Olson performs in 741st straight with Braves to set franchise report

ST. LOUIS — Atlanta Braves first baseman Matt Olson made franchise historical past on Friday evening towards the St. Louis Cardinals when he performed in his 741st consecutive sport for the workforce to interrupt Dale Murphy’s report of 740 set from 1981 to 1986.

Olson signed with Atlanta as a free agent forward of the 2022 season after taking part in elements of six seasons with the Oakland Athletics.

He has began 740 of his 741 video games as a member of the Braves with the lone exception approaching Sept. 24, 2022 at Philadelphia when he entered the sport within the backside of the eighth inning as a defensive alternative.

“It’s quite an accomplishment,” Braves supervisor Walt Weiss stated. “This is a tough league. We play virtually every day, so to do something like that is mind boggling, really. The Ripken thing is another universe, but what Matt Olson is doing is really, really impressive.”

Olson has performed in 875 consecutive video games general, which is the ninth-longest streak in main league historical past, 20 video games shy of Stan Musial’s 895 sport streak with the Cardinals from 1952-57.

Cal Ripken performed in 2,632 consecutive video games for Baltimore from May 1982 till September 1998.

Olson final sat out a sport on May 1, 2021, when he missed three video games with the Athletics after struggling a left eye contusion throughout batting observe on April 29.