Jose Altuve has been a mainstay at second base for the Houston Astros since 2012, his second season within the main leagues.
Altuve’s profession stats have impressed a number of pundits to label him a future Corridor of Famer. He presently has 2,232 hits to his credit score, and he’s nonetheless solely 34 years previous. The percentages appear to favor his eventual admission to the distinguished 3,000-hit membership.
Altuve’s resumé additionally options an American League Most Useful Participant Award (2017), three batting crowns (2014, 2016, and 2017), and 4 seasons with 200 hits or extra (2014-2017).
It’s true that every one of those particular person honors predate the 2020s, however Altuve stays a wonderful participant. He topped all big-league second basemen in general base worth through the previous half-decade (2020-2024).
OBV is a fundamental measurement of a participant’s productiveness on the plate. A constructive OBV signifies {that a} batter reached extra bases (by way of hits, walks, hit batters, stolen bases, and sacrifices) than a typical hitter would have attained beneath the identical circumstances.
Right this moment’s rankings are confined to large leaguers who made no less than 1,400 plate appearances between 2020 and 2024 — and who spent greater than 50 % of that point as second basemen.
Altuve tops the OBV listing at plus-265, adopted by Ketel Marte of the Arizona Diamondbacks at plus-230, Brandon Lowe of the Tampa Bay Rays at plus-172, and Marcus Semien of three golf equipment (Oakland A’s, Toronto Blue Jays, and Texas Rangers) at plus-171.
Scroll all the way down to see the half-decade’s 10 greatest second basemen within the OBV rankings. Every is adopted by parenthetical stats for 2020-2024 — video games, residence runs, runs batted in, and batting common — capped by his general base worth.
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1. Jose Altuve (G 578, HR 101, RBI 274, BA .288) — OBV +265
2. Ketel Marte (G 558, HR 89, RBI 296, BA .279) — OBV +230
3. Brandon Lowe (G 486, HR 103, RBI 287, BA .242) — OBV +172
4. Marcus Semien (G 697, HR 130, RBI 382, BA .254) — OBV +171
5. Jonathan India (G 523, HR 63, RBI 229, BA .253) — OBV +121
6. Ozzie Albies (G 496, HR 87, RBI 322, BA .263) — OBV +120
7. Jorge Polanco (G 509, HR 83, RBI 266, BA .246) — OBV +50
8. Jake Cronenworth (G 646, HR 69, RBI 310, BA .247) — OBV +49
9. Luis Arraez (G 594, HR 24, RBI 219, BA .321) — OBV +44
10. Andres Gimenez (G 568, HR 49, RBI 222, BA .261) — OBV +42
