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.

2002 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2002 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 1	SEA		CHW	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
2	2	Apr 2	SEA		CHW	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
3	3	Apr 3	SEA		CHW	W,7-6	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
4	4	Apr 5	SEA		OAK	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
5	6 (1)	Apr 7	SEA		OAK	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
6	7	Apr 8	SEA	@	ANA	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
7	8	Apr 9	SEA	@	ANA	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
8	9	Apr 10	SEA	@	ANA	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
9	10	Apr 11	SEA	@	ANA	W,8-4	GF	15	4.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
10	11	Apr 12	SEA	@	TEX	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
11	12	Apr 13	SEA	@	TEX	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	1B
12	13	Apr 14	SEA	@	TEX	W,9-7	CG	38	9.0	12	2	0	14	1	1B
13	14	Apr 15	SEA	@	TEX	W,13-11	GS	38	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
14	15	Apr 16	SEA	@	OAK	W,6-2	CG	25	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
15	16	Apr 17	SEA	@	OAK	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	7	3	0	10	0	1B
16	17	Apr 19	SEA		TEX	L,0-9	CG	46	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
17	18	Apr 20	SEA		TEX	W,3-2	GS	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
18	19	Apr 21	SEA		TEX	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
19	21 (1)	Apr 23	SEA		ANA	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
20	22	Apr 24	SEA		ANA	L,6-10	CG	48	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
21	23	Apr 26	SEA		NYY	L,1-7	CG	45	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
22	24	Apr 27	SEA		NYY	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
23	25	Apr 28	SEA		NYY	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	3	1B
24	26	Apr 30	SEA	@	CHW	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	27	May 1	SEA	@	CHW	L,2-9	CG	43	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
26	28	May 2	SEA	@	CHW	W,15-4	CG	41	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
27	29	May 3	SEA	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
28	30	May 4	SEA	@	NYY	W,9-5	CG	42	9.0	6	3	0	9	1	1B
29	31	May 5	SEA	@	NYY	W,10-6	CG	39	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
30	32	May 7	SEA		TOR	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
31	33	May 8	SEA		TOR	W,5-4	CG	38	10.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
32	34	May 9	SEA		TOR	W,8-7	GS	41	10.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
33	35	May 10	SEA		BOS	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
34	36	May 11	SEA		BOS	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
35	37	May 12	SEA		BOS	L,4-10	CG	47	9.0	10	3	0	13	0	1B
36	38	May 14	SEA	@	TOR	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
37	39	May 15	SEA	@	TOR	W,8-6	GS	30	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
38	40	May 16	SEA	@	TOR	W,15-2	CG	32	9.0	6	2	0	8	2	1B
39	41	May 17	SEA	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	1B
40	42	May 18	SEA	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
41	43	May 19	SEA	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
42	44	May 21	SEA		TBD	L,0-1	GS	29	8.0	8	3	0	11	0	1B
43	45	May 22	SEA		TBD	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
44	46	May 23	SEA		TBD	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
45	47	May 24	SEA		BAL	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
46	48	May 25	SEA		BAL	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
47	49	May 26	SEA		BAL	W,8-1	CG	31	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
48	50	May 28	SEA	@	TBD	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
49	51	May 29	SEA	@	TBD	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
50	53 (1)	May 31	SEA	@	BAL	L,7-8	GS	36	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	54	Jun 1	SEA	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
52	55	Jun 2	SEA	@	BAL	W,11-8	CG	41	9.0	11	2	0	13	0	1B
53	56	Jun 3	SEA	@	OAK	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
54	57	Jun 4	SEA	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	35	9.1	8	0	0	8	1	1B
55	58	Jun 5	SEA	@	OAK	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
56	59	Jun 6	SEA	@	OAK	L,4-10	CG	44	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
57	60	Jun 7	SEA		CHC	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
58	61	Jun 8	SEA		CHC	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
59	62	Jun 9	SEA		CHC	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	1B
60	63	Jun 10	SEA		STL	W,10-0	CG	32	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
61	64	Jun 11	SEA		STL	L,4-7	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
62	65	Jun 12	SEA		STL	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	12	0	0	12	3	1B
63	66	Jun 14	SEA	@	SDP	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
64	67	Jun 15	SEA	@	SDP	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
65	68	Jun 16	SEA	@	SDP	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
66	69	Jun 18	SEA	@	CIN	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
67	70	Jun 19	SEA	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
68	71	Jun 20	SEA	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
69	72	Jun 21	SEA	@	HOU	W,8-0	CG	30	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
70	73	Jun 22	SEA	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	49	11.1	9	1	0	10	1	1B
71	74	Jun 23	SEA	@	HOU	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
72	75	Jun 24	SEA		OAK	L,2-13	GS	33	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
73	76	Jun 25	SEA		OAK	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	3	1B
74	77	Jun 26	SEA		OAK	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
75	78	Jun 27	SEA		OAK	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
76	79	Jun 28	SEA		COL	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	16	0	0	16	2	1B
77	80	Jun 29	SEA		COL	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	12	1	0	13	3	1B
78	81	Jun 30	SEA		COL	L,3-4	CG	45	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	82	Jul 1	SEA		KCR	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
80	83	Jul 2	SEA		KCR	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
81	84	Jul 3	SEA		KCR	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
82	85	Jul 4	SEA		MIN	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
83	86	Jul 5	SEA		MIN	L,4-8	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	3	1B
84	87	Jul 6	SEA		MIN	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
85	88	Jul 7	SEA		MIN	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
86	89	Jul 11	SEA	@	TBD	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
87	90	Jul 12	SEA	@	TBD	W,2-1	GS	23	7.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
88	91	Jul 13	SEA	@	TBD	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
89	92	Jul 14	SEA	@	TBD	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
90	93	Jul 15	SEA	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	33	8.0	4	1	1	6	0	1B
91	94	Jul 16	SEA	@	BAL	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
92	95	Jul 17	SEA	@	TEX	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
93	96	Jul 18	SEA	@	TEX	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
94	97	Jul 19	SEA	@	ANA	L,3-15	GS	40	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
95	98	Jul 20	SEA	@	ANA	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
96	99	Jul 21	SEA	@	ANA	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
97	100	Jul 23	SEA		TEX	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
98	101	Jul 24	SEA		TEX	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
99	102	Jul 25	SEA		TEX	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
100	103	Jul 26	SEA		ANA	L,0-8	CG	44	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
101	104	Jul 27	SEA		ANA	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
102	105	Jul 28	SEA		ANA	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
103	106	Jul 29	SEA		DET	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	6	2	0	8	2	1B
104	107	Jul 30	SEA		DET	W,5-4	CG	37	10.0	7	2	0	9	2	1B
105	108	Jul 31	SEA		DET	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
106	109	Aug 1	SEA		CLE	W,10-6	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
107	110	Aug 2	SEA		CLE	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
108	111	Aug 3	SEA		CLE	W,12-4	GS	28	7.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
109	112	Aug 4	SEA		CLE	L,8-10	CG	47	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
110	113	Aug 6	SEA	@	TOR	L,12-14	CG	49	8.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
111	114	Aug 7	SEA	@	TOR	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
112	115	Aug 8	SEA	@	TOR	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
113	117 (1)	Aug 10	SEA	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
114	118	Aug 11	SEA	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
115	119	Aug 13	SEA		BOS	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
116	120	Aug 14	SEA		BOS	L,5-12	CG	43	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
117	121	Aug 15	SEA		BOS	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
118	122	Aug 16	SEA		NYY	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
119	123	Aug 17	SEA		NYY	L,3-8	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
120	124	Aug 18	SEA		NYY	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
121	125	Aug 19	SEA	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
122	126	Aug 20	SEA	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
123	127	Aug 21	SEA	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
124	132 (4)	Aug 27	SEA	@	MIN	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
125	133	Aug 28	SEA	@	MIN	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
126	134	Aug 29	SEA	@	MIN	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
127	135	Aug 30	SEA		KCR	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
128	137 (1)	Sep 1	SEA		KCR	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
129	138	Sep 2	SEA		MIN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
130	139	Sep 4	SEA		MIN	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	11	4	1	16	3	1B
131	140	Sep 6	SEA	@	KCR	W,14-7	GS	32	7.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
132	141	Sep 7	SEA	@	KCR	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	10	3	0	13	1	1B
133	142	Sep 8	SEA	@	KCR	W,16-9	CG	49	11.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
134	143	Sep 9	SEA	@	TEX	L,7-12	CG	43	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
135	144	Sep 10	SEA	@	TEX	L,2-3	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
136	145	Sep 11	SEA	@	TEX	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
137	146	Sep 12	SEA	@	TEX	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
138	147	Sep 13	SEA	@	OAK	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
139	148	Sep 14	SEA	@	OAK	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	4	1	1	6	1	1B
140	149	Sep 15	SEA	@	OAK	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
141	150	Sep 16	SEA		TEX	W,6-5	CG	54	11.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
142	151	Sep 17	SEA		TEX	W,3-2	CG	35	10.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
143	152	Sep 18	SEA		TEX	W,3-2	GS	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
144	153	Sep 19	SEA		TEX	L,7-12	GS	38	8.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
145	154	Sep 20	SEA		ANA	L,1-8	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
146	155	Sep 21	SEA		ANA	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
147	156	Sep 22	SEA		ANA	W,3-2	GS	33	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
148	157	Sep 24	SEA		OAK	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
149	158	Sep 25	SEA		OAK	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
150	159	Sep 26	SEA		OAK	L,3-5	GS	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
151	160	Sep 27	SEA	@	ANA	W,7-6	CG	52	12.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
152	162 (1)	Sep 29	SEA	@	ANA	L,6-7	GS	29	6.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
							152gm		1317.2	1169	101	5	1275	122