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Top Tigers countdown: who are the best Tigers players of all-time?
You are the voice! Who are the best Tigers to ever don the Olde English D?
Sources: Baseball Reference, Fangraphs, SABR Biography Project, Wikipedia
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January 31, 2014
Top Tigers Countdown #38: Heinie Manush
Manush's Tigers career ended shortly after Ty Cobb hung up his spikes, but a number of great years in St. Louis and Washington turned him into a Hall of Famer down the road.
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January 30, 2014
Top Tigers Countdown #37: Donie Bush
Donie Bush was the shortstop that you are praying Jose Iglesias turns into.
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January 29, 2014
Top Tigers Countdown #36: Travis Fryman
Travis Fryman becomes the first player on our countdown to spend his entire Tigers career in the dreaded 1990s.
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January 28, 2014
Top Tigers Countdown #35: Frank Lary
"The Yankee Killer" had some excellent seasons for some bad Tigers teams, but still lands at #35 on our countdown.
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January 27, 2014
Top Tigers Countdown #34: Schoolboy Rowe
Schoolboy Rowe was one of the Tigers' top pitchers of the 1930s and appeared in three World Series with the club.
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January 25, 2014
Top Tigers Countdown #33: Hooks Dauss
Hooks Dauss is the winningest pitcher in Tigers history and the #33 player on our countdown.
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January 24, 2014
Top Tigers Countdown #32: Denny McLain
Denny McLain won the MVP in 1968 and back-to-back Cy Young awards in '68 and 1969 in two of the best single seasons in Tigers history.
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January 23, 2014
Top Tigers Countdown #31: Virgil Trucks
Another pitcher from the 1945 championship team makes an appearance as Virgil Trucks lands just outside the top 30.
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January 22, 2014
Top Tigers Countdown #30: Chet Lemon
The best Tigers center fielder since Ty Cobb, Chet Lemon is #30 on our countdown.
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January 19, 2014
Top Tigers Countdown #29: Rudy York
Before Miggy and Prince there was Rudy and Hank. Rudy York was the Tigers' slugger of the 1940s and is now the #29 player on our countdown.
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January 18, 2014
Top Tigers Countdown #28: Harvey Kuenn
Eight-time All-Star Harvey Kuenn was one of the best players in Tigers' history to never appear in the playoffs.
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January 17, 2014
Top Tigers Countdown #27: Dick McAuliffe
Dick McAuliffe was one of the most beloved Tigers of his time, and is now the #27 player on our countdown.
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January 16, 2014
Top Tigers Countdown #26: Jim Bunning
Right-handed pitcher Jim Bunning spent nine of his 17 big league seasons in Detroit and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1996.
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January 15, 2014
Top Tigers Countdown #25: Dizzy Trout
Dizzy Trout was one of the best pitchers in the American League in his era, even if he wasn't the best pitcher on his own team.
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January 14, 2014
Top Tigers Countdown #24: Magglio Ordonez
How many votes can one home run win? Magglio Ordonez is deserving of being on our list, but his walk-off home run to win the 2006 ALCS helped his rank along the way.
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January 13, 2014
Top Tigers Countdown #23: John Hiller
We have our first reliever at #23 on the list, left-hander John Hiller.
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January 12, 2014
Top Tigers Countdown #22: Bobby Veach
Bobby Veach didn't get the publicity of his Hall of Fame teammates, but still put up some of the best numbers in Tigers' history.
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January 11, 2014
Top Tigers Countdown #21: Lance Parrish
Lance Parrish is one of the best Tigers catchers in history, and the #21 player on our list of the best Tigers ever.
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January 10, 2014
Top Tigers Countdown #20: Kirk Gibson
Kirk Gibson was one of the better hitters to play for the Tigers, making him a popular choice among fans to be the #20 player on our countdown.
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January 9, 2014
Top Tigers Countdown #19: Tommy Bridges
Arguably the most underrated pitcher in franchise history, Tommy Bridges checks in at #19 on our countdown.
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January 8, 2014
Top Tigers Countdown #18: Willie Horton
Willie Horton is a true Tigers legend and the #18 player in our countdown.
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January 7, 2014
Top Tigers Countdown #17: George Kell
George Kell is one of a select few names on the outfield wall at Comerica Park, and for good reason. The Hall of Fame third baseman is now the #17 player in Tigers' history.
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January 6, 2014
Top Tigers Countdown #16: Jack Morris
Jack Morris had some big moments for the Tigers, earning him the #16 spot in our countdown.
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January 5, 2014
Top Tigers Countdown #15: Bill Freehan
One of the more underrated catchers in history, Freehan is the second backstop to land on our countdown.
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January 4, 2014
Top Tigers Countdown #14: Norm Cash
Cash won in a close vote over catcher Bill Freehan to land at #14 on our list.