Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 1982
Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 1982
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 188
- AB
- 423
- R
- 39
- H
- 84
- HR
- 16
- RBI
- 55
- SB
- 1
- AVG
- .199
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | DET | 27 | 88 | 6 | 23 | 3 | 11 | 1 | .261 |
| 1983 | DET | 12 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .190 |
| 1984 | DET | 9 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .545 |
| 1985 | DET | 9 | 36 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .167 |
| 1986 |  DET/STL | 33 | 91 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 16 | 0 | .209 |
| 1987 | STL | 17 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .138 |
| 1988 | STL | 41 | 100 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .130 |
| 1989 | SF | 17 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .200 |
| 1990 | SF | 23 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .185 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 449
- TB
- 150
- XBH
- 34
- HBP
- 2
- IBB
- 3
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | DET | 92 | 41 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | DET | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | DET | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | DET | 36 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | DET/STL | 102 | 42 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | STL | 33 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | STL | 102 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | SF | 21 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | SF | 29 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- -1.3
- RC
- 36.4
- RC/27
- 2.90
- ISOP
- .156
- SECA
- .210
- BB/K
- 0.19
- AB/HR
- 26.4
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | DET | 0.0 | 12.4 | 5.1 | .205 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 29.3 | 0 |
| 1983 | DET | -0.3 | 0.6 | 1 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | DET | 0.2 | 3.2 | 17.2 | .000 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | DET | -0.2 | 2 | 1.8 | .194 | 0.2 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 1986 | DET/STL | 0.4 | 13 | 4.9 | .253 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 15.2 | 0 |
| 1987 | STL | -0.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | .138 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 29 | 0 |
| 1988 | STL | -1.2 | -0.7 | -0.2 | .030 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 100 | 0 |
| 1989 | SF | 0.1 | 1.9 | 3.3 | .200 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 20 | 0 |
| 1990 | SF | 0.1 | 3 | 3.7 | .259 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 13.5 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Mike Laga's career stats?
Mike Laga played 9 seasons for the Tigers, the Cardinals and the Giants. He was a career .199 hitter with 84 hits, 16 home runs and 55 RBI. His best season was 1984: a .545 batting average, 0 home runs and 1 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
9 seasons, 1982 to 1990
Championships
- 1984 World Series with the Detroit Tigers
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