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.
Statistics[]
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
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
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).