FACTS/FLUKES: Altuve, Chen, Cruz, Warren, C. Sanchez
Jun 30 2015
Altuve thrives despite h% normalization…Buck up, Jose Altuve (SS, HOU) - while you may be supplanted as an All Star starter by a sub-.600 OPS 2B, your Astros are comfortably in first place in the AL West. Independent of whether he gets the fans’ love, Altuve is posting All Star numbers:
Year AB BA xBA bb% ct% h% G/L/F HR PX Spd SB SBO SB% ==== === ==== ==== === === == ======== == == === == === === 2011* 365 .297 .278 3 88 33 50/20/30 6 77 121 11 21% 56% 2012 576 .290 .277 6 87 32 53/20/27 7 72 137 33 27% 75% 2013 626 .283 .264 5 86 32 49/23/28 5 58 97 35 28% 73% 2014 660 .341 .297 5 92 36 48/23/30 7 81 124 56 32% 86% 2015 281 .292 ...
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