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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 Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1989 20 TOR AL 6 8 8 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .375 .375 .375 .750 118 3 0 0 0 0 0 /3D
1990 21 TOR AL 111 421 358 43 95 15 1 14 48 0 2 57 75 .265 .364 .430 .794 117 154 5 1 1 4 6 D3 RoY-4
1991 22 TOR AL 139 541 454 64 116 30 1 17 68 0 2 68 84 .256 .353 .438 .791 115 199 12 6 3 10 9 *3/D
1992 23 TOR AL 138 537 458 68 130 28 0 16 66 1 0 70 61 .284 .375 .450 .825 126 206 15 1 1 7 11 *3/D
1993 24 TOR AL 158 679 551 109 200 54 2 24 107 0 2 114 65 .363 .473 .599 1.072 186 330 12 7 0 7 33 *3D AS,MVP-3
1994 25 TOR AL 108 453 384 47 114 29 2 12 67 1 2 61 53 .297 .393 .477 .869 124 183 11 3 0 5 12 *3/D
1995 26 TOR AL 135 581 492 72 143 32 0 8 54 0 0 84 54 .291 .398 .404 .802 111 199 17 4 0 1 10 *3
1996 27 TOR AL 125 469 398 59 109 25 0 18 61 1 0 60 37 .274 .382 .472 .854 116 188 10 10 0 1 6 3D
1997 28 NYM NL 154 630 524 90 154 34 1 22 102 0 0 85 67 .294 .400 .489 .889 135 256 19 13 0 8 5 *3
1998 29 NYM NL 160 665 557 91 197 36 4 22 93 2 2 96 73 .354 .447 .551 .998 163 307 15 4 1 7 11 *3 MVP-12
1999 30 NYM NL 162 723 581 107 173 39 0 19 96 3 0 125 66 .298 .427 .463 .890 128 269 22 11 0 6 5 *3
2000 31 SEA AL 159 683 565 84 161 45 0 14 103 0 2 102 96 .285 .392 .439 .831 116 248 17 4 2 10 11 *3 GG
2001 32 SEA AL 159 679 572 91 173 32 1 21 95 3 1 94 70 .302 .401 .472 .873 136 270 21 5 1 7 19 *3 AS
2002 33 SEA AL 154 668 553 85 166 39 0 22 102 0 0 98 66 .300 .403 .490 .893 140 271 19 5 0 12 6 *3/D GG
2003 34 SEA AL 152 634 539 64 145 35 0 10 83 0 1 84 67 .269 .372 .390 .761 107 210 20 6 2 3 7 *3 GG
2004 35 TOT AL 127 500 425 45 110 20 1 9 48 0 0 61 61 .259 .359 .374 .733 94 159 11 8 1 5 4 *3
2004 35 SEA AL 78 312 261 29 64 13 1 5 22 0 0 40 41 .245 .354 .360 .714 90 94 6 6 1 4 3 3
2004 35 NYY AL 49 188 164 16 46 7 0 4 26 0 0 21 20 .280 .367 .396 .763 101 65 5 2 0 1 1 3
2005 36 BOS AL 87 192 173 18 50 7 0 7 37 0 0 16 20 .289 .344 .451 .795 106 78 6 0 0 3 2 3
17 Seasons 2234 9063 7592 1139 2239 500 13 255 1230 11 14 1275 1016 .295 .398 .465 .863 128 3530 232 88 12 96 157
162 Game Avg. 162 657 551 83 162 36 1 18 89 1 1 92 74 .295 .398 .465 .863 128 256 17 6 1 7 11
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
TOR (8 yrs) 920 3689 3103 464 910 213 6 109 471 3 8 514 430 .293 .395 .471 .866 130 1462 82 32 5 35 87
SEA (5 yrs) 702 2976 2490 353 709 164 2 72 405 3 4 418 340 .285 .388 .439 .827 121 1093 83 26 6 36 46
NYM (3 yrs) 476 2018 1662 288 524 109 5 63 291 5 2 306 206 .315 .425 .501 .926 142 832 56 28 1 21 21
BOS (1 yr) 87 192 173 18 50 7 0 7 37 0 0 16 20 .289 .344 .451 .795 106 78 6 0 0 3 2
NYY (1 yr) 49 188 164 16 46 7 0 4 26 0 0 21 20 .280 .367 .396 .763 101 65 5 2 0 1 1
AL (14 yrs) 1758 7045 5930 851 1715 391 8 192 939 6 12 969 810 .289 .390 .455 .845 125 2698 176 60 11 75 136
NL (3 yrs) 476 2018 1662 288 524 109 5 63 291 5 2 306 206 .315 .425 .501 .926 142 832 56 28 1 21 21

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1991 22 TOR AL ALCS MIN L 5 22 19 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 .158 .273 .158 .431 3 0 0 0 0 0
1992 23 TOR AL ALCS OAK W 6 25 23 4 8 2 0 1 4 0 0 2 5 .348 .400 .565 .965 13 0 0 0 0 0
1992 23 TOR AL WS ATL W 4 13 13 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .308 .308 .308 .615 4 0 0 0 0 0
1993 24 TOR AL ALCS CHW W 6 28 23 5 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 1 .348 .464 .391 .856 9 1 1 0 0 0
1993 24 TOR AL WS PHI W 5 22 17 5 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 1 .235 .364 .471 .834 8 0 0 0 1 1
1999 30 NYM NL NLDS ARI W 4 19 16 3 7 0 0 1 6 0 0 3 2 .438 .526 .625 1.151 10 0 0 0 0 1
1999 30 NYM NL NLCS ATL L 6 29 27 4 8 0 0 2 6 0 0 2 3 .296 .345 .519 .863 14 1 0 0 0 1
2000 31 SEA AL ALDS CHW W 3 13 10 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 .300 .462 .600 1.062 6 1 1 0 0 0
2000 31 SEA AL ALCS NYY L 6 23 20 3 7 3 0 1 2 1 0 2 2 .350 .391 .650 1.041 13 1 0 0 1 1
2001 32 SEA AL ALDS CLE W 5 20 17 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 .176 .300 .176 .476 3 1 0 0 0 0
2001 32 SEA AL ALCS NYY L 5 21 19 2 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 4 .211 .286 .368 .654 7 1 0 0 0 0
2004 35 NYY AL ALDS MIN W 4 16 14 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .214 .313 .357 .670 5 0 1 0 0 0
2004 35 NYY AL ALCS BOS L 4 13 12 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 .167 .231 .417 .647 5 0 0 0 0 0
2005 36 BOS AL ALDS CHW L 3 9 7 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .286 .444 .429 .873 3 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons (14 Series) 66 273 237 35 66 10 0 9 34 1 0 31 32 .278 .366 .435 .801 103 6 3 0 2 4
4 ALDS 15 58 48 5 11 3 0 1 3 0 0 8 8 .229 .362 .354 .716 17 2 2 0 0 0
1 NLDS 4 19 16 3 7 0 0 1 6 0 0 3 2 .438 .526 .625 1.151 10 0 0 0 0 1
1 NLCS 6 29 27 4 8 0 0 2 6 0 0 2 3 .296 .345 .519 .863 14 1 0 0 0 1
6 ALCS 32 132 116 16 32 6 0 4 17 1 0 14 14 .276 .356 .431 .787 50 3 1 0 1 1
2 WS 9 35 30 7 8 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 5 .267 .343 .400 .743 12 0 0 0 1 1

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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1993 (1B)
2001 (1B)

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1993-ML-Hutch Award

Gold Gloves
2000-AL-1B
2002-AL-1B
2003-AL-1B
All multiple winners

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1993-AL-3-51%
1998-NL-12-8%
0.59 Career Shares (375th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1993 AL--.363--1st
1998 NL--.354--2nd

On-Base% s c a p y
1993 AL--.473--1st
1998 NL--.447--2nd
1999 NL--.427--5th
2001 AL--.401--7th
2002 AL--.403--7th
Career--.398--65th

Slugging % s c a p y
1993 AL--.599--4th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1993 AL--1.072--1st
1998 NL--.998--5th
Career--.863--122nd

Games Played s c a p y
1993 AL--158--7th
1998 NL--160--5th
1999 NL--162--1st
2000 AL--159--5th
2001 AL--159--9th
Career--2234--117th

At Bats s c a p y
Career--7592--178th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1999 NL--723--5th
Career--9063--136th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1993 AL--109--8th
Career--1139--204th

Hits s c a p y
1993 AL--200--2nd
1998 NL--197--8th
Career--2239--155th

Total Bases s c a p y
1993 AL--330--5th
Career--3530--140th

Doubles s c a p y
1993 AL--54--1st
1994 AL--29--10th
2000 AL--45--4th
2002 AL--39--8th
Career--500--49th

Home Runs s c a p y
Career--255--182nd

Runs Batted In s c a p y
Career--1230--124th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1993 AL--114--3rd
1995 AL--84--10th
1997 NL--85--7th
1998 NL--96--4th
1999 NL--125--4th
2000 AL--102--9th
2001 AL--94--7th
2002 AL--98--5th
2003 AL--84--9th
Career--1275--43rd

Strikeouts s c a p y
Career--1016--217th

Singles s c a p y
1998 NL--135--9th
Career--1471--210th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1993 AL--186--1st
1998 NL--163--3rd
2002 AL--140--10th
Career--128--179th

Runs Created s c a p y
1993 AL--161--1st
1998 NL--141--5th
Career--1455--90th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1993 AL--77--1st
1997 NL--32--10th
1998 NL--57--3rd
2002 AL--38--9th
Career--387--76th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1993 AL--7.2--1st
1997 NL--3.0--10th
1998 NL--5.4--3rd
2002 AL--3.6--9th
Career--36.2--86th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1993 AL--80--2nd
Career--768--119th

Times On Base s c a p y
1993 AL--321--1st
1997 NL--252--10th
1998 NL--297--3rd
1999 NL--309--2nd
2001 AL--272--6th
2002 AL--269--7th
Career--3602--80th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1993 AL--.832--1st
1998 NL--.784--3rd
Career--.638--242nd

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1996 AL--10--8th
1997 NL--13--9th
1999 NL--11--8th
Career--88--104th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1991 AL--10--1st
1997 NL--8--8th
2000 AL--10--6th
2002 AL--12--1st
Career--96--37th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1993 AL--33--1st
1994 AL--12--5th
1995 AL--10--9th
1998 NL--11--8th
2000 AL--11--5th
2001 AL--19--4th
Career--157--36th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1995 AL--17--7th
1997 NL--19--4th
1999 NL--22--2nd
2001 AL--21--1st
2002 AL--19--4th
2003 AL--20--6th
Career--232--40th

Outs Made s c a p y
Career--5707--181st

Salary s c a p y
1996 AL--$6,500,000--8th
1997 NL--$6,500,000--8th

Youngest s c a p y
1989 AL--born 1968-08-05--8th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 3 (471), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 40 (489), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 62 (292), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 39 (159), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 2, 1986: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 27th round of the 1986 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 5, 1989: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 3rd round of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed August 26, 1989.

December 20, 1996: Traded by the Toronto Blue Jays with cash to the New York Mets for Robert Person.

October 27, 1997: Granted Free Agency.

November 24, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.

October 29, 1999: Granted Free Agency.

December 15, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.

October 29, 2002: Granted Free Agency.

December 6, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.

July 27, 2004: Released by the Seattle Mariners.

August 3, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

October 29, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

May 2, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

November 10, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1990Toronto Blue Jays$100,000
1991Toronto Blue Jays$293,667
1992Toronto Blue Jays$387,500
1993Toronto Blue Jays$1,562,500
1994Toronto Blue Jays$3,750,000
1995Toronto Blue Jays$5,750,000
1996Toronto Blue Jays$6,500,000
1997New York Mets$6,500,000
1998New York Mets$3,750,000
1999New York Mets$4,250,000
2000Seattle Mariners$6,350,000
2001Seattle Mariners$6,700,000
2002Seattle Mariners$6,950,000
2003Seattle Mariners$7,700,000
2004Seattle Mariners$7,700,000
Career (may be incomplete)$68,243,667
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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