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.

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	BAL		CHW	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
2	2	Apr 7	BAL		CHW	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
3	3	Apr 8	BAL		CHW	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
4	4	Apr 10	BAL		NYY	L,6-7	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
5	5	Apr 11	BAL		NYY	W,6-5	GS	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
6	6	Apr 12	BAL		NYY	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
7	7	Apr 13	BAL	@	MIL	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
8	8	Apr 14	BAL	@	MIL	L,10-11	GF	14	2.1	0	1	1	2	0	PH SS
9	9	Apr 15	BAL	@	MIL	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
10	13 (3)	Apr 20	BAL		MIL	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
11	14	Apr 21	BAL		MIL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	SS
12	15	Apr 22 (1)	BAL		MIL	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
13	16	Apr 22 (2)	BAL		MIL	W,7-3	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
14	17	Apr 24	BAL	@	CAL	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	SS
15	18	Apr 25	BAL	@	CAL	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
16	19	Apr 26	BAL	@	CAL	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	0	SS
17	22 (2)	Apr 29	BAL	@	OAK	W,13-1	GF	7	2.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
18	23	Apr 30	BAL	@	SEA	W,8-7	GF	11	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	24	May 1	BAL	@	SEA	W,3-1	GF	12	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
20	25	May 2	BAL	@	SEA	W,9-3	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
21	26	May 5	BAL		CAL	W,9-1	GF	9	3.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
22	27	May 6	BAL		CAL	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
23	28	May 7	BAL		OAK	L,3-5	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR SS
24	29	May 8	BAL		OAK	W,8-2	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
25	30	May 9	BAL		OAK	L,2-4	GF	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
26	31	May 10	BAL		OAK	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
27	32	May 11	BAL		SEA	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
28	33	May 12	BAL		SEA	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
29	34	May 15	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-3	GS	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
30	35	May 16	BAL	@	BOS	W,10-6	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
31	36	May 17	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	42	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
32	37	May 18	BAL	@	TOR	W,7-6	GF	22	5.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
33	38	May 19	BAL	@	TOR	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
34	39	May 20	BAL	@	TOR	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
35	40	May 22	BAL		BOS	L,5-7	GS	30	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
36	41	May 23	BAL		BOS	W,5-2	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
37	42	May 24	BAL		BOS	W,5-3	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
38	43	May 26	BAL	@	DET	W,7-5	GF	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
39	45 (1)	May 27 (2)	BAL	@	DET	L,3-10	GS	30	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
40	46	May 28	BAL	@	KCR	L,4-5	GF	34	7.0	6	5	0	11	1	PR SS
41	47	May 29	BAL	@	KCR	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
42	48	May 30	BAL	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	49	Jun 1	BAL	@	TEX	L,2-4	GF	4	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	PR SS
44	50	Jun 2	BAL	@	TEX	W,5-4	GF	9	2.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
45	52 (1)	Jun 4	BAL		MIN	W,3-2	CG	44	10.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
46	53	Jun 5	BAL		MIN	L,1-3	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
47	54	Jun 6	BAL		KCR	W,3-0	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
48	55	Jun 7	BAL		KCR	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
49	56	Jun 8	BAL		TEX	W,3-0	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
50	57	Jun 9	BAL		TEX	W,4-3	GF	10	2.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
51	58	Jun 10	BAL		TEX	W,5-4	GS	5	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	88 (29)	Jul 13	BAL	@	SEA	L,3-4	GF	10	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	SS
53	91 (2)	Jul 19 (1)	BAL		CAL	L,3-4	GS	30	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
54	92	Jul 19 (2)	BAL		CAL	W,3-0	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
55	93	Jul 20	BAL		CAL	W,2-1	GF	16	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
56	94	Jul 21	BAL		CAL	W,10-2	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
57	95	Jul 22	BAL		OAK	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
58	96	Jul 23	BAL		OAK	W,7-4	GS	28	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
59	97	Jul 24 (1)	BAL		SEA	W,7-6	GF	13	2.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
60	98	Jul 24 (2)	BAL		SEA	W,11-3	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
61	101 (2)	Jul 27	BAL	@	KCR	W,8-0	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
62	103 (1)	Jul 29	BAL	@	KCR	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
63	104	Jul 30	BAL	@	MIL	W,2-1	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
64	105	Jul 31	BAL	@	MIL	W,9-5	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	107 (1)	Aug 3	BAL	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
66	108	Aug 4	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-4	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
67	110 (1)	Aug 6	BAL	@	NYY	L,4-5	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
68	111	Aug 7	BAL		MIL	L,5-7	GS	31	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
69	113 (1)	Aug 9	BAL		MIL	W,3-2		19	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
70	114	Aug 10	BAL		NYY	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
71	117 (2)	Aug 15	BAL		CHW	W,2-1	CG	41	12.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
72	118	Aug 16	BAL		KCR	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
73	119	Aug 17	BAL		KCR	L,1-7	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
74	120	Aug 18	BAL		KCR	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
75	121	Aug 19	BAL		KCR	L,7-11	GF	12	2.0	2	1	0	3	0	PR SS
76	122	Aug 20	BAL		TEX	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
77	123	Aug 21	BAL		TEX	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
78	124	Aug 23	BAL		TEX	W,6-5	GF	11	2.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
79	125	Aug 26 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	W,12-7	CG	37	9.0	0	6	1	7	0	SS
80	131 (5)	Aug 30	BAL		MIN	W,5-4	GF	12	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
81	132	Aug 31	BAL		MIN	L,1-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	133	Sep 1	BAL		MIN	L,2-3	GS	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
83	134	Sep 2	BAL		MIN	W,3-1	GF	9	3.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
84	135	Sep 3 (1)	BAL		TOR	W,2-1	CG	41	11.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
85	136	Sep 3 (2)	BAL		TOR	W,5-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
86	137	Sep 6	BAL		TOR	W,5-0	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
87	138	Sep 7	BAL	@	BOS	W,2-1	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
88	139	Sep 8	BAL	@	BOS	W,3-2	GF	12	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
89	140	Sep 9	BAL	@	BOS	W,16-4	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	4	SS
90	143 (2)	Sep 12	BAL	@	TOR	L,2-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
91	145 (1)	Sep 14	BAL		BOS	W,5-3	GF	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
92	146	Sep 15	BAL		BOS	L,2-10	GS	36	8.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
93	147	Sep 16	BAL		BOS	W,13-3	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
94	148	Sep 17	BAL	@	DET	W,2-1	GF	8	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
95	151 (2)	Sep 20	BAL	@	DET	W,8-7	CG	45	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
96	152	Sep 22	BAL		CLE	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
97	154 (1)	Sep 23 (2)	BAL		CLE	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
98	156 (1)	Sep 26	BAL		DET	W,13-2	GS	22	5.0	0	5	0	5	2	SS
							98gm		570.2	110	195	3	308	38