Matt just keeps showing up and getting the job done.
Braves' Matt Olson passes Pete Rose on incredible MLB record list originally appeared on The Sporting News
Matt Olson is as reliable as they come.
The Atlanta Braves' first baseman doesn't miss a day of work. Seriously.
Tuesday night marks Olson's 746th consecutive game played.
That moves him into 12th on the all-time MLB record list for consecutive games, breaking a tie with Pete Rose (745), according to MLB Network's Sarah Langs.
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This is how the top-12 of that consecutive games played list looks:
- Cal Ripken Jr.: 2,632
- Lou Gehrig: 2,130
- Everett Scott: 1,307
- Steve Garvey: 1,207
- Miguel Tejada: 1,152
- Billy Williams: 1,117
- Joe Sewell: 1,103
- Stan Musial: 895
- Eddie Yost: 829
- Gus Suhr: 822
- Nellie Fox: 798
- Matt Olson: 746
MLB's official social media account shared that Olson's streak is the fifth-longest in the expansion era, which began in 1961.
Olson doesn't just play every day. He usually delivers.
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He has some of the most impressive natural power in the game, and he's a smooth defensive first baseman, too.
If he carries this streak through next season, he'll rank eighth on the all-time list at the end of 2026.
Even if it ends before then, it's already an impressive accomplishment. Very few players appear in every game of a single season, let alone a bunch of them in a row.
Modern sport science is just fine with the occasional game off.
Olson doesn't do that, though. He plays every day, and that means every single day.
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