He and his wife, Courtney, have a daughter, Nicole Dakota (8/23/04) and a son, Jackson Tyler (8/22/07)...is a graduate of Antioch (Calif.) High School...the city of Antioch declared Nov. 12, 2004 as "Aaron Miles Day"...was recommended/signed by Astros scout Gene Wellman and Rick Schroeder...took part in Cardinals Winter Warm-up activities and the Cardinals cruise in January 2007.

Proved his versatility on the field, appearing at seven positions, and set career highs with a .317 batting average and a .355 on-base percentage in his third season with the Cardinals. © Batted .323 (105-for-325) and reached safely in 71 of his 81 starts. © Collected 29 multi-hit games, including a five-hit game, two four-hit games and five three-hit games. © Had a career-high and team season-high 15-game hitting streak from June 15-July 3, batting .400 in that stretch (26-for-65) ... the streak tied for 11th longest in the N.L. in 2008. © Posted a .317 batting average (85-for-268) from the left side of the plate and a .315 batting average (35-for-111) from the right ... all four of his homers were hit as a lefty. © Had a .391 batting average (25-for-64) in 13 interleague games. © Hit .360 in May (18-for-50) then batted .337 in June (28-for-83). © Had a team-high 22 infield hits, tied for 13th-most in the N.L. © Batted .350 in close and late situations, ninth-best in the N.L. © Made his first start of the season at shortstop April 9 at Houston. © Pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning in a 20-2 loss June 13 vs. Philadelphia. It was his third career appearance as a pitcher (also August 4, 2007 at Washington and September 20, 2007 vs. Houston). © Snapped a 76-game homerless streak June 21 at Boston (off Daisuke Matsuzaka) with his first long ball since September 8, 2007 at Arizona. © Matched his career high with five hits June 22 at Boston ... had five RBI July 13 at Pittsburgh, one shy of his career single-game high. © Capped a three-hit game July 20 vs. San Diego with a walk-off grand slam, the 10th in St. Louis history. © Started in left field for the first time in his career September 11 vs. the Cubs ... played center field for the first time September 12 and right field September 13.