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 50 31
2021 90 68 84 85 93 94 82 87 95 87 76 92 64 76 28 59 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 15 17
2024 78 49 75 79 78 92 84 85 91 83 30 77 39 48 11 86 21 80 5 49
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2017 24.1 24 19.2 5 4 13 8 33.3
2018 24.6 29 30.0 -1 15 18 15 51.7
2019 23.7 36 37.0 -1 10 28 15 41.7
2020 24.3 16 16.3 0 3 8 9 56.3
2021 24.5 39 37.8 1 13 27 16 41.0
2022 24.7 36 34.3 2 11 37 6 16.7
2023 24.4 54 48.0 6 11 30 25 46.3
2024 25.0 29 29.3 0 13 24 12 41.4
Player 24.4 263 251.9 11 80 185 106 40.3
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2017 24 17 18 18 21 21 22 18 18 19 20 22 19 20 18 20 19 18 20 19 19 18 21 19 20 18 18 22 20 21 12
2018 29 34 29 31 31 29 31 29 25 25 30 38 32 27 28 28 28 29 30 35 31 31 38 32 23 26 30 34 33 31 23
2019 36 41 30 42 38 35 39 39 29 26 34 41 40 37 35 37 32 34 39 40 39 39 48 45 35 34 34 40 44 36 27
2020 16 17 14 17 17 17 17 17 13 15 15 19 15 16 17 16 17 17 17 18 17 15 18 17 17 16 17 16 16 17 13
2021 39 43 29 37 39 35 42 41 28 28 34 40 38 33 39 43 36 39 38 42 40 39 46 42 35 34 41 43 40 34 36
2022 36 27 28 35 34 38 44 28 17 26 26 38 38 34 37 41 37 32 33 35 37 34 46 38 30 29 42 45 38 33 30
2023 54 47 44 44 51 49 51 45 43 44 46 51 47 47 54 52 55 44 53 52 50 48 58 54 42 39 46 48 49 46 41
2024 29 33 24 35 26 31 35 25 25 22 27 36 32 25 27 27 24 23 32 40 26 28 43 35 25 24 30 34 33 28 24
Player 263 259 216 259 257 255 281 242 198 205 232 285 261 239 255 264 248 236 262 281 259 252 318 282 227 220 258 282 273 246 206
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2016 2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 91.2 92.6 1.4 93.3 0.7 92.7 -0.6 92.3 -0.4 91.6 -0.7 92.9 1.3 93.7 0.8 91.5 -2.2
Launch Angle 25.5 17.8 -7.7 18.1 0.3 19.4 1.3 19.6 0.2 16.2 -3.4 16.1 -0.1 16.1 0.0 16.1 0.0
Barrel % 0.0 16.3 16.3 12.2 -4.1 14.5 2.3 12.8 -1.7 12.7 -0.1 13.6 0.9 16.4 2.8 12.4 -4.0
Hard Hit % 23.5 48.8 25.3 52.2 3.4 50.4 -1.8 45.9 -4.5 48.8 2.9 50.9 2.1 55.5 4.6 47.4 -8.1
LA Sweet-Spot % 17.6 28.7 11.1 35.1 6.4 36.1 1.0 30.1 -6.0 32.4 2.3 33.8 1.4 31.0 -2.8 35.4 4.4
xBA .181 .259 0.078 .250 -0.009 .278 0.028 .224 -0.054 .264 0.040 .248 -0.016 .264 0.016 .247 -0.017
BA .095 .259 0.164 .247 -0.012 .267 0.020 .195 -0.072 .271 0.076 .240 -0.031 .283 0.043 .247 -0.036
xwOBA .309 .392 0.083 .357 -0.035 .388 0.031 .340 -0.048 .378 0.038 .347 -0.031 .392 0.045 .341 -0.051
wOBA .248 .411 0.163 .340 -0.071 .368 0.028 .316 -0.052 .379 0.063 .344 -0.035 .413 0.069 .339 -0.074
xSLG .241 .588 0.347 .494 -0.094 .578 0.084 .453 -0.125 .507 0.054 .467 -0.040 .558 0.091 .448 -0.110
SLG .143 .651 0.508 .453 -0.198 .545 0.092 .424 -0.121 .540 0.116 .477 -0.063 .604 0.127 .457 -0.147
K% 14.3 27.8 13.5 24.7 -3.1 25.2 0.5 31.4 6.2 16.8 -14.6 24.3 7.5 23.2 -1.1 24.8 1.6
BB% 25.0 10.2 -14.8 10.6 0.4 9.3 -1.3 13.9 4.6 13.1 -0.8 10.7 -2.4 14.4 3.7 10.4 -4.0
Swing % 33.0 45.0 12.0 44.4 -0.6 45.4 1.0 42.7 -2.7 47.0 4.3 49.5 2.5 46.8 -2.7 49.7 2.9
Whiff% 28.6 31.9 3.3 27.5 -4.4 28.1 0.6 34.8 6.7 23.1 -11.7 28.9 5.8 28.4 -0.5 26.3 -2.1
In Zone % 40.6 45.6 5.0 48.7 3.1 48.8 0.1 47.7 -1.1 48.2 0.5 46.4 -1.8 45.8 -0.6 48.1 2.3
Out of Zone % 59.4 54.4 -5.0 51.3 -3.1 51.2 -0.1 52.3 1.1 51.8 -0.5 53.6 1.8 54.2 0.6 51.9 -2.3
Out of Zone Swing % 19.0 25.0 6.0 21.0 -4.0 24.9 3.9 20.0 -4.9 23.7 3.7 28.5 4.8 26.0 -2.5 28.7 2.7
First Pitch Swing % 28.6 26.4 -2.2 25.0 -1.4 21.6 -3.4 24.3 2.7 28.2 3.9 35.7 7.5 30.1 -5.6 34.0 3.9
First Pitch Strike % 64.3 56.9 -7.4 54.3 -2.6 56.4 2.1 53.5 -2.9 54.4 0.9 62.6 8.2 55.9 -6.7 60.3 4.4
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 28 11 39.3 .244 .256
2017 Shifts L 215 116 54.0 .473 .357
2018 Shifts L 656 397 60.5 .309 .361
2019 Shifts L 533 463 86.9 .419 .358
2020 Shifts L 241 214 88.8 .558 .285
2021 Shifts L 661 599 90.6 .352 .381
2022 Shifts L 691 562 81.3 .370 .339
2023 Shades L 710 421 59.3 .425 .406
2024 Shades L 679 383 56.4 .344 .335
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2016 44 18.4 20.5% 6.8% 20 21.8 0.0% 5.0%
2017 259 19.2 3.5% 2.3% 172 22.8 0.6% 8.7%
2018 866 16.9 29.9% 1.0% 505 22.2 0.8% 8.7%
2019 668 16.8 31.3% 1.6% 431 21.9 2.1% 6.0%
2020 262 17.3 28.2% 1.1% 218 22.7 0.9% 8.3%
2021 750 17.0 28.1% 2.4% 466 23.7 0.4% 9.7%
2022 781 17.8 22.8% 2.6% 445 22.6 0.7% 6.7%
2023 788 15.4 44.0% 0.1% 572 19.0 4.0% 0.5%
2024 688 15.5 40.7% 0.4% 560 18.4 7.5% 0.0%
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