John Olerud Career Stats & Summary

  • May 7, 2025

John Olerud made their MLB debut in 1989 and appeared in 2,234 games over 17 seasons. They posted a batting average of 0.295, OPS of 0.863, hit 255 HRs, and recorded 58.3 WAR. They rank 243th all-time in HRs and 138th in WAR.

📊 Career Summary

John Olerud made their MLB debut in 1989 and played in 2,234 games over 17 seasons.
Below are key cumulative stats along with their respective all-time MLB ranks.

G2,234 (MLB Rank: 137)
AB7,592 (MLB Rank: 207)
H2,239 (MLB Rank: 177)
BA0.295 (MLB Rank: 1,632)
2B500 (MLB Rank: 64)
3B13 (MLB Rank: 2,906)
HR255 (MLB Rank: 243)
RBI1230 (MLB Rank: 147)
R1139 (MLB Rank: 233)
BB1275 (MLB Rank: 52)
OBP0.398 (MLB Rank: 994)
SLG0.465 (MLB Rank: 1,186)
OPS0.863 (MLB Rank: 820)
SB11 (MLB Rank: 4,174)
SO1,016 (MLB Rank: 379)
GIDP232 (MLB Rank: 57)
CS14 (MLB Rank: 2,279)
Rbat+131 (MLB Rank: 1,097)
WAR58.3 (MLB Rank: 138)
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John Olerud Year-by-Year Stat Trends

This chart visualizes John Olerud's seasonal trends in HR, H, and BA.

Parsing Data

Data Source: Baseball Reference

Image Source: Wikipedia

📊 Last Season Summary (2005)

In 2005, John Olerud played in 87 games and posted the following stats:

G87
AB173
H50
BA0.289
2B7
3B0
HR7
RBI37
R18
BB16
OBP0.344
SLG0.451
OPS0.795
SB0
SO20
GIDP6
Rbat+103
WAR0.7

📈 Peak Seasons

Here are John Olerud's best seasons by category:

  • Most HR in a season: 1993, 24 HR
  • Most H in a season: 1993, 200 H
  • Most RBI in a season: 1993, 107 RBI
  • Most SB in a season: 1999, 3 SB
  • Best BA in a season: 1989, 0.375 BA
  • Best OBP in a season: 1993, 0.473 OBP
  • Best SLG in a season: 1993, 0.599 SLG
  • Best OPS in a season: 1993, 1.072 OPS
  • Best WAR in a season: 1993, 7.8 WAR

🎯 Postseason Stats

John Olerud appeared in 58 postseason games. In those games, they recorded a batting average of 0.289, OBP of 0.377, SLG of 0.441, and OPS of 0.818. They also tallied 8 HR, 61 H, 32 RBI, and 1 SB.

John Olerud Career Stat Summary

seasonHHRRBIBAROPSWAROBPSLGPABBSO2B3BTBrOBARbat+OPS+GGIDPHBPIBBSBCSSFSHAB
1989
3
0
0
0.375
2
0.75
0
0.375
0.375
8
0
1
0
0
3
0.344
114
118
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
1990
95
14
48
0.265
43
0.794
1.7
0.364
0.43
421
57
75
15
1
154
0.363
117
117
111
5
1
6
0
2
4
1
358
1991
116
17
68
0.256
64
0.791
1.8
0.353
0.438
541
68
84
30
1
199
0.347
106
115
139
12
6
9
0
2
10
3
454
1992
130
16
66
0.284
68
0.825
3.4
0.375
0.45
537
70
61
28
0
206
0.38
129
127
138
15
1
11
1
0
7
1
458
1993
200
24
107
0.363
109
1.072
7.8
0.473
0.599
679
114
65
54
2
330
0.458
184
186
158
12
7
33
0
2
7
0
551
1994
114
12
67
0.297
47
0.869
3.2
0.393
0.477
453
61
53
29
2
183
0.387
126
124
108
11
3
12
1
2
5
0
384
1995
143
8
54
0.291
72
0.802
2.2
0.398
0.404
581
84
54
32
0
199
0.365
112
111
135
17
4
10
0
0
1
0
492
1996
109
18
61
0.274
59
0.854
2.5
0.382
0.472
469
60
37
25
0
188
0.377
115
116
125
10
10
6
1
0
1
0
398
1997
154
22
102
0.294
90
0.889
4.1
0.4
0.489
630
85
67
34
1
256
0.404
143
135
154
19
13
5
0
0
8
0
524
1998
197
22
93
0.354
91
0.998
7.6
0.447
0.551
665
96
73
36
4
307
0.442
172
163
160
15
4
11
2
2
7
1
557
1999
173
19
96
0.298
107
0.89
5.6
0.427
0.463
723
125
66
39
0
269
0.412
141
129
162
22
11
5
3
0
6
0
581
2000
161
14
103
0.285
84
0.831
3.7
0.392
0.439
683
102
96
45
0
248
0.371
117
117
159
17
4
11
0
2
10
2
565
2001
173
21
95
0.302
91
0.873
5.2
0.401
0.472
679
94
70
32
1
270
0.386
139
136
159
21
5
19
3
1
7
1
572
2002
166
22
102
0.3
85
0.893
5.1
0.403
0.49
668
98
66
39
0
271
0.395
144
140
154
19
5
6
0
0
12
0
553
2003
145
10
83
0.269
64
0.761
2.7
0.372
0.39
634
84
67
35
0
210
0.342
108
107
152
20
6
7
0
1
3
2
539
2004
110
9
48
0.259
45
0.733
1
0.359
0.374
500
61
61
20
1
159
0.332
93
94
127
11
8
4
0
0
5
1
425
2005
50
7
37
0.289
18
0.795
0.7
0.344
0.451
192
16
20
7
0
78
0.347
103
106
87
6
0
2
0
0
3
0
173