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}} Mark Henry Belanger (June 8, 1944 – October 6, 1998), nicknamed "The Blade", was an American professional baseball shortstop. He played eighteen seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles and Los Angeles Dodgers. A defensive standout, he won eight Gold Glove Awards between 1969 and 1978, leading the American League in assists and fielding percentage three times each, and retired with the highest career fielding average by an AL shortstop (.977). He set franchise records for career games, assists and double plays as a shortstop, all of which were later broken by Cal Ripken Jr. After his playing career, he became an official with the Major League Baseball Players Association. Early lifeBelanger was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, where he attended Pittsfield High School, where he played baseball and basketball. On the basketball court, he became the school's first 1,000-point scorer. He was recruited by the Orioles as an amateur in {{Baseball year|1962}}, and made his debut with the club on August 7, {{Baseball year|1965}}. CareerHe took over as the Orioles' regular shortstop in late {{Baseball year|1967}}, and held the position for over a decade. He hit his first major league home run at Yankee Stadium on May 14, 1967 off of Mel Stottlemyre. Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle would hit his 500th career home run in that same game. Nicknamed "The Blade" because of his height of 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) and weight of only 170 lb (77 kg), Belanger was known as a poor hitter. In 1970, he was a Triple Crown loser (finishing last in the TC categories). In his eighteen seasons in the major leagues, Belanger hit only 20 home runs, and had a lifetime batting average of .228, only topping the .230 mark over a full season three times; his .228 average is the third-lowest of any major league player with over 5,000 career at bats, ahead of only George McBride (.218) and Ed Brinkman (.224), and the seventh-lowest of any non-catcher with at least 2500 at bats since 1920. His true contribution to the team was on defense, where he earned a reputation as one of the best fielding shortstops ever. Receiving the AL Gold Glove eight times (1969, 1971, 1973–78), he was also named to the All-Star team in 1976. Belanger joined a select group of shortstop-second baseman combinations who each won Gold Gloves in the same season while playing together: in {{Baseball year|1969}} and {{Baseball year|1971}} with Davey Johnson, and again with Bobby Grich each year between {{Baseball year|1973}} and {{Baseball year|1976}} inclusive. And with Brooks Robinson winning at third base every year through 1975, the left side of the Orioles' infield was seemingly impenetrable. Despite his famously poor hitting, Belanger had substantial success against some of the best pitchers of his era, including Bert Blyleven, Nolan Ryan, and Tommy John. He hit a rare home run in the first American League Championship Series game ever played in 1969, and after uncharacteristically hitting .333 in the 1970 ALCS, his contributions led to the Orioles' 1970 World Series victory, the team's second title in five years; he caught a line drive to end a 4–3 victory in Game 1 with the tying run on first base, and had an assist to end Game 3. Playing in six ALCS, he set league playoff records for career games, putouts, assists, total chances and double plays by a shortstop, all of which were broken between 1998 and 2002 by Omar Vizquel and Derek Jeter. He was granted free agency in {{Baseball year|1981}}, perhaps in response to his public criticism of manager Earl Weaver, and signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers for the {{Baseball year|1982}} season, after which he retired.[1] Following Belanger's departure from the Orioles, former teammate Rich Dauer said, "Anyone would miss Mark Belanger. You're talking about the greatest shortstop in the world. He never put you in a bad position with his double-play throws...He'd put you where you should be to make the play... I never had to think out there. If there was any question in my mind, I'd look at Blade, and he'd have a finger out, pointing which way I should move.[2] Later lifeBelanger served as the Orioles' union representative for several years. He was one of the four players who led negotiations during the 1981 strike. After his retirement as an active player he was employed by the MLB Players Association as a liaison to its membership until his death. He and his first wife Daryl had two homes; in Timonium, Maryland and Key Biscayne, Florida and had two sons, Richard and Robert.[3] He married his second wife, Virginia French, in early 1997, who survives him. His late son, Robert John Belanger (1969-2016), a very well-known musician, softball coach, church volunteer, sales assistant in an investment management firm and co-founder of a charity which helped pediatric oncology patients, died as a result of prostate cancer at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson, Maryland, on December 30, 2016. He was 47. A long-time Marlboro smoker, Belanger contracted lung cancer in the late 1990s and died in New York City at the age of 54. He was survived by his 2nd wife Virginia, two sons Richard and Robert, his parents and three siblings. He is interred in St. Joseph Cemetery, Pittsfield, Massachusetts. See also{{Portal|Biography|Baseball}}
References1. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/07/sports/mark-belanger-54-a-shortstop-on-orioles-known-for-fielding.html?pagewanted=1|title=Mark Belanger, 54, a Shortstop On Orioles Known for Fielding|last=Goldstein|first=Richard|date=October 7, 1998|work=The New York Times|accessdate=10 May 2010}} 2. ^{{cite book|last=Rosenfeld|first=Harvey|title=Iron Man: The Cal Ripken, Jr., Story|publisher=St. Martin's Press|location=New York|year=1995|isbn=0-312-13524-6|page=69}} 3. ^Mark Belanger | SABR Retrieved 2014-10-24. External links{{Baseballstats|mlb=110806|espn=20|br=b/belanma01|brm=belang001mar|fangraphs=1000786}}
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