Top Ten Greatest Tigers Players by Position

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Two Hall of Famers, from the 1963 Tigers Yearbook. Kaline and Bunning.

 

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Denny McLain, the aviator.

 

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Tiger great Harry Heilmann on the cover of this 1922 publication.

 

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Al Kaline on the cover of Sport.

 

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The '79 yearbook photo is an all-time classic and extremely prescient hinting that Tram and Lou would be the foundation of the Tigers for a long long time.

 

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Ty Cobb talking to Babe Ruth. "Ever think about bunting, Babe? I got like half my 4,000 hits that way".

 

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The '79 yearbook photo is an all-time classic and extremely prescient hinting that Tram and Lou would be the foundation of the Tigers for a long long time.

I admit, I was really disappointed by that '85 cover. They'd just won the World Series and they just had the drawing of the tiger.
I expected something like the iconic photo of Gibson with his arms up in game 5, or maybe Willie and Lance embracing after the WS win--something.

 

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Worst MVP award. Willie Hernandez here.
Cybermetrics

 

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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EfVIAJpUMAEoQio?format=jpg&name=mediumThe Big Wheel, Lance Parrish with coach Vada Pinson. FYI Vada's career numbers: 2,757 hits and .286 Batting Avg., and a stout 54.2 WAR! R-E-S-P-E-C-T.

 

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Councilman Billy Rogell and former Tigers shortstop and Tigers Pitcher Dizzy Trout.

 

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Happy #LeftHandersDay!

 

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Little Donie Bush was the spark in Cobb-led Tiger lineups of the Deadball Era. Good read on a very under rated Tigers Shortstop.
Vintage Detroit

 

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Hands on owner, Spike Briggs at Harvey Kuenn's weigh in at Spring Training in 1956.

 

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Ty Cobb (#MLB all-time rankings)
#1 - Batting Avg (.366)
#2 - Hits (4,189)
#2 - Triples (295)
#4 - Doubles (724)
#4 - Stolen Bases (897)
#6 - Total Bases (5,854)
#9 - RBI (1,944)
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Gambling scandal nearly scarred the accomplishments of Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker.
Vintage Detroit

 

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Freehan, Lolich, and Whitaker Belong in the Hall of Fame.
SABR Detroit

 

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August 24, 1976: At Tiger Stadium Bill Freehan hits his 200th and final home run in a 12 - 7 loss to the White Sox. The Detroit catcher will finish his career with 100 homers hit at home and the other 100 homers hit on the road.
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#tigers deprived #Wolverines of starting TE.

dad kept his 100,000 signing bonus until he graduated @UMich 1966.

1968 #WorldSeries

all-star, 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1975.

gold glove, 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969.

 

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League MVP and Cy Young numbers!

 

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"Ty and His #Tigers Wear Bradley Big League Sweaters".

 

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"Batting Leaders by Years" from an '84 Tigers Scorebook. As a kid, I could spend an hour or two just pondering this page and the names on it, and wondering what it was like, for example, to see Cobb hit .420 in 1911, or Greenberg to mash 58 homers in '38.
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