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.
Triple Plays: 1 (Aug 5)

1998 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1998 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Mar 31	NYM		PHI	W,1-0	GS	40	10.0	13	2	0	15	0	1B
2	2	Apr 2	NYM		PHI	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
3	3	Apr 3	NYM		PIT	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
4	4	Apr 4	NYM		PIT	W,7-6	CG	55	13.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
5	5	Apr 5	NYM		PIT	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	1B
6	6	Apr 6	NYM		PIT	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
7	7	Apr 7	NYM	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	9	0	1	10	1	1B
8	8	Apr 9	NYM	@	CHC	L,7-8	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
9	9	Apr 10	NYM	@	MIL	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
10	10	Apr 11	NYM	@	MIL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
11	11	Apr 12	NYM	@	MIL	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
12	12	Apr 14	NYM		CHC	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
13	13	Apr 15	NYM		CHC	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	9	3	0	12	1	1B
14	14	Apr 16	NYM		CHC	L,4-8	CG	45	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
15	15	Apr 17	NYM	@	CIN	L,3-4	GS	32	7.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
16	16	Apr 18	NYM	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
17	17	Apr 19	NYM	@	CIN	W,14-0	GS	26	7.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
18	18	Apr 21	NYM		HOU	L,0-6	GS	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
19	19	Apr 22	NYM		HOU	W,10-7	CG	44	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	1B
20	20	Apr 24	NYM		CIN	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
21	21	Apr 25	NYM		CIN	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
22	22	Apr 27	NYM		HOU	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
23	23	Apr 28	NYM	@	HOU	L,3-4	GF	12	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	1B
24	24	Apr 29	NYM	@	HOU	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	1B
25	25	Apr 30	NYM		COL	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	26	May 2	NYM		COL	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
27	27	May 3	NYM		COL	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
28	28	May 4	NYM		ARI	L,2-4	GS	41	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
29	29	May 5	NYM		ARI	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
30	30	May 6	NYM		ARI	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
31	31	May 7	NYM		STL	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
32	32	May 8	NYM		STL	W,9-2	GS	28	7.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
33	33	May 11	NYM	@	SDP	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
34	34	May 13	NYM	@	SDP	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	6	1	1	8	1	1B
35	35	May 14 (1)	NYM	@	SDP	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	7	3	0	10	1	1B
36	36	May 14 (2)	NYM	@	SDP	L,2-6	GF	13	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
37	37	May 15	NYM	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG	40	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
38	38	May 16	NYM	@	SFG	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	10	2	0	12	2	1B
39	39	May 17	NYM	@	SFG	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
40	40	May 19 (1)	NYM		CIN	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
41	41	May 19 (2)	NYM		CIN	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
42	42	May 20	NYM		CIN	L,6-8	CG	48	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
43	43	May 21	NYM		CIN	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
44	44	May 22	NYM		MIL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
45	45	May 23	NYM		MIL	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
46	46	May 24	NYM		MIL	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
47	47	May 26	NYM	@	FLA	W,10-6	CG	37	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
48	48	May 27	NYM	@	FLA	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
49	49	May 29	NYM	@	PHI	W,11-0	GS	27	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
50	50	May 30	NYM	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
51	51	May 31	NYM	@	PHI	W,8-6	CG	37	9.0	11	2	0	13	2	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	52	Jun 1	NYM	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
53	53	Jun 2	NYM	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
54	54	Jun 3	NYM	@	PIT	L,0-3	CG	29	8.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
55	55	Jun 5	NYM	@	BOS	W,9-2	GS	29	8.0	8	2	0	10	4	1B
56	56	Jun 6	NYM	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
57	57	Jun 7	NYM	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	32	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
58	58	Jun 8	NYM		TBD	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
59	59	Jun 9	NYM		TBD	L,4-5	CG	48	11.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
60	60	Jun 10	NYM		TBD	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
61	61	Jun 11	NYM	@	FLA	W,5-3	GF	13	3.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
62	62	Jun 12	NYM	@	FLA	L,3-4	CG	37	8.2	5	1	0	6	1	1B
63	63	Jun 13	NYM	@	FLA	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
64	64	Jun 14	NYM	@	FLA	L,4-5	CG	40	8.2	7	0	0	7	2	1B
65	65	Jun 16	NYM	@	MON	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
66	66	Jun 17	NYM	@	MON	L,4-5	CG	40	8.2	8	1	0	9	0	1B
67	67	Jun 18	NYM	@	MON	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
68	68	Jun 19	NYM		FLA	L,2-3	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
69	69	Jun 20	NYM		FLA	L,3-8	CG	46	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
70	70	Jun 21	NYM		FLA	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	3	1B
71	71	Jun 22	NYM	@	BAL	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
72	72	Jun 23	NYM	@	BAL	W,6-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	1B
73	73	Jun 24	NYM		BAL	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
74	74	Jun 25	NYM		BAL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
75	75	Jun 26	NYM		NYY	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
76	76	Jun 27	NYM		NYY	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	11	1	1	13	1	1B
77	77	Jun 28	NYM		NYY	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
78	78	Jun 30	NYM	@	TOR	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	79	Jul 1	NYM	@	TOR	L,10-15	CG	46	8.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
80	80	Jul 2	NYM	@	TOR	W,9-1	CG	30	9.0	11	2	0	13	2	1B
81	81	Jul 3	NYM	@	ATL	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
82	82	Jul 4	NYM	@	ATL	L,1-4	CG	39	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
83	83	Jul 5	NYM	@	ATL	L,2-3	CG	46	10.2	7	1	0	8	0	1B
84	84	Jul 9	NYM		MON	L,8-9	CG	50	11.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
85	85	Jul 10	NYM		MON	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
86	86	Jul 11	NYM		MON	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
87	87	Jul 12	NYM		MON	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
88	88	Jul 14	NYM		ATL	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
89	89	Jul 15	NYM		ATL	L,1-12	CG	44	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
90	90	Jul 16	NYM		PHI	L,2-4	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
91	91	Jul 17	NYM		PHI	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
92	92	Jul 18	NYM		PHI	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
93	93	Jul 19	NYM		PHI	L,6-7	GF	31	6.2	8	2	0	10	1	1B
94	94	Jul 20	NYM		PIT	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
95	95	Jul 21	NYM		PIT	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
96	96	Jul 22 (1)	NYM	@	MIL	W,7-5	CG	43	9.0	9	1	1	11	1	1B
97	97	Jul 22 (2)	NYM	@	MIL	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
98	98	Jul 23	NYM	@	MIL	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
99	99	Jul 24 (1)	NYM	@	CHC	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
100	101 (1)	Jul 25	NYM	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
101	102	Jul 26	NYM	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
102	103	Jul 28	NYM		SDP	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
103	104	Jul 29	NYM		SDP	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
104	105	Jul 30	NYM		SDP	L,1-3	CG	37	10.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
105	106	Jul 31	NYM		LAD	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
106	107	Aug 1	NYM		LAD	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
107	108	Aug 2	NYM		LAD	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
108	109	Aug 3	NYM		LAD	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
109	110	Aug 4	NYM		SFG	W,7-6	CG	43	10.0	12	2	0	14	2	1B
110	111	Aug 5	NYM		SFG	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	10	3	0	13	1	1B
111	112	Aug 6	NYM		SFG	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
112	113	Aug 7	NYM	@	COL	W,8-7	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
113	114	Aug 8	NYM	@	COL	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
114	115	Aug 9	NYM	@	COL	L,4-11	CG	45	8.0	10	3	0	13	1	1B
115	116	Aug 10	NYM	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
116	117	Aug 11	NYM	@	STL	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	14	1	0	15	0	1B
117	119 (1)	Aug 14	NYM	@	ARI	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
118	120	Aug 15	NYM	@	ARI	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	15	1	0	16	0	1B
119	121	Aug 16	NYM	@	ARI	L,1-6	CG	41	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
120	122	Aug 18 (1)	NYM		COL	W,6-2	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
121	123	Aug 18 (2)	NYM		COL	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
122	124	Aug 19	NYM		COL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
123	126 (1)	Aug 20 (2)	NYM		STL	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
124	127	Aug 21 (1)	NYM		STL	L,5-10	CG	49	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	1B
125	128	Aug 21 (2)	NYM		STL	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
126	129	Aug 22	NYM		ARI	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
127	130	Aug 23	NYM		ARI	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
128	131	Aug 24	NYM		ARI	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
129	132	Aug 25	NYM	@	SFG	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
130	133	Aug 26	NYM	@	SFG	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
131	134	Aug 27	NYM	@	SFG	L,3-11	CG	46	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
132	135	Aug 28	NYM	@	LAD	W,5-4	CG	47	10.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
133	136	Aug 29	NYM	@	LAD	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
134	137	Aug 30	NYM	@	LAD	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
135	138	Aug 31	NYM	@	LAD	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
136	139	Sep 1	NYM	@	SDP	L,8-9	GS	25	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
137	140	Sep 2	NYM	@	SDP	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	13	1	0	14	2	1B
138	141	Sep 4	NYM		ATL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	12	0	0	12	3	1B
139	142	Sep 5	NYM		ATL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
140	143	Sep 6	NYM		ATL	L,0-4	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
141	144	Sep 7	NYM		ATL	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
142	145	Sep 8	NYM	@	PHI	L,4-16	GS	27	5.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
143	146	Sep 9	NYM	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
144	149 (2)	Sep 12	NYM	@	MON	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
145	150	Sep 13	NYM	@	MON	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
146	151	Sep 14	NYM	@	HOU	W,7-4	CG	52	13.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
147	152	Sep 15 (1)	NYM	@	HOU	L,5-6	CG	48	11.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
148	153	Sep 15 (2)	NYM	@	HOU	W,8-4	GF	18	5.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
149	154	Sep 16	NYM	@	HOU	W,4-3	GS	32	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
150	155	Sep 18	NYM		FLA	L,6-7	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
151	156	Sep 19	NYM		FLA	W,4-3	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
152	157	Sep 20	NYM		FLA	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
153	158	Sep 22	NYM		MON	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
154	159	Sep 23	NYM		MON	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
155	160	Sep 25	NYM	@	ATL	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
156	161	Sep 26	NYM	@	ATL	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
157	162	Sep 27	NYM	@	ATL	L,2-7	CG	43	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
							157gm		1336.2	1258	116	5	1379	119