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Detroit Tigers: Top 10 sluggers in franchise history

By Adam McIntosh

DETROIT- SEPTEMBER 27: A general view of Tiger Stadium prior to the final baseball game played at the 87 year old Tiger Stadium as the Detroit Tigets host the Kansas City Royals on September 27, 1999 in Detroit, Michigan. There was 6,873 games played at the corner of Michigan and Trumbul streets. The Tigers won the game 8-2. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Gettyimages)
DETROIT- SEPTEMBER 27: A general view of Tiger Stadium prior to the final baseball game played at the 87 year old Tiger Stadium as the Detroit Tigets host the Kansas City Royals on September 27, 1999 in Detroit, Michigan. There was 6,873 games played at the corner of Michigan and Trumbul streets. The Tigers won the game 8-2. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Gettyimages) /
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LAKELAND, FL – MARCH 01: A view from the Tiger spring training home Joker Marchant Stadium before the game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Detroit Tigers at Joker Marchant Stadium on March 1, 2016 in Lakeland, Florida. (Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images)
LAKELAND, FL – MARCH 01: A view from the Tiger spring training home Joker Marchant Stadium before the game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Detroit Tigers at Joker Marchant Stadium on March 1, 2016 in Lakeland, Florida. (Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images) /

Norm Cash spent fifteen seasons with the Detroit Tigers where he racked up 373 home runs.

He was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in 1955 and spent ’57 in the military before making his MLB debut in 1958. He was traded to the Indians in December of 1959, only to subsequently be traded to the Tigers where he’d spend the next fifteen years playing.

A breakout season in ’61 saw Cash win the AL batting title, however, he later admitted that his career high stats that season were the result of using a corked bat. He was also the first Tiger to hit a homer out of Tiger Stadium and did it a total of four times throughout his career.

He was a member of the 1968 World Champions, out shadowed by teammate Al Kaline, but he led the rally that would propel the Tigers to winning it all.  The Tigers would end up releasing Cash in 1974 after he hit .228 in 53 games.

Over the course of his career Cash compiled 377 home runs, 1103 RBIs, 1046 runs, 1820 hits, 241 doubles, 41 triples and 43 stolen bases. He was considered to be one of the better defensive

players of his generation. However, offensively teammate Al Kaline shined more than Cash.

Kaline has belted in more home runs than any other player in Detroit Tigers history. For that he is number one on our list, coming in with 399 home runs.

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