# Mike Laga

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{{short description|American baseball player (born 1960)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Mike Laga
|position=[First baseman](/source/First_baseman)
|image=1985 Nashville Mike Laga.jpg
|caption=Laga with the [Nashville Sounds](/source/Nashville_Sounds) in 1985
|bats=Right
|throws=Left
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1960|6|14}}
|birth_place=[Ridgewood, New Jersey](/source/Ridgewood%2C_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](/source/Batting_average_(baseball))
|stat1value=.199
|stat2label=[Home run](/source/Home_run)s
|stat2value=16
|stat3label=[Runs batted in](/source/Runs_batted_in)
|stat3value=55
|stat2league = NPB
|stat21label=[Batting average](/source/Batting_average_(baseball))
|stat21value=.231
|stat22label=[Home run](/source/Home_run)s
|stat22value=35
|stat23label=[Runs batted in](/source/Runs_batted_in)
|stat23value=87
|teams=
*[Detroit Tigers](/source/Detroit_Tigers) ({{mlby|1982}}–{{mlby|1986}})
*[St. Louis Cardinals](/source/St._Louis_Cardinals) ({{mlby|1986}}–{{mlby|1988}})
*[San Francisco Giants](/source/San_Francisco_Giants) ({{mlby|1989}}–{{mlby|1990}})
*[Fukuoka Daiei Hawks](/source/Fukuoka_Daiei_Hawks) ({{npby|1991}}–{{npby|1992}})
}}
'''Michael Russell Laga''' (born June 14, 1960) is an American former professional [baseball](/source/baseball) player for the [Detroit Tigers](/source/Detroit_Tigers), [St. Louis Cardinals](/source/St._Louis_Cardinals) and [San Francisco Giants](/source/San_Francisco_Giants) in the 1980s and 1990s.  He is best known for once hitting a foul ball out of the second [Busch Stadium](/source/Busch_Stadium_II) (September 15, 1986).
 
Laga played for the [1984 World Series Champion Detroit Tigers](/source/1984_Detroit_Tigers_season), going 6–11 that year with a .545 average for the year, but did not appear in the [World Series](/source/World_Series).  Nor did he appear in the [1987 World Series](/source/1987_World_Series) for the [St. Louis Cardinals](/source/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](/source/Fukuoka_Daiei_Hawks) of the Japanese League. He also played for the Hawks in {{by|1992}}.

Laga currently lives in [Florence, Massachusetts](/source/Florence%2C_Massachusetts). He has three  children.

Laga graduated from [Ramsey High School](/source/Ramsey_High_School_(New_Jersey)) in [Ramsey, New Jersey](/source/Ramsey%2C_New_Jersey) and attended [Bergen Community College](/source/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>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Baseballstats|mlb=|brm=laga--001mic|espn=|br=l/lagami01|fangraphs=1007253}}

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Category:Detroit Tigers players
Category:St. Louis Cardinals players
Category:Fukuoka Daiei Hawks players
Category:American expatriate baseball players in Japan
Category:Bergen Community College alumni
Category:Major League Baseball first basemen
Category:Nashville Sounds players
Category:Lakeland Tigers players
Category:Evansville Triplets players
Category:Louisville Redbirds players
Category:Phoenix Firebirds players
Category:Birmingham Barons players
Category:People from Ramsey, New Jersey
Category:Sportspeople from Ridgewood, New Jersey
Category:Baseball players from Bergen County, New Jersey
Category:Ramsey High School (New Jersey) alumni
Category:San Francisco Giants players
Category:1960 births
Category:Living people
Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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