Ed Riley

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Ed Riley is a former professional baseball player from Worcester, Massachusetts.

As a senior at St. Peter-Marian High School in 1988, Riley was named Massachusetts Baseball Player of the Year, setting a national record for high school left handed pitchers with 33 straight victories.

Riley was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the sixth round of the 1988 draft. He was at double-A New Britain in 1992 when he compiled a record of 10-8 with a 2.45 ERA, gaining him the Eastern League Lefthanded Pitcher of the Year award. He would be promoted to the Pawtucket Red Sox by the end of the season, and spent three more seasons in the Red Sox organization, never being promoted to the major league club.

In 1996, Riley joined the Albany Diamond Dogs of the Northeast League. He compiled an 11-1 record with a 1.78 ERA, and he was named the Northeast League Pitcher of the Year. After another season with Albany, he went to the Atlantic League’s Nashua Pride for three seasons, currently holding the team's record for wins.

Riley joined the Red Sox as an assistant to pitching coach Joe Kerrigan in 2000 and 2001, and joined the Worcester Tornadoes in 2005 during their inaugural season in the Can-Am League. He would retire completely from playing baseball mid-season, and currently acts as the Tornadoes' Director of Baseball Operations.