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2017 Baseball Roster

7 Billy Quirke

  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 185
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown New Lenox, Ill.
  • Highschool Providence Catholic/Triton

Biography

2017: Made 50 starts in 51 appearances as a senior ... recorded 31 hits and scored 26 runs, adding 10 RBI ... added 24 walks to up his on-base percentage .120 highr than his batting average ... had at least one hit in each contest against Eastern Michigan Feb. 26-27, going 5-for-11 ... included in that series was a season-high three RBI outing ... went 3-for-4 with a double at UT Arlington March 11 ... two hits at Bradley April 7 ... walked three times, had a hit and scored a season-high three times in a win at Chicago State April 11 ... two hits and an RBI against Youngstown State April 13.

• 2017 game-by-game in PDF Format

2016:
Earned Second Team All-Horizon League honors after hitting .273 in his first season in Milwaukee ... started 57 of the 58 games, recording 62 hits, scoring 44 runs and knocking in 22 ... finished third in the league with a team-high 34 walks ... added seven steals and had a .387 on-base percentage ... batted .325 in league games ... walked twice and knocked in a run in his UWM debut at No. 25 Texas Tech Feb. 19 ... had three hits, scored three times and drove in three in Milwaukee's shutout victory over Bethune-Cookman Feb. 26 ... also homered that day ... scored three times and tied the school record by walking four times against Arkansas State March 6 ... set a season-high with a four-hit day against Youngstown State March 26, scoring three times and driving in two ... three hits and a pair of runs scored against Valparaiso April 23 ... tied season high with a four-hit effort against UIC April 24 ... three hits, including a triple, and two RBI in a victory over Oakland May 6 ... three-hit day against Northern Kentucky May 13 ... scored three runs and added two hits in Milwaukee's win over Valparaiso in the Horizon League Tournament May 26 ... named to the Horizon League Academic Honor Roll.

• 2016 game-by-game in PDF Format

Prior to UWM: A transfer to Milwaukee after a very successful two-year career at Triton College in River Grove, Ill. ... his sophomore season in 2015 with the Trojans was impressive, leading the team with a .418 batting average, 71 hits, 17 doubles, three home runs, 46 runs scored and 29 stolen bases ... drove in 35 more ... was named First-Team All-Region IV and First-Team All-N4C ... Dean's List member.

High School: Four-year letterwinner on the baseball diamond, earning Team MVP honors as a senior ... honor roll member.

Personal: Son of Bill and Hollie Quirke ... a marketing major ... chose UWM because he loved the coaching staff and the city and wanted to be part of a winning tradition ... career goal is to play Major Lague Baseball ... most memorable sports experience was winning the WJOL Tournament Championship against rival Lockport ... lists hobbies as reading, fishing and hanging out with friends ... has done volunteer work with youth baseball camps ... born March 1, 1995.

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Historical Player Information

  • 7

    2016Junior

    IF
    6'0" 170 lbs
    7
  • 7

    2017Senior

    IF
    6'0" 185 lbs
    7