Houston Astros second baseman Jose Altuve became one of 11 MLB players to achieve a unique career milestone on Friday.
Astros' Jose Altuve joins exclusive company with latest career milestone originally appeared on The Sporting News
Houston Astros second baseman Jose Altuve has become an enduring sign of consistency in Major League Baseball.
Over the course of Altuve's 15-year career, he has appeared in 120 or more games in a single season 12 times. The reasons for not reaching that number in the other three are as follows: not making his big-league debut until July 20, 98 games into the campaign (2011); COVID-19 shortening the regular season to just 60 contests (2020); suffering a broken thumb during the World Baseball Classic and missing 43 games as a result (2023).
Altuve's seemingly constant presence in the Astros' lineup has allowed many of his counting statistics — including doubles, home runs and stolen bases — to accumulate over time. On Aug. 22, Altuve achieved a unique milestone involving all three of those metrics.
Altuve's late-inning double on Friday puts him in elite company
During the ninth inning of Friday's game against the Baltimore Orioles, Altuve doubled on a first-pitch offering from reliever Corbin Martin. That hit not only solidified Altuve's 2-5 performance at the plate in what would be a 10-7 victory for the Astros, but also helped him became just the 11th player in MLB history to accumulate 450 doubles, 250 home runs and 300 stolen bases over the course of his career.
The Athletic's Chandler Rome crunched the numbers using Stathead's software on Aug. 10 to discover who else had previously met those marks. Of the 10 other players who have reached that milestone, half (Craig Biggio, Andre Dawson, Rickey Henderson, Derek Jeter and Willie Mays) are enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Two more (Alex Rodriguez and Carlos Beltrán) are still on the ballot, and another (Barry Bonds) faces long odds of being honored in Cooperstown.
Bobby Abreu (an outfielder whose MLB career lasted from 1996 to 2014) and Vada Pinson (another outfielder who played between 1958 and 1975) are the lone outliers who are ineligible for the Hall of Fame.
Jose Altuve hit his 250th career home run in the first inning. He needs one more double for 450. When he hits it, Altuve will be the 11th player in MLB history with 250 home runs, 300 stolen bases and 450 doubles.
— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) August 10, 2025
The other 10, according to @Statheadpic.twitter.com/SoXbQCxcOq
Altuve — a two-time World Series champion, nine-time All-Star and 2017 American League MVP — is hitting .275 with 22 home runs, 19 doubles, 64 RBIs, 69 runs scored and a .795 OPS in 125 games this year. He stole his 300th base on May 3, 2024, and launched his 250th home run the day Rome ran his calculation.
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