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Originally Posted by ls7plus
Agree completely that Mark Belanger was one of the elite fielding shortstops. I grew up watching he and his Orioles consistently frustrating my Tigers from 1969 on. But except for one year that I can remember (1969?), when he hit .287, his bat was MIA. He might as well have gone up to the plate with a dowel rod. Vizquel was considerably better from an offensive standpoint.
Again, interesting post,
Larry
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Larry,
I agree that Vizquel was a better offensive player for sure. Pretty much after Aparicio (which was a great shortstop as well) Belanger, even though a weak hitter, started for the Orioles in their heyday and beyond. The way I think about it is if Vizquel was on the O’s at the same time he’d have been playing a different position.