Mark Belanger

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 170lb (185cm, 77kg)

Born: June 8, 1944 in Pittsfield, MA us

Died: October 6, 1998 in New York, NY

Buried: St. Joseph Cemetery, Pittsfield, MA

High School: Pittsfield HS (Pittsfield, MA)

Debut: August 7, 1965 (Age 21-060d, 12,383rd in major league history)
vs. KCA 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 2, 1982 (Age 38-116d)
vs. SFG 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1967 season

Agents: Ron Shapiro

Full Name: Mark Henry Belanger

Nicknames: The Blade

Pronunciation: \buh-LAN-jer\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

41.0

5784

1316

.228

676

RBI

389

167

OBP

.300

SLG

.280

OPS

.580

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	BAL	@	DET	W,10-0	CG	29	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
2	2	Apr 11	BAL		BOS	L,5-6	GS	29	6.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
3	3	Apr 12	BAL		BOS	L,2-3	CG	45	13.0	1	7	1	9	2	SS
4	4	Apr 13	BAL		BOS	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
5	5	Apr 15	BAL		MIL	L,1-7	CG	38	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
6	6	Apr 16	BAL		MIL	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
7	7	Apr 18	BAL	@	BOS	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
8	8	Apr 20	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-10	CG	43	8.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
9	9	Apr 22	BAL	@	MIL	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
10	10	Apr 23	BAL	@	MIL	L,5-8	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
11	11	Apr 26 (1)	BAL		CLE	L,0-3	GS	29	7.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
12	12	Apr 26 (2)	BAL		CLE	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	SS
13	13	Apr 27	BAL		CLE	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
14	14	Apr 28	BAL		DET	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
15	15	Apr 29	BAL		DET	L,2-4	CG	39	10.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
16	16	Apr 30	BAL	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	39	8.1	0	3	0	3	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	17	May 1	BAL	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
18	18	May 2	BAL	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS	24	6.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
19	19	May 3	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
20	20	May 4 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	W,11-1	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
21	21	May 4 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	L,3-4	GF	14	2.2	0	2	0	2	0	PR SS
22	22	May 5	BAL		NYY	W,3-1	GS	24	7.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
23	23	May 7	BAL		NYY	W,4-3	GS	31	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
24	29 (5)	May 14	BAL		CHW	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	SS
25	30	May 16 (1)	BAL		CAL	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
26	31	May 16 (2)	BAL		CAL	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	1	8	0	9	0	SS
27	32	May 17	BAL		CAL	L,3-6	CG	45	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
28	33	May 18	BAL		CAL	L,1-5	GS	35	8.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
29	34	May 19	BAL	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
30	35	May 21	BAL	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
31	36	May 22	BAL	@	CHW	L,1-2	GS	24	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
32	37	May 23	BAL	@	KCR	L,1-10	CG	42	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
33	38	May 24	BAL	@	KCR	L,4-5	GF	20	3.1	0	2	1	3	1	SS
34	39	May 25	BAL	@	KCR	L,1-9	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
35	40	May 26	BAL	@	OAK	L,5-6	GS	25	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
36	41	May 27	BAL	@	OAK	L,2-4	CG	39	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
37	42	May 28	BAL	@	OAK	L,0-5	CG	32	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
38	43	May 30	BAL	@	CAL	W,5-0	GF	12	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
39	44	May 31	BAL	@	CAL	W,1-0	GF	8	2.0	1	0	1	2	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	45	Jun 1	BAL	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	1	6	0	7	2	SS
41	46	Jun 3	BAL		TEX	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
42	47	Jun 4	BAL		TEX	L,2-3	GS	27	7.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
43	48	Jun 6	BAL		KCR	W,3-2	GS	39	10.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
44	49	Jun 7	BAL		KCR	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	6	5	0	11	1	SS
45	50	Jun 8	BAL		KCR	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
46	51	Jun 9	BAL		OAK	L,3-4	CG	60	15.0	5	6	0	11	1	SS
47	52	Jun 10	BAL		OAK	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
48	53	Jun 11	BAL	@	TEX	W,9-8	CG	45	10.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
49	54	Jun 12	BAL	@	TEX	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	2	SS
50	55	Jun 13	BAL	@	MIN	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
51	56	Jun 14	BAL	@	MIN	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	1	6	0	7	2	SS
52	57	Jun 15	BAL	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	1	6	0	7	2	SS
53	58	Jun 16	BAL	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
54	59	Jun 17	BAL	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
55	60	Jun 18	BAL	@	CLE	W,13-6	CG	38	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
56	61	Jun 20	BAL		BOS	L,3-4	GS	35	9.0	2	6	0	8	3	SS
57	62	Jun 21	BAL		BOS	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
58	63	Jun 22 (1)	BAL		BOS	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	4	7	0	11	3	SS
59	64	Jun 22 (2)	BAL		BOS	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	5	6	0	11	1	SS
60	65	Jun 23	BAL		NYY	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
61	66	Jun 24	BAL		NYY	L,1-3	GS	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
62	67	Jun 25	BAL		NYY	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
63	68	Jun 26	BAL		DET	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	2	6	1	9	2	SS
64	69	Jun 27	BAL		DET	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
65	70	Jun 28	BAL		DET	W,7-4	CG	46	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
66	71	Jun 29	BAL		DET	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	6	0	9	0	SS
67	72	Jun 30 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-5	GS	34	7.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
68	73	Jun 30 (2)	BAL	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	3	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	74	Jul 1	BAL	@	BOS	W,10-6	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
70	75	Jul 2	BAL	@	DET	W,13-5	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
71	76	Jul 3	BAL	@	DET	L,5-9	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
72	77	Jul 4	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-4	GS	32	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
73	78	Jul 5	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	4	1	7	2	SS
74	79	Jul 6	BAL	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
75	80	Jul 8	BAL	@	CAL	W,8-5	CG	39	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
76	81	Jul 9	BAL	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
77	82	Jul 10	BAL	@	CAL	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
78	83	Jul 11	BAL	@	OAK	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
79	84	Jul 12	BAL	@	OAK	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	3	1	1	5	1	SS
80	85	Jul 13	BAL	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
81	86	Jul 17	BAL		MIN	W,6-3	GS	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
82	87	Jul 18	BAL		MIN	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	SS
83	88	Jul 19 (1)	BAL		OAK	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
84	89	Jul 19 (2)	BAL		OAK	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
85	90	Jul 20	BAL		OAK	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
86	91	Jul 21	BAL		OAK	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
87	92	Jul 22	BAL		CAL	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
88	93	Jul 23	BAL		CAL	L,0-1	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
89	94	Jul 24	BAL	@	MIL	W,10-7	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
90	95	Jul 25	BAL	@	MIL	L,2-5	CG	41	8.0	3	7	0	10	0	SS
91	96	Jul 26	BAL	@	MIL	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
92	97	Jul 27 (1)	BAL	@	MIL	W,7-4	GF	15	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
93	98	Jul 27 (2)	BAL	@	MIL	W,11-6	GS	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
94	99	Jul 28	BAL		CLE	L,5-7	GS	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
95	100	Jul 29	BAL		CLE	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
96	101	Jul 30	BAL		CLE	L,1-3	GS	22	7.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	102	Aug 1 (1)	BAL		MIL	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
98	103	Aug 1 (2)	BAL		MIL	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
99	104	Aug 2	BAL		MIL	W,6-1	CG	39	9.0	0	7	1	8	2	SS
100	105	Aug 3	BAL		MIL	L,1-4	GS	31	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
101	106	Aug 4	BAL	@	BOS	W,12-8	CG	44	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
102	107	Aug 5	BAL	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
103	108	Aug 6 (1)	BAL	@	DET	W,4-2	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
104	109	Aug 6 (2)	BAL	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
105	110	Aug 7	BAL	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	45	10.0	1	9	1	11	1	SS
106	111	Aug 8	BAL	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
107	112	Aug 9	BAL	@	CHW	W,12-6	CG	43	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
108	113	Aug 10	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	38	8.1	3	3	0	6	1	SS
109	114	Aug 11	BAL		KCR	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
110	115	Aug 12	BAL		KCR	L,2-4	GS	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
111	116	Aug 13	BAL		KCR	W,3-0	CG	28	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
112	117	Aug 15 (1)	BAL		TEX	L,6-10	GS	30	6.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
113	118	Aug 15 (2)	BAL		TEX	W,13-1	CG	32	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
114	119	Aug 16	BAL		TEX	L,1-5	GS	26	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
115	120	Aug 17	BAL		TEX	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
116	121	Aug 18	BAL	@	MIN	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
117	122	Aug 19	BAL	@	MIN	L,2-5	GS	31	7.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
118	123	Aug 20	BAL	@	MIN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
119	124	Aug 21	BAL	@	TEX	W,4-2		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
120	125	Aug 22	BAL	@	TEX	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
121	126	Aug 23	BAL	@	TEX	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	SS
122	127	Aug 24	BAL	@	TEX	L,7-8	GS	29	7.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
123	128	Aug 26 (1)	BAL	@	KCR	L,3-4	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
124	129	Aug 26 (2)	BAL	@	KCR	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
125	130	Aug 27	BAL	@	KCR	W,4-2	GS	24	5.2	1	4	0	5	0	SS
126	131	Aug 28	BAL		CHW	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	4	8	0	12	4	SS
127	132	Aug 29	BAL		CHW	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
128	133	Aug 30	BAL		CHW	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
129	134	Sep 2 (1)	BAL		CLE	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
130	135	Sep 2 (2)	BAL		CLE	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	5	4	0	9	0	SS
131	136	Sep 3	BAL		BOS	L,2-3	CG	40	10.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
132	137	Sep 4	BAL		BOS	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
133	138	Sep 5 (1)	BAL		NYY	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
134	139	Sep 5 (2)	BAL		NYY	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
135	140	Sep 6	BAL		NYY	W,7-6	CG	53	13.0	0	9	0	9	1	SS
136	141	Sep 7	BAL		NYY	L,0-2	GS	29	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
137	142	Sep 8	BAL	@	MIL	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
138	143	Sep 9	BAL	@	MIL	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
139	144	Sep 10 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-7	GS	25	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
140	145	Sep 10 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	W,6-5	GS	29	7.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
141	146	Sep 11	BAL	@	CLE	W,10-2	CG	33	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	PR SS
142	147	Sep 12	BAL	@	DET	W,6-4	GS	40	10.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
143	148	Sep 13	BAL	@	DET	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
144	149	Sep 14	BAL	@	DET	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	PR SS
145	150	Sep 16	BAL	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	PR SS
146	151	Sep 17	BAL	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
147	152	Sep 19	BAL		MIL	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	3	3	1	7	2	SS
148	153	Sep 20	BAL		MIL	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	4	5	1	10	2	SS
149	154	Sep 21	BAL		MIL	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
150	155	Sep 24	BAL		DET	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
151	156	Sep 27 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	44	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
152	157	Sep 27 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	L,3-7	GS	21	5.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
							152gm		1262.1	259	508	17	784	105