Mark Belanger
Mark Henry Belanger
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: June 8, 1944 in Pittsfield, MA
High School: Pittsfield (Pittsfield, MA)
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 7, 1965
Final Game: October 2, 1982
Died: October 6, 1998 in New York, NY
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1965 BAL AL 21 SS 4 0 5.0 2 1 1 0 2 1.000 0.4 96.0 0.4 0.6 -0.2 0 3.60 0.50 .950 4.68 4.38
1966 BAL AL 22 SS 6 4 44.0 29 9 20 0 3 1.000 3.1 84.5 3.1 1.1 2.0 0 5.93 4.83 .959 4.79 4.42
1967 BAL AL 23 SS 38 33 310.2 167 65 94 8 17 .952 -3.2 -12.4 -2.2 -2.4 0.3 -1 4.61 4.18 .963 4.62 4.09
1967 BAL AL 23 2B 26 10 118.1 74 33 40 1 6 .986 2.2 22.3 2.2 1.9 0.3 0 5.55 2.81 .978 4.95 4.19
1967 BAL AL 23 3B 2 0 7.0 6 2 4 0 1 1.000 0.6 102.9 0.6 0.6 0.0 0 7.71 3.00 .950 3.09 2.70
1968 BAL AL 24 SS 145 142 1234.0 714 248 444 22 73 .969 27.0 26.3 27.0 18.7 8.3 0 5.05 4.77 .962 4.79 4.07
1969 BAL AL 25 SS 148 144 1294.1 723 251 449 23 79 .968 11.8 10.9 11.8 0.5 11.4 0 4.87 4.73 .966 4.96 4.43 MVP-29,GG
1970 BAL AL 26 SS 143 125 1150.1 643 212 412 19 78 .970 9.3 9.7 8.3 -2.0 10.2 1 4.88 4.36 .967 4.94 4.39
1971 BAL AL 27 SS 149 142 1278.1 739 280 443 16 77 .978 12.7 11.9 13.7 3.6 10.1 -1 5.09 4.85 .965 4.90 4.32 GG
1972 BAL AL 28 SS 105 86 768.1 477 180 285 12 53 .975 7.7 12.0 7.7 1.8 5.9 0 5.45 4.43 .967 4.99 4.51
1973 BAL AL 29 SS 154 145 1308.2 794 241 530 23 100 .971 26.1 23.9 23.1 9.3 13.8 3 5.30 5.01 .963 5.10 4.43 MVP-21,GG
1974 BAL AL 30 SS 155 153 1375.0 808 243 552 13 100 .984 20.5 17.9 17.5 1.2 16.3 3 5.20 5.13 .964 4.98 4.24 MVP-26,GG
1975 BAL AL 31 SS 152 138 1262.1 784 259 508 17 105 .978 35.1 33.4 32.1 11.3 20.8 3 5.47 5.05 .958 4.85 4.09 GG
1976 BAL AL 32 SS 153 148 1328.2 798 239 545 14 97 .982 23.8 21.5 23.8 8.0 15.8 0 5.31 5.12 .966 4.99 4.40 AS,GG
1977 BAL AL 33 SS 142 122 1089.0 671 244 417 10 82 .985 23.7 26.1 23.7 0.2 23.5 0 5.46 4.65 .962 4.82 4.07 GG
1978 BAL AL 34 SS 134 109 985.1 602 184 409 9 76 .985 26.4 32.2 26.4 9.5 17.0 0 5.42 4.43 .963 4.92 4.19 GG
1979 BAL AL 35 SS 98 54 571.2 308 110 195 3 38 .990 8.2 17.2 8.2 3.8 4.4 0 4.80 3.11 .964 5.01 4.10
1980 BAL AL 36 SS 109 75 729.2 401 133 258 10 49 .975 4.7 7.7 4.7 2.0 2.7 0 4.82 3.59 .963 4.99 4.26
1981 BAL AL 37 SS 63 49 436.0 255 86 162 7 21 .973 1.4 3.9 2.4 -1.1 3.4 -1 5.12 3.94 .967 4.99 4.19
1982 LAD NL 38 SS 44 12 166.0 86 20 62 4 4 .953 -0.7 -5.1 1.3 -0.4 1.6 -2 4.45 1.86 .967 5.01 4.38
1982 LAD NL 38 2B 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 9.00 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.80
18 Seasons SS 1942 1681 15337.1 9001 3005 5786 210 1054 .977 238.0 18.6 233.0 65.7 167.3 5 5.16 4.53 .964 4.93 4.27
2 Seasons 2B 27 10 119.1 75 33 41 1 6 .987 2.1 21.1 2.1 1.9 0.2 0 5.58 2.74 .979 4.96 4.21
1 Season 3B 2 0 7.0 6 2 4 0 1 1.000 0.6 102.9 0.6 0.6 0.0 0 7.71 3.00 .950 3.09 2.70
18 Seasons TOT 1971 1691 15463.2 9082 3040 5831 211 1061 .977 240.7 18.7 235.7 68.2 167.5 5 5.16 4.50 .941 4.93 4.26
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1965 BAL AL 21 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 7
1966 BAL AL 22 8 4 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 3
1967 BAL AL 23 69 43 69 69 0 0 0 26 2 38 0 0 0 0 3 7
1968 BAL AL 24 145 142 145 145 0 0 0 0 0 145 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 BAL AL 25 150 144 150 150 0 0 0 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 3 0
1970 BAL AL 26 145 125 145 145 0 0 0 0 0 143 0 0 0 0 3 3
1971 BAL AL 27 150 142 150 150 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 1 1
1972 BAL AL 28 113 86 113 113 0 0 0 0 0 105 0 0 0 0 1 15
1973 BAL AL 29 154 145 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1974 BAL AL 30 155 153 155 155 0 0 0 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 BAL AL 31 152 138 152 152 0 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
1976 BAL AL 32 153 148 153 153 0 0 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1977 BAL AL 33 144 122 144 142 0 0 0 0 0 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
1978 BAL AL 34 135 109 135 134 0 0 0 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
1979 BAL AL 35 101 54 101 98 0 0 0 0 0 98 0 0 0 0 0 1 8
1980 BAL AL 36 113 75 113 109 0 0 0 0 0 109 0 0 0 0 0 2 12
1981 BAL AL 37 64 49 64 63 0 0 0 0 0 63 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
1982 LAD NL 38 54 12 54 45 0 0 0 1 0 44 0 0 0 0 0 4 10
18 Seasons 2016 1691 2016 1996 0 0 0 27 2 1942 0 0 0 0 0 22 85
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1965 BAL AL 21 20 50% 75% 35% 2 100% 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
1966 BAL AL 22 192 53% 76% 33% 25 96% 0 8 4 2 2 21 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0
1967 BAL AL 23 1326 57% 75% 25% 138 90% 1 70 37 23 10 96 70 22 0 2 8 0 7 1 7 18 6 2 2 4 0 15 9 6 1 0 1
1968 BAL AL 24 5139 57% 74% 26% 558 95% 4 247 128 89 31 446 346 84 0 7 22 3 17 2 16 72 28 5 19 7 3 64 34 29 3 3 0
1969 BAL AL 25 5383 64% 77% 25% 557 95% 5 241 125 89 27 451 347 88 0 5 23 1 17 5 17 80 31 8 19 10 4 77 40 34 3 1 1
1970 BAL AL 26 4855 66% 78% 25% 509 95% 5 224 119 87 18 406 285 106 1 3 19 1 13 5 14 79 34 4 21 9 3 72 38 33 6 4 2
1971 BAL AL 27 5398 62% 79% 26% 612 94% 4 280 151 93 36 456 328 113 1 3 16 0 15 1 16 78 37 6 21 5 1 71 43 27 4 0 4
1972 BAL AL 28 3169 64% 79% 27% 368 96% 1 181 99 70 12 279 218 56 0 0 12 2 9 1 7 53 19 5 17 5 1 49 24 24 1 1 0
1973 BAL AL 29 5503 65% 81% 28% 631 94% 3 246 116 102 28 533 398 119 0 8 23 1 20 2 21 104 43 5 27 6 5 92 49 38 10 5 5
1974 BAL AL 30 5889 69% 81% 27% 652 96% 3 241 129 91 21 553 399 132 1 5 13 0 12 1 12 102 48 3 30 3 7 92 51 40 7 6 1
1975 BAL AL 31 5369 60% 80% 28% 597 96% 5 255 109 112 33 505 374 121 2 6 17 1 14 2 11 106 52 9 26 4 4 103 62 34 2 1 0
1976 BAL AL 32 5781 63% 82% 27% 649 96% 4 237 110 89 38 546 387 138 2 8 14 0 14 0 12 97 44 8 14 8 0 78 52 22 15 8 7
1977 BAL AL 33 4681 62% 80% 28% 510 96% 6 245 102 103 40 417 312 88 4 5 10 3 6 1 5 82 29 6 22 5 4 69 35 32 4 2 2
1978 BAL AL 34 4268 58% 79% 29% 461 95% 1 180 72 75 33 405 312 83 1 5 9 1 7 1 6 76 30 5 17 11 7 71 35 35 2 2 0
1979 BAL AL 35 2412 61% 79% 28% 236 92% 2 111 45 50 16 196 153 39 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 42 16 1 14 3 2 36 17 19 3 2 1
1980 BAL AL 36 3214 61% 80% 26% 324 94% 0 134 70 51 13 258 182 67 0 1 10 0 10 0 7 49 27 1 14 1 1 44 28 16 4 3 1
1981 BAL AL 37 1929 63% 80% 25% 209 92% 0 85 41 33 11 162 128 31 0 2 7 1 5 1 3 20 8 2 5 1 0 17 10 7 1 1 0
1982 LAD NL 38 739 61% 76% 28% 75 87% 0 22 8 11 3 61 46 12 1 0 4 0 3 1 2 4 2 0 1 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0
18 Seasons 65267 63% 79% 27% 7113 95% 44 3008 1465 1171 372 5793 4305 1302 13 60 210 14 172 24 159 1067 456 72 269 82 42 959 533 398 66 39 25
MLB Averages 60% 78% 27% 91%
PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1967 BAL AL 23 503 58% 76% 25% 50 96% 1 30 12 11 7 40 33 6 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 6 2 1 3 0 6 3 3 0 0 0
1982 LAD NL 38 6 33% 67% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 509 58% 75% 25% 50 96% 1 30 12 11 7 40 33 6 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 6 2 1 3 0 6 3 3 0 0 0
MLB Averages 60% 78% 27% 94%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1967 BAL AL 23 25 48% 88% 44% 3 100% 1 1 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 25 48% 88% 44% 3 100% 1 1 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 60% 78% 27% 89% 68%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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