Playoffs with Jose Altuve and Joe Morgan

Jose Altuve is following in the footsteps of Craig Biggio and Joe Morgan. Morgan played for the Houston Colt 45s in 1960s and the Cincinnati Reds in 1970. He returned to the Astros in 1980 and was a key player in their playoff series against the Phillies in that year. Altveg shares this connection with Morgan, as they both played against Phillies during the playoffs.

Joe Morgan and Jose Altuve both have similar stories about breaking into baseball. Joe Morgan was a good player in high school, but scouts didn't show up to watch him. He played for a community college and received interest from professional scouts. Morgan signed with the Astros because the team's scout talked about his playing ability without mentioning his height.

Jose Altuve and Joe Morgan played together in the playoffs. Altuve is 32 years old and Morgan was 40.

Jose Altuve and Joe Morgan played together in the playoffs.

Altuve has a career record of 1935/ 192/ .307/ .362/ 128%/ 4.8. Morgan has the better OPS but he is ahead in OPS+ because of the lower offensive environment for Morgan. Altuve's career will depend on the length of his career and the degree of decline in later years.

Jose Altuve has played more games and had more plate appearances in the playoffs than Joe Morgan.

Altuve has been more productive in the playoffs than Morgan. Altuve has also been better at accumulating hits and hitting home runs.

Jose Altuve had a poor start to the playoffs this year. Fangraphs has posted an analysis of Altuev's batting performance in the ALCS. Altusev has had some problems with plate discipline and umpiring. 4.3% of his called strikes in ALCES were outside the zone.