Olerud was an easy choice for me. His magical 1993 season sums up nicely what a great player he was for the Jays. The baseball world was following Olerud as he chased Ted Williams .400 batting record.
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Of the 158 games he played during the 1993 season, John Olerud batted at .400 or above in 58 of them. That's around one third of his season where he hovered above the .400 mark.
In fact, John Olerud didn't come down from .400 for good until August 2nd of that year. SI reminds us that Olerud was the only player to bat over .400 into August since Ted Williams in 1941.
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In the midst of his incredible 1993 season, John Olerud strung together a 26 game hitting streak from May 26th to June 22nd. It stands as the second longest hit streak in franchise history, bested only by Shawn Green's 28 game hit streak in 1999.
Quite simply, John Olerud was the definition of clutch in the Blue Jays lineup in 1993. He batted .371 with runners in scoring position and .358 overall with men on base. Olerud also proved to be one of the toughest outs in baseball in 1993 as he hit .363 with two out.
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