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[houston-nat]

JOSE ALTUVE FACTS

1. Jose Altuve is short.



2. On May 1, 2012, Jose Altuve (5'5") faced Jon Rauch (6'11"), the biggest height differential between pitcher and batter since Eddie Gaedel. He lined out to first base.



3. Jon Rauch is the height of 1.277 Jose Altuves.



4. Jose Altuve once led off a baseball game with a first-inning inside-the-park standing-up home run.



5. On July 20, Michael Morse hit a home run against Tommy Hanson. The home run traveled the length of 85.8 Jose Altuves.



6. This Olympics, Usain Bolt took only 9.63 seconds to run 60.61 Jose Altuves.



7. Jose Altuve has 5 home runs this year. The most recent, on June 23, traveled 68.86 Altuves.



8. Jose Altuve was born on May 6, 1990. That makes him 24 days older than Eury Perez, 30 days older than Anthony Rendon, and two+ months older than Matt Purke.



9. In 2011, Jose Altuve played in the All-Star Futures Game. In 2012, Jose Altuve played in the All-Star Game.



10. Jose Altuve is awesome.

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2012 Washington Nationals @ 2009 Washington Nationals
[8 August, 2012 - 8:05 PM Yankee Time - 7:05 PM True American Patriot Time - Minute Maid Park - Houston, Republic of Texas]
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The Houston Altuves (36-75) 2B Jose Altuve 1B Someone who's not Jose Altuve 3B Someone who's not Jose Altuve LF Someone who's not Jose Altuve CF Someone who's not Jose Altuve RF Someone who's not Jose Altuve C Someone who's not Jose Altuve SS Someone who's not Jose Altuve RHP Armando Galtuvarraga

The Waltuvington Naltuvinals (67-43) 2B Someone who's not Jose Altuve RF Someone who's not Jose Altuve 3B Someone who's not Jose Altuve LF Someone who's not Jose Altuve 1B Someone who's not Jose Altuve CF Someone who's not Jose Altuve SS Someone who's not Jose Altuve C Someone who's not Jose Altuve LHP Gio Gonzaltuvez