Definition of "Altuve"

Altuve

noun
plural Altuves
1. (baseball, slang) A distance of five feet and five inches, used chiefly as a unit to measure distances of home run balls.
  Quotations
  So, if you want to know the minimum length of a World Cup Soccer field while watching TV, it's 60.9 Altuves.
  2014 June 30, Bob Nightengale, “Diminutive dandy: Jose Altuve keeps reaching new heights”, in USA Today
  In 2012 Houston Astros fan Bryan Trostel was watching a game when he heard the announcers joke about how many “altuves” a home run had traveled.
  2015, Uncle John's FACTASTIC Bathroom Reader
  Judge is 1.22 Altuves. Is there a drawback to being a big man in baseball?
  2017 October 13, Victor Mather, “David vs. Goliath Gets an Update: It's Now Altuve vs. Judge”, in New York Times
  No matter how you slice it, Altuve is one of the best hitters in baseball despite yielding at least 7 inches (that’s about .108 Altuves) to every other elite hitter.
  2018 February 20, Kate Preusser, Isabelle Minasian, Tim Cantu, Connor Donovan, “2018 AL West Preview: The Astros’ Lineup”, in Lookout Landing
  Want to know how many Altuves there are from home plate to first base? That would be 16.61436219309581.
  2018 June 1, Melanie Hauser, “Ways to recover from the Rockets' loss”, in Houston Chronicle