Darryl Kile
Darryl Kile (December 2, 1968 - June 22, 2002) was a baseball player, a right-handed pitcher with the St. Louis Cardinals who was known for his hard-breaking curve ball[?]. Born in Garden Grove, California, Kile died in a Chicago, Illinois hotel of coronary disease. He was the first Major League Baseball player to die during the regular season since the New York Yankees' Thurman[?] Munson died in an aviation accident in 1979.
Having been successful with the Tucson Toros[?] (the Houston Astros AAA club) in the Pacific Coast League (PCL), Kile entered the majors in 1991, going 7-11 in 22 starts. His breakthrough came in 1993 when he pitched a no-hitter, ending the season with 15 wins and 8 losses. In 1998 he signed to the Colorado Rockies as a free agent, but the thin air at Coors Field[?] was detrimental to the breaking pitches[?], particularly an overhand curve ball, with which he had previously been effective. After two seasons, in which he was a combined 21-30, he was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals. After winning 20 games in his first season, Kile was still a Cardinal at the time of his death.
Kile's death coincided with the passing of St. Louis Baseball Hall of Fame broadcaster Jack Buck, who had died four days earlier.
W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA
128 115 345 317 28 9 0 2080.7 2053 957 205 890 1618 4.14