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Detroit Tigers Batting Average Leaders

Career totals with the Tigers and the best single seasons in club history. Records run through the 2025 season.

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Ty Cobb holds the Tigers career record with .368 batting average. The single-season record is .420, by Ty Cobb in 1911.

AVG HR RBI H R SB OPS OBP SLG 2B 3B XBH TB BB SO PA AB G

Rate records use the league's own minimums: a season needs the standard 3.1 plate appearances per team game with the club, a career 3,000+ plate appearances with the club.

All-time Tigers leaders

Career totals with the club
# Player With the club AVG G
1 Ty Cobb Ty Cobb 1905–1926 .368 2,806
2 Harry Heilmann Harry Heilmann 1914–1929 .343 1,991
3 George Kell George Kell 1946–1952 .326 826
4 Charlie Gehringer Charlie Gehringer 1924–1942 .320 2,323
5 Hank Greenberg Hank Greenberg 1930–1946 .319 1,269
6 Gee Walker Gee Walker 1931–1937 .317 794
7 Harvey Kuenn Harvey Kuenn 1952–1959 .314 1,049
8 Magglio Ordonez Magglio Ordonez 2005–2011 .312 847
9 Bobby Veach Bobby Veach 1912–1923 .311 1,604
10 Sam Crawford Sam Crawford 1903–1917 .309 2,114
11 Miguel Cabrera Miguel Cabrera 2008–2023 .304 2,077
12 Pete Fox Pete Fox 1933–1940 .302 997
13 Al Kaline Al Kaline 1953–1974 .297 2,834
14 Ron LeFlore Ron LeFlore 1974–1979 .297 787
15 Carlos Guillen Carlos Guillen 2004–2011 .297 817
16 Lu Blue Lu Blue 1921–1927 .295 925
17 Victor Martinez Victor Martinez 2011–2018 .290 969
18 Hoot Evers Hoot Evers 1941–1954 .290 769
19 Vic Wertz Vic Wertz 1947–1963 .286 836
20 Alan Trammell Alan Trammell 1977–1996 .285 2,293
21 Rudy York Rudy York 1934–1945 .282 1,268
22 Tony Phillips Tony Phillips 1990–1994 .281 722
23 Pinky Higgins Pinky Higgins 1939–1946 .280 857
24 Larry Herndon Larry Herndon 1982–1988 .278 843
25 Marv Owen Marv Owen 1931–1937 .278 792

Single-season Tigers records

Best seasons in club history
# Player Season AVG G
1 Ty Cobb Ty Cobb 1911 .420 146
2 Ty Cobb Ty Cobb 1912 .409 140
3 Harry Heilmann Harry Heilmann 1923 .403 144
4 Ty Cobb Ty Cobb 1922 .401 137
5 Harry Heilmann Harry Heilmann 1927 .398 141
6 Harry Heilmann Harry Heilmann 1921 .394 149
7 Harry Heilmann Harry Heilmann 1925 .393 150
8 Ty Cobb Ty Cobb 1913 .390 122
9 Ty Cobb Ty Cobb 1921 .389 128
10 Ty Cobb Ty Cobb 1919 .384 124
11 Ty Cobb Ty Cobb 1917 .383 152
12 Ty Cobb Ty Cobb 1918 .382 111
13 Ty Cobb Ty Cobb 1910 .382 140
14 Ty Cobb Ty Cobb 1925 .378 121
15 Sam Crawford Sam Crawford 1911 .378 146
16 Heinie Manush Heinie Manush 1926 .378 136
17 Ty Cobb Ty Cobb 1909 .377 156
18 Ty Cobb Ty Cobb 1916 .371 145
19 Charlie Gehringer Charlie Gehringer 1937 .371 144
20 Al Wingo Al Wingo 1925 .371 130
21 Ty Cobb Ty Cobb 1915 .369 156
22 Harry Heilmann Harry Heilmann 1926 .367 141
23 Magglio Ordonez Magglio Ordonez 2007 .363 157
24 Norm Cash Norm Cash 1961 .361 159
25 Bob Fothergill Bob Fothergill 1927 .359 143