TIGER OF THE YEAR AWARD

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The Tiger of the Year has been awarded annually since 1965. Receipients are determined through a vote by members of the Detroit Chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Every Tiger of the Year Award winner is listed below, in chronological order. Research by Baseball Almanac.

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"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

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In Chronological Order | Baseball Awards | Detroit Tigers

1965 Detroit Tigers Don Wert (1) 3B
1966 Detroit Tigers Al Kaline (1) CF-RF
1967 Detroit Tigers Bill Freehan (1) C
1968 Detroit Tigers Denny McLain (1) RHP
1969 Detroit Tigers Denny McLain (2) RHP
1970 Detroit Tigers Tom Timmerman (1) RHP
1971 Detroit Tigers Mickey Lolich (1) LHP
1972 Detroit Tigers Ed Brinkman (1) SS
1973 Detroit Tigers John Hiller (1) LHP
1974 Detroit Tigers Al Kaline (2) DH
1975 Detroit Tigers Willie Horton (1) DH
1976 Detroit Tigers Mark Fidrych (1) RHP
1977 Detroit Tigers Ron LeFlore (1) CF
1978 Detroit Tigers Ron LeFlore (2) CF
1979 Detroit Tigers Steve Kemp (1) LF
1980 Detroit Tigers Alan Trammell (1) SS
1981 Detroit Tigers Kirk Gibson (1) OF
1982 Detroit Tigers Lance Parrish (1) C
1983 Detroit Tigers Lou Whitaker (1) 2B
1984 Detroit Tigers Willie Hernandez (1) LHP
1985 Detroit Tigers Darrell Evans (1) 1B
1986 Detroit Tigers Jack Morris (1) RHP
1987 Detroit Tigers Alan Trammell (2) SS
1988 Detroit Tigers Alan Trammell (3) SS
1989 Detroit Tigers Lou Whitaker (2) 2B
1990 Detroit Tigers Cecil Fielder (1) 1B
1991 Detroit Tigers Cecil Fielder (2) 1B
1992 Detroit Tigers Cecil Fielder (3) 1B
1993 Detroit Tigers Tony Phillips (1) LF-2B
1994 Detroit Tigers Kirk Gibson (2) DH-OF
1995 Detroit Tigers Travis Fryman (1) 3B
1996 Detroit Tigers Travis Fryman (2) 3B
1997 Detroit Tigers Tony Clark (1) 1B
Bobby Higginson (1) LF
1998 Detroit Tigers Damion Easley (1) 2B
1999 Detroit Tigers Dean Palmer (1) 3B
2000 Detroit Tigers Bobby Higginson (2) LF
2001 Detroit Tigers Steve Sparks (1) RHP
2002 Detroit Tigers Randall Simon (1) DH-1B
2003 Detroit Tigers Dmitri Young (1) DH-LF
2004 Detroit Tigers Ivan Rodriguez (1) C
2005 Detroit Tigers Placido Polanco (1) 2B
2006 Detroit Tigers Carlos Guillen (1) SS
2007 Detroit Tigers Magglio Ordonez (1) RF
2008 Detroit Tigers Miguel Cabrera (1) 1B
2009 Detroit Tigers Justin Verlander (1) RHP
2010 Detroit Tigers Miguel Cabrera (2) 1B
2011 Detroit Tigers Justin Verlander (2) RHP
2012 Detroit Tigers Miguel Cabrera (3) 3B
2013 Detroit Tigers Miguel Cabrera (4) 3B
2014 Detroit Tigers Victor Martinez (1) DH
2015 Detroit Tigers J.D. Martinez (1) RF
2016 Detroit Tigers Justin Verlander (3) RHP
2017 Detroit Tigers Justin Upton (1) LF
2018 Detroit Tigers Nicholas Castellanos (1) RF
2019 Detroit Tigers Matthew Boyd (1) LHP
2020 Detroit Tigers Jeimer Candelario (1) 3B
2021 Detroit Tigers Jeimer Candelario (2) 3B
2022 Detroit Tigers Riley Greene (1) CF
2023 Detroit Tigers Spencer Torkelson (1) 1B
2024 Detroit Tigers Not Yet Determined (x) --
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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 2013, Miguel Cabrera started a new and exclusive four-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 Tiger history.

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