Fred Haney has the highest batting average by a Tigers rookie, with an average of .352 in 1922.

Interpreted as:

highest avg with a minimum of 1.55 PA per team game by a tigers rookie all-time

	NAME	AVG	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	OBP	SLG	OPS	WRC	WRAA	WOBA	WRC+	BRAA
1	Fred Haney F. Haney	.352	1922	DET	81	213	41	75	7	4	0	25	32	1	14	3	8	258	90	11	12				.439	.423	.862	45	12.4	.408	131	10.5
2	Willi Castro W. Castro	.349	2020	DET	36	129	21	45	4	2	6	24	7	1	38	0	1	140	71	12	1	2	0	0	.381	.550	.932	26	8.7	.393	153	9.2
3	Pat Mullin P. Mullin	.345	1941	DET	54	220	42	76	11	5	5	23	18	2	18	5	1	241	112	21	1			2	.400	.509	.909	43	15.4	.417	129	9.3
4	Dale Alexander D. Alexander	.343	1929	DET	155	626	110	215	43	15	25	137	56	0	63	5	9	700	363	83	18				.397	.580	.977	139	46.4	.431	143	40.9
5	Heinie Manush H. Manush	.334	1923	DET	109	308	59	103	20	5	4	54	20	17	21	3	5	358	145	29	13				.406	.471	.877	62	17.7	.409	132	15
6	Ira Flagstead I. Flagstead	.331	1919	DET	97	287	43	95	22	3	5	48	35	7	39	6		342	138	30	13				.416	.481	.897	60	24.7	.425	150	20.2
7	Dick Wakefield D. Wakefield	.316	1943	DET	155	633	91	200	38	8	7	79	62	0	60	4	5	697	275	53	2			23	.377	.434	.811	102	30.7	.386	131	23.3
8	Roy Johnson R. Johnson	.314	1929	DET	148	640	128	201	45	14	10	69	67	0	60	20	16	713	304	69	6				.379	.475	.854	115	20.2	.386	115	14.6
9	Barney McCosky B. McCosky	.311	1939	DET	147	611	120	190	33	14	4	58	70	2	45	20	4	692	263	51	9			7	.384	.430	.814	104	18.6	.377	103	2.8
10	Harvey Kuenn H. Kuenn	.308	1953	DET	155	679	94	209	33	7	2	48	50	1	31	6	5	731	262	42	1			10	.356	.386	.742	91	3.1	.341	99	-0.9
11	Lu Blue L. Blue	.308	1921	DET	153	585	103	180	33	11	5	75	103	5	47	13	17	709	250	49	16				.416	.427	.843	116	27.7	.396	120	19.2
12	Johnny Bassler J. Bassler	.307	1921	DET	119	388	37	119	18	5	0	56	58	3	16	2	1	463	147	23	14				.401	.379	.780	67	9	.372	105	3.4
13	Rudy York R. York	.307	1937	DET	104	375	72	115	18	3	35	101	41	0	52	3	2	417	244	56	1				.375	.651	1.026	87	35.1	.447	144	26.7
14	Del Gainer D. Gainer	.302	1911	DET	70	248	32	75	11	4	2	25	20	5	44	10		283	100	17	10				.366	.403	.770	41	7.1	.370	110	3.5
15	Hank Greenberg H. Greenberg	.301	1933	DET	117	449	59	135	33	3	12	85	46	1	78	6	2	498	210	48	2				.367	.468	.835	78	20.5	.384	118	11.9
16	Topper Rigney T. Rigney	.300	1922	DET	155	536	68	161	17	7	2	63	68	1	44	17	8	642	198	26	37				.380	.369	.750	85	4.3	.357	100	-0.4
17	Chris Shelton C. Shelton	.299	2005	DET	107	388	61	116	22	3	18	59	34	5	87	0	0	431	198	43	0	4	0	11	.360	.510	.870	69	17.1	.374	133	17.2
18	Chuck Hostetler C. Hostetler	.298	1944	DET	90	265	42	79	9	2	0	20	21	0	31	4	4	292	92	11	6			4	.350	.347	.697	33	1.5	.333	95	-1.8
19	Johnny Neun J. Neun	.298	1926	DET	97	242	47	72	14	4	0	15	27	1	26	4	7	274	94	18	4				.370	.388	.759	36	3.1	.359	98	-0.6
20	Johnny Groth J. Groth	.293	1949	DET	103	348	60	102	19	5	11	73	65	2	27	3	7	418	164	35	3			15	.407	.471	.878	71	21.5	.409	130	16.4
21	Austin Jackson A. Jackson	.293	2010	DET	151	618	103	181	34	10	4	41	47	4	170	27	6	675	247	48	3	3	4	5	.345	.400	.745	82	4.3	.329	101	0.8
22	Glenn Wilson G. Wilson	.292	1982	DET	84	322	39	94	15	1	12	34	15	0	51	2	3	342	147	28	3	2	0	8	.322	.457	.778	45	7	.345	113	5.3
23	Rick Peters R. Peters	.291	1980	DET	133	477	79	139	19	7	2	42	54	6	48	13	7	546	178	28	7	2	2	17	.369	.373	.742	70	8.4	.340	106	4.1
24	Harold Castro H. Castro	.291	2019	DET	97	354	30	103	10	4	5	38	9	0	86	4	2	369	136	19	2	4	0	6	.305	.384	.689	38	-8.8	.292	80	-9.6
25	George Burns G. Burns	.291	1914	DET	137	478	55	139	22	5	5	57	32	12	56	23	13	544	186	32	22				.351	.389	.740	71	13.8	.358	119	11.1