Recent Game Results
Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month- 1. Apr 7, DET (0-1) lost to TEX, 2-8
- 2. Apr 9, DET (1-1) beat KCR, 7-3
- 3. Apr 11, DET (1-2) lost to KCR, 3-10
- 4. Apr 13, DET (1-3) lost to TEX, 4-5
- 5. Apr 14, DET (1-4) lost to TEX, 5-7
- 6. Apr 15, DET (2-4) beat TEX, 11-6
- 7. Apr 16, DET (3-4) beat KCR, 10-4
- 8. Apr 17, DET (4-4) beat KCR, 6-3
- 9. Apr 20, DET (5-4) beat TOR, 7-2
- 10. Apr 21, DET (5-5) lost to TOR, 4-5
- 11. Apr 22, DET (6-5) beat TOR, 4-1
- 12. Apr 26, DET (6-6) lost to MIL, 1-5
- 13. Apr 26, DET (6-7) lost to MIL, 5-7
- 14. Apr 27, DET (6-8) lost to MIN, 3-5
- 15. Apr 28, DET (7-8) beat MIN, 5-3
- 16. Apr 29, DET (7-9) lost to MIN, 3-5
- 17. May 1, DET (8-9) beat CHW, 5-2
- 18. May 3, DET (8-10) lost to MIN, 6-7
- 19. May 4, DET (8-11) lost to MIN, 6-7
- 20. May 5, DET (9-11) beat MIN, 8-4
- 21. May 6, DET (9-12) lost to MIN, 6-9
- 22. May 7, DET (10-12) beat CHW, 5-4
- 23. May 8, DET (11-12) beat CHW, 10-8
- 24. May 9, DET (11-13) lost to CHW, 4-5
- 25. May 11, DET (11-14) lost to MIL, 1-5
- 26. May 12, DET (11-15) lost to MIL, 2-3
- 27. May 13, DET (12-15) beat MIL, 6-2
- 28. May 14, DET (13-15) beat NYY, 3-1
- 29. May 15, DET (13-16) lost to NYY, 3-11
- 30. May 16, DET (13-17) lost to NYY, 2-6
- 31. May 18, DET (14-17) beat CLE, 5-3
- 32. May 19, DET (14-18) lost to CLE, 0-6
- 33. May 20, DET (14-19) lost to CLE, 7-9
- 34. May 21, DET (15-19) beat NYY, 3-1
- 35. May 22, DET (15-20) lost to NYY, 8-12
- 36. May 23, DET (16-20) beat NYY, 4-3
- 37. May 26, DET (16-21) lost to BAL, 5-7
- 38. May 27, DET (17-21) beat BAL, 5-1
- 39. May 27, DET (18-21) beat BAL, 10-3
- 40. May 28, DET (19-21) beat TOR, 6-2
- 41. May 29, DET (20-21) beat TOR, 9-8
- 42. May 30, DET (21-21) beat TOR, 8-2
- 43. May 31, DET (22-21) beat TOR, 1-0
- 44. Jun 1, DET (22-22) lost to OAK, 2-3
- 45. Jun 2, DET (23-22) beat OAK, 9-3
- 46. Jun 3, DET (24-22) beat OAK, 2-0
- 47. Jun 4, DET (24-23) lost to SEA, 2-11
- 48. Jun 5, DET (25-23) beat SEA, 3-1
- 49. Jun 6, DET (25-24) lost to SEA, 3-4
- 50. Jun 8, DET (25-25) lost to CAL, 4-6
- 51. Jun 9, DET (25-26) lost to CAL, 1-9
- 52. Jun 10, DET (26-26) beat CAL, 10-7
- 53. Jun 11, DET (27-26) beat OAK, 3-1
- 54. Jun 12, DET (28-26) beat OAK, 9-2
- 55. Jun 13, DET (29-26) beat SEA, 7-3
- 56. Jun 14, DET (29-27) lost to SEA, 2-3
- 57. Jun 15, DET (29-28) lost to CAL, 7-8
- 58. Jun 16, DET (29-29) lost to CAL, 2-4
- 59. Jun 17, DET (30-29) beat CAL, 8-4
- 60. Jun 18, DET (30-30) lost to BOS, 8-9
- 61. Jun 19, DET (31-30) beat BOS, 10-4
- 62. Jun 20, DET (31-31) lost to BOS, 3-13
- 63. Jun 21, DET (31-32) lost to BOS, 2-3
- 64. Jun 22, DET (31-33) lost to BAL, 5-6
- 65. Jun 23, DET (31-34) lost to BAL, 6-8
- 66. Jun 23, DET (31-35) lost to BAL, 5-6
- 67. Jun 24, DET (32-35) beat BAL, 6-4
- 68. Jun 26, DET (33-35) beat BOS, 6-4
- 69. Jun 27, DET (33-36) lost to BOS, 1-3
- 70. Jun 28, DET (34-36) beat BOS, 6-3
- 71. Jun 29, DET (35-36) beat CLE, 8-6
- 72. Jun 30, DET (35-37) lost to CLE, 2-4
- 73. Jul 1, DET (36-37) beat CLE, 10-2
- 74. Jul 2, DET (36-38) lost to CLE, 4-8
- 75. Jul 3, DET (36-39) lost to TOR, 1-9
- 76. Jul 4, DET (36-40) lost to TOR, 6-7
- 77. Jul 5, DET (37-40) beat TOR, 3-2
- 78. Jul 6, DET (38-40) beat MIL, 7-4
- 79. Jul 6, DET (39-40) beat MIL, 5-4
- 80. Jul 7, DET (40-40) beat MIL, 6-3
- 81. Jul 8, DET (40-41) lost to MIL, 4-5
- 82. Jul 8, DET (40-42) lost to MIL, 1-3
- 83. Jul 9, DET (40-43) lost to MIN, 3-5
- 84. Jul 10, DET (41-43) beat MIN, 6-5
- 85. Jul 11, DET (41-44) lost to MIN, 0-3
- 86. Jul 12, DET (42-44) beat CHW, 4-1
- Jul 12, DET @ CHW
- 88. Jul 13, DET (44-44) beat CHW, 3-1
- 89. Jul 14, DET (44-45) lost to CHW, 4-12
- 90. Jul 15, DET (45-45) beat CHW, 14-5
- 91. Jul 19, DET (46-45) beat MIN, 8-3
- 92. Jul 20, DET (46-46) lost to MIN, 6-14
- 93. Jul 21, DET (47-46) beat CHW, 4-2
- 94. Jul 22, DET (48-46) beat CHW, 1-0
- 95. Jul 23, DET (48-47) lost to CHW, 3-11
- 96. Jul 24, DET (48-48) lost to MIL, 4-5
- 97. Jul 25, DET (49-48) beat MIL, 11-2
- 98. Jul 26, DET (50-48) beat MIL, 5-2
- 99. Jul 27, DET (51-48) beat TOR, 4-3
- 100. Jul 28, DET (51-49) lost to TOR, 0-3
- 101. Jul 29, DET (52-49) beat TOR, 5-4
- 102. Jul 30, DET (53-49) beat TEX, 6-4
- 103. Jul 31, DET (53-50) lost to TEX, 3-11
- 104. Aug 1, DET (53-51) lost to TEX, 3-4
- 105. Aug 3, DET (53-52) lost to KCR, 3-5
- 106. Aug 3, DET (54-52) beat KCR, 4-3
- 107. Aug 4, DET (55-52) beat KCR, 5-2
- 108. Aug 5, DET (55-53) lost to KCR, 2-3
- 109. Aug 7, DET (56-53) beat TEX, 3-1
- 110. Aug 7, DET (57-53) beat TEX, 8-2
- 111. Aug 8, DET (57-54) lost to TEX, 9-16
- 112. Aug 8, DET (58-54) beat TEX, 10-4
- 113. Aug 9, DET (59-54) beat TEX, 3-2
- 114. Aug 10, DET (59-55) lost to KCR, 6-7
- 115. Aug 10, DET (59-56) lost to KCR, 3-7
- 116. Aug 11, DET (59-57) lost to KCR, 5-11
- 117. Aug 12, DET (59-58) lost to KCR, 1-7
- 118. Aug 13, DET (60-58) beat CAL, 5-3
- 119. Aug 14, DET (61-58) beat CAL, 6-3
- 120. Aug 15, DET (62-58) beat CAL, 6-1
- 121. Aug 17, DET (63-58) beat SEA, 9-2
- 122. Aug 18, DET (64-58) beat SEA, 7-4
- 123. Aug 19, DET (64-59) lost to SEA, 4-8
- 124. Aug 20, DET (65-59) beat OAK, 7-3
- 125. Aug 21, DET (65-60) lost to OAK, 1-8
- 126. Aug 22, DET (66-60) beat OAK, 3-1
- 127. Aug 24, DET (67-60) beat SEA, 5-2
- 128. Aug 25, DET (67-61) lost to SEA, 4-8
- 129. Aug 26, DET (68-61) beat SEA, 4-3
- 130. Aug 26, DET (69-61) beat SEA, 9-8
- 131. Aug 27, DET (70-61) beat CAL, 3-2
- 132. Aug 28, DET (71-61) beat CAL, 12-2
- 133. Aug 29, DET (72-61) beat CAL, 2-1
- 134. Aug 30, DET (73-61) beat OAK, 8-7
- 135. Aug 31, DET (73-62) lost to OAK, 3-5
- 136. Sep 1, DET (73-63) lost to OAK, 3-6
- 137. Sep 2, DET (73-64) lost to OAK, 4-5
- 138. Sep 3, DET (73-65) lost to CLE, 3-4
- 139. Sep 4, DET (73-66) lost to CLE, 3-5
- 140. Sep 5, DET (74-66) beat CLE, 9-3
- 141. Sep 6, DET (74-67) lost to NYY, 1-3
- 142. Sep 7, DET (75-67) beat NYY, 6-0
- 143. Sep 8, DET (75-68) lost to NYY, 4-5
- 144. Sep 9, DET (76-68) beat NYY, 3-1
- 145. Sep 11, DET (77-68) beat CLE, 14-1
- 146. Sep 12, DET (78-68) beat CLE, 4-1
- 147. Sep 15, DET (79-68) beat NYY, 4-3
- 148. Sep 15, DET (79-69) lost to NYY, 1-7
- 149. Sep 16, DET (80-69) beat NYY, 8-4
- 150. Sep 17, DET (80-70) lost to BAL, 1-2
- 151. Sep 18, DET (81-70) beat BAL, 2-1
- 152. Sep 19, DET (82-70) beat BAL, 5-0
- 153. Sep 20, DET (82-71) lost to BAL, 7-8
- 154. Sep 21, DET (82-72) lost to BOS, 1-4
- 155. Sep 23, DET (82-73) lost to BOS, 1-2
- 156. Sep 23, DET (83-73) beat BOS, 3-2
- 157. Sep 25, DET (84-73) beat BAL, 3-2
- 158. Sep 26, DET (84-74) lost to BAL, 2-13
- 159. Sep 28, DET (84-75) lost to BOS, 4-7
- 160. Sep 29, DET (84-76) lost to BOS, 5-8
- 161. Sep 30, DET (85-76) beat BOS, 5-1
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 | Saturday, Apr 7 | boxscore | DET | TEX | L | 2 | 8 | 0-1 | 5 | 1.5 | Jenkins | Rozema | 2:40 | D | 43,708 | 1.15 | - | ||||
| 2 | Monday, Apr 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | W | 7 | 3 | 1-1 | 4 | 0.5 | Wilcox | Gale | Hiller | 3:02 | N | 18,429 | 1.21 | + | ||
| 3 | Wednesday, Apr 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 3 | 10 | 1-2 | 4 | 1.5 | Rodríguez | Taylor | 2:31 | N | 14,833 | 1.24 | - | |||
| 4 | Friday, Apr 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | L | 4 | 5 | 1-3 | 6 | 2.0 | Kern | Burnside | Lyle | 2:24 | N | 23,095 | 1.21 | -- | ||
| 5 | Saturday, Apr 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | L | 5 | 7 | 1-4 | 6 | 3.0 | Lyle | Baker | 3:04 | N | 30,014 | 1.09 | --- | |||
| 6 | Sunday, Apr 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | W | 11 | 6 | 2-4 | 5 | 3.0 | Burnside | Lyle | 2:50 | D | 19,353 | .98 | + | |||
| 7 | Monday, Apr 16 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 10 | 4 | 3-4 | 4 | 2.5 | Billingham | Gura | Baker | 2:54 | D | 9,457 | 1.03 | ++ | |||
| 8 | Tuesday, Apr 17 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 6 | 3 | 4-4 | 4 | 1.5 | Hiller | Splittorff | 2:35 | D | 15,275 | 1.16 | +++ | ||||
| 9 | Friday, Apr 20 | boxscore | DET | TOR | W | 7 | 2 | 5-4 | 4 | 1.0 | Wilcox | Lemongello | 2:12 | D | 13,617 | 1.43 | ++++ | ||||
| 10 | Saturday, Apr 21 | boxscore | DET | TOR | L | 4 | 5 | 5-5 | 4 | 2.0 | Huffman | Billingham | Freisleben | 2:32 | D | 10,904 | 1.48 | - | |||
| 11 | Sunday, Apr 22 | boxscore | DET | TOR | W | 4 | 1 | 6-5 | 3 | 2.0 | Rozema | Underwood | 1:53 | D | 14,543 | 1.40 | + | ||||
| 12 | Thursday, Apr 26 (1) | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | L | 1 | 5 | 6-6 | 5 | 4.5 | Slaton | Billingham | 2:10 | D | 1.50 | - | 1979-04-25 (Rain) | |||
| 13 | Thursday, Apr 26 (2) | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | L | 5 | 7 | 6-7 | 5 | 4.5 | Cleveland | Baker | Castro | 2:52 | D | 8,839 | 1.39 | -- | ||
| 14 | Friday, Apr 27 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 3 | 5 | 6-8 | 5 | 4.5 | Koosman | Rozema | Marshall | 2:27 | N | 11,262 | 1.00 | --- | |||
| 15 | Saturday, Apr 28 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W | 5 | 3 | 7-8 | 5 | 3.5 | Young | Goltz | Hiller | 2:23 | D | 8,818 | .98 | + | |||
| 16 | Sunday, Apr 29 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 3 | 5 | 7-9 | 5 | 4.5 | Zahn | Wilcox | Marshall | 2:40 | D | 12,577 | 1.03 | - | |||
| Gm# | May | Tm | Opp | W/L | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | Orig. Scheduled | |||
| 17 | Tuesday, May 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 5 | 2 | 8-9 | 5 | 3.5 | Baker | Kravec | Billingham | 2:19 | N | 16,470 | .96 | + | ||
| 18 | Thursday, May 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 6 | 7 | 8-10 | 5 | 4.5 | Marshall | Billingham | 2:56 | N | 4,581 | .99 | - | |||
| 19 | Friday, May 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 6 | 7 | 8-11 | 5 | 5.0 | Marshall | López | 2:47 | N | 5,768 | .90 | -- | |||
| 20 | Saturday, May 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 8 | 4 | 9-11 | 5 | 5.0 | Billingham | Hartzell | 2:47 | D | 15,002 | .82 | + | |||
| 21 | Sunday, May 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 6 | 9 | 9-12 | 5 | 6.0 | Marshall | Hiller | 2:18 | D | 15,235 | .92 | - | |||
| 22 | Monday, May 7 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 5 | 4 | 10-12 | 5 | 5.0 | Taylor | Trout | 2:26 | N | 13,921 | .78 | + | ||||
| 23 | Tuesday, May 8 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 10 | 8 | 11-12 | 5 | 5.0 | Billingham | Scarbery | 2:57 | N | 13,769 | .85 | ++ | ||||
| 24 | Wednesday, May 9 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 4 | 5 | 11-13 | 5 | 5.0 | Baumgarten | Wilcox | Kravec | 2:52 | N | 13,167 | .90 | - | |||
| 25 | Friday, May 11 | boxscore | DET | MIL | L | 1 | 5 | 11-14 | 5 | 6.5 | Sorensen | Fidrych | 2:00 | N | 42,563 | 1.02 | -- | ||||
| 26 | Saturday, May 12 | boxscore | DET | MIL | L | 2 | 3 | 11-15 | 5 | 7.5 | Augustine | Taylor | McClure | 2:32 | D | 19,801 | .87 | --- | |||
| 27 | Sunday, May 13 | boxscore | DET | MIL | W | 6 | 2 | 12-15 | 5 | 7.0 | Morris | Haas | Billingham | 2:26 | D | 12,162 | .69 | + | |||
| 28 | Monday, May 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 3 | 1 | 13-15 | 5 | 6.5 | Wilcox | Figueroa | 2:31 | N | 15,650 | .72 | ++ | |||
| 29 | Tuesday, May 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 3 | 11 | 13-16 | 5 | 7.0 | John | Baker | 2:15 | N | 18,876 | .82 | - | |||
| 30 | Wednesday, May 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 2 | 6 | 13-17 | 5 | 7.5 | Guidry | Fidrych | 1:59 | N | 43,843 | .72 | -- | |||
| 31 | Friday, May 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 5 | 3 | 14-17 | 5 | 7.0 | Hiller | Monge | 2:43 | N | 10,452 | .60 | + | |||
| 32 | Saturday, May 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 0 | 6 | 14-18 | 5 | 8.0 | Waits | Morris | 2:12 | D | 7,229 | .66 | - | |||
| 33 | Sunday, May 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L-wo | 7 | 9 | 14-19 | 5 | 9.0 | Spillner | Hiller | 2:55 | D | 11,571 | .64 | -- | |||
| 34 | Monday, May 21 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 3 | 1 | 15-19 | 5 | 8.5 | Billingham | Guidry | 2:03 | N | 26,153 | .56 | + | ||||
| 35 | Tuesday, May 22 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 8 | 12 | 15-20 | 5 | 8.5 | Tiant | Fidrych | 3:03 | N | 33,497 | .65 | - | ||||
| 36 | Wednesday, May 23 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W-wo | 4 | 3 | 16-20 | 5 | 8.5 | Hiller | Clay | 2:30 | N | 21,671 | .57 | + | ||||
| 37 | Saturday, May 26 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 5 | 7 | 16 | 16-21 | 6 | 10.0 | Stewart | Hiller | 5:17 | D | 14,583 | .69 | - | |||
| 38 | Sunday, May 27 (1) | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 5 | 1 | 17-21 | 5 | 8.0 | Billingham | McGregor | 2:17 | D | .57 | + | |||||
| 39 | Sunday, May 27 (2) | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 10 | 3 | 18-21 | 5 | 8.0 | Rozema | Stone | 2:35 | D | 27,425 | .69 | ++ | ||||
| 40 | Monday, May 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | W | 6 | 2 | 19-21 | 5 | 7.0 | Morris | Lemanczyk | 2:06 | N | 10,740 | .59 | +++ | |||
| 41 | Tuesday, May 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | W | 9 | 8 | 20-21 | 5 | 7.0 | Tobik | Buskey | Hiller | 3:03 | N | 11,449 | .67 | ++++ | ||
| 42 | Wednesday, May 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | W | 8 | 2 | 21-21 | 5 | 6.0 | Wilcox | Huffman | 2:23 | N | 21,359 | .73 | +++++ | |||
| 43 | Thursday, May 31 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | W | 1 | 0 | 22-21 | 5 | 5.5 | Underwood | Underwood | Hiller | 1:52 | N | 12,423 | .90 | ++++++ | ||
| Gm# | June | Tm | Opp | W/L | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | Orig. Scheduled | |||
| 44 | Friday, Jun 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L-wo | 2 | 3 | 22-22 | 5 | 5.5 | McCatty | Hiller | 2:10 | N | 2,731 | .96 | - | |||
| 45 | Saturday, Jun 2 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | W | 9 | 3 | 23-22 | 5 | 5.5 | Morris | Minetto | Tobik | 2:41 | D | 3,420 | .89 | + | ||
| 46 | Sunday, Jun 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | W | 2 | 0 | 24-22 | 5 | 4.5 | Rozema | Johnson | 2:14 | D | 4,030 | .96 | ++ | |||
| 47 | Monday, Jun 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | L | 2 | 11 | 24-23 | 5 | 5.5 | Honeycutt | Wilcox | 2:11 | N | 5,529 | 1.11 | - | |||
| 48 | Tuesday, Jun 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | W | 3 | 1 | 25-23 | 5 | 4.5 | Billingham | Abbott | Hiller | 2:07 | N | 6,156 | .92 | + | ||
| 49 | Wednesday, Jun 6 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | L | 3 | 4 | 25-24 | 5 | 5.5 | Bannister | Morris | McLaughlin | 2:13 | N | 6,382 | 1.00 | - | ||
| 50 | Friday, Jun 8 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | L | 4 | 6 | 25-25 | 5 | 7.0 | Aase | Wilcox | Clear | 2:23 | N | 28,298 | .90 | -- | ||
| 51 | Saturday, Jun 9 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | L | 1 | 9 | 25-26 | 5 | 8.0 | Ryan | Rozema | 2:41 | N | 36,499 | .73 | --- | |||
| 52 | Sunday, Jun 10 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | W | 10 | 7 | 26-26 | 5 | 8.0 | Arroyo | Tanana | Hiller | 2:39 | D | 30,229 | .61 | + | ||
| 53 | Monday, Jun 11 | boxscore | DET | OAK | W | 3 | 1 | 27-26 | 5 | 8.0 | Morris | McCatty | 2:36 | N | 15,625 | .67 | ++ | ||||
| 54 | Tuesday, Jun 12 | boxscore | DET | OAK | W | 9 | 2 | 28-26 | 5 | 7.0 | Underwood | Minetto | 2:20 | N | 16,278 | .65 | +++ | ||||
| 55 | Wednesday, Jun 13 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 7 | 3 | 29-26 | 5 | 7.0 | Wilcox | Parrott | Hiller | 2:30 | N | 16,113 | .80 | ++++ | |||
| 56 | Thursday, Jun 14 | boxscore | DET | SEA | L | 2 | 3 | 29-27 | 5 | 7.5 | Rawley | Hiller | McLaughlin | 2:36 | N | 21,957 | .74 | - | |||
| 57 | Friday, Jun 15 | boxscore | DET | CAL | L | 7 | 8 | 29-28 | 5 | 8.5 | Clear | Tobik | 2:48 | N | 41,151 | .66 | -- | ||||
| 58 | Saturday, Jun 16 | boxscore | DET | CAL | L | 2 | 4 | 29-29 | 6 | 9.0 | Frost | Morris | LaRoche | 2:40 | D | 39,240 | .56 | --- | |||
| 59 | Sunday, Jun 17 | boxscore | DET | CAL | W | 8 | 4 | 30-29 | 5 | 9.0 | López | Aase | 2:43 | D | 32,744 | .46 | + | ||||
| 60 | Monday, Jun 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 8 | 9 | 30-30 | 5 | 10.0 | Drago | Arroyo | Campbell | 3:30 | N | 29,533 | .68 | - | ||
| 61 | Tuesday, Jun 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 10 | 4 | 14 | 31-30 | 5 | 10.0 | López | Stanley | 4:35 | N | 34,153 | .51 | + | ||
| 62 | Wednesday, Jun 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 3 | 13 | 31-31 | 5 | 11.0 | Torrez | Baker | 2:38 | N | 34,035 | .59 | - | |||
| 63 | Thursday, Jun 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 2 | 3 | 31-32 | 5 | 11.5 | Eckersley | Morris | 2:20 | N | 34,316 | .44 | -- | |||
| 64 | Friday, Jun 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L-wo | 5 | 6 | 31-33 | 5 | 12.5 | Martinez | Tobik | 2:46 | N | 35,456 | .42 | --- | |||
| 65 | Saturday, Jun 23 (1) | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L-wo | 6 | 8 | 31-34 | 5 | 14.5 | Martinez | Hiller | 2:46 | N | .30 | ---- | ||||
| 66 | Saturday, Jun 23 (2) | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 5 | 6 | 31-35 | 5 | 14.5 | Stewart | Billingham | 2:37 | N | 45,814 | .23 | ----- | |||
| 67 | Sunday, Jun 24 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 6 | 4 | 32-35 | 5 | 13.5 | López | Martínez | 3:05 | D | 41,200 | .14 | + | |||
| 68 | Tuesday, Jun 26 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 6 | 4 | 33-35 | 5 | 14.0 | Morris | Campbell | 2:32 | N | 36,247 | .14 | ++ | ||||
| 69 | Wednesday, Jun 27 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 1 | 3 | 33-36 | 5 | 15.0 | Stanley | Tobik | 2:39 | N | 32,381 | .16 | - | ||||
| 70 | Thursday, Jun 28 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 6 | 3 | 34-36 | 5 | 14.0 | Billingham | Renko | López | 2:22 | N | 32,755 | .09 | + | |||
| 71 | Friday, Jun 29 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 8 | 6 | 35-36 | 5 | 14.5 | Wilcox | Cruz | Tobik | 2:44 | N | 20,289 | .10 | ++ | |||
| 72 | Saturday, Jun 30 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 2 | 4 | 35-37 | 5 | 15.5 | Clyde | Young | Monge | 2:28 | D | 27,104 | .10 | - | |||
| Gm# | July | Tm | Opp | W/L | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | Orig. Scheduled | |||
| 73 | Sunday, Jul 1 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 10 | 2 | 36-37 | 5 | 15.5 | Morris | Barker | 2:38 | D | 20,121 | .07 | + | ||||
| 74 | Monday, Jul 2 | boxscore | DET | CLE | L | 4 | 8 | 11 | 36-38 | 5 | 15.5 | Cruz | López | 3:28 | N | 20,990 | .06 | - | |||
| 75 | Tuesday, Jul 3 | boxscore | DET | TOR | L | 1 | 9 | 36-39 | 5 | 15.5 | Moore | Billingham | 2:18 | N | 20,885 | .05 | -- | ||||
| 76 | Wednesday, Jul 4 | boxscore | DET | TOR | L | 6 | 7 | 11 | 36-40 | 5 | 15.5 | Buskey | Tobik | 2:50 | N | 13,772 | .05 | --- | |||
| 77 | Thursday, Jul 5 | boxscore | DET | TOR | W | 3 | 2 | 37-40 | 5 | 15.0 | Young | Huffman | López | 2:21 | N | 13,199 | .03 | + | |||
| 78 | Friday, Jul 6 (1) | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | W | 7 | 4 | 38-40 | 5 | 13.5 | Morris | Haas | López | 2:55 | N | .06 | ++ | 1979-04-24 (Rain) | ||
| 79 | Friday, Jul 6 (2) | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | W | 5 | 4 | 39-40 | 5 | 13.5 | Wilcox | Slaton | Tobik | 2:45 | N | 54,630 | .06 | +++ | ||
| 80 | Saturday, Jul 7 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | W | 6 | 3 | 40-40 | 5 | 12.5 | Underwood | Mitchell | López | 2:55 | D | 33,265 | .12 | ++++ | ||
| 81 | Sunday, Jul 8 (1) | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | L | 4 | 5 | 40-41 | 5 | 14.0 | Caldwell | Hiller | 2:44 | D | .13 | - | ||||
| 82 | Sunday, Jul 8 (2) | boxscore | DET | @ | MIL | L | 1 | 3 | 40-42 | 5 | 14.0 | Travers | Petry | 2:15 | D | 39,141 | .10 | -- | |||
| 83 | Monday, Jul 9 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 3 | 5 | 40-43 | 5 | 15.0 | Koosman | Baker | Marshall | 2:24 | N | 15,742 | .05 | --- | |||
| 84 | Tuesday, Jul 10 | boxscore | DET | MIN | W-wo | 6 | 5 | 41-43 | 5 | 14.0 | López | Marshall | 2:49 | N | 17,747 | .04 | + | ||||
| 85 | Wednesday, Jul 11 | boxscore | DET | MIN | L | 0 | 3 | 41-44 | 5 | 15.0 | Jackson | Morris | Redfern | 2:35 | N | 16,180 | .05 | - | |||
| 86 | Thursday, Jul 12 (1) | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 4 | 1 | 42-44 | 5 | 14.0 | Underwood | Howard | López | 2:38 | D | 47,795 | .02 | + | 1979-05-02 (Rain) | |
| 87 | Thursday, Jul 12 (2) | DET | @ | CHW | W *V | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43-44 | 5 | 14.0 | N | .03 | ++ | |||||||
| 88 | Friday, Jul 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 3 | 1 | 44-44 | 5 | 13.0 | Petry | Kravec | 2:55 | N | 27,587 | .06 | +++ | |||
| 89 | Saturday, Jul 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | L | 4 | 12 | 44-45 | 5 | 14.0 | Baumgarten | Baker | 2:54 | N | 23,887 | .06 | - | |||
| 90 | Sunday, Jul 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | CHW | W | 14 | 5 | 45-45 | 5 | 14.0 | Morris | Wortham | 2:53 | D | 25,873 | .04 | + | |||
| 91 | Thursday, Jul 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | W | 8 | 3 | 46-45 | 5 | 13.5 | Underwood | Koosman | 2:45 | N | 17,391 | .05 | ++ | |||
| 92 | Friday, Jul 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | MIN | L | 6 | 14 | 46-46 | 5 | 14.5 | Serum | Young | 2:30 | N | 14,509 | .04 | - | |||
| 93 | Saturday, Jul 21 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 4 | 2 | 47-46 | 5 | 14.5 | Petry | Baumgarten | López | 2:52 | N | 37,596 | .03 | + | |||
| 94 | Sunday, Jul 22 | boxscore | DET | CHW | W | 1 | 0 | 48-46 | 5 | 14.5 | Wilcox | Scarbery | López | 2:00 | D | 27,461 | .03 | ++ | |||
| 95 | Monday, Jul 23 | boxscore | DET | CHW | L | 3 | 11 | 48-47 | 5 | 15.5 | Trout | Baker | Farmer | 3:03 | N | 21,436 | .02 | - | |||
| 96 | Tuesday, Jul 24 | boxscore | DET | MIL | L | 4 | 5 | 48-48 | 5 | 17.0 | Travers | Underwood | Galasso | 2:18 | N | 20,630 | .02 | -- | |||
| 97 | Wednesday, Jul 25 | boxscore | DET | MIL | W | 11 | 2 | 49-48 | 5 | 16.0 | Morris | Slaton | 2:37 | N | 17,858 | .01 | + | ||||
| 98 | Thursday, Jul 26 | boxscore | DET | MIL | W | 5 | 2 | 50-48 | 5 | 16.0 | Petry | Haas | 2:32 | N | 24,079 | .01 | ++ | ||||
| 99 | Friday, Jul 27 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | W | 4 | 3 | 11 | 51-48 | 5 | 16.0 | López | Buskey | 3:12 | N | 23,814 | .01 | +++ | ||
| 100 | Saturday, Jul 28 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | L | 0 | 3 | 51-49 | 5 | 16.0 | Lemanczyk | Robbins | 1:57 | N | 30,131 | .01 | - | |||
| 101 | Sunday, Jul 29 | boxscore | DET | @ | TOR | W | 5 | 4 | 52-49 | 5 | 16.0 | Underwood | Clancy | López | 2:55 | D | 33,824 | .01 | + | ||
| 102 | Monday, Jul 30 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | W | 6 | 4 | 53-49 | 5 | 16.0 | Hiller | Darwin | López | 2:40 | N | 14,297 | .01 | ++ | ||
| 103 | Tuesday, Jul 31 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | L | 3 | 11 | 53-50 | 5 | 17.0 | Medich | Petry | 2:45 | N | 12,218 | .02 | - | |||
| Gm# | August | Tm | Opp | W/L | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | Orig. Scheduled | |||
| 104 | Wednesday, Aug 1 | boxscore | DET | @ | TEX | L | 3 | 4 | 53-51 | 5 | 18.0 | Comer | Wilcox | Kern | 2:16 | N | 13,803 | .01 | -- | ||
| 105 | Friday, Aug 3 (1) | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 3 | 5 | 53-52 | 5 | 18.5 | Busby | Underwood | Hrabosky | 2:42 | N | .01 | --- | ||||
| 106 | Friday, Aug 3 (2) | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 4 | 3 | 54-52 | 5 | 18.5 | López | Mingori | 2:18 | N | 43,047 | .01 | + | ||||
| 107 | Saturday, Aug 4 | boxscore | DET | KCR | W | 5 | 2 | 55-52 | 5 | 18.5 | Chris | Gura | Hiller | 2:28 | D | 39,402 | .01 | ++ | |||
| 108 | Sunday, Aug 5 | boxscore | DET | KCR | L | 2 | 3 | 55-53 | 5 | 18.5 | Leonard | Petry | Quisenberry | 3:09 | D | 28,703 | .00 | - | |||
| 109 | Tuesday, Aug 7 (1) | boxscore | DET | TEX | W-wo | 3 | 1 | 56-53 | 5 | 16.5 | Wilcox | Kern | 2:25 | N | .00 | + | 1979-04-05 (Rain) | ||||
| 110 | Tuesday, Aug 7 (2) | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 8 | 2 | 57-53 | 5 | 16.5 | Billingham | Rajsich | López | 2:27 | N | 27,009 | .00 | ++ | |||
| 111 | Wednesday, Aug 8 (1) | boxscore | DET | TEX | L | 9 | 16 | 57-54 | 5 | 16.0 | Jenkins | Underwood | 3:00 | N | .00 | - | 1979-04-08 (Cold) | ||||
| 112 | Wednesday, Aug 8 (2) | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 10 | 4 | 58-54 | 5 | 16.0 | Robbins | Johnson | 2:44 | N | 28,619 | .00 | + | ||||
| 113 | Thursday, Aug 9 | boxscore | DET | TEX | W | 3 | 2 | 59-54 | 5 | 16.0 | Chris | Medich | López | 2:29 | N | 23,663 | .01 | ++ | |||
| 114 | Friday, Aug 10 (1) | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L-wo | 6 | 7 | 59-55 | 5 | 17.5 | Quisenberry | López | 3:06 | N | .01 | - | 1979-04-10 (Rain) | |||
| 115 | Friday, Aug 10 (2) | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 3 | 7 | 59-56 | 5 | 17.5 | Leonard | Underwood | Quisenberry | 2:17 | N | 37,012 | .00 | -- | ||
| 116 | Saturday, Aug 11 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 5 | 11 | 59-57 | 5 | 18.0 | Splittorff | Billingham | 2:34 | N | 40,255 | .00 | --- | |||
| 117 | Sunday, Aug 12 | boxscore | DET | @ | KCR | L | 1 | 7 | 59-58 | 5 | 18.5 | Chamberlain | Wilcox | 2:27 | D | 32,671 | .00 | ---- | |||
| 118 | Monday, Aug 13 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | W | 5 | 3 | 60-58 | 5 | 17.5 | Morris | Ryan | López | 2:37 | N | 34,032 | .00 | + | ||
| 119 | Tuesday, Aug 14 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | W | 6 | 3 | 61-58 | 5 | 17.5 | Robbins | Aase | Billingham | 2:24 | N | 29,465 | .00 | ++ | ||
| 120 | Wednesday, Aug 15 | boxscore | DET | @ | CAL | W | 6 | 1 | 62-58 | 5 | 17.5 | Petry | Barr | 2:37 | N | 31,885 | .00 | +++ | |||
| 121 | Friday, Aug 17 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | W | 9 | 2 | 63-58 | 5 | 16.0 | Wilcox | Honeycutt | Hiller | 2:51 | N | 11,074 | .00 | ++++ | ||
| 122 | Saturday, Aug 18 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | W | 7 | 4 | 64-58 | 5 | 16.0 | Morris | Dressler | 2:28 | N | 14,049 | .00 | +++++ | |||
| 123 | Sunday, Aug 19 | boxscore | DET | @ | SEA | L | 4 | 8 | 64-59 | 5 | 16.0 | Bannister | Robbins | 2:50 | N | 7,262 | .00 | - | |||
| 124 | Monday, Aug 20 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | W | 7 | 3 | 65-59 | 5 | 16.0 | Petry | Heaverlo | 2:48 | N | 5,171 | .00 | + | |||
| 125 | Tuesday, Aug 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | L | 1 | 8 | 65-60 | 5 | 16.0 | Kingman | Chris | 2:11 | N | 1,563 | .00 | - | |||
| 126 | Wednesday, Aug 22 | boxscore | DET | @ | OAK | W | 3 | 1 | 66-60 | 5 | 15.5 | Wilcox | McCatty | López | 2:38 | D | 2,609 | .00 | + | ||
| 127 | Friday, Aug 24 | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 5 | 2 | 67-60 | 5 | 15.5 | Morris | Bannister | López | 2:46 | N | 26,068 | .00 | ++ | |||
| 128 | Saturday, Aug 25 | boxscore | DET | SEA | L | 4 | 8 | 67-61 | 5 | 16.0 | Parrott | Petry | 2:12 | D | 28,770 | .00 | - | ||||
| 129 | Sunday, Aug 26 (1) | boxscore | DET | SEA | W-wo | 4 | 3 | 10 | 68-61 | 5 | 16.0 | López | McLaughlin | 2:47 | D | .00 | + | ||||
| 130 | Sunday, Aug 26 (2) | boxscore | DET | SEA | W | 9 | 8 | 69-61 | 5 | 16.0 | Tobik | Stein | 2:46 | D | 31,770 | .00 | ++ | ||||
| 131 | Monday, Aug 27 | boxscore | DET | CAL | W | 3 | 2 | 70-61 | 5 | 15.5 | Billingham | Barr | López | 2:27 | N | 22,874 | .00 | +++ | |||
| 132 | Tuesday, Aug 28 | boxscore | DET | CAL | W | 12 | 2 | 71-61 | 5 | 15.0 | Robbins | Aase | 2:29 | N | 19,178 | .00 | ++++ | ||||
| 133 | Wednesday, Aug 29 | boxscore | DET | CAL | W | 2 | 1 | 72-61 | 5 | 15.5 | Morris | Frost | López | 2:37 | N | 19,880 | .00 | +++++ | |||
| 134 | Thursday, Aug 30 | boxscore | DET | OAK | W | 8 | 7 | 73-61 | 4 | 15.5 | Tobik | Minetto | 2:50 | N | 12,870 | .00 | ++++++ | ||||
| 135 | Friday, Aug 31 | boxscore | DET | OAK | L | 3 | 5 | 73-62 | 5 | 15.5 | Kingman | Tobik | Hamilton | 2:47 | N | 18,454 | .00 | - | |||
| Gm# | September | Tm | Opp | W/L | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | Orig. Scheduled | |||
| 136 | Saturday, Sep 1 | boxscore | DET | OAK | L | 3 | 6 | 10 | 73-63 | 5 | 15.5 | McCatty | López | Hamilton | 2:48 | D | 15,235 | .00 | -- | ||
| 137 | Sunday, Sep 2 | boxscore | DET | OAK | L | 4 | 5 | 73-64 | 5 | 16.5 | Langford | Robbins | 2:25 | D | 14,379 | .00 | --- | ||||
| 138 | Monday, Sep 3 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 3 | 4 | 73-65 | 5 | 18.0 | Wise | Morris | 2:25 | D | 9,095 | .00 | ---- | |||
| 139 | Tuesday, Sep 4 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | L | 3 | 5 | 73-66 | 5 | 18.5 | Barker | Petry | Monge | 2:08 | N | 4,824 | .00 | ----- | ||
| 140 | Wednesday, Sep 5 | boxscore | DET | @ | CLE | W | 9 | 3 | 74-66 | 5 | 18.0 | López | Cruz | 3:11 | N | 5,172 | .00 | + | |||
| 141 | Thursday, Sep 6 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L &V | 1 | 3 | 10 | 74-67 | 5 | 19.0 | Gossage | Wilcox | 2:54 | N | 19,196 | .00 | - | |||
| 142 | Friday, Sep 7 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 6 | 0 | 75-67 | 5 | 19.0 | Billingham | Clay | 2:20 | N | 28,943 | .00 | + | ||||
| 143 | Saturday, Sep 8 | boxscore | DET | NYY | L | 4 | 5 | 75-68 | 5 | 20.0 | Guidry | Morris | Gossage | 2:16 | N | 30,069 | .00 | - | |||
| 144 | Sunday, Sep 9 | boxscore | DET | NYY | W | 3 | 1 | 76-68 | 5 | 20.0 | Chris | John | López | 2:06 | D | 30,836 | .00 | + | |||
| 145 | Tuesday, Sep 11 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 14 | 1 | 77-68 | 5 | 18.5 | Rozema | Spillner | 2:52 | N | 7,983 | .00 | ++ | ||||
| 146 | Wednesday, Sep 12 | boxscore | DET | CLE | W | 4 | 1 | 78-68 | 5 | 17.5 | Wilcox | Waits | López | 2:28 | N | 8,517 | .00 | +++ | |||
| 147 | Saturday, Sep 15 (1) | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 4 | 3 | 79-68 | 5 | 18.0 | Morris | John | López | 2:21 | D | .00 | ++++ | 1979-09-14 (Rain) | ||
| 148 | Saturday, Sep 15 (2) | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | L | 1 | 7 | 79-69 | 5 | 18.0 | Davis | Chris | Kaat | 2:15 | D | 30,050 | .00 | - | ||
| 149 | Sunday, Sep 16 | boxscore | DET | @ | NYY | W | 8 | 4 | 12 | 80-69 | 5 | 18.0 | López | Gossage | 3:31 | D | 40,192 | .00 | + | ||
| 150 | Monday, Sep 17 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 1 | 2 | 80-70 | 5 | 19.0 | McGregor | Wilcox | 2:28 | N | 12,918 | .00 | - | ||||
| 151 | Tuesday, Sep 18 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 2 | 1 | 81-70 | 4 | 18.0 | Petry | Flanagan | López | 2:09 | N | 13,586 | .00 | + | |||
| 152 | Wednesday, Sep 19 | boxscore | DET | BAL | W | 5 | 0 | 82-70 | 4 | 17.0 | Morris | Martínez | 2:18 | N | 12,573 | .00 | ++ | ||||
| 153 | Thursday, Sep 20 | boxscore | DET | BAL | L | 7 | 8 | 82-71 | 4 | 18.0 | Martinez | Billingham | Stanhouse | 3:32 | N | 10,024 | .00 | - | 1979-05-25 (Rain) | ||
| 154 | Friday, Sep 21 | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 1 | 4 | 7 | 82-72 | 4 | 18.5 | Tudor | Rozema | 1:45 | N | 24,802 | .00 | -- | ||
| 155 | Sunday, Sep 23 (1) | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | L | 1 | 2 | 82-73 | 5 | 18.0 | Eckersley | Wilcox | 2:17 | D | .00 | --- | 1979-09-22 (Rain) | |||
| 156 | Sunday, Sep 23 (2) | boxscore | DET | @ | BOS | W | 3 | 2 | 10 | 83-73 | 5 | 18.0 | López | Torrez | 2:36 | D | 31,871 | .00 | + | ||
| 157 | Tuesday, Sep 25 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | W | 3 | 2 | 84-73 | 5 | 17.0 | Morris | Martinez | López | 2:40 | N | 12,543 | .00 | ++ | ||
| 158 | Wednesday, Sep 26 | boxscore | DET | @ | BAL | L | 2 | 13 | 84-74 | 5 | 18.0 | McGregor | Chris | 2:27 | N | 17,205 | .00 | - | |||
| 159 | Friday, Sep 28 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 4 | 7 | 84-75 | 5 | 19.0 | Torrez | Wilcox | Burgmeier | 2:35 | N | 17,846 | .00 | -- | |||
| 160 | Saturday, Sep 29 | boxscore | DET | BOS | L | 5 | 8 | 84-76 | 5 | 19.0 | Renko | López | Drago | 2:42 | D | 19,907 | .00 | --- | |||
| 161 | Sunday, Sep 30 | boxscore | DET | BOS | W | 5 | 1 | 85-76 | 5 | 18.0 | Morris | Stanley | 2:01 | D | 20,167 | .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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