Cleveland Guardians vs Detroit Tigers All-Time Record

AL Central rivalry
Cleveland Guardians
Detroit Tigers
Guardians lead Tigers1,177to1,171·12 tiessince 1901

Retrosheet history through 2025, plus 13 final games from the current feed.

2026 season series: Guardians lead 10-3

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At a glance

All-time since 1901 · current-feed analysis, 2002 to 2026

Cleveland Guardians vs Detroit Tigers insights

Current-feed record
+39wins for Guardians
54% Guardians · 46% Tigers

The split has held steady across the schedule change: 33-27 since 2023.

Recent form
14-6last 20

Guardians won 3-2 on Sep 6, 2026

Where it matters
8Postseason games

8 postseason games across 2 postseasons since 2002.

Schedule context
  • Guardians built the series lead before the 2023 schedule change, taking 207 of 381 decided meetings (54%).
  • Since the schedule balanced out they are 33-27, or 55% to Guardians.

Guardians vs Tigers postseason head-to-head record

Cleveland Guardians and Detroit Tigers have met 2,360 times since 1901, 8 times in the postseason. The playoff games are included in the all-time total, not added on top of it.

Postseason record
4-4
8 postseason games since 1901
Playoff share
0.3%
Share of all meetings
Regular season
2,352
Recorded non-postseason meetings
Win Percentage
240W
201W
CLE
DET
54%46%
Cleveland GuardiansDetroit Tigers

Recent Games

Last 10 Games
Sep 6
CLE 3-2 DET
CLE
Sep 5
CLE 0-6 DET
DET
Sep 4
CLE 7-6 DET
CLE
Sep 4
CLE 4-3 DET
CLE
Aug 13
DET 3-0 CLE
DET
Aug 12
DET 4-6 CLE
CLE
Aug 11
DET 6-4 CLE
DET
Jun 13
CLE 3-1 DET
CLE
Jun 12
CLE 3-2 DET
CLE
May 21
DET 1-3 CLE
CLE
Last Meeting
Sep 6, 2026Final
CLE
3
HOME
DET
2
AWAY
Guardianswon by1run
Snapped Tigers' streak·Game 441 since 2002
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
Cleveland Guardians won the most recent meeting
1
Avg. Margin of Victory
Games decided by 3.6 runs on average
3.6runs
Momentum (Last 10 vs Archive since 2002)
CLE↑Trending Up
Last 1070%
Archive since 200254.4%
DET↓Trending Down
Last 1030%
Archive since 200245.6%
Last 10 Results
CLE / DET

Record since 2002

Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs Postseason record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season433 games
236
197
Postseason8 games
4
4
Cleveland Guardians Biggest Win
15–0+15 runs
Sep 15, 2018
Detroit Tigers Biggest Win
17–3+14 runs
Apr 23, 2004
Decade Breakdown
Choose a decade to scope the current-feed page
Season by Season
Season ↓CLE ↕DET ↕Games ↕
202610313
20259716
202410818
20234913
202210919
202112719
20207310
201918119
201813619
201713619
201614418
201571118
201481119
201341519
201210818
201161218
20109918
200941418
200811718
200712618
200661319
200512618
200491019
200312719
200210919

All 25 seasons are shown in the table above.

Home / Away Split
124-97CLE HOME104-116DET HOME
AWAY
116-104
CLE
AWAY
97-124
DET
Retrosheet archiveComplete through 2025

Cleveland Guardians vs Detroit Tigers all-time record, 1901 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
2,347
Peak inning
1
Record game
31 runs
Two source windows. Current-feed sections: 441 games from 2002 to 2026. History Lab: 2,347 Retrosheet games from 1901 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.

One-run games
24%

Share of the 441 decided meetings settled by exactly one run.

Won by 2 or more
76%

A 2+ run margin crosses 1.5, but this is not a historical line result. Average gap: 3.6.

Average total
9.1runs

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

Home side wins
51.7%

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
7.5255186
57.8%
8.5Closest to even231210
52.4%
9.5193248
43.8%

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.

Cleveland Guardians
240 W · 54.4%1.84
Detroit Tigers
201 W · 45.6%2.19

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
35%vs 24% full archive
+11% in the last 20
Won by 2 or more
65%vs 76% full archive
-11% in the last 20
Average total
6.6 runsvs 9.1 runs full archive
-2.5 runs in the last 20

Seasons 2025 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 Guardians and Tigers in the oddsmatcher.

Questions about this record: Cleveland Guardians vs Detroit Tigers

How is the Cleveland Guardians vs Detroit Tigers meeting total counted?

The complete series from 1901 through 2026 contains 2,360 recorded meetings. 2,348 meetings have a winner; 12 meetings ended tied and remain separate. This is why the meeting total can exceed the two win totals combined.

What is the Cleveland Guardians vs Detroit Tigers postseason record?

The postseason subset contains 8 games: Cleveland Guardians have 4 wins and Detroit Tigers have 4 wins. Those games are already included in the complete series from 1901 through 2026.

How do recent Cleveland Guardians vs Detroit Tigers results compare with the complete record?

Cleveland Guardians have won 7 of the latest 10 decided meetings. Cleveland Guardians lead the decided record 1177-1171. The recent window is a subset of the complete series from 1901 through 2026, so the page reports the two 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.

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Last updated Sources: balldontlie, MLB Stats API, Retrosheet

Cleveland Guardians and Detroit Tigers have met 441 times in this archive, which covers the 2002 season onward.