Cleveland Guardians vs Detroit Tigers H2H Record

AL Central rivalry
Cleveland Guardians
Detroit Tigers
Guardians lead Tigers239to200since 2002

Current-feed record from 2002 through 2026.

2026 season series: Guardians lead 9-2

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At a glance

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: 32-26 since 2023.

Recent form
15-5last 20
Guardians on a 2-game streak

Guardians won 4-3 on Sep 4, 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 32-26, or 55% to Guardians.

Guardians vs Tigers postseason head-to-head record

Cleveland Guardians and Detroit Tigers have a verified postseason subset inside the current-feed record. The playoff games are included in the overall total, not added on top of it.

Postseason record
4-4
8 postseason games since 2002
Playoff share
1.8%
Share of recorded meetings in this feed
Regular season
431
Recorded non-postseason meetings
Win Percentage
239W
200W
CLE
DET
54%46%
Cleveland GuardiansDetroit Tigers

Recent Games

Last 10 Games
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
May 20
DET 2-3 CLE
CLE
May 19
DET 3-4 CLE
CLE
Last Meeting
Sep 4, 2026Final
CLE
7
HOME
DET
6
AWAY
Guardianswon by1run
Guardians' 2nd straight in this series·Game 439 since 2002
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
Cleveland Guardians: 2 consecutive wins
2
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 1080%
Archive since 200254.4%
DET↓Trending Down
Last 1020%
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 Season431 games
235
196
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 ↕
20269211
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
123-96CLE HOME104-116DET HOME
AWAY
116-104
CLE
AWAY
96-123
DET

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
23.9%

Share of the 439 decided meetings settled by exactly one run.

Won by 2 or more
76.1%

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
7.5255184
58.1%
8.5Closest to even231208
52.6%
9.5193246
44%

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
239 W · 54.4%1.84
Detroit Tigers
200 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
30%vs 23.9% full archive
+6.1% in the last 20
Won by 2 or more
70%vs 76.1% full archive
-6.1% in the last 20
Average total
6.8 runsvs 9.1 runs full archive
-2.3 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

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 current-feed record since 2002.

How do recent Cleveland Guardians vs Detroit Tigers results compare with the record since 2002?

Cleveland Guardians have won 8 of the latest 10 decided meetings. Cleveland Guardians lead the decided record 239-200. The recent window is a subset of the current-feed record since 2002, 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 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

Cleveland Guardians and Detroit Tigers have met 439 times in this archive, which covers the 2002 season onward.