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Nick Punto

Twins Career team 2004–2010
Number #1
Position Second Baseman
Bats Both
Throws Right
Age 48
Height 5' 9"
Weight 195 lbs
Birth Place San Diego, CA
Born Nov 8, 1977

Key Insights

2014
One opponent brings the best out of him

Punto has hit .455/.462/1.000 against Mike Wood in 13 plate appearances, his best line against anyone he has seen this often.

5 for 11 with 1 home run and 1 strikeout, against a .619 OPS median across his matchups.
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Punto is 10 for 21 against Kevin Millwood, a .476 average and his best against anyone he has faced this often.

25 career plate appearances.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

Punto swings through more against Sidney Ponson than against anyone else he has faced this often: 0% of the swings between them come up empty.

14 plate appearances between them. 99th percentile of the 50 matchups on his own record.
Nobody has seen more of him than this opponent

No pitcher has seen Punto more often than Mark Buehrle: 48 plate appearances, in which Punto has hit .289/.292/.378.

13 hits, 0 home runs and 3 strikeouts across 48 plate appearances.
One club he looks forward to seeing on the schedule

Against the arms currently on the TEX, Punto has hit .357 and slugged .529 over 81 plate appearances, his best of any club.

25 hits, 1 home run and 12 strikeouts, against a .306 slugging median across the clubs he has faced.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Justin Verlander has struck Punto out 10 times in 27 plate appearances, 37% of everything between them.

10 strikeouts in 27 plate appearances.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Nov 8, 1977
Birth Place San Diego, CA
Height 5' 9"
Weight 195 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Both/Right
College/Draft California