John Olerud

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-5, 205lb (196cm, 92kg)

Born: August 5, 1968 in Seattle, WA us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 27th round of the 1986 MLB June Amateur Draft from Interlake HS (Bellevue, WA) and the Toronto Blue Jays in the 3rd round of the 1989 MLB June Amateur Draft from Washington State University (Pullman, WA).

High School: Interlake HS (Bellevue, WA)

School: Washington State University (Pullman, WA)

Debut: September 3, 1989 (Age 21-029d, 15,689th in major league history)
vs. MIN 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 2, 2005 (Age 37-058d)
vs. NYY 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1990 season

Full Name: John Garrett Olerud

Pronunciation: \OLE-le-RUDE\

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Relatives: Cousin of Dale Sveum

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

58.2

7592

2239

255

.295

1139

RBI

1230

OBP

.398

SLG

.465

OPS

.863

OPS+

129

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1993 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1993 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 7	TOR	@	SEA	W,2-0	GS	29	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
2	3	Apr 9	TOR		CLE	W,13-10	CG	46	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
3	4	Apr 10	TOR		CLE	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
4	5	Apr 11	TOR		CLE	L,6-10	CG	44	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
5	6	Apr 13	TOR		SEA	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	9	3	0	12	1	1B
6	7	Apr 14	TOR		SEA	L,9-10	CG	53	10.0	12	0	1	13	1	1B
7	8	Apr 15	TOR		SEA	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
8	9	Apr 16	TOR	@	CLE	L,1-13	CG	44	8.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
9	10	Apr 17	TOR	@	CLE	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
10	12 (1)	Apr 19	TOR	@	CLE	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
11	13	Apr 20	TOR	@	KCR	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
12	14	Apr 21	TOR	@	KCR	L,5-6	CG	40	8.2	11	0	0	11	2	1B
13	15	Apr 22	TOR	@	KCR	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
14	16	Apr 23	TOR		CHW	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
15	17	Apr 24	TOR		CHW	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
16	18	Apr 25	TOR		CHW	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
17	19	Apr 26	TOR		TEX	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
18	20	Apr 27	TOR		TEX	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
19	22 (1)	Apr 29	TOR		KCR	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
20	23	Apr 30	TOR	@	CHW	L,2-10	CG	42	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	24	May 1	TOR	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
22	25	May 2	TOR	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
23	26	May 4	TOR	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
24	27	May 5	TOR	@	TEX	L,1-7	CG	43	8.0	7	3	3	13	0	1B
25	28	May 6	TOR		BAL	W,10-8	CG	42	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	1B
26	30 (1)	May 8	TOR		BAL	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
27	31	May 9	TOR		BAL	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
28	33 (1)	May 12	TOR		DET	L,8-13	CG	48	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
29	34	May 13	TOR		DET	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
30	36 (1)	May 15	TOR	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
31	37	May 16	TOR	@	NYY	W,12-6	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
32	38	May 17	TOR	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
33	39	May 19	TOR	@	BOS	L,5-10	CG	40	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
34	41 (1)	May 21	TOR		MIN	W,11-2	CG	30	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
35	42	May 22	TOR		MIN	W,7-0	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
36	44 (1)	May 24	TOR		MIL	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
37	45	May 25	TOR		MIL	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
38	47 (1)	May 27	TOR		MIL	L,3-9	CG	46	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
39	48	May 28	TOR	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	3	1	1	5	1	1B
40	49	May 29	TOR	@	OAK	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
41	50	May 30	TOR	@	OAK	W,13-11	CG	46	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
42	51	May 31	TOR	@	CAL	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	10	1	1	12	3	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	52	Jun 1	TOR	@	CAL	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	13	0	0	13	3	1B
44	53	Jun 2	TOR	@	CAL	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
45	55 (1)	Jun 5	TOR		OAK	W,9-5	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
46	56	Jun 6	TOR		OAK	L,3-10	CG	50	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
47	57	Jun 7	TOR		CAL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
48	58	Jun 8	TOR		CAL	W,14-6	CG	42	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
49	60 (1)	Jun 10	TOR	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
50	61	Jun 11	TOR	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
51	62	Jun 12	TOR	@	DET	L,1-12	CG	45	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
52	63	Jun 13	TOR	@	DET	W,13-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
53	65 (1)	Jun 15	TOR	@	MIN	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	10	0	1	11	0	1B
54	66	Jun 16	TOR	@	MIN	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
55	67	Jun 17	TOR		BOS	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
56	68	Jun 18	TOR		BOS	W,11-2	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
57	69	Jun 19	TOR		BOS	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
58	70	Jun 20	TOR		BOS	W,3-2	CG	51	12.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
59	71	Jun 22	TOR		NYY	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
60	72	Jun 23	TOR		NYY	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	10	1	0	11	3	1B
61	73	Jun 24	TOR		NYY	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
62	74	Jun 25	TOR	@	MIL	L,5-6	CG	41	8.2	9	1	0	10	1	1B
63	75	Jun 26	TOR	@	MIL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
64	76	Jun 27	TOR	@	MIL	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
65	77	Jun 28	TOR	@	BAL	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
66	78	Jun 29	TOR	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	80 (1)	Jul 2	TOR	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	40	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
68	81	Jul 3	TOR	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
69	82	Jul 4	TOR	@	KCR	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
70	83	Jul 5	TOR		CHW	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
71	84	Jul 6	TOR		CHW	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
72	85	Jul 7	TOR		CHW	L,2-5	CG	44	9.0	12	2	0	14	2	1B
73	87 (1)	Jul 9	TOR		TEX	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
74	88	Jul 10	TOR		TEX	L,7-10	CG	45	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
75	89	Jul 11	TOR		TEX	L,6-11	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
76	90	Jul 15	TOR		KCR	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
77	92 (1)	Jul 17	TOR		KCR	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
78	93	Jul 18	TOR		KCR	W,4-3	CG	31	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
79	94	Jul 19	TOR	@	CHW	W,15-7	CG	39	9.0	12	1	0	13	3	1B
80	95	Jul 20	TOR	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
81	96	Jul 21	TOR	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	14	2	0	16	1	1B
82	97	Jul 22	TOR	@	TEX	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
83	98	Jul 23	TOR	@	TEX	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
84	99	Jul 24	TOR	@	TEX	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
85	101 (1)	Jul 27	TOR		BAL	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
86	102	Jul 28	TOR		BAL	W,5-4	CG	39	10.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
87	103	Jul 29	TOR		DET	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
88	104	Jul 30	TOR		DET	L,5-8	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	2	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
89	107 (2)	Aug 2	TOR	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
90	108	Aug 3	TOR	@	NYY	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
91	109	Aug 4	TOR	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	6	3	0	9	0	1B
92	110	Aug 5	TOR	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
93	112 (1)	Aug 7	TOR		MIL	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
94	113	Aug 8	TOR		MIL	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
95	114	Aug 10	TOR		MIN	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
96	116 (1)	Aug 12	TOR		MIN	L,2-9	CG	46	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
97	117	Aug 13	TOR	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
98	118	Aug 14	TOR	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
99	120 (1)	Aug 16	TOR	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
100	121	Aug 17	TOR	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
101	122	Aug 18	TOR	@	CLE	W,7-6	CG	47	11.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
102	124 (1)	Aug 21	TOR		SEA	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
103	125	Aug 22	TOR		SEA	W,12-7	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
104	126	Aug 23	TOR		CLE	L,8-9	CG	51	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
105	127	Aug 24	TOR		CLE	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
106	128	Aug 25	TOR		CLE	W,10-7	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
107	130 (1)	Aug 27	TOR	@	SEA	L,6-7	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
108	131	Aug 28	TOR	@	SEA	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
109	132	Aug 29	TOR	@	SEA	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
110	133	Aug 30	TOR	@	OAK	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
111	134	Aug 31	TOR	@	OAK	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
112	135	Sep 1	TOR	@	OAK	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
113	137 (1)	Sep 4	TOR	@	CAL	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
114	138	Sep 5	TOR	@	CAL	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
115	139	Sep 7	TOR		OAK	L,7-11	GS	40	10.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
116	140	Sep 8	TOR		OAK	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	1	8	2	1B
117	141	Sep 9	TOR		OAK	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
118	142	Sep 10	TOR		CAL	W,10-4	GS	33	8.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
119	143	Sep 11	TOR		CAL	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
120	144	Sep 12	TOR		CAL	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
121	145	Sep 14	TOR	@	DET	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
122	146	Sep 15	TOR	@	DET	W,14-8	CG	46	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	1B
123	147	Sep 17	TOR	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
124	148	Sep 18	TOR	@	MIN	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
125	149	Sep 19	TOR	@	MIN	W,10-0	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
126	150	Sep 21	TOR		BOS	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
127	151	Sep 22	TOR		BOS	L,5-7	CG	45	10.0	13	3	2	18	1	1B
128	152	Sep 23	TOR		BOS	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
129	153	Sep 24	TOR		NYY	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
130	154	Sep 25	TOR		NYY	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
131	155	Sep 26	TOR		NYY	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
132	156	Sep 27	TOR	@	MIL	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
133	158 (1)	Sep 29	TOR	@	MIL	W,9-6	GS	34	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
134	159	Sep 30	TOR	@	BAL	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
135	160	Oct 1	TOR	@	BAL	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	1B
136	161	Oct 2	TOR	@	BAL	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
137	162	Oct 3	TOR	@	BAL	W,11-6	GS	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
							137gm		1205.1	1160	97	10	1267	107