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.
Triple Plays: 1 (Jun 3)

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	BAL		TEX	L,1-2	CG	39	10.0	5	4	0	9	0	SS
2	2	Apr 9	BAL		TEX	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
3	3	Apr 10	BAL		TEX	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	SS
4	4	Apr 12	BAL	@	MIL	W,1-0	CG	28	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
5	5	Apr 14	BAL	@	MIL	L,0-5	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
6	6	Apr 17 (1)	BAL	@	TEX	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
7	8 (1)	Apr 18	BAL		CLE	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
8	9	Apr 19	BAL		CLE	W,6-5	CG	42	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
9	10	Apr 20	BAL		CLE	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	SS
10	11	Apr 24 (1)	BAL	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
11	13 (1)	Apr 25	BAL		NYY	L,6-9	CG	46	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
12	14	Apr 26	BAL		NYY	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
13	15	Apr 27	BAL		NYY	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
14	16	Apr 29	BAL		CAL	L,2-3	CG	44	11.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
15	17	Apr 30	BAL		CAL	W,4-3	GS	30	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	18	May 1	BAL		CAL	W,3-2	GS	31	8.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
17	19	May 2	BAL		OAK	L,0-2	GS	29	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
18	20	May 4	BAL		OAK	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
19	21	May 6	BAL		SEA	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
20	22	May 7	BAL		SEA	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
21	23	May 8	BAL		SEA	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
22	24	May 11	BAL	@	CAL	L,0-6	CG	33	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
23	25	May 12	BAL	@	CAL	L,5-7	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
24	26	May 13	BAL	@	OAK	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
25	28 (1)	May 15	BAL	@	OAK	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
26	29	May 16	BAL	@	SEA	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
27	30	May 17	BAL	@	SEA	L,2-10	CG	44	8.0	5	4	0	9	0	SS
28	31	May 19	BAL	@	NYY	L,1-9	CG	40	8.0	0	3	1	4	1	SS
29	32	May 20	BAL	@	NYY	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	6	6	0	12	1	SS
30	33	May 21	BAL	@	NYY	W,4-3	GS	27	6.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
31	36 (2)	May 23	BAL		MIL	W,6-5	CG	43	10.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
32	37	May 24	BAL		MIL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
33	38	May 25 (1)	BAL		KCR	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
34	39	May 25 (2)	BAL		KCR	W,7-2	GF	21	6.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
35	40	May 27	BAL		MIN	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
36	41	May 28	BAL		MIN	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
37	42	May 29	BAL		MIN	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
38	43	May 30	BAL	@	MIN	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
39	44	May 31	BAL	@	MIN	L,3-8	GS	35	7.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	45	Jun 1	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	5	2	0	7	3	SS
41	46	Jun 2	BAL	@	CHW	L,4-7	GS	33	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
42	47	Jun 3	BAL	@	KCR	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
43	49 (1)	Jun 4 (2)	BAL	@	KCR	L,13-14	GS	43	8.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
44	50	Jun 5	BAL	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
45	51	Jun 6	BAL	@	MIL	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	SS
46	52	Jun 7	BAL	@	MIL	L,6-7	CG	40	8.2	3	1	0	4	0	SS
47	53	Jun 8	BAL	@	BOS	L,5-14	GS	32	4.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
48	54	Jun 9	BAL	@	BOS	L,3-7	GS	28	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
49	55	Jun 10	BAL		CHW	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
50	56	Jun 11	BAL		CHW	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
51	57	Jun 12	BAL		CHW	L,4-6	GF	18	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	PR SS
52	58	Jun 14	BAL		MIL	W,8-5	CG	45	11.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
53	59	Jun 15	BAL		MIL	L,2-6	GF	3	1.0	0	2	0	2	0	PR SS
54	60	Jun 16	BAL		MIL	W,6-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
55	61	Jun 17	BAL	@	TOR	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
56	62	Jun 18	BAL	@	TOR	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
57	63	Jun 19	BAL	@	TOR	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	SS
58	64	Jun 20	BAL		BOS	L,0-4	CG	42	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
59	65	Jun 21	BAL		BOS	L,0-7	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
60	66	Jun 22	BAL		BOS	L,4-7	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
61	67	Jun 23	BAL		BOS	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
62	68	Jun 24	BAL		TOR	L,4-5	GS	30	7.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
63	69	Jun 25 (1)	BAL		TOR	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	2	SS
64	70	Jun 25 (2)	BAL		TOR	W,3-1	GF	9	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
65	72 (1)	Jun 27	BAL	@	CLE	W,9-2	GF	9	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	PR SS
66	73	Jun 29 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	L,8-11	CG	44	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
67	74	Jun 29 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	W,5-3	GF	10	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
68	75	Jun 30	BAL	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	25	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	76	Jul 1	BAL	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
70	77	Jul 2	BAL	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
71	78	Jul 3	BAL	@	BOS	W,12-8	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
72	79	Jul 4	BAL		DET	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
73	80	Jul 5 (1)	BAL		DET	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
74	81	Jul 5 (2)	BAL		DET	W,6-5	GF	11	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
75	82	Jul 6	BAL		DET	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
76	83	Jul 8	BAL		NYY	L,5-7	GS	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	3	SS
77	84	Jul 9	BAL		NYY	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	2	7	0	9	0	SS
78	85	Jul 10	BAL		NYY	W,6-0	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
79	86	Jul 11	BAL		NYY	W,4-3	GS	26	6.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
80	87	Jul 12	BAL	@	TEX	L,3-4	CG	41	9.2	0	3	0	3	0	SS
81	88	Jul 13	BAL	@	TEX	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
82	89	Jul 14	BAL	@	TEX	W,6-1	GF	14	4.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
83	90	Jul 15	BAL	@	MIL	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
84	91	Jul 16	BAL	@	MIL	W,5-0	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
85	92	Jul 17	BAL	@	MIL	L,2-3	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
86	93	Jul 22	BAL		TEX	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
87	94	Jul 23	BAL		TEX	L,0-1	GS	39	11.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
88	95	Jul 24 (1)	BAL		MIL	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
89	96	Jul 24 (2)	BAL		MIL	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
90	97	Jul 25	BAL		MIL	W,4-3	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR SS
91	98	Jul 26	BAL	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	SS
92	99	Jul 27	BAL	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
93	101 (1)	Jul 29	BAL	@	SEA	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
94	102	Jul 30	BAL	@	SEA	W,5-3	GS	37	10.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
95	103	Jul 31	BAL	@	SEA	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	104	Aug 1	BAL	@	OAK	W,5-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
97	106 (1)	Aug 5	BAL	@	CAL	L,0-5	GS	34	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
98	107	Aug 6	BAL	@	CAL	L,5-9	CG	40	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
99	109 (1)	Aug 8	BAL		CLE	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	SS
100	110	Aug 9	BAL		CLE	W,3-1	GS	25	7.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
101	111	Aug 10	BAL		SEA	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
102	112	Aug 11	BAL		SEA	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
103	117 (4)	Aug 16	BAL		MIN	W,6-5	GF	24	6.0	3	3	0	6	0	PR SS
104	118	Aug 19	BAL	@	MIN	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
105	119	Aug 20	BAL	@	MIN	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
106	120	Aug 21	BAL	@	MIN	L,5-9	GS	34	7.0	3	1	1	5	1	SS
107	121	Aug 22	BAL	@	KCR	L,7-8	CG	38	8.2	0	4	0	4	0	SS
108	122	Aug 23	BAL	@	KCR	L,2-5	GS	24	5.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
109	123	Aug 24	BAL		CHW	W,10-5	CG	43	9.0	2	1	1	4	1	SS
110	124	Aug 25	BAL		CHW	L,4-6	GS	37	8.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
111	125	Aug 26	BAL		KCR	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
112	126	Aug 27	BAL		KCR	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
113	127	Aug 28	BAL		KCR	L,0-5	GF	7	2.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
114	128	Aug 29	BAL		CAL	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
115	129	Aug 30	BAL		CAL	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
116	130	Aug 31	BAL		CAL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
117	131	Sep 2	BAL	@	CHW	W,6-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
118	133 (1)	Sep 4	BAL	@	CHW	W,7-5	GS	24	6.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
119	134	Sep 5 (1)	BAL	@	DET	L,7-8	GS	33	7.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
120	135	Sep 5 (2)	BAL	@	DET	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
121	136	Sep 6	BAL	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
122	137	Sep 7 (1)	BAL	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	42	11.0	5	5	0	10	1	SS
123	139 (1)	Sep 8	BAL	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	4	4	0	8	0	SS
124	140	Sep 9	BAL		CLE	W,7-1	CG	29	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
125	141	Sep 10	BAL		CLE	W,6-5	CG	46	11.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
126	142	Sep 11	BAL		CLE	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
127	143	Sep 12	BAL	@	TOR	W,6-3	GF	13	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
128	144	Sep 14 (1)	BAL	@	TOR	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
129	145	Sep 14 (2)	BAL	@	TOR	W,4-2	GF	4	1.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
130	146	Sep 15	BAL	@	TOR	L,0-4	CG	20	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
131	147	Sep 16	BAL		BOS	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
132	148	Sep 17	BAL		BOS	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
133	149	Sep 18	BAL		BOS	L,4-10	CG	46	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
134	150	Sep 19	BAL		TOR	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
135	151	Sep 20	BAL		TOR	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
136	152	Sep 21	BAL		TOR	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	0	8	0	8	1	SS
137	153	Sep 22	BAL		TOR	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
138	154	Sep 23	BAL	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	1	1	4	1	SS
139	155	Sep 24	BAL	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
140	156	Sep 25	BAL	@	CLE	L,4-9	CG	39	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	SS
141	157	Sep 27	BAL		DET	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
142	158	Sep 28	BAL		DET	W,3-2	GS	25	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
							142gm		1089.0	244	417	10	671	82