ATLANTA -- Matt Olson has played more consecutive games than all but seven players in Major League history.
Olson moved into a tie for eighth place with Hall of Famer Stan Musial when he played in his 895th consecutive game on Tuesday night against the Marlins. The Braves' first baseman began his streak while playing for the A’s on May 2, 2021.
Olson owns Major League Baseball’s longest current streak. The Orioles’ Pete Alonso ranks second with 523 games.
It’s worth noting that Olson has been in the starting lineup for all but one game during this streak. A late-season slump led former Atlanta manager Brian Snitker to sit the slugger against the Phillies on Sept. 24, 2022. But the streak exists because Olson ended up playing first base during the final two innings of a 6-3 Braves win.
If Olson plays every game for the Braves for the fifth straight year, he’ll finish this season having played in 944 consecutive games. By the end of the 2027 season, he could own the game’s seventh-longest streak, and a couple months into the 2028 season, he could pass Miguel Tejada (1,152 games) and own the fifth-longest streak.
Olson and Tejada are the only players to construct one of the 10 longest streaks this century. Cal Ripken Jr.’s unbreakable record of 2,632 consecutive games ended in 1999. That stood as the longest streak since Steve Garvey ended his 1,207 consecutive games streak in 1983. Garvey’s stretch was the longest since Billy Williams ended his 1,117-game streak in 1970.