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2026 Baseball Roster

39 Riley Peterson

  • Class Junior
  • Position Pitcher
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 185
  • Bats/Throws L/L
  • Hometown Verona, Wis.
  • High School Verona Area
  • Major Biomedical & Health Sciences

Biography

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2025 | Game-by-Game Statistics
Was one of Milwaukee’s most valuable relief arms on the season and made 22 relief appearances and made one start on the year … finished the season with a 1.84 ERA having allowed just six earned runs over 29 1/3 innings of work … struck out 24 batters and earned one save while posting a 3-2 record on the year … held opponents to a .231 batting average as he allowed just 24 hits on the year the fewest allowed on the team … made his season debut and struck out one batter at Mercer (2/16) … pitched a hitless inning at South Carolina (2/22) … did not allow a run at UNLV (3/2) … pitched two innings and struck out two Jayhawks while not allowing an earned run (3/8) … threw 2/3 hitless innings in his home debut versus Wright State (3/21) … struck out a pair over 1 1/3 innings at Northern Kentucky (3/30) … pitched a hitless frame at Purdue Fort Wayne (4/4) … had another hitless inning in non-league play versus UIC (4/15) … threw 1 2/3 innings and did not allow a run at Wright State (4/25) … had another hitless effort over 1 1/3 innings in the team’s win over Northern Illinois (4/29) … tossed two scoreless frames at Northern Kentucky (5/2) … had a scoreless effort with an inning of work versus Purdue Fort Wayne (5/9) … did not allow a hit over 1 2/3 innings later in the series against the Mastodons (5/11) … threw two scoreless frames in the team’s Horizon League Championship matchup over Northern Kentucky (5/22) … made his lone start of the year and pitched a season-high four innings with a strikeout and did not allow an earned run at Wright State (5/24).

2024 | Game-by-Game Statistics
Made 10 appearances on the hill for Milwaukee during his freshman season with starts in five games … struck out 16 batters over his 26 innings of work on the year … recorded two wins and a save while pitching to a 9.69 ERA … made his collegiate debut in relief and recorded one strikeout over 2/3 inning of work at Fresno State (2/16) … threw 1 1/3 hitless innings of relief at Long Beach State (3/3) … made his first start of the season and struck out a pair over 3 2/3 innings at Western Kentucky (3/10) … struck out two batters over three innings of work in his first home start against Valparaiso (4/9) … threw three innings of relief and struck out a season-high four batters at American Family Field against MSOE (4/17) … made his last start of the season at Iowa (4/23) … picked up the save as he tossed the final four innings in relief versus Parkside (4/30) … made his final appearance of the year and struck out one batter over two innings in the regular season finale against Youngstown State (5/18).
 
High School
Graduated from Verona Area High School in Verona, Wisconsin in 2023 … played varsity baseball for the Wildcats throughout high school … also played club baseball for GRB Academy in nearby Windsor, Wisconsin.
 
Personal
Son of Tyler Peterson and Monica Donnelly … has one younger sibling, Maeve … is currently undecided in terms of his major while studying at Milwaukee.

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Historical Player Information

  • 39

    2024Freshman

    Pitcher
    6'0" 180 lbs
    39
  • 39

    2025Sophomore

    Pitcher
    6'0" 185 lbs
    39
  • 39

    2026Junior

    Pitcher
    6'1" 185 lbs
    39