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Mark
Belanger		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 170
 
Born: June 8, 1944 in Usa, MA, PITTSFIELD
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1965 21 WAS NL     4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 6 5 5 8 7 7
1966 22 WAS NL     4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 6 5 5 8 7 8
1967 23 WAS NL     4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 4 4 8 8 8
1968 24 WAS NL     4 4 5 2 2 2 6 5 6 5 4 4 8 8 8
1969 25 WAS NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 6 5 6 5 4 5 8 7 8
1970 26 WAS NL     5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 4 4 7 6 6
1971 27 WAS NL     5 5 6 1 1 1 5 4 4 5 4 4 7 6 6
1972 28 WAS NL     5 5 6 2 2 2 5 4 4 5 5 5 7 6 7
1973 29 WAS NL     5 5 6 2 2 2 5 4 4 5 4 4 7 6 6
1974 30 WAS NL     5 5 6 2 2 2 5 4 4 5 4 4 7 6 6
1975 31 WAS NL     5 5 6 2 2 2 5 4 4 5 4 4 6 6 6
1976 32 WAS NL     5 5 6 1 1 1 5 4 4 5 4 4 7 6 6
1977 33 WAS NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 4 5 6 6 6
1978 34 WAS NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 5
1979 35 WAS NL     5 5 6 1 1 1 4 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 4
1980 36 MIN AL $ 600,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4
1981 37 MIN AL $ 600,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 3 4 5 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 3 4 5 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 600,000   6 6 7 2 2 2 6 5 6 6 5 5 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1965 21 AA   54 189 19 43 7 0 3 16 2 4 35 22 .228 .348 .312 .660 22.8  
    A   83 307 24 71 12 0 2 24 5 2 51 31 .231 .341 .290 .631 35.0  
1966 22 A   136 548 79 155 22 3 9 35 14 5 83 51 .283 .377 .383 .760 83.8  
1967 23 AA   129 498 70 142 23 1 10 40 3 2 48 46 .285 .348 .396 .744 68.0  
1968 24 AA   137 474 48 113 23 1 11 56 3 2 45 55 .238 .304 .361 .665 53.0  
1969 25 AA   136 486 40 129 22 1 9 61 0 1 51 61 .265 .335 .370 .706 61.1  
1970 26 AA   13 39 5 12 5 0 0 7 0 0 8 3 .308 .426 .436 .861 7.2  
1971 27 AA   129 443 36 119 25 3 4 40 1 0 48 58 .269 .340 .366 .706 55.8  
1972 28 AA   137 505 67 151 23 1 8 38 3 1 91 46 .299 .406 .396 .802 85.8  
1973 29 AA   136 509 55 158 24 3 11 52 2 2 61 66 .310 .384 .434 .818 83.0  
1974 30 AA   137 529 66 158 15 1 10 44 1 2 63 57 .299 .373 .388 .761 77.6  
1975 31 AA   137 516 52 162 23 3 3 60 0 2 63 69 .314 .389 .388 .776 77.3  
1976 32 AA   128 447 68 137 18 1 7 48 2 0 53 72 .306 .380 .398 .778 68.2  
1977 33 WAS NL 89 160 11 42 4 1 1 16 0 0 7 32 .263 .298 .319 .616 15.0 1.8
1978 34 WAS NL 65 106 8 28 4 0 2 12 0 0 4 19 .264 .291 .358 .649 9.8 1.1
1979 35 WAS NL 71 98 14 26 0 0 0 7 0 0 4 25 .265 .288 .265 .554 8.1 0.5
1980 36 MIN AL 39 56 11 11 1 1 0 5 0 0 2 16 .196 .237 .250 .487 2.4 0.0
    AAA   28 109 12 31 6 0 1 6 1 0 10 27 .284 .345 .367 .712 13.9  
1981 37 AAA   137 553 47 145 12 1 0 37 1 3 42 101 .262 .314 .288 .602 50.0  
4 Years Sim 264 420 44 107 9 2 3 40 0 0 17 92 .255 .286 .307 .593 35.3 3.4
2 Years AAA 165 662 59 176 18 1 1 43 2 3 52 128 .266 .320 .301 .620 63.9  
11 Years AA 1273 4635 526 1324 208 15 76 462 17 16 566 555 .286 .366 .386 .752 659.8  
2 Years A 219 855 103 226 34 3 11 59 19 7 134 82 .264 .368 .350 .718 118.8  
15 Years Minors 1657 6152 688 1726 260 19 88 564 38 26 752 765 .281 .361 .372 .733 842.5  
162 Game Average 257 27 65 5 1 1 24 0 0 10 56 .255 .286 .307 .593 21.7  
Career Highs 89 160 14 42 4 1 2 16 0 0 7 32 .265 .298 .358 .649 15.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   306 38 80 6 1 2 21 0 0 12 72 .261 .292 .307 .599 26.1
vs LH   114 6 27 3 1 1 19 0 0 5 20 .237 .269 .307 .576 9.0
Home 122 195 17 52 5 2 1 13 0 0 8 44 .267 .302 .328 .631 18.1
Away 142 225 27 55 4 0 2 27 0 0 9 48 .244 .271 .289 .560 17.0
RISP   98 0 27 2 0 0 36 0 0 3 22 .276 .298 .296 .594 8.1
Pinch Hitting   31 3 8 1 0 0 7 0 0 1 7 .258 .281 .290 .572 2.4
Close/Late   58 4 14 2 0 0 10 0 0 3 12 .241 .290 .276 .566 4.2
Mar/Apr 46 65 7 17 3 0 0 8 0 0 3 16 .262 .294 .308 .602 5.6
May 38 61 8 15 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 11 .246 .281 .262 .544 4.3
June 48 74 8 22 3 0 1 7 0 0 3 15 .297 .333 .378 .712 8.6
July 37 56 5 13 1 0 1 6 0 0 5 12 .232 .290 .304 .594 5.2
August 48 73 11 24 1 2 0 7 0 0 1 14 .329 .347 .397 .744 8.9
Sep/Oct 47 91 5 16 0 0 1 9 0 0 2 24 .176 .191 .209 .400 2.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1977 33 WAS NL SS 30 21 186.3 32 90 3 19 .976 5.89   0.9
    2B 56 11 180.7 50 86 2 24 .986 6.78   0.6
    RF 3 3 21.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.71   0.0
1978 34 WAS NL SS 29 12 131.7 19 58 2 12 .975 5.26   0.5
    2B 31 10 116.3 30 56 2 10 .977 6.65   0.5
    RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1979 35 WAS NL 2B 44 11 158.3 35 66 1 10 .990 5.74   0.9
    SS 20 8 78.0 15 24 0 5 1.000 4.50   0.3
    RF 4 4 25.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.44   0.0
    3B 2 0 8.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1980 36 MIN AL 2B 14 9 86.7 23 27 0 8 1.000 5.19   0.3
    RF 10 4 42.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.71   0.0
    SS 14 1 34.7 5 16 0 3 1.000 5.45   0.1
  2B 145 41 542.0 138 235 5 52 .987 6.19   2.3
  SS 93 42 430.7 71 188 5 39 .981 5.41   1.9
  RF 19 11 90.0 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.60   0.1
  3B 2 0 8.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
Career Totals   259 94 1070.6 226 424 10 91 .985 5.46   4.3
Career Highs   89 35 388.0 86 176 5 43 1.000 6.08    
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 53rd overall pick, by Washington in 1965
Injured on 6/27/1967 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 7/29/1968 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 6 days
Injured on 4/15/1970 with a Torn Calf Muscle, out for full season
Injured on 6/20/1971 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 4/10/1973 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 6 days
Injured on 6/27/1973 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 3 days
Injured on 4/11/1974 with a Sprained Ankle, out for one week
Injured on 4/11/1975 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 6/2/1975 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Had first career hit on 4/9/1977, off Craig Swan (IND)
Hit first career homerun on 6/26/1977, off Jim Burton (MIA)
Released by Washington on 10/13/1979
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 2/19/1980 to a 1-year deal worth $600,000 per year
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $600,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 8/27/1981 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 6 days
 
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