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.

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	BAL		NYY	W,3-1	CG	27	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
2	2	Apr 17	BAL		NYY	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
3	3	Apr 18	BAL		DET	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
4	4	Apr 19	BAL		DET	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	5	5	0	10	1	SS
5	5	Apr 20	BAL		DET	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
6	6	Apr 21	BAL	@	CLE	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
7	7	Apr 22	BAL	@	CLE	L,2-9	CG	43	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
8	8	Apr 23	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
9	9	Apr 25	BAL	@	KCR	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
10	10	Apr 26	BAL	@	KCR	L,3-5	CG	27	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
11	11	Apr 28	BAL		CAL	W,12-2	CG	40	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	SS
12	13 (1)	Apr 30	BAL		CAL	L,3-4	GS	30	7.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	14	May 2	BAL		CHW	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	4	5	0	9	0	SS
14	15	May 5	BAL		KCR	W,3-2	CG	30	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
15	16	May 6	BAL		KCR	L,1-9	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
16	17	May 7	BAL		KCR	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
17	18	May 10	BAL		TEX	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	2	8	0	10	0	SS
18	20 (1)	May 12	BAL	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
19	21	May 13	BAL	@	CHW	L,3-9	CG	35	8.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
20	23 (1)	May 15	BAL	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
21	24	May 16	BAL	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	33	9.0	4	6	0	10	0	SS
22	25	May 17	BAL	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
23	26	May 19	BAL	@	MIL	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
24	27	May 20	BAL	@	MIL	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
25	28	May 21	BAL	@	MIL	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	3	SS
26	29	May 23	BAL	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	41	9.1	5	4	0	9	1	SS
27	30	May 24	BAL	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	1	3	1	SS
28	31	May 25	BAL	@	BOS	L,1-2	GS	26	6.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
29	32	May 26	BAL		CLE	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	SS
30	33	May 27	BAL		CLE	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
31	34	May 28	BAL		CLE	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
32	35	May 29	BAL		CLE	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
33	36	May 30	BAL		BOS	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	38 (1)	Jun 2	BAL		OAK	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
35	41 (2)	Jun 4 (2)	BAL		OAK	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
36	42	Jun 5	BAL		MIN	L,2-3	GS	30	7.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
37	43	Jun 6	BAL		MIN	L,4-5	GS	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
38	44	Jun 7	BAL		MIN	W,11-2	GF	9	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	PR SS
39	45	Jun 9	BAL	@	TEX	W,7-2	GF	13	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
40	47 (1)	Jun 11	BAL	@	TEX	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	SS
41	48	Jun 12	BAL	@	OAK	W,1-0	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR SS
42	49	Jun 13	BAL	@	OAK	W,5-1	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
43	50	Jun 14	BAL	@	OAK	W,2-1	GF	6	2.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
44	51	Jun 16	BAL	@	MIN	W,3-0	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
45	52	Jun 17	BAL	@	MIN	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	3	6	0	9	3	SS
46	53	Jun 18	BAL	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
47	55 (1)	Jun 20	BAL	@	CAL	W,4-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
48	56	Jun 21	BAL	@	CAL	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	0	4	2	6	1	SS
49	57	Jun 24 (1)	BAL		DET	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
50	58	Jun 24 (2)	BAL		DET	L,1-2	GS	34	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
51	59	Jun 25	BAL		DET	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
52	61 (1)	Jun 27	BAL		MIL	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
53	62	Jun 28	BAL	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
54	63	Jun 29	BAL	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
55	64	Jun 30	BAL	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	65	Jul 1	BAL	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
57	66	Jul 2	BAL	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
58	67	Jul 3	BAL	@	DET	W,15-3	CG	35	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
59	71 (3)	Jul 7	BAL		TEX	L,4-5	GS	38	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
60	72	Jul 8 (1)	BAL		TEX	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
61	74 (1)	Jul 9	BAL		TEX	L,2-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
62	77 (2)	Jul 12	BAL		KCR	L,4-11	GF	11	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
63	78	Jul 14 (1)	BAL		CHW	W,7-4	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
64	79	Jul 14 (2)	BAL		CHW	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
65	80	Jul 15	BAL		CHW	W,6-3	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
66	82 (1)	Jul 17	BAL	@	TEX	W,3-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
67	83	Jul 18	BAL	@	TEX	W,2-1		11	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	PR SS
68	84	Jul 19	BAL	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
69	86 (1)	Jul 21	BAL	@	KCR	W,7-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
70	93 (6)	Jul 31 (1)	BAL		NYY	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
71	94	Jul 31 (2)	BAL		NYY	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	95	Aug 1	BAL	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	1	8	0	9	2	SS
73	97 (1)	Aug 2 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
74	98	Aug 3	BAL	@	CLE	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR SS
75	100 (1)	Aug 5	BAL	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
76	101	Aug 6	BAL	@	BOS	W,11-2	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
77	102	Aug 7	BAL	@	MIL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	SS
78	103	Aug 8	BAL	@	MIL	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
79	107 (3)	Aug 12 (1)	BAL		BOS	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	9	0	10	0	SS
80	113 (5)	Aug 18	BAL		MIN	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
81	114	Aug 19	BAL		MIN	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
82	116 (1)	Aug 21	BAL		CAL	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
83	117	Aug 22	BAL		CAL	L,0-2	GS	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
84	118	Aug 23	BAL		CAL	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
85	119	Aug 25	BAL	@	OAK	W,5-3	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR SS
86	124 (4)	Aug 30	BAL	@	MIN	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	126 (1)	Sep 2	BAL	@	CAL	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
88	127	Sep 3	BAL	@	CAL	L,0-1	GS	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
89	128	Sep 4 (1)	BAL		NYY	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
90	129	Sep 4 (2)	BAL		NYY	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
91	130	Sep 5	BAL		NYY	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
92	131	Sep 6	BAL		DET	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
93	132	Sep 7	BAL		DET	W,9-0	CG	31	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
94	133	Sep 8	BAL		DET	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
95	134	Sep 9 (1)	BAL		MIL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	7	1	9	0	SS
96	135	Sep 9 (2)	BAL		MIL	W,8-0	GF	6	2.0	0	2	0	2	1	PR SS
97	139 (3)	Sep 13	BAL	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
98	140	Sep 15	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
99	141	Sep 16	BAL	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
100	143 (1)	Sep 18	BAL	@	BOS	W,5-2	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
101	145 (1)	Sep 20 (2)	BAL	@	BOS	L,0-4	GF	12	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
102	150 (4)	Sep 29	BAL		BOS	L,2-4	CG	40	10.0	6	1	1	8	1	SS
103	151	Sep 30	BAL		BOS	L,1-3	GS	29	7.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
104	152	Oct 1	BAL		BOS	W,2-1	GS	10	3.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
105	154 (1)	Oct 3 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
							105gm		768.1	180	285	12	477	53