How Matt Olson's Plate Appearances per Strikeout Compares to Similar Players

Matt Olson has posted a career Plate Appearances per Strikeout of 4.2, well below the league average of 7.35 — production that has significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Plate Appearances per Strikeout season came in 2016, posting 7.0, well above the league average of 4.86 that year. The lowest point came in 2017 at 3.6, well below the league average of 4.76 that year. Output has held steady over recent seasons. The figure has moved from 4.31 in 2023 to 4.03 in 2024 and 4.11 in 2025. That level has become his established baseline entering 2026. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average has remained well below league norms across 9 seasons.

Matt Olson Lifetime Plate Appearances per Strikeout

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Matt Olson Plate Appearances per Strikeout Per Season

Matt Olson's Plate Appearances per Strikeout for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, 1B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Matt Olson Plate Appearances per Strikeout per season line chart

Matt Olson Plate Appearances per Strikeout by Team

Matt Olson's career Plate Appearances per Strikeout totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Matt Olson career Plate Appearances per Strikeout by team bar chart

Matt Olson Plate Appearances per Strikeout Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Matt Olson's career Plate Appearances per Strikeout shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Matt Olson Plate Appearances per Strikeout year-over-year waterfall chart

Matt Olson Plate Appearances per Strikeout Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Matt Olson's seasonal Plate Appearances per Strikeout alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Matt Olson Plate Appearances per Strikeout distribution box chart versus comparable players

Matt Olson Plate Appearances per Strikeout — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Matt Olson's MLB career with Plate Appearances per Strikeout alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Matt Olson Plate Appearances per Strikeout season-by-season breakdown table