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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.

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	BAL		BOS	L,4-5	CG	55	12.0	1	7	0	8	2	SS
2	2	Apr 10	BAL		BOS	W,2-1	GS	41	11.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
3	3	Apr 11	BAL		WSA	L,0-4	GS	30	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
4	4	Apr 12	BAL		WSA	W,9-0	CG	30	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
5	5	Apr 13 (1)	BAL		WSA	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
6	6	Apr 13 (2)	BAL		WSA	W,9-0	CG	30	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
7	7	Apr 14	BAL	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
8	8	Apr 15	BAL	@	BOS	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
9	9	Apr 16	BAL	@	BOS	W,11-8	CG	35	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
10	10	Apr 17	BAL	@	BOS	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
11	11	Apr 18	BAL	@	WSA	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
12	12	Apr 19	BAL	@	WSA	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
13	13	Apr 20 (1)	BAL	@	WSA	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
14	14	Apr 20 (2)	BAL	@	WSA	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
15	15	Apr 21	BAL		CLE	W,11-0	CG	35	9.0	2	6	1	9	1	SS
16	16	Apr 22	BAL		CLE	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	3	1	6	2	SS
17	17	Apr 23	BAL		DET	W,3-2	CG	36	10.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
18	18	Apr 24	BAL		DET	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
19	19	Apr 25	BAL		NYY	L,2-7	CG	36	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
20	20	Apr 26	BAL		NYY	L,5-6	CG	42	10.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
21	21	Apr 27 (1)	BAL		NYY	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
22	22	Apr 27 (2)	BAL		NYY	W,10-5	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
23	23	Apr 30	BAL	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	24	May 1	BAL	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
25	25	May 2	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	9	0	10	1	SS
26	26	May 3	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
27	27	May 4 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
28	28	May 4 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	W,14-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
29	29	May 6	BAL		CHW	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
30	30	May 7	BAL		CHW	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
31	31	May 9	BAL		KCR	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
32	32	May 10	BAL		KCR	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
33	33	May 11	BAL		KCR	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
34	34	May 13	BAL	@	MIN	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	3	4	1	8	1	SS
35	35	May 14	BAL	@	MIN	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
36	36	May 15	BAL	@	MIN	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
37	37	May 16	BAL	@	KCR	W,5-3	CG	43	11.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
38	38	May 17	BAL	@	KCR	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	4	1	1	6	1	SS
39	39	May 18	BAL	@	KCR	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	1	8	0	9	0	SS
40	40	May 20	BAL		MIN	L,2-3	CG	46	13.0	4	7	0	11	0	SS
41	41	May 21	BAL		MIN	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
42	42	May 22	BAL		MIN	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
43	43	May 23	BAL		OAK	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
44	44	May 24	BAL		OAK	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
45	45	May 25	BAL		OAK	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
46	46	May 27	BAL	@	SEP	L,1-8	GS	25	5.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
47	47	May 28	BAL	@	SEP	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
48	48	May 30	BAL	@	CAL	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
49	49	May 31	BAL	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	44	8.2	1	3	0	4	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	50	Jun 1	BAL	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	44	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
51	51	Jun 3	BAL	@	OAK	W,3-1	CG	41	11.0	6	6	0	12	3	SS
52	52	Jun 4	BAL	@	OAK	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	3	9	1	13	2	SS
53	53	Jun 6	BAL		SEP	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
54	54	Jun 7	BAL		SEP	W,10-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
55	55	Jun 8	BAL		SEP	L,5-7	CG	37	9.0	3	2	1	6	1	SS
56	56	Jun 10	BAL		CAL	W,11-4	CG	37	9.0	0	3	1	4	1	SS
57	57	Jun 11	BAL		CAL	L,5-7	CG	59	14.0	1	5	1	7	1	SS
58	58	Jun 13	BAL	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
59	59	Jun 14	BAL	@	CHW	W,12-3	CG	38	9.0	4	3	1	8	0	SS
60	60	Jun 15 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	W,9-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
61	61	Jun 15 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	W,13-2	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
62	64 (2)	Jun 19	BAL	@	WSA	W,2-0	CG	28	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
63	65	Jun 20 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
64	66	Jun 20 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	W,5-1	GF	13	3.0	0	1	2	3	1	SS
65	67	Jun 21	BAL	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
66	68	Jun 22 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
67	69	Jun 22 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	4	3	1	8	1	SS
68	70	Jun 23	BAL		WSA	W,5-3	GS	29	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
69	73 (2)	Jun 27	BAL		DET	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
70	74	Jun 28	BAL		DET	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
71	75	Jun 29 (1)	BAL		DET	L,2-3	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
72	76	Jun 29 (2)	BAL		DET	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	77	Jul 1	BAL	@	NYY	L,9-10	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
74	78	Jul 2	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	4	5	0	9	4	SS
75	79	Jul 4	BAL	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	17	4.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
76	80	Jul 5	BAL	@	DET	W,9-3	CG	33	9.0	1	6	0	7	3	SS
77	81	Jul 6	BAL	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
78	82	Jul 8 (1)	BAL		NYY	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
79	83	Jul 8 (2)	BAL		NYY	W,4-1	GF	11	3.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
80	84	Jul 9	BAL		NYY	W,6-5	CG	47	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
81	85	Jul 10	BAL		BOS	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
82	86	Jul 11 (1)	BAL		BOS	L,4-7	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
83	87	Jul 11 (2)	BAL		BOS	L,3-12	CG	51	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
84	88	Jul 12	BAL		BOS	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
85	89	Jul 13	BAL		BOS	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
86	90	Jul 15	BAL		CLE	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
87	91	Jul 16 (1)	BAL		CLE	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	4	4	1	9	0	SS
88	92	Jul 16 (2)	BAL		CLE	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
89	93	Jul 17	BAL		CLE	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
90	94	Jul 18	BAL	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
91	95	Jul 19	BAL	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
92	96	Jul 20	BAL	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
93	97	Jul 24	BAL		CHW	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
94	98	Jul 25	BAL		CHW	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
95	99	Jul 26	BAL		CHW	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
96	100	Jul 27	BAL		CHW	W,17-0	CG	30	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
97	101	Jul 29	BAL	@	KCR	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
98	102	Jul 30	BAL	@	KCR	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	5	1	8	1	SS
99	103	Jul 31	BAL	@	KCR	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	104	Aug 1	BAL	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	47	9.1	2	2	0	4	0	SS
101	105	Aug 2	BAL	@	MIN	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	3	4	0	SS
102	106	Aug 3	BAL	@	MIN	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
103	108 (1)	Aug 5	BAL		KCR	W,7-5	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	1	PH SS
104	109	Aug 6	BAL		KCR	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
105	110	Aug 7	BAL		KCR	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
106	111	Aug 8	BAL		MIN	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
107	112	Aug 9	BAL		MIN	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
108	113	Aug 10	BAL		MIN	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
109	114	Aug 11	BAL		OAK	L,4-7	GS	24	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
110	119 (4)	Aug 17	BAL	@	SEP	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
111	120	Aug 18	BAL	@	SEP	W,12-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
112	121	Aug 19	BAL	@	CAL	W,10-0	CG	31	9.0	3	4	1	8	2	SS
113	122	Aug 20	BAL	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
114	123	Aug 21	BAL	@	CAL	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
115	124	Aug 22	BAL	@	OAK	W,4-3	CG	45	10.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
116	125	Aug 23	BAL	@	OAK	L,2-4	GS	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
117	128 (2)	Aug 26	BAL		SEP	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
118	129	Aug 27	BAL		SEP	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
119	130	Aug 28	BAL		SEP	W,4-3	CG	43	11.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
120	131	Aug 29 (1)	BAL		CAL	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
121	132	Aug 29 (2)	BAL		CAL	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
122	133	Aug 30	BAL		CAL	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
123	134	Aug 31	BAL		CAL	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	135	Sep 1	BAL	@	CHW	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
125	136	Sep 2	BAL	@	CHW	L,3-10	CG	43	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
126	137	Sep 4	BAL	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
127	138	Sep 5	BAL	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
128	139	Sep 6	BAL	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	38	10.1	1	3	0	4	1	SS
129	140	Sep 7	BAL	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	54	14.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
130	141	Sep 9 (1)	BAL		WSA	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
131	142	Sep 9 (2)	BAL		WSA	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
132	143	Sep 10	BAL		BOS	W,8-7	CG	46	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
133	144	Sep 11	BAL		BOS	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
134	145	Sep 12	BAL		CLE	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
135	146	Sep 13	BAL		CLE	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	SS
136	149 (2)	Sep 16	BAL	@	WSA	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
137	150	Sep 18 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	W,6-4	GF	9	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
138	151	Sep 18 (2)	BAL	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
139	152	Sep 19	BAL		NYY	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	SS
140	153	Sep 20	BAL		NYY	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
141	154	Sep 23	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
142	155	Sep 24	BAL	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	41	11.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
143	156	Sep 25	BAL	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
144	157	Sep 26	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	1	SS
145	158	Sep 27	BAL	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	27	8.0	5	2	0	7	2	SS
146	160 (1)	Sep 29	BAL		DET	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
147	161	Sep 30	BAL		DET	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
148	162	Oct 1	BAL		DET	W,2-1	CG	36	10.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
							148gm		1294.1	251	449	23	723	79