The Atlanta Braves, who won the NL East and defeated the Phillies in the Wild Card Round this season, had one of the their players honored today. Matt Olson won Fielding Bible award today. Olson, who is a National League…
Atlanta Braves first baseman Matt Olson has won his sixth career Fielding Bible Award, surpassing Albert Pujols for the most all-time at the first base position. The award, voted on by an expert panel and presented by Sports Info Solutions, recognized Olson following a narrow race with San Diego Padres first baseman Ty France.
Olson's sixth win ties him with Yadier Molina and Andrelton Simmons for the second-most awards in history, trailing only Mookie Betts. During the season, Olson led all first basemen with 12 outs above average and ranked first in FanGraphs' defensive adjustments to WAR.
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