Nick Punto
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: November 8, 1977 in San Diego, CA
High School: Trabuco Hills (Mission Viejo, CA)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 21st round of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed June 7, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 2001
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2001 23 PHI NL 4 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800 110 2 0 0 0 0 0 /6
2002 24 PHI NL 9 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 -9 1 0 0 1 0 0 /46
2003 25 PHI NL 64 99 92 14 20 2 0 1 4 2 1 7 22 .217 .273 .272 .544 48 25 0 0 0 0 1 4/56
2004 26 MIN AL 38 103 91 17 23 0 0 2 12 6 0 12 19 .253 .340 .319 .658 72 29 2 0 0 0 0 46/58D
2005 27 MIN AL 112 439 394 45 94 18 4 4 26 13 8 36 86 .239 .301 .335 .636 68 132 9 0 7 2 0 465/D89
2006 28 MIN AL 135 524 459 73 133 21 7 1 45 17 5 47 68 .290 .352 .373 .725 90 171 8 1 10 7 0 564/8D7
2007 29 MIN AL 150 536 472 53 99 18 4 1 25 16 6 55 90 .210 .291 .271 .562 53 128 7 0 6 3 1 564
2008 30 MIN AL 99 377 338 43 96 19 4 2 28 15 6 32 57 .284 .344 .382 .726 96 129 10 0 5 2 1 645/8
2009 31 MIN AL 125 440 359 56 82 15 1 1 38 16 3 61 70 .228 .337 .284 .621 67 102 7 1 13 6 1 46/5
9 Seasons 736 2530 2216 301 550 93 20 12 178 85 29 250 415 .248 .322 .324 .647 73 719 43 2 42 20 4
162 Game Avg. 162 557 488 66 121 20 4 3 39 19 6 55 91 .248 .322 .324 .647 73 158 9 0 9 4 1
MIN (6 yrs) 659 2419 2113 287 527 91 20 11 174 83 28 243 390 .249 .325 .327 .652 74 691 43 2 41 20 3
PHI (3 yrs) 77 111 103 14 23 2 0 1 4 2 1 7 25 .223 .273 .272 .545 47 28 0 0 1 0 1
AL (6 yrs) 659 2419 2113 287 527 91 20 11 174 83 28 243 390 .249 .325 .327 .652 74 691 43 2 41 20 3
NL (3 yrs) 77 111 103 14 23 2 0 1 4 2 1 7 25 .223 .273 .272 .545 47 28 0 0 1 0 1

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2001 23 PHI NL 5 3 1 8.9 110 .400 .400 .266 .400 .337 .400 .436 .800 .773 110 .740 0.0 0.0 .667 .000 .000
2002 24 PHI NL 7 6 0 0.0 102 .333 .167 .259 .167 .332 .167 .412 .333 .743 -9 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .200 .000 .000
2003 25 PHI NL 99 73 7 2.6 103 .275 .217 .260 .273 .331 .272 .417 .544 .748 48 .233 -7.0 -0.7 .452 .141 .054 1.3
2004 26 MIN AL 103 70 11 4.2 112 .300 .253 .274 .340 .342 .319 .440 .658 .782 72 .405 -4.0 -0.4 .671 .264 .066 3.0
2005 27 MIN AL 439 326 39 3.2 107 .294 .239 .270 .301 .334 .335 .429 .636 .762 68 .313 -18.5 -1.8 .546 .201 .096 6.1
2006 28 MIN AL 524 356 64 4.8 109 .332 .290 .273 .352 .337 .373 .434 .725 .771 90 .461 -5.1 -0.5 .681 .211 .083 1.9
2007 29 MIN AL 536 395 41 2.8 103 .255 .210 .265 .291 .332 .271 .414 .562 .746 53 .250 -30.8 -2.9 .500 .199 .061 1.9
2008 30 MIN AL 377 265 44 4.4 102 .335 .284 .263 .344 .331 .382 .414 .726 .744 96 .450 -1.2 -0.1 .659 .219 .098 3.5
2009 31 MIN AL 440 306 41 3.6 107 .276 .228 .266 .337 .335 .284 .427 .621 .762 67 .346 -14.5 -1.4 .617 .262 .056 1.9
9 Seasons 2530 1800 248 3.7 106 .297 .248 .268 .322 .334 .324 .424 .647 .758 73 .359 -81.9 -7.8 .591 .214 .076 21.0
162 Game Avg. 557 396 55 3.7 106 .297 .248 .268 .322 .334 .324 .424 .647 .758 73 .359 -81.9 -7.8 .591 .214 .076 5
MIN (6 yrs) 2419 1718 240 3.7 106 .298 .249 .268 .325 .334 .327 .424 .652 .759 74 .364 -74.0 -7.0 .598 .219 .078 19.4
PHI (3 yrs) 111 82 8 2.6 103 .286 .223 .260 .273 .331 .272 .418 .545 .749 47 .238 -7.9 -0.8 .444 .126 .049 1.3
AL (6 yrs) 2419 1718 240 3.7 106 .298 .249 .268 .325 .334 .327 .424 .652 .759 74 .364 -74.0 -7.0 .598 .219 .078 19.4
NL (3 yrs) 111 82 8 2.6 103 .286 .223 .260 .273 .331 .272 .418 .545 .749 47 .238 -7.9 -0.8 .444 .126 .049 1.3

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2006 28 MIN AL ALDS OAK L 3 13 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 2 0 0 1 0 0
2009 31 MIN AL ALDS NYY L 3 12 9 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 .444 .583 .556 1.139 5 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 6 25 21 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 .286 .375 .333 .708 7 0 0 1 0 0
2 ALDS 6 25 21 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 .286 .375 .333 .708 7 0 0 1 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2001 23 PHI NL 5 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.50 2.00 100% 20% 0.0% 50%
2002 24 PHI NL 7 0.0% 42.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.0 2.00 43% 25% 0.0% 0%
2003 25 PHI NL 99 1.0% 22.2% 7.1% 3.0% 15% 3.14 4.2 92.0 23.0 1.38 1.83 70% 20% 3.7% 7%
2004 26 MIN AL 103 1.9% 18.5% 11.7% 1.9% 9% 1.58 4.8 45.5 7.6 0.41 0.42 68% 22% 4.8% 14%
2005 27 MIN AL 439 0.9% 19.6% 8.2% 5.9% 28% 2.39 4.6 98.5 15.2 1.03 1.43 70% 16% 3.1% 10%
2006 28 MIN AL 524 0.2% 13.0% 9.0% 5.5% 22% 1.45 6.8 459.0 10.2 0.86 1.21 76% 18% 0.5% 8%
2007 29 MIN AL 536 0.2% 16.8% 10.3% 4.3% 23% 1.64 5.2 472.0 18.9 1.06 1.13 72% 12% 0.6% 13%
2008 30 MIN AL 377 0.5% 15.1% 8.5% 6.6% 26% 1.78 5.9 169.0 12.1 0.82 1.06 75% 15% 1.7% 21%
2009 31 MIN AL 440 0.2% 15.9% 13.9% 3.9% 21% 1.15 5.1 359.0 9.4 0.94 1.27 67% 15% 0.8% 14%
9 Seasons 2530 0.5% 16.4% 9.9% 4.9% 23% 1.66 5.3 184.7 12.4 0.93 1.19 72% 16% 1.5% 13%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2001 23 PHI NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 24 PHI NL 0 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 25 PHI NL 0 0 50% 45 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 71% 7 2 5 1 1 0 6 1 5
2004 26 MIN AL 1 0 46% 43 6 0 100% 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 8 64% 5 3 2 1 1 0 5 0 5
2005 27 MIN AL 1 0 33% 158 13 8 62% 12 6 1 2 0 0 6 4 4 12 48% 20 15 5 9 4 5 15 4 11
2006 28 MIN AL 4 0 40% 228 17 5 77% 17 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 5 16 43% 42 29 13 9 4 5 17 6 11
2007 29 MIN AL 4 0 34% 169 16 6 73% 15 6 1 0 0 0 6 2 7 12 42% 30 21 9 6 3 3 19 6 11
2008 30 MIN AL 2 0 33% 157 15 6 71% 15 6 0 0 0 0 3 3 6 13 42% 19 11 7 7 5 2 17 7 9
2009 31 MIN AL 2 0 39% 168 16 3 84% 14 3 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 13 47% 33 21 12 4 3 1 21 7 14
9 Seasons 14 0 37% 974 85 29 75% 80 26 5 3 0 0 22 10 27 75 46% 156 102 53 37 21 16 100 31 66
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2001 23 PHI NL 5 100% 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.01 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 5 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2002 24 PHI NL 7 100% 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 1.41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 5 0 0% 0 0 3 2 67% 0
2003 25 PHI NL 99 100% 20 3 0 27 5 0 0 0.82 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 0 0% 6 1 17% 56 3 5% 3 1 33% 8 3 38% 0
2004 26 MIN AL 103 100% 23 5 3 1 0 0 0 0.69 2 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 0% 23 2 9% 9 1 11% 73 10 14% 7 5 71% 8 5 63% 0
2005 27 MIN AL 439 100% 94 16 10 1 0 0 0 3.38 4 0 6 4 0 3 1 0 10 7 70% 77 9 12% 54 18 33% 239 25 10% 23 10 43% 35 19 54% 0
2006 28 MIN AL 524 100% 133 20 5 2 1 0 0 2.32 1 0 12 1 0 0 1 0 12 10 83% 97 8 8% 60 23 38% 321 44 14% 30 12 40% 37 16 43% 0
2007 29 MIN AL 536 100% 99 22 8 1 0 0 0 3.47 1 0 12 1 0 0 1 0 15 6 40% 109 7 6% 54 15 28% 311 26 8% 20 7 35% 18 8 44% 0
2008 30 MIN AL 377 100% 96 18 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 2 0 1 1 0 11 5 45% 81 10 12% 42 13 31% 225 26 12% 21 9 43% 26 13 50% 0
2009 31 MIN AL 440 99% 82 14 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0 1 0 1 0 20 13 65% 88 7 8% 48 25 52% 288 40 14% 27 13 48% 37 21 57% 0
9 Seasons 2530 100% 550 98 37 38 8 0 0 1.09 12 1 60 10 2 6 6 0 71 42 59% 492 43 9% 275 97 35% 1523 174 11% 131 57 44% 172 87 51% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2001 23 PHI NL 5 22 4.40 14 64% 29% 7% 29% 36% 71% 0% 45% 90% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2002 24 PHI NL 7 22 3.14 18 82% 39% 11% 28% 22% 61% 0% 50% 82% 29% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 33% 0 0 0
2003 25 PHI NL 99 408 4.12 264 65% 33% 14% 27% 27% 67% 3% 43% 80% 25% 6% 6 1 15% 15 1 12% 12 9 36% 0 0 0
2004 26 MIN AL 103 408 3.96 239 59% 33% 8% 28% 30% 67% 0% 39% 87% 36% 7% 7 1 17% 17 5 17% 17 10 58% 0 0 0
2005 27 MIN AL 439 1769 4.03 1119 63% 31% 9% 32% 28% 69% 0% 44% 87% 33% 3% 15 0 12% 54 14 8% 34 20 47% 0 0 0
2006 28 MIN AL 524 1957 3.73 1225 63% 28% 10% 29% 33% 72% 0% 45% 86% 32% 5% 26 0 14% 72 23 10% 50 25 31% 0 0 0
2007 29 MIN AL 536 2128 3.97 1333 63% 34% 8% 29% 29% 66% 1% 42% 88% 24% 4% 24 0 12% 66 19 11% 59 25 36% 0 0 0
2008 30 MIN AL 377 1474 3.91 949 64% 36% 6% 27% 30% 64% 1% 41% 91% 22% 4% 16 0 14% 54 10 9% 34 16 39% 0 0 0
2009 31 MIN AL 440 1846 4.20 1129 61% 35% 8% 30% 27% 65% 1% 40% 88% 22% 5% 24 0 12% 54 8 11% 49 16 37% 0 0 0
9 Seasons 2530 10034 3.97 6290 63% 33% 9% 29% 30% 67% 0% 42% 87% 27% 5% 118 2 13% 332 80 10% 255 121 39% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2001 23 4 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800 110 2 0 0 0 0 0
2002 24 13 12 11 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .273 .273 .273 .545 46 3 0 0 1 0 0
2003 25 77 111 103 14 23 2 0 1 4 2 1 7 25 .223 .273 .272 .545 47 28 0 0 1 0 1
2004 26 115 214 194 31 46 2 0 3 16 8 1 19 44 .237 .305 .294 .599 59 57 2 0 1 0 1
2005 27 227 653 588 76 140 20 4 7 42 21 9 55 130 .238 .302 .321 .624 65 189 11 0 8 2 1
2006 28 362 1177 1047 149 273 41 11 8 87 38 14 102 198 .261 .324 .344 .668 76 360 19 1 18 9 1
2007 29 512 1713 1519 202 372 59 15 9 112 54 20 157 288 .245 .314 .321 .635 69 488 26 1 24 12 2
2008 30 611 2090 1857 245 468 78 19 11 140 69 26 189 345 .252 .319 .332 .652 74 617 36 1 29 14 3
2009 31 736 2530 2216 301 550 93 20 12 178 85 29 250 415 .248 .322 .324 .647 73 719 43 2 42 20 4

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2001 23 4 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 4
2002 24 9 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 9
2003 25 64 99 92 14 20 2 0 1 4 2 7 22 .217 .273 .272 .544 7 64
2004 26 38 103 91 15 23 0 0 2 11 6 12 19 .253 .340 .319 .658 10 38
2005 27 112 428 391 43 91 17 4 4 25 13 35 86 .233 .294 .327 .622 38 112
2006 28 135 517 461 70 135 21 7 1 43 17 48 68 .293 .356 .375 .731 62 135
2007 29 150 538 477 53 104 19 4 1 25 17 58 90 .218 .301 .281 .582 41 150
2008 30 99 372 338 44 96 19 4 2 29 15 32 57 .284 .344 .382 .726 45 99
2009 31 125 446 370 58 93 17 1 1 39 18 69 70 .251 .365 .311 .676 43 125
9 Seasons 736 2514 2231 297 562 95 20 12 176 88 261 415 .252 .328 .329 .657 247 736
162 Game Avg. 162 553 491 65 124 21 4 3 39 19 57 91 .252 .328 .329 .657 54 736

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Triples s c a p y
2006 AL  7 (7th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2006 AL  10 (2nd)
2009 AL  13 (2nd)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2005 AL  8 (10th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 1 (2323), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 1 (2170), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (3529), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. Chick Fewster (959)
  3. Jeff Reboulet (956)
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  5. Ray Morgan (955)
  6. Jack Brohamer (953)
  7. Bobby Young (953)
  8. John Farrell (953)
  9. Danny Murtaugh (953)
  10. Abraham Nunez (952)
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  2. Denny Doyle (958)
  3. Dave Nelson (957)
  4. Frank O'Rourke (954)
  5. Don Heffner (954)
  6. Abraham Nunez (953)
  7. Bobby Young (952)
  8. Chuck Hiller (951)
  9. Billy Ripken (950)
  10. Ken Boswell (950)
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  3. Pete Suder (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Chick Fewster (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Chick Fewster (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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