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.\n', '

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).\n', '

The Atlanta Braves selected Lilliquist as the sixth overall pick in the 1987 Major League Baseball draft and assigned him to the Gulf Coast League Braves in the Rookie League of Minor League Baseball that same season. There he made two starts, totaling 13 innings pitched (IP), allowing just three hits and no runs. He was promoted to the Durham Bulls of the Carolina League, where he made three starts, totaling 25 IP, two complete games and a 2.88 ERA. The next season, the Braves again promoted him, this time to the AAA Richmond Braves of the International League, where he spent the entire season. Lilliquist started all 28 games in which he appeared, posting a 3.38 ERA in a professional-high ​170 2⁄3 IP. While striking out just 80 batters, he also allowed just 36 bases on balls (BB).\n', '

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