Mike Laga
Michael Russell Laga
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: June 14, 1960 in Ridgewood, NJ
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1982
Final Game: October 3, 1990
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1982 22 DET AL 27 92 88 6 23 9 0 3 11 1 0 4 23 .261 .293 .466 .759 105 41 1 0 0 0 0 3/D
1983 23 DET AL 12 22 21 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 9 .190 .227 .190 .418 18 4 1 0 0 0 0 /D3
1984 24 DET AL 9 12 11 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .545 .583 .545 1.129 216 6 0 0 0 0 0 /3D
1985 25 DET AL 9 36 36 3 6 1 0 2 6 0 0 0 9 .167 .167 .361 .528 40 13 1 0 0 0 0 /D3
1986 26 TOT MLB 33 102 91 13 19 5 0 6 16 0 0 10 31 .209 .294 .462 .756 104 42 1 1 0 0 2 3/D
1986 26 DET AL 15 50 45 6 9 1 0 3 8 0 0 5 13 .200 .280 .422 .702 88 19 0 0 0 0 1 3/D
1986 26 STL NL 18 52 46 7 10 4 0 3 8 0 0 5 18 .217 .308 .500 .808 120 23 1 1 0 0 1 3
1987 27 STL NL 17 33 29 4 4 1 0 1 4 0 0 2 7 .138 .182 .276 .458 19 8 1 0 0 2 1 3
1988 28 STL NL 41 102 100 5 13 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 21 .130 .147 .160 .307 -12 16 0 0 0 0 0 3
1989 29 SFG NL 17 21 20 1 4 1 0 1 7 0 0 1 6 .200 .238 .400 .638 82 8 0 0 0 0 0 /3
1990 30 SFG NL 23 29 27 4 5 1 0 2 4 0 0 1 7 .185 .241 .444 .686 88 12 1 1 0 0 0 3
9 Seasons 188 449 423 39 84 18 0 16 55 1 0 22 115 .199 .241 .355 .595 63 150 6 2 0 2 3
162 Game Avg. 162 387 365 34 72 16 0 14 47 1 0 19 99 .199 .241 .355 .595 63 129 5 2 0 2 3
DET (5 yrs) 72 212 201 18 48 11 0 8 28 1 0 11 56 .239 .278 .413 .691 87 83 3 0 0 0 1
STL (3 yrs) 76 187 175 16 27 5 0 5 16 0 0 9 46 .154 .198 .269 .466 29 47 2 1 0 2 2
SFG (2 yrs) 40 50 47 5 9 2 0 3 11 0 0 2 13 .191 .240 .426 .666 86 20 1 1 0 0 0
NL (5 yrs) 116 237 222 21 36 7 0 8 27 0 0 11 59 .162 .207 .302 .509 41 67 3 2 0 2 2
AL (5 yrs) 72 212 201 18 48 11 0 8 28 1 0 11 56 .239 .278 .413 .691 87 83 3 0 0 0 1

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1982 22 DET AL 92 66 12 4.9 98 .323 .261 .264 .293 .328 .466 .402 .759 .730 105 .529 0.5 0.0 .697 .261 .205 1.5
1983 23 DET AL 22 18 1 1.5 95 .333 .190 .262 .227 .324 .190 .395 .418 .719 18 .115 -2.4 -0.2 .278 .048 .000
1984 24 DET AL 12 5 4 21.5 97 .667 .545 .264 .583 .326 .545 .398 1.129 .724 216 .945 1.8 0.2 1.400 .091 .000
1985 25 DET AL 36 31 2 1.7 99 .160 .167 .261 .167 .327 .361 .406 .528 .733 40 .144 -3.2 -0.3 .419 .194 .194 .0
1986 26 TOT MLB 102 73 13 4.8 99 .241 .209 .261 .294 .331 .462 .401 .756 .731 104 .529 0.1 0.0 .726 .363 .253 .0
1986 26 DET AL 50 36 6 4.4 100 .207 .200 .262 .280 .330 .422 .408 .702 .737 88 .478 -1.0 -0.1 .667 .333 .222 .0
1986 26 STL NL 52 37 7 5.1 97 .280 .217 .261 .308 .332 .500 .394 .808 .726 120 .577 1.1 0.1 .784 .391 .283 .0
1987 27 STL NL 33 28 1 1.0 108 .130 .138 .271 .182 .341 .276 .423 .458 .764 19 .051 -3.5 -0.3 .385 .207 .138 .0
1988 28 STL NL 102 87 2 0.6 90 .154 .130 .257 .147 .321 .160 .378 .307 .699 -12 .032 -14.9 -1.6 .207 .050 .030 .0
1989 29 SFG NL 21 16 2 3.4 88 .231 .200 .250 .238 .317 .400 .373 .638 .690 82 .417 -0.6 -0.1 .563 .250 .200 .0
1990 30 SFG NL 29 23 3 3.5 95 .167 .185 .260 .241 .325 .444 .390 .686 .715 88 .397 -0.7 -0.1 .609 .296 .259 .0
9 Seasons 449 347 40 3.1 96 .231 .199 .261 .241 .327 .355 .395 .595 .722 63 .345 -22.9 -2.4 .507 .210 .156 1.9
162 Game Avg. 387 299 34 3.1 96 .231 .199 .261 .241 .327 .355 .395 .595 .722 63 .345 -22.9 -2.4 .507 .210 .156 2
DET (5 yrs) 212 156 25 4.3 99 .292 .239 .263 .278 .328 .413 .403 .691 .731 87 .469 -4.3 -0.4 .609 .234 .174 1.8
STL (3 yrs) 187 152 10 1.8 95 .175 .154 .261 .198 .328 .269 .390 .466 .717 29 .170 -17.3 -1.8 .380 .166 .114 .0
SFG (2 yrs) 50 39 5 3.4 92 .194 .191 .256 .240 .322 .426 .383 .666 .705 86 .405 -1.2 -0.2 .590 .277 .234 .0
NL (5 yrs) 237 191 15 2.1 94 .178 .162 .260 .207 .326 .302 .388 .509 .715 41 .220 -18.6 -2.0 .423 .189 .140 .0
AL (5 yrs) 212 156 25 4.3 99 .292 .239 .263 .278 .328 .413 .403 .691 .731 87 .469 -4.3 -0.4 .609 .234 .174 1.8

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1982 22 DET AL 92 3.3% 25.0% 4.4% 13.0% 52% 5.75 3.8 29.3 8.0 0.45 67%
1983 23 DET AL 22 0.0% 40.9% 4.6% 0.0% 0% 9.00 2.3 10.5 2.00 55%
1984 24 DET AL 12 0.0% 16.7% 8.3% 0.0% 0% 2.00 5.5 11.0 0.00 75%
1985 25 DET AL 36 5.6% 25.0% 0.0% 8.3% 50% 4.0 18.0 6.0 1.00 69%
1986 26 TOT MLB 102 5.9% 30.4% 9.8% 10.8% 58% 3.10 2.9 15.2 5.7 0.50 53%
1986 26 DET AL 50 6.0% 26.0% 10.0% 8.0% 44% 2.60 3.5 15.0 5.6 0.16 58%
1986 26 STL NL 52 5.8% 34.6% 9.6% 13.5% 70% 3.60 2.6 15.3 5.8 1.22 48%
1987 27 STL NL 33 3.0% 21.2% 6.1% 6.1% 50% 3.50 4.1 29.0 7.3 0.67 70%
1988 28 STL NL 102 1.0% 20.6% 2.0% 1.0% 8% 10.50 4.8 100.0 25.0 0.80 0.88 76% 22% 3.1% 27%
1989 29 SFG NL 21 4.8% 28.6% 4.8% 9.5% 50% 6.00 3.3 20.0 2.9 0.27 0.25 62% 14% 11.1% 18%
1990 30 SFG NL 29 6.9% 24.1% 3.5% 10.3% 60% 7.00 3.9 13.5 6.8 0.19 0.31 62% 20% 18.2% 31%
9 Seasons 449 3.6% 25.6% 4.9% 7.6% 41% 5.23 3.7 26.4 7.7 0.58 0.62 65% 20% 7.7% 27%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1982 22 DET AL 1 0 13% 33 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 4 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
1983 23 DET AL 0 0 40% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
1984 24 DET AL 0 0 14% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 25 DET AL 0 0 25% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1986 26 TOT MLB 1 0 29% 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57% 1 0 1 3 1 2 3 2 1
1986 26 DET AL 1 0 27% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0
1986 26 STL NL 0 0 31% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 75% 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 1 1
1987 27 STL NL 1 0 60% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 75% 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 1
1988 28 STL NL 2 0 29% 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 60% 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0
1989 29 SFG NL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 30 SFG NL 0 0 40% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
9 Seasons 5 0 25% 117 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 52% 11 6 5 6 1 5 10 6 4
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1982 22 DET AL 92 98% 23 1 1 0 0 1.70 3 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 12 1 8% 8 0 0% 50 8 16% 1 0 0% 5 3 60% 0
1983 23 DET AL 22 100% 4 3 1 0 0 0.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 17% 2 0 0% 15 2 13% 3 2 67% 1 1 100% 0
1984 24 DET AL 12 100% 6 1 1 0 0 1.89 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 2 0 0% 11 1 9% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1985 25 DET AL 36 100% 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 1 17% 4 1 25% 24 4 17% 3 1 33% 3 0 0% 0
1986 26 TOT MLB 102 98% 19 4 0 0 1 1.74 6 0 2 5 1 3 3 0 0 0 22 1 5% 8 1 13% 66 11 17% 3 1 33% 10 2 20% 0
1986 26 DET AL 50 98% 9 1 0 0 0 0.00 3 0 1 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 14 0 0% 6 0 0% 29 5 17% 3 1 33% 3 0 0% 0
1986 26 STL NL 52 98% 10 3 0 0 1 2.32 3 0 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 8 1 13% 2 1 50% 37 6 16% 0 0 7 2 29% 0
1987 27 STL NL 33 79% 4 5 1 0 0 1.57 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 1 14% 3 2 67% 28 3 11% 2 2 100% 2 1 50% 0
1988 28 STL NL 102 91% 13 1 0 5 0 0 0 1.17 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 18 0 0% 11 3 27% 55 4 7% 6 2 33% 5 2 40% 0
1989 29 SFG NL 21 100% 4 0 0 11 2 0 2 2.05 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 0% 3 0 0% 23 6 26% 3 1 33% 1 0 0% 0
1990 30 SFG NL 29 79% 5 1 0 11 2 1 1 1.07 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 7 1 14% 1 0 0% 16 2 13% 0 0 3 0 0% 0
9 Seasons 449 94% 84 2 0 41 8 1 4 1.43 16 0 12 14 2 8 8 0 0 0 89 6 7% 42 7 17% 288 41 14% 22 9 41% 30 9 30% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 28 STL NL 102 349 3.42 242 69% 16% 22% 29% 33% 84% 0% 58% 74% 47% 2% 2 1 8% 8 5 7% 7 4 19% 0 0 0
1989 29 SFG NL 20 72 3.60 46 64% 4% 39% 28% 28% 96% 0% 61% 59% 70% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 5% 1 1 0% 1 0 0
1990 30 SFG NL 25 89 3.56 58 65% 17% 29% 24% 29% 83% 0% 54% 65% 48% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 33% 4 0 0
3 Seasons 147 510 3.47 346 68% 15% 25% 28% 32% 85% 0% 58% 70% 50% 1% 2 1 5% 8 5 5% 8 5 18% 5 0 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1982 22 27 92 88 6 23 9 0 3 11 1 0 4 23 .261 .293 .466 .759 105 41 1 0 0 0 0
1983 23 39 114 109 8 27 9 0 3 13 1 0 5 32 .248 .281 .413 .694 89 45 2 0 0 0 0
1984 24 48 126 120 9 33 9 0 3 14 1 0 6 34 .275 .310 .425 .735 101 51 2 0 0 0 0
1985 25 57 162 156 12 39 10 0 5 20 1 0 6 43 .250 .278 .410 .688 87 64 3 0 0 0 0
1986 26 90 264 247 25 58 15 0 11 36 1 0 16 74 .235 .284 .429 .713 93 106 4 1 0 0 2
1987 27 107 297 276 29 62 16 0 12 40 1 0 18 81 .225 .273 .413 .686 85 114 5 1 0 2 3
1988 28 148 399 376 34 75 16 0 13 44 1 0 20 102 .199 .241 .346 .586 61 130 5 1 0 2 3
1989 29 165 420 396 35 79 17 0 14 51 1 0 21 108 .199 .240 .348 .589 62 138 5 1 0 2 3
1990 30 188 449 423 39 84 18 0 16 55 1 0 22 115 .199 .241 .355 .595 63 150 6 2 0 2 3

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1982 22 27 93 89 6 24 9 0 3 12 1 4 23 .270 .301 .472 .773 13 27
1983 23 12 22 21 3 4 0 0 0 3 0 1 9 .190 .227 .190 .418 1 12
1984 24 9 13 12 1 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 .583 .615 .583 1.199 4 9
1985 25 9 36 36 3 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 9 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 9
1986 26 33 104 92 13 20 5 0 6 16 0 11 31 .217 .308 .467 .775 13 33
1987 27 17 32 28 3 3 1 0 1 3 0 2 7 .107 .156 .250 .406 1 17
1988 28 41 104 102 6 15 0 0 1 5 0 2 21 .147 .163 .176 .340 3 41
1989 29 17 21 20 1 4 1 0 1 7 0 1 6 .200 .238 .400 .638 2 17
1990 30 23 29 27 5 5 1 0 2 5 0 1 7 .185 .241 .444 .686 3 23
9 Seasons 188 454 427 41 82 17 0 14 59 1 23 115 .192 .236 .330 .566 42 188
162 Game Avg. 162 391 368 35 71 15 0 12 51 1 20 99 .192 .236 .330 .566 36 188

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