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.

2000 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2000 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 4	SEA		BOS	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
2	2	Apr 5	SEA		BOS	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
3	3	Apr 6	SEA		BOS	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
4	4	Apr 7	SEA		NYY	W,7-5	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
5	5	Apr 8	SEA		NYY	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
6	6	Apr 9	SEA		NYY	W,9-3	CG	30	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
7	7	Apr 11	SEA	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
8	8	Apr 12	SEA	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
9	9	Apr 13	SEA	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
10	10	Apr 14	SEA	@	TOR	W,11-9	CG	44	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
11	11	Apr 15	SEA	@	TOR	W,17-6	CG	39	9.0	8	3	0	11	1	1B
12	12	Apr 16	SEA	@	TOR	W,19-7	CG	40	9.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
13	13	Apr 18	SEA	@	CHW	L,11-18	GS	47	7.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
14	14	Apr 19	SEA	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	9	3	0	12	1	1B
15	15	Apr 21	SEA		KCR	W,10-2	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
16	16	Apr 22	SEA		KCR	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
17	17	Apr 23	SEA		KCR	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
18	18	Apr 24	SEA		CLE	L,0-6	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	3	1B
19	19	Apr 25	SEA		CLE	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
20	20	Apr 26	SEA		CLE	L,3-5	GS	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
21	21	Apr 28	SEA	@	KCR	L,5-8	CG	41	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
22	22	Apr 29	SEA	@	KCR	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
23	23	Apr 30	SEA	@	KCR	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	11	0	0	11	4	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	24	May 2	SEA	@	MIN	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	9	2	0	11	3	1B
25	25	May 3	SEA	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	38	9.2	6	2	0	8	1	1B
26	26	May 5	SEA		ANA	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
27	27	May 6	SEA		ANA	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
28	28	May 7	SEA		ANA	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
29	29	May 8	SEA	@	TEX	L,1-10	CG	41	8.0	4	3	0	7	2	1B
30	30	May 9	SEA	@	TEX	W,13-3	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
31	31	May 10	SEA	@	TEX	L,6-7	CG	40	8.1	6	1	0	7	1	1B
32	32	May 11	SEA	@	OAK	L,6-7	CG	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
33	33	May 12	SEA	@	OAK	L,7-9	CG	40	8.1	9	0	0	9	0	1B
34	34	May 13	SEA	@	OAK	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	6	0	1	7	1	1B
35	35	May 14	SEA	@	OAK	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	10	1	0	11	3	1B
36	36	May 15	SEA		MIN	W,14-0	GS	19	5.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
37	37	May 16	SEA		MIN	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
38	38	May 17	SEA		MIN	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
39	39	May 19	SEA		TBD	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
40	40	May 20	SEA		TBD	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	2	1B
41	41	May 21	SEA		TBD	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
42	42	May 23	SEA	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	33	8.1	9	2	0	11	0	1B
43	43	May 24	SEA	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	35	8.1	9	0	0	9	3	1B
44	44	May 25	SEA	@	BAL	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
45	45	May 26	SEA	@	TBD	W,11-4	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
46	46	May 27	SEA	@	TBD	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
47	47	May 28	SEA	@	TBD	L,4-14	CG	49	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
48	48	May 29	SEA		CHW	W,5-4	CG	32	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
49	49	May 30	SEA		CHW	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
50	50	May 31	SEA		CHW	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	51	Jun 2	SEA		SDP	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
52	52	Jun 3	SEA		SDP	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
53	53	Jun 4	SEA		SDP	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
54	54	Jun 5	SEA		COL	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
55	55	Jun 6	SEA		COL	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
56	56	Jun 7	SEA		COL	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
57	58 (1)	Jun 10	SEA	@	SFG	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
58	59	Jun 11	SEA	@	SFG	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
59	60	Jun 12	SEA	@	KCR	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
60	61	Jun 13	SEA	@	KCR	W,7-0	CG	17	5.0	5	1	1	7	1	1B
61	62	Jun 14	SEA	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG	45	8.2	7	1	0	8	2	1B
62	63	Jun 15	SEA	@	MIN	W,12-5	CG	38	9.0	13	1	0	14	2	1B
63	64	Jun 16	SEA	@	MIN	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
64	65	Jun 17	SEA	@	MIN	W,12-3	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
65	66	Jun 18	SEA	@	MIN	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
66	67	Jun 19	SEA		TBD	L,3-10	CG	47	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
67	68	Jun 20	SEA		TBD	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
68	69	Jun 21	SEA		TBD	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
69	70	Jun 22	SEA		BAL	W,11-4	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
70	71	Jun 23	SEA		BAL	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	8	2	0	10	2	1B
71	72	Jun 24	SEA		BAL	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	14	1	0	15	1	1B
72	73	Jun 25	SEA		BAL	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
73	74	Jun 27	SEA		ANA	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
74	75	Jun 28	SEA		ANA	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
75	76	Jun 29	SEA		ANA	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
76	77	Jun 30	SEA	@	TEX	L,3-13	GS	40	7.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	78	Jul 1	SEA	@	TEX	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
78	79	Jul 2	SEA	@	TEX	W,11-4	CG	37	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
79	80	Jul 3	SEA	@	ANA	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
80	81	Jul 4	SEA	@	ANA	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
81	82	Jul 5	SEA	@	ANA	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
82	83	Jul 6	SEA	@	ANA	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
83	84	Jul 7	SEA		LAD	L,2-3	CG	43	11.0	7	2	0	9	2	1B
84	85	Jul 8	SEA		LAD	W,11-0	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
85	86	Jul 9	SEA		LAD	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
86	87	Jul 13	SEA	@	SDP	L,1-2	CG	42	9.2	9	1	0	10	1	1B
87	88	Jul 14	SEA	@	SDP	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
88	89	Jul 15	SEA	@	SDP	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
89	90	Jul 16	SEA	@	ARI	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
90	91	Jul 17	SEA	@	ARI	L,0-7	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	1B
91	92	Jul 18	SEA	@	ARI	W,5-2	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
92	93	Jul 19	SEA	@	OAK	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	10	3	0	13	1	1B
93	94	Jul 20	SEA	@	OAK	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
94	95	Jul 21	SEA		TEX	W,12-3	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
95	96	Jul 22	SEA		TEX	W,13-5	GS	29	7.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
96	97	Jul 23	SEA		TEX	L,2-3	CG	43	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
97	98	Jul 24	SEA		OAK	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
98	99	Jul 25	SEA		OAK	L,7-8	CG	43	9.0	7	1	1	9	1	1B
99	100	Jul 26	SEA		OAK	L,1-6	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
100	101	Jul 27	SEA		TOR	L,2-7	CG	47	9.0	8	0	0	8	3	1B
101	102	Jul 28	SEA		TOR	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
102	103	Jul 29	SEA		TOR	W,6-5	CG	53	13.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
103	104	Jul 30	SEA		TOR	W,10-6	CG	39	9.0	12	1	0	13	3	1B
104	105	Jul 31	SEA		BOS	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
105	106	Aug 1	SEA		BOS	W,5-4	GS	42	11.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
106	107	Aug 2	SEA		BOS	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
107	108	Aug 4	SEA	@	NYY	L,6-13	CG	43	8.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
108	109	Aug 5	SEA	@	NYY	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
109	110	Aug 6	SEA	@	NYY	W,11-1	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
110	111	Aug 7	SEA	@	NYY	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
111	112	Aug 8 (1)	SEA	@	CHW	W,12-4	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
112	113	Aug 8 (2)	SEA	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
113	114	Aug 9	SEA	@	CHW	L,3-19	GS	20	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
114	115	Aug 10	SEA	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
115	116	Aug 11	SEA		CLE	W,7-1	GF	25	7.0	6	0	0	6	1	PH 1B
116	117	Aug 12	SEA		CLE	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	8	2	0	10	3	1B
117	118	Aug 13	SEA		CLE	L,4-10	CG	45	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
118	119	Aug 14	SEA		DET	L,4-15	GS	31	5.0	6	0	1	7	0	1B
119	120	Aug 15	SEA		DET	L,0-9	CG	45	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
120	121	Aug 16	SEA		DET	L,8-12	CG	45	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
121	122	Aug 18	SEA	@	CLE	L,8-9	CG	43	8.1	11	0	0	11	2	1B
122	123	Aug 19	SEA	@	CLE	L,4-10	CG	38	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
123	124	Aug 20	SEA	@	CLE	L,4-12	CG	46	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
124	125	Aug 22	SEA	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
125	126	Aug 23	SEA	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
126	127	Aug 24	SEA	@	DET	L,3-10	CG	44	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
127	128	Aug 25	SEA		CHW	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
128	129	Aug 26	SEA		CHW	W,11-5	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
129	130	Aug 27	SEA		CHW	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
130	131	Aug 28	SEA		NYY	L,1-9	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
131	132	Aug 29	SEA		NYY	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
132	136 (3)	Sep 3	SEA	@	BOS	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
133	137	Sep 4	SEA	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	7	0	1	8	1	1B
134	138	Sep 5	SEA	@	TOR	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
135	139	Sep 6	SEA	@	TOR	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	3	1B
136	140	Sep 7	SEA	@	TOR	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
137	141	Sep 8	SEA		MIN	L,2-4	CG	42	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
138	142	Sep 9	SEA		MIN	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	10	3	0	13	0	1B
139	143	Sep 10	SEA		MIN	W,8-1	GS	28	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
140	144	Sep 11	SEA		KCR	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
141	145	Sep 12	SEA		KCR	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
142	146	Sep 13	SEA		KCR	W,2-1	CG	48	11.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
143	147	Sep 15	SEA	@	BAL	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
144	148	Sep 16	SEA	@	BAL	W,14-0	GS	23	6.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
145	149	Sep 17	SEA	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
146	150	Sep 18	SEA	@	TBD	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
147	151	Sep 19	SEA	@	TBD	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
148	152	Sep 20	SEA	@	TBD	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
149	153	Sep 21	SEA		OAK	L,2-5	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
150	154	Sep 22	SEA		OAK	L,3-8	CG	46	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
151	155	Sep 23	SEA		OAK	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	7	3	0	10	2	1B
152	156	Sep 24	SEA		OAK	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
153	157	Sep 26	SEA		TEX	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
154	158	Sep 27	SEA		TEX	W,6-4	CG	43	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
155	159	Sep 28	SEA		TEX	L,6-13	CG	47	9.0	13	3	0	16	2	1B
156	160	Sep 29	SEA	@	ANA	L,3-9	CG	39	8.0	14	2	0	16	0	1B
157	161	Sep 30	SEA	@	ANA	W,21-9	GS	37	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
158	162	Oct 1	SEA	@	ANA	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
							158gm		1358.2	1271	132	5	1408	154