Miers Quigley
9/13/2007 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
The only pitcher to start every SEC series last season who returns for his third season with the Tide and his second as a weekend starter ... pitched in every spot of the weekend rotation last season ... has size and power, but has struggled with consistency and control ... has appeared in 23 career games with 20 starts, compiling a 5-9 record with a 4.64 earned-run average ... has recorded 99 strikeouts and 49 walks in 114.1 innings while holding opponents to a .254 batting average ... was drafted in the 19th round of the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft by the St. Louis Cardinals.
SOPHOMORE (2007):
The only UA pitcher to start all 10 SEC series ... appeared in 16 games and made 15 starts ... pitched in all three spots of the weekend rotation ... compiled a 4-7 record with a 4.88 ERA ... worked 90.1 innings, allowing 49 runs and 83 hits with 41 walks and 78 strikeouts ... held opponents to .255 batting average ... the Tide went 6-9 (.400) in his 15 starts ... had the lowest run support of any starter (4.73 per game) ... tied single-season school record with six balks (Lance Cormier, 2002) ... worked at least five innings in 13 of his 15 starts ... in 10 SEC starts, he posted a 1-7 record with a 6.88 ERA ... his lone relief appearance of the season came against Georgia State (2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K) on Feb. 11 ... threw five scoreless innings and struck out seven in his second start of the season against Canisius on Feb. 18 ... tallied eight strikeouts in 5.1 innings against Villanova on Feb. 24 ... recorded a career-high nine strikeouts three times ?? against McNeese State (March 2), Tennessee (March 16) and South Carolina (April 28) ... tossed seven shutout innings in an 8-0 win over No. 17 Nebraska on March 9 ... pitched six innings in his first career SEC start against Tennessee on March 16, picking up his first career SEC win ... suffered a tough-luck loss at No. 1 Vanderbilt (7 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 4 K) and eventual first-round draft pick David Price on April 6 ... pitched a season-high eight innings against No. 4 South Carolina on April 28 ... pitched briefly in the summer for the Harwich (Mass.) Mariners of the Cape Cod League ... appeared in three games for the Mariners, recording eight strikeouts in 5.2 innings.
FRESHMAN (2006):
Appeared in seven games ... made five starts against Samford, Memphis, Birmingham Southern, Southern Miss and Troy ... posted a 1-2 record with a 5.79 ERA in 24 innings, allowing 10 earned runs on 24 hits with eight walks and 21 strikeouts ... held opponents to a .250 batting average ... made his Crimson Tide debut in a starting assignment against Samford on Feb. 14, allowing three unearned runs and four hits while striking out a season-high five hitters in 4.2 innings ... earned his first collegiate win against No. 20 Southern Mississippi on March 15, limiting the Golden Eagles to three runs and four hits in seven innings with one walk and three strikeouts ... tossed one scoreless inning of relief against Lipscomb on March 29 ... made his SEC debut and post-season debut against Ole Miss at the SEC Tournament on May 27 ... allowed one unearned run and two hits in three innings with four strikeouts against the Rebels.
HIGH SCHOOL:
A 2005 graduate of Roswell (Ga.) High School where he was a four-year starter on the mound for Coach Mike Power ... helped lead Roswell to 92 wins from 2002-05, including school-record 25 victories in 2004 ... posted 29 career wins on the mound for the Hornets ... injuries limited his action during his senior year ... was selected in the 19th round (550th pick) of the 2005 MLB Draft by the St. Louis Cardinals ... was one of eight players on Roswell’s 2005 team to sign a college scholarship ... posted a 12-2 (.917) record with one save and a 1.98 ERA with 118 strikeouts as a junior in 2004 while setting a school record with 12 wins ... teamed with Mike Bohanna to win 24 of team’s 25 games ... was named a 2004 AFLAC All-American and participated in the AFLAC All-American All-Star game at Cal Ripken Stadium in Aberdeen, Md. ... named the 2004 Atlanta Journal Constitution Player of the Year when he helped Roswell to a 21-5 record and a berth in the Georgia Class AAA state playoffs ... tossed an 81-pitch complete game in a win in the quarterfinals of the state playoffs ... was named to the 2003 World Wood Bat Association (WWBA) Perfect Game Junior Championship All-Tournament Team ... posted the 8th-best ERA (1.40) in Roswell school history as a freshman in 2002.
PERSONAL:
Full name is Miers Spencer Quigley ... first name is pronounced “Meyers” ... son of Bob and Pattie Quigley ... has one brother, Cameron ... one of two baseball players in Crimson Tide history whose last name begins with the letter “Q” to earn a letter, joining former second baseman Mike Qualls who lettered in 1985-86.
