Billy Gilbert vs. Nick Punto — Career Comparison

Billy Gilbert
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueSecond Baseman
Nick Punto
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueSecond Baseman

Billy Gilbert and Nick Punto are a strikingly close offensive match — their adjusted numbers sit nearly on top of each other across the most important hitting dimensions. Their on-base numbers were nearly identical (OBP+ 102 for Billy Gilbert, 100 for Nick Punto), and so was their slugging (SLG+ 84 vs 80). The overall lean goes to Billy Gilbert, but the margin between these two hitters is genuinely razor-thin.

Hitting Stats for Billy Gilbert and Nick Punto

Billy Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Nick Punto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Billy Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
850
155.92
Nick Punto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1163
186.88
Billy Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
3271
600
Nick Punto
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3734
600
Billy Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
2816
516.54
Nick Punto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3253
522.71
Billy Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.247
0.247
Nick Punto
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Billy Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.692
0.692
Nick Punto
Career
Per 600 PA
0.691
0.691
Billy Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
695
127.48
Nick Punto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
798
128.23
Billy Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PAverified
602
110.42
Nick Punto
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
611
98.18
Billy Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
72
13.21
Nick Punto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
22.66
Billy Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
17
3.12
Nick Punto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
4.34
Billy Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
4
0.73
Nick Punto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
3.05
Billy Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
93
17.06
Nick Punto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
30.05
Billy Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Nick Punto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Billy Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.001
0.001
Nick Punto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Billy Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Nick Punto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Billy Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PAverified
331.15
60.74
Nick Punto
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
366.18
58.84
Billy Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
813
149.13
Nick Punto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1050
168.72
Billy Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
1037
190.22
Nick Punto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1187
190.73
Billy Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.328
0.328
Nick Punto
Career
Per 600 PA
0.323
0.323
Billy Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.289
0.289
Nick Punto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Billy Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.617
0.617
Nick Punto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.646
0.646
Billy Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Nick Punto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.078
0.078
Billy Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Nick Punto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Billy Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.623
0.623
Nick Punto
Career
Per 600 PA
0.604
0.604
Billy Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.268
0.268
Nick Punto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Billy Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PAverified
375
68.79
Nick Punto
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
421
67.65
Billy Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PAverified
237
43.47
Nick Punto
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
263
42.26
Billy Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PAverified
608
111.53
Nick Punto
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
665
106.86
Billy Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PAverified
371.24
68.1
Nick Punto
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
388.5
62.43
Billy Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
13.21
Nick Punto
Career
Per 600 PA
3
0.48
Billy Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
270
49.53
Nick Punto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
386
62.02
Billy Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Punto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
1.45
Billy Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
229
42.01
Nick Punto
Career
Per 600 PA
651
104.61
Billy Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.28
14.28
Nick Punto
Career
Per 600 PA
5.74
5.74
Billy Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.18
1.18
Nick Punto
Career
Per 600 PA
0.59
0.59
Billy Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
20.73
Nick Punto
Career
Per 600 PA
63
10.12
Billy Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Punto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
4.66
Billy Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Nick Punto
Career
Per 600 PA
63
10.12
Billy Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
30.63
Nick Punto
Career
Per 600 PA
104
16.71
Billy Gilbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Punto
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
5.78
Billy Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167
30.63
Nick Punto
Career
Per 600 PA
140
22.5
Billy Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Nick Punto
Career
Per 600 PA
74.29
74.29

Fielding Stats for Billy Gilbert and Nick Punto

Billy Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Nick Punto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Billy Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
844
1.03
Nick Punto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1122
1.28
Billy Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
454
0.55
Nick Punto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
857
0.97
Billy Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
22182
27
Nick Punto
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23749
27
Billy Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
7394
9
Nick Punto
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7916.1
9
Billy Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1996
2.43
Nick Punto
Career
Per 9 Innings
1352
1.54
Billy Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2610
3.18
Nick Punto
Career
Per 9 Innings
2381
2.71
Billy Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
315
0.38
Nick Punto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.1
Billy Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4921
5.99
Nick Punto
Career
Per 9 Innings
3817
4.34
Billy Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4606
5.61
Nick Punto
Career
Per 9 Innings
3733
4.24
Billy Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.6
93.6
Nick Punto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.8
97.8
Billy Gilbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.457
5.457
Nick Punto
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.327
3.327
Billy Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.79
53.79
Nick Punto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.38
76.38
Billy Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
325
0.4
Nick Punto
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
470
0.53
Billy Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Punto
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Punto
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Punto
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Gilbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Punto
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0