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+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	24-19 / in Starts: 22-16
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	37 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games

Postseason Batting Game Log

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Postseason Batting Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1969	ALCS g1	Oct 4	BAL		MIN	W,4-3	CG(12)	5	5	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	1.000	1.400	8	1.99	0.099	62.06	1.59%	0.55	SS
2	1969	ALCS g2	Oct 5	BAL		MIN	W,1-0	CG(11)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.500	.700	7	2.54	-0.308	84.41	-5.72%	-2.05	SS
3	1969	ALCS g3	Oct 6	BAL	@	MIN	W,11-2	CG	5	5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.267	.600	.867	8	.38	0.027	8.97	0.43%	0.63	SS
4	1969	WS g1	Oct 11	BAL		NYM	W,4-1	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.278	.556	.833	8	.66	0.100	34.64	2.91%	0.87	SS
5	1969	WS g2	Oct 12	BAL		NYM	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.238	.476	.714	8	1.31	-0.096	69.11	-3.02%	-0.58	SS
6	1969	WS g3	Oct 14	BAL	@	NYM	L,0-5	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.280	.435	.715	8	.41	-0.027	25.55	-0.92%	-0.13	SS
7	1969	WS g4	Oct 15	BAL	@	NYM	L,1-2	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.276	.407	.683	8	1.89	-0.111	120.68	-4.38%	-0.34	SS
8	1969	WS g5	Oct 16	BAL	@	NYM	L,3-5	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.281	.400	.681	8	.63	0.018	30.07	0.57%	0.06	SS
1970 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
9	1970	ALCS g1	Oct 3	BAL	@	MIN	W,10-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	8	1.31	0.133	40.86	2.67%	0.88	SS
10	1970	ALCS g2	Oct 4	BAL	@	MIN	W,11-3	CG	5	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.556	.500	1.056	1	.72	0.118	20.94	2.19%	1.99	SS
11	1970	ALCS g3	Oct 5	BAL		MIN	W,6-1	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.385	.333	.718	8	.43	-0.031	7.80	-0.31%	-0.76	SS
12	1970	WS g1	Oct 10	BAL	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.412	.333	.745	8	.90	-0.014	46.75	-0.31%	-0.01	SS
13	1970	WS g2	Oct 11	BAL	@	CIN	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.333	.263	.596	8	.80	-0.087	41.03	-2.69%	-0.97	SS
14	1970	WS g3	Oct 13	BAL		CIN	W,9-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.280	.217	.497	2	.64	-0.060	26.46	-1.40%	-0.94	SS
15	1970	WS g4	Oct 14	BAL		CIN	L,5-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.250	.192	.442	8	.56	-0.043	12.35	-0.54%	-0.59	SS
16	1970	WS g5	Oct 15	BAL		CIN	W,9-3	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.242	.194	.436	1	.78	0.066	37.02	1.96%	-0.50	SS
1971 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	1971	ALCS g1	Oct 3	BAL		OAK	W,5-3	CG	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	8	1.49	0.139	46.57	2.78%	1.05	SS
18	1971	ALCS g2	Oct 4	BAL		OAK	W,5-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	8	.55	-0.038	18.27	-0.71%	-0.48	SS
19	1971	ALCS g3	Oct 5	BAL	@	OAK	W,5-3	CG	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.455	.250	.705	8	.98	-0.027	23.32	-0.43%	0.10	SS
20	1971	WS g1	Oct 9	BAL		PIT	W,5-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.467	.500	.967	8	.62	0.045	32.25	1.51%	-0.31	SS
21	1971	WS g2	Oct 11	BAL		PIT	W,11-3	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.450	.400	.850	8	.30	0.006	16.08	0.18%	0.32	SS
22	1971	WS g3	Oct 12	BAL	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.391	.333	.725	8	.88	-0.068	36.67	-1.59%	-0.63	SS
23	1971	WS g4	Oct 13	BAL	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.370	.318	.689	2	1.32	-0.039	80.74	-1.20%	0.00	SS
24	1971	WS g5	Oct 14	BAL	@	PIT	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.280	.613	8	.61	-0.045	50.88	-2.11%	-0.63	SS
25	1971	WS g6	Oct 16	BAL		PIT	W,3-2	CG(10)	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.231	.412	.308	.719	8	1.32	0.190	117.44	10.44%	1.00	SS
26	1971	WS g7	Oct 17	BAL		PIT	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.241	.405	.310	.716	8	2.37	-0.021	395.55	-0.98%	-0.57	SS
1973 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	1973	ALCS g1	Oct 6	BAL		OAK	W,6-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	9	.57	0.055	17.74	0.95%	0.75	SS
28	1973	ALCS g2	Oct 7	BAL		OAK	L,3-6	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.429	.333	.762	9	1.34	-0.026	44.58	-0.63%	-0.08	SS
29	1973	ALCS g3	Oct 9	BAL	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG(11)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.273	.200	.473	9	.92	-0.091	38.13	-2.22%	-0.55	SS
30	1973	ALCS g4	Oct 10	BAL	@	OAK	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.200	.143	.343	9	1.05	-0.105	40.46	-2.35%	-1.01	SS
31	1973	ALCS g5	Oct 11	BAL	@	OAK	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.176	.125	.301	9	.83	-0.043	69.17	-2.01%	-0.45	SS
1974 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
32	1974	ALCS g1	Oct 5	BAL	@	OAK	W,6-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.45	-0.027	14.07	-0.56%	-0.74	SS
33	1974	ALCS g2	Oct 6	BAL	@	OAK	L,0-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	1.08	-0.076	30.86	-1.22%	-0.60	SS
34	1974	ALCS g3	Oct 8	BAL		OAK	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.78	-0.132	73.86	-3.47%	-0.51	SS
35	1974	ALCS g4	Oct 9	BAL		OAK	L,1-2	GS-8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.100	.000	.100	9	1.58	-0.014	70.70	-0.47%	-0.06	SS
1979 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
36	1979	ALCS g1	Oct 3	BAL		CAL	W,6-3	GS-10	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	2	.96	0.060	30.08	1.23%	0.57	SS
37	1979	ALCS g3	Oct 5	BAL	@	CAL	L,3-4	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	2	.35	-0.009	8.49	-0.15%	-0.11	PR SS
38	1979	ALCS g4	Oct 6	BAL	@	CAL	W,8-0	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	2						SS
39	1979	WS g1	Oct 10	BAL		PIT	W,5-4	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.222	.125	.347	2	.56	0.031	29.02	0.92%	-0.02	SS
40	1979	WS g2	Oct 11	BAL		PIT	L,2-3	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.091	.167	.091	.258	2	.68	0.017	35.89	0.66%	0.15	SS
41	1979	WS g4	Oct 13	BAL	@	PIT	W,9-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.091	.167	.091	.258	2						SS
42	1979	WS g6	Oct 16	BAL		PIT	L,0-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.091	.167	.091	.258	1						SS
43	1979	WS g7	Oct 17	BAL		PIT	L,1-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.091	.167	.091	.258	9						PR SS
									143	126	17	23	0	2	1	7	15	2	14	0	2	0		1	1	0	.183	.270	.238	.508

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