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Detroit Tigers Top 10 Career Batting Leaders

Team Name: Detroit Tigers

Seasons: 126 (1901 to 2026)

Record: 9809-9695, .503 W-L%

Playoff Appearances: 18

Pennants: 11

World Championships: 4

Winningest Manager: Sparky Anderson, 1331-1248, .516 W-L%

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Career Top 10 Leaders

WAR Position Players †

1. Ty Cobb 143.4

2. Al Kaline 92.8

3. Charlie Gehringer 84.6

4. Lou Whitaker 75.1

5. Alan Trammell 70.6

6. Harry Heilmann 67.9

7. Sam Crawford 64.2

8. Hank Greenberg 52.7

9. Norm Cash 51.7

10. Miguel Cabrera 49.0

Offensive WAR †

1. Ty Cobb 143.9

2. Charlie Gehringer 81.7

3. Al Kaline 78.3

4. Harry Heilmann 73.1

5. Sam Crawford 69.5

6. Lou Whitaker 67.7

7. Alan Trammell 63.0

8. Miguel Cabrera 55.3

9. Hank Greenberg 51.0

10. Norm Cash 49.7

Defensive WAR †

1. Alan Trammell 22.7

2. Lou Whitaker 16.3

3. Brandon Inge 13.3

4. Billy Rogell 13.0

5. Bill Freehan 12.0

6. Lance Parrish 10.9

7. Charlie Gehringer 10.7

8. Donie Bush 9.9

9. Aurelio Rodríguez 8.6

10. Tom Brookens 7.7

Batting Average

1. Ty Cobb .368

2. Harry Heilmann .342

3. Bob Fothergill .337

4. Dale Alexander .331

5. George Kell .325

6. Heinie Manush .321

7. Charlie Gehringer .320

8. Hank Greenberg .319

9. Gee Walker .317

10. Harvey Kuenn .314

On-Base%

1. Ty Cobb .434

2. Johnny Bassler .420

3. Roy Cullenbine .412

Hank Greenberg .412

5. Harry Heilmann .410

6. Al Wingo .406

7. Charlie Gehringer .404

8. Lu Blue .403

9. Dick Wakefield .396

10. Tony Phillips .395

Slugging %

1. Hank Greenberg .616

2. J.D. Martinez .551

3. Harry Heilmann .518

4. Ty Cobb .516

5. Dale Alexander .512

6. Miguel Cabrera .510

7. Rudy York .503

8. Tony Clark .502

9. Rocky Colavito .501

Marcus Thames .501

On-Base Plus Slugging

1. Hank Greenberg 1.028

2. Ty Cobb .950

3. Harry Heilmann .927

4. J.D. Martinez .912

5. Dale Alexander .903

6. Miguel Cabrera .890

7. Charlie Gehringer .884

8. Rudy York .873

9. Mickey Tettleton .867

10. Norm Cash .865

Rocky Colavito .865

Roy Cullenbine .865

Games Played

1. Al Kaline 2834

2. Ty Cobb 2806

3. Lou Whitaker 2390

4. Charlie Gehringer 2323

5. Alan Trammell 2293

6. Sam Crawford 2114

7. Miguel Cabrera 2077

8. Norm Cash 2018

9. Harry Heilmann 1990

10. Donie Bush 1871

At Bats

1. Ty Cobb 10597

2. Al Kaline 10116

3. Charlie Gehringer 8860

4. Lou Whitaker 8570

5. Alan Trammell 8288

6. Sam Crawford 7984

7. Miguel Cabrera 7662

8. Harry Heilmann 7297

9. Donie Bush 6970

10. Norm Cash 6593

Plate Appearances

1. Ty Cobb 12136

2. Al Kaline 11597

3. Charlie Gehringer 10245

4. Lou Whitaker 9967

5. Alan Trammell 9376

6. Sam Crawford 8901

7. Miguel Cabrera 8724

8. Donie Bush 8481

9. Harry Heilmann 8402

10. Norm Cash 7776

Runs Scored

1. Ty Cobb 2087

2. Charlie Gehringer 1775

3. Al Kaline 1622

4. Lou Whitaker 1386

5. Donie Bush 1243

6. Alan Trammell 1231

7. Harry Heilmann 1209

8. Sam Crawford 1115

9. Miguel Cabrera 1102

10. Norm Cash 1027

Hits

1. Ty Cobb 3900

2. Al Kaline 3007

3. Charlie Gehringer 2839

4. Harry Heilmann 2499

5. Sam Crawford 2466

6. Lou Whitaker 2369

7. Alan Trammell 2365

8. Miguel Cabrera 2332

9. Bobby Veach 1859

10. Norm Cash 1793

Total Bases

1. Ty Cobb 5466

2. Al Kaline 4852

3. Charlie Gehringer 4257

4. Miguel Cabrera 3909

5. Harry Heilmann 3778

6. Lou Whitaker 3651

7. Sam Crawford 3576

8. Alan Trammell 3442

9. Norm Cash 3233

10. Hank Greenberg 2950

Doubles

1. Ty Cobb 665

2. Charlie Gehringer 574

3. Al Kaline 498

4. Harry Heilmann 497

5. Miguel Cabrera 444

6. Lou Whitaker 420

7. Alan Trammell 412

8. Sam Crawford 402

9. Hank Greenberg 366

10. Bobby Veach 345

Triples

1. Ty Cobb 284

2. Sam Crawford 249

3. Charlie Gehringer 146

4. Harry Heilmann 145

5. Bobby Veach 136

6. Al Kaline 75

7. Donie Bush 73

8. Dick McAuliffe 70

9. Hank Greenberg 69

10. Lu Blue 66

Home Runs

1. Al Kaline 399

2. Miguel Cabrera 373

Norm Cash 373

4. Hank Greenberg 306

5. Willie Horton 262

6. Cecil Fielder 245

7. Lou Whitaker 244

8. Rudy York 239

9. Lance Parrish 212

10. Bill Freehan 200

Runs Batted In

1. Ty Cobb 1811

2. Al Kaline 1582

3. Harry Heilmann 1446

4. Charlie Gehringer 1427

5. Miguel Cabrera 1358

6. Sam Crawford 1262

7. Hank Greenberg 1200

8. Norm Cash 1088

9. Lou Whitaker 1084

10. Bobby Veach 1049

Bases on Balls

1. Al Kaline 1277

2. Lou Whitaker 1197

3. Charlie Gehringer 1186

4. Ty Cobb 1148

5. Donie Bush 1125

6. Norm Cash 1025

7. Miguel Cabrera 936

8. Alan Trammell 850

9. Dick McAuliffe 842

10. Harry Heilmann 792

Strikeouts

1. Miguel Cabrera 1513

2. Brandon Inge 1189

3. Lou Whitaker 1099

4. Norm Cash 1081

5. Al Kaline 1020

6. Willie Horton 945

7. Dick McAuliffe 932

8. Travis Fryman 931

9. Kirk Gibson 930

10. Cecil Fielder 926

Stolen Bases

1. Ty Cobb 869

2. Donie Bush 402

3. Sam Crawford 318

4. Ron LeFlore 294

5. Alan Trammell 236

6. Kirk Gibson 194

7. George Moriarty 193

8. Bobby Veach 189

9. Charlie Gehringer 181

10. Lou Whitaker 143

Singles

1. Ty Cobb 2840

2. Al Kaline 2035

3. Charlie Gehringer 1935

4. Sam Crawford 1745

5. Alan Trammell 1713

6. Harry Heilmann 1693

7. Lou Whitaker 1640

8. Miguel Cabrera 1508

9. Donie Bush 1482

10. Bobby Veach 1319

Adjusted OPS+

1. Ty Cobb 171

2. Hank Greenberg 161

3. Harry Heilmann 149

4. J.D. Martinez 147

5. Sam Crawford 145

6. Miguel Cabrera 140

7. Norm Cash 139

8. Roy Cullenbine 135

Mickey Tettleton 135

10. Al Kaline 134

Runs Created

1. Ty Cobb 2358

2. Al Kaline 1847

3. Charlie Gehringer 1714

4. Harry Heilmann 1547

5. Miguel Cabrera 1473

6. Lou Whitaker 1395

7. Sam Crawford 1298

8. Norm Cash 1258

9. Alan Trammell 1255

10. Hank Greenberg 1215

Adj. Batting Runs

1. Ty Cobb 1001

2. Harry Heilmann 510

3. Al Kaline 491

4. Miguel Cabrera 448

5. Hank Greenberg 433

6. Sam Crawford 402

7. Norm Cash 370

8. Charlie Gehringer 356

9. Lou Whitaker 231

10. Bobby Veach 228

Adj. Batting Wins

1. Ty Cobb 106.5

2. Al Kaline 50.0

3. Harry Heilmann 48.8

4. Sam Crawford 45.4

5. Miguel Cabrera 43.1

6. Hank Greenberg 40.5

7. Norm Cash 37.7

8. Charlie Gehringer 32.7

9. Bobby Veach 24.1

10. Lou Whitaker 22.5

Extra Base Hits

1. Ty Cobb 1060

2. Al Kaline 972

3. Charlie Gehringer 904

4. Miguel Cabrera 824

5. Harry Heilmann 806

6. Hank Greenberg 741

7. Lou Whitaker 729

8. Sam Crawford 721

9. Norm Cash 654

10. Alan Trammell 652

Times On Base

1. Ty Cobb 5133

2. Al Kaline 4339

3. Charlie Gehringer 4075

4. Lou Whitaker 3586

5. Harry Heilmann 3330

6. Miguel Cabrera 3317

7. Alan Trammell 3252

8. Sam Crawford 3128

9. Norm Cash 2903

10. Donie Bush 2899

Offensive Win %

1. Ty Cobb .818

2. Hank Greenberg .773

3. Harry Heilmann .745

4. Sam Crawford .742

5. Norm Cash .708

6. Roy Cullenbine .697

7. J.D. Martinez .69

8. Dick Wakefield .687

9. Al Kaline .686

10. Jim Delahanty .677

Hit By Pitch

1. Bill Freehan 114

2. Damion Easley 87

Chet Lemon 87

4. Norm Cash 85

Ty Cobb 85

6. Brandon Inge 66

7. Al Kaline 55

8. Bobby Veach 53

9. Charlie Gehringer 50

10. Miguel Cabrera 49

Willie Horton 49

Sacrifice Hits

1. Donie Bush 327

2. Ty Cobb 278

3. Harry Heilmann 262

4. Bobby Veach 238

5. Sam Crawford 223

6. Ossie Vitt 173

Ralph Young 173

8. Bob Jones 160

9. Charlie Gehringer 141

10. Charley O'Leary 138

Sacrifice Flies

1. Al Kaline 104

2. Lou Whitaker 91

3. Miguel Cabrera 77

4. Alan Trammell 76

5. Travis Fryman 59

6. Norm Cash 53

7. Bobby Higginson 52

8. Bill Freehan 48

9. Willie Horton 44

Brandon Inge 44

Intentional Bases on Balls

1. Miguel Cabrera 168

2. Al Kaline 133

3. Norm Cash 109

4. Lou Whitaker 79

5. Willie Horton 78

6. Hank Greenberg 73

7. Bill Freehan 67

Víctor Martínez 67

9. Cecil Fielder 66

10. Dick McAuliffe 54

Double Plays Grounded Into

1. Miguel Cabrera 277

2. Al Kaline 271

3. Alan Trammell 156

4. Lou Whitaker 143

5. Willie Horton 141

6. Norm Cash 139

7. Bill Freehan 138

8. Mickey Stanley 133

9. Víctor Martínez 131

10. Jim Northrup 117

Caught Stealing

1. Ty Cobb 188

2. Alan Trammell 109

3. Ron LeFlore 98

4. Charlie Gehringer 93

5. Donie Bush 89

6. Bobby Veach 79

7. Lou Whitaker 75

8. Harry Heilmann 70

9. Al Kaline 65

10. Kirk Gibson 64

SB %

1. Curtis Granderson 79.76

2. Brian Hunter 77.85

3. Gary Pettis 77.52

4. Jake Wood 77.45

5. Milt Cuyler 75.27

6. Kirk Gibson 75.19

7. Ron LeFlore 75.00

8. Austin Jackson 73.59

9. Juan Encarnación 72.34

10. Bill Bruton 71.91

Power-Speed #

1. Alan Trammell 207.4

2. Al Kaline 204.0

3. Ty Cobb 196.9

4. Kirk Gibson 194.5

5. Charlie Gehringer 182.5

6. Lou Whitaker 180.3

7. Harry Heilmann 132.4

8. Bobby Higginson 122.4

9. Sam Crawford 114.7

10. Hank Greenberg 97.5

AB per SO

1. Doc Cramer 31.6

2. George Kell 30.9

3. Johnny Bassler 30.7

4. Ossie Vitt 25.3

5. Charlie Gehringer 23.8

6. Harvey Kuenn 21.3

7. Eddie Mayo 20.0

8. Johnny Lipon 19.8

9. Larry Woodall 19.7

10. Bob Jones 19.2

AB per HR

1. Marcus Thames 14.8

2. Cecil Fielder 15.0

3. Hank Greenberg 15.7

4. Darrell Evans 16.7

5. Rocky Colavito 16.8

Mickey Tettleton 16.8

7. J.D. Martinez 17.1

8. Kerry Carpenter 17.2

9. Norm Cash 17.7

10. Dean Palmer 17.9

Outs Made

1. Al Kaline 7594

2. Ty Cobb 7163

3. Lou Whitaker 6599

4. Alan Trammell 6388

5. Charlie Gehringer 6282

6. Sam Crawford 5784

7. Miguel Cabrera 5694

8. Donie Bush 5641

9. Harry Heilmann 5130

10. Norm Cash 5037

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24) †

1. Ty Cobb 948.16

2. Al Kaline 610.60

3. Charlie Gehringer 519.30

4. Harry Heilmann 507.56

5. Norm Cash 438.62

6. Miguel Cabrera 435.29

7. Hank Greenberg 408.76

8. Bobby Veach 313.43

9. Lou Whitaker 302.73

10. Sam Crawford 256.08

Win Probability Added (WPA) †

1. Ty Cobb 94.2

2. Al Kaline 59.6

3. Miguel Cabrera 40.0

4. Harry Heilmann 39.8

5. Norm Cash 37.7

6. Charlie Gehringer 37.2

7. Hank Greenberg 34.4

8. Bobby Veach 31.5

9. Lou Whitaker 29.7

10. Sam Crawford 24.0

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI) †

1. Ty Cobb 78.7

2. Al Kaline 61.5

3. Norm Cash 43.8

4. Harry Heilmann 40.7

5. Miguel Cabrera 40.6

6. Charlie Gehringer 38.4

7. Hank Greenberg 36.4

8. Lou Whitaker 25.5

9. Bobby Veach 24.2

10. Willie Horton 20.1

Championship WPA (cWPA) †

1. Ty Cobb 112.1

2. Al Kaline 64.7

3. Hank Greenberg 64.3

4. Charlie Gehringer 44.7

5. Rudy York 43.8

6. Norm Cash 41.5

7. Miguel Cabrera 31.9

8. Dick McAuliffe 31.2

9. Sam Crawford 30.8

10. Willie Horton 29.7

Base-Out Wins Added (REW) †

1. Ty Cobb 97.9

2. Al Kaline 60.9

3. Harry Heilmann 49.2

4. Charlie Gehringer 47.3

5. Norm Cash 43.9

6. Miguel Cabrera 41.5

7. Hank Greenberg 37.3

8. Bobby Veach 33.0

9. Lou Whitaker 29.7

10. Sam Crawford 27.6

rOBA †

1. Ty Cobb .457

2. Hank Greenberg .449

3. Harry Heilmann .429

4. Roy Cullenbine .409

5. Charlie Gehringer .406

6. Dale Alexander .401

7. Ray Boone .400

8. Al Kaline .396

Heinie Manush .396

10. Rudy York .394

Rbat+ †

1. Ty Cobb 175

2. Hank Greenberg 159

3. Harry Heilmann 154

4. J.D. Martinez 149

5. Sam Crawford 146

6. Norm Cash 142

7. Roy Cullenbine 141

8. Miguel Cabrera 140

9. Al Kaline 139

10. Dick Wakefield 135

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