What years did Jose Altuve play?

Jose Altuve played in Major League Baseball from 2011 to 2026.

Was Jose Altuve a pitcher?

No. Jose Altuve was a position player (Second Baseman).

How many home runs did Jose Altuve hit?

Jose Altuve hit 269 career home runs with 2494 hits.

Jose Altuve

Second Baseman · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2011-2026)

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AVG .300

HR 269

RBI 930

H 2,494

OPS .820

PIV 22,947

Position: Second Baseman
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 5'6" / 166 lb
Born: 5/6/1990 in Puerto Cabello, Carabobo, Venezuela
MLB Debut: 2011-07-20
Awards: 9× All-Star · MVP · ALCS MVP · Gold Glove · 7× Silver Slugger · Hank Aaron Award · Babe Ruth Award

Full name: Jose Carlos Altuve

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Career Batting Statistics

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
2,086	8,309	1,297	2,494	473	34	269	930	329	693	1,235	.300	.358	.462	.820	22,947

Career AVG .300 vs. league average .250 across their career seasons — +20.2% above league average.

Career OBP .358 vs. league average .318 across their career seasons — +12.5% above league average.

Career SLG .462 vs. league average .407 across their career seasons — +13.6% above league average.

Career OPS .820 vs. league average .725 across their career seasons — +13.1% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2011	HOU	NL	57	221	26	61	10	1	2	12	7	5	29	.276	.255 (+8%)	.320 (-7%)	.399 (-10%)	.719 (-9%)	-341.4
2012	HOU	NL	147	576	80	167	34	4	7	37	33	40	74	.290	.254 (+14%)	.318 (+7%)	.405 (-1%)	.724 (+2%)	272.8
2013	HOU	AL	152	626	64	177	31	2	5	52	35	32	85	.283	.253 (+12%)	.317 (-1%)	.396 (-9%)	.714 (-5%)	-546.5
2014	HOU	AL	158	660	85	225	47	3	7	59	56	36	53	.341	.251 (+36%)	.313 (+20%)	.386 (+17%)	.700 (+19%)	2407.6
2015	HOU	AL	154	638	86	200	40	4	15	66	38	33	67	.313	.254 (+23%)	.316 (+11%)	.404 (+14%)	.721 (+13%)	1570.1
2016	HOU	AL	161	640	108	216	42	5	24	96	30	60	70	.338	.255 (+32%)	.321 (+23%)	.417 (+27%)	.738 (+26%)	3498.6
2017	HOU	AL	153	590	112	204	39	4	24	81	32	58	84	.346	.254 (+36%)	.324 (+26%)	.425 (+29%)	.750 (+28%)	3567.3
2018	HOU	AL	137	534	84	169	29	2	13	61	17	55	79	.316	.247 (+28%)	.318 (+21%)	.409 (+10%)	.727 (+15%)	1818.0
2019	HOU	AL	124	500	89	149	27	3	31	74	6	41	82	.298	.252 (+18%)	.322 (+9%)	.434 (+26%)	.757 (+19%)	1872.5
2020	HOU	AL	48	192	32	42	9	0	5	18	2	17	39	.219	.244 (-11%)	.321 (-11%)	.417 (-18%)	.739 (-15%)	-461.6
2021	HOU	AL	146	601	117	167	32	1	31	83	5	66	91	.278	.243 (+14%)	.317 (+10%)	.410 (+19%)	.727 (+15%)	1866.4
2022	HOU	AL	141	527	103	158	39	0	28	57	18	66	87	.300	.242 (+24%)	.311 (+24%)	.394 (+35%)	.706 (+30%)	3311.8
2023	HOU	AL	89	360	76	112	21	2	17	51	14	44	71	.311	.248 (+25%)	.320 (+23%)	.414 (+26%)	.734 (+25%)	1769.3
2024	HOU	AL	153	628	94	185	31	0	20	65	22	47	119	.295	.243 (+21%)	.312 (+12%)	.399 (+10%)	.711 (+11%)	1486.1
2025	HOU	AL	155	588	80	156	24	1	26	77	10	55	109	.265	.245 (+8%)	.315 (+4%)	.403 (+10%)	.718 (+7%)	855.7
2026	HOU	AL	111	428	61	106	18	2	14	41	4	38	96	.248	.243 (+2%)	.318 (-2%)	.399 (-1%)	.718 (-1%)	0
Career · 16 seasons			2,086	8,309	1,297	2,494	473	34	269	930	329	693	1,235	.300	—	—	—	—	22,947

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
100	413	82	111	19	0	25	52	42	73	.269

Playoff Batting by Year

Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2024	ALWC1	HOU	2	7	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	.143
2023	ALCS	HOU	4	18	3	4	1	1	1	1	2	.222
2023	ALDS2	HOU	2	8	1	3	0	1	1	0	0	.375
2022	ALCS	HOU	4	16	2	3	1	0	0	2	5	.188
2022	ALDS2	HOU	3	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	.000
2022	WS	HOU	6	26	5	8	2	0	0	1	3	.308
2021	ALCS	HOU	6	24	6	3	0	2	4	3	3	.125
2021	ALDS1	HOU	4	16	9	5	2	1	3	4	5	.312
2021	WS	HOU	6	27	6	6	1	2	2	1	9	.222
2020	ALCS	HOU	7	26	6	12	2	3	5	6	5	.462
2020	ALDS2	HOU	4	15	5	6	0	2	5	3	3	.400
2020	ALWC3	HOU	2	7	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	.000
2019	ALCS	HOU	6	23	6	8	1	2	3	4	1	.348
2019	ALDS1	HOU	5	20	4	7	2	3	5	1	3	.350
2019	WS	HOU	7	33	4	10	3	0	1	0	3	.303
2018	ALCS	HOU	5	20	4	5	1	0	2	3	4	.250
2018	ALDS2	HOU	3	14	4	4	1	1	2	0	2	.286
2017	ALCS	HOU	7	25	5	8	0	2	4	4	5	.320
2017	ALDS2	HOU	4	15	5	8	0	3	4	4	2	.533
2017	WS	HOU	7	31	4	6	2	2	6	1	7	.194
2015	ALDS1	HOU	5	22	2	3	0	0	1	1	2	.136
2015	ALWC	HOU	1	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	.250

Game Log & Splits

View full game log (1976 games) →

Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	996	3874	618	1171	137	433	.302
Away	980	4007	618	1217	118	456	.304

Last 10 Games — Batting

Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO
2025-09-27	HOU	LAA	W	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2025-09-26	HOU	LAA	L	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
2025-09-25	HOU	OAK	W	3	2	2	1	0	2	1	1
2025-09-24	HOU	OAK	L	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
2025-09-23	HOU	OAK	L	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2025-09-21	HOU	SEA	L	3	0	2	1	0	1	1	1
2025-09-20	HOU	SEA	L	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
2025-09-19	HOU	SEA	L	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
2025-09-17	HOU	TEX	W	4	1	1	0	1	2	0	1
2025-09-16	HOU	TEX	W	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2B	1831	1811	2594	4386	109	1016
OF	47	44	58	2	1	0
SS	2	0	0	2	1	0

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2011	HOU	2B	55	51	80	135	2	25
2012	HOU	2B	147	142	257	410	11	83
2013	HOU	2B	145	145	273	393	9	114
2014	HOU	2B	156	156	268	459	10	105
2015	HOU	2B	153	153	247	417	5	81
2016	HOU	2B	148	147	206	361	7	73
2016	HOU	SS	1	0	0	2	0	0
2017	HOU	2B	149	148	201	351	10	86
2018	HOU	2B	130	130	159	262	7	63
2019	HOU	2B	121	119	128	257	11	49
2019	HOU	SS	1	0	0	0	1	0
2020	HOU	2B	48	48	64	126	4	36
2021	HOU	2B	144	143	199	344	8	76
2022	HOU	2B	135	135	159	269	9	67
2023	HOU	2B	87	87	103	175	7	51
2024	HOU	2B	147	146	158	312	5	85
2025	HOU	2B	66	61	92	115	4	22
2025	HOU	OF	47	44	58	2	1	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position	Games
Second Base	1831
Shortstop	2
Left Field	47
Designated Hitter	91

Awards & Honors

Year	Award	Notes
2024	All-MLB Team - Second Team	2B
2024	Silver Slugger	2B
2024	TSN All-Star	2B
2023	Player of the Week	Week of 2023-08-12
2023	Player of the Week	Week of 2023-09-09
2022	All-MLB Team - First Team	2B
2022	Silver Slugger	2B
2019	ALCS MVP
2019	All-MLB Team - Second Team	2B
2018	Silver Slugger	2B
2018	TSN All-Star	2B
2017	Babe Ruth Award
2017	Hank Aaron Award
2017	MLB Players Choice Outstanding Player
2017	MLB Players Choice Player of the Year
2017	Most Valuable Player
2017	Player of the Month	July
2017	Player of the Week	Week of 2017-07-08
2017	Silver Slugger	2B
2017	TSN All-Star	2B
2017	TSN Major League Player of the Year
2017	This Year in Baseball Best Major Leaguer	Esurance
2017	This Year in Baseball Best Major Leaguer - Postseason	Esurance
2016	Lou Gehrig Memorial Award
2016	MLB Players Choice Outstanding Player
2016	MLB Players Choice Player of the Year
2016	Majestic Athletic Always Game Award
2016	Player of the Month	June
2016	Player of the Week	Week of 2016-04-16
2016	Silver Slugger	2B
2016	TSN All-Star	2B
2016	TSN Major League Player of the Year
2015	Gold Glove	2B
2015	Majestic Athletic Always Game Award
2015	Player of the Week	Week of 2015-05-03
2015	Silver Slugger	2B
2014	Silver Slugger	2B
2014	This Year in Baseball Breakout Hitter of the Year	MLB.com GIBBY
2014	This Year in Baseball Breakout Player of the Year	MLB.com GIBBY

Salary History

Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	HOU	AL	$3,687,500
2015	HOU	AL	$2,500,000
2014	HOU	AL	$1,250,000
2013	HOU	AL	$505,700
2012	HOU	NL	$483,000
Total Career Earnings			$8,426,200

Award Voting History

Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2024	Most Valuable Player	AL	15th	1.0	420	0
2022	Most Valuable Player	AL	5th	142.0	420	0
2021	Most Valuable Player	AL	18th	3.0	420	0
2018	Most Valuable Player	AL	13th	9.0	420	0
2017	Most Valuable Player	AL	1st	405.0	420	27
2016	Most Valuable Player	AL	3rd	227.0	420	0
2015	Most Valuable Player	AL	10th	44.0	420	0
2014	Most Valuable Player	AL	13th	41.0	420	0

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