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.

2004 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2004 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	SEA		ANA	L,5-10	CG	43	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
2	2	Apr 7	SEA		ANA	L,7-10	CG	47	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
3	3	Apr 8	SEA		ANA	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
4	4	Apr 9	SEA	@	OAK	L,6-8	CG	40	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
5	5	Apr 10	SEA	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
6	6	Apr 11	SEA	@	OAK	W,9-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
7	7	Apr 13	SEA	@	ANA	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
8	8	Apr 14	SEA	@	ANA	L,5-6	CG	42	8.2	3	1	0	4	0	1B
9	9	Apr 15	SEA	@	ANA	W,6-2	CG	30	9.0	11	2	0	13	3	1B
10	10	Apr 16	SEA		TEX	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
11	11	Apr 17	SEA		TEX	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
12	12	Apr 18	SEA		TEX	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B
13	13	Apr 19	SEA		OAK	W,2-1		17	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
14	14	Apr 20	SEA		OAK	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
15	15	Apr 21	SEA		OAK	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
16	17 (1)	Apr 23	SEA	@	TEX	L,8-10	CG	39	8.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
17	18	Apr 24	SEA	@	TEX	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
18	19	Apr 25	SEA	@	TEX	L,6-14	CG	46	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
19	20	Apr 27	SEA	@	BAL	W,7-5	CG	44	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	1B
20	21	Apr 28	SEA	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
21	23 (1)	Apr 30	SEA	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	36	10.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	24	May 1	SEA	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	12	2	0	14	2	1B
23	25	May 2	SEA	@	DET	W,12-2	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
24	26	May 4	SEA		MIN	W,4-3	CG	58	16.0	11	3	0	14	1	1B
25	27	May 5	SEA		MIN	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
26	28	May 6	SEA		MIN	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
27	29	May 7	SEA		NYY	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
28	30	May 8	SEA		NYY	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
29	31	May 9	SEA		NYY	L,6-7	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	1B
30	32	May 11	SEA	@	MIN	L,6-7	GS	28	7.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
31	33	May 12	SEA	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
32	34	May 13	SEA	@	MIN	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
33	36 (1)	May 15	SEA	@	NYY	W,13-7	CG	56	13.0	16	1	0	17	2	1B
34	37	May 16	SEA	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
35	38	May 18	SEA		BAL	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
36	40 (1)	May 20	SEA		BAL	W,11-0	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
37	42 (1)	May 22	SEA		DET	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
38	43	May 23	SEA		DET	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
39	44	May 25	SEA	@	CLE	W,5-4	GS	28	7.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
40	45	May 26	SEA	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	1B
41	46	May 27	SEA	@	CLE	L,5-9	CG	39	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
42	47	May 28	SEA	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
43	48	May 29	SEA	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
44	49	May 30	SEA	@	BOS	L,7-9	CG	52	11.1	7	0	0	7	0	1B
45	50	May 31	SEA		TOR	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	51	Jun 1	SEA		TOR	L,5-6	CG	45	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
47	52	Jun 2	SEA		TOR	L,3-5	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
48	53	Jun 4	SEA		CHW	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
49	54	Jun 5	SEA		CHW	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
50	55	Jun 6	SEA		CHW	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
51	56	Jun 7	SEA		HOU	W,5-0	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
52	57	Jun 8	SEA		HOU	L,0-1	GS	28	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
53	58	Jun 9	SEA		HOU	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
54	59	Jun 11	SEA		MON	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
55	60	Jun 12	SEA		MON	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
56	61	Jun 13	SEA		MON	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
57	62	Jun 15	SEA	@	MIL	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
58	63	Jun 16	SEA	@	MIL	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
59	64	Jun 17	SEA	@	MIL	W,6-3	GF	10	2.2	0	1	0	1	0	1B
60	65	Jun 18	SEA	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	11	2	0	13	0	1B
61	66	Jun 19	SEA	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
62	67	Jun 20	SEA	@	PIT	W,5-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
63	68	Jun 22	SEA	@	TEX	L,2-10	CG	38	8.0	7	1	0	8	3	1B
64	69	Jun 23	SEA	@	TEX	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
65	70	Jun 24	SEA	@	TEX	L,7-9	CG	75	17.0	20	1	0	21	4	1B
66	71	Jun 25	SEA		SDP	L,2-3	GS	28	8.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
67	72	Jun 26	SEA		SDP	W,7-3	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
68	73	Jun 27	SEA		SDP	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
69	75 (1)	Jun 29	SEA		TEX	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	1B
70	76	Jun 30	SEA		TEX	L,6-9	GF	11	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	77	Jul 1	SEA		TEX	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
72	78	Jul 2	SEA	@	STL	L,2-11	CG	43	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
73	79	Jul 3	SEA	@	STL	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
74	80	Jul 4	SEA	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
75	81	Jul 6	SEA	@	TOR	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
76	83 (1)	Jul 8	SEA	@	TOR	L,8-10	CG	49	8.2	6	2	0	8	0	1B
77	86 (2)	Jul 11	SEA	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	30	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from Seattle Mariners to New York Yankees
78	106	Aug 4	NYY		OAK	W,8-6	CG	51	11.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
79	107	Aug 5	NYY		OAK	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
80	108	Aug 6	NYY		TOR	W,11-4	CG	35	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
81	110 (1)	Aug 8	NYY		TOR	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
82	111	Aug 9	NYY		TOR	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
83	112	Aug 10	NYY	@	TEX	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
84	113	Aug 11	NYY	@	TEX	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
85	114	Aug 12	NYY	@	TEX	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
86	116 (1)	Aug 14	NYY	@	SEA	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
87	117	Aug 15	NYY	@	SEA	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
88	118	Aug 17	NYY	@	MIN	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
89	119	Aug 18	NYY	@	MIN	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
90	120	Aug 19	NYY	@	MIN	W,13-10	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
91	121	Aug 20	NYY		ANA	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
92	122	Aug 21	NYY		ANA	L,1-6	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
93	123	Aug 22	NYY		ANA	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
94	125 (1)	Aug 24	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-4	GS	28	7.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
95	126	Aug 25	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
96	127	Aug 26	NYY	@	TOR	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	15	0	0	15	0	1B
97	128	Aug 27	NYY	@	TOR	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	3	1B
98	130 (1)	Aug 29	NYY	@	TOR	L,4-6	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
99	131	Aug 31	NYY		CLE	L,0-22	CG	59	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	132	Sep 1	NYY		CLE	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
101	134 (1)	Sep 3	NYY		BAL	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	6	3	0	9	3	1B
102	135	Sep 4	NYY		BAL	L,0-7	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
103	136	Sep 5	NYY		BAL	W,4-3	GS	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
104	137	Sep 6	NYY		TBD	W,7-4	GS	32	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
105	138	Sep 7	NYY		TBD	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
106	139	Sep 9 (1)	NYY		TBD	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
107	141 (1)	Sep 10	NYY	@	BAL	L,8-14	CG	43	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
108	142	Sep 11	NYY	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
109	143	Sep 12	NYY	@	BAL	W,9-7	GS	34	7.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
110	144	Sep 13	NYY	@	KCR	L,8-17	GS	46	7.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
111	145	Sep 14	NYY	@	KCR	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
112	147 (1)	Sep 17	NYY		BOS	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
113	148	Sep 18	NYY		BOS	W,14-4	GS	27	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
114	149	Sep 19	NYY		BOS	W,11-1	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
115	150	Sep 20	NYY		TOR	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
116	151	Sep 21	NYY		TOR	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
117	153 (1)	Sep 23	NYY		TBD	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
118	154	Sep 24	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
119	155	Sep 25	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-12	CG	46	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
120	156	Sep 26	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-11	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
121	157	Sep 29 (1)	NYY		MIN	W,5-3	GS	32	7.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
122	159 (1)	Sep 30	NYY		MIN	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
123	161 (1)	Oct 2	NYY	@	TOR	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	10	0	1	11	0	1B
124	162	Oct 3	NYY	@	TOR	W,3-2	GS	23	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
							124gm		1045.1	915	77	2	994	92