:Niagara Purple Eagles baseball
{{Infobox College baseball team
|current = 2025 Niagara Purple Eagles baseball team
|name = Niagara Purple Eagles
|founded = {{Start date|1949}}
|logo = Initials niagara univ.svg
|logo_size = 250
|university = Niagara University
|conference = MAAC
|division =
|location = Lewiston, New York
|coach = Matt Spatafora
|tenure = 1st
|stadium = John P. Bobo Field
|capacity =
|nickname = Purple Eagles
|national_champion =
|cws =
|ncaa_tourneys = 2024
|conference_tournament = 2024
|conference_champion = 1997, 2024
}}
The Niagara Purple Eagles baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Niagara University in Lewiston, New York, United States.{{cite web| title=Niagara Purple Eagles| publisher=d1baseball.com| url=http://www.d1baseball.com/schools/niagara.htm| access-date=2012-11-02| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120912083009/http://www.d1baseball.com/schools/niagara.htm| archive-date=2012-09-12| url-status=dead}} The team is a member of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. The team plays its home games at John P. Bobo Field in Lewiston, New York.{{cite web|url=http://www.stadiumjourney.com/stadiums/bobo-field-s2306/|title=Bobo Field – Niagara Purple Eagles - Stadium Journey|website=Stadiumjourney.com|access-date=5 August 2018}} The Purple Eagles are coached by Matt Spatafora.{{cite press release|url=https://purpleeagles.com/news/2024/6/28/spatafora-named-head-coach-of-niagara-baseball.aspx|title=Spatafora Named Head Coach of Niagara Baseball|publisher=Niagara Purple Eagles|date=June 28, 2024|access-date=June 28, 2024}}
Niagara in the NCAA Tournament
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{{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=Niagara Purple Eagles|Year|Record|Pct|Notes}} |
| 2024
| 0–2 | {{Winpct|0|2}} |
| {{center|TOTALS}}
| 0–2 | {{Winpct|0|2}} | |
Year-by-year results
Below is a table of the program's year-by-year results.[http://www.boydsworld.com/data/ Boyd's World Yearly Standings] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120621200313/http://boydsworld.com/data/ |date=2012-06-21 }} at BoydsWorld.com. Accessed 25 January 2013.{{cite web|title=2012 Niagara Purple Eagles Baseball Media Guide|url=http://www.sidearmdmg.com/niagara/baseball/|publisher=Niagara Sports Information|access-date=26 January 2013}}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Independent
| conference= no
| startyear = 1949
| endyear = 1985
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| season = 1949
| name =
| overall = 3–5
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| season = 1950
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| overall = 9–2
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| season = 1951
| name =
| overall = 8–3
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| season = 1952
| name =
| overall = 4–8
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| season = 1953
| name =
| overall = 7–5
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| season = 1954
| name =
| overall = 6–3–1
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| season = 1955
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| overall = 2–7
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| season = 1956
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| overall = 5–6
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| season = 1957
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| overall = 4–7
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| season = 1958
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| overall = 8–4
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| season = 1959
| name =
| overall = 5–6–1
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| season = 1960
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| overall = 2–5
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| season = 1961
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| overall = 5–8
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| season = 1962
| name =
| overall = 5–7–1
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| season = 1963
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| overall = 5–7
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| season = 1964
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| overall = 3–8
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| season = 1965
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| overall = 1–9
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| season = 1966
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| overall = 3–6
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| season = 1967
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| season = 1970
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| overall = 5–12
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| season = 1971
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| overall = 16–4
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| season = 1972
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| overall = 21–4
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| season = 1973
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| overall = 12–3
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| season = 1974
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| overall = 13–9
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| season = 1975
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| overall = 29–13–1
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| season = 1976
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| overall = 9–15
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| season = 1977
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| overall = 10–9
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| season = 1978
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| overall = 9–11
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| season = 1979
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| overall = 5–21–1
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| season = 1980
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| overall = 11–16
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| season = 1981
| name =
| overall = 11–16–1
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| season = 1982
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| overall = 13–19
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| season = 1983
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| overall = 9–13
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| season = 1984
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| season = 1985
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| overall = 9–22
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{{CBB yearly record subtotal
| name = Independent
| overall = 267–293–6Records unavailable for 1967–1969 and 1984.
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Eastern College Athletic Conference
| conference= no
| startyear = 1986
| endyear = 1989
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1986
| name =
| overall = 9–26
| conference = 4–10
| confstanding = 5th (Upstate New York)
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| championship =
| season = 1987
| name =
| overall = 8–22
| conference = 4–13
| confstanding = 5th (Upstate New York)
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1988
| name =
| overall = 12–26
| conference = 6–9
| confstanding = 5th (Upstate New York)
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1989
| name = Jim Mauro
| overall = 12–19
| conference = 5–6
| confstanding = 3rd (Upstate New York)
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{{CBB yearly record subtotal
| name = ECAC
| overall = 41–93
| confrecord = 19–38
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
| conference= no
| startyear = 1990
| endyear =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1990
| name = Jim Mauro
| overall = 11–22
| conference = 4–8
| confstanding = t-4th (North)
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1991
| name = Jim Mauro
| overall = 12–24
| conference = 5–12
| confstanding = 4th (North)
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1992
| name = Jim Mauro
| overall = 15–18
| conference = 7–11
| confstanding = 3rd (North)
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1993
| name = Jim Mauro
| overall = 12–19
| conference = 6–12
| confstanding = 4th (North)
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1994
| name = Jim Mauro
| overall = 9–29
| conference = 2–16
| confstanding = 4th (North)
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1995
| name = Jim Mauro
| overall = 14–26
| conference = 3–15
| confstanding = 4th (North)
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1996
| name = Jim Mauro
| overall = 14–20
| conference = 7–11
| confstanding = 3rd (North)
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = division
| season = 1997
| name = Jim Mauro
| overall = 17–21
| conference = 11–7
| confstanding = 1st (North)
| postseason = MAAC Tournament
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1998
| name = Jim Mauro
| overall = 17–23–1
| conference = 11–15
| confstanding = t-3rd (North)
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1999
| name = Jim Mauro
| overall = 13–22–1
| conference = 11–14
| confstanding = 4th (North)
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2000
| name = Jim Mauro
| overall = 16–25
| conference = 13–13
| confstanding = 6th
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2001
| name = Jim Mauro
| overall = 25–20
| conference = 15–11
| confstanding = 5th
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2002
| name = Mike McRae
| overall = 12–34
| conference = 9–17
| confstanding = 8th
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2003
| name = Mike McRae
| overall = 26–25
| conference = 16–10
| confstanding = t-3rd
| postseason = MAAC Tournament
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2004
| name = Mike McRae
| overall = 27–27
| conference = 16–9
| confstanding = t-2nd
| postseason = MAAC Tournament
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2005
| name = Chris Chernisky
| overall = 25–28
| conference = 16–9
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason = MAAC Tournament
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2006
| name = Chris Chernisky
| overall = 28–26
| conference = 17–10
| confstanding = t-3rd
| postseason = MAAC Tournament
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2007{{cite web|url=http://www.purpleeagles.com/documents/2012/2/14/2007_Stats.pdf|title=Niagara University Purple Eagle Athletics - 2007 Baseball Stats|website=Purpleeagles.com|access-date=5 August 2018}}
| name = Chris Chernisky
| overall = 15–32
| conference = 3–21
| confstanding = 10th
| postseason =
}}
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| championship =
| season = 2008{{cite web|url=http://www.purpleeagles.com/documents/2012/2/14/2008_Stats.pdf|title=Niagara University Purple Eagle Athletics - 2008 Baseball Stats|website=Purpleeagles.com|access-date=5 August 2018}}
| name = Chris Chernisky
| overall = 22–28
| conference = 10–14
| confstanding = 6th
| postseason =
}}
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| season = 2009{{cite web|url=http://www.purpleeagles.com/documents/2012/2/14/2009_Stats.pdf|title=Niagara University Purple Eagle Athletics - 2009 Baseball Stats|website=Purpleeagles.com|access-date=5 August 2018}}
| name = Rob McCoy
| overall = 20–35
| conference = 14–10
| confstanding = t-4th
| postseason =
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| season = 2010{{cite web|url=http://www.purpleeagles.com/documents/2012/2/14/2010_Stats.pdf|title=Niagara University Purple Eagle Athletics - 2010 Baseball Stats|website=Purpleeagles.com|access-date=5 August 2018}}
| name = Rob McCoy
| overall = 17–36
| conference = 13–11
| confstanding = t-5th
| postseason =
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| season = 2011{{cite web|url=http://www.purpleeagles.com/documents/2012/2/14/2011_Stats.pdf|title=Niagara University Purple Eagle Athletics - 2011 Baseball Stats|website=Purpleeagles.com|access-date=5 August 2018}}
| name = Rob McCoy
| overall = 8–40
| conference = 5–19
| confstanding = 9th
| postseason =
}}
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| season = 2012{{cite web|url=http://www.purpleeagles.com/documents/2012/5/18/bbtc051812.pdf|title=Niagara University Purple Eagle Athletics - bbtc051812|website=Purpleeagles.com|access-date=5 August 2018}}
| name = Rob McCoy
| overall = 19–29
| conference = 7–16
| confstanding = 9th
| postseason =
}}
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| season = 2013{{cite web|url=http://purpleeagles.com/documents/2013/5/17/BB_5-17-13_Final.pdf|title=Niagara University Purple Eagle Athletics - BB 5-17-13 FInal|website=Purpleeagles.com|access-date=5 August 2018}}
| name = Rob McCoy
| overall = 16–38
| conference = 9–15
| confstanding =
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| season = 2014{{cite web|url=https://purpleeagles.com/sports/baseball/stats/2014?&clean=true|title=Niagara University Purple Eagle Athletics |website=Purpleeagles.com|access-date=5 November 2023}}
| name = Rob McCoy
| overall = 20–31
| conference = 8–14
| confstanding =
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| season = 2015{{cite web|url=https://purpleeagles.com/sports/baseball/stats/2015?&clean=true|title=Niagara University Purple Eagle Athletics |website=Purpleeagles.com|access-date=5 November 2023}}
| name = Rob McCoy
| overall = 13–32
| conference = 8–16
| confstanding =
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| season = 2016{{cite web|url=https://purpleeagles.com/sports/baseball/stats/2016?&clean=true|title=Niagara University Purple Eagle Athletics |website=Purpleeagles.com|access-date=5 November 2023}}
| name = Rob McCoy
| overall = 16–37
| conference = 11–13
| confstanding =
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| season = 2017{{cite web|url=https://purpleeagles.com/sports/baseball/stats/2017?&clean=true|title=Niagara University Purple Eagle Athletics |website=Purpleeagles.com|access-date=5 November 2023}}
| name = Rob McCoy
| overall = 24–24
| conference = 12–12
| confstanding =
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| season = 2018{{cite web|url=https://purpleeagles.com/sports/baseball/stats/2018?&clean=true|title=Niagara University Purple Eagle Athletics |website=Purpleeagles.com|access-date=5 November 2023}}
| name = Rob McCoy
| overall = 24–27
| conference = 13–11
| confstanding =
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| season = 2019{{cite web|url=https://purpleeagles.com/sports/baseball/stats/2019?&clean=true|title=Niagara University Purple Eagle Athletics |website=Purpleeagles.com|access-date=5 November 2023}}
| name = Rob McCoy
| overall = 15–33
| conference = 9–15
| confstanding =
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| season = 2020{{cite web|url=https://purpleeagles.com/sports/baseball/stats/2020?&clean=true|title=Niagara University Purple Eagle Athletics |website=Purpleeagles.com|access-date=5 November 2023}}
| name = Rob McCoy
| overall = 6–10
| conference =
| confstanding =
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| season = 2021{{cite web|url=https://purpleeagles.com/sports/baseball/stats/2021?&clean=true|title=Niagara University Purple Eagle Athletics |website=Purpleeagles.com|access-date=5 November 2023}}
| name = Rob McCoy
| overall = 17–17
| conference = 17-15
| confstanding =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2022{{cite web|url=https://purpleeagles.com/sports/baseball/stats/2022?&clean=true|title=Niagara University Purple Eagle Athletics |website=Purpleeagles.com|access-date=5 November 2023}}
| name = Rob McCoy
| overall = 22–32
| conference = 13-11
| confstanding =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2023{{cite web|url=https://purpleeagles.com/sports/baseball/stats/2023?&clean=true|title=Niagara University Purple Eagle Athletics |website=Purpleeagles.com|access-date=5 November 2023}}
| name = Rob McCoy
| overall = 24–22-1
| conference = 14-10
| confstanding =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = confboth
| season = 2024
| name = Rob McCoy
| overall = 38–17
| conference = 20–4
| confstanding = T–1st
| postseason = NCAA Regional
}}
{{CBB yearly record subtotal
| name = MAAC
| overall = 613–901–3
| confrecord = 346–422
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Major League Baseball
{{Asof|2022}}, at least 19 former Niagara players have reached Major League Baseball, including Sal Maglie.{{cite web |title=Niagara University (Lewiston, NY) Baseball Players |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/schools/index.cgi?key_school=b9ce35eb |website=Baseball-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=1 January 2021 |language=en}} Niagara has had 18 Major League Baseball Draft selections since the draft began in 1965.{{cite web| title=MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "Niagara University (Lewiston, NY)"|publisher=Baseball-Reference.com| url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.cgi?key_school=b9ce35eb&exact=1&query_type=key_school|access-date=January 1, 2021}}
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! colspan=4 style="background:#582C83; color:#FFFFFF" |Purple Eagles in the Major League Baseball Draft |
| Year
! Player ! Round ! Team |
|---|
| 1969
|{{sort name|Michael|Balogh|nolink=1}} | 9 | Orioles |
| 1971
|{{sort name|Douglas|Farrell|nolink=1}} | 2 | Pirates |
| 1971
|{{sort name|Robert|Sekel|nolink=1}} | 5 | Pirates |
| 1972
|{{sort name|Douglas|Farrell|nolink=1}} | 3 | Pirates |
| 1978
|{{sort name|William|Purdy|nolink=1}} | 13 | Orioles |
| 1983
|{{sort name|Mark|Gabriel|nolink=1}} | 17 | Mets |
| 1984
|{{sort name|Mark|Gabriel|nolink=1}} | 25 | Braves |
| 1989
|{{sort name|Raymond|Bielanin|nolink=1}} | 27 | Dodgers |
| 1996
|{{sort name|Carmen|Panaro|nolink=1}} | 59 |
| 2003
|{{sort name|Josh|McCurdy|nolink=1}} | 24 | Orioles |
| 2005
|{{sort name|Reed|Eastley|nolink=1}} | 13 | Mariners |
| 2005
|{{sort name|Dan|Griffin|nolink=1}} | 5 | Giants |
| 2005
|{{sort name|James|Avery|nolink=1}} | 5 | Reds |
| 2006
|{{sort name|Jeff|Vincent|nolink=1}} | 43 | Red Sox |
| 2012
|{{sort name|Wynton|Bernard|nolink=}} | 35 | Padres |
| 2014
|{{sort name|Jordan|Schwartz|nolink=1}} | 4 |
| 2017
|{{sort name|Daniel|Procopio|nolink=1}} | 10 | Angels |
| 2017
|{{sort name|Tanner|Kirwer|nolink=1}} | 20 |
| 2018
|{{sort name|Greg|Cullen|nolink=1}} | 15 | Braves |
| 2019
|{{sort name|Matt|Brash|dab=baseball}} | 4 | Padres |
See also
References
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