Matt Olson

Bats L Throws R6'5" 225 lbBorn 1994 Atlanta, USADebut 2016Team ATL4x All-StarDraft 2012 RC-A #47 Athletics, Parkview HS (GA)Contract 8 y/$168M (22-29)+30 cl opt 2026: $22,000,000

Awards: Gold Glove x2, TSN All-Star x2, All-MLB Second Team, NL Silver Slugger, Rawlings NL Gold Glove

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 132.0FIELD+ 107.9 at 1BTotal 4.14 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	566	485	120	25	0	26	72	133	0	0.248	0.347	0.460	0.807	0.212	0.349	23.6	12.7	124.0	3.42
2027	585	504	124	26	0	28	71	141	1	0.246	0.342	0.468	0.810	0.221	0.349	24.1	12.2	126.1	3.70

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 31

His ten closest age-31 comparables averaged 129 HIT+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Rafael Palmeiro	1996	131.3	110.5	692
2	John Olerud	2000	133.2	134.6	679
3	Carlos Delgado	2003	140.2	124.4	551
4	Freddie Freeman	2021	138.6	151.2	708
5	Keith Hernandez	1985	134.0	144.6	652
6	Mark Grace	1995	124.0	123.5	616
7	Ferris Fain	1952	128.2	108.6	564
8	Jack Fournier	1924	142.0	157.9	649
9	Bill Terry	1930	132.6	149.1	662
10	Nick Etten	1945	133.3	88.1	364

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			585		124	26	0	28		1	71	141	0.246	0.342	0.468	0.810	126.1
2026*	ATL	127	553	89	129	31	0	36		4	56	139	0.263	0.340	0.546	0.886	141.8
2025	ATL	162	724	98	170	41	2	29	95	1	91	176	0.272	0.366	0.484	0.850	139.0
2024	ATL	162	685	78	148	37	1	29	98	0	71	170	0.247	0.333	0.457	0.790	115.8
2023	ATL	162	720	127	172	27	3	54	139	1	104	167	0.283	0.389	0.604	0.993	159.0
2022	ATL	162	699	86	148	44	0	34	103	0	75	170	0.240	0.325	0.477	0.802	119.7
2021	OAK	156	673	101	153	35	0	39	111	4	88	113	0.271	0.371	0.540	0.911	147.2
2020	OAK	60	245	28	41	4	1	14	42	1	34	77	0.195	0.310	0.424	0.734	105.8
2019	OAK	127	547	73	129	26	0	36	91	0	51	138	0.267	0.351	0.545	0.896	135.7
2018	OAK	162	660	85	143	33	0	29	84	2	70	163	0.247	0.335	0.453	0.788	117.2
2017	OAK	59	216	33	49	2	0	24	45	0	22	60	0.259	0.352	0.651	1.003	163.8
2016	OAK	11	28	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	7	4	0.095	0.321	0.143	0.464	62.6
Career		1223	5197	712	1155	250	7	288	808	9	613	1238	0.257	0.351	0.508	0.859	133.1

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	553	92.6	18.5	15.8	49.9	24.4	27.0	0.251	0.523	0.364	25.4
2025	724	93.3	14.8	14.4	53.3	26.2	24.9	0.249	0.492	0.360	25.2
2024	685	91.5	16.1	12.5	47.4	26.3	28.8	0.242	0.454	0.342	25.5
2023	720	93.7	16.1	16.4	55.5	28.4	26.1	0.262	0.571	0.395	26.2
2022	699	92.9	16.1	13.6	50.9	28.9	28.5	0.243	0.481	0.347	26.3
2021	673	91.6	16.2	12.7	48.8	23.1	23.8	0.258	0.513	0.378	25.9
2020	245	92.3	19.6	13.1	45.9	34.8	20.0	0.224	0.453	0.340	26.0
2019	547	92.7	19.4	15.7	50.4	28.1	25.0	0.278	0.578	0.388	26.2
2018	660	93.3	18.1	13.4	52.2	27.5	21.0	0.250	0.494	0.357	25.9
2017	216	92.6	17.8	18.3	48.8	31.9	25.2	0.259	0.588	0.392	24.3
2016	28	91.2	25.5	0.0	23.5	28.6	19.0	0.181	0.241	0.309	24.7

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	ATL	1B	162	1429	1147	145	5	96	0.996	+12.8
2024	ATL	1B	162	1443	1259	105	6	125	0.996	+5.6
2023	ATL	1B	162	1426	1194	96	8	124	0.994	+1.7
2022	ATL	1B	162	1441	1209	101	8	104	0.994	+0.9
2021	OAK	1B	152	1339	1156	73	6	98	0.995	+0.7
2020	OAK	1B	60	499	393	48	1	30	0.998	+2.3
2019	OAK	1B	127	1121	1023	90	8	95	0.993	+12.4
2018	OAK	1B	162	1403	1403	84	7	115	0.995	+10.5
2017	OAK	1B	43	350	352	29	2	41	0.995	+0.9
2017	OAK	OF	12	91	21	3	0	1	1.000
2016	OAK	OF	5	37	7	0	0	0	1.000
2016	OAK	1B	4	20	24	0	0	2	1.000	+0.0

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2019	AAA	Las Vegas Aviators	Bat	24	1 HR, 0 SB	0.182	0.568
2017	AAA	Nashville Sounds	Bat	343	23 HR, 3 SB	0.272	0.935
2016	AAA	Nashville Sounds	Bat	540	17 HR, 1 SB	0.235	0.757
2015	AA	Midland RockHounds	Bat	585	17 HR, 5 SB	0.249	0.826
2014	A+	Stockton Ports	Bat	634	37 HR, 2 SB	0.262	0.947
2013	A	Beloit Snappers	Bat	558	23 HR, 4 SB	0.225	0.761
2012	Rk	AZL Athletics	Bat	197	8 HR, 0 SB	0.282	0.865

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.370	0.386	0.374	0.384
2025	0.346	0.380	0.365	0.374
2024	0.361	0.344	0.327	0.368
2023	0.338	0.448	0.437	0.404
2022	0.338	0.350	0.339	0.354
2021	0.404	0.375	0.382	0.389
2020	0.374	0.320	0.409	0.259
2019	0.339	0.408	0.339	0.436

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2024	2	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0.125	0.125	0.125	0.250
2023	4	16	1	4	0	0	1	1	0.250	0.294	0.250	0.544
2022	4	12	4	4	2	5	5	4	0.333	0.529	0.833	1.363
2020	7	23	4	3	2	3	5	10	0.130	0.286	0.391	0.677
2019	1	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0.333	0.500	0.333	0.833
2018	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.000	0.500	0.000	0.500
Career	19	64	9	13	4	8	14	17	0.203	0.346	0.391	0.737