Cincinnati Reds vs Detroit Tigers All-Time Record

Interleague
Cincinnati Reds
Detroit Tigers
Series tied 27-27 since 1940

Retrosheet history through 2025, plus 3 final games from the current feed.

2026 season series: Reds lead 2-1

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At a glance

All-time since 1940 · current-feed analysis, 2002 to 2026

Cincinnati Reds vs Detroit Tigers insights

Current-feed record
+1wins for Tigers
51% Tigers · 49% Reds

The split has held steady across the schedule change: 6-6 since 2023.

Recent form
9-11last 20

Tigers won 8-3 on Apr 26, 2026

Where it matters
0Postseason games

No postseason meetings since 2002.

Schedule context
  • Tigers built the series lead before the 2023 schedule change, taking 12 of 23 decided meetings (52%).
  • Since the schedule balanced out they are 6-6, or 50% to Tigers.

Reds vs Tigers postseason head-to-head record

Cincinnati Reds and Detroit Tigers have met 54 times since 1940, 7 times in the postseason. The playoff games are included in the all-time total, not added on top of it.

Postseason record
Reds 4-3
7 postseason games since 1940
Playoff share
13.0%
Share of all meetings
Regular season
47
Recorded non-postseason meetings
Win Percentage
17W
18W
CIN
DET
49%51%
Cincinnati RedsDetroit Tigers

Recent Games

Last 10 Games
Apr 26
CIN 3-8 DET
DET
Apr 25
CIN 9-2 DET
CIN
Apr 24
CIN 9-8 DET
CIN
Jun 15
DET 4-8 CIN
CIN
Jun 14
DET 1-11 CIN
CIN
Jun 13
DET 11-5 CIN
DET
Jul 7
CIN 1-5 DET
DET
Jul 6
CIN 3-5 DET
DET
Jul 5
CIN 4-5 DET
DET
Sep 14
DET 8-2 CIN
DET
Last Meeting
Apr 26, 2026Final
CIN
3
HOME
DET
8
AWAY
Tigerswon by5runs
Snapped Reds' streak·Game 35 since 2002
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
Detroit Tigers won the most recent meeting
1
Avg. Margin of Victory
Games decided by 3.5 runs on average
3.5runs
Momentum (Last 10 vs Archive since 2002)
CIN-Neutral
Last 1040%
Archive since 200248.6%
DET-Neutral
Last 1060%
Archive since 200251.4%
Last 10 Results
CIN / DET

Record since 2002

Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs Postseason record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season35 games
17
18
No postseason meetings appear since 2002.
Cincinnati Reds Biggest Win
11–1+10 runs
Jun 14, 2025
Detroit Tigers Biggest Win
15–5+10 runs
Sep 3, 2021
Decade Breakdown
Choose a decade to scope the current-feed page
Season by Season
Season ↓CIN ↕DET ↕Games ↕
2026213
2025213
2024033
2023213
2021123
2020336
2018224
2015314
2012123
2006123
Home / Away Split
9-10CIN HOME8-8DET HOME
AWAY
8-8
CIN
AWAY
10-9
DET
Retrosheet archiveComplete through 2025

Cincinnati Reds vs Detroit Tigers all-time record, 1940 to 2025

Explore how this matchup changed by decade, where each lineup produced its runs, and the games that pushed the rivalry record book. This archive is a separate source window from the current-feed sections above, which start in 2002.

Games
51
Peak inning
4
Record game
20 runs
Two source windows. Current-feed sections: 35 games from 2006 to 2026. History Lab: 51 Retrosheet games from 1940 to 2025. The first refreshes with current finals; Retrosheet's published archive currently ends in 2025.

Decade balance

Select an era to inspect pace, scoring and attendance.

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Open source archive

Betting Context

Betting context since 2002

How this pairing has settled: run margins, totals and break-even prices derived from its historical record. These are final-score frequencies, not results against a closing line. We do not hold historical sportsbook prices for these games.

Small sample: 35 decided meetings, under the 50 we treat as the floor for a stable rate. Read the figures below as description, not a forecast. Interleague pairs meet in short bursts, so a single series can move any percentage here by several points.

One-run games
34.3%

Share of the 35 decided meetings settled by exactly one run.

Won by 2 or more
65.7%

A 2+ run margin crosses 1.5, but this is not a historical line result. Average gap: 3.5.

Average total
9.8runs

Final-score average without accounting for park, bullpen or weather.

Home side wins
48.6%

Share of decided meetings won by the listed home team.

Totals ladder

Where the combined score landed against the half-run lines a book normally posts. Half runs cannot push, so every meeting falls on one side.

LineOverUnderOver rate
7.52411
68.6%
8.52114
60%
9.5Closest to even1916
54.3%

Fair price from the base rate

The decimal price that corresponds exactly to each club's win share in this archive. It describes the record and does not estimate the next game.

Detroit Tigers
18 W · 51.4%1.94
Cincinnati Reds
17 W · 48.6%2.06

A base rate is not a forecast. Starting pitchers, lineups, injuries and venue all matter more to a single game than a multi-season head-to-head record.

Last 20 meetings vs full history

One-run games
30%vs 34.3% full archive
-4.3% in the last 20
Won by 2 or more
70%vs 65.7% full archive
+4.3% in the last 20
Average total
10.1 runsvs 9.8 runs full archive
+0.3 runs in the last 20

Seasons 2020 to 2026. The comparison shows whether the last 20 final scores differ from the longer archive, without assigning a cause or predicting what comes next.

View the break-even percentages in another odds format with the odds converter, or compare current prices for Tigers and Reds in the oddsmatcher.

Questions about this record: Cincinnati Reds vs Detroit Tigers

What is the Cincinnati Reds vs Detroit Tigers postseason record?

The postseason subset contains 7 games: Cincinnati Reds have 4 wins and Detroit Tigers have 3 wins. Those games are already included in the complete series from 1940 through 2026.

How do recent Cincinnati Reds vs Detroit Tigers results compare with the complete record?

Detroit Tigers have won 6 of the latest 10 decided meetings. The complete decided record is tied 27-27. The recent window is a subset of the complete series from 1940 through 2026, so the page reports the two separately.

When did the Cincinnati Reds and Detroit Tigers first play each other?

The Retrosheet archive's first recorded meeting for this pairing is Oct 2, 1940, when Detroit Tigers won 7-2 away to Cincinnati Reds. The archive covers 51 meetings from 1940 through 2025. The current feed starts in 2002 and is reported separately.

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Methodology & Data Sources

Current MLB game logs come from the balldontlie API and cover the 2002 season onward. Scores and schedule anomalies are checked against the official MLB Stats API. Spring training is excluded, while results from earlier franchise identities are merged into the current club.

The all-time record and the History Lab use Retrosheet game logs through 2025, with inning lines, team totals, attendance, duration and ballpark fields when available. Final games after 2025 come from the current feed, and every section built on that feed alone is labeled as starting in 2002.

The betting context summarizes completed final scores only. It contains no sportsbook closing lines and summarizes only completed games. Report a possible error through our contact page with the matchup and game date.

Read the full H2H data methodology →

Last updated Sources: balldontlie, MLB Stats API, Retrosheet

Cincinnati Reds and Detroit Tigers have met 35 times in this archive, which covers the 2006 season onward.