This is a list of Detroit Tigers single-season, career, and other team records.
Single season records
Batting leaders Batting average: .420 Ty Cobb (1911) On-base pct.: .487 Norm Cash (1961) Slugging pct.: .683 Hank Greenberg (1938) OPS: 1.148 Norm Cash (1961) Games: 163 Rocky Colavito (1961) At bats: 679 Harvey Kuenn (1953) Runs: 147 Ty Cobb (1911) Hits: 248 Ty Cobb (1911) Total bases: 397 Hank Greenberg (1937) Doubles: 63 Hank Greenberg (1934) Triples: 26 Sam Crawford (1914) Home runs: 58 Hank Greenberg (1938) Runs batted in: 183 Hank Greenberg (1937) Bases on balls: 137 Roy Cullenbine (1947) Strikeouts: 182 Cecil Fielder (1990) Stolen bases: 96 Ty Cobb (1915) Singles: 169 Ty Cobb (1911) Runs created: 172 Hank Greenberg (1937) Extra-base hits: 103 Hank Greenberg (1937) Times on base: 336 Ty Cobb (1915) Hit by pitch: 24 Bill Freehan (1968) Sacrifice hits: 52 Donie Bush (1909) Intentional walks: 32 Miguel Cabrera (2010) Grounded into double plays: 29 Jimmy Bloodworth (1943) At bats per strikeout: 57.3 Johnny Bassler (1925) At bats per home run: 9.6 Hank Greenberg (1938) Outs: 528 Ian Kinsler (2014) Wins Above Replacement (Baseball-Reference): 11.4 Ty Cobb (1917) Wins above Replacement (Fangraphs): 11.5 Ty Cobb (1917) Pitching leaders ERA: 1.64 Ed Summers (1908) Wins: 31 Denny McLain (1968) Win–loss %: .862 Bill Donovan (1907) WHIP: .905 Denny McLain (1968) Hits allowed per 9 innings pitched: 6.239 Justin Verlander (2011) Walks allowed per 9 innings pitched: 1.29 Fred Hutchinson (1951) Strikeouts per 9 innings pitched: 11.08 Max Scherzer (2012) Saves: 49 José Valverde (2011) Innings: George Mullin (1904) Strikeouts: 308 Mickey Lolich (1971) Games started: 45 Mickey Lolich (1971) Complete games: 42 George Mullin (1904) Shutouts: 9 Denny McLain (1969) Home runs allowed: 42 Denny McLain (1966) Walks allowed: 158 Joe Coleman (1974) Hits allowed: 346 George Mullin (1907) Strikeout to walk: 4.46 Justin Verlander (2016) Losses: 23 George Mullin (1904) Earned runs allowed: 142 Mickey Lolich (1974) Wild pitches: 24 Jack Morris (1987) Hit batters: 23 Howard Ehmke (1922) Batters faced: 1,597 George Mullin (1904) Games finished: 70 José Valverde (2011) Wins Above Replacement (Baseball-Reference): 11.2 Hal Newhouser (1945) Wins Above Replacement (Fangraphs): 10.2 Hal Newhouser (1946) Strikeouts in one game: 17 Aníbal Sánchez (2013)
Career records Career batting records Batting average: .368 Ty Cobb On-base percentage: .434 Ty Cobb Slugging percentage: .616 Hank Greenberg OPS: 1.028 Hank Greenberg Games: 2834 Al Kaline At bats: 10591 Ty Cobb Runs: 2088 Ty Cobb Hits: 3900 Ty Cobb Total bases: 5466 Ty Cobb Doubles: 665 Ty Cobb Triples: 309 Sam Crawford Home runs: 399 Al Kaline Runs batted in: 1804 Ty Cobb Bases on balls: 1277 Al Kaline Strikeouts: 1103 Brandon Inge Stolen bases: 865 Ty Cobb Singles: 2840 Ty Cobb Runs created: 2365 Ty Cobb Extra-base hits: 1060 Ty Cobb Times on base: 5133 Ty Cobb Hit by pitch: 114 Bill Freehan Sacrifice hits: 327 Donie Bush Sacrifice flies: 104 Al Kaline Intentional walks: 150 Miguel Cabrera Grounded into double plays: 271 Al Kaline At bats per strikeout: 31.6 Doc Cramer At bats per home run: 15.0 Cecil Fielder Outs: 7594 Al Kaline Career pitching records ERA: 2.34 Harry Coveleski Wins: 222 Hooks Dauss Win–loss %: .701 Max Scherzer WHIP: 1.112 Denny McLain Hits Allowed per 9 Innings Pitched: 7.56 Denny McLain Walks Allowed per 9 Innings Pitched: 1.75 Don Mossi Strikeouts per 9 Innings Pitched: 9.604 Max Scherzer Games: 545 John Hiller Saves: 206 Todd Jones Innings: 3394 George Mullin Strikeouts: 2679 Mickey Lolich Games started: 459 Mickey Lolich Complete games: 336 George Mullin Shutouts: 39 Mickey Lolich Home Runs Allowed: 329 Mickey Lolich Walks Allowed: 1227 Hal Newhouser Hits Allowed: 3407 Hooks Dauss Strikeout to Walk: 3.544 Max Scherzer Losses: 182 Hooks Dauss Earned Runs Allowed: 1289 Mickey Lolich Wild Pitches: 155 Jack Morris Hit Batsmen: 121 Hooks Dauss Batters Faced: 14203 Hooks Dauss Games Finished: 401 Todd Jones
Tigers hitting for the cycle Bobby Veach, September 17, 1920 Bob Fothergill, September 26, 1926 Gee Walker, April 20, 1937 Charlie Gehringer, May 27, 1939 Vic Wertz, September 14, 1947 George Kell, June 2, 1950 Hoot Evers, September 7, 1950 Travis Fryman, July 28, 1993 Damion Easley, June 8, 2001 Carlos Guillén, August 1, 2006
Sortable batting statistics of Detroit Tigers batters with 1500+ at bats current through 2014 season
Note: G = Games played; P = Position; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB= Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; SB = Stolen bases; Avg. = Batting average; OBP = On base percentage; Slg. = Slugging percentage