Recently had read about the Mets All-Time Top 10 WAR leaders and through recent research over who should be in the Detroit Tigers Hall of Fame (vote here), I’ve decided to expand the top-10 to other categories as well. Some may surprise you, while others won’t….
As for WAR or averages, these guys can’t have played just a season or two in Detroit, I’ll include them at a minimum of 5 seasons.
Detroit Tigers Top 10 WAR
- Ty Cobb, OF – 151
- Al Kaline, OF – 92.5
- Charlie Gehringer, 2B – 80.6
- Sam Crawford, OF – 75.1
- Lou Whitaker, 2B – 74.9
- Harry Heilmann, OF – 72.1
- Alan Trammell, SS – 70.4
- Miguel Cabrera, 1B – 64.7*
- Hank Greenberg, 1B 57.5
- Chet Lemon, OF – 55.5
Tigers Top 10 Career Batting Average (min 3000 AB)
- Ty Cobb, OF – .369
- Harry Heilmann, OF – .342
- Miguel Cabrera, 1B – .326*
- George Kell, 3B – .325
- Charlie Gehringer, 2B – .320
- Hank Greenberg, 1B – .319
- Gee Walker, OF – .317
- Harvey Kuenn, SS – .314
- Magglio Ordonez, OF – .312
- Bobby Veach, OF – .311
Tigers Top 10 Career Runs Scored
- Ty Cobb, OF – 2,087
- Charlie Gehringer, 2B – 1,775
- Al Kaline, OF – 1,622
- Lou Whitaker, 2B – 1,386
- Donie Bush, SS – 1,242
- Alan Trammell, SS – 1,231
- Harry Heilmann, OF – 1,209
- Sam Crawford, OF – 1,115
- Norm Cash, 1B – 1,028
- Hank Greenberg, 1B – 980
Tigers Top 10 Career Hits
- Ty Cobb, OF – 3,902
- Al Kaline, OF – 3,007
- Charlie Gehringer, 2B – 2,839
- Harry Heilmann, OF – 2,499
- Sam Crawford, OF – 2,466
- Lou Whitaker, 2B – 2,369
- Alan Trammell, SS – 2,365
- Bobby Veach, OF – 1,859
- Norm Cash, 1B – 1,793
- Donie Bush, 1,745
Tigers Top 10 Career Doubles
- Ty Cobb, OF – 664
- Charlie Gehringer, 2B – 574
- Al Kaline, OF – 498
- Harry Heilmann, OF – 497
- Lou Whitaker, 2B – 420
- Alan Trammell, SS – 412
- Sam Crawford, OF – 402
- Hank Greenberg, 1B – 366
- Bobby Veach, OF – 345
- Miguel Cabrera, 1B – 309*
Tigers Top 10 Career Triples
- Ty Cobb, OF – 286
- Sam Crawford, OF – 249
- Charlie Gehringer, 2B – 146
- Harry Heilmann, OF – 145
- Bobby Veach, OF – 136
- Al Kaline, OF – 75
- Donie Bush, SS – 73
- Dick McAuliffe, 2B – 70
- Hank Greenber, 1B – 69
- Lu Blue, 1B – 65
Tigers Top 10 Career Home Runs
- Al Kaline, OF – 399
- Norm Cash, 1B – 373
- Hank Greenberg, 1B – 306
- Miguel Cabrera, 1B – 270*
- Willie Horton, OF – 262
- Cecil Fielder, 1B – 245
- Lou Whitaker, 2B – 244
- Rudy York, 1B – 239
- Lance Parrish, C – 212
- Bill Freehan, C – 200
Tigers Top 10 Career Runs Batted In
- Ty Cobb, OF – 1,805
- Al Kaline, OF – 1,583
- Harry Heilmann, OF – 1,442
- Charlie Gehringer, 2B – 1,427
- Sam Crawford, OF – 1,264
- Hank Greenberg, 1B – 1,202
- Norm Cash, 1B -1,087
- Lou Whitaker, 2B – 1,084
- Bobby Veach, OF – 1,042
- Alan Trammell, SS – 1,003
Tigers Top 10 Career Base on Balls
- Al Kaline, OF – 1,277
- Lou Whitaker, 2B – 1,197
- Charlie Gehringer, 2B – 1,186
- Ty Cobb, OF – 1,148
- Donie Bush, SS – 1,125
- Norm Cash, 1B – 1,025
- Alan Trammell, SS – 850
- Dick McAuliffe, 2B – 842
- Harry Heilmann, OF – 792
- Hank Greenberg, 1B – 748
Tigers Top 10 Career Stolen Bases
- Ty Cobb, OF – 865
- Donie Bush, SS – 400
- Sam Crawford, OF – 317
- Ron Leflore, OF – 294
- Alan Trammell, SS – 236
- Kirk Gibson, OF – 194
- George Moriarty, 3B – 190
- Bobby Veach, OF – 189
- Charlie Gehringer, 2B – 181
- Lou Whitaker, 2B – 143
Tigers Top 10 Career OPS (On-Base % + Slugging %) (Min 3000 AB)
- Hank Greenberg, 1B – 1.028
- Miguel Cabrera, 1B – .980*
- Ty Cobb, OF – .951
- Harry Heilmann, OF – .927
- Charlie Gehringer, 2B – .884
- Rudy York, 1B – .873
- Norm Cash, 1B – .865
- Al Kaline, OF – .855
- Cecil Fielder, 1B – .849
- Magglio Ordonez, OF – .849
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Boy…Ty Cobb sure did pad those stats by only playing with white guys!
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Ha, no doubt. What I was shocked at, was Lou Whitaker and a lot of the categories that he popped up in.
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