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Mark Belanger
Mark Henry Belanger

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 170 lb.

Debut August 7, 1965
  vs. KCA 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 2, 1982
Born June 8, 1944 in Pittsfield, MA
Died October 6, 1998 in New York, NY

Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1965 21 BAL AL  11    3    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  1   0   0  .333  .333  .333   89    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1966 22 BAL AL   8   19    2    3   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .158  .158  .211    6    4   1   0   0   0   0
 1967 23 BAL AL  69  184   19   32   5  0   1   10   6  1  12  46  .174  .224  .217   32   40   9   0   1   0   3
 1968 24 BAL AL 145  472   40   98  13  0   2   21  10  1  40 114  .208  .272  .248   58  117   9   6   2   4   9
 1969 25 BAL AL 150  530   76  152  17  4   2   50  14  6  53  54  .287  .351  .345   95  183   4   5   5   2  13 MVP-29
 1970 26 BAL AL 145  459   53  100   6  5   1   36  13  2  52  65  .218  .303  .259   56  119   9   2   3   5   4
 1971 27 BAL AL 150  500   67  133  19  4   0   35  10  8  73  48  .266  .365  .320   97  160   6   4   6   7   9
 1972 28 BAL AL 113  285   36   53   9  1   2   16   6  3  18  53  .186  .236  .246   42   70   4   4   1   2   3
 1973 29 BAL AL 154  470   60  106  15  1   0   27  13  6  49  54  .226  .302  .262   61  123  15   5   1   5   9 MVP-21
 1974 30 BAL AL 155  493   54  111  14  4   5   36  17  7  51  69  .225  .298  .300   75  148  20   4   0   2   4 MVP-26
 1975 31 BAL AL 152  442   44  100  11  1   3   27  16  4  36  53  .226  .286  .276   64  122  23   0   0   1   2
 1976 32 BAL AL 153  522   66  141  22  2   1   40  27 17  51  64  .270  .336  .326  100  170  11   3   0   2   6 AS
 1977 33 BAL AL 144  402   39   83  13  4   2   30  15  8  43  68  .206  .287  .274   58  110   8   2   1   3   7
 1978 34 BAL AL 135  348   39   74  13  0   0   16   6  6  40  55  .213  .299  .250   61   87   7   7   1   6   4
 1979 35 BAL AL 101  198   28   33   6  2   0    9   5  1  29  33  .167  .273  .217   36   43  11   3   0   1   3
 1980 36 BAL AL 113  268   37   61   7  3   0   22   6  3  12  25  .228  .261  .276   48   74  11   0   0   0   1
 1981 37 BAL AL  64  139    9   23   3  2   1   10   2  1  12  25  .165  .242  .237   39   33   5   0   0   2   4
 1982 38 LAD NL  54   50    6   12   1  0   0    4   1  0   5  10  .240  .309  .260   63   13   2   0   1   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 18 Seasons    2016 5784  676 1316 175 33  20  389 167 75 576 839  .228  .300  .280   68 1617 155  45  22  42  83
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        465   54  106  14  3   2   31  13  6  46  67  .228  .300  .280   68  130  12   4   2   3   7
 Career High    155  530   76  152  22  5   5   50  27 17  73 114  .287  .365  .345  100  183  23   7   6   7  13
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1965 21 BAL AL    3    3    0   0.0    93| .333  .253| .333  .323| .333  .388| .666  .711|  89  .000  -0.1   0.0   0%
 1966 22 BAL AL   20   17    1   1.6    89| .158  .247| .158  .314| .211  .381| .369  .695|   6  .162  -2.3  -0.3   0%
 1967 23 BAL AL  205  165   10   1.6    84| .174  .243| .224  .312| .217  .365| .441  .677|  32  .181 -16.0  -1.8  85%
 1968 24 BAL AL  531  399   35   2.4    81| .208  .239| .272  .308| .248  .354| .520  .662|  58  .326 -23.1  -2.6  90%
 1969 25 BAL AL  594  406   66   4.4    96| .287  .255| .351  .332| .345  .385| .696  .718|  95  .517  -2.4  -0.2  70%
 1970 26 BAL AL  527  376   42   3.0    98| .218  .259| .303  .333| .259  .395| .562  .729|  56  .341 -27.3  -2.8  86%
 1971 27 BAL AL  590  394   63   4.3    91| .266  .254| .365  .326| .320  .377| .685  .703|  97  .530   1.9   0.2  55%
 1972 28 BAL AL  313  246   18   2.0    85| .186  .250| .236  .319| .246  .361| .482  .680|  42  .246 -20.9  -2.4  66%
 1973 29 BAL AL  544  399   41   2.8    93| .226  .258| .302  .327| .262  .380| .564  .707|  61  .304 -22.4  -2.3  68%
 1974 30 BAL AL  570  417   49   3.2    87| .225  .255| .298  .319| .300  .366| .598  .685|  75  .380 -14.8  -1.6  70%
 1975 31 BAL AL  502  371   40   2.9    88| .226  .251| .286  .320| .276  .369| .562  .689|  64  .326 -20.3  -2.1  80%
 1976 32 BAL AL  589  418   60   3.9    81| .270  .249| .336  .312| .326  .351| .662  .663| 100  .487   2.0   0.2  61%
 1977 33 BAL AL  458  344   34   2.6    95| .206  .259| .287  .322| .274  .394| .561  .716|  58  .264 -21.7  -2.2  65%
 1978 34 BAL AL  408  298   29   2.6    89| .213  .254| .299  .318| .250  .374| .549  .692|  61  .283 -15.1  -1.5  50%
 1979 35 BAL AL  242  183   15   2.2    99| .167  .266| .273  .330| .217  .403| .490  .733|  36  .198 -16.8  -1.7  83%
 1980 36 BAL AL  291  222   20   2.4    98| .228  .268| .261  .330| .276  .397| .537  .727|  48  .237 -19.8  -2.0  66%
 1981 37 BAL AL  158  126    8   1.7    89| .165  .256| .242  .321| .237  .373| .479  .693|  39  .168 -11.3  -1.2  66%
 1982 38 LAD NL   57   42    4   2.6    93| .240  .263| .309  .326| .260  .382| .569  .708|  63  .288  -2.4  -0.2 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 18 Seasons     6602 4826  535   3.0    90| .228  .254| .300  .322| .280  .375| .580  .697|  68  .352 -232.8 -24.5  69%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1965 21 BAL AL SS 4 1 1 0 2 1.000 .952 0.50 4.38 3.60 4.68 0 5.0 1966 22 BAL AL SS 6 9 20 0 3 1.000 .960 4.83 4.42 5.93 4.79 4 44.0 1967 23 BAL AL SS 38 65 94 8 17 .952 .963 4.18 4.09 4.61 4.62 33 310.7 2B 26 33 40 1 6 .986 .979 2.81 4.19 5.55 4.95 10 118.3 3B 2 2 4 0 1 1.000 .952 3.00 2.70 7.71 3.09 0 7.0 1968 24 BAL AL SS 145 248 444 22 73 .969 .962 4.77 4.07 5.05 4.79 142 1234.0 1969 25 BAL AL SS 148 251 449 23 79 .968 .966 4.73 4.43 4.87 4.96 144 1294.3 GG 1970 26 BAL AL SS 143 212 412 19 78 .970 .967 4.36 4.39 4.88 4.94 125 1150.3 1971 27 BAL AL SS 149 280 443 16 77 .978 .965 4.85 4.32 5.09 4.90 142 1278.3 GG 1972 28 BAL AL SS 105 180 285 12 53 .975 .967 4.43 4.51 5.45 4.99 86 768.3 1973 29 BAL AL SS 154 241 530 23 100 .971 .963 5.01 4.43 5.30 5.10 145 1308.7 GG 1974 30 BAL AL SS 155 243 552 13 100 .984 .965 5.13 4.24 5.20 4.98 153 1375.0 GG 1975 31 BAL AL SS 152 259 508 17 105 .978 .959 5.05 4.09 5.47 4.85 138 1262.3 GG 1976 32 BAL AL SS 153 239 545 14 97 .982 .967 5.12 4.40 5.31 4.99 148 1328.7 GG,AS 1977 33 BAL AL SS 142 244 417 10 82 .985 .963 4.65 4.07 5.46 4.82 122 1089.0 GG 1978 34 BAL AL SS 134 184 409 9 76 .985 .964 4.43 4.19 5.42 4.92 109 985.3 GG 1979 35 BAL AL SS 98 110 195 3 38 .990 .965 3.11 4.10 4.80 5.01 54 571.7 1980 36 BAL AL SS 109 133 258 10 49 .975 .963 3.59 4.26 4.82 4.99 75 729.7 1981 37 BAL AL SS 63 86 162 7 21 .973 .967 3.94 4.19 5.12 4.99 49 436.0 1982 38 LAD NL SS 44 20 62 4 4 .953 .967 1.86 4.38 4.45 5.01 12 166.0 2B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.80 9.00 5.40 0 1.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1967 23 BAL AL 2B 26 33 40 1 6 .986 .979 2.81 4.19 5.55 4.95 10 118.3 1982 38 LAD NL 2B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.80 9.00 5.40 0 1.0 1967 23 BAL AL 3B 2 2 4 0 1 1.000 .952 3.00 2.70 7.71 3.09 0 7.0 1965 21 BAL AL SS 4 1 1 0 2 1.000 .952 0.50 4.38 3.60 4.68 0 5.0 1966 22 BAL AL SS 6 9 20 0 3 1.000 .960 4.83 4.42 5.93 4.79 4 44.0 1967 23 BAL AL SS 38 65 94 8 17 .952 .963 4.18 4.09 4.61 4.62 33 310.7 1968 24 BAL AL SS 145 248 444 22 73 .969 .962 4.77 4.07 5.05 4.79 142 1234.0 1969 25 BAL AL SS 148 251 449 23 79 .968 .966 4.73 4.43 4.87 4.96 144 1294.3 1970 26 BAL AL SS 143 212 412 19 78 .970 .967 4.36 4.39 4.88 4.94 125 1150.3 1971 27 BAL AL SS 149 280 443 16 77 .978 .965 4.85 4.32 5.09 4.90 142 1278.3 1972 28 BAL AL SS 105 180 285 12 53 .975 .967 4.43 4.51 5.45 4.99 86 768.3 1973 29 BAL AL SS 154 241 530 23 100 .971 .963 5.01 4.43 5.30 5.10 145 1308.7 1974 30 BAL AL SS 155 243 552 13 100 .984 .965 5.13 4.24 5.20 4.98 153 1375.0 1975 31 BAL AL SS 152 259 508 17 105 .978 .959 5.05 4.09 5.47 4.85 138 1262.3 1976 32 BAL AL SS 153 239 545 14 97 .982 .967 5.12 4.40 5.31 4.99 148 1328.7 1977 33 BAL AL SS 142 244 417 10 82 .985 .963 4.65 4.07 5.46 4.82 122 1089.0 1978 34 BAL AL SS 134 184 409 9 76 .985 .964 4.43 4.19 5.42 4.92 109 985.3 1979 35 BAL AL SS 98 110 195 3 38 .990 .965 3.11 4.10 4.80 5.01 54 571.7 1980 36 BAL AL SS 109 133 258 10 49 .975 .963 3.59 4.26 4.82 4.99 75 729.7 1981 37 BAL AL SS 63 86 162 7 21 .973 .967 3.94 4.19 5.12 4.99 49 436.0 1982 38 LAD NL SS 44 20 62 4 4 .953 .967 1.86 4.38 4.45 5.01 12 166.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS*1942 3005 5786 210 1054 .977 .964 4.53 4.27 5.16 4.93 1681 15337.3 2B* 27 33 41 1 6 .987 .979 2.74 4.21 5.58 4.96 10 119.3 3B* 2 2 4 0 1 1.000 .952 3.00 2.70 7.71 3.09 0 7.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1971 3040 5831 211 1061 .977 .964 4.50 4.26 5.16 4.93 1691 15464
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1969   ALCS  BAL MIN     W   3  15   4   4  0  1  1   1   0   0  .267  .267  .600   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    BAL NYM     L   5  15   2   3  0  0  0   1   2   1  .200  .294  .200   0  0   0   0   0 
 1970   ALCS  BAL MIN     W   3  12   5   4  0  0  0   1   1   0  .333  .385  .333   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    BAL CIN     W   5  19   0   2  0  0  0   1   1   2  .105  .150  .105   0  0   0   0   0 
 1971   ALCS  BAL OAK     W   3   8   1   2  0  0  0   1   3   2  .250  .455  .250   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    BAL PIT     L   7  21   4   5  0  1  0   0   5   2  .238  .385  .333   1  0   0   0   0 
 1973   ALCS  BAL OAK     L   5  16   0   2  0  0  0   1   1   1  .125  .176  .125   0  0   0   0   0 
 1974   ALCS  BAL OAK     L   4   9   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   3  .000  .100  .000   0  0   2   0   0 
 1979   ALCS  BAL CAL     W   3   5   0   1  0  0  0   1   0   2  .200  .200  .200   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    BAL PIT     L   5   6   1   0  0  0  0   0   1   1  .000  .143  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  6 Lg Champ Series     4-2  21  65  10  13  0  1  1   5   6   8  .200  .268  .277   0  0   2   0   0 
  4 World Series        1-3  22  61   7  10  0  1  0   2   9   6  .164  .271  .197   1  0   0   0   0 
 10 Postseason Series   5-5  43 126  17  23  0  2  1   7  15  14  .183  .270  .238   1  0   2   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1976   BAL AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1976 *

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

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1969-AL-29-0.01
1973-AL-21-0.02
1974-AL-26-0.02
Car-1085-0.05 shares

Strikeouts
1968 AL-114-6

Singles
1969 AL-129-6

Hit By Pitch
1971 AL-7-7

Sac. Hits
1967 AL-9-8
1968 AL-9-8
1970 AL-9-10
1973 AL-15-1
1974 AL-20-2
1975 AL-23-1

Sac. Flies
1968 AL-6-5

Caught Stealing
1976 AL-17-7

     

HOF Standards: Batting - 11.9 (1408) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 59.0 (315) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 19, 1962: Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent.

November 13, 1981: Granted Free Agency.

December 11, 1981: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

October 23, 1982: Released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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