Matt Olson

Matt Olson
Olson with the Athletics in 2017
Oakland Athletics – No. 28
First baseman / Right fielder
Born: (1994-03-29) March 29, 1994
Atlanta, Georgia
Bats: Left Throws: Right
MLB debut
September 12, 2016, for the Oakland Athletics
MLB statistics
(through 2018 season)
Batting average .246
Home runs 53
Runs batted in 129
Teams

Matthew Kent Olson (born March 29, 1994) is an American professional baseball first baseman and right fielder for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Career

Olson attended Parkview High School in Lilburn, Georgia.[1] He was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the first round of the 2012 Major League Baseball draft.[2][3] He had committed to play college baseball at Vanderbilt University, but he chose to sign with Oakland rather than attend college.[4]

Olson made his professional debut that season for the Arizona League Athletics and also played for the Vermont Lake Monsters that season. In total, he played in 50 games and hit .282/.352/.521 with nine home runs and 45 RBIs. In 2013, Olson played for the Beloit Snappers.[5] In 134 games, he hit .225/.326/.435 but with 23 home runs and 93 RBIs.

Olson played the 2014 season with the Stockton Ports.[6] Throughout the season he was among the home run leaders in Minor League Baseball, as during the season he batted .262/.404/.543 with 37 home runs and 97 RBIs in 138 games, and he led all minor leaguers with 500 or more plate appearances with a walk percentage of 18.5%.[7][8] He played the 2015 season with the Midland RockHounds where he hit .249 with 17 home runs and 75 RBIs in 133 games. Olson played the entire 2016 minor league season with the Nashville Sounds. In 131 games, he batted .235 with 17 home runs and 60 RBIs.

The Athletics purchased Olson's contract on September 12, 2016, and he was called up to the major league club.[9] He played in 11 games for Oakland.

In 2017, Olson split time between Nashville and Oakland. In 79 games for Nashville he batted .272 with 23 home runs and 60 RBIs,[10] and in 59 games for Oakland, he hit .259 with 24 home runs and 45 RBIs. With Oakland he hit 13 in the month of September (a rookie record) and one in five straight games. It was tied for third-most home runs in a player's first 65 career games in MLB history.[11]

Olson began 2018 with Oakland. On April 18, Olson hit his first career walk-off, an RBI single to secure a 12-11 comeback win over the Chicago White Sox. On September 26, he hit his first career grand slam in a 9-3 victory over the Seattle Mariners.[12]

References

  1. ↑ Olson comes up big in the clutch for Parkview
  2. ↑ Comp picks yield value in prep ranks for A's
  3. ↑ Parkview's Matt Olson Picked by the A's
  4. ↑ https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/baseball/2016/07/28/one-time-vanderbilt-commitment-matt-olson-track-nashville-sounds/87568646/
  5. ↑ Athletics' No. 5 overall prospect brings big bat to Beloit lineup
  6. ↑ MINOR LEAGUE NOTES: Parkview grad Matt Olson breaks out
  7. ↑ Matt Olson » Statistics » Batting | FanGraphs Baseball
  8. ↑ Ports' Olson in contention to win home run award
  9. ↑ Slusser, usan (September 12, 2016). "A's call up prospects Matt Olson, Renato Nunez". San Francisco Gate. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Matt Olson Stats, Highlights, Bio - MiLB.com Stats - The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". MiLB.com. Retrieved June 22, 2018.
  11. ↑ A's Matt Olson makes up for lost time with home run binge | MLB | Sporting News
  12. ↑ Matt Olson hits 1st career grand slam in win


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