Altuve matched the feats of former Astros Billy Hatcher in 1987 and Jesus Alou in 1969. Neither reached the double-digit mark, but Altuve seems unstoppable right now. The streak is just the latest sign Altuve isn't slowing down after a breakout 2014, when he won the AL batting title and made his second All-Star team.
He's already off to a hot start this spring, something he couldn't say in recent years. His average is a healthy .376, a far cry from his .269 mark through 23 games last year. Even accounting for a dozen or so days off during the season, his 38 hits leave him easily on pace to break his own newly-minted club record for hits (225 in 2014) in a season.