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.

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	BAL	@	CLE	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
2	2	Apr 8	BAL	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	5	1	8	3	SS
3	3	Apr 9	BAL	@	CLE	W,13-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
4	4	Apr 10	BAL		DET	W,3-2	CG	44	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
5	5	Apr 11	BAL		DET	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
6	6	Apr 12	BAL		DET	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
7	7	Apr 16	BAL		WSA	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
8	8	Apr 17	BAL		NYY	L,1-4	CG	43	11.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
9	9	Apr 18	BAL		NYY	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	6	0	9	0	SS
10	10	Apr 19 (1)	BAL		NYY	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	5	4	0	9	1	SS
11	12 (1)	Apr 20	BAL	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	28	6.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
12	13	Apr 22	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
13	14	Apr 24	BAL	@	KCR	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
14	15	Apr 25	BAL	@	KCR	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
15	16	Apr 26	BAL	@	KCR	W,10-9	CG	44	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
16	17	Apr 28	BAL	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
17	18	Apr 29	BAL	@	CHW	W,18-2	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
18	19	Apr 30	BAL	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	20	May 1	BAL		MIN	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
20	21	May 2	BAL		MIN	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
21	22	May 3	BAL		MIN	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
22	23	May 5	BAL		KCR	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
23	24	May 6	BAL		KCR	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
24	25	May 7	BAL		KCR	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
25	26	May 8	BAL		CHW	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
26	27	May 9	BAL		CHW	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
27	28	May 10 (1)	BAL		CHW	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
28	29	May 10 (2)	BAL		CHW	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
29	30	May 12	BAL	@	MIN	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
30	31	May 13	BAL	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	41	9.2	4	3	1	8	1	SS
31	32	May 15	BAL	@	WSA	W,4-3	CG	44	11.0	3	7	0	10	1	SS
32	33	May 16	BAL	@	WSA	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	3	SS
33	34	May 18	BAL	@	NYY	L,4-10	CG	40	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
34	35	May 19	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
35	36	May 20	BAL	@	DET	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
36	37	May 21 (1)	BAL	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
37	38	May 21 (2)	BAL	@	DET	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
38	39	May 22	BAL		BOS	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
39	40	May 23	BAL		BOS	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
40	41	May 24 (1)	BAL		BOS	W,2-1	GS	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
41	43 (1)	May 25	BAL		CLE	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
42	44	May 26	BAL		CLE	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
43	45	May 27	BAL		CLE	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
44	46	May 29	BAL	@	CAL	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	2	6	1	9	0	SS
45	47	May 30	BAL	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
46	48	May 31	BAL	@	CAL	L,1-6	GS	27	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	49	Jun 2	BAL	@	OAK	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
48	50	Jun 3	BAL	@	OAK	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
49	51	Jun 4	BAL	@	OAK	L,2-4	GS	28	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
50	52	Jun 5	BAL	@	MIL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	6	0	9	3	SS
51	53	Jun 6	BAL	@	MIL	L,4-6	GS	27	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
52	54	Jun 7	BAL	@	MIL	W,7-6	GF	17	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
53	55	Jun 9	BAL		CAL	L,5-7	GS	34	8.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
54	56	Jun 10	BAL		CAL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
55	57	Jun 11	BAL		CAL	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	0	7	1	8	1	SS
56	58	Jun 12	BAL		OAK	L,2-4	CG	40	11.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
57	60 (1)	Jun 14	BAL		OAK	W,4-2	CG	41	10.0	3	2	1	6	0	SS
58	61	Jun 15	BAL		MIL	L,6-9	CG	39	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
59	62	Jun 17	BAL		MIL	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
60	63	Jun 19 (1)	BAL		WSA	W,12-10	CG	42	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
61	64	Jun 19 (2)	BAL		WSA	W,3-2	CG	46	13.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
62	65	Jun 20	BAL		WSA	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
63	66	Jun 21	BAL		WSA	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
64	67	Jun 22	BAL	@	BOS	W,9-8	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
65	69 (1)	Jun 24	BAL	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	SS
66	71 (1)	Jun 26	BAL	@	WSA	W,12-2	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
67	72	Jun 27	BAL	@	WSA	L,3-5	CG	42	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
68	73	Jun 28	BAL	@	WSA	L,3-4	CG	47	11.1	3	2	0	5	1	SS
69	74	Jun 29	BAL	@	WSA	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
70	75	Jun 30	BAL		CLE	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	4	7	0	11	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	76	Jul 1	BAL		CLE	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
72	77	Jul 2	BAL		CLE	L,9-10	GF	19	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
73	78	Jul 3	BAL		DET	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
74	79	Jul 4	BAL		DET	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
75	80	Jul 5	BAL		DET	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
76	81	Jul 7	BAL		NYY	W,6-2	CG	38	10.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
77	82	Jul 8	BAL		NYY	W,9-8	CG	39	9.0	3	2	1	6	1	SS
78	84 (1)	Jul 10	BAL	@	DET	L,2-4	GS	26	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
79	85	Jul 11	BAL	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
80	86	Jul 12 (1)	BAL	@	DET	L,3-7	GS	31	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
81	87	Jul 12 (2)	BAL	@	DET	W,13-3	GF	12	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH SS
82	88	Jul 16	BAL		MIN	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
83	89	Jul 17	BAL		MIN	L,5-6	CG	45	10.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
84	90	Jul 18	BAL		MIN	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
85	91	Jul 19 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
86	92	Jul 19 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
87	93	Jul 20	BAL	@	CHW	W,14-5	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
88	94	Jul 21	BAL	@	KCR	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
89	95	Jul 22	BAL	@	KCR	W,4-3	GS	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
90	96	Jul 23	BAL	@	KCR	W,5-4	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
91	97	Jul 24	BAL	@	MIN	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	2	1	3	6	2	SS
92	98	Jul 25	BAL	@	MIN	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
93	99	Jul 26	BAL	@	MIN	W,11-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
94	100	Jul 27	BAL	@	MIN	L,2-5	GS	30	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
95	103 (2)	Jul 31	BAL		KCR	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	104	Aug 1	BAL		KCR	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
97	105	Aug 2	BAL		KCR	W,10-8	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
98	106	Aug 4	BAL		BOS	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
99	108 (1)	Aug 6 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	L,0-4	GS	25	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
100	109	Aug 6 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	W,7-1	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
101	110	Aug 7	BAL	@	CLE	L,4-10	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
102	111	Aug 8	BAL	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
103	112	Aug 9 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	48	10.1	3	2	0	5	0	SS
104	113	Aug 9 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	W,12-9	GF	17	4.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
105	114	Aug 11	BAL	@	CAL	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
106	117 (2)	Aug 14	BAL	@	OAK	L,0-4	GS	28	7.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
107	118	Aug 15	BAL	@	OAK	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
108	119	Aug 16	BAL	@	OAK	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
109	120	Aug 17	BAL	@	MIL	W,3-2	GF	14	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
110	121	Aug 18	BAL	@	MIL	W,3-0	GF	9	3.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
111	122	Aug 19	BAL	@	MIL	W,3-2	GS	28	7.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
112	123	Aug 21	BAL		CAL	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
113	124	Aug 22	BAL		CAL	L,2-3	CG	43	10.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
114	125	Aug 23	BAL		CAL	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
115	126	Aug 25	BAL		OAK	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
116	127	Aug 26	BAL		OAK	W,5-1	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR SS
117	128	Aug 27	BAL		OAK	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	2	5	2	9	0	SS
118	129	Aug 28 (1)	BAL		MIL	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
119	131 (1)	Aug 29	BAL		MIL	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	2	5	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
120	135 (3)	Sep 2	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS	29	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
121	136	Sep 3	BAL	@	NYY	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
122	137	Sep 4	BAL	@	BOS	W,8-6	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR SS
123	139 (1)	Sep 6	BAL	@	BOS	L,8-9	GS	47	10.0	2	5	1	8	0	SS
124	140	Sep 7	BAL	@	DET	L,2-5	GS	26	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
125	141	Sep 8	BAL	@	DET	W,6-3	GF	14	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
126	142	Sep 9	BAL		NYY	W,1-0	GF	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
127	143	Sep 10	BAL		NYY	W,2-1	GF	7	2.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
128	144	Sep 11	BAL		BOS	W,3-2	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
129	145	Sep 12	BAL		BOS	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
130	146	Sep 13	BAL		BOS	W,13-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
131	147	Sep 15	BAL	@	WSA	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
132	148	Sep 16	BAL	@	WSA	L,0-2	GS	29	7.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
133	149	Sep 17	BAL	@	WSA	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
134	150	Sep 18	BAL		CLE	W,4-3	CG	46	11.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
135	152 (1)	Sep 20	BAL		CLE	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
136	153	Sep 21	BAL		DET	W,4-3	CG	50	12.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
137	154	Sep 22	BAL		DET	W,10-2	GF	12	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
138	155	Sep 24	BAL		DET	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	3	7	0	10	3	SS
139	156	Sep 25	BAL	@	CLE	W,9-7	CG	56	13.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
140	157	Sep 26	BAL	@	CLE	W,7-4	CG	41	11.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
141	159 (1)	Sep 29 (1)	BAL		WSA	W,3-2	CG	37	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
142	161 (1)	Sep 30	BAL		WSA	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	SS
143	162	Oct 1	BAL		WSA	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
							143gm		1150.1	212	412	19	643	78