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Kile, known for his sharp, big-breaking curveball, died of coronary disease in Chicago, where he and the Cardinals were staying for a weekend series against the Chicago Cubs.
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Kile, who was being paid over $ 8 million for the season, struggled mightily, going 8 – 13 with a 6. 61 ERA, and he wound up being traded to the St. Louis Cardinals following the season.
Interestingly, Kile would go on to finish fifth in voting for the Cy Young Award the following year, as he had in 1997 ( the year before he joined the Rockies ).
Kile and the Cardinals won the game, 7 – 2, and moved into first place in the NL's Central Division, a spot they would hold on to for the rest of the 2002 season.
You will find out eventually what has happened, and I ask that you say a prayer for the Kile family.
Jason Simontacchi, who pitched for the Cardinals, was visibly emotional during the game since Kile was a mentor to him.
The Astros honored Kile with a memorial plaque that hangs along the left field wall at Minute Maid Park under the 1997 Central Division Championship banner, the last season Kile played for Houston before signing with Colorado.
Kile was given an exemption by the Baseball Writers Association of America and placed on the ballot for the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2003.
He won the 2007 Darryl Kile Award " for integrity and courage ," presented annually by local chapters of the Baseball Writers Association of America ( BBWAA ) to players on the Astros and St. Louis Cardinals.
Kile and curveball
Kile suffered control problems, allowing hitters to lay off his curveball.
Other notable curveball pitchers since 1900 are / were Barry Zito, Adam Wainwright, Sal Maglie, Dwight Gooden, Nolan Ryan, David Wells, Darryl Kile, Matt Morris, Orel Hershiser, Aaron Sele, Tommy Bridges, Bert Blyleven, Steve Carlton, and Mordecai " Three Finger " Brown.
Kile and died
Pitcher Darryl Kile ( who died in 2002 ) signed as a free agent in the offseason, struggled in Colorado, going 13 – 17 with a 5. 20 ERA — a far cry from his numbers the prior year as a member of the Houston Astros, when he went 19 – 7 with a 2. 57 ERA.
Kile and Chicago
In 2002, after Cardinals pitcher Darryl Kile was found dead in a Chicago hotel room, a game between the teams in Wrigley Field was postponed.
Kile and where
La Russa's fourth Manager of the Year award was arguably the most emotional ; La Russa led the Cardinals to the National League Championship Series ( where they would ultimately lose in five games to the San Francisco Giants ) in a year in which the Cardinals were traumatized by the deaths of beloved Hall of Fame broadcaster Jack Buck and 33-year-old pitcher Darryl Kile just four days later.
Later, a press conference was held where an emotional Girardi addressed the death of Cardinals pitcher Darryl Kile.
Kile and Cardinals
Later, he traded Kile to the Cardinals and, in a four-team trade, sent Vinny Castilla to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
After two seasons in which he was a combined 21 – 30 and posted ERAs of 5. 20 and 6. 61, Kile was traded to the Cardinals.
Kile went 16 – 11 in 2001, and the Cardinals made the playoffs again, losing to the eventual world champion Arizona Diamondbacks in the NLDS.
Kile threw 227-1 / 3 innings and compiled a 3. 09 ERA that season, despite having an injured shoulder which required surgery after the Cardinals were eliminated from the playoffs.
The Cardinals honored Kile by placing a small " DK 57 " sign in the home bullpen.
In 2003, the Darryl Kile Good Guy Award was established and is presented annually to the Astros player and Cardinals player who best exemplify Kile's traits of " a good teammate, a great friend, a fine father and a humble man.
* ESPN: Cardinals ' hurler Kile dead at 33
* Darryl Kile, Major League Baseball Pitcher ( St. Louis Cardinals )
Injuries to other pitchers left Ankiel and Darryl Kile as the only fully healthy starters left on the Cardinals roster.
On June 22, 2002, St. Louis Cardinals player Darryl Kile was found dead in his hotel room prior to a nationally-televised game against the Cubs at Wrigley Field.
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On September 8, Kile pitched a no-hitter against the New York Mets.
Kile made his first postseason appearance in Game 1 of the 1997 National League Division Series against the Atlanta Braves, giving up only two hits but suffering a hard-luck 2 – 1 loss.
On June 18, Kile pitched in an interleague game against the Anaheim Angels, scattering six hits over seven and two-thirds innings, allowing one run.
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Kile would become one of a long line of free-agent pitchers who struggled after signing with the Rockies.
Although previous big-name pitchers, including Bill Swift, Bret Saberhagen, and Darryl Kile, had struggled in Colorado, following the 2000 season O ' Dowd made two very splashy signings in the free-agent market, signing Denny Neagle to a five-year contract worth $ 51 million, followed five days later by signing Mike Hampton to an eight-year, $ 121 million contract.
* 1968 – Darryl Kile, baseball player ( d. 2002 )
*‘ Iolana, Patricia ( 2012 ) ‘ Divine Immanence: A Psychodynamic Study in Women ’ s Experience of Goddess ’ in Claremont Journal of Religion, Kile Jones, Ed., January 2012, 86-107, electronic.
Darryl Andrew Kile ( December 2, 1968 – June 22, 2002 ) was an American Major League Baseball starting pitcher.
Kile was selected by the Houston Astros in the 30th round of the 1987 Major League draft.
Having been successful with the Tucson Toros, the Astros ' AAA club in the Pacific Coast League, Kile entered the majors in 1991, going 7 – 11 in 22 starts.
In his first major league start on April 24, 1991, Kile had a no-hitter going when he was lifted after six innings by manager Art Howe, who wanted to protect the 22-year-old rookie's arm.
In 1998, Kile signed with the Colorado Rockies as a free agent.
In his first season with St. Louis, Kile went 20 – 9, becoming the first Cardinal pitcher since John Tudor and Joaquín Andújar in 1985 to win twenty games in a season.
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