{{short description|American baseball player (born 1960)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Mike Laga |position=First baseman |image=1985 Nashville Mike Laga.jpg |caption=Laga with the Nashville Sounds in 1985 |bats=Right |throws=Left |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1960|6|14}} |birth_place=Ridgewood, New Jersey, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=September 1 |debutyear=1982 |debutteam=Detroit Tigers |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=October 3 |finalyear=1990 |finalteam=San Francisco Giants |debut2league = NPB |debut2date=April 7 |debut2year=1991 |debut2team=Fukuoka Daiei Hawks |final2league = NPB |final2date=August 1 |final2year=1992 |final2team=Fukuoka Daiei Hawks |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Batting average |stat1value=.199 |stat2label=Home runs |stat2value=16 |stat3label=Runs batted in |stat3value=55 |stat2league = NPB |stat21label=Batting average |stat21value=.231 |stat22label=Home runs |stat22value=35 |stat23label=Runs batted in |stat23value=87 |teams= *Detroit Tigers ({{mlby|1982}}–{{mlby|1986}}) *St. Louis Cardinals ({{mlby|1986}}–{{mlby|1988}}) *San Francisco Giants ({{mlby|1989}}–{{mlby|1990}}) *Fukuoka Daiei Hawks ({{npby|1991}}–{{npby|1992}}) }} '''Michael Russell Laga''' (born June 14, 1960) is an American former professional baseball player for the Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Cardinals and San Francisco Giants in the 1980s and 1990s. He is best known for once hitting a foul ball out of the second Busch Stadium (September 15, 1986). Laga played for the 1984 World Series Champion Detroit Tigers, going 6–11 that year with a .545 average for the year, but did not appear in the World Series. Nor did he appear in the 1987 World Series for the St. Louis Cardinals. In his career, Laga played in 188 major league games and had 84 hits, 55 RBIs, 39 runs scored, and 16 home runs. He also hit 32 home runs in {{Baseball year|1991}}, playing for Daiei of the Japanese League. He also played for the Hawks in {{by|1992}}.
Laga currently lives in Florence, Massachusetts. He has three children.
Laga graduated from Ramsey High School in Ramsey, New Jersey and attended Bergen Community College.<ref>{{cite book|title=the ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia|year=2007|publisher=Sterling Publishing|isbn=978-1-4027-4771-7|pages=633}}</ref>
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