Riley Quick
{{Short description|American baseball player (born 2004)}}
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|birth_place = Trussville, Alabama, U.S.
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|throws = Right
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Riley Wayne Quick (born April 29, 2004) is an American college baseball pitcher for the Alabama Crimson Tide.
Career
Quick attended Hewitt-Trussville High School in Trussville, Alabama, where he played football and baseball.{{cite web|url=https://www.al.com/highschoolsports/2022/02/hewitt-trussville-4-star-football-prospect-riley-quick-turns-sole-focus-to-baseball-career.html|title=Hewitt-Trussville 4-star football prospect Riley Quick turns sole focus to baseball career|work=AL.com|first=Ben|last=Thomas|date=February 15, 2022|access-date=April 5, 2025}} As a senior in 2022, he went 13-1 with a 0.92 ERA and 130 strikeouts over {{fraction|83|2|3}} innings and was named Alabama Mr. Baseball.{{cite web|url=https://www.al.com/highschoolsports/2022/06/alabama-signee-hewitt-trussville-rhp-riley-quick-named-aswas-mr-baseball.html|title=Alabama signee, Hewitt-Trussville RHP Riley Quick named ASWA’s Mr. Baseball|work=AL.com|first=Ben|last=Thomas|date=June 12, 2022|access-date=April 5, 2025}} After graduating, he enrolled at the University of Alabama to play college baseball, declining offers from Auburn University and Mississippi State University to play football.{{cite web|url=https://www.al.com/alabama/2022/06/alabama-baseball-signee-riley-quick-was-very-close-to-playing-football-at-auburn.html|title=Alabama baseball signee Riley Quick was ‘very close’ to playing football at Auburn|work=AL.com|first=Ben|last=Thomas|date=June 26, 2022|access-date=April 5, 2025}}
As a freshman at Alabama in 2023, Quick made 16 relief appearances and went 1-1 with a 3.68 ERA. In 2024, Quick started and pitched three innings in his season debut before undergoing season-ending Tommy John surgery.{{cite web|url=https://www.tuscaloosanews.com/story/sports/college/baseball/2024/02/21/alabama-baseball-wins-two-games-but-loses-player-to-season-ending-injury/72628283007/|title=Alabama baseball wins two games but loses a player to injury for the season|work=The Tuscaloosa News|first1=Adam|last1=Baranovsky|first2=Cade|last2=Hampton|date=February 21, 2024|access-date=April 5, 2025}} Quick returned to play in 2025 and began the season in Alabama's starting rotation on an innings limit.{{cite web|url=https://www.si.com/college/alabama/baseball/riley-quick-s-road-back-alabama-pitcher-envisions-big-season-with-return-to-mound-01jm9kj3xwp0|title=Riley Quick's Road Back: Alabama Pitcher Envisions Big Season with Return to Mound|work=Sports Illustrated|first=Will|last=Miller|date=February 17, 2025|access-date=April 5, 2025}} Over 14 starts, he went 8-3 with a 3.92 ERA and seventy strikeouts over 62 innings.https://www.tuscaloosanews.com/story/sports/college/sec/2025/05/31/alabama-baseball-preparing-to-lose-plenty-of-draft-picks-from-2025-roster/83964685007/
References
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External links
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- [https://rolltide.com/sports/baseball/roster/riley-quick/13623 Alabama Crimson Tide bio]
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Category:Baseball players from Alabama