John Kruk vs John Olerud

John Kruk John Olerud

John Kruk and John Olerud compared on their MLB careers: John Kruk played 10 seasons, 1986 to 1995, John Olerud 17 seasons, 1989 to 2005. John Kruk has .300 batting average to John Olerud's .295. John Olerud won 2 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

John Kruk and John Olerud career totals

1,200	GP	2,234
3,897	AB	7,592
582	R	1,139
1,170	H	2,239
100	HR	255
592	RBI	1,230
58	SB	11
0.3	AVG	0.3
0.4	OBP	0.4
0.4	SLG	0.5
0.8	OPS	0.9

How do they compare in the postseason?

John Kruk and John Olerud postseason

12	GP	66
47	AB	237
8	R	35
14	H	66
1	HR	9
9	RBI	34
0	SB	1
0.3	AVG	0.3
0.4	OBP	0.4
0.5	SLG	0.4
0.9	OPS	0.8

Where each stands all time

John Kruk and John Olerud all-time places

—	Home runs	244th (255)
—	Hits	176th (2,239)
—	RBI	128th (1,230)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

John Kruk: 0 championships; none on file
John Olerud: 2 championships; AL Gold Glove ×3

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

John Kruk and John Olerud season by season

1st	1986	.309	4	38	1989	.375	0	0
2nd	1987	.313	20	91	1990	.265	14	48
3rd	1988	.241	9	44	1991	.256	17	68
4th	1989	.300	8	44	1992	.284	16	66
5th	1990	.291	7	67	1993	.363	24	107
6th	1991	.294	21	92	1994	.297	12	67
7th	1992	.323	10	70	1995	.291	8	54
8th	1993	.316	14	85	1996	.274	18	61
9th	1994	.302	5	38	1997	.294	22	102
10th	1995	.308	2	23	1998	.354	22	93
11th	—	—	—	—	1999	.298	19	96
12th	—	—	—	—	2000	.285	14	103
13th	—	—	—	—	2001	.302	21	95
14th	—	—	—	—	2002	.300	22	102
15th	—	—	—	—	2003	.269	10	83
16th	—	—	—	—	2004	.259	9	48
17th	—	—	—	—	2005	.289	7	37

What the columns mean: AVG · HR · RBI


12	GP	66
47	AB	237
8	R	35
14	H	66
1	HR	9
9	RBI	34
0	SB	1
0.3	AVG	0.3
0.4	OBP	0.4
0.5	SLG	0.4
0.9	OPS	0.8


12	GP	66
47	AB	237
8	R	35
14	H	66
1	HR	9
9	RBI	34
0	SB	1
0.3	AVG	0.3
0.4	OBP	0.4
0.5	SLG	0.4
0.9	OPS	0.8


12	GP	66
47	AB	237
8	R	35
14	H	66
1	HR	9
9	RBI	34
0	SB	1
0.3	AVG	0.3
0.4	OBP	0.4
0.5	SLG	0.4
0.9	OPS	0.8