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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

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

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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 4.74 4.27 .986 4.76 4.33
2009 MIN AL 31 SS 58 56 491.0 260 100 153 7 29 .973 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 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 5.4 -0.2 5.6 0 5.20 4.27 .985 4.91 4.43
7 Seasons 3B 237 200 1788.1 567 153 397 17 33 .970 25.9 17.4 26.9 4.5 22.4 -1 2.77 2.32 .958 2.73 2.43
9 Seasons SS 226 197 1775.0 942 331 588 23 126 .976 -1.4 -0.9 -3.4 -6.3 2.9 2 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 30.5 6.8 28.5 -2.7 31.2 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 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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  6. Pete Coscarart (963)
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Transactions

June 3, 1997: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 33rd round of the 1997 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 2, 1998: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 21st round of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 1998.

December 3, 2003: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with a player to be named later and Carlos Silva to the Minnesota Twins for Eric Milton. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Bobby Korecky (December 17, 2003) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade.

October 30, 2008: Granted Free Agency.

December 11, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2009.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
2002Philadelphia Phillies$200,000
2003Philadelphia Phillies$300,000
2004Minnesota Twins$307,500
2005Minnesota Twins$325,000
2006Minnesota Twins$690,000
2007Minnesota Twins$1,800,000
2008Minnesota Twins$2,400,000
2009Minnesota Twins$4,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$10,022,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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