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.

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	BAL		BOS	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
2	2	Apr 10	BAL		BOS	W,5-1	GS	35	8.0	2	1	1	4	2	SS
3	3	Apr 11	BAL		BOS	L,2-6	GS	33	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
4	4	Apr 12	BAL		NYY	L,0-3	GS	33	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
5	5	Apr 13	BAL		NYY	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
6	6	Apr 17	BAL	@	OAK	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
7	7	Apr 18	BAL	@	OAK	L,1-2	GS	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
8	8	Apr 19	BAL	@	CAL	L,4-9	CG	40	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
9	9	Apr 20	BAL	@	CAL	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
10	10	Apr 21	BAL	@	CAL	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
11	11	Apr 24	BAL	@	MIN	L,1-2	GS	47	12.0	1	8	0	9	1	SS
12	12	Apr 25	BAL	@	MIN	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	SS
13	13	Apr 27	BAL		CAL	W,3-2	CG	46	10.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
14	14	Apr 28	BAL		CAL	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
15	15	Apr 30	BAL		OAK	L,1-11	CG	49	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 2 (1)	BAL		OAK	L,2-6	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
17	17	May 2 (2)	BAL		OAK	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
18	18	May 4	BAL		CHW	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
19	19	May 5	BAL		CHW	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
20	20	May 7	BAL		KCR	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
21	21	May 8	BAL		KCR	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
22	22	May 9	BAL		KCR	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
23	23	May 11	BAL	@	MIL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	SS
24	24	May 12	BAL	@	MIL	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	1	6	1	8	0	SS
25	25	May 13	BAL	@	MIL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
26	26	May 14	BAL	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
27	27	May 15	BAL	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
28	28	May 16	BAL	@	NYY	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
29	29	May 17	BAL		MIL	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
30	30	May 19	BAL		MIL	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	5	4	0	9	2	SS
31	31	May 21	BAL		DET	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
32	32	May 22	BAL		DET	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
33	33	May 23	BAL		DET	L,6-10	CG	48	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
34	34	May 24	BAL		CLE	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	2	SS
35	35	May 25	BAL		CLE	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	SS
36	36	May 26 (1)	BAL	@	DET	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
37	37	May 26 (2)	BAL	@	DET	L,2-6	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
38	38	May 27	BAL	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	1	6	2	SS
39	39	May 28	BAL	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
40	40	May 29	BAL	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
41	41	May 30	BAL	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
42	42	May 31 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	39	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
43	43	May 31 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	44	Jun 2	BAL	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	53	14.0	2	7	0	9	0	SS
45	45	Jun 4	BAL		MIN	L,6-8	CG	44	10.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
46	46	Jun 5	BAL		MIN	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
47	47	Jun 6 (1)	BAL		MIN	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
48	48	Jun 6 (2)	BAL		MIN	L,6-11	CG	49	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
49	49	Jun 7	BAL		TEX	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
50	50	Jun 8	BAL		TEX	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	3	9	0	12	0	SS
51	51	Jun 9	BAL		TEX	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	2	8	0	10	1	SS
52	52	Jun 10	BAL	@	KCR	L,0-7	CG	40	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
53	53	Jun 11	BAL	@	KCR	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
54	54	Jun 12	BAL	@	KCR	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
55	55	Jun 13	BAL	@	KCR	L,4-8	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
56	56	Jun 15	BAL	@	CHW	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
57	57	Jun 16	BAL	@	CHW	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
58	58	Jun 17	BAL	@	TEX	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	4	7	1	12	1	SS
59	59	Jun 18	BAL	@	TEX	W,9-4	GS	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
60	60	Jun 19	BAL	@	TEX	W,8-4	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
61	61	Jun 20	BAL	@	TEX	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
62	62	Jun 21	BAL		BOS	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
63	63	Jun 22	BAL		BOS	L,5-6	CG	61	15.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
64	64	Jun 23	BAL		BOS	W,3-2	CG	36	10.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
65	65	Jun 25	BAL		CLE	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	0	5	0	5	2	SS
66	66	Jun 26	BAL		CLE	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
67	67	Jun 27 (1)	BAL		CLE	L,3-6	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
68	68	Jun 27 (2)	BAL		CLE	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
69	69	Jun 28	BAL	@	BOS	L,8-12	CG	41	8.0	2	5	0	7	3	SS
70	70	Jun 29	BAL	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
71	71	Jun 30	BAL	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	2	5	0	7	3	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	72	Jul 1	BAL		DET	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	SS
73	73	Jul 2	BAL		DET	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
74	74	Jul 3	BAL	@	DET	L,0-4	CG	31	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
75	75	Jul 4	BAL	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
76	76	Jul 5	BAL	@	OAK	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
77	77	Jul 6	BAL	@	OAK	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
78	78	Jul 7	BAL	@	OAK	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
79	79	Jul 8	BAL	@	OAK	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
80	80	Jul 9	BAL	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
81	81	Jul 10	BAL	@	CAL	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
82	83 (1)	Jul 15	BAL		CAL	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
83	84	Jul 16	BAL		CAL	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
84	85	Jul 17	BAL		CAL	L,3-7	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
85	86	Jul 18	BAL		CAL	L,6-8	CG	45	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
86	87	Jul 19	BAL	@	KCR	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
87	88	Jul 20	BAL	@	KCR	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
88	89	Jul 21	BAL	@	TEX	W,6-4	CG	49	12.0	2	9	0	11	2	SS
89	90	Jul 22	BAL	@	TEX	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	SS
90	91	Jul 23	BAL		MIL	L,3-4	CG	53	13.0	4	7	0	11	2	SS
91	92	Jul 24 (1)	BAL		MIL	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
92	93	Jul 24 (2)	BAL		MIL	L,0-5	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH SS
93	94	Jul 25	BAL		MIL	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
94	95	Jul 26	BAL		NYY	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	8	0	10	2	SS
95	96	Jul 27	BAL		NYY	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
96	97	Jul 28	BAL		NYY	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
97	98	Jul 29	BAL	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	3	7	0	10	1	SS
98	99	Jul 30	BAL	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
99	100	Jul 31	BAL		DET	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	101	Aug 1	BAL		DET	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
101	102	Aug 2	BAL	@	MIL	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
102	103	Aug 3	BAL	@	MIL	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
103	105 (1)	Aug 5	BAL	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
104	106	Aug 7	BAL	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
105	107	Aug 8	BAL	@	NYY	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
106	108	Aug 10	BAL		MIN	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
107	109	Aug 11	BAL		MIN	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	3	SS
108	110	Aug 13	BAL		CHW	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
109	112 (1)	Aug 14 (2)	BAL		CHW	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
110	113	Aug 15	BAL		CHW	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
111	114	Aug 16	BAL	@	MIN	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
112	115	Aug 17	BAL	@	MIN	W,10-3	CG	40	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
113	116	Aug 18	BAL	@	MIN	L,1-5	GS	16	4.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
114	117	Aug 19	BAL	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
115	118	Aug 20	BAL	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
116	119	Aug 21	BAL	@	CHW	L,10-11	CG	57	11.2	2	2	0	4	0	SS
117	120	Aug 22 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	W,6-2	GF	23	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
118	121	Aug 22 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
119	122	Aug 23	BAL		OAK	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
120	123	Aug 24	BAL		OAK	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
121	124	Aug 25	BAL		OAK	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	3	SS
122	125	Aug 27	BAL		TEX	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	1	SS
123	126	Aug 28	BAL		TEX	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	SS
124	127	Aug 29	BAL		TEX	L,0-11	CG	52	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
125	128	Aug 30	BAL		KCR	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
126	129	Aug 31	BAL		KCR	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
127	130	Sep 1	BAL		KCR	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
128	131	Sep 3	BAL		NYY	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
129	132	Sep 4 (1)	BAL		NYY	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
130	133	Sep 4 (2)	BAL		NYY	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
131	134	Sep 5	BAL		NYY	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	0	7	0	7	1	SS
132	135	Sep 6	BAL	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	9	0	9	0	SS
133	136	Sep 7	BAL	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
134	137	Sep 8	BAL		CLE	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
135	138	Sep 9	BAL		CLE	L,3-4	CG	33	9.0	1	8	0	9	2	SS
136	139	Sep 10	BAL		CLE	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
137	140	Sep 11 (1)	BAL	@	MIL	W,5-1	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
138	141	Sep 11 (2)	BAL	@	MIL	W,3-2	GS	9	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
139	143 (1)	Sep 13	BAL	@	MIL	W,5-3	CG	43	10.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
140	144	Sep 14	BAL		DET	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	2	8	0	10	1	SS
141	145	Sep 15	BAL		DET	W,1-0	CG	21	6.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
142	147 (1)	Sep 18 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	4	5	0	9	3	SS
143	148	Sep 19 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
144	149	Sep 19 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	L,2-3	GS	45	11.0	4	5	0	9	0	SS
145	150	Sep 21	BAL	@	NYY	W,11-8	CG	49	10.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
146	151	Sep 22 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
147	152	Sep 22 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-2	GS	13	3.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
148	153	Sep 23	BAL	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
149	154	Sep 24	BAL		BOS	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
150	155	Sep 25	BAL		BOS	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
151	156	Sep 26	BAL		BOS	L,3-8	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
152	157	Sep 28 (1)	BAL		MIL	W,7-5	CG	50	11.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
153	159 (1)	Sep 29	BAL		MIL	L,3-6	GS	36	8.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
							153gm		1328.2	239	545	14	798	97