| Pete Kozma | |
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| St. Louis Cardinals – No. 47 | |
| Second baseman, Shortstop | |
| Born: April 11, 1988 Tulsa, Oklahoma |
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| Bats: Right | Throws: Right |
| MLB debut | |
| May 18, 2011 for the St. Louis Cardinals | |
| Career statistics (through May 18, 2011) |
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| Batting average | .500 |
| Home runs | 0 |
| Runs batted in | 1 |
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Peter Michael Kozma (born April 11, 1988 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA) is a minor league baseball second baseman/shortstop currently on the St. Louis Cardinals active roster. He is 6'0" tall and he weighs 170 pounds.
Prior to playing professionally, he attended Owasso High School in Owasso, Oklahoma. He was drafted by the Cardinals in the first round of the 2007 amateur draft out of Owasso, and began his professional career that year.
In his first professional season, Kozma played for three minor league teams - the Johnson City Cardinals (30 games), GCL Cardinals (four games) and Batavia Muckdogs (eight games). Overall, he hit .233 with two home runs and 11 RBI in 42 games that season.
He played for the Quad Cities River Bandits (99 games) and Palm Beach Cardinals (24 games) in 2008, hitting a combined .258 with five home runs and 50 RBI in 123 games. He also stole 12 bases in 18 attempts.
In 2009, he split the season between Palm Beach (18 games) and the Springfield Cardinals (113 games), hitting .231 with six home runs and 45 RBI in 131 games. He played for Springfield in 2010, hitting .243 with 13 home runs and 72 RBI in 132 games. He also stole 13 bases in 15 tries.[1]
On May 18, 2011, Kozma was called up from AAA Memphis to the major league club to replace injured middle infielder Nick Punto. He made his major league debut that night, and hit a double with an RBI in his first at-bat when pinch-hitting in the 5th at Busch Stadium.
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