Miles Mikolas: Biography in Details
Who is Miles Mikolas?
Miles Mikolas is an American baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Previously, he has played for the San Diego Padres and Taxes rangers in MLB. Also, he became sixth in the NL Cy Young Award in 2018.
He is also famously called Lizard King. This nickname is given to him after he swallowed a lizard in 2011 during an Arizona Fall League game.
Who are the parents of Miles Mikolas?
He was born on August 23, 1988, In Jupiter, Florida, USA. he was born to his father Stephen Mikolas but information about his mother and ancestry is not available.
Also, he has a sibling named Karel and an older half-sibling Martina.
He played for Jupiter Community High School in Palm Beach County, Florida, from which he graduated in 2006. After that, he joined Nova Southeastern University and played college baseball for the Nova Southeastern Sharks.
Miles Mikolas: Professional Life and Career
Miles Mikolas got selected in the seventh round of the 2009 MLB Draft by the San Diego Padres. In 2010, he pitched as a reliever for the Class-A Fort Wayne TinCaps.
After a year, he played for High-A Lake Elsinore Storm and was later promoted to the Double-A San Antonio Missions on July 4, 2011.
After the 2013 season, he along with Jeff Decker were traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates by The Padres for Alex Dickerson. Also, he started the 2014 season with Round Rock Express.
He signed a one-year $700,000 deal on November 25, 2014, with the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball for the 2015 season.
On December 5, 2017, Mikolas signed a $15.5 million two-year contract with the St. Louis Cardinals. On April 2, 2018, at Miller Park against the Milwaukee Brewers, he won his debut with the Cardinals 8–4. While batting, for his first major league hit, he hit a two-run home run versus Zach Davies.
Furthermore, he and the Cardinals agreed on a 4-year extension worth $68 million on February 26, 2019, and finished the 2019 regular season with a 9-14 record with a 4.16 ERA, striking out 144 over 184 innings.
Miles Mikolas game stats
Here are the game stats of Miles Mikolas
2022 Splits
| Day/Month | ERA | W | L | SV | SVOP | GP | GS | CG | IP |
| April | 1.52 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 29.2 |
| May | 3.77 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 31.0 |
| June | 2.38 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 34.0 |
| July | 3.58 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 37.2 |
| August | 5.40 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 31.2 |
| last 7 Days | 4.05 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.2 |
| last 15 Days | 2.38 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 22.2 |
What is Miles Mikolas’s net worth?
He became the All-Star in 2018 and NL wins leader in 2018. In addition, he was named a Midwest League All-Star.
As of 2022, he has an estimated net worth of over $7 million. According to some reports, the NBA player has an average salary of $17,000,000 annually which is slightly higher than Kolten Wong’s Salary.
Miles Mikolas so far has made earnings of $21,151,537 from his entire NBA career. Also, he is the 8th best-paid player for the St. Louis Cardinals and is the 90th best-paid player in MLB as per the 2019 financial ranking.
Body Stats: Height, Weight
Miles Mikolas has dark brown eyes and dark brown hair. He is 6 ft 5 inches in height
But other information about his weight, etc. is not available.
Social Media
He has around 19k followers on Instagram and about 34k followers on Twitter. But his Facebook account is private.
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Miles Mikolas's Birthday Dates
| Year | Date | Day |
|---|
| 2024 | August | Friday |
| 2025 | August | Saturday |
| 2026 | August | Sunday |
| 2027 | August | Monday |
| 2028 | August | Wednesday |
