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Dec 28, 2023 · Matt Olson 2023. Baseball Savant. Usually hitting 54 homers in a season ranks as the most impressive stat of a season, but averaging almost 94 mph exit velocity across every single ball you hit into play is truly some ridiculous stuff, as is having 56 percent of all your batted balls being hit at 95 mph or greater.
Jul 11, 2021 · Olson comes from a family where academics comes first. His mother, Lee, is a fifth-grade teacher in Lilburn, Ga. His older brother, Zachary, graduated from Harvard University. So when Matt signed a letter of intent to play at baseball powerhouse Vanderbilt University, it was widely assumed around baseball that he would be honoring that commitment.
Mar 14, 2022 · Mark Bowman. @ mlbbowman. NORTH PORT, Fla. -- Braves president of baseball operations Alex Anthopoulos was thrilled to acquire Matt Olson. But he still had to fight back tears while announcing this trade, which ended Freddie Freeman’s legendary tenure with Atlanta. The Braves acquired Olson from the A’s on Monday in exchange for two highly ...
Sep 29, 2023 · Matt Olson hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the first — his majors-leading 54th — to put the Braves ahead for good, while adding two more records to a growing inventory of individual and ...
Mar 14, 2022 · Top 100 Players All-Time. All-Time Stats. The Braves have acquired Matt Olson from the A's. The move likely ends the tenure of free-agent first baseman Freddie Freeman in Atlanta.
Sep 13, 2023 · Olson, in fact, tied the record set by Andruw Jones, the slick-fielding center fielder, who hit 51 in 2005. That Aaron could get to 755 home runs, breaking Babe Ruth’s mark of 714 and holding ...
Aug 11, 2023 · While Atlanta’s superstar outfielder is on the verge of the first 30-homer, 60-steal campaign in AL/NL history and could become the fifth member of the 40/40 club, Matt Olson is marching his way toward a historic season of his own, one monstrous homer at a time. Olson went deep again Thursday against the Pirates and is now tied with Shohei ...
