For the primary month since 2019, a Nationwide League participant has strike 50 house runs. Atlanta Braves first baseman Matt Olson swatted his MLB-leading forty ninth and fiftieth homers of the season in the second one sport of Monday’s doubleheader towards the Philadelphia Phillies (GameTracker). He’s the primary NL participant with 50 homers since Fresh York Mets slugger Pete Alonso strike a rookie document 53 in 2019.

Here’s Olson’s fiftieth house run of the season. His earlier profession top was once the 39 homers he strike with the Oakland Athletics in 2021.

Olson is one house run at the back of Andruw Jones’ franchise document 51 homers poised in 2005. The superior Hank Aaron by no means strike greater than 47 house runs in a season in his profession, ditto Corridor of Famer Eddie Mathews. Chipper Jones crowned out at 45 house runs in 1999.

The Braves, as a crew, entered Monday’s doubleheader with 273 house runs, some distance and away essentially the most in baseball. The Los Angeles Dodgers are a separate 2nd with 222. Atlanta can crack the single-season house run document (307 by means of the 2019 Minnesota Twins).

Los Angeles Angels wunderkind Shohei Ohtani is 2nd at the house run leaderboard this season with 44. Alonso has 43 and Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber has 43 house runs each and every. They’re the one alternative gamers with 40 thus far this week.

Fresh York Yankees franchise participant Aaron Pass judgement on strike an American League document 62 house runs a week in the past.