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Detroit Tigers Winning Percentage Leaders

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

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Max Scherzer holds the Tigers career record with .701 winning percentage. The single-season record is .875, by Max Scherzer in 2013.

ERA W SO SV WHIP IP K/9 BB/9 K/BB SHO CG GS G L BB W-L%

Rate records use the league's own minimums: a season needs the standard 1.0 inning per team game with the club, a career 1,000+ innings pitched with the club.

All-time Tigers leaders

Career totals with the club
# Player With the club W-L% G
1 Max Scherzer Max Scherzer 2010–2014 .701 161
2 Denny McLain Denny McLain 1963–1970 .654 227
3 Schoolboy Rowe Schoolboy Rowe 1933–1942 .629 245
4 Harry Coveleski Harry Coveleski 1914–1918 .616 157
5 Justin Verlander Justin Verlander 2005–2026 .614 382
6 Elden Auker Elden Auker 1933–1938 .597 195
7 Bill Donovan Bill Donovan 1903–1918 .593 261
8 Tommy Bridges Tommy Bridges 1930–1946 .584 424
9 Bernie Boland Bernie Boland 1915–1920 .578 202
10 Jim Bunning Jim Bunning 1955–1963 .576 304
11 Ed Killian Ed Killian 1904–1910 .575 205
11 Hal Newhouser Hal Newhouser 1939–1953 .575 460
13 Fred Hutchinson Fred Hutchinson 1939–1953 .572 242
14 Jack Morris Jack Morris 1977–1990 .569 430
15 Milt Wilcox 1977–1985 .564 234
16 Dan Petry Dan Petry 1979–1991 .561 306
17 Dave Rozema Dave Rozema 1977–1984 .553 208
18 Hooks Dauss 1912–1926 .550 538
19 Rick Porcello Rick Porcello 2009–2014 .547 184
20 Joe Coleman 1971–1976 .547 203
21 Jean Dubuc Jean Dubuc 1912–1916 .546 184
21 Ed Willett Ed Willett 1906–1913 .546 230
23 Virgil Trucks Virgil Trucks 1941–1956 .543 316
24 Mickey Lolich Mickey Lolich 1963–1975 .542 508
25 Frank Tanana Frank Tanana 1985–1992 .539 250

Single-season Tigers records

Best seasons in club history
# Player Season W-L% G
1 Max Scherzer Max Scherzer 2013 .875 32
2 Bill Donovan Bill Donovan 1907 .862 32
3 Schoolboy Rowe Schoolboy Rowe 1940 .842 27
4 Denny McLain Denny McLain 1968 .838 41
5 Justin Verlander Justin Verlander 2011 .828 34
6 Tarik Skubal Tarik Skubal 2024 .818 31
7 Bobo Newsom Bobo Newsom 1940 .808 36
8 George Mullin George Mullin 1909 .784 40
9 Max Scherzer Max Scherzer 2014 .783 33
10 Ken Holloway 1925 .765 38
11 Hal Newhouser Hal Newhouser 1944 .763 47
12 Firpo Marberry Firpo Marberry 1934 .750 38
12 Schoolboy Rowe Schoolboy Rowe 1934 .750 45
12 Justin Verlander Justin Verlander 2007 .750 32
15 Hal Newhouser Hal Newhouser 1946 .743 37
16 Hal Newhouser Hal Newhouser 1945 .735 40
17 Denny McLain Denny McLain 1965 .727 33
17 Denny McLain Denny McLain 1969 .727 42
19 Jack Morris Jack Morris 1986 .724 35
20 Bert Cole Bert Cole 1923 .722 52
20 Dizzy Trout Dizzy Trout 1950 .722 34
22 Elden Auker Elden Auker 1935 .720 36
22 Bill Donovan Bill Donovan 1908 .720 29
22 Roxie Lawson 1937 .720 37
25 Frank Lary Frank Lary 1961 .719 36