Jose Altuve
| Birthdate | 5/6/1990 |
| Death Date | |
| Debut Year | 2011 |
| Year of Induction | |
| Teams | Astros |
| Position | Second Base |
Before the age of 30 Jose Altuve earned a World Series ring, an MVP Award, 6 All Star rings, 5 Silver Slugger Awards, and a Gold Glove.
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Jose Altuve has quite a resumé for Cooperstown
Jose Altuve has quite a resumé for Cooperstown
At 5’6″ Jose Altuve is one of baseball’s shortest players. However his Cooperstown resumé stands tall.
Before the age of 30 Altuve stuffed his trophy case. In his 20s he earned three batting crowns, five Silver Slugger Awards, six All Star rings, a Gold Glove, an MVP, and a World Series championship. Each season from 2014-2017 the second baseman tallied 200+ hits, leading the league each time.
In the collection is this lineup card signed by Dusty Baker as manager of the Reds on August 3, 2011. Baker’s Reds dropped the the 5-4 game to his future employers the Houston Astros.
Altuve’s name is penciled in at the second spot in the Houston order. Playing in just his 14th big league game, the second baseman went 2-for-3. He recorded the 16th and 17th hits of his career and his third career multi-hit contest. His first-inning at bat featured the first sacrifice bunt of his career.
Hitting in the three-hole for Baker’s Reds that day was defending NL MVP Joey Votto. The Cincinnati first baseman had three hits – two of them doubles – and a run scored. Votto smoked 40 two-base hits in 2011 to lead the league in the category for the only time of his career.
It was also the first of five seasons that Votto led the NL in walks and the second of seven times that he paced the circuit in on-base percentage. An All Star for the second time in 2011, Votto also received the only Gold Glove Award of his career.
Baker’s signature is found at the bottom.
