Aaron Miles
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| St. Louis Cardinals — No. 12 | |
| Second base | |
| Bats: Both | Throws: Right |
| Major League Baseball debut | |
| September 11, 2003 for the Chicago White Sox | |
| Selected MLB statistics (through October 2, 2006) |
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| Batting average | .280 |
| Hits | 360 |
| Runs scored | 163 |
| Former teams | |
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Aaron Wade Miles (born December 15, 1976 in Pittsburg, California) is a Major League Baseball player for the St. Louis Cardinals. He spent the 2003 season with the Chicago White Sox, 2004-2005 with the Colorado Rockies, and the 2006 season with the St. Louis Cardinals. In spring training 2000, he wrestled an attacking gunman while the gunman was shot to death by the police.
Miles was originally drafted by the Houston Astros in the 19th round of the 1995 amateur draft. As a member of the Colorado Rockies, he finished fourth in the voting for the 2004 Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award in the National League. He made his major league debut September 11, 2003 and hit .333 with two RBIs in eight games for the Chicago White Sox.
During the 2004 Summer Olympics Games held in Athens, Greece, Miles, being of Greek heritage (his paternal grandmother was born in Sparta, Greece), made the roster of the host nation's Greek Baseball Team, but the switch-hitting rookie second baseman was drafted by the Colorado Rockies and was cut from the Olympic Team.
Miles won a World Series Championship with the St. Louis Cardinals in 2006. In December of 2006, the St. Louis Cardinals announced that he was re-signed with the World Champions to an incentive laden one-year deal for the 2007 season.
Graduate of Antioch High School, located in Antioch, California. Lives in Brentwood, California, with his wife and daughter, during the offseason.
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