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John Olerud
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 44 of 1252 players

John Garrett Olerud
Born: August 5, 1968 at Seattle, Wash.
Throws: Left Bats: Left
Height: 6.05 Weight: 220

John Olerud has been the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup 13 times, most recently on May 25, 2022.

First Mets game: April 1, 1997
Last Mets game: October 19, 1999

Winner of National League Player of the Week award, September 28, 1997, August 9, 1998, September 20, 1998. (New York Mets)

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John Olerud also played for the following teams:

Toronto Blue Jays 1989 - 1996; Seattle Mariners 2000 - 2004; New York Yankees 2004; Boston Red Sox 2005

Traded by the Toronto Blue Jays to the New York Mets in exchange for Robert Person on December 20, 1996.

Signed with Seattle Mariners as a free agent on December 7, 1999.

Tied Mets season record of 162 Games in 1999. Record was previously set by Felix Millan in 1975.
Established a Mets season record for Walks in 1999 with 125.
Tied Mets season record of 13 Hit by Pitch in 1997. Record was previously set by Ron Hunt in 1963.

Click the icon to see a graph of John Olerud's batting, slugging, and on base percentages

Batting Record with New York Mets

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

1997 154 524 90 154 34 1 22 102 85 5 67 13 0 0 0 8 256 .294 .489 .400

1998 160 557 91 197 36 4 22 93 96 11 73 4 2 2 1 7 307 .354 .551 .447

1999 162 581 107 173 39 0 19 96 125 5 66 11 3 0 0 6 269 .298 .463 .427

3 years 476 1662 288 524 109 5 63 291 306 21 206 28 5 2 1 21 832 .315 .501 .425

Division Series Record

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

1999 4 16 3 7 0 0 1 6 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 .438 .625 .526

1 year 4 16 3 7 0 0 1 6 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 .438 .625 .526

League Championship Series Record

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

1999 6 27 4 8 0 0 2 6 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 14 .296 .519 .345

1 year 6 27 4 8 0 0 2 6 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 14 .296 .519 .345

Tied for National League lead in games with 162 in 1999.

Led Mets in games with 154 in 1997, with 160 in 1998 and with 162 in 1999.
Led Mets in at bats with 524 in 1997. Tied for Mets lead in at bats with 557 in 1998.
Led Mets in runs with 90 in 1997.
Led Mets in hits with 197 in 1998.
Led Mets in singles with 135 in 1998.
Led Mets in doubles with 34 in 1997. Tied for Mets lead in doubles with 36 in 1998.
Led Mets in runs batted in with 102 in 1997 and with 93 in 1998.
Led Mets in batting average with .354 in 1998.
Led Mets in slugging percentage with .551 in 1998.
Led Mets in on base percentage with .400 in 1997, with .447 in 1998 and with .427 in 1999.
Led Mets in on base plus slugging with .998 in 1998.
Led Mets in walks with 85 in 1997, with 96 in 1998 and with 125 in 1999.
Led Mets in intentional walks with 11 in 1998.
Led Mets in hit by pitch with 13 in 1997 and with 11 in 1999.
Led Mets in total bases with 256 in 1997 and with 307 in 1998.
Tied for Mets lead in sacrifice flies with 7 in 1998.

Games where John Olerud had 2 or more Home Runs
At Pittsburgh (NL) 06/29/97. vs. Houston (NL) 08/10/97. vs. Montreal (NL) 07/11/98. vs. Montreal (NL) 04/18/99.

Games where John Olerud had 4 or more Hits
At Los Angeles (NL) 04/08/97. At Colorado (NL) 05/06/97. At St. Louis (NL) 08/13/97. vs. Montreal (NL) 09/11/97.
vs. Montreal (NL) 07/11/98. At Colorado (NL) 08/09/98. At Houston (NL) 09/16/98. At Montreal (NL) 04/11/99.
At Atlanta (NL) 06/25/99.

Games played by position
1997: First Base 146
1998: First Base 157
1999: First Base 160

Lineup Analysis
Number of games in each batting order position in games in which John Olerud was in the starting lineup.

Year 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th

1997 0 11 129 0 0 1 0 0 0
1998 0 6 89 54 0 0 0 0 0
1999 0 0 159 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 0 17 377 54 0 1 0 0 0