tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68091002383184256742020-05-31T06:10:35.456-04:00How Many AltuvesThe Batguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06330898398069876973noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809100238318425674.post-33665638724573569042026-10-04T20:05:00.000-04:002017-04-21T10:38:53.261-04:00How Many Altuves?
function calc_price(l) {
var total = ((l) / 5.417);
if (total == NaN) { total = "Invalid Length or Quantity"; }
return total;
}
Length in Feet:
Number of Jose Altuves:
*Note: Number of Jose Altuves is Official Standard Listed Altuves (OSLA). Actual Number of Jose Altuves may vary.
The Batguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06330898398069876973noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809100238318425674.post-37254838689664885822019-06-23T20:26:00.000-04:002019-06-23T20:27:32.675-04:00OOTP 20: A ReviewWe're back for our annual review of the latest version of Out of the Park Baseball and, as cliche as it sounds, this game really does get better every year. There are a handful of really impressive new features this year, in addition to the usual improvements surrounding the graphics, sim accuracy, and AI decision making. This season, for the first time ever, you have the ability to start a new The Batguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06330898398069876973noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809100238318425674.post-54833795646135763292019-01-23T11:42:00.001-05:002019-01-23T11:42:26.235-05:00On Hall of Fame Voting
Last night we found out the latest group of players to be
elevated to Hall of Fame status, as voted by the BaseBall Writers Association
of America. Roy Halladay, Edgar Martinez, Mike Mussina, and Mariano Rivera will
be inducted in Cooperstown this July, joining Lee Smith and Harold Baines, who
were elected in December by the Today’s Game Era Committee. Rivera goes in as
the first ever unanimousThe Batguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06330898398069876973noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809100238318425674.post-9175395352680197932019-01-09T17:19:00.004-05:002019-01-09T17:19:40.834-05:00How Many?The Batguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06330898398069876973noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809100238318425674.post-16026186173169459322018-05-15T11:27:00.000-04:002018-05-15T11:27:04.520-04:00OOTP 19: ReviewAnyone who has followed me here for a while knows how much I love the Out of the Park Baseball series. I've played every version since 12, and I'm always excited when news about the next iteration starts to come out. The OOTP team works relentlessly to constantly improve their product year after year, and this year's is no different.
As always, OOTP 19 offers an extremely robust sim engine, The Batguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06330898398069876973noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809100238318425674.post-91747669629139983212017-05-26T08:13:00.000-04:002017-05-26T08:13:21.130-04:00How Many Altuves Giveaway #4: 4 Tickets to a 2017 Astros GameWell friends, we've reached the end of our HMA Giveaway 5th Anniversary Birthday Celebration (HMAG5ABC for short.) So far we've sent one lucky lady and her guest to hang out with Lance McCullers and Jose Altuve, among other players and personalities. We sent one guy and his family to an Astros game with some nice, dugout box seats. And we've introduced one guy to the addictive wonders of OOTP The Batguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06330898398069876973noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809100238318425674.post-52007185698965591522017-05-15T11:47:00.000-04:002017-05-15T11:47:36.648-04:00How Many Altuves Giveaway #3: A Copy of OOTP Baseball 18Another week, another giveaway! Anyone who's been with us for a few years knows how much we love Out of the Park Baseball. So we decided to team up with them to offer our supporters a chance to win their own copy of the game!
For this prize, we want to hear your favorite How Many Altuves fact. It can be one you've already heard or seen on a broadcast or on twitter, like these
@HowManyAltuves @The Batguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06330898398069876973noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809100238318425674.post-40496610144457067312017-05-09T09:10:00.001-04:002017-05-09T09:10:31.202-04:00How Many Altuves Giveaway #2: 4 Tickets to an Astros GameThis week's giveaway is provided by none other than Altuve's own Houston Astros! We'll be giving away a certificate for four (4) tickets to a regular season Astros game (subject to availability) for the 2017 season.
Astros president Reid Ryan has generously given us the opportunity to giveaway these tickets to one of our lucky supporters so, as thanks, we'll be asking for donations to the AstrosThe Batguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06330898398069876973noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809100238318425674.post-56949654954314333702017-05-09T08:48:00.001-04:002017-05-09T08:50:30.703-04:00OOTP 18: The ReviewIt's that time again; OOTP season is here! Every year I think they've pushed things about as far as they can, but every year they manage to introduce amazing new features, and this year is no different.
By now, you know that OOTP is the best baseball simulation game available anywhere. Their robust engine, exhaustive roster sets, immersive strategy options, and limitless set up options The Batguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06330898398069876973noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809100238318425674.post-64311914050458818822017-05-04T12:39:00.000-04:002017-05-08T09:14:59.064-04:00How Many Altuves Giveaway #1: 2 tickets to Team Up for Kids & K9s Our first giveaway has been lined up already! The Lance McCullers Foundation has generously provided two tickets to their upcoming Team Up for Kids and K9s event coming up the evening of Thursday, May 18.
This event will be hosted by Lance McCullers Jr. and Jose Altuve to benefit the Lance McCullers Foundation and Sunshine Kids and includes food, wine and drinks, and a silent auction.
So, how The Batguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06330898398069876973noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809100238318425674.post-51466901723728176122017-05-04T08:47:00.003-04:002017-05-04T08:47:52.892-04:00How Many Altuves is turning 5!It's hard to believe, but it's coming up on five years since I went live with this site. It's been a wild ride since then and, as a way to say thanks for everyone's support over the years, I'd like to have a few twitter giveaway contests to show you all a little love in return for that support!
I'm still lining up the prizes, though I have a couple of interesting items already generously The Batguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06330898398069876973noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809100238318425674.post-71090229922524685122017-04-05T21:19:00.001-04:002017-04-05T21:19:51.127-04:00Catfishing: A Public Service AnnouncementI know that not all of our readers are on Twitter, but the below post is good information for everyone. Those of you who do follow us on Twitter may have already heard about some of what is detailed below. You may see this cross-posted to a few blogs as we attempt to raise as much awareness as possible. I am not the author of this. This information is the result of several people working togetherThe Batguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06330898398069876973noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809100238318425674.post-8255535199710310542016-04-19T21:17:00.001-04:002016-04-19T21:17:11.428-04:00Review: OOTP 17If you've been a fan of How Many Altuves for a few years, you know how much we love OOTP Baseball. Well, the latest version, OOTP 17, was just released late last month and I've spent way too many hours exploring the new features. While last year saw them gain an MLB license, which allowed them to make use of official team logos, this year they also picked up an MLBPA license. So now, using their The Batguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06330898398069876973noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809100238318425674.post-91841126655780313982015-09-16T10:27:00.000-04:002015-09-16T10:27:32.592-04:00A Message from How Many AltuvesI started the How Many Altuves website, Twitter account, and Facebook pages in May of 2012. As someone with no background in web design, it took some effort to figure out how to code the basic calculator that has been unchanged since the site first went live. I then dusted off my high school math skills to come up with all the other fun Altuves calculations (Altuves per second, cubic Altuves, etcThe Batguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06330898398069876973noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809100238318425674.post-11699983793943471072015-04-13T15:58:00.001-04:002017-03-02T16:25:55.215-05:00OOTP 16 Review - The Best Keeps Getting Better
Those that have been following us for a while know that we are huge fans of the Out of the Park Baseball franchise, and OOTP has really outdone themselves with their latest version. As always, the level of detail is unbelievable, but one of the underrated parts of their program for me are the quotes and trivia tidbits that you see while the game is loading and simming. For example, with this The Batguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06330898398069876973noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809100238318425674.post-83020475412304149822014-09-29T14:31:00.000-04:002017-03-02T16:25:55.317-05:00Congrats to Jose Altuve!How Many Altuves would like to congratulate Jose Altuve for becoming the first Astros player to earn the title "Batting Champion." Jose had 225 hits en route to his American League leading .341 batting average.
Jose's 299 total bases mean he legged out 4,968 Altuves this season!
Congrats to Jose Altuve (.341 BA), 2014 AL batting champion and first batting champion in #Astros history! The Batguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06330898398069876973noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809100238318425674.post-40595831380920485172014-04-21T20:04:00.001-04:002017-03-02T16:25:55.251-05:00OOTP ReviewThis is the second year the kind folks over at OOTP have provided me with an advance copy of their outstanding OOTP Baseball franchise to preview, and this year's edition continues their run of excellence and improvement. As good as OOTP 14 was, OOTP 15 is even better.
Not only do they continue to fine tune their ratings and simulation accuracy year over year, but they constantly add exciting, The Batguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06330898398069876973noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809100238318425674.post-4708370357879351452014-04-18T09:26:00.000-04:002017-03-02T16:25:55.269-05:00Shortest cleanup hitter?If you haven't heard yet, the Astros have been occasionally slotting Jose Altuve into the cleanup spot in the lineup this season. In an interview between Jay Mohr and Jeff Luhnow, they wondered if Altuve was the shortest cleanup hitter ever. Let's see what we can find.
Rabbit Maranville - Rabbit was listed at the same 1 Altuve height as Jose. Over the course of his career, he started a game in The Batguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06330898398069876973noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809100238318425674.post-83002989398759126852014-03-25T16:17:00.000-04:002017-03-02T16:25:55.306-05:00Hall of Altuves - ResultsIt's been a little over two months since we opened up the voting for the Hall of Altuves, and the results are in.
Here's your 2014 HOA class:
Nobody
That's right, much like the Hall of Fame class of 2013, no player was selected on 75% of the ballots. Here's how the vote shook out:
Eddie Gaedel - 68.6%
Willie Keeler - 57.1%
Rabbit Maranville - 28.6%
Freddie Patek - 28.6%
Bobby Mathews - 22.9The Batguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06330898398069876973noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809100238318425674.post-60077582420872261932014-01-08T12:35:00.000-05:002017-03-02T16:25:55.282-05:00The Hall of AltuvesWith so much debate swirling about this year's Hall of Fame balloting, I thought I'd take a shot at making my own Hall. Welcome to the Hall of Altuves. We'll take a look at some of the best players in baseball history who were listed at no more than Jose Altuve's height of 5'5". I'll list the top position players and pitchers, then we'll open it up for a vote. Unlike the real Hall of Fame, there The Batguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06330898398069876973noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809100238318425674.post-23740378564378363972013-10-10T14:09:00.000-04:002017-03-02T16:25:55.227-05:00An honorToday, How Many Altuves has learned that we have been accepted into the official Grantland Baseball Dictionary, as announced in this post by Jonah Keri.
I just want to say, it was thrilling just to be considered, but being accepted is a true dream come...well...true. To see HMA mentioned alongside other esteemed entries like BABIP, #BARVES, Clown Question, Bro, and Pitching to Score is an The Batguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06330898398069876973noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809100238318425674.post-43112362399192825472013-07-15T11:39:00.002-04:002017-03-02T16:25:55.255-05:002013 Home Run Derby: Michael CuddyerAfter such a positive reaction to my live-tweeting of last year's Derby bombs in Altuves, I'll be doing the same this year. To prepare, I thought I'd do a little analysis of the 8 beasts competing this season. Let's take a look at Michael Cuddyer.
The air at Coors Field is agreeing with Cuddyer, as he's in the midst of a career year, including 16 homers at the break. He's averaging just over 75 The Batguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06330898398069876973noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809100238318425674.post-52201855433019541852013-07-15T11:30:00.003-04:002017-03-02T16:25:55.276-05:002013 Home Run Derby: Yoenis CespedesAfter such a positive reaction to my live-tweeting of last year's Derby bombs in Altuves, I'll be doing the same this year. To prepare, I thought I'd do a little analysis of the 8 beasts competing this season. Let's take a look at Yoenis Cespedes.
Despite hitting just .225, Cespedes has dropped 15 bombs already this year. He's averaging about 75 Altuves per home run for 2013, including this 81 The Batguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06330898398069876973noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809100238318425674.post-37826376127061091252013-07-15T11:21:00.003-04:002017-03-02T16:25:55.245-05:002013 Home Run Derby: Pedro AlvarezAfter such a positive reaction to my live-tweeting of last year's Derby bombs in Altuves, I'll be doing the same this year. To prepare, I thought I'd do a little analysis of the 8 beasts competing this season. Let's take a look at Pedro Alvarez, who is filling in for the injured Carlos Gonzalez.
A bit of an all-or-nothing slugger, Alvarez has 24 home runs coming into the Derby. He's averaging The Batguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06330898398069876973noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809100238318425674.post-62514658626957939942013-07-15T11:12:00.001-04:002017-03-02T16:25:55.288-05:002013 Home Run Derby: Robinson CanoAfter such a positive reaction to my live-tweeting of last year's Derby bombs in Altuves, I'll be doing the same this year. To prepare, I thought I'd do a little analysis of the 8 beasts competing this season. Let's take a look at last year's last place finisher, Robinson Cano.
Going 0-fer in last year's Derby hasn't phased him, as he's coming into the Derby having hit 21 homers so far this The Batguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06330898398069876973noreply@blogger.com2