American college baseball team
The Niagara Purple Eagles baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Niagara University in Lewiston, New York , United States.[ 2] 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 .[ 3] The Purple Eagles are coached by Matt Spatafora .[ 4]
A Purple Eagles baseball player during a game in 2018
Niagara in the NCAA Tournament
Year-by-year results
Below is a table of the program's year-by-year results.[ 5] [ 6]
Statistics overview
Season
Coach
Overall
Conference
Standing
Postseason
Independent (1949–1985)
1949
3–5
1950
9–2
1951
8–3
1952
4–8
1953
7–5
1954
6–3–1
1955
2–7
1956
5–6
1957
4–7
1958
8–4
1959
5–6–1
1960
2–5
1961
5–8
1962
5–7–1
1963
5–7
1964
3–8
1965
1–9
1966
3–6
1967
1968
1969
1970
5–12
1971
16–4
1972
21–4
1973
12–3
1974
13–9
1975
29–13–1
1976
9–15
1977
10–9
1978
9–11
1979
5–21–1
1980
11–16
1981
11–16–1
1982
13–19
1983
9–13
1984
1985
9–22
Independent:
267–293–6[ 7]
Eastern College Athletic Conference (1986–1989)
1986
9–26
4–10
5th (Upstate New York)
1987
8–22
4–13
5th (Upstate New York)
1988
12–26
6–9
5th (Upstate New York)
1989
Jim Mauro
12–19
5–6
3rd (Upstate New York)
ECAC:
41–93
19–38
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (1990–present)
1990
Jim Mauro
11–22
4–8
t-4th (North)
1991
Jim Mauro
12–24
5–12
4th (North)
1992
Jim Mauro
15–18
7–11
3rd (North)
1993
Jim Mauro
12–19
6–12
4th (North)
1994
Jim Mauro
9–29
2–16
4th (North)
1995
Jim Mauro
14–26
3–15
4th (North)
1996
Jim Mauro
14–20
7–11
3rd (North)
1997
Jim Mauro
17–21
11–7
1st (North)
MAAC Tournament
1998
Jim Mauro
17–23–1
11–15
t-3rd (North)
1999
Jim Mauro
13–22–1
11–14
4th (North)
2000
Jim Mauro
16–25
13–13
6th
2001
Jim Mauro
25–20
15–11
5th
2002
Mike McRae
12–34
9–17
8th
2003
Mike McRae
26–25
16–10
t-3rd
MAAC Tournament
2004
Mike McRae
27–27
16–9
t-2nd
MAAC Tournament
2005
Chris Chernisky
25–28
16–9
4th
MAAC Tournament
2006
Chris Chernisky
28–26
17–10
t-3rd
MAAC Tournament
2007 [ 8]
Chris Chernisky
15–32
3–21
10th
2008 [ 9]
Chris Chernisky
22–28
10–14
6th
2009 [ 10]
Rob McCoy
20–35
14–10
t-4th
2010 [ 11]
Rob McCoy
17–36
13–11
t-5th
2011 [ 12]
Rob McCoy
8–40
5–19
9th
2012 [ 13]
Rob McCoy
19–29
7–16
9th
2013 [ 14]
Rob McCoy
16–38
9–15
2014 [ 15]
Rob McCoy
20–31
8–14
2015 [ 16]
Rob McCoy
13–32
8–16
2016 [ 17]
Rob McCoy
16–37
11–13
2017 [ 18]
Rob McCoy
24–24
12–12
2018 [ 19]
Rob McCoy
24–27
13–11
2019 [ 20]
Rob McCoy
15–33
9–15
2020 [ 21]
Rob McCoy
6–10
2021 [ 22]
Rob McCoy
17–17
17-15
2022 [ 23]
Rob McCoy
22–32
13-11
2023 [ 24]
Rob McCoy
24–22-1
14-10
2024
Rob McCoy
38–17
20–4
T–1st
NCAA Regional
MAAC:
613–901–3
346–422
Total:
921–1277–9[ 7]
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
Conference regular season champion
Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
Division regular season champion
Division regular season and conference tournament champion
Conference tournament champion
Major League Baseball
As of 2022[update] , at least 19 former Niagara players have reached Major League Baseball , including Sal Maglie .[ 25] Niagara has had 18 Major League Baseball Draft selections since the draft began in 1965.[ 26]
See also
References
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