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| Starting Lineup | Name | Position | B/T | bWAR/650 | OPS+ | Years Played |
| 1. | Ty Cobb | CF (RF) | L/R | 8.0 | 171 | 1905-26 |
| 2. | Hank Greenberg | 1B | R/R | 6.3 | 161 | 1930-46 |
| 3. | Harry Heilmann | LF (RF/1B) | R/R | 5.4 | 148 | 1914-29 |
| 4. | Miguel Cabrera | 3B (1B/LF/RF) | R/R | 4.7 | 150 | 2008- |
| 5. | Sam Crawford | DH (RF/1B) | L/L | 4.8 | 144 | 1903-17 |
| 6. | Al Kaline | RF (CF/1B) | R/R | 5.3 | 134 | 1953-74 |
| 7. | Charlie Gehringer | 2B | L/R | 5.2 | 124 | 1924-42 |
| 8. | Lance Parrish | C | R/R | 4.2 | 113 | 1977-86 |
| 9. | Alan Trammell | SS | R/R | 5.0 | 110 | 1977-96 |
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| Bench | | | | | | |
| OF | Bobby Veach | LF | L/R | 4.6 | 130 | 1912-23 |
| 1B | Norm Cash | 1B | L/L | 4.4 | 139 | 1960-74 |
| IN | Lou Whitaker | 2B | L/R | 5.0 | 116 | 1977-95 |
| IN | Donnie Bush | SS | S/R | 3.1 | 92 | 1908-21 |
| C | Bill Freehan | C | R/R | 4.3 | 112 | 1961-76 |
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| Starting Rotation | Name | | B/T | | ERA+ | Years Played |
| 1. | Hal Newhouser | | L/L | | 130 | 1939-53 |
| 3. | Tommy Bridges | | R/R | | 126 | 1930-43, 45-46 |
| 2. | Dizzy Trout | | R/R | | 125 | 1939-52 |
| 4. | Justin Verlander | | R/R | | 123 | 2005-17 |
| 5. | Mickey Lolich | | S/L | | 105 | 1963-75 |
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| Bullpen | | | | | | |
| LR | Hooks Dauss | | R/R | | 102 | 1912-26 |
| RP | Todd Jones | | L/R | | 114 | 1997-01, 06-08 |
| RP | Aurelio Lopez | | R/R | | 119 | 1979-85 |
| RP | John Hiller | | R/L | | 134 | 1965-80 |
| SU | Willie Hernandez | | L/L | | 135 | 1984-89 |
| CL | Mike Henneman | | R/R | | 136 | 1987-95 |