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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1982 DET AL 22 1B 19 16 154.1 168 163 4 1 18 .994 -0.1 -0.8 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 0 9.74 8.79 .992 9.85 8.51
1982 DET AL 22 DH 8
1983 DET AL 23 DH 6
1983 DET AL 23 1B 5 1 12.0 10 9 1 0 2 1.000 -0.1 -10.0 -0.1 -0.3 0.2 0 7.50 2.00 .990 9.90 8.24
1984 DET AL 24 1B 4 1 11.0 13 12 1 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 10.64 3.25 .992 9.74 8.25
1984 DET AL 24 DH 4
1985 DET AL 25 DH 5
1985 DET AL 25 1B 4 4 35.0 39 33 5 1 4 .974 1.1 37.7 1.1 1.1 0.0 0 9.77 9.50 .992 9.77 8.68
1986 TOT MLB 26 1B 28 22 203.2 228 207 21 0 19 1.000 3.3 19.4 3.3 0.8 2.6 0 10.08 8.14 .991 9.69 8.44
1986 DET AL 26 1B 12 11 99.0 105 98 7 0 10 1.000 0.8 9.7 0.8 0.1 0.7 0 9.55 8.75 .990 9.42 8.62
1986 DET AL 26 DH 2
1986 STL NL 26 1B 16 11 104.2 123 109 14 0 9 1.000 2.5 28.7 2.5 0.7 1.9 0 10.58 7.69 .992 9.94 8.31
1987 STL NL 27 1B 12 7 65.0 75 66 7 2 10 .973 -0.5 -9.2 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 0 10.11 6.08 .991 9.89 8.47
1988 STL NL 28 1B 37 24 240.1 310 293 17 0 26 1.000 1.1 5.5 1.1 -0.3 1.4 0 11.61 8.38 .991 9.96 8.65
1989 SFG NL 29 1B 4 1 20.0 17 16 1 0 0 1.000 0.6 36.0 0.6 0.0 0.6 0 7.65 4.25 .994 9.76 8.38
1990 SFG NL 30 1B 10 3 43.0 38 33 5 0 4 1.000 1.1 30.7 1.1 0.8 0.3 0 7.95 3.80 .992 9.59 7.88
9 Seasons 1B 123 79 784.1 898 832 62 4 84 .996 6.5 9.9 6.5 2.2 4.4 0 10.26 7.27 .991 9.82 8.46
5 Seasons DH 25
9 Seasons TOT 123 79 784.1 898 832 62 4 84 .996 6.5 9.9 6.5 2.2 4.4 0 10.26 7.27 .987 9.82 8.46

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1982 DET AL 22 27 21 27 19 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0
1983 DET AL 23 12 6 12 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0
1984 DET AL 24 9 3 9 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0
1985 DET AL 25 9 9 9 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
1986 STL NL 26 18 11 18 16 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1986 DET AL 26 15 12 15 12 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
1987 STL NL 27 17 7 17 12 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1988 STL NL 28 41 24 41 37 0 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
1989 SFG NL 29 17 1 17 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1990 SFG NL 30 23 3 23 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
9 Seasons 188 97 188 123 0 0 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 57 2
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1982 DET AL 22 690 54% 74% 27% 40 95% 0 164 16 148 0 18 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 18 0 0 0 17 0 1 1 0 0
1983 DET AL 23 58 59% 71% 19% 4 100% 0 9 0 9 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1984 DET AL 24 52 58% 81% 29% 4 100% 0 12 0 11 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1985 DET AL 25 148 57% 74% 28% 10 100% 0 33 0 33 0 5 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1986 STL NL 26 433 65% 78% 30% 30 97% 0 112 7 101 4 10 13 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 1 0 9 1 0 0 0 2 50%
1986 DET AL 26 448 61% 76% 29% 22 95% 0 96 5 88 3 9 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 8 0 2 0 2 0
1987 STL NL 27 287 64% 76% 32% 17 88% 0 66 4 59 4 3 8 4 4 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 10 1 1 0 9 2 1 1 0 0
1988 STL NL 28 1024 62% 77% 36% 54 98% 0 293 16 270 6 25 17 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 0 0 26 0 0 0 0 6 100%
1989 SFG NL 29 85 33% 73% 19% 4 100% 0 15 0 14 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1990 SFG NL 30 196 52% 76% 28% 10 90% 0 31 2 29 0 2 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 3421 59% 76% 31% 195 96% 0 831 50 762 19 81 62 45 10 0 1 4 1 2 1 2 83 1 3 0 79 4 4 2 2 10 90%
MLB Averages 56% 78% 28% 95% 88%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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