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The big number is his career NUT, his total production against league average, with its letter grade. This season's NUT sits just below it, followed by his season and career lines, recent form over 7, 14 and 30 days, game logs, and percentile ranks against every qualified player. NUT is built on the advanced hitting and pitching stats analysts trust, with defense left out, so the number reflects what the player controls.

Nick Punto 2026 Season · ATH

Nick Punto is a free agent second baseman. His career NUT is -10.7, #7,695 of 7,896 hitters since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 2011 (+0.3). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: .245/.323/.323, 19 HR, 798 H in 1163 games.

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Nick Punto Career Stats & NUT | Baseball NUT

Nick Punto

2B · Free agent

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-10.7Career NUT

+7.7 to Weak

Career

.245AVG19HR263RBI798H421R104SB

Career · season grades

S/R · 5' 9", 195 lb · b. Nov 8, 1977 · San Diego, CA · Draft 1997 (33th Rd, #993)

Player Overview

Year by Year


2001	23	PHI	—	4	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.000	.800	.400
2002	24	PHI	—	9	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	.167	.167	.167	.000	.334	.333
2003	25	PHI	—	64	99	92	14	20	2	0	1	4	7	0	1	22	2	1	0	0	0	.217	.273	.272	.055	.545	.275
2004	26	MIN	-0.2	38	103	91	17	23	0	0	2	12	12	0	0	19	6	0	0	0	2	.253	.340	.319	.066	.659	.300
2005	27	MIN	-1.7	112	439	394	45	94	18	4	4	26	36	0	0	86	13	8	2	7	9	.239	.301	.335	.096	.636	.294
2006	28	MIN	-0.7	135	524	459	73	133	21	7	1	45	47	1	0	68	17	5	7	10	8	.290	.352	.373	.083	.725	.332
2007	29	MIN	-3.3	150	536	472	53	99	18	4	1	25	55	0	1	90	16	6	3	6	7	.210	.291	.271	.061	.562	.255
2008	30	MIN	-0.3	99	377	338	43	96	19	4	2	28	32	0	1	57	15	6	2	5	10	.284	.344	.382	.098	.726	.335
2009	31	MIN	-1.7	125	440	359	56	82	15	1	1	38	61	1	1	70	16	3	6	13	7	.228	.337	.284	.056	.621	.276
2010	32	MIN	-1.1	88	288	252	24	60	11	1	1	20	28	1	2	50	6	2	3	4	3	.238	.313	.302	.064	.615	.289
2011	33	STL	+0.3	63	166	133	21	37	8	4	1	20	25	0	3	21	1	1	2	6	3	.278	.388	.421	.143	.809	.319
2012	34	BOS	-0.7	65	148	125	14	25	6	0	1	10	19	0	0	33	5	0	2	2	5	.200	.301	.272	.072	.573	.258
2012	34	LAD	—	22	43	35	6	10	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	9	1	0	0	2	0	.286	.390	.314	.028	.704	.385
2012	34	TOT	-0.7	87	191	160	20	35	7	0	1	10	25	0	0	42	6	0	2	4	5	.219	.321	.281	.062	.602	.286
2013	35	LAD	-0.6	116	335	294	34	75	15	0	2	21	33	0	0	67	3	3	2	6	4	.255	.328	.327	.072	.655	.322
2014	36	OAK	-0.8	73	224	198	21	41	7	2	2	14	25	0	0	56	3	1	0	1	5	.207	.296	.293	.086	.589	.279
Career	—	14 yrs	-10.7	1163	3734	3253	421	798	141	27	19	263	386	3	9	651	104	36	29	63	63	.245	.323	.323	.078	.646	.298

Stat definitions →

NUT Breakdown

Power

Contact

Discipline

What's driving Punto's career NUT of -10.7

Slice size = share of total NUT. Power = HR + XBH · Contact = Singles · Discipline = BB + HBP.

Career NUT Trend

0.3

0405060708091011121314

NUT by Season

-0.2

-1.7

-0.7

-3.3

-0.3

-1.7

-1.1

+0.3

-0.7

-0.6

-0.8

Awards

2002INT Post-Season All-Star

2010MLBPAA Twins Heart and Hustle Award

2011World Series Championship

2013MLBPAA Dodgers Heart and Hustle Award

Minor League

Year	Age	Lv	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	IBB	SO	SB	CS	SF	SH	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	OPS	BAbip
1999	21	A+	106	478	400	65	122	18	6	1	48	67	3	3	53	16	7	5	3	13	.305	.404	.388	.083	.792	.345
2000	22	AA	121	547	456	77	116	15	4	5	47	69	2	0	71	33	10	6	14	5	.254	.351	.338	.084	.689	.288
2001	23	AAA	123	536	463	57	106	19	5	1	39	68	0	3	114	33	9	1	3	15	.229	.327	.298	.069	.625	.301
2002	24	AAA	115	530	443	74	120	12	5	1	29	76	2	0	84	42	8	3	6	5	.271	.378	.327	.056	.705	.330
2003	25	AAA	25	121	111	19	35	7	1	0	9	7	0	0	13	7	1	1	2	0	.315	.353	.396	.081	.749	.354
2004	26	A	4	18	16	4	7	1	0	1	6	2	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	.438	.500	.688	.250	1.188	.462
2005	27	AAA	4	17	15	2	3	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.294	.267	.067	.561	.231
2008	30	A+	3	13	12	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.308	.250	.000	.558	.273
2011	33	AA	7	26	24	3	8	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.385	.375	.042	.760	.381
2011	33	AAA	5	18	15	2	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.200	.000	.533	.214

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