Detroit Tigers all-time roster

1901 to 2026 · 1,525 players

How many players have played for the Detroit Tigers?

1,525 players have a season with the Detroit Tigers on file, from 1901 to 2026: 791 at the plate and 731 on the mound. Al Kaline played the most games for the club, 2,834. Detroit Tigers all-time leaders →

Hitters with the most games

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Every Detroit Tigers hitter, 1901 to 2026

Player↓	Years↓	G↓	H↓iH: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.	HR↓iHR: Home runs hit.	RBI↓iRBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.	AVG↓iAVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
Al Kaline	1953–1974	2,834	3,007	399	1,583	.297
Ty Cobb	1905–1926	2,806	3,900	111	593	.368
Lou Whitaker	1977–1995	2,390	2,369	244	1,084	.276
Charlie Gehringer	1924–1942	2,323	2,839	184	1,427	.320
Alan Trammell	1977–1996	2,293	2,365	185	1,003	.285
Sam Crawford	1903–1917	2,114	2,466	70	0	.309
Miguel Cabrera	2008–2023	2,078	2,332	373	1,358	.304
Norm Cash	1960–1974	2,018	1,793	373	1,087	.272
Harry Heilmann	1914–1929	1,991	2,499	164	1,133	.342
Bill Freehan	1961–1976	1,774	1,591	200	758	.262
Donie Bush	1908–1920	1,768	1,632	9	33	.248
Dick McAuliffe	1960–1973	1,656	1,471	192	672	.249
Bobby Veach	1912–1923	1,604	1,859	59	406	.311
Mickey Stanley	1964–1978	1,516	1,243	117	500	.248
Willie Horton	1963–1976	1,514	1,489	262	886	.276
Brandon Inge	2001–2011	1,399	1,081	139	587	.235
Bobby Higginson	1995–2005	1,362	1,336	187	709	.272
Hank Greenberg	1930–1946	1,269	1,528	306	1,202	.319
Rudy York	1934–1945	1,268	1,317	239	936	.282
Aurelio Rodriguez	1971–1979	1,241	1,040	85	423	.239
Billy Rogell	1930–1939	1,207	1,210	39	532	.274
Tom Brookens	1979–1988	1,206	871	66	397	.246
Chet Lemon	1982–1990	1,203	1,071	142	536	.263
Jim Northrup	1964–1973	1,182	1,095	134	528	.270
Kirk Gibson	1979–1995	1,177	1,140	195	668	.273
Lance Parrish	1977–1986	1,146	1,123	212	700	.263
Travis Fryman	1990–1997	1,096	1,176	149	679	.274
Oscar Stanage	1909–1925	1,095	819	8	17	.234
Don Wert	1963–1970	1,090	927	77	364	.244
Gates Brown	1963–1975	1,051	582	84	322	.257
Harvey Kuenn	1952–1959	1,049	1,372	53	423	.314
Pete Fox	1933–1940	997	1,182	59	493	.302
Victor Martinez	2011–2018	969	1,033	115	540	.290
Lu Blue	1921–1927	925	1,002	19	407	.295
Ralph Young	1915–1921	890	792	3	62	.251
Cecil Fielder	1990–1995	875	850	219	678	.259
Dave Bergman	1984–1992	871	509	39	219	.259
Pat Mullin	1940–1953	864	676	87	385	.271
Bob Jones	1917–1925	853	791	7	236	.265
Magglio Ordonez	2005–2011	847	989	107	533	.312
Larry Herndon	1982–1988	843	765	83	364	.278
Pinky Higgins	1939–1944	839	865	60	464	.281
Charley O'leary	1904–1912	833	642	3	0	.227
Damion Easley	1997–2002	820	780	102	390	.258
Ramon Santiago	2002–2013	818	540	28	195	.244
Carlos Guillen	2004–2011	817	892	95	449	.297
Matty McIntyre	1904–1910	795	783	3	0	.261
Gee Walker	1931–1937	794	966	61	468	.317
Marv Owen	1931–1937	792	820	25	421	.278
Ron LeFlore	1974–1979	787	970	51	265	.297

What the columns mean: H · HR · RBI · AVG

Pitchers with the most games

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Every Detroit Tigers pitcher, 1901 to 2026

Player↓	Years↓	G↓	W↓iW: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.	L↓iL: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.	SV↓iSV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.	IP↓iIP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.	ERA↓iERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.	K↓iK: Batters this pitcher struck out.
John Hiller	1965–1980	545	87	76	125	1,242.0	2.83	1,036
Hooks Dauss	1912–1926	538	222	182	40	3,390.2	3.30	1,201
Mickey Lolich	1963–1975	508	207	175	10	3,361.2	3.45	2,679
Dizzy Trout	1939–1951	483	160	148	33	2,564.2	3.18	1,179
Mike Henneman	1987–1994	462	57	33	136	640.1	3.12	456
Hal Newhouser	1939–1953	460	200	148	19	2,944.0	3.07	1,770
Todd Jones	1997–2008	435	19	27	224	430.2	4.01	333
Jack Morris	1977–1990	430	198	150	0	3,043.1	3.73	1,980
George Mullin	1902–1912	428	208	173	6	3,341.2	2.76	1,364
Tommy Bridges	1930–1946	424	194	138	10	2,826.1	3.57	1,674
Willie Hernandez	1984–1989	358	36	31	120	483.2	2.98	384
Aurelio Lopez	1979–1985	355	53	30	85	713.0	3.41	519
Justin Verlander	2005–2026	354	173	107	0	2,348.0	3.48	2,204
Hank Aguirre	1958–1967	334	64	64	27	1,179.0	3.29	755
Jamie Walker	2002–2006	327	12	12	5	270.0	3.33	205
Earl Whitehill	1923–1932	325	133	119	7	2,171.1	4.16	838
Virgil Trucks	1941–1956	316	114	96	13	1,800.2	3.50	1,046
Fernando Rodney	2002–2009	308	15	30	70	330.0	4.28	314
Jim Bunning	1955–1963	304	118	87	12	1,867.1	3.45	1,406
Phil Coke	2010–2014	299	17	24	6	323.2	4.25	244
Frank Lary	1954–1963	298	123	108	7	1,990.2	3.43	1,025
Joe Jimenez	2017–2022	297	19	19	20	266.0	5.24	333
Al Benton	1938–1948	296	71	64	45	1,218.2	3.46	510
Dan Petry	1979–1990	289	117	90	0	1,788.1	3.81	939
Paul Foytack	1953–1962	276	81	80	6	1,407.2	4.09	782
Hal White	1941–1952	273	40	49	18	820.1	3.79	313
Will Vest	2022–2026	267	17	18	30	277.0	3.48	284
Tyler Holton	2023–2026	262	18	14	11	330.1	2.64	270
Bill Donovan	1903–1918	261	141	96	3	2,137.1	2.49	1,079
Alex Wilson	2015–2018	246	11	12	4	264.2	3.20	172

What the columns mean: W · L · SV · IP · ERA · K

Regular season, each player’s seasons with the club under every name it has played as. A pitcher who also batted is in both tables. A season split between two clubs is filed as one combined line and counts for neither.