What is the Tigers record for the best career Batting Average Min 1000 At-Bats?

Answer 1

Here's the all-time list as of the start of the 2008 season:

Detroit Tigers

CAREER

AT BATS >= 1000

AVERAGE AVG AB

1 Ty Cobb .368 10591

2 Harry Heilmann .342 7297

3 Bob Fothergill .337 2444

4 Dale Alexander .331 1761

5 George Kell .325 3303

6 Placido Polanco .325 1391

7 Magglio Ordonez .325 1493

8 Heinie Manush .321 2098

9 Charlie Gehringer .320 8860

10 Hank Greenberg .319 4791

11 Gee Walker .317 3046

12 Harvey Kuenn .314 4372

13 Carlos Guillen .313 1963

14 Mickey Cochrane .313 1072

15 Barney McCosky .312 2385

16 Bobby Veach .311 5982

17 Sam Crawford .309 7985

18 Al Wingo .309 1267

19 Johnny Bassler .308 2240

20 Jim Delahanty .306 1336

21 John Stone .304 2425

22 Harry Rice .303 1174

23 Pete Fox .302 3919

24 Ivan Rodriguez .298 2080

25 Goose Goslin .297 1957

26 Al Kaline .297 10116

27 Fred Haney .297 1370

28 Ron LeFlore .297 3266

29 Topper Rigney .296 1651

30 Lu Blue .295 3394

31 Dick Wakefield .293 2128

32 Johnny Groth .293 2266

33 Jimmy Barrett .292 2259

34 Ray Boone .291 2485

35 Kid Elberfeld .290 1052

36 Hoot Evers .290 2718

37 Marty McManus .287 2314

38 Roy Johnson .287 1918

39 Vic Wertz .286 2793

40 Alan Trammell .285 8288

41 Steve Kemp .284 2504

42 Doc Cramer .282 2720

43 Rudy York .282 4677

44 Tony Phillips .281 2747

45 Mike Higgins .280 3134

46 Claude Rossman .280 1382

47 Curtis Granderson .280 1395

48 Don Kolloway .279 1335

49 Dmitri Young .279 1793

50 Larry Herndon .278 2748

51 Doc Casey .278 1060

52 Marv Owen .278 2954

53 Rusty Staub .277 2100

54 Tony Clark .277 2831

55 Lou Whitaker .276 8570

56 Willie Horton .276 5405

57 Ben Oglivie .275 1339

58 Billy Rogell .274 4418

59 Travis Fryman .274 4297

60 Kirk Gibson .273 4170

61 Bobby Higginson .272 4910

62 Norm Cash .272 6593

63 Frank O'Rourke .272 1026

64 Pat Mullin .271 2493

65 Deivi Cruz .271 2405

66 Rocky Colavito .271 2336

67 Roy Cullenbine .270 1561

68 Davy Jones .270 2173

69 Juan Encarnacion .269 1670

70 Eddie Yost .269 1018

71 Ray Hayworth .268 2006

72 Charlie Maxwell .268 2696

73 Matt Nokes .268 1246

74 Johnny Lipon .268 2272

75 Larry Woodall .268 1317

76 Robert Fick .268 1183

77 Jimmy Outlaw .268 1676

78 Jerry Priddy .267 1677

79 Jim Northrup .267 4437

80 Mike Heath .266 1353

81 Brad Ausmus .266 1207

82 George Burns .266 1756

83 Walt Dropo .266 1385

84 Bill Bruton .266 1977

85 Eddie Mayo .265 2215

86 Bob Jones .265 2990

87 Jo-Jo White .264 1800

88 Chet Lemon .263 4074

89 Lance Parrish .263 4273

90 Bill Tuttle .263 2155

91 Red Wilson .262 1479

92 Bill Freehan .262 6073

93 John Wockenfuss .261 1855

94 George Mullin .261 1423

95 Matty McIntyre .261 2997

96 Frank Bolling .261 2915

97 Brian Hunter .261 1308

98 Jackie Tavener .260 1881

99 Birdie Tebbetts .260 2058

100 Jim Delsing .260 1331

101 Damion Easley .260 3090

102 Dave Bergman .259 1967

103 Craig Monroe .259 2348

104 Cecil Fielder .258 3674

105 Gates Brown .257 2262

106 Jason Thompson .256 2204

107 Jack Warner .255 1115

108 Omar Infante .253 1592

109 George Moriarty .251 2666

110 Frank House .251 1417

111 Jake Wood .251 1860

112 Shane Halter .251 1458

113 Gary Sutherland .251 1239

114 Pat Sheridan .251 1124

115 Ralph Young .251 3158

116 Donie Bush .250 6970

117 Germany Schaefer .250 2236

118 Dick McAuliffe .249 5898

119 Mickey Tettleton .249 1887

120 Jerry Lumpe .248 1688

121 Fred Hatfield .248 1395

122 Mickey Stanley .248 5022

123 Tom Brookens .246 3543

124 Carlos Pena .244 1466

125 Don Wert .244 3800

126 Dean Palmer .244 1398

127 Boss Schmidt .243 1480

128 Joe Hoover .243 1238

129 Ossie Vitt .243 2763

130 Chico Fernandez .243 1422

131 Jimmy Bloodworth .242 1256

132 Brandon Inge .241 2914

133 Milt Cuyler .239 1270

134 Aurelio Rodriguez .239 4352

135 Darrell Evans .238 2349

136 Bill Coughlin .236 2117

137 Oscar Stanage .234 3502

138 Bob Swift .232 1690

139 Tom Veryzer .231 1183

140 Eddie Lake .229 1634

141 Gary Pettis .229 1031

142 Charley O'Leary .227 2825

143 Ed Brinkman .222 2060

144 Rob Deer .212 1164

145 Hooks Dauss .189 1124

146 Tommy Bridges .180 1003