Matt Olson

Positions: First Baseman and Rightfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-5, 230lb (196cm, 104kg)

Team: Oakland Athletics (majors)

Born: March 29, 1994 in Atlanta, GA us

Draft: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (47th) of the 2012 MLB June Amateur Draft.

High School: Parkview HS (Lilburn, GA)

Debut: September 12, 2016 (Age 22-167d, 18,899th in MLB history)
vs. KCR 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2017 season

2018 Contract Status: Signed thru 2018, 1 yr/$548k (18)

Service Time (01/2018): 0.103 • Arb Eligible: 2021 • Free Agent: 2024

Agents: Jet Sports

Full Name: Matthew Kent Olson

Twitter: @mattolson21

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SUMMARY

2018

Career

WAR

1.9

4.5

AB

266

476

R

H

114

BA

.237

.239

HR

RBI

SB

OBP

.320

.333

SLG

.451

.517

OPS

.771

.850

OPS+

114

131

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
2012	18	OAK-min	Rk,A-	50	213	188	32	53	16	1	9	45	0	0	19	50	.282	.352	.521	.873		98	5	3	0	3	1		ATH,VMT · ARIZ,NYPL
2013	19	OAK-min	A	134	558	481	69	108	32	0	23	93	4	3	72	148	.225	.326	.435	.761		209	5	2	0	3	1		BEL · MIDW
2014	20	OAK-min	A+,Fal	149	680	547	122	143	32	2	41	105	4	1	127	146	.261	.406	.552	.958		302	6	6	0	0	4		STK,MES · CALL,AZFL
2015	21	OAK-min	AA	133	585	466	82	116	37	0	17	75	5	1	105	139	.249	.388	.438	.826		204	7	6	0	8	6		MDL · TL
2016	22	OAK-min	AAA	131	540	464	69	109	34	1	17	60	1	0	71	132	.235	.335	.422	.757		196	9	0	2	3	2		NVL · PCL
2016	22	OAK	AL	11	28	21	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	4	.095	.321	.143	.464	36	3	1	0	0	0	0	/93
2017	23	OAK-min	AAA	79	343	294	56	80	16	1	23	60	3	0	45	83	.272	.367	.568	.935		167	1	1	0	3	0		NVL · PCL
2017	23	OAK	AL	59	216	189	33	49	2	0	24	45	0	0	22	60	.259	.352	.651	1.003	166	123	6	5	0	0	1	39	RoY-4
2018	24	OAK	AL	74	300	266	37	63	12	0	15	37	2	1	26	85	.237	.320	.451	.771	114	120	2	7	0	1	1	*3
3 Yrs				144	544	476	73	114	15	0	39	82	2	1	55	149	.239	.333	.517	.850	131	246	9	12	0	1	2
162 Game Avg.				162	612	536	82	128	17	0	44	92	2	1	62	168	.239	.333	.517	.850	131	277	10	14	0	1	2

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WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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Matt Olson

SUMMARY

WAR

AB

R

H

BA

HR

RBI

SB

OBP

SLG

OPS

OPS+

Standard Batting

Player Value--Batting

Player News

Standard Fielding

Appearances

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Hall of Fame Statistics

Transactions

Salaries

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More Olson Pages

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