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.

2009 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2009 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	MIN		SEA	L,1-6	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
2	2	Apr 7	MIN		SEA	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
3	3	Apr 8	MIN		SEA	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
4	5 (1)	Apr 10	MIN	@	CHW	W,12-5	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
5	6	Apr 11	MIN	@	CHW	L,0-8	CG	41	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
6	7	Apr 12	MIN	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
7	8	Apr 13	MIN		TOR	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
8	9	Apr 14	MIN		TOR	W,3-2	CG	41	11.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
9	10	Apr 15	MIN		TOR	L,2-12	CG	46	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
10	12 (1)	Apr 17	MIN		LAA	W,11-9	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
11	13	Apr 18	MIN		LAA	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
12	14	Apr 19	MIN		LAA	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
13	15	Apr 22 (1)	MIN	@	BOS	L,1-10	CG	36	6.1	0	0	0	0	0	SS
14	16	Apr 22 (2)	MIN	@	BOS	L,3-7	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
15	17	Apr 24	MIN	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
16	18	Apr 25	MIN	@	CLE	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
17	19	Apr 26	MIN	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
18	20	Apr 27	MIN		TBR	L,1-7	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
19	21	Apr 28	MIN		TBR	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	23 (1)	May 1	MIN		KCR	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
21	24	May 2	MIN		KCR	L,7-10	CG	54	11.0	6	7	1	14	2	SS
22	25	May 3	MIN		KCR	L,5-7	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
23	26	May 4	MIN	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
24	27	May 5	MIN	@	DET	L,0-9	GS	33	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
25	28	May 6	MIN	@	BAL	L,1-4	CG	22	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
26	29	May 7	MIN	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
27	32 (2)	May 10	MIN		SEA	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
28	33	May 12	MIN		DET	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	2	SS
29	35 (1)	May 14	MIN		DET	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
30	36	May 15	MIN	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	44	8.2	3	1	0	4	0	SS
31	37	May 16	MIN	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	40	10.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
32	38	May 17	MIN	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	38	9.1	1	2	0	3	0	SS
33	39	May 18	MIN	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
34	40	May 19	MIN	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
35	42 (1)	May 21	MIN	@	CHW	W,20-1	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
36	43	May 22	MIN		MIL	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
37	45 (1)	May 24	MIN		MIL	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
38	46	May 25	MIN		BOS	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
39	47	May 26	MIN		BOS	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	SS
40	48	May 27	MIN		BOS	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	63 (14)	Jun 12	MIN	@	CHC	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
42	64	Jun 13	MIN	@	CHC	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
43	65	Jun 14	MIN	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	34	8.1	2	1	0	3	0	2B
44	66	Jun 16	MIN		PIT	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
45	67	Jun 17	MIN		PIT	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
46	68	Jun 18	MIN		PIT	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
47	69	Jun 19	MIN		HOU	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	2B
48	70	Jun 20	MIN		HOU	L,5-6	GS	22	6.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
49	72 (1)	Jun 23	MIN	@	MIL	W,7-3	GS	31	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
50	78 (5)	Jun 29	MIN	@	KCR	L,2-4	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
51	79	Jun 30	MIN	@	KCR	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	80	Jul 1	MIN	@	KCR	W,5-1	GS	23	6.0	4	6	0	10	3	SS
53	81	Jul 3	MIN		DET	L,9-11	GS	45	11.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
54	82	Jul 4	MIN		DET	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
55	83	Jul 5	MIN		DET	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
56	84	Jul 7	MIN		NYY	L,2-10	CG	49	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
57	85	Jul 8	MIN		NYY	L,3-4	GS	35	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
58	86	Jul 9	MIN		NYY	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
59	87	Jul 10	MIN		CHW	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	3	9	0	12	1	2B
60	88	Jul 11	MIN		CHW	L,7-8	CG	46	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
61	89	Jul 12	MIN		CHW	W,13-7	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
62	90	Jul 17	MIN	@	TEX	W,5-3	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
63	91	Jul 18	MIN	@	TEX	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
64	92	Jul 19	MIN	@	TEX	L,3-5	GS	40	10.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
65	93	Jul 20	MIN	@	OAK	L,13-14	GS	47	8.0	0	6	1	7	1	SS 2B
66	94	Jul 21	MIN	@	OAK	W,3-2	GS	35	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS 2B
67	95	Jul 22	MIN	@	OAK	L,1-16	CG	49	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
68	96	Jul 23	MIN	@	LAA	L,5-6	CG	50	9.2	3	1	0	4	0	SS
69	97	Jul 24	MIN	@	LAA	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
70	99 (1)	Jul 26	MIN	@	LAA	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
71	100	Jul 27	MIN		CHW	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
72	101	Jul 28	MIN		CHW	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
73	102	Jul 29	MIN		CHW	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
74	103	Jul 31	MIN		LAA	L,5-11	GS	53	11.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS 2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	104	Aug 1	MIN		LAA	L,6-11	CG	46	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
76	106 (1)	Aug 4	MIN	@	CLE	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
77	107	Aug 5	MIN	@	CLE	L,1-8	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
78	109 (1)	Aug 7	MIN	@	DET	L,8-10	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
79	110	Aug 8	MIN	@	DET	W,11-0	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
80	111	Aug 9	MIN	@	DET	L,7-8	GS	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B 2B
81	112	Aug 11	MIN		KCR	L,6-14	GF	12	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
82	113	Aug 12	MIN		KCR	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
83	114	Aug 13	MIN		KCR	L,4-5	GS	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
84	115	Aug 14	MIN		CLE	W,11-0	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
85	116	Aug 15	MIN		CLE	L,3-7	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
86	117	Aug 16	MIN		CLE	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
87	118	Aug 17	MIN	@	TEX	L,5-8	GS	42	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B SS
88	119	Aug 18	MIN	@	TEX	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	0	6	0	6	2	2B
89	120	Aug 19	MIN	@	TEX	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
90	121	Aug 20	MIN	@	TEX	L,1-11	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
91	127 (5)	Aug 26	MIN		BAL	L,1-5	GS	31	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
92	130 (2)	Aug 30	MIN		TEX	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	133 (2)	Sep 2	MIN		CHW	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	6	5	0	11	4	2B
94	135 (1)	Sep 5	MIN	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
95	136	Sep 6	MIN	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
96	137	Sep 7	MIN	@	TOR	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
97	138	Sep 8	MIN	@	TOR	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
98	139	Sep 9	MIN	@	TOR	W,4-1	GS	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
99	140	Sep 10	MIN	@	TOR	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
100	142 (1)	Sep 12	MIN		OAK	L,2-4	GS	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
101	143	Sep 13	MIN		OAK	W,8-0	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
102	144	Sep 14	MIN		CLE	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
103	145	Sep 15	MIN		CLE	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
104	146	Sep 16	MIN		CLE	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
105	147	Sep 18	MIN		DET	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
106	148	Sep 19	MIN		DET	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
107	149	Sep 20	MIN		DET	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
108	150	Sep 21	MIN	@	CHW	W,7-0	GS	31	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
109	151	Sep 22	MIN	@	CHW	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
110	152	Sep 23	MIN	@	CHW	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
111	153	Sep 25	MIN	@	KCR	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
112	154	Sep 26	MIN	@	KCR	W,11-6	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
113	155	Sep 27	MIN	@	KCR	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
114	156	Sep 29 (1)	MIN	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
115	157	Sep 29 (2)	MIN	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
116	158	Sep 30	MIN	@	DET	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
117	159	Oct 1	MIN	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
118	160	Oct 2	MIN		KCR	W,10-7	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
119	161	Oct 3	MIN		KCR	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
120	162	Oct 4	MIN		KCR	W,13-4	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
121	163	Oct 6	MIN		DET	W,6-5	CG	53	12.0	5	4	0	9	1	2B
							126gm		1028.1	222	309	7	538	66