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.

2007 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2007 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 2	MIN		BAL	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
2	2	Apr 3	MIN		BAL	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
3	3	Apr 4	MIN		BAL	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	3B
4	4	Apr 7	MIN	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
5	5	Apr 8	MIN	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
6	6	Apr 9	MIN		NYY	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
7	7	Apr 10	MIN		NYY	L,1-10	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
8	8	Apr 11	MIN		NYY	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
9	9	Apr 12	MIN		TBD	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
10	10	Apr 13	MIN		TBD	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
11	15 (4)	Apr 19	MIN	@	SEA	W,6-5	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
12	16	Apr 20	MIN	@	KCR	L,7-11	CG	44	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
13	17	Apr 21	MIN	@	KCR	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
14	18	Apr 22	MIN	@	KCR	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
15	19	Apr 23	MIN		CLE	L,3-7	CG	56	12.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
16	20	Apr 24	MIN		CLE	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
17	21	Apr 25	MIN		KCR	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
18	22	Apr 26	MIN		KCR	W,1-0	CG	47	11.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
19	23	Apr 27	MIN	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
20	24	Apr 28	MIN	@	DET	W,11-3	GS	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
21	25	Apr 29	MIN	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	26	May 1	MIN	@	TBD	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
23	27	May 2	MIN	@	TBD	L,3-4	CG	45	9.1	0	2	0	2	0	3B
24	28	May 3	MIN	@	TBD	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
25	29	May 4	MIN		BOS	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
26	30	May 5	MIN		BOS	W,2-1	CG	40	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
27	31	May 6	MIN		BOS	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	0	2	0	2	0	PH 3B
28	32	May 8	MIN		CHW	W,7-4	CG	39	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
29	33	May 9	MIN		CHW	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
30	34	May 10	MIN		CHW	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
31	35	May 11	MIN		DET	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
32	36	May 12	MIN		DET	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
33	37	May 13	MIN		DET	W,16-4	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
34	38	May 15	MIN	@	CLE	L,7-15	GS	38	6.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
35	39	May 16	MIN	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
36	40	May 17	MIN	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
37	41	May 18	MIN	@	MIL	W,8-1	CG	30	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
38	42	May 19	MIN	@	MIL	W,5-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
39	43	May 20	MIN	@	MIL	L,5-6	GS	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B SS
40	44	May 21	MIN	@	TEX	L,4-14	CG	43	8.0	1	5	1	7	1	SS
41	45	May 22	MIN	@	TEX	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
42	46	May 23	MIN	@	TEX	W,5-3	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
43	47	May 25	MIN		TOR	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
44	48	May 26	MIN		TOR	L,8-9	GS	57	13.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS 3B
45	49	May 27	MIN		TOR	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
46	50	May 28	MIN		CHW	W,10-4	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
47	51	May 29	MIN		CHW	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
48	52	May 30	MIN		CHW	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	53	Jun 1	MIN	@	OAK	W,3-2	CG	42	10.0	4	1	0	5	0	3B
50	54	Jun 2	MIN	@	OAK	L,0-1	CG	27	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
51	55	Jun 3	MIN	@	OAK	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
52	56	Jun 4	MIN	@	LAA	L,3-16	CG	48	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
53	58 (1)	Jun 6	MIN	@	LAA	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
54	59	Jun 8	MIN		WSN	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
55	60	Jun 9	MIN		WSN	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
56	61	Jun 10	MIN		WSN	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
57	62	Jun 12	MIN		ATL	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
58	63	Jun 13	MIN		ATL	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
59	64	Jun 14	MIN		ATL	W,3-2	GS	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B SS
60	65	Jun 15	MIN		MIL	L,3-11	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
61	66	Jun 16	MIN		MIL	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
62	67	Jun 17	MIN		MIL	W,10-9	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
63	68	Jun 18	MIN	@	NYM	L,1-8	CG	43	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
64	70 (1)	Jun 20	MIN	@	NYM	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
65	71	Jun 22	MIN	@	FLA	L,4-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
66	72	Jun 23	MIN	@	FLA	W,11-1	GS	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B 2B
67	73	Jun 24	MIN	@	FLA	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
68	74	Jun 25	MIN		TOR	L,5-8	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
69	75	Jun 26	MIN		TOR	W,2-1	CG	40	12.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
70	76	Jun 27	MIN		TOR	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
71	77	Jun 28	MIN		TOR	W,8-5	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
72	78	Jun 29	MIN	@	DET	W,11-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
73	79	Jun 30	MIN	@	DET	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	80	Jul 1	MIN	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	27	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
75	82 (1)	Jul 3	MIN	@	NYY	L,0-8	CG	40	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
76	83	Jul 4	MIN	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
77	84	Jul 5	MIN	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	41	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
78	85	Jul 6 (1)	MIN	@	CHW	W,20-14	GS	49	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B 2B
79	86	Jul 6 (2)	MIN	@	CHW	W,12-0	GS	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B 2B
80	87	Jul 7	MIN	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	29	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
81	88	Jul 8	MIN	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
82	89	Jul 12	MIN		OAK	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
83	90	Jul 13	MIN		OAK	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
84	91	Jul 14	MIN		OAK	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
85	92	Jul 15	MIN		OAK	W,4-3	GS	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
86	93	Jul 17	MIN		DET	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
87	94	Jul 18	MIN		DET	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
88	95	Jul 19	MIN		DET	L,3-4	CG	47	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
89	96	Jul 20	MIN		LAA	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B
90	97	Jul 21	MIN		LAA	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
91	98	Jul 22	MIN		LAA	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
92	99	Jul 23	MIN	@	TOR	L,4-6	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
93	100	Jul 24	MIN	@	TOR	L,0-7	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
94	101	Jul 25	MIN	@	TOR	L,1-13	CG	43	8.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
95	102	Jul 27	MIN	@	CLE	L,4-10	CG	44	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
96	103	Jul 28	MIN	@	CLE	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR 3B
97	104	Jul 29	MIN	@	CLE	W,4-1	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
98	105	Jul 30	MIN		KCR	W,3-1	CG	28	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
99	106	Jul 31	MIN		KCR	W,5-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	107	Aug 1	MIN		KCR	L,3-5	GF	13	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
101	108	Aug 3	MIN		CLE	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
102	109	Aug 4	MIN		CLE	W,3-2	GF	6	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	PR 3B
103	110	Aug 5	MIN		CLE	W,1-0	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
104	111	Aug 6	MIN		CLE	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
105	112	Aug 7	MIN	@	KCR	L,1-5	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	3B
106	113	Aug 8	MIN	@	KCR	W,11-4	CG	41	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
107	115 (1)	Aug 10	MIN	@	LAA	L,1-10	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
108	116	Aug 11	MIN	@	LAA	L,3-4	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
109	118 (1)	Aug 13	MIN	@	SEA	L,3-4	GS	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B 2B
110	119	Aug 14	MIN	@	SEA	W,11-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	3B
111	120	Aug 15	MIN	@	SEA	W,6-1	GF	16	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR SS
112	121	Aug 17	MIN		TEX	W,2-1	CG	40	10.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
113	122	Aug 18	MIN		TEX	L,0-5	GS	30	7.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
114	123	Aug 19	MIN		TEX	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
115	124	Aug 20	MIN		SEA	L,4-9	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
116	125	Aug 21	MIN		SEA	L,2-7	CG	47	9.0	5	5	1	11	2	SS
117	126	Aug 22	MIN		SEA	W,8-4	GS	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS 3B
118	127	Aug 23	MIN	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
119	128	Aug 24	MIN	@	BAL	W,7-4	GS	27	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
120	129	Aug 25	MIN	@	BAL	W,8-1	CG	40	9.0	3	8	0	11	1	2B
121	130	Aug 26	MIN	@	BAL	W,11-3	GS	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	2	3B
122	131	Aug 27	MIN	@	CLE	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
123	132	Aug 28	MIN	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
124	133	Aug 29	MIN	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
125	134	Aug 31 (1)	MIN		KCR	L,4-9	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
126	135	Aug 31 (2)	MIN		KCR	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
127	136	Sep 1	MIN		KCR	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
128	137	Sep 2	MIN		KCR	L,1-8	GS	39	8.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
129	138	Sep 3	MIN		CLE	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
130	139	Sep 4	MIN		CLE	L,5-7	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
131	140	Sep 5	MIN		CLE	L,2-6	CG	45	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
132	141	Sep 7	MIN	@	CHW	L,10-11	CG	59	12.1	6	3	1	10	0	2B
133	142	Sep 8	MIN	@	CHW	L,7-8	CG	46	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
134	143	Sep 9	MIN	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B
135	144	Sep 10	MIN	@	KCR	W,4-2	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
136	145	Sep 11	MIN	@	KCR	W,6-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
137	146	Sep 12	MIN	@	KCR	L,3-6	GS	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B 2B
138	147	Sep 14	MIN		DET	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
139	148	Sep 15	MIN		DET	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
140	149	Sep 16	MIN		DET	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
141	150	Sep 17	MIN		TEX	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
142	151	Sep 18	MIN		TEX	W,4-2	CG	42	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	2B
143	152	Sep 19	MIN		TEX	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
144	153	Sep 21	MIN		CHW	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
145	154	Sep 22	MIN		CHW	L,3-8	CG	47	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
146	156 (1)	Sep 24	MIN	@	DET	W,2-0	GS	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B 2B
147	158 (1)	Sep 26	MIN	@	DET	L,4-9	CG	29	5.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
148	159	Sep 27	MIN	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	43	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
149	160	Sep 28	MIN	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	4	3	1	8	0	2B
150	162 (1)	Sep 30	MIN	@	BOS	W,3-2	GS	27	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
							160gm		1211.1	173	304	13	490	39