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

1. Ty Cobb, OF – 151
2. Al Kaline, OF – 92.5
3. Charlie Gehringer, 2B – 80.6
4. Sam Crawford, OF – 75.1
5. Lou Whitaker, 2B – 74.9
6. Harry Heilmann, OF – 72.1
7. Alan Trammell, SS – 70.4
8. Miguel Cabrera, 1B – 64.7*
9. Hank Greenberg, 1B 57.5
10. Chet Lemon, OF – 55.5

Tigers Top 10 Career Batting Average (min 3000 AB)

1. Ty Cobb, OF – .369
2. Harry Heilmann, OF – .342
3. Miguel Cabrera, 1B – .326*
4. George Kell, 3B – .325
5. Charlie Gehringer, 2B – .320
6. Hank Greenberg, 1B – .319
7. Gee Walker, OF – .317
8. Harvey Kuenn, SS – .314
9. Magglio Ordonez, OF – .312
10. Bobby Veach, OF – .311

Tigers Top 10 Career Runs Scored

1. Ty Cobb, OF – 2,087
2. Charlie Gehringer, 2B – 1,775
3. Al Kaline, OF – 1,622
4. Lou Whitaker, 2B – 1,386
5. Donie Bush, SS – 1,242
6. Alan Trammell, SS – 1,231
7. Harry Heilmann, OF – 1,209
8. Sam Crawford, OF – 1,115
9. Norm Cash, 1B – 1,028
10. Hank Greenberg, 1B – 980

Tigers Top 10 Career Hits

1. Ty Cobb, OF – 3,902
2. Al Kaline, OF – 3,007
3. Charlie Gehringer, 2B – 2,839
4. Harry Heilmann, OF – 2,499
5. Sam Crawford, OF – 2,466
6. Lou Whitaker, 2B – 2,369
7. Alan Trammell, SS – 2,365
8. Bobby Veach, OF – 1,859
9. Norm Cash, 1B – 1,793
10. Donie Bush, 1,745

Tigers Top 10 Career Doubles

1. Ty Cobb, OF – 664
2. Charlie Gehringer, 2B – 574
3. Al Kaline, OF – 498
4. Harry Heilmann, OF – 497
5. Lou Whitaker, 2B – 420
6. Alan Trammell, SS – 412
7. Sam Crawford, OF – 402
8. Hank Greenberg, 1B – 366
9. Bobby Veach, OF – 345
10. Miguel Cabrera, 1B – 309*

Tigers Top 10 Career Triples

1. Ty Cobb, OF – 286
2. Sam Crawford, OF – 249
3. Charlie Gehringer, 2B – 146
4. Harry Heilmann, OF – 145
5. Bobby Veach, OF – 136
6. Al Kaline, OF – 75
7. Donie Bush, SS – 73
8. Dick McAuliffe, 2B – 70
9. Hank Greenber, 1B – 69
10. Lu Blue, 1B – 65

Tigers Top 10 Career Home Runs

1. Al Kaline, OF – 399
2. Norm Cash, 1B – 373
3. Hank Greenberg, 1B – 306
4. Miguel Cabrera, 1B – 270*
5. Willie Horton, OF – 262
6. Cecil Fielder, 1B – 245
7. Lou Whitaker, 2B – 244
8. Rudy York, 1B – 239
9. Lance Parrish, C – 212
10. Bill Freehan, C – 200

Tigers Top 10 Career Runs Batted In

1. Ty Cobb, OF – 1,805
2. Al Kaline, OF – 1,583
3. Harry Heilmann, OF – 1,442
4. Charlie Gehringer, 2B – 1,427
5. Sam Crawford, OF – 1,264
6. Hank Greenberg, 1B – 1,202
7. Norm Cash, 1B -1,087
8. Lou Whitaker, 2B – 1,084
9. Bobby Veach, OF – 1,042
10. Alan Trammell, SS – 1,003

Tigers Top 10 Career Base on Balls

1. Al Kaline, OF – 1,277
2. Lou Whitaker, 2B – 1,197
3. Charlie Gehringer, 2B – 1,186
4. Ty Cobb, OF – 1,148
5. Donie Bush, SS – 1,125
6. Norm Cash, 1B – 1,025
7. Alan Trammell, SS – 850
8. Dick McAuliffe, 2B – 842
9. Harry Heilmann, OF – 792
10. Hank Greenberg, 1B – 748

Tigers Top 10 Career Stolen Bases

1. Ty Cobb, OF – 865
2. Donie Bush, SS – 400
3. Sam Crawford, OF – 317
4. Ron Leflore, OF – 294
5. Alan Trammell, SS – 236
6. Kirk Gibson, OF – 194
7. George Moriarty, 3B – 190
8. Bobby Veach, OF – 189
9. Charlie Gehringer, 2B – 181
10. Lou Whitaker, 2B – 143

Tigers Top 10 Career OPS (On-Base % + Slugging %) (Min 3000 AB)

1. Hank Greenberg, 1B – 1.028
2. Miguel Cabrera, 1B – .980*
3. Ty Cobb, OF – .951
4. Harry Heilmann, OF – .927
5. Charlie Gehringer, 2B – .884
6. Rudy York, 1B – .873
7. Norm Cash, 1B – .865
8. Al Kaline, OF – .855
9. Cecil Fielder, 1B – .849
10. Magglio Ordonez, OF – .849

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