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John Olerud John Olerud
Full name: John Garrett Olerud
Born: August 5, 1968, Seattle, Washington
First Game: September 3, 1989
Bat: Left Throw: Left Height: 6' 5" Weight: 205
Cousin of Dale Sveum
AL Gold Glove as 1B (2000 and 2002 to 2003)
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Batting RecordBatting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
1989 TOR A Daily Splits    6     8    2    3   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .375  .375  .375   0.0 1989 TOR A
1990 TOR A Daily Splits  111   358   43   95  15   1  14   48   57   6   75   1   1   4   0   4   5    0   2  .265  .364  .430   0.6 1990 TOR A
1991 TOR A Daily Splits  139   454   64  116  30   1  17   68   68   9   84   6   3  10   0   0  12    0   2  .256  .353  .438  -0.1 1991 TOR A
1992 TOR A Daily Splits  138   458   68  130  28   0  16   66   70  11   61   1   1   7   0   9  15    1   0  .284  .375  .450   0.8 1992 TOR A
1993 TOR A Daily Splits  158   551  109  200  54   2  24  107  114  33   65   7   0   7   0   3  12    0   2  .363  .473  .599   5.8 1993 TOR A
1994 TOR A Daily Splits  108   384   47  114  29   2  12   67   61  12   53   3   0   5   0   7  11    1   2  .297  .393  .477   0.7 1994 TOR A
1995 TOR A Daily Splits  135   492   72  143  32   0   8   54   84  10   54   4   0   1   0   3  17    0   0  .291  .398  .404  -0.3 1995 TOR A
1996 TOR A Daily Splits  125   398   59  109  25   0  18   61   60   6   37  10   0   1   0   2  10    1   0  .274  .382  .472  -0.1 1996 TOR A
1997 NY  N Daily Splits  154   524   90  154  34   1  22  102   85   5   67  13   0   8   0   9  19    0   0  .294  .400  .489   2.3 1997 NY  N
1998 NY  N Daily Splits  160   557   91  197  36   4  22   93   96  11   73   4   1   7   0   8  15    2   2  .354  .447  .551   4.6 1998 NY  N
1999 NY  N Daily Splits  162   581  107  173  39   0  19   96  125   5   66  11   0   6   0  11  22    3   0  .298  .427  .463   2.4 1999 NY  N
2000 SEA A Daily Splits  159   565   84  161  45   0  14  103  102  11   96   4   2  10   0   6  17    0   2  .285  .392  .439   1.7 2000 SEA A
2001 SEA A Daily Splits  159   572   91  173  32   1  21   95   94  19   70   5   1   7   0  10  21    3   1  .302  .401  .472   2.9 2001 SEA A
2002 SEA A Daily Splits  154   553   85  166  39   0  22  102   98   6   66   5   0  12   0   9  19    0   0  .300  .403  .490   2.8 2002 SEA A
2003 SEA A Daily Splits  152   539   64  145  35   0  10   83   84   7   67   6   2   3   0   3  20    0   1  .269  .372  .390   0.6 2003 SEA A
2004 SEA A Daily Splits   78   261   29   64  13   1   5   22   40   3   41   6   1   4   0   1   6    0   0  .245  .354  .360  -0.5 2004 SEA A
2004 NY  A Daily Splits   49   164   16   46   7   0   4   26   21   1   20   2   0   1   0   1   5    0   0  .280  .367  .396  -0.5 2004 NY  A
2004 TOT A               127   425   45  110  20   1   9   48   61   4   61   8   1   5   0   2  11    0   0  .259  .359  .374  -1.0 2004 TOT A
Total NL                 476  1662  288  524 109   5  63  291  306  21  206  28   1  21   0  28  56    5   2  .315  .425  .501   9.3 Total NL        
Total AL                1671  5757  833 1665 384   8 185  902  953 134  790  60  11  72   0  58 170    6  12  .289  .391  .455  14.4 Total AL        
Total            Splits 2147  7419 1121 2189 493  13 248 1193 1259 155  996  88  12  93   0  86 226   11  14  .295  .399  .465  23.7 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
Division Series Batting RecordDivision Series Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1999 NY  N Daily Splits    4    16    3    7   0   0   1    6    3   1    2   0   0   0   0   1   0    0   0  .438  .526  .625 1999 NY  N
2000 SEA A Daily Splits    3    10    2    3   0   0   1    2    2   0    1   1   0   0   0   0   1    0   0  .300  .462  .600 2000 SEA A
2001 SEA A Daily Splits    5    17    1    3   0   0   0    1    3   0    5   0   0   0   0   0   1    0   0  .176  .300  .176 2001 SEA A
2004 NY  A Daily Splits    4    14    2    3   2   0   0    0    1   0    2   1   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .214  .313  .357 2004 NY  A
Total NL                   4    16    3    7   0   0   1    6    3   1    2   0   0   0   0   1   0    0   0  .438  .526  .625 Total NL        
Total AL                  12    41    5    9   2   0   1    3    6   0    8   2   0   0   0   0   2    0   0  .220  .347  .341 Total AL        
Total            Splits   16    57    8   16   2   0   2    9    9   1   10   2   0   0   0   1   2    0   0  .281  .397  .421 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
League Championship Series Batting RecordLeague Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1991 TOR A Daily Splits    5    19    1    3   0   0   0    3    3   0    1   0   0   0   0   1   0    0   0  .158  .273  .158 1991 TOR A
1992 TOR A Daily Splits    6    23    4    8   2   0   1    4    2   0    5   0   0   0   0   1   0    0   0  .348  .400  .565 1992 TOR A
1993 TOR A Daily Splits    6    23    5    8   1   0   0    3    4   0    1   1   0   0   0   1   1    0   0  .348  .464  .391 1993 TOR A
1999 NY  N Daily Splits    6    27    4    8   0   0   2    6    2   1    3   0   0   0   0   0   1    0   0  .296  .345  .519 1999 NY  N
2000 SEA A Daily Splits    6    20    3    7   3   0   1    2    2   1    2   0   0   1   0   0   1    1   0  .350  .391  .650 2000 SEA A
2001 SEA A Daily Splits    5    19    2    4   0   0   1    3    2   0    4   0   0   0   0   0   1    0   0  .211  .286  .368 2001 SEA A
2004 NY  A Daily Splits    4    12    1    2   0   0   1    2    1   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .167  .231  .417 2004 NY  A
Total NL                   6    27    4    8   0   0   2    6    2   1    3   0   0   0   0   0   1    0   0  .296  .345  .519 Total NL        
Total AL                  32   116   16   32   6   0   4   17   14   1   14   1   0   1   0   3   3    1   0  .276  .356  .431 Total AL        
Total            Splits   38   143   20   40   6   0   6   23   16   2   17   1   0   1   0   3   4    1   0  .280  .354  .448 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
World Series Batting RecordWorld Series Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1992 TOR A Daily Splits    4    13    2    4   0   0   0    0    0   0    4   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .308  .308  .308 1992 TOR A
1993 TOR A Daily Splits    5    17    5    4   1   0   1    2    4   1    1   0   0   1   0   0   0    0   0  .235  .364  .471 1993 TOR A
Total            Splits    9    30    7    8   1   0   1    2    4   1    5   0   0   1   0   0   0    0   0  .267  .343  .400 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting RecordAll-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1993 AL    Daily Splits    1     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1993 AL   
2001 AL    Daily Splits    1     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   1   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 2001 AL   
Total            Splits    2     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   1   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

Fielding RecordFielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1989 TOR A Daily  1B    5    1    1    16      19    2    0    0   0 1.000
1989 TOR A        DH    1    0    0                                      -
1990 TOR A Daily  DH   90   86   74                                      -
1990 TOR A        1B   18   15   14   144     133   10    2   10   0  .986
1991 TOR A Daily  1B  135  124  115  1126.1  1120   78    5   77   0  .996
1991 TOR A        DH    1    0    0                                      -
1992 TOR A Daily  1B  133  125  112  1096.1  1057   81    7   72   0  .994
1992 TOR A        DH    1    0    0                                      -
1993 TOR A Daily  1B  137  137  132  1205.1  1160   97   10  107   0  .992
1993 TOR A        DH   20   20   20                                      -
1994 TOR A Daily  1B  104  101   97   900     824   68    6   83   0  .993
1994 TOR A        DH    3    3    3                                      -
1995 TOR A Daily  1B  133  132  126  1173    1099   89    4  103   0  .997
1996 TOR A Daily  1B  101   92   78   823     781   56    2  107   0  .998
1996 TOR A        DH   15   15   14                                      -
1997 NY  N Daily  1B  146  141  125  1236.1  1292  120    7  125   0  .995
1998 NY  N Daily  1B  157  149  138  1336.2  1258  116    5  119   1  .996
1999 NY  N Daily  1B  160  159  136  1385.2  1344  105    9  127   0  .994
2000 SEA A Daily  1B  158  155  144  1358.2  1271  133    5  154   0  .996
2001 SEA A Daily  1B  158  149  142  1347.2  1210  121    9  116   0  .993
2002 SEA A Daily  1B  152  150  134  1317.2  1169  101    5  122   0  .996
2002 SEA A        DH    2    2    0                                      -
2003 SEA A Daily  1B  152  143  138  1287    1096  125    3  126   0  .998
2004 SEA A Daily  1B   77   71   67   645.1   549   52    1   58   0  .998
2004 NY  A Daily  1B   47   47   39   400     368   25    1   34   0  .997
2004 TOT A        1B  124  118  106  1045.1   917   77    2   92   0  .998
Total             1B 1973 1891 1738 16799   15750 1379   81 1540   1  .995
Total             DH  133  126  111                                      -
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
Division Series Fielding RecordDivision Series Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1999 NY  N Daily  1B    4    4    4    36      31    4    0    3   0 1.000
2000 SEA A Daily  1B    3    3    3    28      26    0    0    5   0 1.000
2001 SEA A Daily  1B    5    5    5    44      33    3    0    5   0 1.000
2004 NY  A Daily  1B    4    4    3    37      36    6    0    3   0 1.000
Total             1B   16   16   15   145     126   13    0   16   0 1.000
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
League Championship Series Fielding RecordLeague Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1991 TOR A Daily  1B    5    5    4    44      40    3    0    5   0 1.000
1992 TOR A Daily  1B    6    6    4    51      51    1    0    5   0 1.000
1993 TOR A Daily  1B    6    6    6    54      49    8    1    5   0  .983
1999 NY  N Daily  1B    6    6    6    59.1    58    4    2    5   0  .969
2000 SEA A Daily  1B    6    6    6    52      47    5    0    4   0 1.000
2001 SEA A Daily  1B    5    5    5    43.1    47    1    0    4   0 1.000
2004 NY  A Daily  1B    4    3    2    25      25    3    0    3   0 1.000
Total             1B   38   37   33   328.2   317   25    3   31   0  .991
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
World Series Fielding RecordWorld Series Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1992 TOR A Daily  1B    4    4    3    35      25    3    0    2   0 1.000
1993 TOR A Daily  1B    5    5    4    43      36    0    0    3   0 1.000
Total             1B    9    9    7    78      61    3    0    5   0 1.000
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
All-Star Game Fielding RecordAll-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1993 AL    Daily  1B    1    1    0     4       4    0    0    0   0 1.000
2001 AL    Daily  1B    1    1    0     5       4    0    0    0   0 1.000
Total             1B    2    2    0     9       8    0    0    0   0 1.000
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG

TransactionsTransactions
Selected by New York Mets in the 27th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign
(June 2, 1986).

Selected by Toronto Blue Jays in the 3rd round of the free-agent draft (June 5,
1989).

Traded by Toronto Blue Jays with cash to New York Mets in exchange for Robert Person
(December 20, 1996).

Granted free agency (October 27, 1997).

Signed by New York Mets (November 24, 1997).

Granted free agency (October 29, 1999).

Signed by Seattle Mariners (December 15, 1999).

Granted free agency (October 29, 2002).

Signed by Seattle Mariners (December 6, 2002).

Released by Seattle Mariners (July 27, 2004).

Signed by New York Yankees (August 3, 2004).

Granted free agency (October 29, 2004).


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