| Date | News |
| 12/06/05 | Olerud has announced his retirement from baseball. |
| 11/11/05 | Olerud filed for free agency on Thursday. |
| 8/04/05 | Manager Terry Francona said the Red Sox will put John Olerud on the disabled list with a hamstring injury. |
| 8/03/05 | Olerud will miss at least another game or two with a sore right hamstring. |
| 5/27/05 | Red Sox purchased the contract of Olerud from Triple-A. He won't have much short-term value, but AL-only leaguers should consider stashing him away in case Kevin Millar continues to struggle. |
| 5/25/05 | The Boston Herald reports that John Olerud could join the Red Sox as soon as next weekend. No idea what his role would be when promoted. |
| 5/23/05 | Olerud is expected to report to Triple-A today. He's getting closer to potentially joining the Red Sox. |
| 5/01/05 | Red Sox signed John Olerud to a minor league contract. |
| 8/04/04 | Olerud will make his first start at first base for the Yankees today. |
| 8/03/04 | The Yankees have officially signed Olerud. He's expected to be the team's starting first baseman until Jason Giambi returns. |
| 7/31/04 | The Yankees are expected to sign John Olerud within the next day or two. He shouldn't start over Tony Clark, but he could be useful playing against the occasional right-hander. Meaning, no roto value. |
| 7/23/04 | Mariners released John Olerud. He cleared waivers because of his $7.7 million salary. There's interest in him, but he'll most likely retire. |
| 7/17/04 | The Olerud era has ended for Olerud today when the Mariner's ended the relationship. |
| 6/18/04 | Olerud has fluid on his knee but plans to keep playing. |
| 6/04/04 | Olerud is hitting .406 (13 for 32) his past 10 games. |
| 5/24/04 | Edgar Martinez, Bret Boone, John Olerud, Rich Aurilia and Randy Winn are all hitting .240 or worse.
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| 5/04/04 | Olerud was 8 of 27 on the road trip, but Sunday knocked in three runs.
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| 1/27/04 | The Mariners are considering moving Olerud to the No. 2 spot in the batting order this spring. |
| 8/30/03 | Olerud hit the game-winning single in the ninth inning to score Mike Cameron and Mark McLemore.
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| 8/05/03 | Olerud went 13 for 41 on the recent 12-game homestand. He had a two-homer, seven-RBI game against the White Sox, giving the club hope that he's putting hamstring problems behind him. |
| 7/31/03 | Olerud had a three-run home run in the first. |
| 7/27/03 | Rangers center fielder Doug Glanville threw out Olerud trying to score from second on Randy Winn's single in the second inning. It was the second consecutive game Olerud was thrown out at the plate by a Texas outfielder.
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| 7/24/03 | He had a good game with 4 runs batted in. |
| 7/21/03 | Olerud has just two hits in his last 15 at-bats, but said the slump was not due to his hamstring troubles. "The injury means I can't run, but I'm not going to leg out any infield hits anyway, so that's not really a factor," he said. "Mainly, I'm not getting balls to fall in." |
| 7/05/03 | Olerud estimated he is running at about 50 percent of his usual speed due to a sprained hamstring that has caused him to miss four straight games. "If it's a gapper, then it's probably going to be a single," Olerud said. "Unless someone falls down." |
| 7/04/03 | Manager Melvin is not certain Olerud has recovered from a strained right hamstring to play in today's game. "It's coming along a bit slower than we first thought," Melvin said. "I'm less optimistic than I was about John playing in Texas." Melvin held Olerud out of the lineup Thursday in hopes he would be ready for action today. |
| 7/03/03 | Manager Melvin indicated that he will keep Olerud out of action on Thursday in the hopes of getting him ready to play on Friday. Olerud has a strained right hamstring and has missed the past two games. |
| 7/02/03 | Olerud was held out of the starting lineup on Tuesday night because of a strained right hamstring. Mariners manager Bob Melvin suggested that he might hold Olerud out on Wednesday too. |
| 7/01/03 | Olerud suffered a strained right hamstring on Monday and was not in tonight's starting lineup. He is not expected to miss more than a couple of days. |
| 6/17/03 | The Mariners tied the score in the fourth inning on a two-run homer by Olerud. The hit was the 2,000th of Olerud's career. |
| 4/29/03 | Olerud finished the homestand with seven hits in 18 at-bats, two doubles, a home run and three RBI. |
| 4/16/03 | Olerud doubled in the sixth for his first career hit off Lilly. He was 0-for-12 before the double. |
| 12/06/02 | The Seattle Times is reporting today that Olerud has agreed to a two-year deal with the Mariners worth between $15 and $16 million. An announcement is expected on Saturday. |
| 10/29/02 | Olerud filed for free agency today. |
| 9/23/02 | He batted-in his 100th R.B.I. for the season to join Bret Boone as the only two to do so. |
| 9/09/02 | Olerud hit the first homer, a three-run shot off a Blake Stein pitch, to give him a career-high five runs batted in for the seventh time. |
| 9/07/02 | He is playing injured, and hitting. He has helped Edgar M. by forcing pitchers to throw strikes because both injured players can carry this team. |
| 9/06/02 | Olerud's groin is still hurting. |
| 9/04/02 | Olerud strained his left groin Aug. 21 and missed three games. Even after his return, it was clear he didn't have his old speed back, such as it is. But since returning he has 11 hits in 24 at-bats, including a pair of hits Monday.
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| 8/29/02 | When gimpy John Olerud, who in the fourth was unable to score with no outs from third base on an infield groundout and outfield flyout, hit into a bases-loaded double play to end the eighth. |
| 8/28/02 | After sitting out three games with a strained groin, Olerud returned to action last night. |
| 8/25/02 | The Mariners hoped first baseman John Olerud (strained left groin) could play yesterday, but he was ruled out after treatment.
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| 8/23/02 | Olerud has a strained left groin. He did not start again tonight. |
| 8/10/02 | Olerud used the rest to let his left elbow improve even more after being drilled by hard-throwing Kelvim Escobar in Toronto Wednesday.
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| 8/07/02 | Kelvim Escobar's fastball (94 mph) hit Olerud on his elbow. He probably will not play tomorrow. |
| 7/08/02 | Home runs are a byproduct of swinging well," said Olerud, who is hitting .314 with 15 home runs — matching his 1993 season for the most at the break — and a team-leading 54 runs batted in.
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| 6/24/02 | Olerud had four hits and now has a .397 average this month. |
| 6/17/02 | Mariners first baseman John Olerud went 0 for 3 with a walk yesterday, ending his 16-game hitting streak. He struck out with the bases loaded and one out in the seventh inning.
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| 6/15/02 | Olerud extended his hitting streak to 15 games.
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| 6/10/02 | Olerud had two of the Mariners' hits yesterday, both doubles. He is one of the few hot hitters, with an 11-game hitting streak during which he's hitting .439. |
| 6/09/02 | Olerud had a pair of hits and pushed his hitting streak to 10 games. |
| 5/18/02 | All four infielders, first baseman John Olerud, second baseman Bret Boone, third baseman Jeff Cirillo and shortstop Carlos Guillen, each reached the 40-game mark on pace for 100 or more RBIs.
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| 5/16/02 | John Olerud, who won a batting title with the Jays and helped Toronto win two World Series titles, homered to break up the perfect game bid by Lyon. |
| 5/10/02 | His last 5 hits produced 7 R.B.I.'s and throw his 5 walks in there too. |
| 4/18/02 | Olerud, too often an overlooked cog in the Mariners' offensive machine, continued his torrid April attack last night, taking it out on Oakland starter Tim Hudson (2-1). He came into the game with eight hits in his previous 16 at-bats.
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| 4/11/02 | First baseman John Olerud will sit out tonight, with Dan Wilson his fill-in playing firstbase tonight.
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| 4/01/02 | He should have been in Safeco Field earlier in his career. He is perfect for this stadium. He is a true gap hitter and will continue to add solid numbers. Will be rested more than last year. |
| 3/30/02 | The smooth-swinging, slick-fielding Olerud had his usual underrated year, posting a .401 OBP, the fourth time in five seasons he's been above .400. Only negative is his lack of speed, as he led AL with 21 GIDPs.
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| 3/29/02 | He will be rested more this season and could play in 135 games. That is a drop of 24 games. |
| 3/24/02 | The 33-year-old Olerud continues to churn out numbers at the plate and play solid, if not spectacular, defense. Although he is not your prototypical five hitter, the sweet-swinging lefty gets the job done by using all fields.
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| 2000 | He filed for free agency in the off-season and signed with the Mariners. He is very consistent from year to year and should put up more solid numbers in 2000. |
John Olerud
