John Olerud

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Full Name: John Garrett Olerud	Primary Position: 1B
Height/Weight: 6' 5"/205	First Game: September 3, 1989
Birthdate: August 5, 1968	Final Game: October 2, 2005
Birthplace: Seattle, Washington	MLB Experience: 17 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
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7 See Also
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[edit] Biography

John Olerud (John Garrett Olerud) was born on August 5, 1968 in Seattle, Washington. He made his Major League debut on September 3, 1989 for the Toronto Blue Jays. In 1990, his rookie year, he hit .265 with 14 home runs and 48 RBI. Olerud played for the Toronto Blue Jays, New York Mets, Seattle Mariners, New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 17 year career.

Most people believe that John Olerud's best season was 1993, when he slugged 24 home runs, hit for a .363 average and knocked in 107 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1989	TOR	A	6	8	2	3	0	0	.375	.375	.375	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1990	TOR	A	111	358	43	95	14	48	.265	.364	.430	15	1	57	75	1	1	0	6	5
1991	TOR	A	139	454	64	116	17	68	.256	.353	.438	30	1	68	84	6	3	0	9	12
1992	TOR	A	138	458	68	130	16	66	.284	.375	.450	28	0	70	61	1	1	1	11	15
1993	TOR	A	158	551	109	200	24	107	.363	.473	.599	54	2	114	65	7	0	0	33	12
1994	TOR	A	108	384	47	114	12	67	.297	.393	.477	29	2	61	53	3	0	1	12	11
1995	TOR	A	135	492	72	143	8	54	.291	.398	.404	32	0	84	54	4	0	0	10	17
1996	TOR	A	125	398	59	109	18	61	.274	.382	.472	25	0	60	37	10	0	1	6	10
1997	NY	N	154	524	90	154	22	102	.294	.400	.489	34	1	85	67	13	0	0	5	19
1998	NY	N	160	557	91	197	22	93	.354	.447	.551	36	4	96	73	4	1	2	11	15
1999	NY	N	162	581	107	173	19	96	.298	.427	.463	39	0	125	66	11	0	3	5	22
2000	SEA	A	159	565	84	161	14	103	.285	.392	.439	45	0	102	96	4	2	0	11	17
2001	SEA	A	159	572	91	173	21	95	.302	.401	.472	32	1	94	70	5	1	3	19	21
2002	SEA	A	154	553	85	166	22	102	.300	.403	.490	39	0	98	66	5	0	0	6	19
2003	SEA	A	152	539	64	145	10	83	.269	.372	.390	35	0	84	67	6	2	0	7	20
2004	SEA	A	78	261	29	64	5	22	.245	.354	.360	13	1	40	41	6	1	0	3	6
2004	NY	A	49	164	16	46	4	26	.280	.367	.396	7	0	21	20	2	0	0	1	5
2004	TOT	A	127	425	45	110	9	48	.259	.359	.374	20	1	61	61	8	1	0	4	11
2005	BOS	A	87	173	18	50	7	37	.289	.344	.451	7	0	16	20	0	0	0	2	6
Total	NL		476	1662	288	524	63	291	.315	.425	.501	109	5	306	206	28	1	5	21	56
Total	AL		1758	5930	851	1715	192	939	.289	.390	.455	391	8	969	810	60	11	6	136	176
Total			2234	7592	1139	2239	255	1230	.295	.398	.465	500	13	1275	1016	88	12	11	157	232

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1989	TOR	A	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1989	TOR	A	1B	5	1	16	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1990	TOR	A	DH	90	86	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1990	TOR	A	1B	18	15	144	133	10	2	10	0	0	0	0	0	.986
1991	TOR	A	1B	135	124	1126.1	1120	78	5	77	0	0	0	0	0	.996
1991	TOR	A	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1992	TOR	A	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1992	TOR	A	1B	133	125	1096.1	1057	81	7	72	0	0	0	0	0	.994
1993	TOR	A	1B	137	137	1205.1	1160	97	10	107	0	0	0	0	0	.992
1993	TOR	A	DH	20	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1994	TOR	A	1B	104	101	900	824	68	6	83	0	0	0	0	0	.993
1994	TOR	A	DH	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1995	TOR	A	1B	133	132	1173	1099	89	4	103	0	0	0	0	0	.997
1996	TOR	A	1B	101	92	823	781	56	2	107	0	0	0	0	0	.998
1996	TOR	A	DH	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1997	NY	N	1B	146	141	1236.1	1292	120	7	125	0	0	0	0	0	.995
1998	NY	N	1B	157	149	1336.2	1258	116	5	119	1	0	0	0	0	.996
1999	NY	N	1B	160	159	1385.2	1344	105	9	127	0	0	0	0	0	.994
2000	SEA	A	1B	158	155	1358.2	1271	133	5	154	0	0	0	0	0	.996
2001	SEA	A	1B	158	149	1347.2	1210	121	9	116	0	0	0	0	0	.993
2002	SEA	A	DH	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2002	SEA	A	1B	152	150	1317.2	1169	101	5	122	0	0	0	0	0	.996
2003	SEA	A	1B	152	143	1287	1096	125	3	126	0	0	0	0	0	.998
2004	SEA	A	1B	77	71	645.1	549	52	1	58	0	0	0	0	0	.998
2004	NY	A	1B	47	47	400	368	25	1	34	0	0	0	0	0	.997
2004	TOT	A	1B	124	118	1045.1	917	77	2	92	0	0	0	0	0	.998
2005	BOS	A	1B	80	38	431	416	40	1	41	0	0	0	0	0	.998
Total			DH	133	126	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			1B	2053	1929	17230	16166	1419	82	1581	1	0	0	0	0	.995

[edit] Transactions

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 - signed August 26, 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).
Signed by Boston Red Sox (May 2, 2005).
Granted free agency (November 10, 2005).

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