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Mark Belanger

Mark Henry Belanger

Position: Shortstop
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
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Dodgers 1965-1982
Agents: Ron Shapiro [*]
Final Game: October 2, 1982
Died: October 6, 1998 in New York, NY
Buried: St. Joseph Cemetery, Pittsfield, MA
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 11:59PM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #468. George Burns… #469. Dick McAuliffe… #470. Lonnie Smith… #471. MARK BELANGER… #472. Ryan Braun… #473. George Grantham… #474. Don Money… 

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1965 21 BAL AL 11 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 89 1 0 0 0 0 0 /6
1966 22 BAL AL 8 20 19 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .158 .158 .211 .368 6 4 0 0 1 0 0 /6
1967 23 BAL AL 69 205 184 19 32 5 0 1 10 6 1 12 46 .174 .224 .217 .442 31 40 3 0 9 0 1 64/5
1968 24 BAL AL 145 531 472 40 98 13 0 2 21 10 1 40 114 .208 .272 .248 .520 58 117 9 4 9 6 2 *6
1969 25 BAL AL 150 594 530 76 152 17 4 2 50 14 6 53 54 .287 .351 .345 .696 95 183 13 2 4 5 5 *6 MVP-29,GG
1970 26 BAL AL 145 527 459 53 100 6 5 1 36 13 2 52 65 .218 .303 .259 .562 56 119 4 5 9 2 3 *6
1971 27 BAL AL 150 590 500 67 133 19 4 0 35 10 8 73 48 .266 .365 .320 .685 97 160 9 7 6 4 6 *6 GG
1972 28 BAL AL 113 313 285 36 53 9 1 2 16 6 3 18 53 .186 .236 .246 .482 42 70 3 2 4 4 1 *6
1973 29 BAL AL 154 544 470 60 106 15 1 0 27 13 6 49 54 .226 .302 .262 .564 62 123 9 5 15 5 1 *6 MVP-21,GG
1974 30 BAL AL 155 570 493 54 111 14 4 5 36 17 7 51 69 .225 .298 .300 .598 76 148 4 2 20 4 0 *6 MVP-26,GG
1975 31 BAL AL 152 502 442 44 100 11 1 3 27 16 4 36 53 .226 .286 .276 .562 64 122 2 1 23 0 0 *6 GG
1976 32 BAL AL 153 589 522 66 141 22 2 1 40 27 17 51 64 .270 .336 .326 .661 100 170 6 2 11 3 0 *6 AS,GG
1977 33 BAL AL 144 458 402 39 83 13 4 2 30 15 8 43 68 .206 .287 .274 .560 58 110 7 3 8 2 1 *6 GG
1978 34 BAL AL 135 408 348 39 74 13 0 0 16 6 6 40 55 .213 .299 .250 .549 61 87 4 6 7 7 1 *6 GG
1979 35 BAL AL 101 242 198 28 33 6 2 0 9 5 1 29 33 .167 .273 .217 .490 37 43 3 1 11 3 0 6
1980 36 BAL AL 113 291 268 37 61 7 3 0 22 6 3 12 25 .228 .261 .276 .537 48 74 1 0 11 0 0 *6
1981 37 BAL AL 64 158 139 9 23 3 2 1 10 2 1 12 25 .165 .242 .237 .479 39 33 4 2 5 0 0 6
1982 38 LAD NL 54 57 50 6 12 1 0 0 4 1 0 5 10 .240 .309 .260 .569 63 13 2 0 2 0 1 6/4
18 Seasons 2016 6602 5784 676 1316 175 33 20 389 167 75 576 839 .228 .300 .280 .580 68 1617 83 42 155 45 22
162 Game Avg. 162 531 465 54 106 14 3 2 31 13 6 46 67 .228 .300 .280 .580 68 130 7 3 12 4 2
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
BAL (17 yrs) 1962 6545 5734 670 1304 174 33 20 385 166 75 571 829 .227 .300 .280 .580 68 1604 81 42 153 45 21
LAD (1 yr) 54 57 50 6 12 1 0 0 4 1 0 5 10 .240 .309 .260 .569 63 13 2 0 2 0 1
AL (17 yrs) 1962 6545 5734 670 1304 174 33 20 385 166 75 571 829 .227 .300 .280 .580 68 1604 81 42 153 45 21
NL (1 yr) 54 57 50 6 12 1 0 0 4 1 0 5 10 .240 .309 .260 .569 63 13 2 0 2 0 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1965 21 BAL AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /6
1966 22 BAL AL 20 -2 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0.1 -1 -0.1 0.2 $ /6
1967 23 BAL AL 205 -16 2 1 0 -0 3 6 -4 -0.7 -4 -0.4 -0.3 $ 64/5
1968 24 BAL AL 530 -21 2 -2 1 27 9 15 31 2.6 4 0.4 2.2 $ *6
1969 25 BAL AL 594 -5 4 -1 0 12 10 17 37 3.7 25 2.6 1.1 $ *6 MVP-29,GG
1970 26 BAL AL 527 -28 5 2 2 9 9 17 16 1.5 7 0.7 0.8 $ *6
1971 27 BAL AL 590 1 0 0 2 13 9 19 44 4.5 31 3.4 1.1 $ *6 GG
1972 28 BAL AL 313 -18 0 1 0 8 6 10 7 0.3 -1 -0.1 0.4 $ *6
1973 29 BAL AL 544 -25 1 0 0 26 10 18 30 2.8 4 0.4 2.4 $ *6 MVP-21,GG
1974 30 BAL AL 570 -17 0 2 3 20 10 18 37 3.6 16 1.7 1.9 $ *6 MVP-26,GG
1975 31 BAL AL 502 -24 1 -2 2 35 9 16 37 3.5 2 0.2 3.3 $ *6 GG
1976 32 BAL AL 589 -2 1 1 1 24 10 19 54 5.4 30 3.3 2.1 $60,000 *6 AS,GG
1977 33 BAL AL 458 -23 0 -1 1 24 8 15 24 2.3 0 0.0 2.3 $140,000 *6 GG
1978 34 BAL AL 408 -17 0 1 1 26 7 13 31 3.0 5 0.5 2.5 $ *6 GG
1979 35 BAL AL 242 -18 1 1 0 8 4 8 4 0.4 -4 -0.4 0.8 $ 6
1980 36 BAL AL 291 -19 -1 2 2 5 5 9 3 0.2 -2 -0.2 0.4 $ *6
1981 37 BAL AL 158 -11 -1 -1 0 1 3 5 -4 -0.6 -5 -0.5 -0.1 $ 6
1982 38 LAD NL 57 -3 0 1 0 -1 1 2 0 -0.1 1 0.1 -0.2 $ 6/4
18 Seasons 6601 -248 15 5 15 241 113 208 349 32.5 108 11.6 20.9 $200,000
Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
BAL (17 yrs) 6544 -245 15 4 15 241 112 206 349 32.6 107 11.5 21.1 $200,000
LAD (1 yr) 57 -3 0 1 0 -1 1 2 0 -0.1 1 0.1 -0.2 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1969 25 BAL AL ALCS MIN W 3 15 15 4 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .267 .267 .600 .867 9 0 0 0 0 0
1969 25 BAL AL WS NYM L 5 17 15 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .200 .294 .200 .494 3 0 0 0 0 0
1970 26 BAL AL ALCS MIN W 3 13 12 5 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .333 .385 .333 .718 4 0 0 0 0 0
1970 26 BAL AL WS CIN W 5 20 19 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .105 .150 .105 .255 2 0 0 0 0 1
1971 27 BAL AL ALCS OAK W 3 11 8 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 .250 .455 .250 .705 2 0 0 0 0 1
1971 27 BAL AL WS PIT L 7 26 21 4 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 2 .238 .385 .333 .718 7 1 0 0 0 0
1973 29 BAL AL ALCS OAK L 5 17 16 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .125 .176 .125 .301 2 0 0 0 0 0
1974 30 BAL AL ALCS OAK L 4 12 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .100 .000 .100 0 0 0 2 0 0
1979 35 BAL AL ALCS CAL W 3 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 0 0 0 0 0
1979 35 BAL AL WS PIT L 5 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons (10 Series) 43 143 126 17 23 0 2 1 7 1 0 15 14 .183 .270 .238 .508 30 1 0 2 0 2
6 ALCS 21 73 65 10 13 0 1 1 5 0 0 6 8 .200 .268 .277 .545 18 0 0 2 0 1
4 WS 22 70 61 7 10 0 1 0 2 1 0 9 6 .164 .271 .197 .468 12 1 0 0 0 1

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1965 BAL AL 21 SS 4 2 1 1 0 2 1.000 0 0.50 .960 4.72
1966 BAL AL 22 SS 6 29 9 20 0 3 1.000 3 4.83 .960 4.78
1967 BAL AL 23 SS 38 167 65 94 8 17 .952 -3 4.18 .963 4.63
1967 BAL AL 23 2B 26 74 33 40 1 6 .986 2 2.81 .979 4.96
1967 BAL AL 23 3B 2 6 2 4 0 1 1.000 1 3.00 .955 3.15
1968 BAL AL 24 SS 145 714 248 444 22 73 .969 27 4.77 .962 4.77
1969 BAL AL 25 SS 148 723 251 449 23 79 .968 12 4.73 .966 4.96 MVP-29,GG
1970 BAL AL 26 SS 143 643 212 412 19 78 .970 9 4.36 .967 4.91
1971 BAL AL 27 SS 149 739 280 443 16 77 .978 13 4.85 .965 4.88 GG
1972 BAL AL 28 SS 105 477 180 285 12 53 .975 8 4.43 .967 4.97
1973 BAL AL 29 SS 154 794 241 530 23 100 .971 26 5.01 .963 5.07 MVP-21,GG
1974 BAL AL 30 SS 155 808 243 552 13 100 .984 20 5.13 .965 4.96 MVP-26,GG
1975 BAL AL 31 SS 152 784 259 508 17 105 .978 35 5.05 .959 4.84 GG
1976 BAL AL 32 SS 153 798 239 545 14 97 .982 24 5.12 .967 5.01 AS,GG
1977 BAL AL 33 SS 142 671 244 417 10 82 .985 24 4.65 .963 4.79 GG
1978 BAL AL 34 SS 134 602 184 409 9 76 .985 26 4.43 .964 4.87 GG
1979 BAL AL 35 SS 98 308 110 195 3 38 .990 8 3.11 .965 4.95
1980 BAL AL 36 SS 109 401 133 258 10 49 .975 5 3.59 .963 4.98
1981 BAL AL 37 SS 63 255 86 162 7 21 .973 1 3.94 .967 4.98
1982 LAD NL 38 SS 44 86 20 62 4 4 .953 -1 1.86 .967 5.02
1982 LAD NL 38 2B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0 1.00 .980 5.40
18 Seasons SS 1942 9001 3005 5786 210 1054 .977 238 4.53 .964 4.92
2 Seasons 2B 27 75 33 41 1 6 .987 2 2.74 .979 4.98
1 Season 3B 2 6 2 4 0 1 1.000 1 3.00 .955 3.15
18 Seasons TOT 1971 9082 3040 5831 211 1061 .977 241 4.50 .964 4.92
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1988 BBWAA ( 3.7%)

All-Star Games
1976 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1969 AL (29, 1%)
1973 AL (21, 2%)
1974 AL (26, 2%)
0.05 Career Shares (1113th)

Gold Gloves
1969 AL (SS)
1971 AL (SS)
1973 AL (SS)
1974 AL (SS)
1975 AL (SS)
1976 AL (SS)
1977 AL (SS)
1978 AL (SS)
All multiple winners

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1976 AL  5.4 (7th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1968 AL  2.2 (3rd)
1969 AL  1.1 (10th)
1971 AL  1.1 (10th)
1973 AL  2.4 (3rd)
1974 AL  1.9 (2nd)
1975 AL  3.3 (1st)
1976 AL  2.1 (2nd)
1977 AL  2.3 (1st)
1978 AL  2.5 (1st)
Career  20.9 (5th)

Games Played s c a p y
Career  2,016 (215th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1968 AL  114 (6th)

Singles s c a p y
1969 AL  129 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1971 AL  7 (7th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1967 AL  9 (8th)
1968 AL  9 (8th)
1970 AL  9 (10th)
1973 AL  15 (1st)
1974 AL  20 (2nd)
1975 AL  23 (1st)
Career  155 (160th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1968 AL  6 (5th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1976 AL  17 (7th)
Career  75 (247th)

Assists† s c a p y
1968 AL  444 (4th)
1973 AL  530 (1st)
1974 AL  552 (1st)
1975 AL  508 (2nd)
1976 AL  545 (1st)
Career  5,831 (52nd)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1969 AL  23 (5th)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
1968 AL  27 (2nd)
1973 AL  26 (2nd)
1974 AL  21 (2nd)
1975 AL  35 (1st)
1976 AL  24 (2nd)
1977 AL  24 (1st)
1978 AL  26 (1st)
Career  241 (3rd)

Def. Games as SS s c a p y
1968 AL  145 (5th)
1970 AL  143 (5th)
1971 AL  149 (3rd)
1973 AL  154 (2nd)
1974 AL  155 (3rd)
1975 AL  152 (3rd)
1976 AL  153 (3rd)
Career  1,942 (23rd)

Putouts as SS s c a p y
1968 AL  248 (5th)
1969 AL  251 (5th)
1971 AL  280 (2nd)
1973 AL  241 (4th)
1974 AL  243 (4th)
1975 AL  259 (4th)
1976 AL  239 (5th)
Career  3,005 (43rd)

Assists as SS s c a p y
1968 AL  444 (4th)
1971 AL  443 (5th)
1973 AL  530 (1st)
1974 AL  552 (1st)
1975 AL  508 (2nd)
1976 AL  545 (1st)
Career  5,786 (31st)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
1968 AL  22 (5th)
1969 AL  23 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as SS s c a p y
1968 AL  27 (1st)
1969 AL  12 (4th)
1970 AL  9 (5th)
1971 AL  13 (1st)
1972 AL  8 (4th)
1973 AL  26 (1st)
1974 AL  21 (1st)
1975 AL  35 (1st)
1976 AL  24 (1st)
1977 AL  24 (1st)
1978 AL  26 (1st)
1979 AL  8 (3rd)
1980 AL  5 (5th)
Career  238 (2nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as SS† s c a p y
1968 AL  5.05 (4th)
1971 AL  5.09 (3rd)
1972 AL  5.45 (3rd)
1973 AL  5.30 (4th)
1974 AL  5.20 (1st)
1975 AL  5.47 (1st)
1976 AL  5.31 (2nd)
1977 AL  5.46 (1st)
1978 AL  5.42 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y
1968 AL  4.77 (3rd)
1971 AL  4.85 (3rd)
1973 AL  5.01 (2nd)
1974 AL  5.13 (1st)
1975 AL  5.05 (2nd)
1976 AL  5.12 (2nd)
1977 AL  4.65 (4th)

Fielding % as SS s c a p y
1968 AL  .969 (4th)
1971 AL  .978 (3rd)
1972 AL  .975 (4th)
1973 AL  .971 (3rd)
1974 AL  .984 (1st)
1975 AL  .978 (2nd)
1976 AL  .982 (3rd)
1977 AL  .985 (1st)
1978 AL  .985 (1st)
1979 AL  .990 (1st)
1980 AL  .975 (3rd)
Career  .977 (24th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 59 (327), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 16 (994), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
197632Baltimore Orioles$60,00011/13/76 TSN
197733Baltimore Orioles$140,000TSN salary survey, 4/23/77
Career to date (may be incomplete)$200,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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