Jose Altuve
Venezuelan baseball player
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| April 3 2025 | Altuve experienced a challenging game against the Minnesota Twins, striking out five times and going 0-for-5, which was the first time in his career he had such a performance. |
| March 3 2025 | The Houston Astros announced that Jose Altuve would be transitioning from his previous position to play left field for the 2025 season. |
| November 12 2024 | Won his seventh career Silver Slugger Award, tying Ryne Sandberg for the most by any second baseman in Major League history. |
| September 24 2024 | Helped the Astros clinch their fourth straight AL West title, marking his ninth postseason appearance in his career. |
| August 24 2024 | Hit his 38th home run to lead off a game, passing Ichiro Suzuki for fifth most in American League history. |
| August 19 2024 | Collected his 150th hit of the season, becoming the third Astro in club history to have 10 seasons with 150+ hits. |
| August 9 2024 | Passed Jimmy Wynn for fourth place on the Astros' all-time home run list with his 224th career home run, helping the Astros win a comeback 8-4 victory against the Red Sox. |
| July 3 2024 | Named the starting second baseman for the American League in the 2024 All-Star Game, marking his ninth All-Star selection overall and sixth as a starter. |
| May 3 2024 | Recorded his 300th stolen base against the Seattle Mariners, becoming the third Astro with 300 stolen bases and the fifth player in MLB history with 2,000 hits, 400 doubles, 200 home runs, 300 stolen bases, and a career batting average over .300. |
| February 6 2024 | Signed a five-year, $125 million contract extension with the Houston Astros, ensuring he would remain with the team through the 2029 season. |
| October 2023 | In the ALDS, hit a home run on the first pitch to lead off the Astros and the postseason. In ALCS Game 5, hit a dramatic three-run home run in the top of the ninth to give the Astros a comeback lead. Played his 100th career postseason game, becoming just the seventh player in Major League history to do so. |
| September 27 2023 | Attained his 400th career double, becoming the third player to hit as many for the Astros, following Biggio (668) and Bagwell (488). |
| September 5 2023 | Hit three home runs in the first three innings against Texas, becoming the fourth player in major league history to do so. Became the first Astros player to hit five home runs over two games and the first to hit for the cycle and a 3-home run game in the same season. |
| August 28 2023 | Hit for the cycle for the first time in his MLB career in a 13-5 win over the Red Sox at Fenway Park, the first Astros cycle since Brandon Barnes in 2013. |
| August 19 2023 | Collected his 2,000th hit at Minute Maid Park, becoming the fastest player in major league history to reach 2,000 hits, 200 home runs, and 200 stolen bases in just 1,631 games. |
| August 5 2023 | At Yankee Stadium, stole his 288th career base, tying César Cedeño for third place in team history. Also hit his 200th career home run, becoming the fifth Astro to reach this milestone. |
| June 17 2023 | Collected his 35th career four-hit game, passing Biggio for the most all-time in Astros history. |
| June 13 2023 | Became the 344th player in MLB history to score 1,000 runs when José Abreu hit a single to get him home from second base. |
| May 29 2023 | Hit a grand slam against the Twins in the bottom of the seventh inning, surpassing 700 career RBIs and tying the club record for grand slams (7) with Carlos Lee. |
| May 23 2023 | Singled against the Milwaukee Brewers for his 1,938th career hit, passing José Cruz for third place all-time in Astros history. |
| May 19 2023 | Made his regular-season debut for the Astros, weeks ahead of schedule after his thumb injury. |
| March 2023 | During the World Baseball Classic quarterfinals, Altuve was hit on the left thumb by a fastball from USA pitcher Daniel Bard, suffering a fracture that was projected to make him miss over two months and cause him to miss his first-ever Opening Day start. |
| March 2023 | Represented the Venezuelan national team in the World Baseball Classic. |
| March 30 2023 | Altuve's house was burglarized on Opening Day, with over $1 million in jewelry stolen. Police subsequently arrested three men and a woman in connection with the crime. |
| November 2022 | Won his fourth Luis Aparicio Award and was nominated for the AL Hank Aaron Award. |
| November 2022 | Won his second World Series title with the Astros, defeating the Philadelphia Phillies in six games, going 8-for-26 in the series. |
| November 2022 | Won his sixth Silver Slugger Award (first since 2018) and finished fifth in American League MVP Award voting. |
| September 27 2022 | Hit his twelfth leadoff home run of the season against the Arizona Diamondbacks, tying the Astros' team record set by George Springer in 2019. |
| September 19 2022 | Hit a leadoff home run against the Rays that started the scoring in a 4-0 win, clinching the Astros' fifth AL West division title in six seasons. |
| August 17 2022 | Announced his intention to play for Venezuela in the 2023 World Baseball Classic. |
| August 5 2022 | Named the Astros' Heart & Hustle Award winner, becoming a nominee for the major league award. |
| August 3 2022 | Went 4-for-4 against the Boston Red Sox, tying his career high and matching Craig Biggio's record for most four-hit games in team history (34). |
| July 8 2022 | Named the American League All-Star Game starter at second base, marking his eighth All-Star selection and fifth as a starter - both setting franchise records. |
| July 3 2022 | Appeared in his 1,500th career game against the Los Angeles Angels, going 3-for-5. |
| May 19 2022 | Broke César Cedeño's record for fourth-most doubles in Astros history (344th double) and achieved a season-high four hits in a 5-1 win over the Rangers. |
| October 2021 | Made his 73rd postseason start, creating the most postseason starts by an infield quartet in major league history. Tied Carlos Beltran's record of 21 runs scored in one postseason. |
| September 18 2021 | Surpassed Lance Berkman's hit record at Minute Maid Park with a double. |
| September 17 2021 | Hit a home run off Madison Bumgarner, tying Lance Berkman's record for most hits at Minute Maid Park with 849 hits. |
| July 4 2021 | Named to his seventh All-Star Game, tying the Astros franchise record with Craig Biggio for most career All-Star game selections. |
| June 23 2021 | Altuve hit his 150th career home run, off Thomas Eshelman of the Baltimore Orioles. |
| June 16 2021 | Altuve hit a lead-off home run against Texas, completing his unprecedented back-to-back home run feat. |
| June 15 2021 | Altuve hit a walk-off grand slam against the Texas Rangers, becoming the first player in major league history to hit a walk-off grand slam and then a lead-off home run in the following game. |
| 2020 | Became the Venezuelan all-time leader in playoff RBIs in Game 5 of the ALCS against the Tampa Bay Rays. |
| 2020 | In Game 4 of the ALCS, Altuve hit the fastest pitch for a home run in 2020, taking a four-seam fastball from Tampa Bay Rays starter Tyler Glasnow. |
| 2020 | Altuve hit a home run in Game 3 of the ALDS against the Oakland A's, tying Mickey Mantle and Reggie Jackson for 5th-most postseason home runs and becoming the Venezuelan with the most postseason home runs. |
| 2020 | Batted .306/.378/.565 with 5 home runs and 11 RBI in 48 at-bats during the postseason. |
| July 27 2020 | Jose Altuve hit his 300th double in his MLB career. |
| October 2019 | In ALCS Game 6, hit a walk-off home run against Aroldis Chapman to send Houston to the World Series, earning ALCS MVP with a .348 batting average. |
| October 2019 | During the ALDS, hit 3 home runs in a series victory over the Tampa Bay Rays, becoming the second baseman with the most postseason home runs in baseball history. |
| July 28 2019 | Achieved his 1,500th career hit in a game against the St. Louis Cardinals, reaching the milestone faster than most players in the divisional play era. |
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