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.

2005 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2005 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 6	MIN	@	SEA	W,4-1	GS	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B 3B
2	5 (1)	Apr 9	MIN		CHW	L,5-8	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
3	8 (2)	Apr 13	MIN		DET	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
4	11 (2)	Apr 16	MIN	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	2B
5	12	Apr 17	MIN	@	CLE	L,1-2	GF	7	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
6	14 (1)	Apr 19	MIN	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
7	15	Apr 20	MIN		KCR	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
8	17 (1)	Apr 22	MIN	@	DET	L,4-5	GF	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
9	18	Apr 25	MIN	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
10	19	Apr 26	MIN	@	KCR	W,2-1	GS	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS 2B
11	20	Apr 27	MIN	@	KCR	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	2B
12	21	Apr 28	MIN	@	KCR	W,6-5	GS	47	11.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B 3B
13	22	Apr 29	MIN		LAA	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
14	23	Apr 30	MIN		LAA	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	25 (1)	May 3	MIN		CLE	L,2-4	CG	44	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
16	26	May 4	MIN		CLE	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	2	7	0	9	2	2B
17	27	May 5	MIN		CLE	W,9-0	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
18	28	May 6	MIN	@	TBD	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
19	29	May 7	MIN	@	TBD	W,8-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 2B
20	30	May 8	MIN	@	TBD	W,9-6	GS	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B SS
21	31	May 9	MIN	@	BAL	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	5	4	0	9	1	2B
22	32	May 10	MIN	@	BAL	W,6-4	GS	44	10.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B SS
23	33	May 11	MIN	@	BAL	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
24	34	May 13	MIN		TEX	L,6-9	GS	49	11.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B SS
25	36 (1)	May 15	MIN		TEX	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	6	3	0	9	1	2B
26	40 (3)	May 20	MIN		MIL	W,7-1	CG	30	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
27	41	May 21	MIN		MIL	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
28	43 (1)	May 23	MIN	@	CLE	L,1-2	GS	32	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B SS
29	44	May 24	MIN	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	41	11.0	1	4	0	5	2	2B
30	45	May 25	MIN	@	CLE	L,2-3	GS	39	9.2	2	4	0	6	1	SS 2B
31	47 (1)	May 27	MIN	@	TOR	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
32	48	May 28	MIN	@	TOR	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
33	49	May 29	MIN	@	TOR	L,0-4	GS	38	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B SS
34	50	May 31	MIN		CLE	L,3-4	GS	36	9.0	3	8	0	11	4	2B 3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	51	Jun 1	MIN		CLE	W,6-2	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR 2B
36	52	Jun 2	MIN		CLE	W,4-3	GS	26	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	79 (26)	Jul 3	MIN		TBD	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	5	7	0	12	2	2B
38	80	Jul 4	MIN	@	LAA	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
39	81	Jul 5	MIN	@	LAA	L,1-2	GS	33	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B SS
40	82	Jul 6	MIN	@	LAA	L,6-7	GS	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS 2B
41	83	Jul 7	MIN	@	KCR	L,5-8	GS	42	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B 3B
42	84	Jul 8	MIN	@	KCR	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
43	85	Jul 9	MIN	@	KCR	L,8-12	CG	48	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
44	86	Jul 10	MIN	@	KCR	W,3-2	CG	41	12.0	6	4	0	10	2	SS
45	87	Jul 14	MIN		LAA	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
46	88	Jul 15	MIN		LAA	L,2-3	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
47	89	Jul 16	MIN		LAA	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
48	90	Jul 17	MIN		LAA	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
49	91	Jul 18	MIN		BAL	L,2-3	GS	41	11.0	1	2	0	3	2	3B SS
50	92	Jul 19	MIN		BAL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	3	SS
51	93	Jul 20	MIN		BAL	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	2B
52	94	Jul 21	MIN	@	DET	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
53	95	Jul 22	MIN	@	DET	L,6-12	CG	47	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
54	96	Jul 23 (1)	MIN	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
55	97	Jul 23 (2)	MIN	@	DET	W,5-2	GS	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS 2B
56	99 (1)	Jul 26	MIN	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
57	100	Jul 27	MIN	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
58	101	Jul 28	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
59	102	Jul 29	MIN	@	BOS	L,5-8	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
60	104 (1)	Jul 31	MIN	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	105	Aug 1	MIN		OAK	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
62	106	Aug 2	MIN		OAK	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	5	8	0	13	2	2B
63	107	Aug 3	MIN		OAK	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	3	4	1	8	1	2B
64	109 (1)	Aug 5	MIN		BOS	W,12-0	GS	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
65	110	Aug 6	MIN		BOS	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	4	1	9	1	2B
66	111	Aug 7	MIN		BOS	L,7-11	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
67	112	Aug 8	MIN	@	SEA	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
68	113	Aug 9	MIN	@	SEA	L,0-1	GS	29	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B CF SS
69	114	Aug 10	MIN	@	SEA	W,7-3	GF	22	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	PR 3B
70	115	Aug 12	MIN	@	OAK	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
71	117 (1)	Aug 14	MIN	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
72	118	Aug 15	MIN	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	5	1	6	1	SS
73	119	Aug 16	MIN	@	CHW	W,9-4	CG	63	16.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
74	120	Aug 17	MIN	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
75	121	Aug 18	MIN		SEA	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
76	122	Aug 19	MIN		SEA	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
77	124 (1)	Aug 21	MIN		SEA	W,8-3	CG	33	9.0	4	6	1	11	1	2B
78	125	Aug 23	MIN		CHW	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
79	126	Aug 24	MIN		CHW	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	3	4	1	8	1	2B
80	127	Aug 25	MIN		CHW	L,1-2	CG	40	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
81	128	Aug 26	MIN	@	TEX	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
82	129	Aug 27	MIN	@	TEX	W,7-2	CG	45	11.0	3	6	0	9	2	2B
83	130	Aug 28	MIN	@	TEX	L,1-2	CG	36	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	2B
84	131	Aug 29	MIN	@	KCR	W,3-1	CG	36	10.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
85	132	Aug 30	MIN	@	KCR	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
86	133	Aug 31	MIN	@	KCR	L,0-1	CG	32	8.1	4	3	0	7	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	134	Sep 2	MIN		CLE	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B
88	135	Sep 3	MIN		CLE	W,3-2	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
89	136	Sep 4	MIN		CLE	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
90	137	Sep 5	MIN		TEX	L,0-7	CG	38	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	2B
91	138	Sep 6	MIN		TEX	L,7-10	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
92	139	Sep 7	MIN		TEX	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
93	140	Sep 9	MIN	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
94	141	Sep 10	MIN	@	CLE	L,5-7	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
95	143 (1)	Sep 12	MIN	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
96	146 (2)	Sep 16	MIN		CHW	L,1-2	CG	38	10.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
97	148 (1)	Sep 18	MIN		CHW	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	2B
98	151 (2)	Sep 21	MIN	@	OAK	W,10-4	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
99	153 (1)	Sep 23	MIN	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
100	154	Sep 24	MIN	@	CHW	L,1-8	CG	37	8.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
101	157 (2)	Sep 27	MIN		KCR	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
102	158	Sep 28	MIN		KCR	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
103	159	Sep 29	MIN		KCR	L,6-10	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
104	160	Sep 30	MIN		DET	W,7-3	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
105	161	Oct 1	MIN		DET	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	4	4	0	8	0	2B
							122gm		890.1	185	291	9	485	64