Nick Punto

Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

5-9, 195lb (175cm, 88kg)

Born: November 8, 1977 in San Diego, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 33rd round of the 1997 MLB June Amateur Draft from Saddleback College (Mission Viejo, CA) and the Philadelphia Phillies in the 21st round of the 1998 MLB June Amateur Draft from Saddleback HS (Santa Ana, CA).

High Schools: Saddleback HS (Santa Ana, CA), Trabuco Hills HS (Mission Viejo, CA)

School: Saddleback College (Mission Viejo, CA)

Debut: September 9, 2001 (Age 23-305d, 17,983rd in major league history)
vs. MON 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 2014 (Age 36-323d)
vs. TEX 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2004 season

Agents: Jeff Caulfield

Full Name: Nicholas Paul Punto

Nicknames: Shredder

Pronunciation: \POON-toh\

Twitter: @Shredderpunto

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2011 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

15.4

3253

798

.245

421

RBI

263

104

OBP

.323

SLG

.323

OPS

.646

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

2008 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2008 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Mar 31	MIN		LAA	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
2	3 (1)	Apr 2	MIN		LAA	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
3	5 (1)	Apr 4	MIN		KCR	W,4-3	GF	7	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
4	6	Apr 5	MIN		KCR	W,6-4	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
5	9 (2)	Apr 9	MIN	@	CHW	W,12-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
6	11 (1)	Apr 12	MIN	@	KCR	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
7	13 (1)	Apr 14	MIN	@	DET	L,9-11	GF	10	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
8	15 (1)	Apr 16	MIN		TBR	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
9	17 (1)	Apr 18	MIN		CLE	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
10	18	Apr 19	MIN		CLE	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	4	6	0	10	4	SS
11	19	Apr 20	MIN		CLE	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	5	3	0	8	1	SS
12	20	Apr 22	MIN	@	OAK	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	4	1	5	1	SS
13	21	Apr 23	MIN	@	OAK	L,0-3	GS	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS CF
14	22	Apr 24	MIN	@	OAK	L,2-11	CG	44	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
15	23	Apr 25	MIN	@	TEX	L,5-6	CG	43	9.2	3	6	0	9	3	SS
16	26 (2)	Apr 29	MIN		CHW	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
17	27	Apr 30	MIN		CHW	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	28	May 2	MIN		DET	W,11-1	GF	13	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR CF
19	30 (1)	May 4	MIN		DET	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
20	32 (1)	May 7	MIN	@	CHW	W,13-1	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
21	55 (22)	May 31	MIN		NYY	L,6-7	CG	51	12.0	5	6	1	12	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	59 (3)	Jun 4	MIN		BAL	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
23	60	Jun 5	MIN		BAL	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	5	4	0	9	1	SS
24	80 (19)	Jun 27	MIN		MIL	W,7-6	GF	17	4.1	1	0	0	1	0	2B
25	81	Jun 28	MIN		MIL	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	84 (2)	Jul 1	MIN		DET	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
27	85	Jul 2	MIN		DET	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
28	86	Jul 4	MIN		CLE	W,12-3	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
29	87	Jul 5	MIN		CLE	W,9-6	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
30	88	Jul 6	MIN		CLE	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
31	89	Jul 7	MIN	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
32	90	Jul 8	MIN	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
33	91	Jul 9	MIN	@	BOS	L,5-18	CG	49	8.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
34	92	Jul 10	MIN	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	51	11.0	3	4	1	8	1	SS
35	93	Jul 11	MIN	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
36	100 (6)	Jul 22	MIN	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	1	2	1	4	2	SS
37	101	Jul 23	MIN	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
38	102	Jul 25	MIN	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
39	103	Jul 26	MIN	@	CLE	W,11-4	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
40	104	Jul 27	MIN	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
41	105	Jul 28	MIN		CHW	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
42	106	Jul 29	MIN		CHW	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
43	107	Jul 30	MIN		CHW	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	6	3	0	9	1	2B
44	108	Jul 31	MIN		CHW	W,10-6	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	109	Aug 1	MIN		CLE	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
46	110	Aug 2	MIN		CLE	L,1-5	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
47	111	Aug 3	MIN		CLE	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
48	112	Aug 4	MIN	@	SEA	L,6-11	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
49	113	Aug 5	MIN	@	SEA	L,7-8	GS	42	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B CF
50	114	Aug 6	MIN	@	SEA	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
51	115	Aug 8	MIN	@	KCR	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
52	116	Aug 9	MIN	@	KCR	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
53	117	Aug 10	MIN	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG	50	11.1	3	3	0	6	0	2B
54	118	Aug 11	MIN		NYY	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	4	7	0	11	2	2B
55	119	Aug 12	MIN		NYY	L,6-9	CG	53	12.0	6	5	1	12	4	2B
56	120	Aug 13	MIN		NYY	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
57	121	Aug 15	MIN		SEA	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
58	122	Aug 16	MIN		SEA	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	2	7	0	9	3	2B
59	123	Aug 17	MIN		SEA	W,11-8	CG	46	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
60	124	Aug 18	MIN		OAK	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	3	8	0	11	2	2B
61	125	Aug 19	MIN		OAK	W,13-2	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
62	126	Aug 20	MIN		OAK	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	2B
63	127	Aug 21	MIN	@	LAA	W,2-1	GS	44	12.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS 3B
64	128	Aug 22	MIN	@	LAA	W,9-0	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
65	129	Aug 23	MIN	@	LAA	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
66	130	Aug 24	MIN	@	LAA	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
67	131	Aug 25	MIN	@	SEA	L,2-4	CG	40	10.1	2	5	1	8	1	SS
68	132	Aug 26	MIN	@	SEA	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
69	133	Aug 27	MIN	@	SEA	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
70	134	Aug 28	MIN	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	35	8.1	1	1	0	2	1	SS
71	135	Aug 29	MIN	@	OAK	W,12-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
72	136	Aug 30	MIN	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
73	137	Aug 31	MIN	@	OAK	W,12-4	GS	28	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	138	Sep 2	MIN	@	TOR	L,5-7	CG	42	8.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
75	139	Sep 3	MIN	@	TOR	L,4-5	CG	46	10.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
76	140	Sep 4	MIN	@	TOR	L,0-9	CG	42	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
77	141	Sep 5	MIN		DET	W,10-2	GS	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS 2B
78	142	Sep 6	MIN		DET	L,4-6	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	SS
79	143	Sep 7	MIN		DET	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	2	6	1	9	1	SS
80	144	Sep 9	MIN		KCR	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
81	145	Sep 10	MIN		KCR	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
82	146	Sep 11	MIN		KCR	L,2-3	CG	39	10.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
83	147	Sep 13 (1)	MIN	@	BAL	W,12-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
84	149 (1)	Sep 14	MIN	@	BAL	L,3-7	CG	34	8.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
85	150	Sep 15	MIN	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
86	151	Sep 16	MIN	@	CLE	L,9-12	CG	50	10.1	1	3	1	5	2	SS
87	152	Sep 17	MIN	@	CLE	L,4-6	GF	12	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
88	153	Sep 18	MIN	@	TBR	W,11-8	CG	40	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
89	154	Sep 19	MIN	@	TBR	L,1-11	GS	33	6.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
90	155	Sep 20	MIN	@	TBR	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	SS
91	156	Sep 21	MIN	@	TBR	W,4-1	GF	6	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
92	157	Sep 23	MIN		CHW	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
93	158	Sep 24	MIN		CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
94	159	Sep 25	MIN		CHW	W,7-6	CG	41	10.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
95	160	Sep 26	MIN		KCR	L,1-8	CG	42	9.0	1	6	0	7	3	SS
96	161	Sep 27	MIN		KCR	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
97	162	Sep 28	MIN		KCR	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
98	163	Sep 30	MIN	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
							102gm		815.1	161	282	10	453	65