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Front Row & Backstage

Before being crowned a World Champion in 2017, Jose Altuve went through four straight losing seasons with the Houston Astros, three of which had at least 106 losses. Being a major contributor on an Astros team that went from scorned as perennial losers to the 2017 World Series Champions (and 2021 AL Champs) is a screenplay-worthy story on its own.

But, the 2017 American League MVP has overcome some well-documented adversities, none more so than his 5’5″, 160-pound stature, which was exaggerated to 5’7″, 170 lbs from day one, to make his baseball projection more palatable and the player more easily signable.

But, like so many origin stories, the convergence of Altuve and the Astros didn’t have to happen like it did. It didn’t even have to happen at all. In fact, if not for a couple of fellow dedicated and persistent Venezuelan countrymen who believed in him, plus seven MLB teams with deep pocketbooks and a myopic vision of the human spirit, the Astros may not have snatched the World Series from the Dodgers, and a rookie from New York might have esc

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TeamHouston Astros

Position Second Baseman

HT/WT5' 6", 167 lbs

Birthdate5/6/1990 (34)

BAT/THRRight/Right

BirthplaceMaracay, Venezuela

StatusActive

Experience14th Season

7xSilver Slugger

2024, 2022, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014

2xAll-MLB 2nd Team

2024, 2019

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Jose Carlos Altuve, was born in Venezuela. He is the second baseman of the Houston Astros Major League Baseball (MLB) team. Altuve was signed by the Astros in 2007 as an amateur -free agent. He made his major league debut in 2011. He is a right-handed thrower and batter, and was an active MLB player. His weight is 165 lbs.

Altuve was a leader in the American League category, with at least 200 hits per season from 2014 to 2017. In that time, he won three batting championships.

Altuve was a seven-time MLB All-Star and has been elected the starting second baseman in the All-Star Game four consecutive times. He won the AL Most Valuable Player Award and the Hank Aaron Award in 2017. In addition, he became a World Series Champion with the Astros for the first time. Altuve was Sports Illustrated’s Co-Sportsperson Of The Year in the same year. J. Watt, a Houston Texans player from the NFL, was recognized for his leadership in relief efforts following Hurricane Harvey.

Altuve was also awarded the Associated Press Male Athlete and the Sporting News Major League Player Awards in