CAL, 3-4
- 29. May 12, DET (13-16) beat SEA, 6-2
- 30. May 13, DET (14-16) beat SEA, 1-0
- 31. May 15, DET (15-16) beat CAL, 5-1
- 32. May 16, DET (16-16) beat CAL, 7-5
- 33. May 17, DET (16-17) lost to CAL, 1-7
- 34. May 18, DET (16-18) lost to TEX, 5-13
- 35. May 19, DET (17-18) beat TEX, 14-1
- 36. May 20, DET (18-18) beat TEX, 8-4
- 37. May 22, DET (18-19) lost to BAL, 2-4
- 38. May 23, DET (18-20) lost to BAL, 2-9
- 39. May 24, DET (19-20) beat BAL, 8-2
- 40. May 24, DET (20-20) beat BAL, 5-3
- 41. May 25, DET (21-20) beat MIL, 12-3
- 42. May 26, DET (21-21) lost to MIL, 3-7
- 43. May 27, DET (21-22) lost to MIL, 1-5
- 44. May 28, DET (21-23) lost to MIL, 1-7
- 45. May 29, DET (21-24) lost to BAL, 5-6
- 46. May 30, DET (22-24) beat BAL, 4-1
- 47. May 31, DET (23-24) beat BAL, 5-4
- 48. Jun 1, DET (24-24) beat MIL, 4-3
- 49. Jun 2, DET (24-25) lost to MIL, 2-5
- 50. Jun 3, DET (25-25) beat MIL, 4-1
- 51. Jun 5, DET (26-25) beat MIN, 2-0
- 52. Jun 6, DET (27-25) beat MIN, 5-1
- 53. Jun 7, DET (28-25) beat MIN, 3-0
- 54. Jun 8, DET (28-26) lost to TEX, 1-8
- 55. Jun 9, DET (29-26) beat TEX, 5-0
- 56. Jun 10, DET (30-26) beat MIN, 4-2
- 57. Jun 11, DET (31-26) beat MIN, 7-2
- 58. Aug 10, DET (32-26) beat TOR, 4-3
- 59. Aug 11, DET (32-27) lost to TOR, 4-6
- 60. Aug 12, DET (32-28) lost to TOR, 3-4
- 61. Aug 13, DET (32-29) lost to NYY, 0-3
- 62. Aug 14, DET (33-29) beat NYY, 1-0
- 63. Aug 15, DET (34-29) beat NYY, 8-5
- 64. Aug 16, DET (35-29) beat NYY, 5-4
- 65. Aug 17, DET (36-29) beat MIN, 12-2
- 66. Aug 18, DET (37-29) beat MIN, 3-0
- 67. Aug 19, DET (38-29) beat MIN, 4-0
- 68. Aug 21, DET (39-29) beat TEX, 7-4
- 69. Aug 22, DET (40-29) beat TEX, 2-0
- 70. Aug 23, DET (41-29) beat TEX, 5-4
- 71. Aug 24, DET (41-30) lost to KCR, 2-4
- 72. Aug 25, DET (42-30) beat KCR, 4-3
- 73. Aug 26, DET (42-31) lost to KCR, 1-6
- 74. Aug 27, DET (42-32) lost to MIN, 3-4
- 75. Aug 28, DET (42-33) lost to MIN, 0-6
- 76. Aug 29, DET (42-34) lost to MIN, 1-7
- 77. Aug 30, DET (43-34) beat MIN, 6-1
- 78. Aug 31, DET (44-34) beat CHW, 3-1
- 79. Sep 1, DET (45-34) beat CHW, 2-1
- 80. Sep 2, DET (46-34) beat CHW, 5-4
- 81. Sep 3, DET (47-34) beat TEX, 8-5
- 82. Sep 4, DET (47-35) lost to TEX, 2-3
- 83. Sep 5, DET (48-35) beat TEX, 1-0
- 84. Sep 6, DET (49-35) beat TEX, 4-3
- 85. Sep 7, DET (50-35) beat BOS, 3-1
- 86. Sep 8, DET (50-36) lost to BOS, 3-5
- 87. Sep 9, DET (50-37) lost to BOS, 5-6
- 88. Sep 11, DET (51-37) beat CLE, 6-3
- 89. Sep 12, DET (52-37) beat CLE, 11-9
- 90. Sep 13, DET (53-37) beat CLE, 8-6
- 91. Sep 14, DET (53-38) lost to BOS, 2-5
- 92. Sep 16, DET (53-39) lost to BOS, 1-2
- 93. Sep 16, DET (53-40) lost to BOS, 4-5
- 94. Sep 17, DET (53-41) lost to BOS, 1-6
- 95. Sep 18, DET (53-42) lost to CLE, 4-8
- 96. Sep 19, DET (54-42) beat CLE, 4-3
- 97. Sep 20, DET (55-42) beat CLE, 5-1
- 98. Sep 21, DET (56-42) beat BAL, 5-1
- 99. Sep 22, DET (57-42) beat BAL, 6-3
- 100. Sep 23, DET (57-43) lost to BAL, 0-1
- 101. Sep 25, DET (57-44) lost to MIL, 6-8
- 102. Sep 26, DET (57-45) lost to MIL, 3-4
- 103. Sep 27, DET (58-45) beat MIL, 2-1
- 104. Sep 28, DET (58-46) lost to BAL, 3-7
- 105. Sep 29, DET (59-46) beat BAL, 14-0
Team Win/Loss Splits
Team Game-by-Game Schedule
| Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | W/L | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | Orig. Scheduled | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thursday, Apr 9 | boxscore | DET | TOR | W | 6 | 2 | 1-0 | 1 | Tied | Morris | McLaughlin | 2:40 | D | 51,452 | .70 | + | ||||
| 2 | Saturday, Apr 11 | boxscore | DET | TOR | W | 6 | 2 | 2-0 | 1 | Tied | Wilcox | Stieb | 2:26 | D | 13,617 | .75 | ++ | ||||
| 3 | Sunday, Apr 12 | boxscore | DET | TOR | L | 2 | 6 | 2-1 | 2 | 0.5 | Leal | Bailey | 2:24 | D | 9,950 | .81 | - | ||||
| 4 | Tuesday, Apr 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | W | 6 | 5 | 3-1 | 1 | up 0.5 | López | Quisenberry | 2:44 | N | 40,700 | .63 | + | 1981-04-13 (Rain) | ||
| 5 | Wednesday, Apr 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | W | 4 | 0 | 4-1 | 1 | up 1.0 | Rozema | Gura | 2:08 | N | 21,439 | .68 | ++ | |||
| 6 | Thursday, Apr 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | W | 2 | 0 | 5-1 | 1 | up 1.5 | Wilcox | Stieb | López | 2:49 | N | 11,058 | .88 | +++ | ||
| 7 | Friday, Apr 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | W | 8 | 5 | 6-1 | 1 | up 1.5 | Bailey | Leal | Saucier | 3:32 | D | 15,196 | .92 | ++++ | ||
| 8 | Saturday, Apr 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | W | 4 | 3 | 7-1 | 1 | up 2.5 | Schatzeder | Clancy | López | 2:43 | D | 16,294 | .94 | +++++ | ||
| 9 | Sunday, Apr 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | L | 1 | 9 | 7-2 | 1 | up 2.0 | Bomback | Morris | 2:30 | D | 12,274 | 1.02 | - | |||
| 10 | Monday, Apr 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 2 | 6 | 7-3 | 1 | up 1.0 | May | Rozema | 2:26 | N | 20,981 | 1.03 | -- | |||
| 11 | Tuesday, Apr 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 0 | 2 | 7-4 | 1 | Tied | Bird | Wilcox | Gossage | 2:34 | N | 15,359 | .95 | --- | ||
| 12 | Wednesday, Apr 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 2 | 7 | 7-5 | 3 | 0.5 | LaRoche | Bailey | 2:21 | N | 22,835 | .89 | ---- | |||
| 13 | Friday, Apr 24 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7-6 | 5 | 1.5 | Hoyt | Morris | 2:59 | D | 13,483 | .68 | ----- | |||
| 14 | Saturday, Apr 25 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 0 | 4 | 7-7 | 5 | 1.5 | Baumgarten | Rozema | Hoyt | 2:45 | D | 14,862 | .66 | ------ | |||
| 15 | Sunday, Apr 26 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 4 | 5 | 7-8 | 5 | 2.0 | Burns | Wilcox | Farmer | 2:45 | D | 13,410 | .61 | ------- | |||
| 16 | Monday, Apr 27 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 1 | 3 | 7-9 | 5 | 2.5 | Guidry | Bailey | Gossage | 2:08 | N | 27,487 | .68 | -------- | |||
| 17 | Tuesday, Apr 28 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 1 | 4 | 7-10 | 5 | 3.5 | John | Schatzeder | 2:11 | N | 18,420 | .63 | --------- | ||||
| 18 | Wednesday, Apr 29 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 2 | 3 | 7-11 | 6 | 4.5 | May | Morris | Davis | 2:22 | D | 18,167 | .54 | ---------- | |||
| 19 | Thursday, Apr 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | W | 2 | 0 | 8-11 | 6 | 4.0 | Rozema | Gleaton | 2:00 | N | 5,116 | .42 | + | |||
| Gm# | May | Tm | Opp | W/L | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | Orig. Scheduled | |||
| 20 | Friday, May 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | W | 7 | 3 | 9-11 | 5 | 3.5 | Wilcox | Parrott | Saucier | 2:27 | N | 13,233 | .44 | ++ | ||
| 21 | Saturday, May 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | L | 1 | 3 | 9-12 | 5 | 4.5 | Bannister | Petry | Drago | 2:28 | N | 10,111 | .53 | - | ||
| 22 | Sunday, May 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | W | 8 | 5 | 10-12 | 5 | 3.5 | Morris | Andersen | 2:46 | D | 10,377 | .43 | + | |||
| 23 | Tuesday, May 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L | 2 | 6 | 10-13 | 5 | 4.0 | Norris | Rozema | 2:35 | N | 18,925 | .48 | - | |||
| 24 | Wednesday, May 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | W | 3 | 2 | 11-13 | 5 | 4.0 | Wilcox | Langford | 2:40 | N | 15,763 | .41 | + | |||
| 25 | Thursday, May 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L | 3 | 5 | 11-14 | 5 | 4.0 | Jones | Petry | McLaughlin | 2:43 | D | 15,902 | .45 | - | ||
| 26 | Friday, May 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | W | 6 | 1 | 12-14 | 5 | 3.0 | Morris | Renko | 2:32 | N | 24,456 | .48 | + | |||
| 27 | Saturday, May 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | L | 1 | 15 | 12-15 | 6 | 4.0 | Zahn | Schatzeder | 2:42 | N | 32,040 | .56 | - | |||
| 28 | Sunday, May 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | L | 3 | 4 | 12-16 | 6 | 5.0 | Hassler | López | Aase | 2:35 | D | 29,689 | .45 | -- | ||
| 29 | Tuesday, May 12 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 6 | 2 | 13-16 | 6 | 4.5 | Wilcox | Bannister | 2:21 | N | 8,996 | .39 | + | ||||
| 30 | Wednesday, May 13 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W-wo | 1 | 0 | 14-16 | 6 | 4.5 | Petry | Drago | 2:23 | N | 9,464 | .45 | ++ | ||||
| 31 | Friday, May 15 | boxscore | DET | CAL | W | 5 | 1 | 15-16 | 6 | 4.5 | Morris | Witt | 2:28 | N | 13,529 | .44 | +++ | ||||
| 32 | Saturday, May 16 | boxscore | DET | CAL | W | 7 | 5 | 16-16 | 6 | 3.5 | Tobik | Rau | Saucier | 2:39 | D | 19,014 | .45 | ++++ | |||
| 33 | Sunday, May 17 | boxscore | DET | CAL | L | 1 | 7 | 16-17 | 6 | 5.0 | Forsch | Wilcox | 2:45 | D | 19,720 | .48 | - | ||||
| 34 | Monday, May 18 | boxscore | DET | TEX | L | 5 | 13 | 16-18 | 6 | 5.5 | Matlack | Petry | 3:14 | N | 10,114 | .42 | -- | ||||
| 35 | Tuesday, May 19 | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 14 | 1 | 17-18 | 6 | 5.5 | Schatzeder | Medich | 2:16 | N | 10,002 | .37 | + | ||||
| 36 | Wednesday, May 20 | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 8 | 4 | 18-18 | 6 | 5.5 | Morris | Jenkins | 2:19 | N | 9,757 | .37 | ++ | ||||
| 37 | Friday, May 22 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 2 | 4 | 18-19 | 6 | 6.0 | McGregor | Wilcox | Martinez | 2:27 | N | 26,563 | .52 | - | |||
| 38 | Saturday, May 23 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 2 | 9 | 18-20 | 6 | 7.0 | Flanagan | Rozema | Stewart | 2:29 | D | 19,006 | .41 | -- | |||
| 39 | Sunday, May 24 (1) | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 8 | 2 | 19-20 | 6 | 5.0 | Petry | Martínez | Saucier | 2:44 | D | .38 | + | ||||
| 40 | Sunday, May 24 (2) | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 5 | 3 | 20-20 | 6 | 5.0 | Tobik | Martinez | 2:47 | D | 30,310 | .42 | ++ | ||||
| 41 | Monday, May 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | W | 12 | 3 | 21-20 | 6 | 5.0 | Morris | Augustine | 2:34 | D | 25,072 | .43 | +++ | |||
| 42 | Tuesday, May 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | L | 3 | 7 | 21-21 | 6 | 6.0 | Vuckovich | Wilcox | 2:25 | N | 9,518 | .49 | - | |||
| 43 | Wednesday, May 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | L | 1 | 5 | 21-22 | 6 | 7.0 | Lerch | Bailey | 2:25 | N | 13,237 | .43 | -- | |||
| 44 | Thursday, May 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | L | 1 | 7 | 21-23 | 6 | 7.5 | Caldwell | Petry | Fingers | 2:18 | D | 15,943 | .40 | --- | ||
| 45 | Friday, May 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 5 | 6 | 21-24 | 6 | 8.5 | Martínez | Schatzeder | Martinez | 2:59 | N | 23,040 | .38 | ---- | ||
| 46 | Saturday, May 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 4 | 1 | 22-24 | 6 | 7.5 | Morris | Palmer | 2:18 | N | 51,646 | .33 | + | |||
| 47 | Sunday, May 31 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 5 | 4 | 23-24 | 6 | 6.5 | López | McGregor | Saucier | 2:57 | D | 28,011 | .41 | ++ | ||
| Gm# | June | Tm | Opp | W/L | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | Orig. Scheduled | |||
| 48 | Monday, Jun 1 | boxscore | DET | MIL | W-wo | 4 | 3 | 12 | 24-24 | 6 | 6.0 | Rozema | Cleveland | 3:17 | N | 14,495 | .43 | +++ | |||
| 49 | Tuesday, Jun 2 | boxscore | DET | MIL | L | 2 | 5 | 24-25 | 6 | 6.0 | Caldwell | Petry | Fingers | 2:23 | N | 14,079 | .48 | - | |||
| 50 | Wednesday, Jun 3 | boxscore | DET | MIL | W | 4 | 1 | 25-25 | 6 | 5.0 | Schatzeder | Slaton | Saucier | 2:15 | N | 13,392 | .43 | + | |||
| 51 | Friday, Jun 5 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 2 | 0 | 26-25 | 6 | 4.5 | Morris | Havens | 2:00 | N | 23,133 | .39 | ++ | ||||
| 52 | Saturday, Jun 6 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 5 | 1 | 27-25 | 6 | 4.5 | Petry | Redfern | 2:19 | N | 15,218 | .41 | +++ | ||||
| 53 | Sunday, Jun 7 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 3 | 0 | 28-25 | 6 | 4.5 | Wilcox | Koosman | 1:58 | D | 21,857 | .42 | ++++ | ||||
| 54 | Monday, Jun 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | L | 1 | 8 | 28-26 | 6 | 5.5 | Honeycutt | Schatzeder | 2:24 | N | 13,753 | .49 | - | |||
| 55 | Tuesday, Jun 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | W | 5 | 0 | 29-26 | 5 | 5.5 | López | Matlack | Saucier | 2:30 | N | 37,350 | .42 | + | ||
| 56 | Wednesday, Jun 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 4 | 2 | 30-26 | 5 | 4.5 | Morris | Havens | 2:22 | N | 5,495 | .50 | ++ | |||
| 57 | Thursday, Jun 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 7 | 2 | 31-26 | 4 | 3.5 | Petry | Redfern | 2:36 | N | 4,623 | .57 | +++ | |||
| Gm# | August | Tm | Opp | W/L | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | Orig. Scheduled | |||
| 58 | Monday, Aug 10 | boxscore | DET | TOR | W-wo | 4 | 3 | 32-26 | 4 | 3.5 | Saucier | McLaughlin | 2:41 | N | 15,187 | 1.26 | ++++ | ||||
| 59 | Tuesday, Aug 11 | boxscore | DET | TOR | L | 4 | 6 | 32-27 | 4 | 3.5 | Berenguer | Schatzeder | Jackson | 2:53 | N | 10,526 | 1.38 | - | |||
| 60 | Wednesday, Aug 12 | boxscore | DET | TOR | L | 3 | 4 | 32-28 | 4 | 4.5 | Stieb | Morris | Jackson | 2:23 | N | 8,775 | 1.28 | -- | |||
| 61 | Thursday, Aug 13 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 0 | 3 | 32-29 | 5 | 5.5 | Guidry | Petry | Davis | 2:39 | N | 20,957 | 1.05 | --- | |||
| 62 | Friday, Aug 14 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 1 | 0 | 33-29 | 4 | 4.5 | Wilcox | May | Saucier | 2:07 | N | 23,395 | .81 | + | |||
| 63 | Saturday, Aug 15 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 8 | 5 | 34-29 | 4 | 3.5 | Schatzeder | LaRoche | Saucier | 3:01 | N | 26,848 | 1.04 | ++ | |||
| 64 | Sunday, Aug 16 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W-wo | 5 | 4 | 35-29 | 4 | 2.5 | López | Davis | 2:54 | D | 21,077 | 1.12 | +++ | ||||
| 65 | Monday, Aug 17 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 12 | 2 | 36-29 | 4 | 1.5 | Petry | Koosman | Rozema | 2:38 | N | 11,484 | 1.18 | ++++ | |||
| 66 | Tuesday, Aug 18 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 3 | 0 | 37-29 | 4 | 1.5 | Wilcox | Erickson | Saucier | 2:20 | N | 15,163 | 1.43 | +++++ | |||
| 67 | Wednesday, Aug 19 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 4 | 0 | 38-29 | 2 | 0.5 | Schatzeder | Jackson | Tobik | 2:25 | N | 16,960 | 1.52 | ++++++ | |||
| 68 | Friday, Aug 21 | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 7 | 4 | 39-29 | 1 | up 0.5 | López | Darwin | Saucier | 2:29 | N | 27,761 | 1.74 | +++++++ | |||
| 69 | Saturday, Aug 22 | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 2 | 0 | 40-29 | 1 | up 0.5 | Petry | Honeycutt | Saucier | 2:22 | D | 23,763 | 1.81 | ++++++++ | |||
| 70 | Sunday, Aug 23 | boxscore | DET | TEX | W-wo | 5 | 4 | 41-29 | 1 | up 0.5 | Rozema | Kern | 2:57 | D | 21,388 | 1.94 | +++++++++ | ||||
| 71 | Monday, Aug 24 | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 2 | 4 | 41-30 | 1 | up 0.5 | Brett | Schatzeder | Quisenberry | 2:53 | N | 41,009 | 1.98 | - | |||
| 72 | Tuesday, Aug 25 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W-wo | 4 | 3 | 10 | 42-30 | 1 | up 0.5 | Saucier | Quisenberry | 2:53 | N | 35,189 | 1.89 | + | |||
| 73 | Wednesday, Aug 26 | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 1 | 6 | 42-31 | 1 | Tied | Gura | López | 2:30 | N | 36,691 | 2.06 | - | ||||
| 74 | Thursday, Aug 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L-wo | 3 | 4 | 42-32 | 2 | 1.0 | Redfern | Saucier | 2:13 | N | 4,625 | 1.96 | -- | |||
| 75 | Friday, Aug 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 0 | 6 | 42-33 | 3 | 1.0 | Arroyo | Rozema | Koosman | 2:15 | N | 5,415 | 1.83 | --- | ||
| 76 | Saturday, Aug 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 1 | 7 | 42-34 | 3 | 2.0 | Havens | Schatzeder | 2:32 | N | 10,296 | 1.71 | ---- | |||
| 77 | Sunday, Aug 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 6 | 1 | 43-34 | 3 | 1.5 | Morris | Cooper | 2:23 | D | 8,217 | 1.47 | + | |||
| 78 | Monday, Aug 31 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 3 | 1 | 44-34 | 2 | 1.5 | Wilcox | Baumgarten | 2:46 | N | 13,057 | 1.74 | ++ | |||
| Gm# | September | Tm | Opp | W/L | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | Orig. Scheduled | |||
| 79 | Tuesday, Sep 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 2 | 1 | 45-34 | 2 | 1.5 | Petry | Koosman | 3:01 | N | 9,775 | 1.92 | +++ | |||
| 80 | Wednesday, Sep 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 5 | 4 | 10 | 46-34 | 2 | 0.5 | Saucier | Koosman | Rozema | 3:33 | N | 10,272 | 2.12 | ++++ | |
| 81 | Thursday, Sep 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | W | 8 | 5 | 47-34 | 1 | up 0.5 | Morris | Matlack | Saucier | 2:33 | N | 9,986 | 2.27 | +++++ | ||
| 82 | Friday, Sep 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | L | 2 | 3 | 47-35 | 2 | 0.5 | Medich | Wilcox | Mercer | 2:31 | N | 11,027 | 2.44 | - | ||
| 83 | Saturday, Sep 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | W | 1 | 0 | 48-35 | 2 | 0.5 | Petry | Jenkins | 2:32 | N | 17,635 | 2.48 | + | |||
| 84 | Sunday, Sep 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | W | 4 | 3 | 49-35 | 2 | 0.5 | Saucier | Mercer | López | 3:06 | D | 11,892 | 2.47 | ++ | ||
| 85 | Monday, Sep 7 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 3 | 1 | 50-35 | 2 | 0.5 | Morris | Ojeda | 2:13 | N | 42,098 | 2.82 | +++ | ||||
| 86 | Tuesday, Sep 8 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 3 | 5 | 50-36 | 2 | 1.0 | Torrez | Wilcox | Burgmeier | 2:52 | N | 20,586 | 2.90 | - | |||
| 87 | Wednesday, Sep 9 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 5 | 6 | 11 | 50-37 | 2 | 1.5 | Stanley | Tobik | Tudor | 3:17 | N | 22,564 | 2.90 | -- | ||
| 88 | Friday, Sep 11 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 6 | 3 | 51-37 | 2 | 1.5 | Schatzeder | Waits | 2:31 | N | 29,541 | 2.99 | + | ||||
| 89 | Saturday, Sep 12 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W-wo | 11 | 9 | 12 | 52-37 | 2 | 0.5 | Rozema | Monge | 4:16 | D | 23,464 | 3.05 | ++ | |||
| 90 | Sunday, Sep 13 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 8 | 6 | 53-37 | 2 | 0.5 | Wilcox | Spillner | Rothschild | 2:53 | D | 24,916 | 2.99 | +++ | |||
| 91 | Monday, Sep 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 2 | 5 | 53-38 | 2 | 1.5 | Stanley | Petry | 2:19 | N | 13,060 | 3.28 | - | |||
| 92 | Wednesday, Sep 16 (1) | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L-wo | 1 | 2 | 10 | 53-39 | 2 | 1.5 | Eckersley | Morris | 2:38 | N | 3.63 | -- | 1981-09-15 (Rain) | ||
| 93 | Wednesday, Sep 16 (2) | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 4 | 5 | 53-40 | 2 | 1.5 | Burgmeier | Tobik | 2:37 | N | 13,312 | 3.84 | --- | |||
| 94 | Thursday, Sep 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 1 | 6 | 53-41 | 3 | 2.0 | Ojeda | Wilcox | Campbell | 3:06 | N | 16,832 | 4.02 | ---- | ||
| 95 | Friday, Sep 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 4 | 8 | 53-42 | 4 | 3.0 | Denny | Schatzeder | Spillner | 2:51 | N | 6,492 | 2.76 | ----- | ||
| 96 | Saturday, Sep 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 4 | 3 | 54-42 | 3 | 2.0 | Petry | Blyleven | Cappuzzello | 2:47 | D | 7,052 | 2.55 | + | ||
| 97 | Sunday, Sep 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 5 | 1 | 55-42 | 2 | 1.0 | Morris | Brennan | 2:50 | D | 9,930 | 2.87 | ++ | |||
| 98 | Monday, Sep 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 5 | 1 | 56-42 | 1 | Tied | Wilcox | McGregor | 2:54 | N | 10,899 | 3.60 | +++ | |||
| 99 | Tuesday, Sep 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 6 | 3 | 57-42 | 1 | up 1.0 | Cappuzzello | Stewart | 2:42 | N | 9,904 | 3.86 | ++++ | |||
| 100 | Wednesday, Sep 23 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L-wo | 0 | 1 | 57-43 | 1 | Tied | Martínez | Petry | 2:32 | N | 12,054 | 3.55 | - | |||
| 101 | Friday, Sep 25 | boxscore | DET | MIL | L | 6 | 8 | 57-44 | 1 | Tied | Easterly | Morris | Fingers | 2:56 | N | 35,003 | 5.38 | -- | |||
| 102 | Saturday, Sep 26 | boxscore | DET | MIL | L | 3 | 4 | 57-45 | 3 | 1.0 | Haas | Wilcox | Fingers | 2:16 | D | 29,759 | 5.51 | --- | |||
| 103 | Sunday, Sep 27 | boxscore | DET | MIL | W | 2 | 1 | 58-45 | 2 | 0.5 | Petry | Lerch | 2:10 | D | 32,185 | 5.55 | + | ||||
| 104 | Monday, Sep 28 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 3 | 7 | 58-46 | 3 | 1.0 | Stewart | Cappuzzello | 2:42 | N | 26,991 | 4.70 | - | ||||
| 105 | Tuesday, Sep 29 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 14 | 0 | 59-46 | 1 | Tied | Morris | McGregor | Rozema | 2:33 | N | 31,204 | 4.24 | + | |||
| Gm# | October | Tm | Opp | W/L | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | Orig. Scheduled | |||
| 106 | Thursday, Oct 1 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 4 | 5 | 10 | 59-47 | 2 | 1.0 | Stoddard | Saucier | 3:07 | D | 15,763 | .36 | - | 1981-09-30 (Rain) | ||
| 107 | Friday, Oct 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | L | 2 | 8 | 59-48 | 3 | 2.0 | Haas | Petry | 2:32 | N | 23,540 | 10.08 | -- | |||
| 108 | Saturday, Oct 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | L | 1 | 2 | 59-49 | 4 | 3.0 | Fingers | Morris | 2:30 | D | 28,330 | 9.52 | --- | |||
| 109 | Sunday, Oct 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | W | 3 | 2 | 60-49 | 3 | 2.0 | Wilcox | Augustine | 2:19 | D | 15,263 | .00 | + | |||
| Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | W/L | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | Orig. Scheduled |
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