Current Contract:
Signed a one-year, $1 million contract on December 12, 2006.

2007: $1,000,000

*Miles can earn $25,000 each for 250 and 300 plate appearances, and $50,000 each for 350, 400, 450 and 500 plate appearances.

Agent: CSMG

Became a Cardinal:
Acquired from the Colorado Rockies with outfielder Larry Bigbie in exchange for pitcher Ray King on December 7, 2005.

2006 Season:
Miles appeared in 135 games for the Cardinals in 2006, batting .265 with 30 RBI. He started 71 games at second base, including Opening Day, and started 31 games at shortstop over the season's final two months while filling in for the injured David Eckstein. The switch-hitter batted .291 versus left-handed pitchers and had a team-high 21 infield hits. He tied the club Opening Day record with four hits, falling a home runs shy of hitting for the cycle.

Career Notes:
A 19th round draft pick of the Houston Astros in 1995, Miles was taken by the White Sox in the Triple-A phase of the Rule 5 Draft in 2000. After winning the Double-A Southern Leaguge MVP and batting title in 2002 and batting .304/.351/.445 with 11 homers and 50 RBIs in 133 games at Triple-A Charlotte in 2003, Miles received his first taste of the big leagues with the White Sox in September, 2003. In December, 2003, the White Sox dealt him to the Colorado Rockies for infielder Juan Uribe.

Miles became the Rockies starting second baseman in 2004 and led all major league rookies in hits (153) and runs scored (75) while leading all NL rookies with a .293 average. He finished fourth in NL Rookie of the Year voting. After the season, on December 4, he underwent successful surgery on his right knee to remove a cyst.

In 376 career Major League games with the White Sox, Rockies and Cardinals, Miles is a .280/.322/.360 hitter with 10 home runs.

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