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Record	8854 - 8597 (.507)
Home +/-	+71.1
Away +/-	+56.0

	#	Last	Since
World Series	4	1984	29 yrs
League	11	2012	1 yrs
Division	5	2012	1 yrs
Wild Card	1	2006	7 yrs

Baseball-Reference Links		Links
Team Encyclopedia	Batting Stats	Retrosheet
Starters Positional	Pitching Stats	Baseball-Almanac
Starters Pitching	Batting Leaders	Baseball America Execs
Opening Day Starters	Pitching Leaders	Wikipedia / BR Bullpen
Managers	Team Batting	SportsLogos.net
Amateur Drafts	Team Pitching	Official Site

Detroit Tigers All-Time Team

WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

Left Field	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Bobby Veach	12	1912	1923	45.7
Willie Horton	15	1963	1977	25.8
Tony Phillips	5	1990	1994	25.2
Bobby Higginson	11	1995	2005	23.0
Charlie Maxwell	8	1955	1962	19.3

Center Field	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Ty Cobb	22	1905	1926	144.9
Chet Lemon	9	1982	1990	30.5
Curtis Granderson	6	2004	2009	21.1
Mickey Stanley	15	1964	1978	17.4
Austin Jackson	4	2010	2013	16.2

Right Field	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Al Kaline	22	1953	1974	87.1
Harry Heilmann	15	1914	1929	67.7
Sam Crawford	15	1903	1917	57.8
Kirk Gibson	12	1979	1995	27.5
Jim Northrup	11	1964	1974	21.3

Shortstop	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Alan Trammell	20	1977	1996	70.4
Donie Bush	14	1908	1921	38.5
Billy Rogell	10	1930	1939	24.9
Harvey Kuenn	8	1952	1959	21.1
Carlos Guillen	8	2004	2011	18.6

Second Base	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Charlie Gehringer	19	1924	1942	80.7
Lou Whitaker	19	1977	1995	74.8
Dick McAuliffe	14	1960	1973	37.6
Placido Polanco	5	2005	2009	19.1
Damion Easley	7	1996	2002	17.8

Third Base	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Travis Fryman	8	1990	1997	27.4
George Kell	7	1946	1952	23.0
Brandon Inge	12	2001	2012	18.5
Ray Boone	6	1953	1958	16.5
George Moriarty	7	1909	1915	13.1

First Base	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Hank Greenberg	12	1930	1946	54.2
Norm Cash	15	1960	1974	51.8
Miguel Cabrera	6	2008	2013	31.9
Rudy York	10	1934	1945	31.7
Lu Blue	7	1921	1927	20.9

Manager	Yrs	First	Last	mPts
Hughie Jennings	14	1907	1920	41.1
Sparky Anderson	17	1979	1995	36.9
Jim Leyland	8	2006	2013	28.5
Mickey Cochrane	5	1934	1938	22.6
Steve O'Neill	6	1943	1948	20.2

Catcher	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Bill Freehan	15	1961	1976	44.7
Lance Parrish	10	1977	1986	29.9
Johnny Bassler	7	1921	1927	19.5
Mickey Tettleton	4	1991	1994	14.8
Ivan Rodriguez	5	2004	2008	14.1

Designated Hitter	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Dmitri Young	5	2002	2006	6.7
Rusty Staub	4	1976	1979	5.6
Johnny Grubb	5	1983	1987	4.7

Starting Pitcher	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Hal Newhouser	15	1939	1953	61.7
Tommy Bridges	16	1930	1946	51.1
Dizzy Trout	14	1939	1952	49.8
Mickey Lolich	13	1963	1975	47.8
George Mullin	12	1902	1913	47.2
Hooks Dauss	15	1912	1926	39.2
Jack Morris	14	1977	1990	38.1
Justin Verlander	9	2005	2013	36.8
Bill Donovan	11	1903	1918	36.6
Jim Bunning	9	1955	1963	30.0
Frank Lary	11	1954	1964	29.6
Schoolboy Rowe	10	1933	1942	28.7
Fred Hutchinson	11	1939	1953	26.5
Ed Killian	7	1904	1910	26.0
Earl Whitehill	10	1923	1932	25.8
Virgil Trucks	12	1941	1956	25.5
Denny McLain	8	1963	1970	21.8
George Uhle	5	1929	1933	19.8

Swingman	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Chief Hogsett	9	1929	1944	6.0
Zach Miner	4	2006	2009	3.5
Drew Smyly	2	2012	2013	2.5
Pat Dobson	3	1967	1969	2.5
Pete Burnside	2	1959	1960	1.3

Relief Pitcher	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
John Hiller	15	1965	1980	30.9
Mike Henneman	9	1987	1995	13.0
Aurelio Lopez	7	1979	1985	9.7
Willie Hernandez	6	1984	1989	8.7
Terry Fox	6	1961	1966	8.2
Doug Brocail	4	1997	2000	7.4
Fred Gladding	7	1961	1967	5.9
Archie McKain	3	1939	1941	5.5
Fred Scherman	5	1969	1973	4.8
Tom Timmermann	5	1969	1973	4.8
Jamie Walker	5	2002	2006	4.7
Jose Valverde	4	2010	2013	4.4
Joel Zumaya	5	2006	2010	4.3
Todd Jones	8	1997	2008	4.0
Paul Gibson	4	1988	1991	3.6
Joaquin Benoit	3	2011	2013	3.2
Dave Sisler	2	1959	1960	3.0
Dave Tobik	5	1978	1982	2.8

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Wins Above Replacement data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com.

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
Images can also be viewed at the Hall of Fame online exhibit Dressed to the Nines

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James