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Record	8851 - 8595 (.507)
Home +/-	+70.9
Away +/-	+55.6

	#	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-Home Grown 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
Bobby Higginson	11	1995	2005	23.0
Steve Kemp	5	1977	1981	16.0
Dick Wakefield	7	1941	1949	13.2

Center Field	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Ty Cobb	22	1905	1926	144.9
Curtis Granderson	6	2004	2009	21.1
Mickey Stanley	15	1964	1978	17.4
Ron LeFlore	6	1974	1979	14.1
Barney McCosky	5	1939	1946	13.1

Right Field	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Al Kaline	22	1953	1974	87.1
Harry Heilmann	15	1914	1929	67.7
Kirk Gibson	9	1979	1987	24.0
Jim Northrup	11	1964	1974	21.3
Vic Wertz	6	1947	1952	15.6

Shortstop	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Alan Trammell	20	1977	1996	70.4
Donie Bush	14	1908	1921	38.5
Harvey Kuenn	8	1952	1959	21.1
Topper Rigney	4	1922	1925	10.9
Johnny Lipon	7	1942	1952	5.3

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
Frank Bolling	6	1954	1960	11.2
Omar Infante	6	2002	2007	3.8

Third Base	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Travis Fryman	8	1990	1997	27.4
Brandon Inge	12	2001	2012	18.5
Ossie Vitt	7	1912	1918	12.8
Tom Brookens	10	1979	1988	12.4
Don Wert	8	1963	1970	10.2

First Base	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Hank Greenberg	12	1930	1946	54.2
Rudy York	10	1934	1945	31.7
Lu Blue	7	1921	1927	20.9
Tony Clark	7	1995	2001	12.2
Jason Thompson	5	1976	1980	11.9

Catcher	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Bill Freehan	15	1961	1976	44.7
Lance Parrish	10	1977	1986	29.9
Alex Avila	5	2009	2013	8.0
Boss Schmidt	6	1906	1911	4.4
Larry Woodall	10	1920	1929	4.0

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
Jack Morris	14	1977	1990	38.1
Justin Verlander	9	2005	2013	37.0
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
Virgil Trucks	11	1941	1952	24.2
Dan Petry	9	1979	1987	16.7
Billy Hoeft	8	1952	1959	16.5
Dave Rozema	8	1977	1984	15.3
Justin Thompson	4	1996	1999	13.1
Brian Moehler	7	1996	2002	12.1
Elden Auker	6	1933	1938	11.8
Paul Foytack	10	1953	1963	10.6

Swingman	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
George Mullin	12	1902	1913	47.2
Hooks Dauss	15	1912	1926	39.2
John Hiller	15	1965	1980	30.9
Earl Whitehill	10	1923	1932	25.8
Vic Sorrell	10	1928	1937	17.3

Relief Pitcher	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Mike Henneman	9	1987	1995	13.0
Joel Zumaya	5	2006	2010	4.3
Freddy Dolsi	2	2008	2009	0.8
Ron Nischwitz	2	1961	1962	0.5
Josh Billings	3	1927	1929	-0.0
Dave Gumpert	2	1982	1983	-0.3
Dave Rucker	3	1981	1983	-0.4
Larry Pashnick	2	1982	1983	-0.5
Bill Faul	3	1962	1964	-0.9
Steve Baker	2	1978	1979	-1.1
Lou Kretlow	3	1946	1949	-1.1
Dave Borkowski	3	1999	2001	-1.1
Ed Lafitte	3	1909	1912	-1.4
Howard Bailey	3	1981	1983	-1.4
Scott Aldred	3	1990	1992	-1.5
Steve Searcy	4	1988	1991	-1.7
Kevin Ritz	4	1989	1992	-2.1
George Boehler	5	1912	1916	-2.2

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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