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.

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	BAL		WSA	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
2	2	Apr 9	BAL		DET	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	SS
3	3	Apr 10	BAL		DET	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
4	4	Apr 11 (1)	BAL		DET	L,4-5	GS	31	8.0	3	1	0	4	2	SS
5	5	Apr 11 (2)	BAL		DET	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
6	6	Apr 14	BAL	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
7	7	Apr 15	BAL	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	41	10.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
8	8	Apr 16	BAL		NYY	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	SS
9	9	Apr 17	BAL		NYY	L,3-5	CG	41	10.0	0	7	0	7	1	SS
10	10	Apr 18	BAL		NYY	W,11-6	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
11	11	Apr 20	BAL	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	39	8.1	1	3	0	4	0	SS
12	12	Apr 21	BAL	@	DET	L,1-5	GS	31	7.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
13	13	Apr 23	BAL	@	CAL	W,8-2	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
14	14	Apr 24	BAL	@	CAL	L,4-7	CG	34	8.1	2	7	0	9	2	SS
15	15	Apr 25	BAL	@	CAL	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
16	16	Apr 26	BAL	@	OAK	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
17	17	Apr 27	BAL	@	OAK	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	1	6	2	SS
18	18	Apr 28	BAL	@	OAK	L,4-5	CG	40	8.1	4	4	0	8	1	SS
19	19	Apr 29	BAL	@	OAK	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	SS
20	20	Apr 30	BAL	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG	37	8.2	1	7	0	8	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	21	May 1	BAL	@	KCR	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
22	22	May 2	BAL	@	KCR	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
23	23	May 4	BAL		CAL	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
24	24	May 6 (1)	BAL		CAL	W,3-1	GF	13	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
25	25	May 6 (2)	BAL		CAL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
26	27 (1)	May 9 (2)	BAL		OAK	L,1-2	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
27	28	May 10	BAL		KCR	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
28	29	May 11	BAL		KCR	W,5-4	CG	44	10.0	2	5	2	9	0	SS
29	30	May 12	BAL		KCR	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	3	6	0	9	0	SS
30	31	May 14	BAL	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	1	9	0	10	1	SS
31	32	May 15	BAL	@	BOS	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
32	33	May 17	BAL	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
33	34	May 18	BAL	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
34	35	May 19	BAL	@	WSA	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
35	36	May 21	BAL		BOS	L,4-8	GS	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
36	37	May 22	BAL		BOS	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
37	38	May 23 (1)	BAL		BOS	W,12-3	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
38	39	May 23 (2)	BAL		BOS	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
39	40	May 26	BAL		CLE	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	3	SS
40	42 (1)	May 28	BAL	@	MIN	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	2	SS
41	43	May 29	BAL	@	MIN	W,11-8	CG	42	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
42	44	May 30	BAL	@	MIN	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
43	45	May 31 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
44	46	May 31 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	W,11-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	47	Jun 2	BAL	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	44	12.0	5	9	0	14	2	SS
46	48	Jun 4	BAL	@	MIL	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
47	49	Jun 5	BAL	@	MIL	W,12-4	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
48	50	Jun 6	BAL	@	MIL	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
49	51	Jun 8	BAL		MIN	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
50	52	Jun 9	BAL		MIN	W,2-1	CG	36	10.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
51	53	Jun 10	BAL		MIN	W,12-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
52	54	Jun 11	BAL		CHW	W,8-5	CG	45	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
53	55	Jun 12	BAL		CHW	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
54	56	Jun 13	BAL		CHW	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
55	57	Jun 15	BAL		MIL	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	5	3	0	8	0	SS
56	58	Jun 16	BAL		MIL	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
57	59	Jun 17	BAL		NYY	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
58	60	Jun 18	BAL		NYY	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
59	61	Jun 19	BAL		NYY	L,4-6	CG	50	11.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
60	62	Jun 20	BAL		NYY	W,10-4	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
61	63	Jun 21	BAL	@	WSA	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
62	64	Jun 22 (1)	BAL	@	WSA	L,6-8	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
63	65	Jun 22 (2)	BAL	@	WSA	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
64	66	Jun 23	BAL	@	WSA	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
65	67	Jun 24	BAL	@	WSA	W,6-1	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
66	68	Jun 25	BAL	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
67	69	Jun 26 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	38	9.2	3	4	0	7	2	SS
68	70	Jun 26 (2)	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-10	CG	37	8.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
69	71	Jun 27	BAL	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
70	72	Jun 28 susp	BAL		DET	L,4-9	CG	66	15.0	2	4	2	8	1	SS
71	73	Jun 29	BAL		DET	W,15-6	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
72	74	Jun 30 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	L,4-5	GF	14	2.1	2	1	0	3	0	SS
73	75	Jun 30 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	76	Jul 1	BAL	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	37	8.2	3	0	0	3	0	SS
75	77	Jul 2	BAL	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
76	78	Jul 3	BAL	@	DET	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
77	79	Jul 4	BAL	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
78	80	Jul 6 (1)	BAL		WSA	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
79	81	Jul 6 (2)	BAL		WSA	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
80	82	Jul 7	BAL		WSA	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
81	83	Jul 8	BAL		WSA	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	2	8	0	10	0	SS
82	84	Jul 9	BAL		CLE	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	SS
83	85	Jul 10 (1)	BAL		CLE	W,11-3	GF	10	3.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
84	86	Jul 10 (2)	BAL		CLE	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
85	87	Jul 11	BAL		CLE	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
86	88	Jul 15	BAL	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	6	4	0	10	2	SS
87	89	Jul 16	BAL	@	CAL	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
88	90	Jul 17	BAL	@	CAL	L,3-10	CG	40	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
89	91	Jul 18	BAL	@	OAK	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
90	92	Jul 19	BAL	@	OAK	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
91	93	Jul 20	BAL	@	KCR	L,1-7	CG	41	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
92	94	Jul 21	BAL	@	KCR	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	1	SS
93	95	Jul 22	BAL	@	KCR	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
94	96	Jul 23	BAL		CAL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
95	97	Jul 25 (1)	BAL		CAL	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
96	98	Jul 25 (2)	BAL		CAL	L,6-9	CG	61	13.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
97	99	Jul 27 (1)	BAL		OAK	W,1-0	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
98	100	Jul 27 (2)	BAL		OAK	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
99	101	Jul 28	BAL		OAK	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
100	102	Jul 30	BAL		KCR	W,1-0	CG	17	5.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
101	103	Jul 31	BAL		KCR	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	104	Aug 2	BAL		BOS	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
103	105	Aug 4	BAL		BOS	W,5-4	CG	45	10.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
104	106	Aug 5	BAL	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
105	107	Aug 6	BAL	@	NYY	L,3-12	CG	41	8.0	1	5	1	7	1	SS
106	108	Aug 7	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
107	109	Aug 8	BAL	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	33	8.1	3	1	0	4	0	SS
108	110	Aug 10	BAL	@	MIN	W,4-3	CG	38	10.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
109	111	Aug 11	BAL	@	MIN	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	SS
110	112	Aug 12	BAL	@	MIN	W,8-2	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
111	113	Aug 13	BAL	@	CHW	W,12-1	CG	34	9.0	2	7	0	9	2	SS
112	114	Aug 14	BAL	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
113	115	Aug 15	BAL	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
114	116	Aug 16	BAL	@	MIL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
115	117	Aug 17	BAL	@	MIL	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
116	118	Aug 18	BAL	@	MIL	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
117	119	Aug 20	BAL		MIN	L,5-8	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
118	120	Aug 21	BAL		MIN	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
119	121	Aug 22	BAL		MIN	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
120	122	Aug 24	BAL		CHW	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
121	123	Aug 25	BAL		CHW	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
122	124	Aug 26	BAL		CHW	W,8-7	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
123	125	Aug 28 (1)	BAL		MIL	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
124	126	Aug 28 (2)	BAL		MIL	L,0-3	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
125	127	Aug 29 (1)	BAL		MIL	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
126	128	Aug 29 (2)	BAL		MIL	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
127	129	Aug 31	BAL	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	39	8.2	5	0	1	6	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
128	130	Sep 1	BAL	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
129	131	Sep 2	BAL	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
130	132	Sep 3	BAL	@	WSA	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	SS
131	133	Sep 4	BAL	@	WSA	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
132	134	Sep 5	BAL	@	WSA	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
133	135	Sep 6 (1)	BAL		CLE	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
134	137 (1)	Sep 7	BAL		CLE	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	SS
135	138	Sep 9	BAL		WSA	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
136	139	Sep 10	BAL		WSA	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
137	140	Sep 13 (1)	BAL		DET	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
138	141	Sep 13 (2)	BAL		DET	L,5-10	CG	47	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
139	142	Sep 14	BAL		DET	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
140	143	Sep 15	BAL		NYY	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
141	144	Sep 16	BAL		NYY	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
142	145	Sep 17 (1)	BAL	@	DET	L,4-9	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
143	146	Sep 17 (2)	BAL	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
144	152 (5)	Sep 24 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
145	153	Sep 24 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	W,7-0	GF	17	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR SS
146	154	Sep 25	BAL	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	51	11.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
147	155	Sep 26	BAL	@	CLE	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
148	156	Sep 28 (1)	BAL		BOS	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
149	158 (1)	Sep 29	BAL		BOS	W,1-0	GS	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
							149gm		1278.1	280	443	16	739	77