List of Detroit Tigers Opening Day starting pitchers
Pitchers

List of Detroit Tigers Opening Day starting pitchers

Section Title: Pitchers
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Season	Pitcher	Decision	Final score	Opponent	Location	Ref.

1901	Roscoe Miller	(W)	14–13	Milwaukee Brewers	Bennett Park

1902	Roscoe Miller (2)	(L)	2–12	Chicago White Sox	South Side Park

1903	George Mullin	(W)	4–2	Cleveland Indians	Bennett Park

1904	George Mullin (2)	(W)	7–2	St. Louis Browns	Sportsman's Park

1905	George Mullin (3)	(L)	2–6	Cleveland Indians	League Park

1906	George Mullin (4)	(L)	3–5	Chicago White Sox	Bennett Park

1907**	George Mullin (5)	(W)	2–0	Cleveland Indians	Bennett Park

1908**	Ed Siever	(L)	8–15	Chicago White Sox	South Side Park

1909**	George Mullin (6)	(W)	2–0	Chicago White Sox	Bennett Park

1910	George Mullin (7)	(L)	7–9	Cleveland Indians	Bennett Park

1911	George Mullin (8)	(W)	4–2	Chicago White Sox	Bennett Park

1912	George Mullin (9)	(L)	2–3	Cleveland Indians	League Park

1913	George Mullin (10)	(L)	1–3	St. Louis Browns	Sportsman's Park

1914	Jean Dubuc	(W)	3–2	St. Louis Browns	Navin Field

1915	Harry Coveleski	(L)	1–5	Cleveland Indians	Navin Field

1916	Harry Coveleski (2)	(W)	4–0	Chicago White Sox	Comiskey Park

1917	Bill James	(L)	4–6	Cleveland Indians	Navin Field

1918	Bernie Boland	(L)	2–6	Cleveland Indians	League Park

1919	Howard Ehmke	(W)	4–2	Cleveland Indians	League Park

1920	Hooks Dauss	(L)	2–3	Chicago White Sox	Comiskey Park

1921	Dutch Leonard	ND (W)	6–5	Chicago White Sox	Navin Field

1922	Red Oldham	(L)	4–7	Cleveland Indians	League Park

1923	Rip Collins	ND (W)	9–6	St. Louis Browns	Sportsman's Park

1924	Hooks Dauss (2)	W	4–3	Cleveland Indians	Navin Field

1925	Dutch Leonard (2)	W	4–3	Chicago White Sox	Navin Field

1926	Earl Whitehill	L	1–2	Cleveland Indians	Navin Field

1927	Earl Whitehill (2)	T	2–2	St. Louis Browns	Sportsman's Park

1928	Josh Billings	(L)	1–4	St. Louis Browns	Navin Field

1929	Earl Whitehill (3)	(L)	4–5	Cleveland Indians	League Park

1930	George Uhle	W	6–3	St. Louis Browns	Navin Field

1931	Earl Whitehill (4)	(L)	3–7	St. Louis Browns	Sportsman's Park

1932	Vic Sorrell	(L)	5–6	Cleveland Indians	Navin Field

1933	Tommy Bridges	(L)	1–4	Cleveland Indians	Navin Field

1934**	Firpo Marberry	W	8–3	Chicago White Sox	Comiskey Park

1935†	Schoolboy Rowe	(L)	6–7	Chicago White Sox	Navin Field

1936	Schoolboy Rowe (2)	W	3–0	Cleveland Indians	Cleveland Stadium

1937	Elden Auker	W	4–3	Cleveland Indians	Navin Field

1938	Roxie Lawson	(L)	3–4	Chicago White Sox	Comiskey Park

1939	Tommy Bridges (2)	W	6–1	Chicago White Sox	Briggs Stadium

1940**	Bobo Newsom	(L)	1–4	St. Louis Browns	Briggs Stadium

1941	Bobo Newsom (2)	(L)	1–8	St. Louis Browns	Sportsman's Park

1942	Al Benton	(L)	2–5	Cleveland Indians	Briggs Stadium

1943	Tommy Bridges (3)	(L)	0–1	Cleveland Indians	Cleveland Stadium

1944	Dizzy Trout	(L)	1–2	St. Louis Browns	Briggs Stadium

1945†	Hal Newhouser	(L)	1–7	St. Louis Browns	Sportsman's Park

1946	Hal Newhouser (2)	W	2–1	St. Louis Browns	Briggs Stadium

1947	Hal Newhouser (3)	W	7–0	St. Louis Browns	Sportsman's Park

1948	Hal Newhouser (4)	W	5–2	Chicago White Sox	Comiskey Park

1949	Hal Newhouser (5)	W	5–1	Chicago White Sox	Briggs Stadium

1950	Fred Hutchinson	ND (W)	7–6	Cleveland Indians	Cleveland Stadium

1951	Hal Newhouser (6)	(L)	1–2	Cleveland Indians	Briggs Stadium

1952	Dizzy Trout (2)	(L)	0–3	St. Louis Browns	Briggs Stadium

1953	Ned Garver	(L)	0–10	St. Louis Browns	Sportsman's Park

1954	Steve Gromek	W	3–0	Baltimore Orioles	Briggs Stadium

1955	Ned Garver (2)	L	2–6	Kansas City Athletics	Municipal Stadium

1956	Frank Lary	L	1–2	Kansas City Athletics	Briggs Stadium

1957	Frank Lary (2)	L	1–2	Kansas City Athletics	Municipal Stadium

1958	Jim Bunning	W	4–3	Chicago White Sox	Comiskey Park

1959	Jim Bunning (2)	ND (L)	7–9	Chicago White Sox	Briggs Stadium

1960	Frank Lary (3)	ND (W)	4–2	Cleveland Indians	Cleveland Stadium

1961	Jim Bunning (3)	L	5–9	Cleveland Indians	Tiger Stadium

1962	Don Mossi	L	1–4	Washington Senators	Robert F. Kennedy Stadium

1963	Jim Bunning (4)	L	5–7	Chicago White Sox	Tiger Stadium

1964	Phil Regan	W	7–3	Kansas City Athletics	Tiger Stadium

1965	Mickey Lolich	W	6–2	Kansas City Athletics	Municipal Stadium

1966	Mickey Lolich (2)	W	2–1	New York Yankees	Yankee Stadium

1967	Denny McLain	L	2–5	California Angels	Anaheim Stadium

1968†	Earl Wilson	L	3–7	Boston Red Sox	Tiger Stadium

1969	Denny McLain (2)	W	6–2	Cleveland Indians	Tiger Stadium

1970	Mickey Lolich (3)	W	5–0	Washington Senators	Robert F. Kennedy Stadium

1971	Mickey Lolich (4)	W	8–2	Cleveland Indians	Tiger Stadium

1972*	Mickey Lolich (5)	W	3–2	Boston Red Sox	Tiger Stadium

1973	Mickey Lolich (6)	L	1–2	Cleveland Indians	Cleveland Stadium

1974	Mickey Lolich (7)	L	2–3	Baltimore Orioles	Memorial Stadium

1975	Joe Coleman	L	0–10	Baltimore Orioles	Tiger Stadium

1976	Joe Coleman (2)	W	3–1	Cleveland Indians	Cleveland Stadium

1977	Dave Roberts	L	7–2	Kansas City Royals	Tiger Stadium

1978	Mark Fidrych	W	6–2	Toronto Blue Jays	Tiger Stadium

1979	Dave Rozema	L	2–8	Texas Rangers	Tiger Stadium

1980	Jack Morris	W	5–1	Kansas City Royals	Kauffman Stadium

1981	Jack Morris (2)	W	6–2	Toronto Blue Jays	Tiger Stadium

1982	Jack Morris (3)	L	2–4	Kansas City Royals	Kauffman Stadium

1983	Jack Morris (4)	W	11–3	Minnesota Twins	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

1984†	Jack Morris (5)	W	8–1	Minnesota Twins	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

1985	Jack Morris (6)	W	5–4	Cleveland Indians	Tiger Stadium

1986	Jack Morris (7)	W	6–5	Boston Red Sox	Tiger Stadium

1987*	Jack Morris (8)	L	1–2	New York Yankees	Tiger Stadium

1988	Jack Morris (9)	W	5–3	Boston Red Sox	Fenway Park

1989	Jack Morris (10)	L	0–4	Texas Rangers	Arlington Stadium

1990	Jack Morris (11)	L	2–5	Boston Red Sox	Fenway Park

1991	Frank Tanana	ND (W)	6–4	New York Yankees	Tiger Stadium

1992	Bill Gullickson	L	2–4	Toronto Blue Jays	Tiger Stadium

1993	Mike Moore	L	4–9	Oakland Athletics	Oakland Coliseum

1994	Mike Moore (2)	ND (L)	8–9	Boston Red Sox	Fenway Park

1995	Mike Moore (3)	W	5–4	California Angels	Angel Stadium

1996	Felipe Lira	L	6–8	Minnesota Twins	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

1997	Doug Brocail	ND (L)	5–7	Minnesota Twins	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

1998	Justin Thompson	W	11–6	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	Tropicana Field

1999	Brian Moehler	W	11–5	Texas Rangers	Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

2000	Hideo Nomo	W	7–4	Oakland Athletics	Oakland Coliseum

2001	Jeff Weaver	L	2–3	Minnesota Twins	Comerica Park

2002	Jeff Weaver (2)	ND (L)	5–9	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	Tropicana Field

2003	Mike Maroth	L	1–3	Minnesota Twins	Comerica Park

2004	Jason Johnson	W	7–0	Toronto Blue Jays	SkyDome

2005	Jeremy Bonderman	W	11–2	Kansas City Royals	Comerica Park

2006**	Kenny Rogers	W	3–1	Kansas City Royals	Kauffman Stadium

2007	Jeremy Bonderman (2)	ND (L)	3–5	Toronto Blue Jays	Comerica Park

2008	Justin Verlander	ND (L)	4–5	Kansas City Royals	Comerica Park

2009	Justin Verlander (2)	L	5–12	Toronto Blue Jays	SkyDome

2010	Justin Verlander (3)	ND (W)	8–4	Kansas City Royals	Kauffman Stadium

2011*	Justin Verlander (4)	ND (L)	3–6	New York Yankees	Yankee Stadium

2012**	Justin Verlander (5)	ND (W)	3–2	Boston Red Sox	Comerica Park

2013*	Justin Verlander (6)	W	3–2	Minnesota Twins	Target Field

2014*	Justin Verlander (7)	ND (W)	3–2	Kansas City Royals	Comerica Park

2015	David Price	W	4–0	Minnesota Twins	Comerica Park

2016	Justin Verlander (8)	ND (W)	8–7	Miami Marlins	Marlins Park

2017	Justin Verlander (9)	(W)	6–3	Chicago White Sox	Guaranteed Rate Field

2018	Jordan Zimmermann	ND (L)	10–13	Pittsburgh Pirates	Comerica Park

2019	Jordan Zimmermann (2)	ND (W)	2–0	Toronto Blue Jays	Rogers Centre

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Billings was the Tigers Opening Day starting pitcher in 1928.

final_sentence: Billings was the Tigers Opening Day starting pitcher in 1928.