Altman\'s first professional baseball experience was with the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro Leagues; he played three months for the team in 1955.\n', '

Altman played for the Chicago Cubs (from 1959 to 1962, and from 1965 to 1967), St. Louis Cardinals (1963), and New York Mets (1964). In a nine-season MLB career, Altman had a .269 batting average with 101 home runs and 403 RBIs, in 991 games played.\n', '

He played professional baseball in Japan from 1968 through 1975, for the Lotte Orions and the Hanshin Tigers, where he had a .309 batting average with 205 home runs. Highlights from his NPB career included leading the Pacific League in hits (170), runs (84), and RBI (100) in 1968; and being named to the "Best Nine" Pacific League team in 1968, 1970, and 1971. He credited martial arts training for baseball success in Japan.[citation needed]\n', '

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