BIOGRAPHY
Miles Tice Mikolas was born on August 23, 1988, in Jupiter, Florida. He is a pitcher in the MLB.
Mikolas pitched for Jupiter Community High School in Palm Beach County, Florida, from which he graduated in 2006.He then attended Nova Southeastern University and played college baseball for the Nova Southeastern Sharks.
The San Diego Padres selected Mikolas in the seventh round of the 2009 Major League Baseball draft. Mikolas pitched as a reliever for the Class-A Fort Wayne TinCaps in 2010, he began 2011 with the High-A Lake Elsinore Storm and was promoted to the Doube-A San Antonio Missions that same year.
Mikolas received a non-roster invitation to spring training in 2012. He was assigned to the minor league camp later in the spring, and started the year with San Antonio. Mikolas was called up to the majors for the first time directly from Double-A San Antonio on May 5, 2012. He made his debut at Petco Park against the Florida Marlins. Mikolas was designated for assignment by the Padres on November 20, 2013.
The Padres traded Mikolas to the Pittsburgh Pirates, along with Jaff Decker, for Alex Dickerson after the 2013 season. During that offseason, the Pirates traded him to the Texas Rangers in exchange for Chris McGuiness. He began the 2014 season with the Round Rock Express. Mikolas was called up to the Rangers' 25-man roster on July 1, 2014; the Rangers released Mikolas after the 2014 season.
On November 25, 2014, Mikolas signed a one-year; deal with the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball for the 2015 season. In 2015, the Giants re-signed him to a two-year deal.
Mikolas signed a two-year, contract with the St. Louis Cardinals on December 5, 2017. He won his debut with the Cardinals 8–4 on April 2, 2018, at Miller Park against the Milwaukee Brewers. Mikolas threw his first major league complete game, a shutout, on May 21, 2018; He struck out nine, walked one, and gave up only four hits. He was named to the 2018 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, his first All-Star selection. Mikolas finished his 2018 campaign with an 18-4 record (including a 10-0 record on the road), a league-leading .818 won-loss percentage, a 2.83 ERA (4th in the National League), 1.071 WHIP (5th), walking just 29 batters in 200.2 innings (6th), in 32 starts (9th). His 18 wins were tops in the NL. He led the majors with only 1.30 bases on balls per 9 innings pitched, and also led all major league pitchers in first-strike percentage (70.8%). In addition, he had the highest zone percentage of all major league pitchers, with 48.0% of his pitches being in the strike zone. On defense, he was 2nd among NL pitchers in range factor/9 innings (2.20), 3rd in putouts (19), and 4th in assists (30). He came in 6th in the voting for the 2018 NL Cy Young Award.
On February 26, 2019, Mikolas and the Cardinals agreed on a 4-year extension.
Mikolas threw 8+2⁄3 no-hit innings in a game on June 14, 2022, against the Pittsburgh Pirates. With two strikes in the count to the next batter, Cal Mitchell, Mikolas allowed a ground-rule double.
Mikolas was named to the 2022 Major League Baseball All-Star Game after replacing Corbin Burnes.
