Mike Laga

Mike Laga
First baseman
Born: June 14, 1960 (1960-06-14) (age 51) Ridgewood, New Jersey
Batted: Left	Threw: Left
MLB debut
September 1, 1982 for the Detroit Tigers
Last MLB appearance
October 3, 1990 for the San Francisco Giants
Career statistics
Batting average	.199
Home runs	16
Runs batted in	55
Teams
Detroit Tigers (1982-86) St. Louis Cardinals (1986-88) San Francisco Giants (1989-90) Fukuoka Daiei Hawks (1991-92)

Michael Russell Laga (June 14, 1960 in Ridgewood, New Jersey) is a 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 1991, playing for Daiei of the Japanese League. He also played for the Hawks in 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.^[1]

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube

References

1. ^ the ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia. Sterling Publishing. 2007. pp. 633. ISBN 1-4027-4771-2. 

Persondata
Name	Laga, Mike
Alternative names
Short description	American baseball player
Date of birth	June 14, 1960
Place of birth	Ridgewood, New Jersey
Date of death
Place of death