Tale of the tape: Aaron Judge vs. Jose Altuve
Yankees rightfielder Aaron Judge and Astros second baseman Jose Altuve are two of the leading candidates to win the American League MVP award, announced after the World Series.
But for the next week or so, they will be opponents in the ALCS. Here is the long and short of it when comparing Judge and Altuve.
Height
Jose Altuve is 5-foot-6
Aaron Judge is 6-foot-7
Jose Altuve stats
- Regular season
- .346 average
- 24 home runs
- 81 RBI
- 112 runs
- 204 hits
- 32 steals
- .410 OBP
- .547 slugging
- Postseason (through ALDS)
- .533, 3 HR, 6 RBI, 5 walks
Longest home run:
435 feet
May 15 at Marlins Park off Miami’s Dustin McGowan.
Average distance of home runs:
378.29 feet
Aaron Judge stats
- Regular season
- .284 average
- 52 home runs
- 114 RBI
- 128 runs
- 157 hits
- 9 steals
- .422 OBP
- .627 slugging
- Postseason (through ALDS)
- .125, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 5 walks, 16 strikeouts
Longest home run:
496 feet
June 11 at Yankee Stadium off Baltimore’s Logan Verrett.
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) June 11, 2017
Average distance of home runs: