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.

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	BAL	@	MIL	L,3-11	CG	39	8.0	1	6	1	8	0	SS
2	2	Apr 8	BAL	@	MIL	L,3-16	CG	51	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	SS
3	3	Apr 9	BAL	@	MIL	L,5-13	CG	45	8.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
4	4	Apr 10	BAL	@	KCR	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
5	5	Apr 12	BAL	@	KCR	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
6	6	Apr 14	BAL		MIL	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
7	7	Apr 15	BAL		MIL	W,7-0	CG	29	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
8	9 (1)	Apr 16 (2)	BAL		MIL	L,2-9	CG	46	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
9	10	Apr 17	BAL	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
10	11	Apr 18	BAL	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
11	12	Apr 21	BAL		KCR	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
12	13	Apr 22	BAL		KCR	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
13	14	Apr 23	BAL		KCR	L,5-6	GS	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
14	15	Apr 24	BAL		NYY	L,2-8	CG	47	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
15	16	Apr 25	BAL		NYY	L,3-4	GS	31	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
16	17	Apr 28	BAL	@	CHW	W,6-4	GS	28	7.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
17	18	Apr 29	BAL	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	42	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
18	19	Apr 30	BAL	@	CHW	W,8-7	GS	39	7.0	2	7	0	9	2	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	20	May 1	BAL	@	BOS	L,6-9	GS	27	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
20	21	May 2	BAL	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
21	25 (3)	May 7	BAL		MIN	L,9-15	CG	53	9.0	4	2	1	7	1	SS
22	26	May 10	BAL		BOS	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
23	27	May 11	BAL		BOS	L,4-5	GS	29	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
24	28	May 12	BAL	@	TEX	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
25	29	May 13	BAL	@	TEX	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
26	30	May 14	BAL	@	TEX	W,3-2	GS	32	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
27	31	May 15	BAL	@	MIN	L,6-9	CG	46	9.2	3	4	1	8	1	SS
28	32	May 16	BAL	@	MIN	L,1-8	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
29	33	May 18	BAL		TOR	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
30	34	May 19	BAL	@	CLE	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
31	35	May 20	BAL	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
32	36	May 21 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
33	37	May 21 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	L,2-3	GF	6	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH SS
34	38	May 23	BAL		DET	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
35	39	May 24 (1)	BAL		DET	L,2-3	GS	32	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
36	40	May 24 (2)	BAL		DET	W,1-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
37	41	May 25	BAL		DET	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
38	42	May 26	BAL		CLE	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
39	43	May 27	BAL		CLE	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
40	44	May 28 (1)	BAL		CLE	L,3-4	CG	42	10.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
41	45	May 28 (2)	BAL		CLE	W,3-0	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
42	46	May 29	BAL	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
43	47	May 30	BAL	@	DET	L,2-5	GS	31	7.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
44	48	May 31	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	49	Jun 1	BAL	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
46	50	Jun 2	BAL	@	SEA	W,10-9	CG	45	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
47	51	Jun 3	BAL	@	SEA	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
48	52	Jun 4	BAL	@	SEA	W,4-1	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
49	53	Jun 5	BAL	@	CAL	W,6-2	GF	9	2.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
50	54	Jun 6	BAL	@	CAL	W,8-6	GF	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
51	55	Jun 9	BAL	@	OAK	W,5-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
52	56	Jun 10	BAL	@	OAK	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
53	57	Jun 11	BAL	@	OAK	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
54	58	Jun 12	BAL		SEA	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
55	59	Jun 13	BAL		SEA	W,3-2	GS	29	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
56	60	Jun 14	BAL		CAL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
57	61	Jun 15	BAL		CAL	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	3	5	0	8	3	SS
58	62	Jun 16	BAL		OAK	W,6-0	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
59	63	Jun 17	BAL		OAK	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
60	64	Jun 18	BAL		OAK	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
61	65	Jun 20	BAL	@	MIL	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
62	66	Jun 21	BAL	@	MIL	L,3-5	GS	29	7.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
63	67	Jun 22	BAL	@	MIL	W,10-3	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
64	68	Jun 23	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
65	69	Jun 24	BAL	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	3	4	1	8	0	SS
66	70	Jun 25	BAL	@	BOS	L,1-4	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
67	73 (2)	Jun 27 (2)	BAL	@	TOR	L,8-9	GS	37	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
68	74	Jun 28	BAL	@	TOR	L,2-3	GS	28	7.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
69	75	Jun 29	BAL		BOS	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
70	76	Jun 30	BAL		BOS	W,3-2	CG	43	11.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	77	Jul 1	BAL		BOS	W,3-2	CG	47	11.0	3	7	0	10	2	SS
72	79 (1)	Jul 4	BAL	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
73	80	Jul 5 (1)	BAL		TOR	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
74	81	Jul 5 (2)	BAL		TOR	W,8-6	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
75	82	Jul 6	BAL		TOR	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
76	83	Jul 7	BAL	@	KCR	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
77	84	Jul 8	BAL	@	KCR	L,3-11	GS	41	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
78	86 (1)	Jul 13	BAL		MIN	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
79	87	Jul 14	BAL		MIN	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
80	88	Jul 15 (1)	BAL		TEX	W,8-7	GS	31	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
81	90 (1)	Jul 16	BAL		TEX	W,2-1	CG	45	12.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
82	91	Jul 17	BAL		TEX	L,0-2	CG	39	11.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
83	92	Jul 18	BAL		TEX	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
84	93	Jul 19	BAL	@	CHW	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
85	94	Jul 21	BAL	@	MIN	W,5-4	CG	43	10.0	4	7	0	11	2	SS
86	96 (1)	Jul 23	BAL	@	MIN	W,8-5	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
87	97	Jul 24	BAL	@	TEX	W,10-6	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
88	100 (2)	Jul 27	BAL	@	DET	W,7-3	GF	10	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
89	101	Jul 28	BAL		CAL	W,5-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
90	102	Jul 29	BAL		CAL	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
91	103	Jul 30	BAL		CAL	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
92	104	Jul 31 susp	BAL		MIL	W,6-5	GS	28	7.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	105	Aug 2	BAL		MIL	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
94	106	Aug 3	BAL		MIL	W,3-2	CG	37	10.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
95	109 (2)	Aug 6	BAL	@	NYY	L,0-3	GS	27	7.0	1	4	1	6	2	SS
96	110	Aug 7	BAL	@	TOR	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
97	111	Aug 8	BAL	@	TOR	L,3-5	GS	26	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
98	112	Aug 9	BAL		KCR	L,0-2	GS	28	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
99	115 (2)	Aug 12	BAL		NYY	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
100	116	Aug 13	BAL		NYY	W,3-0	CG	20	6.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
101	117	Aug 14	BAL		NYY	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
102	118	Aug 15	BAL	@	SEA	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
103	119	Aug 16	BAL	@	SEA	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
104	120	Aug 18	BAL	@	CAL	L,2-3	GS	28	8.0	2	5	1	8	1	SS
105	121	Aug 19	BAL	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
106	122	Aug 20	BAL	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG	49	13.2	2	4	0	6	1	SS
107	123	Aug 21	BAL	@	OAK	W,3-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
108	124	Aug 22	BAL	@	OAK	W,6-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
109	126 (1)	Aug 25	BAL		SEA	W,5-0	GF	27	7.0	0	0	1	1	0	SS
110	127	Aug 26	BAL		SEA	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
111	128	Aug 27	BAL		SEA	W,4-3	GS	33	8.0	0	7	0	7	1	SS
112	129	Aug 28	BAL		OAK	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
113	130	Aug 29	BAL		OAK	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
114	131	Aug 30	BAL		NYY	L,4-5	CG	44	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
115	132	Aug 31	BAL		NYY	L,2-6	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
116	133	Sep 1 (1)	BAL		CHW	W,3-0	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
117	134	Sep 1 (2)	BAL		CHW	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
118	135	Sep 2 (1)	BAL		CHW	W,9-4	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
119	137 (1)	Sep 3	BAL		CHW	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
120	138	Sep 4	BAL		BOS	W,5-3	GF	11	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
121	139	Sep 5	BAL		BOS	W,4-1	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
122	143 (3)	Sep 11	BAL	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
123	144	Sep 12	BAL	@	BOS	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
124	145	Sep 13	BAL	@	MIL	L,5-7	GF	4	1.0	0	2	0	2	0	PR SS
125	149 (3)	Sep 17	BAL		TOR	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
126	150	Sep 18	BAL	@	CLE	W,10-3	CG	34	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	SS
127	152 (1)	Sep 22	BAL		DET	L,5-7	CG	45	10.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
128	153	Sep 23 (1)	BAL		DET	L,3-4	GF	7	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
129	156 (2)	Sep 26	BAL		CLE	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
130	157	Sep 27	BAL		CLE	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	7	0	8	2	SS
131	158	Sep 28	BAL		CLE	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
132	159	Sep 29	BAL	@	DET	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
133	160	Sep 30	BAL	@	DET	L,4-5	GS	32	7.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
134	161	Oct 1	BAL	@	DET	W,4-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
							134gm		985.1	184	409	9	602	76