Batting leaders

• Batting average: .420 Ty Cobb (1911)
• On-base pct.: .487 Norm Cash (1961)
• Slugging pct.: .683 Hank Greenberg (1938)
• OPS: 1.148 Norm Cash (1961)
• Games: 163 Rocky Colavito (1961)
• At bats: 679 Harvey Kuenn (1953)
• Runs: 147 Ty Cobb (1911)
• Hits: 248 Ty Cobb (1911)
• Total bases: 397 Hank Greenberg (1937)
• Doubles: 63 Hank Greenberg (1934)
• Triples: 26 Sam Crawford (1914)
• Home runs: 58 Hank Greenberg (1938)
• Runs batted in: 183 Hank Greenberg (1937)
• Bases on balls: 137 Roy Cullenbine (1947)
• Strikeouts: 182 Cecil Fielder (1990)
• Stolen bases: 96 Ty Cobb (1915)
• Singles: 169 Ty Cobb (1911)
• Runs created: 172 Hank Greenberg (1937)
• Extra-base hits: 103 Hank Greenberg (1937)
• Times on base: 336 Ty Cobb (1915)
• Hit by pitch: 24 Bill Freehan (1968)
• Sacrifice hits: 52 Donie Bush (1909)
• Intentional walks: 32 Miguel Cabrera (2010)
• Grounded into double plays: 29 Jimmy Bloodworth (1943)
• At bats per strikeout: 57.3 Johnny Bassler (1925)
• At bats per home run: 9.6 Hank Greenberg (1938)
• Outs: 528 Ian Kinsler (2014)
• Wins Above Replacement (Baseball-Reference): 11.4 Ty Cobb (1917)
• Wins above Replacement (Fangraphs): 11.5 Ty Cobb (1917)

Pitching leaders

• ERA: 1.64 Ed Summers (1908)
• Wins: 31 Denny McLain (1968)
• Win–loss %: .862 Bill Donovan (1907)
• WHIP: .905 Denny McLain (1968)
• Hits allowed per 9 innings pitched: 6.239 Justin Verlander (2011)
• Walks allowed per 9 innings pitched: 1.29 Fred Hutchinson (1951)
• Strikeouts per 9 innings pitched: 11.08 Max Scherzer (2012)
• Saves: 49 José Valverde (2011)
• Innings: 382+1⁄3 George Mullin (1904)
• Strikeouts: 308 Mickey Lolich (1971)
• Games started: 45 Mickey Lolich (1971)
• Complete games: 42 George Mullin (1904)
• Shutouts: 9 Denny McLain (1969)
• Home runs allowed: 42 Denny McLain (1966)
• Walks allowed: 158 Joe Coleman (1974)
• Hits allowed: 346 George Mullin (1907)
• Strikeout to walk: 4.46 Justin Verlander (2016)
• Losses: 23 George Mullin (1904)
• Earned runs allowed: 142 Mickey Lolich (1974)
• Wild pitches: 24 Jack Morris (1987)
• Hit batters: 23 Howard Ehmke (1922)
• Batters faced: 1,597 George Mullin (1904)
• Games finished: 70 José Valverde (2011)
• Wins Above Replacement (Baseball-Reference): 11.2 Hal Newhouser (1945)
• Wins Above Replacement (Fangraphs): 10.2 Hal Newhouser (1946)

Career batting records

• Batting average: .368 Ty Cobb
• On-base percentage: .434 Ty Cobb
• Slugging percentage: .616 Hank Greenberg
• OPS: 1.028 Hank Greenberg
• Games: 2834 Al Kaline
• At bats: 10591 Ty Cobb
• Runs: 2088 Ty Cobb
• Hits: 3900 Ty Cobb
• Total bases: 5466 Ty Cobb
• Doubles: 665 Ty Cobb
• Triples: 309 Sam Crawford
• Home runs: 399 Al Kaline
• Runs batted in: 1804 Ty Cobb
• Bases on balls: 1277 Al Kaline
• Strikeouts: 1103 Brandon Inge
• Stolen bases: 865 Ty Cobb
• Singles: 2840 Ty Cobb
• Runs created: 2365 Ty Cobb
• Extra-base hits: 1060 Ty Cobb
• Times on base: 5133 Ty Cobb
• Hit by pitch: 114 Bill Freehan
• Sacrifice hits: 327 Donie Bush
• Sacrifice flies: 104 Al Kaline
• Intentional walks: 150 Miguel Cabrera
• Grounded into double plays: 271 Al Kaline
• At bats per strikeout: 31.6 Doc Cramer
• At bats per home run: 15.0 Cecil Fielder
• Outs: 7594 Al Kaline

Career pitching records

• ERA: 2.34 Harry Coveleski
• Wins: 222 Hooks Dauss
• Win–loss %: .701 Max Scherzer
• WHIP: 1.112 Denny McLain
• Hits Allowed per 9 Innings Pitched: 7.56 Denny McLain
• Walks Allowed per 9 Innings Pitched: 1.75 Don Mossi
• Strikeouts per 9 Innings Pitched: 9.604 Max Scherzer
• Games: 545 John Hiller
• Saves: 206 Todd Jones
• Innings: 3394 George Mullin
• Strikeouts: 2679 Mickey Lolich
• Games started: 459 Mickey Lolich
• Complete games: 336 George Mullin
• Shutouts: 39 Mickey Lolich
• Home Runs Allowed: 329 Mickey Lolich
• Walks Allowed: 1227 Hal Newhouser
• Hits Allowed: 3407 Hooks Dauss
• Strikeout to Walk: 3.544 Max Scherzer
• Losses: 182 Hooks Dauss
• Earned Runs Allowed: 1289 Mickey Lolich
• Wild Pitches: 155 Jack Morris
• Hit Batsmen: 121 Hooks Dauss
• Batters Faced: 14203 Hooks Dauss
• Games Finished: 401 Todd Jones