The 25 Best Detroit Tigers Pitchers of All Time

By YPB TeamNov 3

Aces from the dead-ball era share space with modern award winners, workhorse closers and a few one-summer wonders Detroit fans still bring up.

1
Justin Verlander
Right-hander who won the 2006 AL Rookie of the Year, threw no-hitters for Detroit in 2007 and 2011, and took both the AL Cy Young and MVP awards in 2011.
1000pts
2
Hal Newhouser
Left-hander who won back-to-back AL MVP awards in 1944 and 1945 with Detroit and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1992.
913pts
3
Bobo Newsom
Right-hander who went 21-5 for the 1940 AL champions and won two games in that year's World Series.
691pts
4
Joe Coleman
Right-hander who won 20 games for Detroit in 1971 and 23 in 1973.
669pts
5
Mark Fidrych
Right-hander nicknamed 'The Bird' who went 19-9 with an AL-best 2.34 ERA in 1976 and won the AL Rookie of the Year Award.
647pts
6
Jack Morris
Right-hander who won 198 games for Detroit from 1977 to 1990, no-hit the White Sox in April 1984 and entered the Hall of Fame in 2018.
597pts
7
Tommy Bridges
Curveball right-hander who won 194 games for Detroit between 1930 and 1946, made six All-Star teams and won two games in the 1935 World Series.
597pts
8
Willie Hernández
Left-handed closer who saved 32 games for the 1984 champions and won both the AL Cy Young and MVP awards that season.
542pts
9
Hooks Dauss
Right-hander who spent his whole career with Detroit from 1912 to 1926 and holds the franchise record with 223 wins.
542pts
10
Max Scherzer
Right-hander who went 21-3 for Detroit in 2013 and won that year's AL Cy Young Award.
478pts
11
Aníbal Sánchez
Venezuelan right-hander who won the AL ERA title with a 2.57 mark for Detroit in 2013.
404pts
12
Kenny Rogers
Left-hander who threw 23 consecutive scoreless innings for Detroit in the 2006 postseason across the ALDS, ALCS and World Series.
404pts
13
Milt Wilcox
Right-hander who lost a perfect game with two outs in the ninth in 1983 and won 17 games for the 1984 champions.
404pts
14
Mickey Lolich
Left-hander who won three complete games, including Game 7, in the 1968 World Series and holds the Tigers record of 2,679 strikeouts.
319pts
15
Frank Tanana
Detroit-born left-hander who clinched the 1987 AL East title with a 1-0 complete-game shutout of Toronto on the final day of the season.
319pts
16
Dizzy Trout
Right-hander who pitched for Detroit from 1939 to 1952 and went 27–14 with an AL-best 2.12 ERA in 1944, finishing second in MVP voting.
319pts
17
Michael Fulmer
Right-hander who won the 2016 AL Rookie of the Year Award with Detroit and made the 2017 All-Star team.
319pts
18
Mike Henneman
Right-handed reliever who saved 154 games for Detroit between 1987 and 1995 and made the 1989 All-Star team.
217pts
19
Denny McLain
Right-hander who went 31-6 in 1968, winning the AL MVP and Cy Young Award, and shared the 1969 AL Cy Young with Mike Cuellar.
217pts
20
George Mullin
Right-hander who won 209 games for Detroit and threw the franchise's first no-hitter on July 4, 1912.
217pts
21
Schoolboy Rowe
Right-hander who won 16 straight decisions in 1934, tying the AL record, and helped Detroit to pennants in 1934 and 1935.
217pts
22
Bill Donovan
Right-hander known as 'Wild Bill' who went 25-4 in 1907 and pitched for Detroit's three straight AL pennant winners from 1907 to 1909.
217pts
23
Jim Bunning
Right-hander who no-hit the Red Sox at Fenway Park for Detroit in 1958 and was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1996.
0pts
24
José Valverde
Dominican closer who converted all 49 of his save chances for Detroit in 2011.
0pts
25
Tarik Skubal
Left-hander drafted by Detroit in 2018 who won the 2024 AL pitching Triple Crown and the AL Cy Young Award in both 2024 and 2025.
0pts