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.

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	BAL		DET	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
2	2	Apr 6	BAL		DET	L,2-3	CG	40	10.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
3	3	Apr 7 (1)	BAL		DET	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
4	4	Apr 7 (2)	BAL		DET	L,4-8	CG	47	10.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
5	5	Apr 11	BAL	@	BOS	W,7-6	CG	55	11.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
6	6	Apr 12	BAL	@	MIL	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
7	7	Apr 13	BAL	@	MIL	L,2-3	GS	26	7.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
8	8	Apr 15	BAL	@	MIL	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
9	9	Apr 17	BAL	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
10	10	Apr 19	BAL		NYY	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
11	11	Apr 20	BAL		NYY	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
12	12	Apr 21 (1)	BAL		NYY	W,6-5	GF	17	5.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
13	13	Apr 21 (2)	BAL		NYY	L,0-3	GS	35	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
14	14	Apr 23	BAL		CAL	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
15	15	Apr 24	BAL		CAL	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
16	16	Apr 26	BAL		OAK	W,6-5	GS	52	12.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
17	17	Apr 27	BAL		OAK	L,5-11	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
18	18	Apr 28	BAL		OAK	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
19	19	Apr 30	BAL	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	20	May 1	BAL	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
21	21	May 3	BAL	@	CAL	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
22	22	May 4	BAL	@	CAL	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
23	23	May 5	BAL	@	CAL	L,7-8	CG	38	8.1	0	4	0	4	3	SS
24	24	May 6	BAL	@	OAK	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
25	25	May 7	BAL	@	OAK	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
26	26	May 8	BAL	@	OAK	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
27	27	May 10	BAL	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	33	10.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
28	28	May 11	BAL	@	CLE	W,12-1	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
29	29	May 13	BAL		MIL	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
30	30	May 14	BAL		MIL	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	3	SS
31	31	May 15	BAL		MIL	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
32	32	May 17	BAL		BOS	W,6-0	CG	24	6.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
33	35 (2)	May 19 (2)	BAL		BOS	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
34	36	May 21	BAL		CLE	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	2	SS
35	37	May 22	BAL		CLE	W,1-0	CG	43	12.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
36	38	May 23	BAL		CLE	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
37	39	May 24	BAL	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
38	40	May 25	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
39	41	May 26 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	L,5-6	GS	30	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
40	42	May 26 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	42	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
41	43	May 27	BAL	@	KCR	L,1-9	CG	43	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
42	44	May 28	BAL	@	KCR	L,5-9	CG	47	10.1	6	3	0	9	0	SS
43	45	May 29	BAL	@	KCR	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
44	46	May 31	BAL	@	TEX	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	4	4	0	8	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	47	Jun 1	BAL	@	TEX	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
46	48	Jun 2	BAL	@	TEX	W,6-5	CG	43	10.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
47	49	Jun 3	BAL		KCR	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
48	50	Jun 4	BAL		KCR	L,0-8	CG	42	9.0	0	8	0	8	0	SS
49	51	Jun 5	BAL		KCR	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	3	4	1	8	2	SS
50	52	Jun 7	BAL		TEX	L,3-5	GS	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
51	53	Jun 8	BAL		TEX	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
52	54	Jun 9	BAL		TEX	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
53	55	Jun 10	BAL	@	MIN	L,1-9	CG	42	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
54	56	Jun 11	BAL	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
55	57	Jun 12	BAL	@	MIN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
56	58	Jun 14	BAL		CHW	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
57	59	Jun 15	BAL		CHW	W,4-3	CG	38	11.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
58	60	Jun 16	BAL		CHW	L,1-9	CG	44	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
59	61	Jun 17	BAL		MIN	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
60	62	Jun 18	BAL		MIN	W,10-1	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
61	63	Jun 19	BAL		MIN	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
62	64	Jun 20	BAL	@	MIL	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
63	65	Jun 21	BAL	@	MIL	L,6-8	GS	32	7.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
64	66	Jun 22	BAL	@	MIL	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	1	8	0	9	1	SS
65	67	Jun 23	BAL	@	MIL	L,4-9	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
66	68	Jun 24	BAL		DET	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	6	3	0	9	2	SS
67	69	Jun 25	BAL		DET	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	3	7	1	11	1	SS
68	70	Jun 26	BAL		DET	W,5-4	GS	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
69	71	Jun 29	BAL		NYY	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	2	10	0	12	0	SS
70	72	Jun 30	BAL		NYY	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	73	Jul 1	BAL		BOS	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	3	4	1	8	1	SS
72	74	Jul 2	BAL		BOS	L,6-9	GS	37	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
73	75	Jul 3 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
74	76	Jul 3 (2)	BAL	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
75	77	Jul 4	BAL	@	BOS	W,10-6	CG	43	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
76	78	Jul 5	BAL	@	OAK	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
77	79	Jul 6	BAL	@	OAK	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
78	80	Jul 7	BAL	@	OAK	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
79	81	Jul 8	BAL	@	CAL	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
80	83 (1)	Jul 10	BAL	@	CAL	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
81	84	Jul 11	BAL	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	35	8.2	1	3	0	4	1	SS
82	85	Jul 12	BAL	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	35	8.2	3	4	0	7	2	SS
83	86	Jul 13	BAL	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
84	87	Jul 14	BAL	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
85	88	Jul 15	BAL		OAK	L,4-6	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
86	89	Jul 16	BAL		OAK	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
87	90	Jul 17	BAL		OAK	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
88	91	Jul 19	BAL		CAL	W,5-4	CG	37	10.0	2	7	0	9	0	SS
89	92	Jul 20 (1)	BAL		CAL	L,0-2	GS	28	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
90	93	Jul 20 (2)	BAL		CAL	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
91	94	Jul 21	BAL		CAL	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
92	95	Jul 25 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	L,7-8	GS	34	7.0	3	7	0	10	3	SS
93	96	Jul 25 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	53	12.1	1	3	0	4	1	SS
94	97	Jul 26	BAL	@	CLE	W,9-5	CG	44	11.0	3	5	0	8	3	SS
95	98	Jul 27	BAL		MIL	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	2	5	1	8	2	SS
96	99	Jul 28	BAL		MIL	L,0-4	CG	34	9.0	1	4	1	6	1	SS
97	100	Jul 29	BAL		MIL	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
98	101	Jul 30	BAL		CLE	L,6-8	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
99	102	Jul 31	BAL		CLE	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	103	Aug 1	BAL	@	BOS	L,3-11	CG	40	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
101	104	Aug 2	BAL	@	BOS	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
102	105	Aug 3	BAL	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
103	106	Aug 4 (1)	BAL	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
104	107	Aug 4 (2)	BAL	@	DET	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
105	108	Aug 5 (1)	BAL	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
106	109	Aug 5 (2)	BAL	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
107	110	Aug 6	BAL	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
108	111	Aug 7	BAL	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS	32	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
109	112	Aug 9	BAL	@	MIN	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
110	113	Aug 10	BAL	@	MIN	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	3	6	0	9	3	SS
111	114	Aug 11	BAL	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
112	115	Aug 13	BAL		CHW	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
113	116	Aug 14	BAL		CHW	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
114	117	Aug 15	BAL		CHW	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
115	118	Aug 16	BAL		KCR	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
116	119	Aug 17	BAL		KCR	L,2-3	CG	47	10.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
117	120	Aug 18	BAL		KCR	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
118	121	Aug 20	BAL		TEX	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
119	122	Aug 21	BAL		TEX	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
120	123	Aug 22	BAL		TEX	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
121	124	Aug 23	BAL		MIN	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
122	125	Aug 24	BAL		MIN	L,5-9	CG	43	9.0	1	3	2	6	0	SS
123	126	Aug 25	BAL		MIN	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
124	127	Aug 27	BAL	@	TEX	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
125	128	Aug 28	BAL	@	TEX	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
126	129	Aug 29	BAL	@	TEX	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	5	1	6	1	SS
127	130	Aug 30	BAL	@	KCR	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
128	131	Aug 31	BAL	@	KCR	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
129	132	Sep 1	BAL	@	KCR	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
130	133	Sep 2 (1)	BAL		BOS	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
131	134	Sep 2 (2)	BAL		BOS	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
132	135	Sep 4	BAL		BOS	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
133	136	Sep 6 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
134	137	Sep 6 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
135	138	Sep 7	BAL	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
136	139	Sep 8	BAL	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
137	140	Sep 9	BAL	@	MIL	W,6-5	CG	48	11.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
138	141	Sep 10	BAL	@	MIL	L,5-6	CG	42	9.1	3	2	0	5	2	SS
139	142	Sep 11 (1)	BAL		NYY	W,3-2	CG	67	17.0	3	8	0	11	1	SS
140	143	Sep 11 (2)	BAL		NYY	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
141	144	Sep 12	BAL		NYY	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
142	145	Sep 13 (1)	BAL		CLE	W,3-2	GS	23	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
143	149 (3)	Sep 17	BAL	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
144	150	Sep 18	BAL	@	NYY	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
145	151	Sep 19	BAL	@	NYY	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
146	152	Sep 20	BAL	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
147	153	Sep 21	BAL	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	47	9.1	4	2	0	6	1	SS
148	154	Sep 22	BAL	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
149	155	Sep 24	BAL		DET	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
150	156	Sep 25	BAL		DET	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
151	157	Sep 27	BAL		MIL	W,1-0	CG	63	17.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
152	158	Sep 28	BAL		MIL	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
153	159	Sep 29	BAL		MIL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
154	160	Sep 30	BAL	@	DET	W,12-6	CG	44	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
155	161	Oct 1	BAL	@	DET	W,7-6	GS	20	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
							155gm		1375.0	243	552	13	808	100