José Carlos Altuve is a Venezuelan professional baseball second baseman who currently plays for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball. Altuve was born on May 6, 1990.
In 2007, the Astros offered Altuve an offer as an amateur free agent, and he didn’t make his debut in the major leagues until 2011.
He bats right-handed and throws right-handed, and as of the 2017 season, he held the record for being the lowest active Major League Baseball player at 5 feet 6 inches (1.68 m). His official weight is given as 165 pounds (75 kg).
From 2014 through 2017, Altuve led the American League in hits with at least 200 in each of those seasons and recorded at least 200 hits each year. During that time period, he was victorious in three national batting championships.
In 2017, Houston Astros’ second baseman Jose Altuve was awarded Major League Baseball’s Most Valuable Player. Among second basemen and infielders, he owns the record-most playoff home runs with 23, which is the second all-time in postseason history, and he is the fastest to achieve it in games played.
For the past two seasons, Altuve has led the American League in stolen bases. One of the greatest players in baseball history, he helped the Astros win three pennants in five seasons, including a World Series triumph with the team he helped build.
What Is Altuve Ethnicity?
Venezuelan-born José Carlos Altuve plays professional baseball. Officially known as the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Venezuela is a nation on the northern coast of South America that is made up of a continental mainland and several Caribbean Sea islands and islets.