Detroit Tigers: Best Hair on the Team

Unlike the Yankees or the Marlins, the Detroit Tigers have relaxed rules about hairstyles. The current crop of Tigers players is setting the bar high when it comes to the way they do their ‘dos.

Long gone are the days of Joba Chamberlain, Prince Fielder, Johnny Damon, and Magglio Ordonez and their head-turning locks. Even with those legendary heads of hair long gone, the current Detroit Tigers are still able to turn heads with some fabulous hairdos.

Enjoy this countdown of the five best Detroit Tigers hair styles:

5. Steven Moya. The young Puerto Rican prospect has spent enough time in Detroit to qualify for this list. He has an amazing head of curly hair that peeks out of the bottom of his hat. In previous seasons, he has featured a mini-Afro.

If his 6’7 stature isn’t tall enough, he could add a few more inches just by growing a bigger ‘fro. And, it would certainly look good on him!

4. Jarrod Saltalamacchia. When it comes to hairstyles, Salty is the perfect counterpoint to the Captain-America-clean-cut James McCann. Like Moya, Salty has a curly head of hair that slips out from under his hat. But, where Moya has a thick, full head of hair, it looks like Salty is beginning to lose a little of his. Fortunately, Salty hasn’t embraced the idea of going bald to hide the lighter spots; instead, the switch-hitter has gone for the curly mullet and it works. It highlights his scruffy facial hair which also compliment his tattoos and tough attitude.

3. Brad Ausmus. Despite the fact that he gets mixed reviews on his ability to manage, there is no denying that he has great hair. It is clear that he is under pressure, simply by the amount of gray that has shown up in the past year. The intentional mess on top and the clean cut sides seem to always be perfectly in place, even after whipping his hat off to yell at umpires. Any hairstyle that can survive a sweaty baseball cap deserves to be on this list.

2. Shane Greene. The fans at TigerFest got to see how good Shane Greene can look. His closely cropped sides are highlighted by a big “Bryce Harper-like” fluff on top. Whether Greene is sporting a fluffy version of a mohawk is up for debate, but what isn’t up for debate is how cool his hair really is. It’s too bad he has to wear a cap while pitching.

1. Cameron Maybin. The dreads. The smile. The batting average. It’s hard not to be happy as soon as Maybin walks out onto the field. When the speedy outfielder first appeared in Detroit, he sported a simple, short haircut.

Now that he’s back, he’s not only sporting the best batting average of .414. and a 12-game home hitting streak (he has had a hit in every home game since returning from the DL), but he also has the best hair on the team. His long, flowing dreadlocks look amazing under the Detroit Tigers cap and they will look even better when he gets to put on the Oakley goggles before opening the bottles of championship champagne.

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There are a few other men who received honorable mention. Nick Castellanos is getting close, but his hair still needs to reach the fluffy heights of Shane Greene’s before he is considered. There have been seasons when Miguel Cabrera could have made the list, but his hair is just too simple now. If Michael Fulmer did not get tidied up at the barber shop a few starts ago – he would have been first on the list. And, Daniel Norris in the off-season would be on it, too. But, he’s back to neat and tidy, too.