Tiger of the Year Award

Tiger of the Year Award

The Tiger of the Year has been awarded annually since 1965 and are receipients are determined through a vote by members of the Detroit Chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America.

"Anybody can hit in this lineup (the 2007 Detroit Tigers). We don't strike out that much, which is pretty good. We hit the ball everywhere. We're going to hit for average, but we have guys that can hit a long way." - Magglio Ordonez on ThinkExist.com (Source)

Tiger of the Year Award In Chronological Order
Team (Click for Roster)	Tiger of the Year^(Quantity)
1965 Detroit Tigers	Don Wert⁽¹⁾
1966 Detroit Tigers	Al Kaline⁽¹⁾
1967 Detroit Tigers	Bill Freehan⁽¹⁾
1968 Detroit Tigers	Denny McLain⁽¹⁾
1969 Detroit Tigers	Denny McLain⁽²⁾
1970 Detroit Tigers	Tom Timmerman⁽¹⁾
1971 Detroit Tigers	Mickey Lolich⁽¹⁾
1972 Detroit Tigers	Ed Brinkman⁽¹⁾
1973 Detroit Tigers	John Hiller⁽¹⁾
1974 Detroit Tigers	Al Kaline⁽²⁾
1975 Detroit Tigers	Willie Horton⁽¹⁾
1976 Detroit Tigers	Mark Fidrych⁽¹⁾
1977 Detroit Tigers	Ron LeFlore⁽¹⁾
1978 Detroit Tigers	Ron LeFlore⁽²⁾
1979 Detroit Tigers	Steve Kemp⁽¹⁾
1980 Detroit Tigers	Alan Trammell⁽¹⁾
1981 Detroit Tigers	Kirk Gibson⁽¹⁾
1982 Detroit Tigers	Lance Parrish⁽¹⁾
1983 Detroit Tigers	Lou Whitaker⁽¹⁾
1984 Detroit Tigers	Willie Hernandez⁽¹⁾
1985 Detroit Tigers	Darrell Evans⁽¹⁾
1986 Detroit Tigers	Jack Morris⁽¹⁾
1987 Detroit Tigers	Alan Trammell⁽²⁾
1988 Detroit Tigers	Alan Trammell⁽³⁾
1989 Detroit Tigers	Lou Whitaker⁽²⁾
1990 Detroit Tigers	Cecil Fielder⁽¹⁾
1991 Detroit Tigers	Cecil Fielder⁽²⁾
1992 Detroit Tigers	Cecil Fielder⁽³⁾
1993 Detroit Tigers	Tony Phillips⁽¹⁾
1994 Detroit Tigers	Kirk Gibson⁽²⁾
1995 Detroit Tigers	Travis Fryman⁽¹⁾
1996 Detroit Tigers	Travis Fryman⁽²⁾
1997 Detroit Tigers	Tony Clark⁽¹⁾
1997 Detroit Tigers	Bobby Higginson⁽¹⁾
1998 Detroit Tigers	Damion Easley⁽¹⁾
1999 Detroit Tigers	Dean Palmer⁽¹⁾
2000 Detroit Tigers	Bobby Higginson⁽²⁾
2001 Detroit Tigers	Steve Sparks⁽¹⁾
2002 Detroit Tigers	Randall Simon⁽¹⁾
2003 Detroit Tigers	Dmitri Young⁽¹⁾
2004 Detroit Tigers	Ivan Rodriguez⁽¹⁾
2005 Detroit Tigers	Placido Polanco⁽¹⁾
2006 Detroit Tigers	Carlos Guillen⁽¹⁾
2007 Detroit Tigers	Magglio Ordonez⁽¹⁾
2008 Detroit Tigers	Miguel Cabrera⁽¹⁾
2009 Detroit Tigers	Justin Verlander⁽¹⁾
2010 Detroit Tigers	Miguel Cabrera⁽²⁾
2011 Detroit Tigers	Justin Verlander⁽²⁾
2012 Detroit Tigers	Miguel Cabrera⁽³⁾
2013 Detroit Tigers	Not Yet Announced^(11-2013)
Team (Click for Roster)	Tiger of the Year^(Quantity)
Tiger of the Year Award

When Cecil Fielder won Tiger of the Year three consecutive times (1990-1992) he became only the second former Tiger to win at least three times, joining Alan Trammell (1980, 1987-1988). In 2012 Miguel Cabrera joined the three-time Tiger of the Year Award winner's "club".

When Magglio Ordonez won Tiger of the Year he became only the second Tigers batting champion to receive the award - review the Tigers page for a complete list of batting champions, ERA champions, award winners and more Tigers history.

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