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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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