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Jose Altuve

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Jose Altuve is a Venezuelan professional baseball second baseman for the Houston Astros, known for his contact hitting and speed despite his notably small stature for the sport. He has won multiple batting titles and a Most Valuable Player award.

Facts
Birth Year
1990 2
Birth Date
1990-05-06 1
Nationality
Venezuelan 1
Career Highlight
Won the 2017 American League Most Valuable Player Award and the 2017 and 2022 World Series with the Houston Astros, after winning three AL batting titles from 2014 to 2017. 1
Classification
Competition Category
Team 1
Connections

Competed In

World Series, Competitions
Source Wikipedia, Jose Altuve

Plays

Baseball, Sports
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  • Also in Geography Atlas: Venezuela, nationality there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia, Jose Altuve
Wikipedia
  • Lead sentence, birth date
    Jose Carlos Altuve (born May 6, 1990) is a Venezuelan professional baseball second baseman for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB).
  • Lead sentence, birth year
    Jose Carlos Altuve (born May 6, 1990) is a Venezuelan professional baseball second baseman for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB).
  • Lead sentence, nationality
    Jose Carlos Altuve (born May 6, 1990) is a Venezuelan professional baseball second baseman for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB).
  • Lead paragraph, career highlight
    In 2017, he won the AL Most Valuable Player Award and the Hank Aaron Award, and won the 2017 World Series with the Astros.
  • Wikipedia, article summary lead
    Watt of the NFL's Houston Texans for helping to lead relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.
  • Competed In: World Series, lead paragraph, competed-in
    As part of an era that has seen the Astros win two World Series titles and four pennants in six seasons, Altuve has become one of the greatest postseason hitters in history; through the 2025 postseason, he ranks second all-time in postseason home runs (27), second in runs scored (89), third in hits
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2. Wikidata: Jose Altuve
Wikidata Q3186148, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source

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