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.

1992 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1992 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	TOR	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
2	2	Apr 8	TOR	@	DET	W,10-9	CG	47	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	1B
3	3	Apr 9	TOR	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
4	4	Apr 10	TOR		BAL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
5	5	Apr 11	TOR		BAL	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
6	6	Apr 12	TOR		BAL	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
7	7	Apr 13	TOR		NYY	L,2-5	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
8	8	Apr 14	TOR		NYY	W,12-6	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
9	9	Apr 15	TOR		NYY	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
10	10	Apr 16	TOR		NYY	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
11	11	Apr 17	TOR	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
12	12	Apr 18	TOR	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
13	13	Apr 19	TOR	@	BOS	L,4-5	GF	8	0.2	0	0	1	1	0	1B
14	14	Apr 20	TOR	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	49	13.0	15	2	0	17	1	1B
15	15	Apr 21	TOR		CLE	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
16	16	Apr 22	TOR		CLE	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
17	17	Apr 23	TOR		CLE	W,13-8	CG	43	9.0	9	4	0	13	0	1B
18	18	Apr 24	TOR		KCR	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	11	2	0	13	0	1B
19	19	Apr 25	TOR		KCR	W,6-4	GF	12	3.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
20	20	Apr 26	TOR		KCR	L,0-9	CG	39	9.0	9	3	0	12	1	1B
21	22 (1)	Apr 29	TOR		CAL	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
22	23	Apr 30	TOR	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	24	May 1	TOR	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	7	4	0	11	0	1B
24	26 (1)	May 3	TOR	@	MIL	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
25	27	May 4	TOR	@	OAK	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
26	28	May 5	TOR	@	OAK	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
27	30 (1)	May 7	TOR	@	SEA	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	7	1	1	9	2	1B
28	32 (1)	May 9	TOR	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	9	1	1	11	1	1B
29	33	May 10	TOR	@	CAL	W,4-1	CG	29	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
30	34	May 12	TOR		OAK	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	3	1B
31	35	May 13	TOR		OAK	W,4-3	CG	43	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
32	36	May 14	TOR		SEA	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
33	37	May 15	TOR		SEA	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
34	38	May 16	TOR		SEA	L,6-7	GS	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
35	40 (1)	May 18	TOR		MIN	L,2-6	GF	15	3.0	3	0	1	4	0	PH 1B
36	41	May 19	TOR		MIN	L,1-7	CG	45	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
37	42	May 20	TOR		MIN	W,8-7	CG	50	10.0	11	0	1	12	0	1B
38	43	May 22	TOR	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
39	45 (1)	May 24	TOR	@	CHW	L,1-8	CG	41	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
40	48 (2)	May 29	TOR		CHW	W,3-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
41	49	May 30	TOR		CHW	W,2-1	GS	25	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
42	50	May 31	TOR		CHW	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	51	Jun 1	TOR	@	MIN	W,5-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
44	52	Jun 2	TOR	@	MIN	W,7-5	CG	53	13.0	9	3	0	12	2	1B
45	53	Jun 3	TOR	@	MIN	L,3-11	CG	40	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
46	54	Jun 5	TOR	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
47	55	Jun 6	TOR	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
48	56	Jun 7	TOR	@	BAL	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
49	58 (1)	Jun 9	TOR	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
50	59	Jun 10	TOR	@	NYY	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
51	60	Jun 11	TOR		BOS	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
52	61	Jun 12	TOR		BOS	L,0-5	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
53	63 (1)	Jun 14	TOR		BOS	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
54	64	Jun 16	TOR		DET	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
55	65	Jun 17	TOR		DET	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
56	66	Jun 18	TOR		DET	L,10-14	CG	51	9.0	14	2	1	17	2	1B
57	67	Jun 19	TOR	@	KCR	L,4-11	CG	41	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
58	68	Jun 20	TOR	@	KCR	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	11	3	0	14	0	1B
59	69	Jun 21	TOR	@	KCR	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
60	70	Jun 22	TOR	@	TEX	W,16-7	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
61	71	Jun 24	TOR	@	TEX	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
62	72	Jun 26	TOR	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
63	73	Jun 27	TOR	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
64	74	Jun 28	TOR	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
65	75	Jun 29	TOR		TEX	W,11-4	CG	41	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
66	76	Jun 30	TOR		TEX	L,13-16	CG	53	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	77	Jul 1	TOR		TEX	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
68	79 (1)	Jul 4	TOR		CAL	W,8-6	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
69	80	Jul 5	TOR		CAL	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
70	81	Jul 6	TOR		CAL	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
71	82	Jul 7	TOR		SEA	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
72	83	Jul 8	TOR		SEA	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
73	84	Jul 9	TOR		OAK	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	10	1	1	12	1	1B
74	85	Jul 10	TOR		OAK	L,1-5	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
75	86	Jul 11	TOR		OAK	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
76	87	Jul 12	TOR		OAK	L,0-8	CG	45	9.0	8	2	0	10	3	1B
77	88	Jul 16	TOR	@	SEA	W,7-2	GF	7	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 1B
78	89	Jul 17	TOR	@	SEA	L,6-8	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
79	90	Jul 18	TOR	@	SEA	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
80	91	Jul 19	TOR	@	SEA	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
81	92	Jul 20	TOR	@	CAL	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
82	93	Jul 21	TOR	@	CAL	W,9-5	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
83	94	Jul 22	TOR	@	CAL	L,4-5	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
84	95	Jul 23	TOR	@	OAK	W,9-3	GS	36	7.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
85	100 (4)	Jul 29	TOR		KCR	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
86	101	Jul 30	TOR		KCR	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
87	102	Jul 31	TOR		NYY	W,13-2	GS	24	6.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	103	Aug 1	TOR		NYY	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
89	104	Aug 2	TOR		NYY	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
90	105	Aug 3	TOR	@	BOS	L,1-7	GS	5	1.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
91	112 (6)	Aug 10	TOR		BAL	W,8-4	GS	28	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
92	113	Aug 11	TOR		BAL	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
93	114	Aug 12	TOR		BAL	L,4-11	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
94	116 (1)	Aug 14	TOR	@	CLE	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
95	117	Aug 16 (1)	TOR	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
96	119 (1)	Aug 18	TOR	@	MIL	W,12-1	CG	31	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
97	120	Aug 19	TOR	@	MIL	L,5-10	CG	39	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
98	121	Aug 20	TOR	@	MIL	L,3-16	GS	33	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
99	122	Aug 21	TOR	@	MIN	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
100	123	Aug 22	TOR	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
101	124	Aug 23	TOR	@	MIN	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
102	125	Aug 24	TOR	@	CHW	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
103	127 (1)	Aug 26	TOR	@	CHW	W,9-0	CG	29	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
104	128	Aug 27	TOR		MIL	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
105	129	Aug 28	TOR		MIL	L,2-22	CG	65	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
106	130	Aug 29	TOR		MIL	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
107	131	Aug 30	TOR		MIL	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
108	133 (1)	Sep 1	TOR		CHW	W,9-3	CG	31	9.0	13	2	0	15	0	1B
109	134	Sep 2	TOR		CHW	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
110	135	Sep 4	TOR		MIN	W,16-5	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
111	137 (1)	Sep 6	TOR		MIN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
112	138	Sep 7	TOR	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG	47	11.2	14	1	0	15	1	1B
113	139	Sep 8	TOR	@	KCR	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
114	140	Sep 9	TOR	@	KCR	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
115	141	Sep 11 (1)	TOR	@	TEX	W,7-5	GS	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
116	142	Sep 11 (2)	TOR	@	TEX	L,3-4	GS	31	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
117	144 (1)	Sep 13	TOR	@	TEX	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
118	145	Sep 14	TOR		CLE	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	15	0	0	15	0	1B
119	146	Sep 15	TOR		CLE	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
120	147	Sep 16	TOR		CLE	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	12	2	0	14	0	1B
121	148	Sep 17	TOR		CLE	W,7-5	CG	39	10.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
122	149	Sep 18	TOR		TEX	W,13-0	GS	22	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
123	150	Sep 19	TOR		TEX	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
124	151	Sep 20	TOR		TEX	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
125	152	Sep 22	TOR	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
126	153	Sep 23	TOR	@	BAL	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
127	154	Sep 24	TOR	@	BAL	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
128	155	Sep 25	TOR	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
129	156	Sep 26	TOR	@	NYY	L,1-2	GS	26	6.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
130	157	Sep 27	TOR	@	NYY	W,12-2	GS	25	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
131	158	Sep 29	TOR		BOS	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
132	160 (1)	Oct 2	TOR		DET	W,8-7	GS	34	7.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
133	161	Oct 3	TOR		DET	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
							133gm		1096.1	1057	81	7	1145	72