Derek Lilliquist

Lilliquist with St. Louis Cardinals

St. Louis Cardinals – No. 34

Pitcher / Pitching Coach

Born: February 20, 1966 (age 51)
Winter Park, Florida

Batted: Left

Threw: Left

MLB debut

April 13, 1989, for the Atlanta Braves

Last MLB appearance

September 6, 1996, for the Cincinnati Reds

MLB statistics

25–34

4.13

261

Teams

As player

As coach

Career highlights and awards

As player

As coach

Derek Jansen Lilliquist (born February 20, 1966) is the pitching coach for the St. Louis Cardinals and a retired professional baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1989 to 1996. The Atlanta Braves selected him in the first round of the 1987 MLB draft from the University of Georgia (UGA). In his MLB career, Lilliquist played for the Braves (1989–90), San Diego Padres (1990–91), Cleveland Indians (1992–94), Boston Red Sox (1995) and the Cincinnati Reds (1996). Since 2002, he has coached in the Cardinals organization, and began serving on the major league staff in 2011.

While playing for UGA, Lilliquist was selected as Baseball America's Pitcher of the Year and was an All-American in 1987. In the major leagues, he functioned primarily as a relief pitcher. With Cleveland in 1992, he posted career lows in earned run average (2.25), hits per nine innings (5.7), and walks plus hits per inning pitched (0.924) while appearing in a career-high 71 games.

Derek Lilliquist graduated from Sarasota High School in Sarasota, Florida in 1984. He played college baseball for the Georgia Bulldogs. In 1987, Lilliquist was an All-American selection according to both the American Baseball Coaches Association and Baseball America (BA). He was also BA's Pitcher of the Year for that season. He helped lead to UGA to their first-ever Southeastern Conference title and trip to the College World Series. In three seasons at UGA, Lilliquist posted a 31–12 won–loss record and 3.30 earned run average (ERA).