Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we maintain and update our existing Top 50 lists annually.  As such, we are delighted to present our pre-2026 revision of our top 50 Detroit Tigers.

As for all of our top 50 players in baseball, we look at the following: 

1.  Duration and Impact.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the Major League Baseball.

3.  Advanced Statistics.

4.  Playoff performance.

5. Their respective legacy on the team.

6. How successful the team was when he was there.

7. Respecting the era in which they played.

Criteria 1-4 will make up the lion’s share of the algorithm.  Please note that we have implemented this for the first time.  This has changed the rankings all throughout the board.

Last year, the Tigers had a whirlwind of a season, where they led the American League Central for a large part of the season, only for Cleveland to overtake them.  They made the playoffs on the last day and defeated the Guardians in the Wild Card Series, but fell to the Seattle Mariners in the Division Series.  Despite the success, only one active player debuted on the Top 50.

As always, we present our top five, which differs from last year's, due to the new algorithm.

1. Ty Cobb
2. Al Kaline
3. Charlie Gehringer
4. Hal Newhouser
5. Miguel Cabrera

You can find the entire list here.

With the new algorithm, Hal Newhouser and Miguel Cabrera took over the #4 and #5 ranks.

The new entrant was Tarik Skubal, who has won the last two Cy Young Awards.  He debuts at #35,

We thank you for your continued support of our lists on Notinhalloffame.com.