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Top Ten Greatest Tigers Players by Position

Norm Cash's 1961 season.
Cybermetrics
 
Al Wingo had one of the most under-the-radar great single-season batting lines in Detroit Tigers franchise history. In 1925, the left-handed-hitting outfielder slashed .370/.456/.527 with a 146 wRC+ in 524 plate appearances — and ranked third best among the AL club’s outfielders in overall offensive production. Wingo’s fly-chaser partners that summer included Hall of Famers Ty Cobb (163 wRC+) and Harry Heilmann (155 wRC+).

Contributing to Wingo’s obscurity is the fact that 1925 was his best season by miles. All told, he logged over a third of his career games, as well as 163 of his 409 hits. He wasn’t even the most accomplished big-leaguer in his family. His older brother, Ivey Wingo, caught for 17 seasons and won a World Series with the Cincinnati Reds in 1919.

Fangraphs
 
"How I Won The Batting Championship" - Detroit #Tigers star Harry Heilmann (Baseball Magazine - March 1922) Harry hit for a .394 BA in 1921, beating teammate Ty Cobb, who hit .389! Babe Ruth finished third at .378! ]
Heilmann was 11 hits away from having four .400 seasons. He hit .394, .393, and 398 in 1921, 1925, and 1927 respectively. The Tigers essentially DFAd him in 1929 and then sold him to the Reds when no team picked up the waiver offer.
 
Tonight's Random and Useless Tigers Trivia is ... Who Wore it Longest? #'s 1-10:
#1. Whitaker (19 years)
#2. Gehringer (11)
#3. Trammell (19
)#4. Higginson (11)
#5. Greenberg (10)
#6. Kaline (21)
#7. Rogell (6
)#8. Wert (8)
#9. Guillen (8)
#10. Bridges (12)
 
A Scribbled Autograph Is Disrespectful to Fans.
Vintage Detroit
 
John Hiller allowed one run in 26 innings in his first three big-league starts, those over a 10-day span in August 1967. The southpaw pitched out of the bullpen in all but 43 of the 545 appearances (the most in franchise history) he made for the Detroit Tigers from 1965-1980.
 
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