Hint: #1 A two-time Hank Aaron Award winner, he was the Most Valuable Player for a league he no longer competes in.

Hint: #2 He represented his home country in the World Baseball Classic in 2013 and 2017.

Tuesday’s question answered:

Q. Whose listed height was later corrected from what it showed in his rookie season?

Hint: #1 He led his league in hits four straight seasons, twice topping the majors.

Hint: #2 His accolades include, among others, Sports Illustrated’s “Sportsperson of the Year”, the Babe Ruth Award, the Lou Gehrig Award, the Hank Aaron Award, was nine-times an MLB All-Star, seven times a Silver Slugger and an American League Championship Series Most Valuable Player.

A. JOSE ALTUVE [B-R Bio]

– Ans. Altuve’s height was shown as 5’7″ when he came up to the NL Astros in 2011. At a more accurate 5’6″, he has been the shortest player in the majors for his entire career. [Longtime Horsehide Trivia reader, Barry Nelson, a fire fighter in Guilderland, New York, had the opportunity to meet Altuve in person. Barry reports, “Jose Altuve spent a season playing for the Astros minor league team very close to me, the Tri-City Valley Cats.  Several times the team had my fire department as special guests at games, and I got to meet, greet and eat with the players. I am 5’7″ and towered over him by 2 -3 inches.”]

– #1 In the only 4 seasons where his hit total made it to 200, in 2014 thru 2017, he hit 225, 200, 216 & 204 hits.

– #2  View all his professional plaudits at B-R & Wikipedia.

FCR – Andrew Jett, Waxahachie, Texas