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.

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	BAL	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
2	2	Apr 11	BAL	@	CHW	L,4-8	CG	37	8.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
3	3	Apr 12	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
4	4	Apr 13	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
5	5	Apr 15	BAL		KCR	W,12-2	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
6	6	Apr 16	BAL		KCR	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
7	7	Apr 17	BAL		KCR	W,5-2	GF	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
8	8	Apr 18	BAL		CHW	W,5-2	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
9	9	Apr 19	BAL		CHW	L,4-5	CG	47	12.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
10	12 (2)	Apr 22	BAL	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS	23	5.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
11	15 (2)	Apr 26	BAL	@	KCR	W,4-0	GF	10	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
12	16	Apr 27	BAL	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
13	17	Apr 29	BAL		NYY	L,3-4	GS	29	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
14	18	Apr 30	BAL		NYY	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	19	May 2	BAL	@	TEX	W,7-5	GF	7	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
16	20	May 3	BAL	@	TEX	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
17	21	May 4	BAL	@	TEX	W,9-5	CG	42	9.0	2	4	1	7	2	SS
18	22	May 5	BAL		MIN	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
19	23	May 6	BAL		MIN	W,10-3	GF	9	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
20	24	May 7	BAL		MIN	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	5	4	0	9	0	SS
21	25	May 8	BAL	@	MIL	L,1-9	CG	40	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
22	26	May 9	BAL	@	MIL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
23	27	May 10	BAL	@	MIL	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
24	28	May 11	BAL	@	MIL	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
25	29	May 12	BAL		TEX	L,1-5	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
26	30	May 13	BAL		TEX	W,4-2	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH SS
27	31	May 14	BAL		TEX	L,3-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
28	32	May 16	BAL	@	DET	W,2-1	GF	7	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
29	33	May 18	BAL	@	DET	L,4-6	GS	30	7.0	0	4	1	5	0	SS
30	34	May 19	BAL	@	CLE	W,4-1	GF	12	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
31	35	May 20 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	L,0-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
32	36	May 20 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
33	37	May 21	BAL	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
34	38	May 22	BAL		DET	W,5-1	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
35	39	May 23	BAL		DET	W,5-3	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
36	40	May 24	BAL		DET	W,9-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	SS
37	41	May 25	BAL		DET	L,4-6	CG	48	11.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
38	42	May 26	BAL		CLE	W,7-3	GF	11	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR SS
39	45 (2)	May 30	BAL	@	MIN	W,3-2	GS	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
40	46	May 31	BAL	@	MIN	W,11-1	CG	34	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	47	Jun 2	BAL		MIL	W,9-8	GS	32	7.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
42	48	Jun 3	BAL		MIL	L,0-3	GS	29	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
43	49	Jun 4	BAL		MIL	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
44	50	Jun 6	BAL	@	CAL	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
45	51	Jun 7	BAL	@	CAL	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	6	1	8	0	SS
46	55 (3)	Jun 11	BAL	@	OAK	L,2-6	GS	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
47	56	Jun 12	BAL	@	SEA	W,4-1	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
48	66 (9)	Jun 22	BAL		SEA	L,5-7	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
49	70 (3)	Jun 27	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
50	71	Jun 28	BAL	@	BOS	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	76 (4)	Jul 4	BAL		BOS	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
52	77	Jul 5	BAL		BOS	L,0-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
53	79 (1)	Jul 10	BAL	@	CHW	W,9-2	GF	35	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
54	81 (1)	Jul 12	BAL		KCR	W,3-1	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
55	82	Jul 13	BAL		KCR	L,1-5	GF	34	7.0	0	2	0	2	1	PH SS
56	83	Jul 14	BAL		KCR	L,4-8	CG	46	9.0	1	5	2	8	1	SS
57	84	Jul 15	BAL	@	MIL	W,7-3	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR SS
58	86 (1)	Jul 17	BAL	@	MIL	W,1-0	GF	13	3.0	0	2	0	2	1	PR SS
59	87	Jul 18	BAL		TEX	W,8-7	GF	11	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR SS
60	88	Jul 19	BAL		TEX	L,8-11	CG	48	10.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
61	89	Jul 20	BAL		TEX	L,1-7	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
62	90	Jul 21 (1)	BAL	@	MIN	L,7-8	GS	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
63	91	Jul 21 (2)	BAL	@	MIN	W,12-5	GF	23	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	PR SS
64	93 (1)	Jul 23	BAL	@	MIN	W,8-7	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
65	94	Jul 25	BAL		MIL	L,0-5	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
66	95	Jul 26	BAL		MIL	W,4-1	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
67	96	Jul 27	BAL		MIL	W,5-4	CG	46	12.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	100 (3)	Aug 1	BAL		MIN	W,3-2	GS	31	8.0	0	5	0	5	2	SS
69	101	Aug 2	BAL		MIN	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	SS
70	102	Aug 3	BAL		MIN	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	3	SS
71	103	Aug 5	BAL		CHW	W,8-2	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
72	105 (1)	Aug 7	BAL		CHW	W,2-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
73	106	Aug 8	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-2	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
74	107	Aug 9	BAL	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
75	108	Aug 10	BAL	@	NYY	W,6-5	GS	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
76	110 (1)	Aug 12	BAL	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	40	8.2	2	3	0	5	0	SS
77	112 (1)	Aug 14	BAL		NYY	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
78	113	Aug 15	BAL		NYY	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
79	114	Aug 16	BAL		NYY	L,1-4	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
80	115	Aug 17	BAL		NYY	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
81	116	Aug 18	BAL		NYY	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
82	117	Aug 19	BAL	@	CAL	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
83	118	Aug 20	BAL	@	CAL	W,6-5	CG	41	10.0	1	8	0	9	0	SS
84	119	Aug 21	BAL	@	CAL	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
85	120	Aug 22	BAL	@	OAK	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
86	121	Aug 23	BAL	@	OAK	W,4-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
87	122	Aug 24	BAL	@	OAK	W,3-0	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
88	124 (1)	Aug 26	BAL	@	SEA	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
89	138 (13)	Sep 9	BAL	@	DET	W,2-0	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
90	139	Sep 10	BAL	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	44	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
91	140	Sep 11	BAL	@	TOR	W,6-1	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
92	141	Sep 12	BAL	@	TOR	L,5-7	GS	32	6.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
93	142	Sep 13	BAL	@	TOR	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
94	143	Sep 14	BAL	@	TOR	L,3-4	GS	25	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
95	144	Sep 16	BAL		DET	L,3-8	GS	32	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
96	145	Sep 17	BAL		DET	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
97	146	Sep 18	BAL		DET	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	SS
98	147	Sep 19	BAL		TOR	W,8-6	GS	43	10.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
99	148	Sep 20	BAL		TOR	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
100	150 (1)	Sep 22	BAL		BOS	L,3-5	GS	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
101	151	Sep 23	BAL		BOS	W,8-6	GS	35	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
102	152	Sep 24	BAL		BOS	W,12-9	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	2	SS
103	153	Sep 26	BAL	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
104	155 (1)	Sep 28	BAL	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
105	156	Sep 29 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
106	157	Sep 29 (2)	BAL	@	BOS	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
107	158	Sep 30	BAL	@	BOS	W,11-6	CG	41	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
108	159	Oct 1	BAL	@	BOS	W,12-8	CG	44	9.0	0	8	0	8	0	SS
109	160	Oct 4 (1)	BAL		CLE	W,3-2	GS	42	11.0	2	6	0	8	3	SS
							109gm		729.2	133	258	10	401	49