Aaron Miles

Miles with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2011

Second baseman

Born: December 15, 1976 (age 40)
Pittsburg, California

Batted: Switch

Threw: Right

MLB debut

September 11, 2003, for the Chicago White Sox

Last MLB appearance

September 27, 2011, for the Los Angeles Dodgers

MLB statistics

Batting average

.281

Home runs

Runs batted in

229

Teams

Career highlights and awards

World Series champion (2006)

Aaron Wade Miles (born December 15, 1976) is a former Major League Baseball infielder. He played from 2003 to 2011 with six different MLB clubs. He is currently a part-time player and bench coach for the Pittsburg Diamonds of the Pacific Association of Professional Baseball Clubs.

Miles was originally drafted by the Houston Astros in the 19th round of the 1995 amateur draft. He played in the Astros minor league system through 2000, making it as high as Class-A+ with the Kissimmee Cobras in 2000, where he hit .292 in 75 games. He was a member of the Midwest League All-Star team in 1999.

He was selected by the Chicago White Sox in the minor league portion of the Rule V Draft in 2000. He played with the Double-A Birmingham Barons in 2001-2002. In 2002 he was the Most Valuable Player of the Double-A Southern League while hitting .322 for the Barons. He was promoted to Triple-A with the Charlotte Knights in 2003 and was the International League Rookie of the Year. He made his Major League debut on September 11, 2003 against the Minnesota Twins as a pinch hitter and recorded his first hit on September 18, also against Minnesota. In 8 games with the White Sox, hit had four hits (3 doubles) in 12 at-bats.

Miles was traded to the Colorado Rockies on December 2, 2003 for Juan Uribe. He appeared in 134 games with the Rockies and finished fourth in the voting for the 2004 National League Rookie of the Year, while hitting .293 in 134 games.

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