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John Olerud
John Garrett Olerud

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 5", Weight 220 lb.
School Washington State University

Debut September 3, 1989
  vs. MIN 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Born August 5, 1968 in Seattle, WA

Cousin of Dale Sveum

Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 3rd round of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed August 26, 1989. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1989 20 TOR AL   6    8    2    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .375  .375  .375  118    3   0   0   0   0   0
 1990 21 TOR AL 111  358   43   95  15  1  14   48   0  2  57  75  .265  .364  .430  117  154   1   4   6   1   5 RoY-4
 1991 22 TOR AL 139  454   64  116  30  1  17   68   0  2  68  84  .256  .353  .438  115  199   3  10   9   6  12
 1992 23 TOR AL 138  458   68  130  28  0  16   66   1  0  70  61  .284  .375  .450  126  206   1   7  11   1  15
 1993 24 TOR AL 158  551  109  200  54  2  24  107   0  2 114  65  .363  .473  .599  186  330   0   7  33   7  12 MVP-3,AS
 1994 25 TOR AL 108  384   47  114  29  2  12   67   1  2  61  53  .297  .393  .477  124  183   0   5  12   3  11
 1995 26 TOR AL 135  492   72  143  32  0   8   54   0  0  84  54  .291  .398  .404  111  199   0   1  10   4  17
 1996 27 TOR AL 125  398   59  109  25  0  18   61   1  0  60  37  .274  .382  .472  116  188   0   1   6  10  10
 1997 28 NYM NL 154  524   90  154  34  1  22  102   0  0  85  67  .294  .400  .489  135  256   0   8   5  13  19
 1998 29 NYM NL 160  557   91  197  36  4  22   93   2  2  96  73  .354  .447  .551  163  307   1   7  11   4  15 MVP-12
 1999 30 NYM NL 162  581  107  173  39  0  19   96   3  0 125  66  .298  .427  .463  128  269   0   6   5  11  22
 2000 31 SEA AL 159  565   84  161  45  0  14  103   0  2 102  96  .285  .392  .439  116  248   2  10  11   4  17
 2001 32 SEA AL 159  572   91  173  32  1  21   95   3  1  94  70  .302  .401  .472  136  270   1   7  19   5  21 AS
 2002 33 SEA AL 154  553   85  166  39  0  22  102   0  0  98  66  .300  .403  .490  140  271   0  12   6   5  19
 2003 34 SEA AL 152  539   64  145  35  0  10   83   0  1  84  67  .269  .372  .390  107  210   2   3   7   6  20
 2004 35 TOT AL 127  425   45  110  20  1   9   48   0  0  61  61  .259  .359  .374   94  159   1   5   4   8  11
         SEA AL  78  261   29   64  13  1   5   22   0  0  40  41  .245  .354  .360   90   94   1   4   3   6   6
         NYY AL  49  164   16   46   7  0   4   26   0  0  21  20  .280  .367  .396  101   65   0   1   1   2   5
 2005 36 BOS AL  87  173   18   50   7  0   7   37   0  0  16  20  .289  .344  .451  106   78   0   3   2   0   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 17 Seasons         7592      2239     13     1230     14    1016  .295  .398  .465  128       12  96 157  88 232
               2234      1139      500    255       11   1275                            3530
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        551   83  162  36  1  18   89   1  1  92  74  .295  .398  .465  128  256   1   7  11   6  17
 Career High    162  581  109  200  54  4  24  107   3  2 125  96  .363  .473  .599  186  330   3  12  33  13  22
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1989 20 TOR AL    8    5    1   5.3    88| .375  .254| .375  .318| .375  .373| .750  .691| 118  .595   0.1   0.0   0%
 1990 21 TOR AL  421  275   59   5.7    99| .265  .266| .364  .335| .430  .398| .794  .733| 117  .620   9.5   0.9   0%
 1991 22 TOR AL  541  365   72   5.3   100| .256  .265| .353  .334| .438  .402| .791  .736| 115  .571  11.8   1.2   0%
 1992 23 TOR AL  537  351   78   6.0    98| .284  .265| .375  .335| .450  .393| .825  .728| 126  .636  18.8   1.9 100%
 1993 24 TOR AL  679  372  161  11.6   103| .363  .268| .473  .339| .599  .409|1.072  .748| 186  .832  77.0   7.2   0%
 1994 25 TOR AL  453  288   73   6.8   111| .297  .273| .393  .345| .477  .434| .870  .779| 124  .607  16.5   1.5  33%
 1995 26 TOR AL  581  367   81   5.9   109| .291  .269| .398  .343| .404  .425| .802  .768| 111  .555  12.6   1.2   0%
 1996 27 TOR AL  469  300   74   6.6   115| .274  .276| .382  .349| .472  .443| .854  .792| 116  .576  11.5   1.0 100%
 1997 28 NYM NL  630  397  105   7.1   106| .294  .267| .400  .338| .489  .419| .889  .757| 135  .665  31.9   3.0   0%
 1998 29 NYM NL  665  385  141   9.8   107| .354  .268| .447  .338| .551  .422| .998  .760| 163  .784  57.2   5.4  50%
 1999 30 NYM NL  723  436  122   7.5   114| .298  .273| .427  .348| .463  .440| .890  .788| 128  .652  34.1   3.1 100%
 2000 31 SEA AL  683  435  101   6.2   111| .285  .270| .392  .342| .439  .434| .831  .777| 116  .552  20.7   1.9   0%
 2001 32 SEA AL  679  429  109   6.8   102| .302  .260| .401  .326| .472  .418| .873  .744| 136  .632  35.6   3.3  75%
 2002 33 SEA AL  668  418  113   7.2   103| .300  .261| .403  .328| .490  .420| .893  .747| 140  .667  38.3   3.6   0%
 2003 34 SEA AL  634  420   79   5.0   102| .269  .262| .372  .327| .390  .419| .762  .746| 107  .500  10.1   0.9   0%
 2004 35 TOT AL  500  332   60   4.8   107| .259  .267| .359  .335| .374  .429| .733  .764|  94  .469  -0.7  -0.1   0%
         SEA AL  312  208   36   4.6   107| .245  .267| .354  .334| .360  .428| .714  .763|  90  .449  -1.8  -0.2   0%
         NYY AL  188  124   24   5.2   108| .280  .268| .367  .336| .396  .431| .763  .766| 101  .500   1.1   0.1   0%
 2005 36 BOS AL  192  132   26   5.3   108| .289  .273| .344  .336| .451  .433| .795  .769| 106  .532   1.7   0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 17 Seasons     9063 5707 1455   6.8   106| .295  .267| .398  .337| .465  .421| .863  .758| 128  .638 386.6  36.2  44%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1989 20 TOR AL 1B 5 19 2 0 0 1.000 .995 4.20 8.36 11.81 9.79 1 16.0 DH 1 1990 21 TOR AL DH 90 1B 18 133 10 2 10 .986 .992 7.94 8.36 8.94 9.63 15 144.0 1991 22 TOR AL 1B 135 1120 78 5 77 .996 .992 8.87 7.41 9.57 7.99 124 1126.3 DH 1 1992 23 TOR AL 1B 133 1057 81 7 72 .994 .993 8.56 7.52 9.34 8.21 125 1096.3 DH 1 1993 24 TOR AL 1B 137 1160 97 10 107 .992 .993 9.18 7.30 9.39 7.47 137 1205.3 AS DH 20 AS 1994 25 TOR AL 1B 104 824 68 6 83 .993 .992 8.58 8.49 8.92 9.57 101 900.0 DH 3 1995 26 TOR AL 1B 133 1099 89 4 103 .997 .993 8.93 7.52 9.12 7.67 132 1173.0 1996 27 TOR AL 1B 101 781 56 2 107 .998 .992 8.29 7.92 9.15 9.24 92 823.0 DH 15 1997 28 NYM NL 1B 146 1292 120 7 125 .995 .993 9.67 6.85 10.28 7.28 141 1236.3 1998 29 NYM NL 1B 157 1258 116 5 119 .996 .993 8.75 6.37 9.25 6.73 149 1336.7 1999 30 NYM NL 1B 160 1344 105 9 127 .994 .993 9.06 6.25 9.41 6.49 159 1385.7 2000 31 SEA AL 1B 158 1271 133 5 154 .996 .993 8.89 6.33 9.30 6.62 155 1358.7 GG 2001 32 SEA AL 1B 158 1210 121 9 116 .993 .993 8.42 6.33 8.89 6.68 149 1347.7 AS 2002 33 SEA AL 1B 152 1169 101 5 122 .996 .993 8.36 6.58 8.67 6.83 150 1317.7 GG DH 2 2003 34 SEA AL 1B 152 1096 125 3 126 .998 .993 8.03 6.58 8.54 6.99 143 1287.0 GG 2004 35 TOT AL 1B 124 917 77 2 92 .998 .994 8.02 8.01 8.56 9.31 118 1045.3 SEA AL 1B 77 549 52 1 58 .998 .994 7.81 8.01 8.38 9.31 71 645.3 NYY AL 1B 47 368 25 1 34 .997 .994 8.36 8.01 8.84 9.31 47 400.0 2005 36 BOS AL 1B 80 416 40 1 41 .998 .994 5.70 8.11 9.52 9.60 38 431.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1989 20 TOR AL 1B 5 19 2 0 0 1.000 .995 4.20 8.36 11.81 9.79 1 16.0 1990 21 TOR AL 1B 18 133 10 2 10 .986 .992 7.94 8.36 8.94 9.63 15 144.0 1991 22 TOR AL 1B 135 1120 78 5 77 .996 .992 8.87 7.41 9.57 7.99 124 1126.3 1992 23 TOR AL 1B 133 1057 81 7 72 .994 .993 8.56 7.52 9.34 8.21 125 1096.3 1993 24 TOR AL 1B 137 1160 97 10 107 .992 .993 9.18 7.30 9.39 7.47 137 1205.3 1994 25 TOR AL 1B 104 824 68 6 83 .993 .992 8.58 8.49 8.92 9.57 101 900.0 1995 26 TOR AL 1B 133 1099 89 4 103 .997 .993 8.93 7.52 9.12 7.67 132 1173.0 1996 27 TOR AL 1B 101 781 56 2 107 .998 .992 8.29 7.92 9.15 9.24 92 823.0 1997 28 NYM NL 1B 146 1292 120 7 125 .995 .993 9.67 6.85 10.28 7.28 141 1236.3 1998 29 NYM NL 1B 157 1258 116 5 119 .996 .993 8.75 6.37 9.25 6.73 149 1336.7 1999 30 NYM NL 1B 160 1344 105 9 127 .994 .993 9.06 6.25 9.41 6.49 159 1385.7 2000 31 SEA AL 1B 158 1271 133 5 154 .996 .993 8.89 6.33 9.30 6.62 155 1358.7 2001 32 SEA AL 1B 158 1210 121 9 116 .993 .993 8.42 6.33 8.89 6.68 149 1347.7 2002 33 SEA AL 1B 152 1169 101 5 122 .996 .993 8.36 6.58 8.67 6.83 150 1317.7 2003 34 SEA AL 1B 152 1096 125 3 126 .998 .993 8.03 6.58 8.54 6.99 143 1287.0 2004 35 TOT AL 1B 124 917 77 2 92 .998 .994 8.02 8.01 8.56 9.31 118 1045.3 SEA AL 1B 77 549 52 1 58 .998 .994 7.81 8.01 8.38 9.31 71 645.3 NYY AL 1B 47 368 25 1 34 .997 .994 8.36 8.01 8.84 9.31 47 400.0 2005 36 BOS AL 1B 80 416 40 1 41 .998 .994 5.70 8.11 9.52 9.60 38 431.0 1989 20 TOR AL DH 1 1990 21 TOR AL DH 90 1991 22 TOR AL DH 1 1992 23 TOR AL DH 1 1993 24 TOR AL DH 20 1994 25 TOR AL DH 3 1996 27 TOR AL DH 15 2002 33 SEA AL DH 2
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 1B*2053 16166 1419 82 1581 .995 .993 8.57 7.07 9.19 7.58 1929 17230.0 DH 133 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 2053 16166 1419 82 1581 .995 .993 8.57 7.07 9.19 7.58 1929 17230
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1991   ALCS  TOR MIN     L   5  19   1   3  0  0  0   3   3   1  .158  .273  .158   0  0   0   0   0 
 1992   ALCS  TOR OAK     W   6  23   4   8  2  0  1   4   2   5  .348  .400  .565   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    TOR ATL     W   4  13   2   4  0  0  0   0   0   4  .308  .308  .308   0  0   0   0   0 
 1993   ALCS  TOR CHW     W   6  23   5   8  1  0  0   3   4   1  .348  .464  .391   0  0   0   0   1 
        WS    TOR PHI     W   5  17   5   4  1  0  1   2   4   1  .235  .364  .471   0  0   0   1   0 
 1999   NLDS  NYM ARI     W   4  16   3   7  0  0  1   6   3   2  .438  .526  .625   0  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  NYM ATL     L   6  27   4   8  0  0  2   6   2   3  .296  .345  .519   0  0   0   0   0 
 2000   ALDS  SEA CHW     W   3  10   2   3  0  0  1   2   2   1  .300  .462  .600   0  0   0   0   1 
        ALCS  SEA NYY     L   6  20   3   7  3  0  1   2   2   2  .350  .391  .650   1  0   0   1   0 
 2001   ALDS  SEA CLE     W   5  17   1   3  0  0  0   1   3   5  .176  .300  .176   0  0   0   0   0 
        ALCS  SEA NYY     L   5  19   2   4  0  0  1   3   2   4  .211  .286  .368   0  0   0   0   0 
 2004   ALDS  NYY MIN     W   4  14   2   3  2  0  0   0   1   2  .214  .313  .357   0  0   0   0   1 
        ALCS  NYY BOS     L   4  12   1   2  0  0  1   2   1   1  .167  .231  .417   0  0   0   0   0 
 2005   ALDS  BOS CHW     L   3   7   0   2  1  0  0   0   2   0  .286  .444  .429   0  0             
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  5 Lg Div Series       4-1  19  64   8  18  3  0  2   9  11  10  .281  .403  .422   0  0   0   0   2 
  7 Lg Champ Series     2-5  38 143  20  40  6  0  6  23  16  17  .280  .354  .448   1  0   0   1   1 
  2 World Series        2-0   9  30   7   8  1  0  1   2   4   5  .267  .343  .400   0  0   0   1   0 
 14 Postseason Series   8-6  66 237  35  66 10  0  9  34  31  32  .278  .366  .435   1  0   0   2   3 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1993   TOR AL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 1B 
 2001   SEA AL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 1B 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/2      2   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1993 (1B)
2001 (1B)

Awards
1993-ML-Hutch Award

Gold Gloves
2000-AL--1B
2002-AL--1B
2003-AL--1B
All Multiple Winners

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1993-AL-3-0.51
1998-NL-12-0.08
Car-375-0.59 shares

Batting Average
1993 AL-.363-1
1998 NL-.354-2

On-base %
1993 AL-.473-1
1998 NL-.447-2
1999 NL-.427-5
2001 AL-.401-7
2002 AL-.403-7
Car-.398-64

Slugging %
1993 AL-.599-4

OPS
1993 AL-1.072-1
1998 NL-.998-5

Games
1993 AL-158-7
1998 NL-160-5
1999 NL-162-1
2000 AL-159-5
2001 AL-159-9

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1999 NL-723-5

Runs
1993 AL-109-8

Hits
1993 AL-200-2
1998 NL-197-8

Total Bases
1993 AL-330-5

Doubles
1993 AL-54-1
1994 AL-29-10
2000 AL-45-4
2002 AL-39-8
Car-500-47

Bases on Balls
1993 AL-114-3
1995 AL-84-10
1997 NL-85-7
1998 NL-96-4
1999 NL-125-4
2000 AL-102-9
2001 AL-94-7
2002 AL-98-5
2003 AL-84-9
Car-1275-40

Singles
1998 NL-135-9

Adjusted OPS+
1993 AL-186-1
1998 NL-163-3
2002 AL-140-10

Runs Created
1993 AL-161-1
1998 NL-141-5
Car-1455-88

Adjusted Batting Runs
1993 AL-77-1
1997 NL-32-10
1998 NL-57-3
2002 AL-38-9
Car-387-74

Batting Wins
1993 AL-7.2-1
1997 NL-3.0-10
1998 NL-5.4-3
2002 AL-3.6-9
Car-36.2-86

Extra-Base Hits
1993 AL-80-2

Times on Base
1993 AL-321-1
1997 NL-252-10
1998 NL-297-3
1999 NL-309-2
2001 AL-272-6
2002 AL-269-7
Car-3602-77

Offensive Win%
1993 AL-.832-1
1998 NL-.784-3

Hit By Pitch
1996 AL-10-8
1997 NL-13-9
1999 NL-11-8

Sac. Flies
1991 AL-10-1
1997 NL-8-8
2000 AL-10-6
2002 AL-12-1
Car-96-37

Intentional Walks
1993 AL-33-1
1994 AL-12-5
1995 AL-10-9
1998 NL-11-8
2000 AL-11-5
2001 AL-19-4
Car-157-35

Grounded into Double Plays
1995 AL-17-7
1997 NL-19-4
1999 NL-22-2
2001 AL-21-1
2002 AL-19-4
2003 AL-20-6
Car-232-36

Salary
1996 AL-$6,500,000-8
1997 NL-$6,500,000-8

Youngest Player
1989 AL-20-8

 

Black Ink: Batting - 7 (307) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 51 (486) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 38.9 (157) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 68.0 (270) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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  12. Don Mattingly (921)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Don Mattingly (913)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Will Clark (885)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Will Clark (892)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 2, 1986: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 27th round of the 1986 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 5, 1989: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 3rd round of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed August 26, 1989.

December 20, 1996: Traded by the Toronto Blue Jays with cash to the New York Mets for Robert Person.

October 27, 1997: Granted Free Agency.

November 24, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.

October 29, 1999: Granted Free Agency.

December 15, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.

October 29, 2002: Granted Free Agency.

December 6, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.

July 27, 2004: Released by the Seattle Mariners.

August 3, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

October 29, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

May 2, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

November 10, 2005: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1990Toronto Blue Jays$100,000
1991Toronto Blue Jays$293,667
1992Toronto Blue Jays$387,500
1993Toronto Blue Jays$1,562,500
1994Toronto Blue Jays$3,750,000
1995Toronto Blue Jays$5,750,000
1996Toronto Blue Jays$6,500,000
1997New York Mets$6,500,000
1998New York Mets$3,750,000
1999New York Mets$4,250,000
2000Seattle Mariners$6,350,000
2001Seattle Mariners$6,700,000
2002Seattle Mariners$6,950,000
2003Seattle Mariners$7,700,000
2004Seattle Mariners$7,700,000
Career (may be incomplete)$68,243,667

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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