{"id":116122,"date":"2025-11-03T10:41:44","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T10:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=116122"},"modified":"2025-11-03T10:41:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T10:41:44","slug":"atlanta-braves-matt-olson-wins-third-gold-glove-award-of-his-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=116122","title":{"rendered":"Atlanta Braves\u2019 Matt Olson wins third Gold Glove Award of his career"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Atlanta Braves first baseman Matt Olson has been awarded the Rawlings Gold Glove Award, marking his first win as a Brave and the third of his MLB career.<\/p>\n<p>Olson, 31, played in all 162 games for the Braves this season, leading major-league first basemen in fielding run value and defensive runs saved.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Olson led the majors with 1,429 innings played in the infield and committed just five errors, achieving a .996 fielding percentage that tied his career-best.<\/p>\n<p>He also turned nine double plays from first base, the most in the National League and second-most in MLB.<\/p>\n<p><b>[DOWNLOAD: <\/b>Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks<b>]<\/b><\/p>\n<p>An Atlanta native, Olson has played the most innings among all infielders since his first full season in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>His fielding percentage of .995 since 2018 ranks third among MLB infielders with at least 900 appearances.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the Gold Glove, Olson was an All-Star in the 2025 Midsummer Classic and competed in the T-Mobile Home Run Derby twice.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Olson is only the second Braves first baseman to win a Gold Glove, joining Freddie Freeman who won in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The Braves have won Gold Gloves in five of the last six seasons, totaling 16 in the last 14 years and 41 since 1992.<\/p>\n<p><b>TRENDING STORIES:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>[SIGN UP: <\/b>WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter<b>]<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atlanta Braves first baseman Matt Olson has been awarded the Rawlings Gold Glove Award, marking his first win as a Brave and the third of his MLB career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":116123,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[71,4405,750,1069,44,4404],"class_list":["post-116122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","tag-atlanta-braves","tag-fielding-percentage","tag-freddie-freeman","tag-matt-olson","tag-mlb","tag-rawlings-gold-glove-award"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - 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