Atlanta Braves First Baseman Matt Olson Set to Enter 2025 Season on Historic List

Atlanta Braves first baseman Matt Olson will enter the 2025 season in some historic company, thanks to the fact that he’s played 620 consecutive games in his career.

Sarah Langs of MLB.com looked back at the significance of that accomplishment in a year-end review.

Olson hasn’t missed a game since May 2nd of 2021, meaning that his streak spans three full seasons and change. While that’s a far cry from Ripken’s record-breaking consecutive games streak, it’s pretty incredible for the current game. In a league where players frequently rest in order to stay at optimum levels, Olson just doesn’t.

Also, Olson has been able to stay remarkably healthy, which is also an incredible feat.

Olson is now 30 years old and is coming off a year in which he hit .247 with 29 homers and 98 RBI. He posted a .333 on-base percentage for the Braves, who advanced to the National League wild card round of the playoffs.

Lifetime, Olson is a two-time All-Star, a two-time Gold Glover and a Silver Slugger winner. He hit a career-high 54 homers for the Braves in 2023. That led all of baseball, and he also led baseball in RBI that year with 139.

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