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12. Tommy Bridges

A two-time World Series Champion with the Tigers (the only team he ever played for), Tommy Bridges was a major force in that first championship, winning two games in the Fall Classic.  The curveball specialist led the AL in Strikeouts twice and won twenty games three years in a row (1934, 1935 & 1936).  Bridges was also a six-time All-Star.   Overall, Bridges would have a record of 194-138 with 1,674 Strikeouts.

13. Norm Cash

Four-Time All-Star, Norm Cash had a monster season where he won the Batting Title, On Base Percentage Title the OPS Title and slugged 41 Home Runs.  The sad thing for Cash is that he did this in 1961 where the baseball world was affixed with Roger Maris’ chase for the single season home run record.  While that was Cash’s best season, he still had a lot of good ones and would blast 373 Home Runs as a Tiger.

Cash was also a huge part of Detroit's 1968 World Series Championship, and he batted .385 in that playoff.  Over his career, he had 1,793 Hits and a Slugging Percentage of .490.

6. Miguel Cabrera

Miguel Cabrera began his Hall of Fame career with the Florida Marlins, and as was always typical of Florida, they traded their superstar before he was due to make some serious dough.  He landed with Detroit and his career went to a great level in Motown.

5. Hal Newhouser

Hal Newhouser played 15 of his 17 Hall of Fame seasons in Detroit where the highlight was winning the elusive Pitcher’s Triple Crown in 1945.  To say that this was a magical season might be an understatement as he won the MVP (becoming the first Pitcher to duplicate that as he won it the year before) and pitched his team into a World Series Championship in 1945.