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.

2003 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2003 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 1	SEA	@	OAK	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
2	2	Apr 2	SEA	@	OAK	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
3	3	Apr 3	SEA	@	OAK	W,7-6	GF	24	5.0	3	1	1	5	1	1B
4	4	Apr 4	SEA	@	TEX	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
5	5	Apr 5	SEA	@	TEX	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
6	6	Apr 6	SEA	@	TEX	W,11-2	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
7	7	Apr 8	SEA		ANA	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
8	8	Apr 9	SEA		ANA	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
9	9	Apr 10	SEA		ANA	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
10	10	Apr 11	SEA		TEX	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
11	11	Apr 12	SEA		TEX	W,13-4	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	1B
12	12	Apr 13	SEA		TEX	W,4-3	CG	55	13.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
13	13	Apr 14	SEA		OAK	W,4-3	GF	11	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
14	14	Apr 15	SEA		OAK	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
15	15	Apr 16	SEA		OAK	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
16	16	Apr 17	SEA		OAK	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
17	17	Apr 18	SEA	@	ANA	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	5	2	0	7	3	1B
18	18	Apr 19	SEA	@	ANA	L,6-7	CG	41	8.1	8	2	0	10	1	1B
19	19	Apr 20	SEA	@	ANA	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	1B
20	20	Apr 22	SEA		CLE	W,8-5	CG	44	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
21	21	Apr 23	SEA		CLE	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	2	1B
22	22	Apr 24	SEA		CLE	W,4-2	GF	13	3.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
23	23	Apr 25	SEA		DET	W,6-0	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
24	24	Apr 26	SEA		DET	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
25	25	Apr 27	SEA		DET	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
26	26	Apr 29	SEA	@	NYY	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	28 (1)	May 1	SEA	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	9	3	0	12	4	1B
28	29	May 2	SEA	@	CHW	W,9-2	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	3	1B
29	30	May 3	SEA	@	CHW	W,12-2	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
30	31	May 4	SEA	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	18	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
31	32	May 6	SEA		NYY	W,12-7	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
32	33	May 7	SEA		NYY	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
33	35 (1)	May 9	SEA		CHW	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	2	1B
34	36	May 10	SEA		CHW	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
35	37	May 11	SEA		CHW	W,7-2	GF	11	3.0	2	0	0	2	1	PH 1B
36	38	May 13	SEA	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	3	1B
37	39	May 14	SEA	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	10	0	1	11	0	1B
38	40	May 15	SEA	@	CLE	W,9-1	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
39	41	May 16	SEA	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
40	42	May 17	SEA	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
41	44 (1)	May 20	SEA		KCR	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
42	45	May 21	SEA		KCR	L,5-14	CG	43	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
43	46	May 22	SEA		KCR	W,5-1	GF	14	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
44	47	May 23	SEA		MIN	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
45	48	May 24	SEA		MIN	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
46	49	May 25	SEA		MIN	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
47	50	May 27	SEA	@	KCR	W,15-7	CG	41	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
48	51	May 28	SEA	@	KCR	W,5-2	GF	10	3.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
49	52	May 29	SEA	@	MIN	W,10-6	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
50	53	May 30	SEA	@	MIN	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
51	54	May 31	SEA	@	MIN	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	55	Jun 1	SEA	@	MIN	W,9-5	GF	10	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH 1B
53	56	Jun 3	SEA	@	PHI	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
54	57	Jun 4	SEA	@	PHI	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
55	58	Jun 5	SEA	@	PHI	W,5-4	GS	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
56	59	Jun 6	SEA	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG	28	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	1B
57	60	Jun 8 (1)	SEA	@	NYM	W,13-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
58	61	Jun 8 (2)	SEA	@	NYM	W,7-0	GF	6	2.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
59	62	Jun 10	SEA		MON	L,3-7	CG	38	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
60	63	Jun 11	SEA		MON	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
61	64	Jun 12	SEA		MON	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
62	65	Jun 13	SEA		ATL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
63	66	Jun 14	SEA		ATL	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
64	67	Jun 15	SEA		ATL	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
65	68	Jun 16	SEA		ANA	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
66	69	Jun 17	SEA		ANA	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	1B
67	70	Jun 18	SEA		ANA	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
68	71	Jun 19	SEA		ANA	L,0-2	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
69	72	Jun 20	SEA	@	SDP	L,3-5	CG	40	8.2	9	1	0	10	0	1B
70	73	Jun 21	SEA	@	SDP	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
71	74	Jun 22	SEA	@	SDP	L,1-3	CG	29	8.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
72	75	Jun 24	SEA	@	ANA	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
73	76	Jun 25	SEA	@	ANA	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
74	77	Jun 26	SEA	@	ANA	W,10-6	CG	38	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
75	78	Jun 27	SEA		SDP	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
76	79	Jun 28	SEA		SDP	L,0-6	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
77	80	Jun 29	SEA		SDP	L,6-8	CG	46	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
78	81	Jun 30	SEA	@	OAK	W,3-1	GS	32	8.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	86 (4)	Jul 5	SEA	@	TEX	W,3-2	GS	27	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
80	87	Jul 6	SEA	@	TEX	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
81	88	Jul 8	SEA		BAL	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
82	89	Jul 9	SEA		BAL	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
83	91 (1)	Jul 11	SEA		TBD	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
84	92	Jul 12	SEA		TBD	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	9	3	0	12	2	1B
85	93	Jul 13	SEA		TBD	W,13-2	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
86	94	Jul 17	SEA	@	KCR	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
87	95	Jul 18	SEA	@	KCR	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	10	2	0	12	3	1B
88	96	Jul 19	SEA	@	KCR	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
89	97	Jul 20	SEA	@	KCR	L,5-7	CG	39	9.1	10	3	0	13	1	1B
90	98	Jul 21	SEA	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
91	99	Jul 22	SEA	@	MIN	W,10-8	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
92	100	Jul 23	SEA		OAK	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
93	101	Jul 24	SEA		OAK	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
94	102	Jul 25	SEA		TEX	W,11-5	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
95	103	Jul 26	SEA		TEX	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
96	105 (1)	Jul 28	SEA		TEX	L,1-10	CG	41	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
97	106	Jul 29	SEA		DET	W,11-5	CG	36	9.0	8	3	0	11	2	1B
98	107	Jul 30	SEA		DET	W,13-3	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
99	108	Jul 31	SEA		DET	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	109	Aug 1	SEA		CHW	L,1-12	CG	47	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
101	110	Aug 2	SEA		CHW	W,10-0	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
102	111	Aug 3	SEA		CHW	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
103	112	Aug 5	SEA	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
104	113	Aug 6	SEA	@	CLE	L,6-10	CG	40	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
105	114	Aug 7	SEA	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
106	115	Aug 8	SEA	@	NYY	L,7-9	CG	39	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
107	116	Aug 9	SEA	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	29	9.0	8	2	0	10	2	1B
108	117	Aug 10	SEA	@	NYY	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
109	118	Aug 11	SEA		TOR	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
110	119	Aug 12	SEA		TOR	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
111	120	Aug 13	SEA		TOR	W,13-6	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
112	121	Aug 14	SEA		TOR	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
113	122	Aug 15	SEA		BOS	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
114	123	Aug 16	SEA		BOS	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	7	3	0	10	1	1B
115	124	Aug 17	SEA		BOS	W,3-1	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
116	125	Aug 19	SEA	@	TOR	W,9-1	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
117	126	Aug 20	SEA	@	TOR	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
118	127	Aug 21	SEA	@	TOR	L,3-7	CG	41	8.0	4	1	0	5	2	1B
119	128	Aug 22	SEA	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
120	129	Aug 23	SEA	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	51	9.2	6	3	0	9	0	1B
121	130	Aug 24	SEA	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
122	131	Aug 25	SEA	@	BOS	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
123	132	Aug 26	SEA		TBD	W,9-3	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
124	133	Aug 27	SEA		TBD	L,4-8	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
125	134	Aug 28	SEA		TBD	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
126	135	Aug 29	SEA		BAL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
127	136	Aug 30	SEA		BAL	W,13-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
128	137	Aug 31	SEA		BAL	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	8	1	1	10	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
129	138	Sep 2	SEA	@	TBD	W,10-8	CG	55	11.0	7	2	0	9	2	1B
130	140 (1)	Sep 4	SEA	@	TBD	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
131	141	Sep 5	SEA	@	BAL	W,6-4	CG	63	13.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
132	142	Sep 6	SEA	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	10	2	0	12	2	1B
133	143	Sep 7	SEA	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
134	144	Sep 9	SEA		TEX	L,4-5	CG	43	10.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
135	145	Sep 10	SEA		TEX	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
136	146	Sep 11	SEA		TEX	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
137	147	Sep 12	SEA		ANA	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
138	148	Sep 13	SEA		ANA	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
139	149	Sep 14	SEA		ANA	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
140	150	Sep 15	SEA	@	TEX	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
141	151	Sep 16	SEA	@	TEX	L,5-10	CG	40	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
142	152	Sep 17	SEA	@	TEX	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
143	153	Sep 18	SEA	@	TEX	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	8	2	0	10	3	1B
144	154	Sep 19	SEA	@	OAK	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
145	155	Sep 20	SEA	@	OAK	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
146	156	Sep 21	SEA	@	OAK	L,0-12	GS	36	6.0	3	1	0	4	1	1B
147	157	Sep 22	SEA	@	ANA	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
148	158	Sep 23	SEA	@	ANA	L,1-2	GS	28	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
149	159	Sep 24	SEA	@	ANA	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
150	160	Sep 26	SEA		OAK	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
151	161	Sep 27	SEA		OAK	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
152	162	Sep 28	SEA		OAK	W,9-3	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	3	1B
							152gm		1287.0	1096	125	3	1224	126