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Birth Date	4-11-1988
Height	6' 0"
Weight	190 lbs

Age	36 years, 0 months, 6 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

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MLB Statistics

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	DRAA	BRR	FRAA	BWARP
2011	SLN	23	16	22	3	1	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	.176	.333	.235	77	-0.5	-0.4	-0.1	0.0
2012	SLN	24	26	82	24	5	3	2	7	19	0	2	0	.333	.383	.569	96	-0.3	1.1	2.4	0.7
2013	SLN	25	143	448	89	20	0	1	34	91	0	3	1	.217	.275	.273	59	-19.6	3.2	18.9	2.1
2014	SLN	26	14	26	7	3	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	.304	.385	.435	86	-0.4	0.8	0.0	0.1
2015	SLN	27	76	111	15	0	0	0	10	21	1	3	1	.152	.236	.152	75	-2.9	2.7	1.2	0.5
2017	NYA	29	11	10	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	.111	.200	.111	50	-0.6	0.3	0.3	0.0
2017	TEX	29	28	41	4	0	0	1	2	18	2	0	1	.111	.200	.194	55	-2.2	-0.8	-0.4	-0.2
2018	DET	30	27	73	15	4	1	1	2	15	0	0	1	.217	.236	.348	80	-1.5	0.1	0.3	0.2
Career			341	813	158	33	4	5	63	174	3	8	4	.215	.278	.291	68	-28.0	7.0	22.7	3.4

Statistics for All Levels

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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	PA	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	DRC+	DRC+ SD	FRAA	BRR	DRAA	BWARP
2007	BAT	A-	NYP	8	28	.248	.320	.366	.200	97	-3.6	0.8	0.4	17	0	-0.7	0.1	-2.3	-0.2
2007	CRD	Rk	GCL	4	15	.259	.344	.372	.182	92	0.1	0.4	0.2	708	0	0.2	0.3	-0.9	0.0
2007	JCY	Rk	APL	30	120	.253	.328	.369	.313	95	3.2	3.8	1.7	134	0	-1.5	0.9	8.8	1.3
2008	QUD	A	MDW	99	434	.255	.326	.375	.336	96	12.3	12.3	4.7	120	0	5.9	-2.2	3.7	2.5
2008	PMB	A+	FSL	24	94	.249	.327	.370	.189	94	-7.7	3.2	1.5	28	0	1.6	-0.3	-10.3	-0.4
2009	PMB	A+	FSL	18	84	.259	.324	.367	.404	89	3.9	2.4	1.1	133	0	-3.6	-1.4	2.6	0.1
2009	SFD	AA	TXS	113	459	.263	.334	.391	.259	116	-17.3	13.3	6.1	64	0	8.7	1.4	-24.9	0.5
2010	SFD	AA	TXS	132	570	.261	.338	.391	.282	104	-9.2	16.9	7.8	87	0	17.2	-0.1	-6.6	3.6
2011	SLN	MLB	NL	16	22	.251	.318	.402	.231	103	-1	0.6	0.1	77	12	-0.1	-0.4	-0.5	0.0
2011	MEM	AAA	PCL	112	448	.279	.353	.431	.265	97	-28.3	13.9	3.8	46	0	13.2	2.6	-28.4	0.5
2012	SLN	MLB	NL	26	82	.249	.323	.382	.415	95	5.3	2.2	1	96	10	2.4	1.1	-0.3	0.7
2012	MEM	AAA	PCL	131	500	.273	.337	.422	.251	95	-12	14.9	1.9	66	0	6.5	4.0	-17.7	0.9
2013	SLN	MLB	NL	143	448	.247	.309	.380	.274	100	-24.5	11.8	5.3	59	8	18.9	3.2	-19.6	2.1
2014	SLN	MLB	NL	14	26	.260	.325	.421	.368	103	0.8	0.7	0.1	86	14	0.0	0.8	-0.4	0.1
2014	MEM	AAA	PCL	117	437	.268	.333	.414	.275	90	3.4	13.1	5.1	90	0	6.1	1.6	-7.6	1.8
2015	SLN	MLB	NL	76	111	.255	.317	.408	.192	94	-10.9	3.0	0.6	75	10	1.2	2.7	-2.9	0.5
2016	SWB	AAA	INT	130	488	.254	.317	.378	.256	102	-33.1	13.7	4	56	0	5.4	3.1	-28.1	-0.2
2017	NYA	MLB	AL	11	10	.270	.342	.473	.143	106	-1.4	0.3	0.1	50	11	0.3	0.3	-0.6	0.0
2017	TEX	MLB	AL	28	41	.254	.325	.421	.176	113	-4.4	1.2	0.2	55	11	-0.4	-0.8	-2.2	-0.2
2017	ROU	AAA	PCL	11	42	.280	.342	.419	.375	98	-0.7	1.2	0.2	97	0	0.6	1.3	0.0	0.3
2018	DET	MLB	AL	27	73	.261	.326	.437	.259	101	-2.5	2.0	0.6	80	12	0.3	0.1	-1.5	0.2
2018	TOL	AAA	INT	83	296	.252	.322	.386	.244	92	-14.8	8.7	3.2	57	0	-1.7	0.4	-12.2	-0.2
2018	PRT	Wnt	ABL	12	56	.000	.000	.000	.231	108	6.6	2.3	0.8	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2019	TOL	AAA	INT	88	322	.265	.341	.446	.288	93	3.1	11.0	1	99	0	8.9	1.0	-0.3	1.9

Statistics For All Levels

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Year	Team	lvl	LG	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	SF	SH
2007	CRD	Rk	GCL	15	13	4	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	.154	.267	.154	.000	0	0
2007	BAT	A-	NYP	28	27	1	4	0	1	0	6	2	1	7	1	1	.148	.179	.222	.074	0	0
2007	JCY	Rk	APL	120	106	16	28	8	0	2	42	9	12	21	3	2	.264	.350	.396	.132	0	0
2008	PMB	A+	FSL	94	77	4	10	4	0	0	14	10	10	27	0	1	.130	.231	.182	.052	3	3
2008	QUD	A	MDW	434	377	58	107	20	4	5	150	40	45	69	12	5	.284	.367	.398	.114	1	1
2009	PMB	A+	FSL	84	73	8	23	5	0	0	28	8	8	16	1	0	.315	.390	.384	.068	0	0
2009	SFD	AA	TXS	459	407	52	88	15	3	6	127	37	42	88	4	2	.216	.289	.312	.096	4	4
2010	SFD	AA	TXS	570	503	69	122	28	2	13	193	72	56	111	13	2	.243	.316	.384	.141	7	7
2011	SLN	MLB	NL	22	17	2	3	1	0	0	4	1	4	4	0	0	.176	.333	.235	.059	0	1
2011	MEM	AAA	PCL	448	398	48	85	17	2	3	115	47	36	91	2	2	.214	.280	.289	.075	6	5
2012	MEM	AAA	PCL	500	448	61	104	16	3	11	159	63	41	74	7	4	.232	.292	.355	.123	7	4
2012	SLN	MLB	NL	82	72	11	24	5	3	2	41	14	7	19	2	0	.333	.383	.569	.236	2	1
2013	SLN	MLB	NL	448	410	44	89	20	0	1	112	35	34	91	3	1	.217	.275	.273	.056	3	1
2014	SLN	MLB	NL	26	23	4	7	3	0	0	10	0	3	4	0	0	.304	.385	.435	.130	0
2014	MEM	AAA	PCL	437	379	59	94	23	0	8	141	54	41	61	10	7	.248	.330	.372	.124	3
2015	SLN	MLB	NL	111	99	15	15	0	0	0	15	2	10	21	3	1	.152	.236	.152	.000	0	1
2016	SWB	AAA	INT	488	445	48	93	19	0	2	118	32	31	91	11	4	.209	.268	.265	.056	3	3
2017	NYA	MLB	AL	10	9	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	.111	.200	.111	.000	0	0
2017	TEX	MLB	AL	41	36	4	4	0	0	1	7	2	2	18	0	1	.111	.200	.194	.083	0	1
2017	ROU	AAA	PCL	42	40	8	12	4	0	0	16	2	2	8	1	0	.300	.333	.400	.100	0	0
2018	TOL	AAA	INT	296	271	23	55	18	2	1	80	17	19	52	6	1	.203	.260	.295	.092	3	0
2018	DET	MLB	AL	73	69	7	15	4	1	1	24	8	2	15	0	1	.217	.236	.348	.130	1	1
2018	PRT	Wnt	ABL	56	50	10	11	4	2	2	25	9	5	9	0	1	.220	.304	.500	.280	0	0
2019	TOL	AAA	INT	322	278	44	73	17	2	7	115	51	32	49	2	0	.263	.340	.414	.151	7	1

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA
2011	85	0.5412	0.4353	0.8108	0.5652	0.2821	0.9615	0.4545	0.1892	-0.0025
2012	351	0.5214	0.3818	0.8060	0.5355	0.2143	0.8980	0.5556	0.1940	-0.0049
2013	1589	0.5211	0.4594	0.8151	0.6377	0.2654	0.8977	0.5990	0.1849	0.0047
2014	105	0.5714	0.4000	0.8333	0.4833	0.2889	1.0000	0.4615	0.1667	-0.0015
2015	404	0.5149	0.4257	0.8081	0.6202	0.2194	0.8992	0.5349	0.1919	0.0027
2017	200	0.5350	0.4650	0.7312	0.6636	0.2366	0.7746	0.5909	0.2688	0.0000
2018	276	0.5290	0.4783	0.8182	0.6712	0.2615	0.8980	0.5882	0.1818	0.0000
Career	3010	0.5243	0.4452	0.8083	0.6208	0.2523	0.8952	0.5749	0.1917	0.0021

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2021	OAK	$
2020	ATL	$
2019	DET	$
2018	DET	$
2017	NYA	$575,000
2016	NYA	$
2015	SLN	$522,000
2014	SLN	$
2013	SLN	$490,000

Years	Description	Salary
4 yr	Previous	$1,587,000
4 yr	Total	$1,587,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
3 y 94 d	Excel	1 year (2021)

Details

1 year (2021). Signed by Oakland as a free agent 11/21/20 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Oakland 10/1/21. Sent outright to Triple-A by Oakland 10/19/21. (Kozma elected free agency.)
1 year (2020). Signed by Atlanta as a free agent 1/4/20 (minor-league contract).
1 year (2019). Re-signed by Detroit as a free agent 11/8/18 (minor-league contract).
1 year (2018). Signed by Detroit as a free agent 1/5/18 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Detroit 5/8/18. DFA by Detroit 6/1/18. Sent outright to Triple-A 6/4/18. Contract selected by Detroit 9/14/18. Sent outright Triple-A by Detroit 10/24/18 (elected free agency).
1 year (2017). Re-signed by NY Yankees as a free agent 1/31/17 (minor-league contract). Salary of $0.575M in majors. Claimed by Texas off waivers 4/30/17 after being DFA by NY Yankees 4/28/17. DFA by Texas 7/20/17. Sent outright to Triple-A 7/23/17. Released by Texas 8/13/17.
1 year (2016). Signed by NY Yankees as a free agent 2/5/16 (minor-league contract).
1 year/$0.522M (2015). Re-signed by St. Louis 3/15. Sent outright to Triple-A by St. Louis 11/2/15.
1 year/$0.518M (2014). Re-signed by St. Louis 3/14. DFA by St. Louis 6/25/14 (optional assignment).
1 year/$0.49M (2013). Re-signed by St. Louis 3/13.
1 year (2012). Re-signed by St. Louis 2/29/12.
1 year (2011). Contract purchased by St. Louis 11/17/10. Re-signed by St. Louis 2/11.
Drafted by St. Louis 2007 (1-18) (Owassa HS, Okla.). $1.395M signing bonus.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	VORP	FRAA	WARP
90^o	379	38	81	19	2	8	36	23	82	6	2	.234	.290	.370	68	1.5	2B 3, SS 0	0.5
80^o	360	35	73	17	2	7	33	21	79	5	2	.221	.274	.347	60	-2.9	2B 3, SS 0	0.0
70^o	347	32	67	16	1	6	31	20	77	5	2	.210	.264	.323	55	-5.8	2B 3, SS 0	-0.3
60^o	336	30	62	14	1	6	29	18	76	4	2	.200	.251	.310	50	-8.1	2B 3, SS 0	-0.6
50^o	325	29	59	14	1	6	28	17	74	4	2	.197	.245	.310	46	-10.1	2B 2, SS 0	-0.8
40^o	314	27	55	13	1	5	26	16	72	4	2	.189	.237	.292	42	-11.9	2B 2, SS 0	-1.0
30^o	303	25	51	12	1	5	24	15	71	4	2	.181	.229	.285	38	-13.7	2B 2, SS 0	-1.2
20^o	290	23	46	11	1	4	22	14	68	3	1	.170	.218	.263	32	-15.6	2B 2, SS 0	-1.4
10^o	271	20	41	9	1	4	20	12	65	3	1	.161	.204	.252	25	-17.8	2B 2, SS 0	-1.7
Weighted Mean	328	29	60	14	1	6	28	18	75	4	2	.198	.248	.310	48	-9.5	2B 3, SS 0	-0.7

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Date	Question	Answer
2017-02-14 12:00:00 (link to chat)	I'm interested in the timetable for Delvin Perez. Some say he gets left behind in instructs and starts playing in short season, others say he starts at low A and might even make high A later this year. What's your best guess/info? (Buff from Colorado )	This is the kind of thing that really works itself out on the minor league side in Spring Training. There's not a ton of track record here either since the last high school bat the Cardinals took for comparison purposes here is Pete Kozma (who did go to the MWL). If you view Perez as a top ten talent in last year's draft class, those guys usually go straight to full-season. Perez was a young prep though, so a lot of variables. I still suspect the only one that matters is how he looks in March. (The Top 101 Prospect Chat with Jeffrey Paternostro)
2016-03-21 13:00:00 (link to chat)	What's the impact of Peralta's injury on Kolten Wong's value? There was talk this spring that Wong was headed to a platoon with Jedd Gyorko, but maybe Gyotko will be needed more at SS now with Peralta out. Thoughts? (Truganini from Co)	I don't know why you'd take at-bats away from Wong--who's better both offensively and defensively--and give them to Gyorko. Maybe Gyorko spells Wong specifically against lefties or something. And I'm in no hurry to see Gyorko play shortstop either. I think Ruben Tejada was a very savvy pickup and can at least be better than replacement-level, which might not literally be Pete Kozma anymore, but still feels like Pete Kozma. (Michael Baumann)
2013-10-28 18:00:00 (link to chat)	Who is most likely to be the Cardinals' shortstop in 2014? (whjohnson37 from Houston)	None of the above. Seriously though the internal options aren't appealing. Pete Kozma and Daniel Descalso both seem like fill-ins or utility options as opposed to starters, and while some have suggested that Kolten Wong can't be any worse at the position, I think he'd be too big of a stretch at the position defensively to give him a try. My guess based on internal options is Kozma. It wouldn't surprise me to see the club explore a trade or someone like Yunel Escobar is the market is right. (Mike Gianella)
2013-08-14 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Any idea what Ryan Jackson did to get himself so deeply planted in Mike Matheny's doghouse? I mean, he's not going to be a star, but at this point, he'd be an upgrade on Pete Kozma, wouldn't he? Not that that's a very high bar... (Bill from New Mexico)	I agree and I've wondered the same! Jackson was stuck out in LF when I saw Memphis back in June, and that confused me as well. (Jason Cole)
2013-08-01 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Cardinals are about to sign Kelly Shoppach FYI. The cardinals were supposedly looking for SS but had no luck. Pete Kozma, Ryan Jackson, nor Greg Garcia are the answers so who is? (Bubba from STL)	I thought Alexei Ramirez made sense for them before the rumors of their interest popped up. It's really hard to find a MLB-quality shortstop out there (which is something that we perhaps don't take into account enough when talking about the Iglesias and Gregorius deals). Maybe they reunite with Brendan Ryan, or Arizona decides to move Cliff Pennington for some reason? I don't know. St. Louis may not have a choice but to roll with what they've got. (R.J. Anderson Trade Deadline Wrap Chat)
2013-04-03 14:00:00 (link to chat)	What are your thoughts on Pete Kozma and Jose Iglesias? They have both looked good so far this spring/year. Think they will be ok offensively? (Todd from Dallas)	I made up my mind on Kozma last year and I don't have enough time in the day to reassess him continually, so I'll say "Meh" and "no." There are too many baseball players. Iglesias won't be ok offensively, either, but don't care, won't ever care. (Sam Miller)
2012-12-13 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Professor, who is the Cardinals shortstop next year? Andrus? Not much on the free agent market. Please don't say Pete Kozma. (Justin from Chicago)	Peter Kozma (Jason Parks)
2012-12-05 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Ian, with Scutaro re-signing with the Giants, do you think the Cardinals will do anything at the meetings regarding the middle of their infield? Thanks! (Chopper from Indy)	Are you not a Pete Kozma believer?? :) I'm still a big Furcal fan, so if he's healthy (big if) I have no problem with him as my opening day SS. Between Descalso and Kozma, you have a LOT of potential at 2B/SS -- lots more than what other orgs have. Whether or not they actualize that, well, none of us can say just yet. But I'd say the Cards are set up pretty well right now! (Ian Miller)
2012-10-23 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Who has the better career: Pete Kozma or Joe Panik? (Beau from SF)	Kozma. (Jason Parks)
2012-10-18 13:00:00 (link to chat)	What's gotten into Pete Kozma? (Jeff from Springfield)	Kozma is having one of my favorite random hot streaks of the year. How often does a guy hit .232/.292/.355 over 500 Triple-A plate appearances and .333/.383/.569 over 82 big-league plate appearances in the same season? And it's carried over to the postseason. What a weird year. (R.J. Anderson)

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