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Detroit Tigers Hall of Famers

Affiliation according to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

**Detroit Tigers**
Sparky Anderson¹^[573] Earl Averill^[574] Ed Barrow^[575] Jim Bunning²^[576] Ty Cobb^[577] Mickey Cochrane³^[578]		Sam Crawford^[579] Larry Doby^[580] Billy Evans^[581] Rick Ferrell^[582] Charlie Gehringer^[583] Joe Gordon^[584]		Goose Goslin^[585] Hank Greenberg^[586] Bucky Harris^[587] Harry Heilmann^[588] Whitey Herzog^[589] Waite Hoyt^[590]		Hughie Jennings⁴^[591] Al Kaline^[212] George Kell^[592] Jim Leyland^[593] Heinie Manush⁵^[594] Eddie Mathews^[595]		Jack Morris^[596] Hal Newhouser^[597] Iván Rodríguez^[598] Al Simmons^[599] Sam Thompson^[600] Alan Trammell^[601]

Players and managers listed in bold are depicted on their Hall of Fame plaques wearing a Tigers cap insignia.
¹Although Sparky Anderson is depicted on his Hall of Fame plaque wearing a Cincinnati Reds cap insignia, the Hall recognizes the Tigers as his primary team.^[573]
²Although Jim Bunning is depicted on his Hall of Fame plaque wearing a Philadelphia Phillies cap insignia, the Hall recognizes the Tigers as his primary team.^[576]
³Although Mickey Cochrane is depicted on his Hall of Fame plaque wearing a Tigers cap insignia, the Hall recognizes the Philadelphia Athletics as his primary team.^[578]
⁴Although Hughie Jennings is depicted on his Hall of Fame plaque wearing a Tigers cap insignia, the Hall recognizes the Baltimore Orioles as his primary team.^[591]
⁵Although Heinie Manush is depicted on his Hall of Fame plaque wearing a Tigers cap insignia, the Hall recognizes the Washington Senators as his primary team.^[594]

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Ford C. Frick Award recipients

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Detroit Tigers Ford C. Frick Award recipients

Affiliation according to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

Ernie Harwell^[602]

Names in bold received the award based primarily on their work as broadcasters for the Tigers.

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Michigan Sports Hall of Fame

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No.	Name	Position	Tenure	Notes
Detroit Tigers in the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame^[603]
—	Frank Navin	Owner	1908–1935	Born in Adrian.
—	Walter Briggs Sr.	Owner	1919–1935	Born in Ypsilanti.
—	John Fetzer	Owner	1961–1983
—	Mike Ilitch	Owner	1992–2017	Born and raised in Detroit.
—	Marian Ilitch	Owner	1992	Born and raised in Dearborn.
—	Jim Campbell	Executive	1962–1983 1978–1990 1990–1992
—	Ty Tyson	Broadcaster	1927-1942
—	Paul Carey	Broadcaster	1973–1991	Born and raised in Mount Pleasant.
—	Ernie Harwell	Broadcaster	1960–1991 1993–2002
—	Van Patrick	Broadcaster	1949, 1952–1959
—	Ray Lane	Broadcaster	1967–1972, 1999-2003
—	Frank Beckmann	Broadcaster	1995-2003
—	Ty Cobb	CF Manager	1905–1926 1921–1926
—	Sam Crawford	OF	1903–1917
—	Wish Egan	P	1902	Born and raised in Evart.
—	Harry Heilmann	RF/1B Broadcaster	1914 1916–1929
—	Hughie Jennings	IF Manager	1907, 1909–1910, 1912, 1918 1907–1920
—	Heinie Manush	LF	1923–1927
—	George Mullin	P	1902–1913
1	Lou Whitaker	2B	1977–1995
2	Charlie Gehringer	2B GM	1924–1942 1951–1953	Grew up near Fowlerville. Attended the University of Michigan.
3	Mickey Cochrane	C Manager	1934–1937 1934–1938
3	Dick McAuliffe	2B/SS	1960–1973
3	Alan Trammell	SS Coach Manager	1977–1996 1999 2003–2005
4	Goose Goslin	LF	1934–1937
4	Rudy York	1B	1934, 1937–1945
4	Charlie Maxwell	LF	1955–1962	Born in Lawton. Attended Western Michigan University.
5	Hank Greenberg	1B	1930, 1933–1941 1945–1946
5, 20	Vic Wertz	RF/1B	1947–1952 1961–1963
5	Jim Northrup	OF	1964–1974	Born in Breckenridge. Attended Alma College.
6	Al Kaline	RF Broadcaster	1953–1974
7	Billy Rogell	SS	1930–1939
7, 26	Harvey Kuenn	OF/SS	1952–1959
7	Rick Leach	OF/1B	1981–1983	Born in Ann Arbor. Attended the University of Michigan.
10	Tommy Bridges	P	1930–1943 1945–1946
10	Jim Leyland	Manager	2006–2013
11	Sparky Anderson	Manager	1979–1995
11	Bill Freehan	C	1961, 1963–1976	Born and raised in Detroit. Attended the University of Michigan.
13	Lance Parrish	C	1977–1986
14	Schoolboy Rowe	P	1933–1942
14, 15	Jim Bunning	P	1955–1963	Elected mainly for his performance with Philadelphia Phillies.
15, 21	George Kell	3B Broadcaster	1946–1952 1959–1963 1965–1996
16	Hal Newhouser	P	1939–1953	Born and raised in Detroit.
17	Denny McLain	P	1963–1970
18	John Hiller	P	1965–1970 1972–1980
20	Billy Pierce	P	1945, 1948	Elected mainly for his performance with Chicago White Sox. Born in Detroit and grew up in Highland Park.
21	Barney McCosky	OF	1939–1942, 1946	Grew up in Detroit.
21, 30	Don Lund	OF	1949, 1952–1954	Born and raised in Detroit. Attended the University of Michigan.
21	Willie Hernández	P	1984–1989
22	Virgil Trucks	P	1941–1952, 1956
23	Willie Horton	LF/DH	1963–1977	Born and raised in Detroit. Attended Detroit Northwestern High School.
23	Kirk Gibson	OF Coach Broadcaster	1979–1987 1993–1995 2003–2005	Born in Pontiac. Grew up in Waterford and attended Michigan State University.
24	Mickey Stanley	CF	1964–1978	Grew up in Grand Rapids.
25	Norm Cash	1B Broadcaster	1960–1974
26	Gates Brown	LF Coach	1963–1975 1978–1984
26	Frank Tanana	P	1985–1992	Grew up in Detroit.
29	Mickey Lolich	P	1963–1975
47	Jack Morris	P Broadcaster	1977–1990

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Retired numbers and honorees

This section needs to be updated. (August 2024)

This is how the retired numbers and honored names are displayed on the outfield walls at Comerica Park:

In left field:^[604]^[605]^[606]

Willie
Horton
LF, DH
Retired July 15, 2000

Ty
Cobb
CF
Manager
Honored
2000

Hank
Greenberg
1B
Retired June 12, 1983

Charlie
Gehringer
2B
Coach, GM
Retired June 12, 1983

Hal
Newhouser
P
Retired July 27, 1997

Al
Kaline
RF
Broadcaster
Executive
Retired August 17, 1980

Jack
Morris
P
Retired August 12, 2018

Alan
Trammell
SS
Coach, Mgr
Retired August 26, 2018

Lou
Whitaker
2B
Retired August 6, 2022

In right field:^[604]^[607]

Harry
Heilmann
RF, 1B
Honored
2000

Heinie
Manush
LF
Honored
2000

Hughie
Jennings
Manager
Honored
2000

Sam
Crawford
OF
Honored
2000

Mickey
Cochrane
C
Manager
Honored
2000

George
Kell
3B
Broadcaster
Honored
2000

Ernie
Harwell
Broadcaster
Honored
2000

Sparky
Anderson
Manager
Retired June 26, 2011

Jackie
Robinson
–
All MLB
Honored April 15, 1997

Ty Cobb, Harry Heilmann, Heinie Manush, Hughie Jennings, and Sam Crawford are honored by their names on the wall at Comerica Park. They all played in an era where numbers were not worn on jerseys.^[605]^[608]^[588]^[594]^[591]^[579]
Though their numbers are not officially retired, the names of Mickey Cochrane and George Kell are displayed at Comerica Park to honor their contributions to the Detroit Tigers organization. Cochrane wore No. 3, later retired for Alan Trammell, and Kell wore No. 21 for five years, 7 for two years, and 15 for one year.^[608] They both entered the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum as Detroit Tigers, and their plaques in the Hall show them wearing the Tigers' cap.^[578]^[592]
Al Kaline was also a TV color commentator for the Tigers from 1975 to 2002.^[609] George Kell was also a play-by-play announcer for the Tigers from 1959 to 1963 and again from 1965 to 1996.^[592]
Ernie Harwell spent 42 years (in two stints) calling Tigers games on radio and television.^[610]
Jackie Robinson's No. 42 was retired throughout Major League Baseball in 1997.^[604]

Almost all the players with retired numbers (and Ty Cobb) also have statues of themselves that sit behind their names, which are painted on the left-center field wall.^[611]

National Avenue, which runs behind the third-base stands at the Tigers' previous home Tiger Stadium, was renamed Cochrane Street for Mickey Cochrane.^[612] Cherry Street, which runs behind the left-field stands at Tiger Stadium, was renamed Kaline Drive for Al Kaline.^[613]

The Tigers retired Jim Leyland's No. 10 on August 3, 2024.^[607]

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