Everystros CXVII
5. José Altuve (Bagwell score (79.07) is a five-foot-six right-handed second baseman from Puerto Cabello, VZ. Born on May 6, 1990, Altuve is super-well documented as the shortest player in Houston major league history, but once he got up to the parent club, it never mattered again.
Altuve reached the majors with the worst-case-scenario for the Astros, in year one of the teardown. Still, I can’t help but think that the bottom-feeding 2011 version of the Houston Astros gave Altuve a much better chance than any other team would have, even the Astros in most other years.