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Historical player · 1953–1974 · ★ Hall of Fame 1980

Al Kaline

B/T R/R · HT 73 · WT 175 · Born 12/19/1934 · From Baltimore, MD USA · Debut 1953-06-25 · Final 1974-10-02

Career · batting

2,834

10,116

3,007

399

RBI

1,583

137

1,277

AVG/OPS

0.297 · 0.856

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Detroit Tigers · 1953–1974

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399

#1 on the Tigers

↓ 26 N. Cash

Hits

3,007

#2 on the Tigers

↑ 893 T. Cobb

↓ 168 C. Gehringer

RBI

1,583

#2 on the Tigers

↑ 228 T. Cobb

↓ 141 H. Heilmann

137

#12 on the Tigers

↑ 3 D. Jones

↓ 5 G. Walker

Runs

1,622

#3 on the Tigers

↑ 152 C. Gehringer

↓ 236 L. Whitaker

1,277

#1 on the Tigers

↓ 80 L. Whitaker

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

399

#60 all-time MLB

↑ 5 M. Trout

↓ 1 D. Murphy

Hits

3,007

#32 all-time MLB

↑ 3 W. Boggs

↓ 7 R. Clemente

RBI

1,583

#44 all-time MLB

↑ 1 R. Hornsby

↓ 2 J. Beckley

137

#641 all-time MLB

↑ 1 E. Cabrera

↓ 1 A. Bridwell

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1953	Tigers	AL	30	28	9	7	0	0	1	2	1	1	5	0.250	—	0.357
1954	Tigers	AL	138	504	42	139	18	3	4	43	9	22	45	0.276	0.305	0.347
1955	Tigers	AL	152	588	121	200	24	8	27	102	6	82	57	0.340	0.421	0.546
1956	Tigers	AL	153	617	96	194	32	10	27	128	7	70	55	0.314	0.383	0.530
1957	Tigers	AL	149	577	83	170	29	4	23	90	11	43	38	0.295	0.343	0.478
1958	Tigers	AL	146	543	84	170	34	7	16	85	7	54	47	0.313	0.374	0.490
1959	Tigers	AL	136	511	86	167	19	2	27	94	10	72	42	0.327	0.410	0.530
1960	Tigers	AL	147	551	77	153	29	4	15	68	19	65	47	0.278	0.354	0.426
1961	Tigers	AL	153	586	116	190	41	7	19	82	14	66	42	0.324	0.393	0.515
1962	Tigers	AL	100	398	78	121	16	6	29	94	4	47	39	0.304	0.376	0.593
1963	Tigers	AL	145	551	89	172	24	3	27	101	6	54	48	0.312	0.375	0.514
1964	Tigers	AL	146	525	77	154	31	5	17	68	4	75	51	0.293	0.383	0.469
1965	Tigers	AL	125	399	72	112	18	2	18	72	6	72	49	0.281	0.388	0.471
1966	Tigers	AL	142	479	85	138	29	1	29	88	5	81	66	0.288	0.392	0.534
1967	Tigers	AL	131	458	94	141	28	2	25	78	8	83	47	0.308	0.411	0.541
1968	Tigers	AL	102	327	49	94	14	1	10	53	6	55	39	0.287	0.392	0.428
1969	Tigers	AL	131	456	74	124	17	0	21	69	1	54	61	0.272	0.346	0.447
1970	Tigers	AL	131	467	64	130	24	4	16	71	2	77	49	0.278	0.377	0.450
1971	Tigers	AL	133	405	69	119	19	2	15	54	4	82	57	0.294	0.416	0.462
1972	Tigers	AL	106	278	46	87	11	2	10	32	1	28	33	0.313	0.374	0.475
1973	Tigers	AL	91	310	40	79	13	0	10	45	4	29	28	0.255	0.320	0.394
1974	Tigers	AL	147	558	71	146	28	2	13	64	2	65	75	0.262	0.337	0.389
Career			2,834	10,116	1,622	3,007	498	75	399	1,583	137	1,277	1,020	0.297	0.376	0.480

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
OF	2,488	2,371	20,862.3	5,035	170	73	29
1B	135	110	950.0	900	63	9	97
3B	2	1	14.3	3	2	0	0

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
1980	BBWAA	340	289	Inducted