Talking about José Altuve is a sign of greatness and it is all due to his remarkable performance, game by game, which quickly translates him into the history of this sport. The most recent event was last Saturday when he reached 1,700 hits in his major league career.
The aforementioned number of hits placed the big league in the 12th position of all time among Venezuelans who have played in the majors.
Above “Astroboy” is Asdrúbal Cabrera with 1,738 hits, a figure that changes daily, since the versatile player belongs to Cascabeles de Arizona and is a fixture in the lineup; later, Oswaldo Guillén is in step eleven with 1,764.
The impressive thing about Altuve’s numbers is that he achieved this uncool in his match number 1,371 and in his visit to the plate 5,503, not counting yesterday’s match, in eleven seasons.
In addition, Altuve’s greatness goes further and to this day, there is no player from the best baseball in the world who has hit more hits than him since 2011.
In this 2021 season, Altuve has connected a total of 90 hits, including 10 doubles, 20 homers and 55 produced for a .276 hitter average.
