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Plenty more awards that night, of course. The Astros also present this annual award. Another choice quote: "If I started to write a speech about Skip, I'd probably still be writing," Wainwright said. "Because the dude is first-rate." [P-D coverage] "The Darryl Kile Award is presented annually to the St. Louis Cardinals and Houston Astros player who best exemplifies Kile's traits of 'a good teammate, a great friend, a fine father and a humble man.'" 2002 - (none, in honor of Darryl Kile) 2003 - Mike Matheny 2004 - Woody Williams 2005 - Cal Eldred 2006 - Chris Carpenter 2007 - Russ Springer 2008 - Adam Wainwright 2009 - Skip Schumaker