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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2001 PHI NL 23 SS 1 1 9.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 3.00 3.00 .967 4.50 3.90
2002 PHI NL 24 2B 1 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 18.00 2.00 1.000 5.40 4.30
2002 PHI NL 24 SS 1 0 3.0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 -0.7 -280.0 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 0 3.00 1.00 1.000 4.50 4.00
2003 PHI NL 25 2B 16 7 83.0 64 35 28 1 6 .984 1.9 27.5 1.9 0.9 1.0 0 6.83 3.94 .983 5.12 4.39
2003 PHI NL 25 3B 9 3 31.0 12 5 6 1 0 .917 -0.8 -31.0 -0.8 -0.4 -0.4 0 3.19 1.22 .958 2.73 2.36
2003 PHI NL 25 SS 7 5 52.0 22 5 17 0 2 1.000 1.6 36.9 1.6 0.2 1.4 0 3.81 3.14 .973 4.52 3.99
2004 MIN AL 26 2B 19 11 111.1 55 20 34 1 10 .982 0.9 9.7 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 1 4.37 2.84 .982 4.95 4.35
2004 MIN AL 26 SS 11 10 88.0 49 16 33 0 9 1.000 1.7 23.2 1.7 0.3 1.4 0 5.01 4.45 .971 4.56 4.12
2004 MIN AL 26 3B 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 -180.0 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.35
2004 MIN AL 26 CF 2 1 13.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 -1.0 0.0 -1.0 1 2.08 1.50 1.000 2.63 2.35
2004 MIN AL 26 OF 2 1 13.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 -1.0 0.0 -1.0 1 2.08 1.50 1.000 2.28 2.05
2004 MIN AL 26 DH 1
2005 MIN AL 27 2B 73 63 564.1 331 131 193 7 44 .979 7.3 15.5 7.3 3.9 3.4 0 5.17 4.44 .983 4.96 4.48
2005 MIN AL 27 SS 34 26 244.0 125 47 76 2 16 .984 -1.4 -6.9 -1.4 0.6 -2.0 0 4.54 3.62 .972 4.60 4.17
2005 MIN AL 27 3B 12 7 69.0 28 6 22 0 3 1.000 2.4 41.7 2.4 0.8 1.6 0 3.65 2.33 .954 2.77 2.49
2005 MIN AL 27 DH 3
2005 MIN AL 27 OF 3 1 13.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -46.2 -0.5 -0.7 0.2 0 0.69 0.33 1.000 2.28 2.03
2005 MIN AL 27 CF 2 1 11.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 -76.4 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.40
2005 MIN AL 27 RF 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 120.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 2.25 1.80
2006 MIN AL 28 3B 89 88 766.0 238 53 176 9 17 .962 12.3 19.3 12.3 4.5 7.8 0 2.69 2.57 .960 2.84 2.54
2006 MIN AL 28 SS 26 15 146.2 66 14 50 2 7 .970 2.0 16.4 2.0 0.5 1.5 0 3.93 2.46 .970 4.49 4.02
2006 MIN AL 28 2B 17 13 114.2 73 21 50 2 9 .973 -2.3 -24.1 -2.3 -2.4 0.1 0 5.57 4.18 .986 4.92 4.47
2006 MIN AL 28 OF 3 1 20.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.0 60.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0 2.70 2.00 .983 2.30 2.00
2006 MIN AL 28 CF 2 1 16.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.9 67.5 0.9 0.0 0.9 0 2.81 2.50 .980 2.64 2.30
2006 MIN AL 28 DH 2
2006 MIN AL 28 LF 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 30.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 2.25 1.00 1.000 2.02 1.70
2007 MIN AL 29 3B 108 93 828.1 261 83 171 7 11 .973 10.8 15.6 11.8 -1.3 13.1 -1 2.76 2.35 .956 2.63 2.34
2007 MIN AL 29 SS 27 24 210.2 117 44 70 3 17 .974 -5.0 -28.5 -5.0 -3.1 -1.9 0 4.87 4.22 .970 4.47 3.97
2007 MIN AL 29 2B 25 18 172.1 112 46 63 3 11 .973 -2.6 -18.1 -1.6 0.1 -1.7 -1 5.69 4.36 .985 4.98 4.54
2008 MIN AL 30 SS 61 60 530.2 298 103 187 8 46 .973 0.4 0.9 -1.6 -4.8 3.2 2 4.92 4.75 .971 4.39 3.84
2008 MIN AL 30 2B 26 23 215.2 135 54 79 2 18 .985 0.3 1.7 0.3 -2.9 3.2 0 5.55 5.12 .987 5.01 4.51
2008 MIN AL 30 3B 12 6 63.0 19 3 16 0 1 1.000 1.8 34.3 1.8 1.5 0.3 0 2.71 1.58 .958 2.74 2.37
2008 MIN AL 30 CF 3 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 20.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 1.50 0.33 1.000 2.70 2.33
2008 MIN AL 30 OF 3 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 20.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 1.50 0.33 1.000 2.25 2.03
2009 MIN AL 31 2B 63 58 510.1 269 119 150 0 36 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.0 -2.8 3.8 -1 4.74 4.27 .986 4.76 4.33
2009 MIN AL 31 SS 58 56 491.0 260 100 153 7 29 .973 -2.0 -4.9 -3.0 1.2 -4.2 1 4.64 4.36 .972 4.36 3.89
2009 MIN AL 31 3B 5 3 27.0 9 3 6 0 1 1.000 1.2 53.3 1.2 0.7 0.5 0 3.00 1.80 .956 2.67 2.38
8 Seasons 2B 240 193 1772.2 1041 427 598 16 135 .985 5.4 3.7 6.4 -3.0 9.4 -1 5.20 4.27 .985 4.91 4.43
7 Seasons 3B 237 200 1788.1 567 153 397 17 33 .970 27.1 18.2 28.1 5.2 22.9 -1 2.77 2.32 .958 2.73 2.43
9 Seasons SS 226 197 1775.0 942 331 588 23 126 .976 -3.4 -2.3 -6.4 -5.1 -1.3 3 4.66 4.07 .971 4.44 3.96
4 Seasons OF 11 3 52.0 11 10 1 0 0 1.000 0.6 13.8 -0.4 -0.7 0.3 1 1.90 1.00 .991 2.28 2.03
4 Seasons CF 9 3 46.0 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 7.8 -0.7 -0.7 -0.0 1 1.76 1.00 .989 2.66 2.34
3 Seasons DH 6
1 Season LF 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 30.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 2.25 1.00 1.000 2.02 1.70
1 Season RF 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 120.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 2.25 1.80
9 Seasons TOT 714 593 5388.0 2561 921 1584 56 294 .978 29.7 6.6 27.7 -3.6 31.3 1 1 4.18 3.51 .952 4.01 3.58
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
2001 PHI NL 23 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
2002 PHI NL 24 9 0 9 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 2
2003 PHI NL 25 64 15 64 29 0 0 0 16 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 28 12
2004 MIN AL 26 38 22 38 32 0 0 0 19 2 11 0 2 0 2 0 4 6
2005 MIN AL 27 112 97 112 105 0 0 0 73 12 34 0 2 1 3 0 2 8
2006 MIN AL 28 135 117 135 129 0 0 0 17 89 26 1 2 0 3 0 2 6
2007 MIN AL 29 150 135 150 150 0 0 0 25 108 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
2008 MIN AL 30 99 89 99 98 0 0 0 26 12 61 0 3 0 3 1 1 2
2009 MIN AL 31 125 117 125 121 0 0 0 63 5 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
9 Seasons 736 593 736 667 0 0 0 240 237 226 1 9 1 11 1 45 45
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
2002 PHI NL 24 4 75% 75% 25% 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
2003 PHI NL 25 365 66% 76% 30% 40 95% 0 36 14 15 7 28 25 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 6 3 1 1 0 5 1 4 1 1 0
2004 MIN AL 26 480 56% 71% 31% 42 88% 0 20 7 12 1 34 28 6 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 10 2 3 5 0 10 5 5 0 0 0
2005 MIN AL 27 2342 55% 79% 34% 237 95% 0 131 57 55 19 193 166 24 0 5 7 1 4 2 4 44 18 4 16 4 42 20 22 2 0 1
2006 MIN AL 28 531 51% 75% 31% 56 89% 0 21 9 7 5 50 41 8 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 9 3 2 4 0 9 4 5 0 0 0
2007 MIN AL 29 762 49% 75% 32% 82 90% 0 46 19 22 5 63 53 8 0 0 3 0 1 2 2 11 3 2 4 0 9 4 5 2 2 0
2008 MIN AL 30 945 59% 76% 35% 93 95% 0 54 23 28 3 79 67 11 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 18 6 3 4 2 16 6 9 1 1 0
2009 MIN AL 31 2282 54% 74% 30% 191 94% 1 119 58 51 10 150 123 19 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 35 14 7 11 0 34 11 22 1 1 0
8 Seasons 7711 55% 76% 32% 741 94% 1 428 187 191 50 598 504 79 1 10 16 2 9 5 10 134 49 23 45 6 126 51 73 7 5 1
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
2003 PHI NL 25 125 70% 71% 24% 12 83% 0 5 4 0 1 6 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2004 MIN AL 26 20 55% 80% 35% 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 MIN AL 27 316 51% 78% 37% 25 92% 0 6 2 1 3 22 17 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 4 0 0 0 2 50%
2006 MIN AL 28 3236 61% 75% 32% 235 92% 4 53 42 4 7 175 147 23 3 3 9 1 3 5 6 18 11 3 15 2 1 1 11 82%
2007 MIN AL 29 3562 54% 76% 32% 262 91% 0 83 69 6 8 171 145 21 0 8 7 0 3 4 4 11 8 1 9 2 1 1 6 83%
2008 MIN AL 30 258 62% 77% 33% 21 86% 0 3 3 0 0 16 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 100%
2009 MIN AL 31 121 53% 82% 28% 10 90% 0 3 2 1 0 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 7638 57% 76% 32% 566 91% 4 153 122 12 19 396 333 53 3 12 17 1 6 10 10 35 24 4 30 4 2 2 22 82%
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 89% 64%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
2001 PHI NL 23 37 59% 73% 22% 3 100% 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 PHI NL 24 12 75% 83% 58% 1 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 PHI NL 25 226 45% 74% 35% 20 95% 0 5 3 2 0 17 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
2004 MIN AL 26 389 47% 78% 33% 38 95% 0 16 6 8 2 33 21 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 2 2 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 1
2005 MIN AL 27 1031 58% 81% 31% 106 88% 0 47 27 20 0 76 58 14 0 3 2 0 1 1 1 16 5 2 5 1 1 14 7 7 2 0 2
2006 MIN AL 28 616 63% 72% 31% 59 93% 1 14 9 4 1 50 39 9 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 7 4 0 2 0 1 7 4 3 0 0 0
2007 MIN AL 29 991 57% 73% 30% 92 88% 2 44 19 22 3 70 56 10 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 17 4 5 6 0 2 17 9 8 0 0 0
2008 MIN AL 30 2299 57% 77% 30% 254 89% 4 103 64 30 9 187 139 38 1 3 8 0 5 3 7 46 19 5 11 2 5 44 24 18 2 0 1
2009 MIN AL 31 2191 57% 77% 30% 217 90% 2 100 58 29 13 153 123 24 1 2 7 0 2 5 5 29 13 2 9 2 2 29 16 13 0 0 0
9 Seasons 7792 57% 76% 30% 790 90% 9 331 187 116 28 588 452 109 2 9 23 0 8 15 14 126 49 16 36 5 11 120 66 52 5 0 4
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2004 MIN AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 1 62 44% 74% 45% 6 50%
2005 MIN AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 48% 76% 52% 1 0%
2006 MIN AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 61 44% 74% 41% 8 63%
2008 MIN AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 61% 70% 43% 1 100%
4 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40.0% 3 0 0.0% 1 188 47% 74% 45% 16 56%
MLB Averages 43.6% 1.9% 56% 74% 39% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2005 MIN AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 44% 78% 33% 1 100%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 44% 78% 33% 1 100%
MLB Averages 48.6% 2.3% 56% 74% 39% 50%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2006 MIN AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 75% 81% 56% 1 100%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 75% 81% 56% 1 100%
MLB Averages 62.5% 2.3% 56% 74% 39% 46%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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