Oakland Athletics · 1B

John Olerud

#5 · Age: 30 · Position: 1B · Bats: L · Throws: L

Contract

John Olerud’s current agreement and contract history.

Current contract

The active agreement and its season-by-season salary.

Active agreement

Standard

$3,000,000 Total contract value
Year signed1996
Term5 years
Salary seasons 1997–2001

Salary by season

Active contract salaries by season
SeasonSalary
1997$600,000
1998$600,000
1999$600,000
2000$600,000
2001$600,000
Total$3,000,000

Salary vs. production

1998 DBL regular season · Annual salary $600,000 · Production across all teams.

Key salary rates

$1,103 per plate appearance Plate appearances · 544 total
$5,263 per hit Hits · 114 total
$60,000 per home run Home runs · 10 total

More production rates

Games 130 total
$4,615 per game
At-bats 459 total
$1,307 per at-bat
Runs 65 total
$9,231 per run
Doubles 28 total
$21,429 per double
Triples 1 total
$600,000 per triple
RBI 36 total
$16,667 per RBI
Walks 79 total
$7,595 per walk
Stolen bases 0 total
— per stolen base
WAR 2.6 total
$235,294 per WAR

Descriptive outcomes

Strikeouts 70 total
$8,571 per strikeout

Season-to-date rates use the full-year contract salary, not salary paid so far. They are not prorated or team-specific. A dash means the stat is zero or negative. For losses and allowed outcomes, a lower salary-per-stat figure does not necessarily mean better performance.

Contract history

Past agreements and their recorded salary seasons.

No contract history on file.