Matt Olson
1B | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 5" 225LBS | Age: 30
Draft: 2012 | Rd: C-A, #47, Oakland Athletics | Parkview HS (GA)
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 699 616 86 148 34 0 .240 .325 .477 .802
2023 720 608 127 172 54 1 .283 .389 .604 .993
2024 685 600 78 148 29 0 .247 .333 .457 .790
9 Seasons 4,473 3,872 614 985 259 8 .254 .349 .512 .861
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .240 34 0 .802
2023 .283 54 1 .993
2024 .247 29 0 .790
9 Seasons .254 259 8 .861
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2016 22 106 17 0 0.0 0.0 91.2 107.8 25.5 17.6 .181 .241 .248 .309 .224 23.5 14.3 25.0
2017 23 914 129 21 16.3 9.7 92.6 111.0 17.8 28.7 .259 .588 .411 .392 .515 48.8 27.8 10.2
2018 24 2844 419 51 12.2 7.7 93.3 113.3 18.1 35.1 .250 .494 .340 .357 .436 52.2 24.7 10.6
2019 25 2288 346 50 14.5 9.1 92.7 111.9 19.4 36.1 .278 .578 .368 .388 .495 50.4 25.2 9.3
2020 26 1002 133 17 12.8 6.9 92.3 112.5 19.6 30.1 .224 .453 .316 .340 .450 45.9 31.4 13.9
2021 27 2774 463 59 12.7 8.8 91.6 115.3 16.2 32.4 .264 .507 .379 .378 .413 48.8 16.8 13.1
2022 28 2893 450 61 13.6 8.7 92.9 116.8 16.1 33.8 .248 .467 .344 .347 .422 50.9 24.3 10.7
2023 29 3092 445 73 16.4 10.1 93.7 118.6 16.1 31.0 .264 .558 .413 .392 .470 55.5 23.2 14.4
2024 30 2947 435 54 12.4 7.9 91.5 113.9 16.1 35.4 .247 .448 .339 .341 .414 47.4 24.8 10.4
Player 18860 2837 386 13.6 8.6 92.6 118.6 17.1 33.3 .256 .506 .363 .366 .442 50.4 23.7 11.7
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2016 47.1 29.4 11.8 11.8 35.3 41.2 23.5 0.0 35.3 47.1 11.8 5.9 0.0 0.0
2017 40.3 31.0 20.2 8.5 48.1 29.5 22.5 3.1 25.6 24.8 21.7 6.2 16.3 9.7
2018 36.5 28.4 24.8 10.3 42.0 33.7 23.2 1.7 24.1 29.8 22.9 9.1 12.2 7.7
2019 33.8 30.3 26.0 9.8 49.7 32.1 18.2 3.8 20.5 26.6 23.4 9.0 14.5 9.1
2020 35.3 29.3 22.6 12.8 44.4 36.1 19.5 3.0 24.1 24.8 24.8 8.3 12.8 6.9
2021 40.4 30.2 19.7 9.7 39.5 33.7 26.8 3.9 27.4 28.5 19.7 7.8 12.7 8.8
2022 39.6 28.4 22.0 10.0 38.7 39.3 22.0 2.0 27.1 27.6 22.0 7.6 13.6 8.7
2023 38.7 34.4 20.9 6.1 36.0 40.2 23.8 1.8 27.2 26.1 19.1 9.2 16.4 10.1
2024 35.9 30.3 26.0 7.8 38.4 34.7 26.9 3.7 25.3 27.6 23.0 7.4 12.4 7.9
Player 37.7 30.3 22.8 9.1 40.9 35.5 23.4 2.8 25.5 27.6 21.7 8.2 13.6 8.6
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.4 5 1,143 38.8 251 .252 .458 .358 24.7 25.9 16.8 .258 .490 .369 52.6
2024 Slider 0.8 3 384 13.0 99 .200 .356 .287 31.1 31.3 21.1 .180 .304 .252 27.1
2024 Sinker 0.1 0 365 12.4 94 .262 .595 .393 14.7 17.0 15.2 .299 .585 .409 57.4
2024 Changeup 2.1 6 270 9.2 63 .246 .474 .341 32.1 20.6 12.4 .266 .465 .349 43.2
2024 Cutter 1.3 3 269 9.1 68 .295 .508 .396 25.9 19.1 18.8 .260 .396 .333 59.2
2024 Curveball -0.3 -1 257 8.7 49 .222 .400 .306 35.6 32.7 16.8 .197 .436 .303 34.5
2024 Sweeper 0.5 1 151 5.1 31 .250 .321 .271 32.8 25.8 13.3 .281 .360 .298 42.9
2024 Split-Finger 2.2 2 76 2.6 12 .200 .600 .463 32.4 41.7 14.7 .174 .302 .283 40.0
2024 Slurve -6.5 -1 16 0.5 7 .000 .000 .100 44.4 42.9 42.9 .182 .465 .335 66.7
2024 Knuckleball 10.0 1 10 0.3 3 .667 .667 .600 0.0 0.0 -- .225 .265 .207 0.0
2024 Screwball 6.2 0 1 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2023 4-Seam Fastball 2.0 23 1,132 36.6 228 .319 .633 .458 27.8 19.7 13.3 .295 .568 .421 67.8
2023 Slider 1.8 9 482 15.6 118 .257 .574 .398 36.0 29.7 18.2 .249 .584 .395 48.5
2023 Sinker 2.2 9 400 12.9 111 .326 .642 .436 23.7 19.8 20.2 .319 .628 .428 59.2
2023 Changeup 2.5 9 377 12.2 92 .269 .564 .415 23.9 15.2 11.6 .241 .472 .352 38.5
2023 Cutter 2.2 6 254 8.2 57 .288 .596 .400 28.8 29.8 23.6 .229 .524 .346 54.3
2023 Curveball 0.3 1 246 8.0 55 .146 .417 .290 26.9 29.1 17.8 .173 .459 .316 40.6
2023 Sweeper 1.7 2 108 3.5 25 .250 .667 .390 35.7 36.0 25.0 .265 .592 .369 66.7
2023 Split-Finger 4.1 3 78 2.5 18 .267 .800 .478 33.3 33.3 17.1 .183 .563 .370 44.4
2023 Slurve 11.6 1 10 0.3 5 .200 .800 .400 20.0 40.0 40.0 .207 .777 .397 33.3
2023 Screwball 21.7 0 1 0.0 1 -- -- .700 -- 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 28 106 -2 -1 1 1 -1
2017 215 912 11 -11 7 7 14
2018 659 2,852 -6 -24 28 14 13
2019 536 2,283 6 -11 16 11 22
2020 271 1,118 7 -20 13 5 6
2021 661 2,774 9 -32 26 18 22
2022 710 2,974 -2 -10 19 15 22
2023 728 3,157 15 -3 35 16 63
2024 687 2,977 -7 -9 17 16 18
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2016 106 40.6 53.5 78.3 19.0 58.3 52.8 28.6 33.0 28.6 5.7 66.7
2017 914 45.6 69.0 72.8 25.0 56.5 41.4 26.4 45.0 31.9 5.6 78.4
2018 2,844 48.7 69.1 75.7 21.0 60.0 43.4 25.0 44.4 27.5 7.2 81.5
2019 2,288 48.8 67.0 73.0 24.9 66.7 42.8 21.6 45.4 28.1 6.9 73.9
2020 1,002 47.7 67.6 70.3 20.0 47.6 41.0 24.3 42.7 34.8 8.0 82.5
2021 2,774 48.2 72.2 81.6 23.7 62.9 41.3 28.2 47.0 23.1 7.5 83.7
2022 2,893 46.4 73.9 76.6 28.5 58.4 41.6 35.7 49.5 28.9 6.7 80.4
2023 3,092 45.8 71.5 75.6 26.0 62.4 42.4 30.1 46.8 28.4 7.0 81.4
2024 2,947 48.1 72.3 78.0 28.7 63.4 43.1 34.0 49.7 26.3 6.9 82.3
Player 18,860 47.4 70.8 76.4 25.2 61.2 42.4 29.0 46.8 27.6 7.0 80.8
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
Speed OAA Arm
Strength
Bat
Speed
Squared-up
Rate
Swing
Length
2016 57 15
2017 82 11
2018 84 48 88 92 68 93 90 98 91 99 25 75 29 85 30 86
2019 94 80 96 96 85 90 94 96 83 98 27 57 24 75 36 95
2020 62 19 65 81 58 84 84 91 89 82 9 86 8 86 29 47 31
2021 90 68 84 85 93 94 82 87 95 87 76 92 64 76 28 61 24
2022 82 51 86 89 71 98 93 97 98 96 29 80 22 57 27 85 3
2023 96 66 97 98 92 100 96 99 99 99 40 95 30 69 23 13 17
2024 78 49 75 79 78 92 84 85