finalyear death_date debutyear statvalue finalteam birth_date death_place finaldate image statlabel debutteam name throws caption birth_place debutdate bats position article_title
2002 22 june 2002 1991 133 -- 119 4.12 1,668 st. louis cardinals 2 december 1968 chicago , illinois june 18 darryl kile stlcardinals 03042000.jpg win -- loss record earned run average strikeouts houston astros darryl kile right kile with the cardinals . garden grove , california april 8 right pitcher darryl kile

darryl kile

darryl andrew kile -lrb- december 2 , 1968 -- june 22 , 2002 -rrb- was an american major league baseball starting pitcher .
he pitched from 1991 to 2002 for three different teams in his career .
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 .
they advanced to the playoffs in the next two seasons .
kile was known for his sharp , big-breaking curveball .
he died of coronary disease in chicago , where he and the cardinals were staying for a weekend series against the chicago cubs .
he was the first active major league player to die during the regular season since 1979 , when the new york yankees ' thurman munson died in an aviation accident .
