John Olerud

John Olerud is my kind of ballplayer—substance over flash. A Seattle-born first baseman, he anchored those back-to-back Blue Jays World Series teams of 1992 and 1993 and later collected three straight Gold Gloves from 2000. The defensive numbers tell the story of a craftsman who never sought the spotlight yet kept turning up in winning baseball. I have always preferred players whose value shows up in the quiet details rather than the highlight reel. Baseball is not only towering home runs; it is also the steady artistry of a glove, and Olerud embodied exactly that for me.

Name (English)

John Olerud

Name (Japanese)

ジョン・オルルド

Reading

じょん・おるるど

Born

August 5, 1968 (age 58)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Monkey

Origin

Seattle, Washington, United States

Occupation

baseball player

High school

Interlake High School

University

Washington State University

Awards & achievements

• 2000 Rawlings Gold Glove Award
• 2002 Rawlings Gold Glove Award
• 2003 Rawlings Gold Glove Award

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Olerud
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%AB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6251217

Tags

• Washington
• baseball player

Last updated

2026-06-20

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