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.

1996 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1996 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 7	TOR	@	CLE	L,3-8	CG	34	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
2	6	Apr 9	TOR		CAL	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
3	7	Apr 10	TOR		CAL	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
4	8	Apr 11	TOR		CAL	W,7-4	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
5	9	Apr 12	TOR		SEA	L,6-9	CG	44	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
6	11 (1)	Apr 14	TOR		SEA	L,4-9	CG	38	9.0	10	4	0	14	1	1B
7	12	Apr 15	TOR		DET	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
8	13	Apr 16	TOR		DET	L,8-13	CG	47	9.0	10	1	0	11	5	1B
9	15 (1)	Apr 18	TOR	@	CAL	L,6-9	CG	42	8.0	13	2	0	15	1	1B
10	16	Apr 19	TOR	@	SEA	W,10-4	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
11	17	Apr 20	TOR	@	SEA	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
12	19 (1)	Apr 22	TOR	@	SEA	W,16-7	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
13	20	Apr 24	TOR		OAK	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
14	22 (1)	Apr 26	TOR		CLE	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	16	0	0	16	3	1B
15	24 (1)	Apr 28	TOR		CLE	L,3-17	CG	49	9.0	8	0	0	8	3	1B
16	25	Apr 30	TOR		MIL	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	29 (3)	May 4	TOR	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	3	1B
18	32 (2)	May 8	TOR	@	TEX	L,2-4	GS	32	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
19	33	May 9	TOR	@	TEX	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
20	34	May 10	TOR		BOS	L,5-6	CG	46	11.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
21	38 (3)	May 15	TOR	@	MIN	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
22	39	May 16	TOR	@	MIN	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
23	41 (1)	May 18	TOR	@	KCR	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
24	42	May 19	TOR	@	KCR	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
25	44 (1)	May 21	TOR	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
26	45	May 22	TOR	@	CHW	L,1-2	GS	37	10.0	10	3	0	13	2	1B
27	46	May 23	TOR		MIN	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
28	47	May 24	TOR		MIN	L,0-4	CG	44	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
29	48	May 25	TOR		MIN	L,4-6	CG	48	10.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
30	49	May 26	TOR		MIN	L,3-9	CG	45	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
31	50	May 27	TOR		CHW	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
32	51	May 28	TOR		CHW	L,5-8	CG	47	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
33	52	May 29	TOR		CHW	W,6-5	GF	21	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
34	53	May 31	TOR		KCR	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	54	Jun 1	TOR		KCR	W,5-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
36	55	Jun 2	TOR		KCR	L,5-7	CG	46	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
37	56	Jun 4	TOR	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
38	57	Jun 5	TOR	@	NYY	W,12-7	GF	16	4.0	5	0	0	5	0	PR 1B
39	61 (3)	Jun 9	TOR	@	TEX	L,6-8	CG	39	8.0	6	1	0	7	3	1B
40	64 (2)	Jun 12	TOR		NYY	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
41	66 (1)	Jun 14	TOR	@	CAL	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
42	68 (1)	Jun 16	TOR	@	CAL	W,6-4	GF	11	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
43	69	Jun 18	TOR	@	SEA	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
44	71 (1)	Jun 20	TOR	@	OAK	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
45	72	Jun 21	TOR	@	OAK	W,7-5	GF	15	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH 1B
46	73	Jun 22	TOR	@	OAK	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
47	76 (2)	Jun 26	TOR		SEA	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
48	78 (1)	Jun 28	TOR		MIL	L,1-5	GS	30	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
49	80 (1)	Jun 30	TOR		MIL	W,15-2	CG	31	9.0	11	0	0	11	4	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	81	Jul 1	TOR		BAL	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	1B
51	82	Jul 2	TOR		BAL	L,2-8	GS	37	8.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
52	85 (2)	Jul 5	TOR	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
53	86	Jul 6	TOR	@	DET	W,15-0	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
54	87	Jul 7	TOR	@	DET	L,0-9	CG	39	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
55	88	Jul 11	TOR	@	MIL	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
56	89	Jul 12	TOR	@	MIL	L,5-12	CG	41	8.0	8	0	0	8	3	1B
57	93 (3)	Jul 16	TOR	@	BAL	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
58	96 (2)	Jul 19	TOR		DET	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	6	1	1	8	1	1B
59	97	Jul 20	TOR		DET	L,4-5	GS	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
60	98	Jul 21	TOR		DET	W,5-4	GS	32	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
61	99	Jul 22	TOR		CLE	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
62	101 (1)	Jul 24	TOR		CLE	L,0-10	CG	46	9.0	14	1	0	15	3	1B
63	102	Jul 25	TOR		OAK	W,4-3	GS	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
64	103	Jul 26	TOR		OAK	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
65	104	Jul 27	TOR		OAK	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	3	1B
66	105	Jul 28	TOR		OAK	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
67	106	Jul 30	TOR	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
68	107	Jul 31	TOR	@	CLE	L,2-4	GS	28	7.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	108	Aug 1	TOR	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	14	1	0	15	2	1B
70	111 (2)	Aug 4	TOR		CAL	W,7-1	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
71	112	Aug 5	TOR	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
72	113	Aug 6	TOR	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
73	114	Aug 7	TOR	@	BOS	L,0-8	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
74	115	Aug 8	TOR	@	BOS	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
75	116	Aug 9	TOR		TEX	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	11	1	0	12	3	1B
76	118 (1)	Aug 11	TOR		TEX	L,0-6	GS	32	8.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
77	126 (7)	Aug 20	TOR	@	KCR	W,6-5	CG	61	14.0	11	3	0	14	1	1B
78	127	Aug 21	TOR	@	KCR	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
79	128	Aug 22	TOR	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	21	6.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
80	129	Aug 23	TOR	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
81	130	Aug 24	TOR	@	CHW	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	1B
82	131	Aug 25	TOR	@	CHW	L,9-10	GS	34	7.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
83	132	Aug 26	TOR		MIN	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
84	134 (1)	Aug 28	TOR		MIN	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
85	135	Aug 30	TOR		CHW	L,2-11	CG	46	9.0	12	0	0	12	3	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	137 (1)	Sep 1	TOR		CHW	L,2-4	CG	44	11.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
87	138	Sep 2	TOR		KCR	L,0-2	CG	31	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
88	139	Sep 3	TOR		KCR	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
89	142 (2)	Sep 7	TOR	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
90	143	Sep 8	TOR	@	NYY	W,4-2	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	1	PH 1B
91	144	Sep 9	TOR		TEX	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
92	146 (1)	Sep 11	TOR		TEX	W,8-3	GS	29	7.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
93	149 (2)	Sep 15	TOR		NYY	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
94	151 (1)	Sep 17	TOR	@	MIL	L,0-4	CG	30	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
95	153 (1)	Sep 20	TOR	@	BAL	W,5-1	GF	15	3.0	3	0	0	3	1	PH 1B
96	154	Sep 21	TOR	@	BAL	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
97	155	Sep 22	TOR	@	BAL	L,4-5	GS	31	7.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
98	159 (3)	Sep 26	TOR		BAL	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
99	160	Sep 27	TOR		BAL	W,3-2	GS	12	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
100	161	Sep 28	TOR		BAL	L,2-3	GS	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
101	162	Sep 29	TOR		BAL	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
							101gm		823.0	781	56	2	839	107