OVERALL GRADE
C+ SolidPLAYER PROFILE
Jose Altuve
Second Base • Designated Hitter • Houston Astros
COMPLETE BASEBALL EVALUATION
Player IQ
A role-aware evaluation of performance, history, durability, defensive responsibility, athletic value, decision-making proxies, and winning situational impact.
OVERALL PLAYER IQ
77 Out of 100BASEBALL ROLE
Second Base
2B · Houston Astros
COMPLETE PLAYER READ
The evaluation on Jose Altuve
Jose Altuve currently grades as a solid baseball player in the Baseball IQ 4.3 model. The strongest supported category is Durability (93/100), while Situational and Winning Impact (75/100) is the clearest current improvement area. Recent official form is stable, and the final evaluation combines production, role, history, durability, decision-making proxies, defense, athletic value, and situational impact.
WHAT THE MODEL USES
- Official current production and league context
- Career excellence, experience, awards and postseason history
- Durability and workload history
- Verified defensive and multi-position usage
- Baserunning and athletic-performance proxies
- Role-specific decisions, pitch recognition, command and pitchability proxies
- Situational and recent-form evidence
STRONGEST VERIFIED AREAS
- Durability
- Defense, Range and Arm Context
- Career Knowledge and Proven Impact
DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES
- Hitting Decisions and Pitch Recognition
- Athleticism and Baserunning Decisions
- Situational and Winning Impact
CATEGORY BREAKDOWN
Why the overall evaluation landed here
Last-X-games OPS (.701) is compared with the full-season OPS (.701).
Built from official MLB percentile context for OPS, OBP, SLG, average, power, and run creation.
Career history includes 2,111 games, 2,519 hits, 271 home runs and verified postseason context. Official recognition includes 4 elite awards and 29 major awards or championship records across 62 supported entries. No verified MLB postseason hitting sample was available.
Built from official game logs by comparing each appearance with the player's own per-game baseline.
Last-X-games OPS (.701) is compared with the full-season OPS (.701).
Based on the official primary role/position (2B) plus verified multi-position usage.
Built from official workload: 135 games and 573 plate appearances.
Uses official walk rate, strikeout rate, and on-base context to explain how often the hitter controls plate appearances.
Built from official fielding positions, innings, and verified multi-position usage.
Uses official stolen-base volume, success rate, and triples as a public baserunning proxy.
Compares the official RISP OPS (.621) with the full-season OPS (.701).
Accuracy safeguard — IQDugout does not invent Leadership and clubhouse impact, Confidence and mental toughness, Unpublished private scouting measurements, Private clubhouse and leadership evaluations when verified evidence is unavailable. Those areas remain clearly labeled rather than receiving false precision.
2026 HITTING
Hitting Statistics
Hits divided by at-bats.
Rate of reaching via a hit, walk, or hit-by-pitch in official OBP opportunities.
Total bases per at-bat.
On-base percentage plus slugging percentage.
VERIFIED CAREER CONTEXT
Player Career Hub
UNDERSTAND THE PLAYER
Scout Report
ARCHETYPE
Second Base
Rate-stat observations use the official qualified MLB hitting pool. Supported counting-stat observations use all official season participants in that stat group. Percentiles are calculated by IQDugout from those pools.
DATA CONFIDENCE
High confidence
Officially qualified for the MLB hitter comparison pool.
STRENGTHS
Verified indicators
No verified strength crossed the current percentile thresholds.
NEEDS IMPROVEMENT
Areas to monitor
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On-Base Production
Why: .306 OBP ranks #109 among 135 qualified MLB hitters (19th percentile).
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Slugging Production
Why: .395 SLG ranks #96 among 135 qualified MLB hitters (29th percentile).
VERSATILITY
Limited multi-position usage
- Primary role or position
- Second Base
- Position / role entries
- 2
- Verified secondary positions
- Designated Hitter
This report summarizes available 2026 MLB statistics and official position information and available season usage. Non-qualified comparisons are directional, not official leaderboard ranks. Percentiles are calculated by IQDugout from official MLB comparison pools. Confidence reflects sample size, qualification, and supported comparison coverage. Versatility labels summarize verified position usage and are not league benchmarks. This is a current-data evaluation, not a projection.