John Olerud
John Garrett Olerud
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 220 lb.

Born: August 5, 1968 in Seattle, WA
High School: Interlake (Bellevue, WA)
School: Washington State University
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 3rd round of the 1989 amateur draft.
Signed August 26, 1989. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1989
Final Game: October 2, 2005
Relatives: Cousin of Dale Sveum
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1989 TOR AL 20 1B 5 1 16.0 21 19 2 0 0 1.000 0.1 7.5 0.1 -0.2 0.3 0 11.81 4.20 .995 9.79 8.36
1989 TOR AL 20 DH 1
1990 TOR AL 21 DH 90 RoY-4
1990 TOR AL 21 1B 18 15 144.0 145 133 10 2 10 .986 2.0 16.7 2.0 1.9 0.1 0 8.94 7.94 .992 9.63 8.36 RoY-4
1991 TOR AL 22 1B 135 124 1126.1 1203 1120 78 5 77 .996 5.7 6.1 5.7 2.8 2.9 0 9.57 8.87 .992 7.99 7.41
1991 TOR AL 22 DH 1
1992 TOR AL 23 1B 133 125 1096.1 1145 1057 81 7 72 .994 2.5 2.7 2.5 1.0 1.5 0 9.34 8.56 .993 8.21 7.52
1992 TOR AL 23 DH 1
1993 TOR AL 24 1B 137 137 1205.1 1267 1160 97 10 107 .992 4.1 4.1 4.1 -0.6 4.7 0 9.39 9.18 .993 7.47 7.30 AS,MVP-3
1993 TOR AL 24 DH 20 AS,MVP-3
1994 TOR AL 25 1B 104 101 900.0 898 824 68 6 83 .993 11.3 15.1 11.3 2.8 8.5 0 8.92 8.58 .992 9.57 8.49
1994 TOR AL 25 DH 3
1995 TOR AL 26 1B 133 132 1173.0 1192 1099 89 4 103 .997 1.3 1.3 1.3 0.0 1.3 0 9.12 8.93 .993 7.67 7.52
1996 TOR AL 27 1B 101 92 823.0 839 781 56 2 107 .998 6.0 8.7 5.0 3.3 1.7 1 9.15 8.29 .992 9.24 7.92
1996 TOR AL 27 DH 15
1997 NYM NL 28 1B 146 141 1236.1 1419 1292 120 7 125 .995 3.1 3.0 3.1 -3.4 6.5 0 10.28 9.67 .993 7.28 6.85
1998 NYM NL 29 1B 157 149 1336.2 1379 1258 116 5 119 .996 14.8 13.3 13.8 6.3 7.5 1 9.25 8.75 .993 6.73 6.37 MVP-12
1999 NYM NL 30 1B 160 159 1385.2 1458 1344 105 9 127 .994 11.8 10.2 10.8 5.9 4.9 1 9.41 9.06 .993 6.49 6.25
2000 SEA AL 31 1B 158 155 1358.2 1409 1271 133 5 154 .996 11.7 10.3 9.7 6.5 3.1 2 9.30 8.89 .993 6.62 6.33 GG
2001 SEA AL 32 1B 158 149 1347.2 1340 1210 121 9 116 .993 7.4 6.6 6.4 -0.1 6.5 1 8.89 8.42 .993 6.68 6.33 AS
2002 SEA AL 33 1B 152 150 1317.2 1275 1169 101 5 122 .996 2.2 2.0 1.2 3.0 -1.8 1 8.67 8.36 .993 6.83 6.58 GG
2002 SEA AL 33 DH 2 GG
2003 SEA AL 34 1B 152 143 1287.0 1224 1096 125 3 126 .998 7.6 7.1 6.6 1.5 5.1 1 8.54 8.03 .993 6.99 6.58 GG
2004 TOT AL 35 1B 124 118 1045.1 996 917 77 2 92 .998 2.3 2.6 2.3 -0.9 3.2 0 8.56 8.02 .994 9.31 8.01
2004 SEA AL 35 1B 77 71 645.1 602 549 52 1 58 .998 -0.6 -1.1 -0.6 -2.2 1.6 0 8.38 7.81 .994 9.31 8.01
2004 NYY AL 35 1B 47 47 400.0 394 368 25 1 34 .997 2.9 8.7 2.9 1.3 1.6 0 8.84 8.36 .994 9.31 8.01
2005 BOS AL 36 1B 80 38 431.0 457 416 40 1 41 .998 2.9 8.1 2.9 1.9 1.0 0 9.52 5.70 .994 9.60 8.11
17 Seasons 1B 2053 1929 17230.0 17667 16166 1419 82 1581 .995 96.8 6.7 88.8 31.7 57.0 8 9.19 8.57 .993 7.58 7.07
8 Seasons DH 133
17 Seasons TOT 2053 1929 17230.0 17667 16166 1419 82 1581 .995 96.8 6.7 88.8 31.7 57.0 8 9.19 8.57 .988 7.58 7.07
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1989 TOR AL 20 6 1 6 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1990 TOR AL 21 111 101 111 18 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 86 8 0
1991 TOR AL 22 139 124 139 135 0 0 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1992 TOR AL 23 138 125 138 133 0 0 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1993 TOR AL 24 158 157 158 137 0 0 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 1 0
1994 TOR AL 25 108 104 108 104 0 0 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0
1995 TOR AL 26 135 132 135 133 0 0 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1996 TOR AL 27 125 107 125 101 0 0 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 15 1
1997 NYM NL 28 154 141 154 146 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1998 NYM NL 29 160 149 160 157 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1999 NYM NL 30 162 159 162 160 0 0 160 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2000 SEA AL 31 159 155 159 158 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2001 SEA AL 32 159 149 159 158 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2002 SEA AL 33 154 152 154 152 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
2003 SEA AL 34 152 143 152 152 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2004 SEA AL 35 78 71 78 77 0 0 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2004 NYY AL 35 49 47 49 47 0 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2005 BOS AL 36 87 38 87 80 0 0 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
17 Seasons 2234 2055 2234 2053 0 0 2053 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 126 102 1
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1989 TOR AL 20 70 59% 70% 34% 5 100% 0 17 3 12 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1990 TOR AL 21 611 62% 81% 31% 30 90% 0 133 10 123 0 8 10 3 6 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
1991 TOR AL 22 4923 58% 76% 31% 269 94% 1 1119 76 1014 30 114 78 51 12 1 4 5 1 1 3 2 77 3 2 0 70 5 7 2 5 9 67%
1992 TOR AL 23 4820 56% 76% 29% 282 95% 1 1057 96 931 31 102 82 53 15 0 10 7 2 5 0 4 72 3 1 2 64 7 8 4 4 8 88%
1993 TOR AL 24 5427 51% 75% 31% 302 95% 0 1167 79 1058 25 128 95 68 17 1 2 10 1 8 1 9 108 1 0 3 93 5 13 4 9 10 100%
1994 TOR AL 25 4186 53% 71% 28% 249 91% 3 822 72 723 29 95 69 42 16 1 7 6 2 4 0 3 83 2 3 0 73 6 9 3 6 13 69%
1995 TOR AL 26 5469 47% 74% 28% 292 96% 7 1103 88 980 34 115 86 51 20 3 4 4 1 2 1 2 103 4 1 1 93 6 10 3 6 11 100%
1996 TOR AL 27 3591 51% 75% 30% 193 98% 1 785 50 722 12 88 56 37 12 1 2 2 0 2 0 2 107 4 4 0 100 8 6 1 5 11 82%
1997 NYM NL 28 5409 55% 76% 33% 302 93% 3 1290 67 1196 26 103 119 86 23 2 7 7 1 6 0 5 125 4 5 0 111 9 14 2 12 21 95%
1998 NYM NL 29 5857 58% 73% 30% 365 90% 1 1258 86 1154 18 138 116 70 32 3 5 5 2 2 1 2 119 8 3 0 111 12 7 3 4 18 94%
1999 NYM NL 30 6142 62% 71% 28% 345 94% 0 1344 116 1213 15 116 104 70 24 0 1 9 3 6 0 4 127 3 5 2 118 10 8 5 3 25 84%
2000 SEA AL 31 6060 54% 74% 27% 321 97% 0 1268 90 1156 23 113 130 70 41 1 4 5 1 3 1 4 154 8 7 2 146 17 8 2 6 14 64%
2001 SEA AL 32 5728 53% 75% 28% 290 97% 2 1211 84 1108 19 83 121 87 23 2 7 9 0 9 0 7 116 3 7 1 105 11 11 0 11 8 88%
2002 SEA AL 33 5707 52% 75% 27% 286 99% 1 1237 91 1144 3 155 47 16 19 3 1 5 3 2 0 2 122 3 5 0 114 9 8 4 4 4 75%
2003 SEA AL 34 5498 48% 75% 29% 314 97% 0 1097 99 985 11 100 123 88 20 0 5 3 0 2 1 3 126 3 5 0 120 9 6 2 4 10 100%
2004 SEA AL 35 2835 57% 74% 29% 137 98% 0 548 38 501 9 52 52 33 11 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 58 1 2 0 54 3 4 1 3 9 89%
2004 NYY AL 35 1812 41% 74% 31% 91 97% 0 367 23 341 3 44 25 14 7 1 5 1 1 0 0 0 34 1 0 1 28 2 6 0 5 2 50%
2005 BOS AL 36 1857 51% 77% 32% 111 96% 2 416 35 377 4 36 40 23 13 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 41 2 0 0 38 2 3 2 1 3 67%
17 Seasons 76002 54% 74% 29% 4184 95% 22 16239 1203 14738 294 1590 1355 863 312 20 67 82 18 56 8 53 1582 53 50 12 1448 121 128 38 88 177 85%
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 93% 84%
PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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