The eight-time All-Star has been a mainstay in Houston’s lineup throughout their championship runs.
HOUSTON — The Houston Astros and second baseman Jose Altuve agreed to a five-year contract extension, team general manager Dana Brown announced in a news release sent out on Tuesday.
Altuve was heading into the final year of his contract, but the extension keeps him in Houston through the 2029 season.
Altuve is heading into his 13th season with the Astros, the only team he’s played for in his Major League Baseball career. The eight-time All-Star has been a mainstay in the lineup through the team’s championship run and, according to a post on the Astros X account, will be an “Astro for life.”
According to the Astros, Altuve ranks first in career batting average for the team with a .307 career average. He’s third in hits with 2,047, third in doubles at 400, third in runs at 1,062 and third in stolen bases at 293. He ranks fourth in OPS at .834 and fifth in home runs at 209.
A three-time batting champion and the 2017 AL MVP, the 33-year-old Altuve hit .311 with 15 homers, 51 RBIs and 14 stolen bases in 90 games last year. He broke his left thumb when hit by a pitch from Daniel Bard while playing for Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic and didn’t make his season debut until May 19.
Altuve helped the Astros win their first two World Series titles in 2017 and ’22. He was voted the AP Male Athlete of the Year in 2017.
How much was Altuve’s contract extension worth?
Details of the deal weren’t disclosed, but according to multiple reports, it’ll be record-breaking, in that Altuve would become the first second-baseman in MLB history to make more than $300 million in a career. Here’s how Bob Nightengale of USA Today broke it down.
A news conference is scheduled for Wednesday.
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