A member of the 1968 World Series Championship Team, Dick McAuliffe was an three time All Star in the three years leading up to that championship season.  A versatile infielder, McAuliffe and his unorthodox batting stance popped 192 Home Runs for the Detroit Tigers and would lead the American League in Runs Scored in 1968.

While Rudy York had his most productive years in World War II he was still seven-time All-Star (thus reflecting that he was still a great player when MLB was stacked).  York would smack 20 Home Runs in seven consecutive seasons, including winning the Home Run Title in 1943.  That year, he also led the American League in Slugging Percentage and Runs Batted In and finished third in MVP voting.  With Detroit, he would smack 239 Home Runs with 1,317 Hits and a Slash Line of .282/.369/.503.

The Pitcher with the most wins in the 1980s, Jack Morris was the Tigers’ ace for a full decade.  Morris and his split-fingered fastball would hurl the Tigers to the 1984 World Series and would go the All-Star Game four times as a Tiger. 

While Morris did not make the Baseball Hall of Fame through the regular method, he did eventually enter via the Veterans Committee in 2018.  One of the best clutch pitchers ever, Morris would later win three other World Series rings (one with Minnesota and two with Toronto).  With the Tigers, Morris pitched a no-hitter, went 198-150, and had 1,980 Strikeouts.  The Veteran's Committee inducted Morris into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2018, and the Tigers responded by retiring his number 47.  

Donie Bush was one of the better defensive Shortstops of his day, finishing in the top ten in Defensive bWAR seven times, but was never really regarded (in his day) as a good hitter.  While he did finish his career (mostly with Detroit) with a .250 Batting Average, he is a five-time American League leader in Walks, an important statistic that is held in higher regard now.

Bush was with Detroit for the first 14 years of his life, and he would have 1,745 Hits and a Defensive bWAR of 9.9 for Detroit.