Houston Astros celebrity Jose Altuve has been a hitting machine since he entered the majors in 2011. In a four-year stretch from 2014-17, he led the majors in hits with greater than 200 in every of these seasons. Presently, he leads the 2024 season in base knocks with 31.
On Wednesday evening, Buster Olney alerted followers that Altuve had handed Corridor of Famer Chuck Klein and tied Corridor of Famer Scott Rolen (after which handed him later within the night) on the all-time record for hits. Olney additionally identified that Corridor of Famers Harmon Killebrew and Gary Carter are each inside hanging distance.
Altuve hasn’t fairly reached the age of 34 and is signed by the Astros through the 2029 season, so these will not be the final Corridor of Famers he passes.
He is averaged 146 hits over his final three seasons. If he does that via 2029, that can put him slightly below 3,000 hits, at 2,923. He solely performed in 90 video games final 12 months in order that pulled the variety of hits down by fairly a bit. Except accidents severely hamper him the remainder of his profession, that magical mark of three,000 hits is nicely inside the realm of risk.
Altuve is probably not the most well-liked participant exterior of the Astros fanbase because of the sign-stealing dishonest scandal from 2017. Regardless, Altuve can rake and is without doubt one of the finest and most profitable gamers over the past decade or so. He is an eight-time All-star, an MVP, a six-time Silver Slugger Award winner and a one-time Gold Glove winner.
He has a profession batting common of .308, with 408 doubles, 214 house runs and 295 stolen bases to go together with his 2,078 hits. He may very simply end his profession with over 3,000 hits, 500 doubles, 300 house runs and 350 stolen bases.
Altuve has 2,078 hits currently ranks him at 251st all time. With simply 122 extra hits this season, which would depart him proper at 2,200, he would leap all the best way up the record to 188th. He would go 12 different Corridor of Fame gamers this season if he stays wholesome. And that’s if he simply will get 122 extra hits.
Solely time will decide if the sign-stealing scandal will have an effect on his likelihood on the Corridor of Fame, however it ought to function solely a footnote in what has already been an unbelievable profession. He’ll be passing lots of Corridor of Famers on lots of profession lists as his profession winds down.
