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Starters

1B - Hank Greenberg
2B - Charlie Gehringer
SS - Alan Trammell
3B - Miguel Cabrera
C - Bill Freehan
OF - Ty Cobb, Al Kaline, Sam Crawford
SP - Justin Verlander, Hal Newhouser, Jack Morris, Mickey Lolich, Dizzy Trout

Reserves

Bench - Harry Heilman (OF/1B), Bobby Veach (OF), Rudy York (1b/C), Norm Cash (1b), Lou Whitaker (SS), Donie Bush (SS), Lance Parrish (C)
Bullpen - John Hiller (CL), George Mullen (SU), Jim Bunning, Frank Lary, Denny McLain, Max Scherzer

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Bennett Park, Detroit Tigers

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1871-2020 (Regular Season)
Batting and Pitching.



BATTING

Rank Nane First LYear Team LG TPEVA YRS PPYR HR RBI H AVE
1 Cobb Ty 1926 DET AL 553.520 22 25.160 111 1804 3900 0.368
2 Kaline Al 1974 DET AL 297.259 22 13.512 399 1583 3007 0.297
3 Cabrera Miguel 2020 DET AL 254.542 13 19.580 349 1206 2024 0.313
4 Crawford Sam 1917 DET AL 252.290 15 16.819 70 1264 2466 0.309
5 Heilmann Harry 1929 DET AL 235.849 15 15.723 164 1442 2499 0.342
6 Gehringer Charlie 1942 DET AL 233.202 19 12.274 184 1427 2839 0.320
7 Greenberg Hank 1946 DET AL 206.974 12 17.248 306 1202 1528 0.319
8 Trammell Alan 1996 DET AL 189.326 20 9.466 185 1003 2365 0.285
9 Veach Bobby 1923 DET AL 188.829 12 15.736 59 1042 1859 0.311
10 Cash Norm 1974 DET AL 173.654 15 11.577 373 1087 1793 0.272
11 Whitaker Lou 1995 DET AL 170.425 19 8.970 244 1084 2369 0.276
12 Bush Donie 1921 DET AL 149.331 14 10.667 9 427 1745 0.250
13 Freehan Bill 1976 DET AL 145.340 15 9.689 200 758 1591 0.262
14 York Rudy 1945 DET AL 124.435 10 12.444 239 936 1317 0.282
15 Parrish Lance 1986 DET AL 116.688 10 11.669 212 700 1123 0.263
16 Fielder Cecil 1996 DET AL 104.158 7 14.880 245 758 947 0.258
17 Horton Willie 1977 DET AL 102.064 15 6.804 262 886 1490 0.276
18 McAuliffe Dick 1973 DET AL 97.254 14 6.947 192 672 1471 0.249
19 Fryman Travis 1997 DET AL 92.871 8 11.609 149 679 1176 0.274
20 Gibson Kirk 1995 DET AL 92.140 12 7.678 195 668 1140 0.273


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PITCHING

Rank Name First LYear Team LG TPEVA YRS PPYR W L SV ER IP ERA
1 Verlander Justin 2016 DET AL 240.225 13 18.479 183 114 0 975 2511.0 3.49
1 Newhouser Hal 1953 DET AL 214.336 15 14.289 200 148 19 1003 2944.0 3.07
3 Morris Jack 1990 DET AL 155.657 14 11.118 198 150 0 1262 3042.7 3.73
4 Lolich Mickey 1975 DET AL 129.756 13 9.981 207 175 10 1289 3361.7 3.45
5 Trout Dizzy 1952 DET AL 126.383 14 9.027 161 153 34 922 2591.7 3.20
6 Bunning Jim 1963 DET AL 124.530 9 13.837 118 87 12 715 1867.3 3.45
7 Bridges Tommy 1946 DET AL 117.328 16 7.333 194 138 10 1122 2826.3 3.57
8 Lary Frank 1964 DET AL 116.661 11 10.606 123 110 7 772 2008.7 3.46
9 Mullin George 1913 DET AL 94.732 12 7.894 209 179 6 1042 3394.0 2.76
10 McLain Denny 1970 DET AL 91.872 8 11.484 117 62 1 554 1593.0 3.13
11 Dauss Hooks 1926 DET AL 89.926 15 5.995 222 182 40 1245 3390.7 3.30
12 Scherzer Max 2014 DET AL 77.820 5 15.564 82 35 0 396 1013.0 3.52
13 Petry Dan 1991 DET AL 73.495 11 6.681 119 93 0 787 1843.0 3.84
14 Trucks Virgil 1956 DET AL 69.230 12 5.769 114 96 13 700 1800.7 3.50
15 Whitehill Earl 1932 DET AL 67.701 10 6.770 133 119 7 1004 2171.3 4.16
16 Hiller John 1980 DET AL 63.837 15 4.256 87 76 125 391 1242.0 2.83
17 Hutchinson Fred 1953 DET AL 59.270 10 5.927 95 71 7 606 1464.0 3.73
18 Rowe Schoolboy 1942 DET AL 54.275 10 5.427 105 62 8 644 1445.0 4.01
19 Tanana Frank 1992 DET AL 52.880 8 6.610 96 82 1 703 1551.3 4.08
20 Foytack Paul 1963 DET AL 49.068 10 4.907 81 81 7 656 1425.3 4.14

Best Seasons - Detroit

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    20.000 - All League
    15.000 - All-Star Level
    10.000 - Very Good
    3.500 - Average
    0.200 - Minimum


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