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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	35-31 / in Starts: 35-29
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	12 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games

Postseason Batting Game Log

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Postseason Batting Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1991	ALCS g1	Oct 8	TOR	@	MIN	L,4-5	GS-8	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	4	1.31	0.094	34.12	1.35%	1.03	1B
2	1991	ALCS g2	Oct 9	TOR	@	MIN	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	4	.71	-0.112	18.91	-1.93%	-1.41	1B
3	1991	ALCS g3	Oct 11	TOR		MIN	L,2-3	CG(10)	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.385	.200	.585	4	1.69	-0.127	53.11	-2.47%	-0.24	1B
4	1991	ALCS g4	Oct 12	TOR		MIN	L,3-9	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	4	.65	-0.082	19.75	-1.39%	-0.92	1B
5	1991	ALCS g5	Oct 13	TOR		MIN	L,5-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.158	.273	.158	.431	4	1.30	-0.064	22.84	-0.68%	-0.34	1B
1992 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	1992	ALCS g1	Oct 7	TOR		OAK	L,3-4	GS-8	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	5	1.54	0.281	40.26	4.63%	0.97	1B
7	1992	ALCS g2	Oct 8	TOR		OAK	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	5	1.05	-0.073	26.98	-1.02%	-0.89	1B
8	1992	ALCS g3	Oct 10	TOR	@	OAK	W,7-5	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.182	.250	.182	.432	5	.83	0.021	26.05	0.43%	-0.12	1B
9	1992	ALCS g4	Oct 11	TOR	@	OAK	W,7-6	GS-9	5	5	1	4	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.412	.625	1.037	5	.90	0.255	27.43	4.57%	2.38	1B
10	1992	ALCS g5	Oct 12	TOR	@	OAK	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.333	.500	.833	5	.82	-0.081	14.47	-0.80%	-0.99	1B
11	1992	ALCS g6	Oct 14	TOR		OAK	W,9-2	CG	4	3	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.348	.400	.565	.965	5	.43	0.089	16.32	1.88%	2.03	1B
12	1992	WS g2	Oct 18	TOR	@	ATL	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.345	.481	.826	5	2.01	-0.273	106.75	-7.99%	-1.53	1B
13	1992	WS g3	Oct 20	TOR		ATL	W,3-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.313	.433	.746	5	1.02	-0.074	64.22	-2.57%	-0.63	1B
14	1992	WS g4	Oct 21	TOR		ATL	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.303	.343	.455	.797	5	1.01	0.050	65.15	1.79%	0.64	1B
15	1992	WS g5	Oct 22	TOR		ATL	L,2-7	GS-8	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.368	.472	.841	5	.76	0.065	36.99	2.03%	0.41	1B
1993 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
16	1993	ALCS g1	Oct 5	TOR	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	5	4	3	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.750	.800	1.000	1.800	5	.96	0.327	25.14	5.12%	2.15	1B
17	1993	ALCS g2	Oct 6	TOR	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.556	.625	1.181	5	.76	-0.037	19.59	-0.56%	-0.32	1B
18	1993	ALCS g3	Oct 8	TOR		CHW	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.538	.583	1.122	5	.43	0.058	9.01	0.74%	0.65	1B
19	1993	ALCS g4	Oct 9	TOR		CHW	L,4-7	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.444	.438	.882	5	1.10	-0.080	35.34	-1.66%	-0.65	1B
20	1993	ALCS g5	Oct 10	TOR		CHW	W,5-3	CG	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.368	.478	.421	.899	5	.57	0.038	23.61	0.88%	0.24	1B
21	1993	ALCS g6	Oct 12	TOR	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.348	.464	.391	.856	5	.74	-0.028	33.02	-0.82%	-0.03	1B
22	1993	WS g1	Oct 16	TOR		PHI	W,8-5	CG	4	3	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.385	.500	.538	1.038	5	.82	0.223	42.86	6.76%	1.65	1B
23	1993	WS g2	Oct 17	TOR		PHI	L,4-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.345	.444	.483	.927	5	1.04	-0.089	55.00	-2.91%	-0.53	1B
24	1993	WS g4	Oct 20	TOR	@	PHI	W,15-14	CG	6	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.452	.455	.907	5	.95	-0.012	57.95	-0.93%	0.17	1B
25	1993	WS g5	Oct 21	TOR	@	PHI	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.297	.413	.405	.818	5	.99	-0.099	35.00	-1.94%	-0.78	1B
26	1993	WS g6	Oct 23	TOR		PHI	W,8-6	GS-8	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.420	.425	.845	5	.64	0.077	49.06	3.78%	0.27	1B
1999 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	1999	NLDS g1	Oct 5	NYM	@	ARI	W,8-4	CG	5	5	1	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.600	.600	1.200	1.800	3	.84	0.105	13.20	1.13%	1.54	1B
28	1999	NLDS g2	Oct 6	NYM	@	ARI	L,1-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.444	.750	1.194	3	.68	0.008	10.36	0.08%	-0.26	1B
29	1999	NLDS g3	Oct 8	NYM		ARI	W,9-2	CG	5	4	2	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.417	.500	.667	1.167	3	.71	0.107	14.83	1.25%	1.17	1B
30	1999	NLDS g4	Oct 9	NYM		ARI	W,4-3	CG(10)	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.438	.526	.625	1.151	3	2.14	0.364	47.76	4.69%	1.77	1B
31	1999	NLCS g1	Oct 12	NYM	@	ATL	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.478	.550	1.028	3	1.40	-0.057	36.50	-0.83%	-0.37	1B
32	1999	NLCS g2	Oct 13	NYM	@	ATL	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.407	.458	.866	3	1.36	-0.149	36.05	-2.27%	-1.13	1B
33	1999	NLCS g3	Oct 15	NYM		ATL	L,0-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.419	.444	.864	2	1.39	-0.111	28.85	-1.48%	-0.67	1B
34	1999	NLCS g4	Oct 16	NYM		ATL	W,3-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.355	.429	.548	.977	2	2.05	0.638	19.73	3.56%	2.19	1B
35	1999	NLCS g5	Oct 17	NYM		ATL	W,4-3	CG(15)	7	6	1	2	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.351	.429	.595	1.023	3	2.07	0.066	37.30	0.67%	1.45	1B
36	1999	NLCS g6	Oct 19	NYM	@	ATL	L,9-10	CG(11)	6	6	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.349	.417	.558	.975	3	1.31	-0.055	50.93	-1.35%	0.01	1B
2000 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
37	2000	ALDS g1	Oct 3	SEA	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG(10)	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.200	.800	1.000	5	1.22	-0.078	19.13	-0.68%	-0.10	1B
38	2000	ALDS g2	Oct 4	SEA	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.333	.625	.958	5	.97	0.013	14.81	0.12%	0.17	1B
39	2000	ALDS g3	Oct 6	SEA		CHW	W,2-1	GS-9	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.462	.600	1.062	5	1.72	0.178	17.82	1.00%	0.62	1B
40	2000	ALCS g1	Oct 10	SEA	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.353	.429	.782	5	.67	-0.071	17.44	-1.09%	-0.93	1B
41	2000	ALCS g2	Oct 11	SEA	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.278	.381	.500	.881	5	1.08	-0.042	27.64	-0.71%	0.15	1B
42	2000	ALCS g3	Oct 13	SEA		NYY	L,2-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.360	.455	.815	6	1.48	-0.091	46.41	-1.70%	-0.82	1B
43	2000	ALCS g4	Oct 14	SEA		NYY	L,0-5	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.357	.417	.774	5	1.04	-0.032	31.86	-0.56%	-0.40	1B
44	2000	ALCS g5	Oct 15	SEA		NYY	W,6-2	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.296	.375	.556	.931	5	.82	0.023	14.67	0.18%	1.12	1B
45	2000	ALCS g6	Oct 17	SEA	@	NYY	L,7-9	CG	4	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.417	.633	1.050	5	.99	0.102	38.28	2.27%	1.44	1B
2001 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
46	2001	ALDS g1	Oct 9	SEA		CLE	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	5	.79	-0.105	12.35	-1.02%	-1.31	1B
47	2001	ALDS g2	Oct 11	SEA		CLE	W,5-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	5	.23	-0.018	3.56	-0.16%	-0.65	1B
48	2001	ALDS g3	Oct 13	SEA	@	CLE	L,2-17	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.091	.000	.091	5	.69	0.074	14.46	1.01%	-0.24	1B
49	2001	ALDS g4	Oct 14	SEA	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	5	1.24	0.143	27.69	1.91%	0.54	1B
50	2001	ALDS g5	Oct 15	SEA		CLE	W,3-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.300	.176	.476	5	1.02	0.012	42.29	0.28%	0.22	1B
51	2001	ALCS g1	Oct 17	SEA		NYY	L,2-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.150	.261	.150	.411	6	1.72	-0.119	45.03	-2.01%	-0.83	1B
52	2001	ALCS g2	Oct 18	SEA		NYY	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.222	.125	.347	5	1.59	-0.157	40.81	-2.60%	-0.95	1B
53	2001	ALCS g3	Oct 20	SEA	@	NYY	W,14-3	CG	6	5	1	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.273	.276	.549	5	.48	0.155	9.90	2.08%	0.49	1B
54	2001	ALCS g4	Oct 21	SEA	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.270	.273	.543	5	1.40	-0.073	44.93	-1.29%	-0.36	1B
55	2001	ALCS g5	Oct 22	SEA	@	NYY	L,3-12	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.293	.278	.570	6	.35	-0.029	8.30	-0.39%	0.32	1B
2004 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
56	2004	ALDS g1	Oct 5	NYY		MIN	L,0-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	8	1.42	-0.094	22.23	-0.77%	-1.02	1B
57	2004	ALDS g2	Oct 6	NYY		MIN	W,7-6	CG(12)	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.286	.536	8	1.58	-0.168	24.06	-1.57%	-0.73	1B
58	2004	ALDS g3	Oct 8	NYY	@	MIN	W,8-4	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.300	.633	7	.53	0.017	11.12	0.18%	0.32	1B
59	2004	ALDS g4	Oct 9	NYY	@	MIN	W,6-5	GS-8	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.313	.357	.670	8	1.30	-0.002	24.81	0.05%	-0.53	1B
60	2004	ALCS g1	Oct 12	NYY		BOS	W,10-7	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.350	.353	.703	7	.24	-0.017	6.28	-0.24%	-0.02	1B
61	2004	ALCS g2	Oct 13	NYY		BOS	W,3-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.333	.476	.810	7	.91	0.099	24.21	1.44%	0.71	1B
62	2004	ALCS g3	Oct 16	NYY	@	BOS	W,19-8	GS-6	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.286	.400	.686	8	.55	-0.071	11.51	-0.95%	-1.37	1B
63	2004	ALCS g7	Oct 20	NYY		BOS	L,3-10	7-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.276	.385	.660	8	.59	-0.017	49.17	-0.94%	-0.38	PH 1B
2005 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
64	2005	ALDS g1	Oct 4	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-14	9-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	7	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.43	PH
65	2005	ALDS g2	Oct 5	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.400	.600	8	1.28	-0.138	20.69	-1.27%	-0.93	1B
66	2005	ALDS g3	Oct 7	BOS		CHW	L,3-5	GS-8	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.444	.429	.873	7	1.42	0.155	14.63	0.93%	1.07	1B
									273	237	35	66	10	0	9	34	31	4	32	3	0	2		6	1	0	.278	.366	.435	.801

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