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Who won the most games against the Detroit Tigers?

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Overall records
ANA ARI ATL BAL BOS CHA CHN CIN CLE COL DET FLO HOU KCA LAN
MIL MIN NYA NYN OAK PHI PIT SDN SEA SFN SLN TBA TEX TOR WAS

Most wins, career

60 Lefty Grove (5/15/19259/10/1940
44 Red Ruffing (8/11/19256/22/1946
41 Bob Feller (9/27/19368/19/1954[g1]
40 Red Faber (5/7/19198/29/1931
40 Early Wynn (7/15/19429/3/1960
38 Sad Sam Jones (7/23/19199/28/1935[g1]
34 Ted Lyons (9/2/1924[g2]8/4/1942
28 Wes Ferrell (4/19/19297/20/1938
28 Waite Hoyt (7/31/19197/15/1931[g1]
28 Bob Lemon (8/5/19474/29/1956[g2]
28 Herb Pennock (6/6/19197/9/1932[g1]
28 Jack Quinn (6/11/19197/23/1930
28 Luis Tiant (8/2/1964[g2]5/22/1979
26 Roger Clemens (8/6/1984[g2]8/18/2007
25 Lefty Gomez (5/10/19307/13/1942
24 Bobo Newsom (9/23/1934[g1]8/31/1953[g2]
23 Clint Brown (4/21/19308/11/1940[g2]
23 Mel Harder (6/1/19304/28/1944
23 Camilo Pascual (6/25/19564/28/1969
23 Rube Walberg (6/9/19259/13/1936

Most wins, relief

10 Gary Bell (8/14/19585/26/1966
10 Johnny Murphy (9/15/19356/23/1946
9 Sparky Lyle (5/4/19694/14/1979
9 Wilcy Moore (7/8/1927[g2]8/29/1933
8 Garland Braxton (6/9/19269/28/1930
8 Clint Brown (7/31/1934[g1]8/11/1940[g2]
8 Rich Gossage (7/15/19745/15/1991
8 Joe Heving (5/31/1937[g2]6/15/1944
8 Lindy McDaniel (4/11/19696/9/1975
8 Al Worthington (9/4/1960[g2]9/7/1968

Most wins, 1910s

1919
4 Eddie Cicotte
4 Walter Johnson
4 George Mogridge
4 Lefty Williams
3 Jim Bagby
3 Herb Pennock
3 Bob Shawkey
3 Allen Sothoron
3 Hank Thormahlen

Most wins, 1920s

1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
35 Red Faber
26 Waite Hoyt
26 Jack Quinn
23 Sad Sam Jones
21 Herb Pennock
20 Tom Zachary
19 Eddie Rommel
19 George Uhle

Most wins, 1930s

1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
43 Lefty Grove
29 Red Ruffing
24 Lefty Gomez
23 Wes Ferrell
22 Clint Brown
15 Johnny Allen
14 Mel Harder
14 Oral Hildebrand
14 Sad Sam Jones
14 Rube Walberg

Most wins, 1940s

1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
18 Bob Feller
15 Dutch Leonard
14 Tex Hughson
14 Jack Kramer
13 Dave Ferriss
12 Sid Hudson
12 Phil Marchildon
12 Nels Potter
12 Allie Reynolds

Most wins, 1950s

1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
29 Early Wynn
22 Bob Lemon
15 Mike Garcia
15 Billy Pierce
14 Tom Brewer
14 Tom Morgan
14 Willard Nixon
14 Bobby Shantz
14 Frank Sullivan

Most wins, 1960s

1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
15 Dave McNally
15 Camilo Pascual
15 Gary Peters
13 Dean Chance
13 Whitey Ford
13 Jim Perry
12 Sam McDowell
12 Bill Monbouquette

Most wins, 1970s

1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
17 Jim Palmer
17 Luis Tiant
12 Doyle Alexander
12 Nolan Ryan
11 Vida Blue
11 Rudy May
11 Gaylord Perry
11 Wilbur Wood

Most wins, 1980s

1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
13 Mike Flanagan
12 Bret Saberhagen
12 Dave Stieb
11 Dennis Lamp
10 Floyd Bannister
10 Ron Guidry
8 Frank Viola
8 Mike Witt

Most wins, 1990s

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
16 Scott Erickson
16 Charles Nagy
15 Mike Mussina
14 Roger Clemens
13 David Cone
11 Kevin Appier
10 Chuck Finley
10 Pat Hentgen

Most wins, 2000s

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
16 Mark Buehrle
16 Brad Radke
15 Freddy Garcia
15 CC Sabathia
13 Jon Garland
11 Zack Greinke
11 Johan Santana
10 Paul Byrd
10 Tim Wakefield

Fewest days to win 8 games

373 Jim Bagby (4/19/1920-4/26/1921)
374 Dave Ferriss (7/4/1945[g1]-7/12/1946)
378 Lefty Grove (6/15/1930-6/27/1931)
379 Joe Dobson (5/10/1952-5/23/1953)
379 Lefty Grove (6/11/1935[g1]-6/23/1936)

Fewest days to win 7 games

139 Waite Hoyt (5/15/1928, 6/3/1928, 7/11/1928[g2], 7/26/1928[g1], 8/25/1928[g2], 9/27/1928[g1], 9/30/1928
328 Dave Ferriss (9/10/1945[g1]-8/3/1946)
335 Carl Mays (6/10/1920-5/10/1921)
346 Lefty Grove (6/24/1937-6/4/1938)
351 Dave McNally (7/20/1968-7/5/1969)

Fewest days to win 6 games

95 Dave Ferriss (5/1/1946, 5/19/1946[g1], 6/9/1946[g2], 6/26/1946[g2], 7/12/1946, 8/3/1946
96 Carl Mays (6/10/1920, 7/10/1920, 7/11/1920, 8/7/1920, 8/23/1920, 9/13/1920
118 Red Ruffing (5/2/1939, 5/25/1939, 6/4/1939, 6/17/1939, 7/14/1939, 8/27/1939
120 Waite Hoyt (6/3/1928, 7/11/1928[g2], 7/26/1928[g1], 8/25/1928[g2], 9/27/1928[g1], 9/30/1928
131 Sid Hudson (5/7/1941, 5/13/1941, 6/15/1941[g1], 7/22/1941, 8/21/1941[g2], 9/14/1941
132 Lefty Grove (5/1/1930, 6/15/1930, 7/1/1930, 7/20/1930, 8/20/1930, 9/9/1930
136 Waite Hoyt (5/15/1928, 6/3/1928, 7/11/1928[g2], 7/26/1928[g1], 8/25/1928[g2], 9/27/1928[g1]
142 Red Faber (4/16/1922, 4/29/1922, 5/7/1922, 7/1/1922, 8/31/1922, 9/4/1922[g1]
142 Thornton Lee (5/10/1941, 5/25/1941, 7/4/1941[g1], 8/14/1941[g1], 9/20/1941, 9/28/1941
164 Bob Feller (4/21/1939, 4/29/1939, 6/27/1939, 7/3/1939, 9/22/1939, 10/1/1939[g1]
167 Jim Bagby (4/19/1920, 5/2/1920, 5/31/1920[g2], 7/3/1920, 9/5/1920, 10/2/1920
172 George Uhle (4/13/1922, 5/27/1922, 6/1/1922, 6/4/1922, 8/13/1922, 10/1/1922

Fewest days to win 5 games

62 George Earnshaw (6/1/1929, 7/19/1929, 7/21/1929, 7/30/1929, 8/1/1929
66 Carl Mays (7/10/1920, 7/11/1920, 8/7/1920, 8/23/1920, 9/13/1920
73 Dave Ferriss (5/1/1946, 5/19/1946[g1], 6/9/1946[g2], 6/26/1946[g2], 7/12/1946
74 Red Ruffing (5/2/1939, 5/25/1939, 6/4/1939, 6/17/1939, 7/14/1939
75 Carl Mays (6/10/1920, 7/10/1920, 7/11/1920, 8/7/1920, 8/23/1920

Fewest days to win 4 games

14 George Earnshaw (7/19/1929, 7/21/1929, 7/30/1929, 8/1/1929
34 Herb Pennock (7/14/1920[g1], 7/14/1920[g2], 8/3/1920, 8/16/1920
37 Vic Frazier (8/1/1931, 8/4/1931, 8/30/1931, 9/6/1931
39 George Brunet (5/29/1966, 6/4/1966, 6/29/1966, 7/6/1966
44 General Crowder (8/4/1932, 8/6/1932, 8/27/1932, 9/16/1932

Fewest days to win 3 games

4 Mike Marshall (5/3/1979, 5/4/1979, 5/6/1979
9 George Uhle (5/27/1922, 6/1/1922, 6/4/1922
12 George Earnshaw (7/19/1929, 7/21/1929, 7/30/1929
12 George Earnshaw (7/21/1929, 7/30/1929, 8/1/1929
17 Luis Arroyo (9/1/1961, 9/3/1961, 9/17/1961

Fewest days to win 2 games

1 Jim Coates (5/14/1961[g1], 5/14/1961[g2]
1 Mike Naymick (6/17/1943[g1], 6/17/1943[g2]
1 Herb Pennock (7/14/1920[g1], 7/14/1920[g2]
1 Eddie Rommel (7/11/1922[g1], 7/11/1922[g2]
2 Jim Bagby (4/25/1921, 4/26/1921
2 Jim Bagby (8/5/1938, 8/6/1938
2 Gary Bell (7/4/1959[g2], 7/5/1959
2 Charlie Bishop (6/3/1953, 6/4/1953[g2]
2 Jackie Brown (7/21/1973, 7/22/1973
2 Danny Darwin (7/9/1982[g1], 7/10/1982[g1]
2 Dennis Eckersley (8/30/1991, 8/31/1991
2 Bob Grim (7/27/1957, 7/28/1957[g2]
2 Joe Heving (5/10/1942[g2], 5/11/1942
2 Grant Jackson (9/30/1974, 10/1/1974
2 Benn Karr (8/18/1921[g1], 8/19/1921[g1]
2 Terry Leach (9/8/1992[g2], 9/9/1992
2 Braden Looper (6/18/2004, 6/19/2004
2 Mike Marshall (5/3/1979, 5/4/1979
2 Tippy Martinez (6/22/1979, 6/23/1979[g1]
2 Carl Mays (7/10/1920, 7/11/1920
2 Don Mossi (5/14/1958, 5/15/1958
2 Jim Perry (7/11/1959, 7/12/1959[g2]
2 Jose Santiago (9/18/1967, 9/19/1967
2 Sherry Smith (7/4/1923[g1], 7/5/1923
2 Marlin Stuart (4/18/1953[g1], 4/19/1953
2 John Wasdin (5/31/1999, 6/1/1999
2 Sam Zoldak (9/8/1948, 9/9/1948

Longest drought between wins

5213 Al Benton (5/8/19358/16/1949
4361 Mike Morgan (4/28/19874/7/1999
4282 Julian Tavarez (8/25/19955/17/2007[g1]
4007 Ken Brett (9/3/19708/24/1981
3985 Bob Tewksbury (9/28/19868/27/1997
3714 Nolan Ryan (6/9/19798/10/1989
3678 Paul Mirabella (8/8/19789/3/1988
3614 Jim Wilson (7/12/19456/5/1955[g2]
3569 Dennis Martinez (9/12/19846/22/1994
3497 Mark Eichhorn (9/23/19864/21/1996

Includes all games played between 1919 and 2010.
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