| Darryl Kile | ||
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| Starting Pitcher | ||
| Born: December 2, 1968 | ||
| Died: June 22, 2002 (aged 33) | ||
| Batted: Right | Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | ||
| April 8, 1991 for the Houston Astros |
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| Final game | ||
| June 18, 2002 for the St. Louis Cardinals |
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| Career statistics | ||
| Win-Loss | 133-119 | |
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| Strikeouts | 1668 | |
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Darryl Andrew Kile (December 2, 1968 – June 22, 2002), born in Garden Grove, California, was an American right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for three National League teams, the last being the St. Louis Cardinals. Events 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens 1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 217 BC - Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Garden Grove is a city located in northern Orange County, California, United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the In Baseball or Softball, a starting pitcher, often abbreviated as starter, is the Pitcher who pitches the first pitch to the first batter of The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the National League ( NL) is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball The St Louis Cardinals (also referred to as "the Cards " or "the Redbirds " are a professional Baseball team based in St In his first season for the Cardinals, he won 20 games in 2000 as the team reached the postseason for the first time in four years, and they again advanced to the playoffs in the next two seasons. A win is a Statistic in Major League Baseball credited to the Pitcher for the winning team who was in the game when his team last took the lead Kile, known for his hard-breaking curveball, died in 2002 of coronary disease in Chicago, where he and the Cardinals were staying for a weekend series against the rival Chicago Cubs. The curveball is a breaking pitch in Baseball thrown with a grip and hand movement that imparts down and/or sideways spin to the ball. Coronary disease (or coronary heart disease) refers to the failure of Coronary circulation to supply adequate circulation to Cardiac muscle and surrounding Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. The Chicago Cubs are a Professional Baseball franchise based in Chicago, Illinois. He was the first active major league player to die during the regular season since the New York Yankees' Thurman Munson died in an aviation accident in 1979. The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the borough of The Bronx, in New York City, New York. Thurman Lee Munson ( June 7 1947 – August 2 1979) was an American Catcher in Major League Baseball who played The cause of death was attributed to a 90% blockage in two coronary arteries.
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Houston Astros
Kile was selected by the Houston Astros in the 30th round of the 1987 major league draft. The Houston Astros are a Professional baseball team based in Houston Texas. 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. The Tucson Sidewinders (1998-2008 were a Minor league baseball team based in Tucson Arizona. Part of the History of baseball series Minor league baseball is a hierarchy of Professional baseball leagues in North The Pacific Coast League (PCL is a Minor league baseball league operating in the West and Midwest of the United States. In his very first big 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. Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. In Baseball, a no-hitter (also known as a no-hit game, or colloquially a no-no) refers to a game in which one of the teams prevented the other from getting Arthur Henry Howe Jr (born December 15, 1946 in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania) is a former Infielder, coach, scout and (Astro relief pitcher Curt Schilling gave up a single in the ninth inning to lose the no-hit bid. Curtis Montague Schilling (born November 14 1966 in) is an American Major League Baseball Pitcher. In Baseball, a single is the most common type of base hit, accomplished through the act of a batter safely reaching First base by hitting ) Kile's breakthrough year came in 1993 when he went 15-8 with a 3. 51 earned run average and made the All-Star team. In Baseball statistics, earned run average ( ERA) is the Mean of Earned runs given up by a Pitcher per nine Innings pitched The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also popularly known as the "Midsummer Classic" is an annual Baseball game between players from the National League On September 8 of that year, Kile finally got his no-hitter, blanking the New York Mets. Events 70 - Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem. 1264 - The Statute of Kalisz "Mets" redirects here For the medical term see Metastasis. [1] He pitched seven seasons with the Astros, mostly as a starter. Another strong season was 1997, when he went 19-7, compiled a 2. 57 ERA, made the All-Star team again, threw a career-high 255-2/3 innings, and pitched four shutouts. In Baseball, innings pitched (IP are the number of Innings a Pitcher has completed measured by the number of batters and Baserunners In team sports in American English a shutout (a clean sheet in Soccer) refers to a game in which one team prevents the opposing team from scoring He finished fifth in voting for the NL Cy Young Award. In Baseball, the Cy Young Award is an honor given annually to the best Pitcher in Major League Baseball (one each for American and National 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. The National League Division Series ( NLDS) the opening round of the 1997 National League playoffs began on Tuesday September 30, and ended Atlanta swept Houston in the best-of-five series.
Colorado Rockies and St. Louis Cardinals
In 1998 Kile signed with the Colorado Rockies as a free agent, but the mental and physical difficulties of pitching in the thin, dry air of Denver caused Kile to suffer control problems, allowing hitters to lay off his nasty curveball. The Colorado Rockies are a Major League Baseball team based in Denver, Colorado. 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. 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. Joaquín Andújar (born December 21, 1952 in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic) is a former Major League Baseball right-handed He made his third All-Star team and again finished fifth in NL Cy Young Award voting. He won the first playoff victory of his career in Game 2 of the 2000 NLDS against Atlanta, but suffered two losses in the NL Championship Series, which the Cardinals lost to the Mets in five games. The National League Division Series ( NLDS) the opening round of the 2000 National League playoffs began on Tuesday October 3, and ended on The National League Championship Series, to determine the champion of Major League Baseball 's National League, was played between the Central Division
Kile went 16-11 in 2001, and the Cardinals made the playoffs again, losing to the eventual world champion Arizona Diamondbacks in the NLDS. The Arizona Diamondbacks (also referred to as the D-backs) are a professional baseball team based in Phoenix Arizona. The National League Division Series ( NLDS) the opening round of the 2001 National League playoffs began on Tuesday October 9, and ended on (Kile got a no-decision in his Game 3 start). 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. He spent the offseason rehabbing and was ready for the start of the 2002 season. In twelve seasons as a major league pitcher, Kile never once went on the disabled list. [2]
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. Events 618 - Coronation of the Chinese governor Li Yuan as Emperor Gaozu of Tang, the new Emperor of China, initiating three centuries The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are a professional baseball team based in Anaheim, California. He exited the game in the eighth inning to a standing ovation. 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. The National League Central Division is one of Major League Baseball 's six divisions That same day, longtime Cardinals broadcaster Jack Buck died. John Francis "Jack" Buck ( August 21, 1924 &ndash June 18, 2002) was an American Sportscaster, best known
Death
On June 22, during pregame warmups for what would have been a day game in Chicago against the hated rivals Cubs, team personnel noted Kile's absence. Events 217 BC - Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom. The Chicago Cubs are a Professional Baseball franchise based in Chicago, Illinois. Hotel staff entered Kile's room and discovered him in his bed, under the covers, dead of a heart attack. Myocardial infarction ( MI or AMI for acute myocardial infarction) also known as a heart attack, occurs when the blood supply Cubs catcher Joe Girardi announced to the fans at Wrigley Field that the afternoon's game versus the Cardinals had been canceled, though he did not announce that the cancellation was prompted by Kile's death. Joseph Elliot Girardi (born October 14, 1964 in Peoria Illinois) is the manager of the New York Yankees, and a former Major Wrigley Field is a Baseball Stadium in Chicago, Illinois, United States that has served as the home ballpark of the Chicago Girardi (who, in a twist of fate, would spend 2003, his last season as a player, with the Cardinals) gave the news at 2:37 p. m. CDT, broadcast regionally on FOX: "I thank you for your patience. The Central Time Zone observes Standard time by subtracting six hours from UTC during standard time ( UTC−6) and five hours during Daylight saving Major League Baseball on FOX or MLB on FOX is a weekly presentation of Major League Baseball games on the Fox television network We regret to inform you because of a tragedy in the Cardinal family, that the commissioner has canceled the game today. Allan Huber "Bud" Selig Jr (born July 30, 1934 in Milwaukee Wisconsin) is the Commissioner of Major League Baseball and has Thank you. . . . Please be respectful. You will find out eventually what has happened, and I ask that you say a prayer for the St. Louis Cardinals' family. " The game was rescheduled and made up later in the year on August 31, a 10-4 Cardinals victory. Events 1056 - Byzantine Empress Theodora becomes ill dying suddenly a few days later without children to succeed the Throne Later that season, when the Cardinals clinched the Central Division championship in a game against Kile's original team, the Astros, teammate Albert Pujols carried out Kile's #57 jersey, on a hanger, to the celebration on the field. José Alberto Pujols Alcántara (IPA /puˌˡxols/ (born January 16, 1980 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) (nicknamed Prince Albert
Memorials
The Cardinals honored his memory by placing a small "DK 57" sign in the home bullpen, which was carried over to the new Busch Stadium and still hangs in the bullpen, and by writing "DK 57" on their hats. Busch Stadium (also referred to informally as " New Busch Stadium " or " Busch Stadium III " is the home of the St The team also put chalk and markers in the Busch Stadium concourses so fans could write similar messages on their caps.
The Houston Astros also honored the memory of Darryl 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 he played for Houston before signing with Colorado. The white, circular plaque is 3 feet in diameter and bears Kile's initials "DK", which was his nickname among players and fans, in black writing.
The Colorado Rockies also have a memorial near the bullpens. It is circular, says "DK 57" and is on pinstripes.
The Darryl Kile (Good Guy) Award is presented annually to the Houston Astros and St. Louis Cardinals player who best exemplifies Kile's traits of "a good teammate, a great friend, a fine father and a humble man. " It is awarded at the annual Baseball Writers' Association of America dinner and is voted on by the players' teammates. The first recipient of the award on the Astros was Jeff Bagwell, who shared his rookie year in the majors on the Astros with Kile in 1991. Jeffrey Robert Bagwell (born May 27, 1968) is a former Major League Baseball First baseman, who spent his entire career with the Houston [3]
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. Baseball Writers' Association of America ( BBWAA) is a professional association for Baseball Journalists writing for daily Newspapers, Magazines The 2003 elections to select inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame proceeded in keeping with rules enacted in 2001 However, with only seven votes, he was eliminated from future BBWAA ballot consideration.
Career statistics
| W | L | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | HR | BB | SO | ERA |
| 133 | 119 | 359 | 331 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 2165. A win is a Statistic in Major League Baseball credited to the Pitcher for the winning team who was in the game when his team last took the lead A win is a Statistic in Major League Baseball credited to the Pitcher for the winning team who was in the game when his team last took the lead In Baseball statistics, games pitched (denoted by GP, or G in tables of only pitching statistics is the number of games in which a player appears as a In Baseball statistics, games started (denoted by GS indicates the number of games that a Pitcher has started for his team In Baseball, a complete game (denoted by CG) is the act of a Pitcher pitching an entire game himself without the benefit of a Relief pitcher In team sports in American English a shutout (a clean sheet in Soccer) refers to a game in which one team prevents the opposing team from scoring In Baseball, a save (abbreviated SV or S) is credited to a Pitcher who finishes a game for the winning team under certain prescribed circumstances In Baseball, innings pitched (IP are the number of Innings a Pitcher has completed measured by the number of batters and Baserunners In Baseball statistics, a hit (denoted by H) sometimes called a base hit, is credited to a batter when the batter safely reaches In Baseball, an earned run is any run for which the pitcher is held accountable (i A base on balls ( BB) is credited to a batter and against a pitcher in Baseball statistics when a batter receives four pitches that the umpire In Baseball or Softball, a strikeout or strike out (denoted by SO or K) occurs when a batter receives three strikes In Baseball statistics, earned run average ( ERA) is the Mean of Earned runs given up by a Pitcher per nine Innings pitched 3 | 2135 | 992 | 214 | 918 | 1668 | 4. 12 |
See also
References
Further reading
- Bissinger, Buzz. This is a list of No-hitters in Major League Baseball history. Joshua Morgan Hancock (April 11 1978 – April 29 2007 was a Major League Baseball Pitcher who played for the Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies H G "Buzz" Bissinger (born November 1, 1954) is an American journalist Three Nights in August. 2005, Houghton Mifflin, 256 pages. ISBN-10: 0618405445. Contains a chapter about Darryl Kile and his death in 2002. See Excerpt at National Public Radio.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
- BaseballLibrary - profile and career highlights
- ESPN: Cardinals' hurler Kile dead at 33
- Transcript of press conference following Kile's death
- "Death and life at the ballpark", Salon. com, 24 June 2002
- "The Daily Prospectus: Darryl Kile", Baseball Prospectus, 24 June 2002
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