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.

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	BAL		MIL	W,10-0	CG	31	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	SS
2	2	Apr 7	BAL		MIL	W,8-7	CG	40	10.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
3	3	Apr 11	BAL	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	46	12.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
4	4	Apr 12	BAL	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	38	10.0	5	5	0	10	0	SS
5	5	Apr 13	BAL	@	MIL	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
6	6	Apr 14	BAL	@	MIL	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
7	7	Apr 15 (1)	BAL	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	45	10.2	2	3	0	5	0	SS
8	8	Apr 15 (2)	BAL	@	MIL	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
9	9	Apr 17	BAL		NYY	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
10	10	Apr 18	BAL		NYY	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
11	11	Apr 19	BAL		NYY	L,1-6	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
12	12	Apr 20	BAL		DET	W,6-5	CG	44	10.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
13	13	Apr 21	BAL		DET	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
14	14	Apr 22	BAL		DET	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	0	5	1	6	1	SS
15	15	Apr 24	BAL	@	CAL	L,5-6	CG	42	9.1	3	8	0	11	4	SS
16	16	Apr 25	BAL	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
17	17	Apr 27	BAL	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	43	11.0	2	10	0	12	2	SS
18	18	Apr 28	BAL	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	6	1	10	1	SS
19	19	Apr 29	BAL	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	30	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	20	May 1	BAL	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
21	21	May 2	BAL	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
22	22	May 4	BAL		CAL	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	4	8	0	12	2	SS
23	23	May 5	BAL		CAL	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
24	24	May 6	BAL		CAL	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
25	25	May 7	BAL		OAK	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	2	8	0	10	3	SS
26	26	May 9	BAL		OAK	L,3-4	CG	40	10.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
27	27	May 11	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
28	28	May 12	BAL	@	NYY	L,0-8	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
29	30 (1)	May 13 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	W,9-6	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
30	31	May 14	BAL	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	41	10.1	3	2	0	5	1	SS
31	32	May 17	BAL	@	CLE	W,4-1	GF	10	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
32	33	May 18	BAL	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
33	34	May 19	BAL		BOS	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
34	35	May 21	BAL		BOS	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
35	36	May 22	BAL		CLE	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
36	37	May 26	BAL	@	MIN	W,7-2	CG	31	7.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
37	38	May 28	BAL	@	MIN	L,3-10	CG	41	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
38	39	May 29	BAL	@	KCR	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
39	40	May 30	BAL	@	KCR	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	3	7	0	10	0	SS
40	41	May 31	BAL	@	KCR	L,1-4	GS	25	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	42	Jun 1	BAL	@	TEX	L,3-4	CG	54	13.2	4	5	0	9	2	SS
42	43	Jun 2	BAL	@	TEX	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
43	45 (1)	Jun 5	BAL		CHW	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	2	SS
44	46	Jun 6	BAL		CHW	W,14-4	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
45	47	Jun 7	BAL		CHW	L,2-3	GF	9	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	PR SS
46	48	Jun 8	BAL		MIN	L,0-2	GS	30	8.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
47	49	Jun 9	BAL		MIN	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
48	50	Jun 10	BAL		MIN	L,4-11	CG	42	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
49	51	Jun 12	BAL		KCR	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
50	52	Jun 13	BAL		KCR	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	4	6	0	10	2	SS
51	53	Jun 14	BAL		KCR	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
52	54	Jun 15	BAL		TEX	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	4	2	1	7	0	SS
53	55	Jun 16	BAL		TEX	W,9-1	CG	29	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
54	56	Jun 17	BAL		TEX	W,5-4	CG	63	16.0	2	8	0	10	1	SS
55	57	Jun 19	BAL	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
56	58	Jun 20	BAL	@	NYY	L,1-2	GS	25	7.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
57	59	Jun 21	BAL	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	SS
58	60	Jun 23 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	L,1-5	GF	9	2.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
59	61	Jun 23 (2)	BAL	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	3	5	1	9	1	SS
60	62	Jun 24	BAL	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	3	6	1	10	2	SS
61	63	Jun 25	BAL	@	MIL	W,4-3	CG	46	12.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
62	64	Jun 26	BAL	@	MIL	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
63	65	Jun 27	BAL		NYY	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
64	66	Jun 28	BAL		NYY	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
65	67	Jun 29	BAL	@	DET	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
66	68	Jun 30	BAL	@	DET	L,1-4	GS	28	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	69	Jul 1 (1)	BAL	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
68	70	Jul 1 (2)	BAL	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	1	6	1	8	1	SS
69	71	Jul 2	BAL		MIL	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
70	72	Jul 3 (1)	BAL		MIL	W,9-7	GS	37	7.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
71	73	Jul 3 susp	BAL		MIL	W,6-4	GS	33	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
72	74	Jul 4	BAL		MIL	W,10-7	CG	40	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
73	75	Jul 6 (1)	BAL		OAK	L,5-7	GF	8	2.0	0	3	0	3	0	PH SS
74	76	Jul 6 (2)	BAL		OAK	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
75	77	Jul 7	BAL		OAK	L,4-5	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
76	78	Jul 8	BAL		OAK	L,5-6	GS	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
77	79	Jul 9	BAL		CAL	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
78	80	Jul 10	BAL		CAL	L,8-10	GS	31	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
79	81	Jul 11	BAL		CAL	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
80	82	Jul 12	BAL	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
81	83	Jul 13	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	34	8.2	1	5	0	6	1	SS
82	84	Jul 14	BAL	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
83	85	Jul 15	BAL	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
84	86	Jul 16	BAL	@	OAK	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
85	87	Jul 17	BAL	@	OAK	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	0	4	1	5	1	SS
86	88	Jul 18	BAL	@	OAK	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
87	89	Jul 19	BAL	@	CAL	W,3-1	CG	44	11.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
88	90	Jul 20	BAL	@	CAL	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
89	91	Jul 21	BAL	@	CAL	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
90	92	Jul 22	BAL	@	CAL	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	4	4	0	8	0	SS
91	93	Jul 26 (1)	BAL		CLE	W,8-4	GF	9	3.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
92	94	Jul 26 (2)	BAL		CLE	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
93	95	Jul 27 (1)	BAL		CLE	W,9-0	CG	31	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
94	96	Jul 27 (2)	BAL		CLE	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	3	SS
95	97	Jul 28	BAL		DET	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
96	98	Jul 29	BAL		DET	L,3-8	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
97	99	Jul 30	BAL		DET	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
98	100	Jul 31	BAL	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	29	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	101	Aug 1	BAL	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
100	102	Aug 2	BAL	@	CLE	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
101	104 (1)	Aug 3 (2)	BAL		BOS	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
102	105	Aug 4	BAL		BOS	W,4-1	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
103	106	Aug 5	BAL		BOS	L,4-7	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
104	107	Aug 6	BAL		BOS	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	SS
105	108	Aug 7 (1)	BAL	@	MIN	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
106	109	Aug 7 (2)	BAL	@	MIN	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	SS
107	110	Aug 8	BAL	@	MIN	W,6-1	GS	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
108	112 (1)	Aug 10	BAL	@	KCR	L,1-2	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
109	113	Aug 11	BAL	@	KCR	L,4-9	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
110	114	Aug 12	BAL	@	KCR	W,10-6	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
111	115	Aug 13	BAL	@	TEX	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
112	116	Aug 14	BAL	@	TEX	W,12-10	CG	45	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
113	117	Aug 15	BAL	@	TEX	W,5-1	CG	29	9.0	2	8	0	10	3	SS
114	118	Aug 17	BAL		CHW	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
115	119	Aug 18	BAL		CHW	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
116	120	Aug 19	BAL		CHW	W,8-2	CG	40	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
117	121	Aug 20	BAL		MIN	W,4-3	GS	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
118	122	Aug 21	BAL		MIN	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
119	123	Aug 22	BAL		MIN	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
120	124	Aug 24	BAL		KCR	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
121	125	Aug 25	BAL		KCR	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
122	126	Aug 26	BAL		KCR	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
123	127	Aug 27	BAL		TEX	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
124	128	Aug 28	BAL		TEX	L,3-5	GS	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
125	129	Aug 29	BAL		TEX	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
126	130	Aug 31	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
127	131	Sep 1	BAL	@	NYY	W,10-6	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	SS
128	132	Sep 2	BAL	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
129	133	Sep 3 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	W,13-8	CG	45	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	SS
130	134	Sep 3 (2)	BAL	@	BOS	L,8-9	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
131	135	Sep 4	BAL	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	42	11.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
132	136	Sep 5	BAL	@	BOS	L,5-7	GS	32	7.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
133	137	Sep 7	BAL	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	2	5	1	8	1	SS
134	138	Sep 8	BAL	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	2	SS
135	139	Sep 9 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	L,4-6	GS	30	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
136	140	Sep 9 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	W,13-4	CG	41	9.0	3	8	0	11	0	SS
137	141	Sep 10	BAL		BOS	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
138	142	Sep 11	BAL		BOS	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	2	6	1	9	2	SS
139	143	Sep 12 (1)	BAL		MIL	W,4-1	GS	27	7.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
140	147 (3)	Sep 16 (1)	BAL		NYY	W,3-0	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
141	148	Sep 16 (2)	BAL		NYY	L,5-7	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
142	149	Sep 17	BAL		NYY	W,5-4	GS	36	9.0	3	1	1	5	2	SS
143	150	Sep 18	BAL	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
144	151	Sep 19	BAL	@	DET	L,1-10	CG	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
145	152	Sep 20	BAL	@	DET	W,9-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
146	153	Sep 21	BAL	@	MIL	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
147	154	Sep 22	BAL	@	MIL	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
148	155	Sep 23	BAL	@	MIL	W,2-1	GF	20	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
149	156	Sep 25	BAL		DET	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	SS
150	157	Sep 26	BAL		DET	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
151	158	Sep 27	BAL		DET	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	4	4	0	8	0	SS
152	160 (1)	Sep 28 (2)	BAL		CLE	W,18-4	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
153	161	Sep 29 (1)	BAL		CLE	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	1	8	0	9	0	SS
154	162	Sep 29 (2)	BAL		CLE	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
							154gm		1308.2	241	530	23	794	100