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.

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	BAL		KCR	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
2	2	Apr 12	BAL		KCR	L,2-4	GS	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
3	3	Apr 13	BAL	@	BOS	W,5-1	GS	30	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
4	4	Apr 15	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-7	GS	29	6.0	0	5	1	6	0	SS
5	5	Apr 17	BAL	@	KCR	W,3-2	GS	30	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
6	6	Apr 19	BAL	@	KCR	L,2-3	GS	31	7.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
7	7	Apr 21	BAL	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	38	8.0	0	3	1	4	1	SS
8	8	Apr 23 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	L,5-18	CG	55	8.0	1	4	1	6	1	SS
9	10 (1)	Apr 25	BAL		BOS	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
10	11	Apr 26	BAL		BOS	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
11	12	Apr 27	BAL		CHW	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
12	13	Apr 28	BAL		CHW	L,6-8	GS	28	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
13	14	Apr 29	BAL		CHW	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
14	15	Apr 30	BAL		TOR	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	21 (5)	May 6	BAL		MIN	W,5-4	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
16	22	May 9 (1)	BAL	@	TEX	W,7-3	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
17	23	May 9 (2)	BAL	@	TEX	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
18	24	May 10	BAL	@	TEX	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
19	25	May 12	BAL	@	TOR	L,2-5	GS	30	7.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
20	31 (5)	May 18	BAL		OAK	W,5-1	CG	29	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
21	32	May 19	BAL		OAK	W,6-5	GS	27	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
22	33	May 20	BAL		CAL	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
23	35 (1)	May 22	BAL	@	DET	W,4-2	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
24	36	May 23	BAL	@	DET	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
25	37	May 24 (1)	BAL	@	DET	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	4	2	1	7	1	SS
26	38	May 24 (2)	BAL	@	DET	L,3-5	GF	5	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
27	39	May 25	BAL		NYY	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
28	40	May 26	BAL		NYY	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
29	41	May 27	BAL		NYY	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	7	0	9	2	SS
30	42	May 29	BAL		DET	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
31	44 (1)	May 31	BAL		DET	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	4	4	0	8	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	45	Jun 2	BAL	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	44	10.1	6	2	1	9	0	SS
33	46	Jun 3	BAL	@	NYY	L,0-2	GS	30	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
34	47	Jun 4	BAL	@	NYY	L,3-12	GS	36	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
35	48	Jun 5	BAL	@	CAL	W,6-4	GF	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
36	50 (1)	Jun 7	BAL	@	CAL	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
37	51	Jun 9 (1)	BAL	@	OAK	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	3	4	1	8	0	SS
38	52	Jun 9 (2)	BAL	@	OAK	L,2-3	GF	18	3.2	2	2	0	4	0	PH SS
39	53	Jun 10	BAL	@	OAK	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
40	54	Jun 11	BAL	@	SEA	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	55	Aug 10	BAL		KCR	W,3-2	GS	43	11.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
42	57 (1)	Aug 12 (2)	BAL		KCR	W,4-3	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
43	58	Aug 13	BAL		KCR	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
44	59	Aug 14	BAL		CHW	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
45	60	Aug 15	BAL		CHW	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
46	61	Aug 16	BAL		CHW	L,7-8		20	4.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
47	62	Aug 18	BAL	@	CAL	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
48	63	Aug 19	BAL	@	CAL	L,3-6	GS	26	5.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
49	64	Aug 20	BAL	@	CAL	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
50	65	Aug 21	BAL	@	OAK	W,4-2	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
51	66	Aug 22	BAL	@	OAK	L,0-2	GS	25	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
52	67	Aug 23	BAL	@	OAK	W,7-4	GF	7	2.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
53	72 (4)	Aug 29	BAL		CAL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
54	73	Aug 30	BAL		CAL	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
55	74	Aug 31	BAL		SEA	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	75	Sep 1	BAL		SEA	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
57	76	Sep 2	BAL		SEA	W,3-2	CG	44	11.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
58	77	Sep 3	BAL		OAK	L,0-10	GS	22	4.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
59	78	Sep 4	BAL		OAK	L,4-5		10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
60	79	Sep 5	BAL		OAK	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
61	80	Sep 6	BAL		OAK	W,8-4	GF	7	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
62	88 (7)	Sep 15	BAL	@	CLE	W,7-6	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
63	91 (2)	Sep 19	BAL		MIL	L,8-11	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR SS
							63gm		435.0	86	162	7	255	21