Niagara Purple Eagles baseball

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Niagara Purple Eagles
Baseball current event.svg 2025 Niagara Purple Eagles baseball team
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Founded1949 (1949)
University Niagara University
Head coach Matt Spatafora (1st season)
Conference MAAC
Location Lewiston, New York
Home stadium John P. Bobo Field
Nickname Purple Eagles
ColorsPurple and white [1]
   
NCAA tournament appearances
2024
Conference tournament champions
2024
Conference regular season champions
1997, 2024

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]

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A Purple Eagles baseball player during a game in 2018 Benny Serrano (25961591247) (cropped).jpg
A Purple Eagles baseball player during a game in 2018

Niagara in the NCAA Tournament

YearRecordPctNotes
2024 0–2.000 Stillwater Regional
TOTALS
0–2.000

Year-by-year results

Below is a table of the program's year-by-year results. [5] [6]

Statistics overview
SeasonCoachOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Independent (1949–1985)
1949Charles Pacini 3–5
1950Bruno Pacini 9–2
1951Walt Rooney 8–3
1952Walt Rooney 4–8
1953 Frank Layden 7–5
1954Frank Layden 6–3–1
1955Frank Layden 2–7
1956John DeVincentis 5–6
1957Sidney Ludwig 4–7
1958Robert Winters 8–4
1959James O’Brien 5–6–1
1960Benedict Salamone 2–5
1961Milton Krum 5–8
1962Milton Krum 5–7–1
1963Chester Przylucki 5–7
1964Edward Donahue 3–8
1965Edward Donahue 1–9
1966Edward Donahue 3–6
1967Joe DeGregorio
1968Joe DeGregorio
1969Joe DeGregorio
1970Joe DeGregorio 5–12
1971Joe DeGregorio 16–4
1972Joe DeGregorio 21–4
1973 Bill Bradshaw 12–3
1974Bill Bradshaw 13–9
1975Paul Smith 29–13–1
1976Paul Smith 9–15
1977Dan Burgess 10–9
1978 Bill Bradshaw 9–11
1979Bill Bradshaw 5–21–1
1980Frank Badolato 11–16
1981Frank Badolato 11–16–1
1982Frank Badolato/Marty Salanger 13–19
1983Marty Salanger 9–13
1984Marty Salanger
1985Ron Leib 9–22
Independent:267–293–6 [7]
Eastern College Athletic Conference (1986–1989)
1986Ron Leib 9–264–105th (Upstate New York)
1987Ron Leib 8–224–135th (Upstate New York)
1988Ron Leib 12–266–95th (Upstate New York)
1989Jim Mauro 12–195–63rd (Upstate New York)
ECAC:41–9319–38
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (1990–present)
1990Jim Mauro 11–224–8t-4th (North)
1991Jim Mauro 12–245–124th (North)
1992Jim Mauro 15–187–113rd (North)
1993Jim Mauro 12–196–124th (North)
1994Jim Mauro 9–292–164th (North)
1995Jim Mauro 14–263–154th (North)
1996Jim Mauro 14–207–113rd (North)
1997Jim Mauro 17–2111–71st (North)MAAC Tournament
1998Jim Mauro 17–23–111–15t-3rd (North)
1999Jim Mauro 13–22–111–144th (North)
2000Jim Mauro 16–2513–136th
2001Jim Mauro 25–2015–115th
2002 Mike McRae 12–349–178th
2003 Mike McRae 26–2516–10t-3rdMAAC Tournament
2004 Mike McRae 27–2716–9t-2ndMAAC Tournament
2005 Chris Chernisky 25–2816–94thMAAC Tournament
2006 Chris Chernisky 28–2617–10t-3rdMAAC Tournament
2007 [8] Chris Chernisky 15–323–2110th
2008 [9] Chris Chernisky 22–2810–146th
2009 [10] Rob McCoy 20–3514–10t-4th
2010 [11] Rob McCoy 17–3613–11t-5th
2011 [12] Rob McCoy 8–405–199th
2012 [13] Rob McCoy 19–297–169th
2013 [14] Rob McCoy 16–389–15
2014 [15] Rob McCoy 20–318–14
2015 [16] Rob McCoy 13–328–16
2016 [17] Rob McCoy 16–3711–13
2017 [18] Rob McCoy 24–2412–12
2018 [19] Rob McCoy 24–2713–11
2019 [20] Rob McCoy 15–339–15
2020 [21] Rob McCoy 6–10
2021 [22] Rob McCoy 17–1717-15
2022 [23] Rob McCoy 22–3213-11
2023 [24] Rob McCoy 24–22-114-10
2024 Rob McCoy 38–1720–4T–1st NCAA Regional
MAAC:613–901–3346–422
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, 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

  1. ↑ "Niagara University Athletic Department Quick Facts". August 2, 2011. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Niagara Purple Eagles". d1baseball.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-12. Retrieved 2012-11-02.
  3. ↑ "Bobo Field – Niagara Purple Eagles - Stadium Journey". Stadiumjourney.com. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "Spatafora Named Head Coach of Niagara Baseball" (Press release). Niagara Purple Eagles. June 28, 2024. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
  5. ↑ Boyd's World Yearly Standings Archived 2012-06-21 at the Wayback Machine at BoydsWorld.com. Accessed 25 January 2013.
  6. ↑ "2012 Niagara Purple Eagles Baseball Media Guide". Niagara Sports Information. Retrieved 26 January 2013.[ permanent dead link ]
  7. 1 2 Records unavailable for 1967–1969 and 1984.
  8. ↑ "Niagara University Purple Eagle Athletics - 2007 Baseball Stats" (PDF). Purpleeagles.com. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  9. ↑ "Niagara University Purple Eagle Athletics - 2008 Baseball Stats" (PDF). Purpleeagles.com. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  10. ↑ "Niagara University Purple Eagle Athletics - 2009 Baseball Stats" (PDF). Purpleeagles.com. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  11. ↑ "Niagara University Purple Eagle Athletics - 2010 Baseball Stats" (PDF). Purpleeagles.com. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  12. ↑ "Niagara University Purple Eagle Athletics - 2011 Baseball Stats" (PDF). Purpleeagles.com. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  13. ↑ "Niagara University Purple Eagle Athletics - bbtc051812" (PDF). Purpleeagles.com. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  14. ↑ "Niagara University Purple Eagle Athletics - BB 5-17-13 FInal" (PDF). Purpleeagles.com. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  15. ↑ "Niagara University Purple Eagle Athletics". Purpleeagles.com. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  16. ↑ "Niagara University Purple Eagle Athletics". Purpleeagles.com. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  17. ↑ "Niagara University Purple Eagle Athletics". Purpleeagles.com. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  18. ↑ "Niagara University Purple Eagle Athletics". Purpleeagles.com. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  19. ↑ "Niagara University Purple Eagle Athletics". Purpleeagles.com. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  20. ↑ "Niagara University Purple Eagle Athletics". Purpleeagles.com. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  21. ↑ "Niagara University Purple Eagle Athletics". Purpleeagles.com. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  22. ↑ "Niagara University Purple Eagle Athletics". Purpleeagles.com. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  23. ↑ "Niagara University Purple Eagle Athletics". Purpleeagles.com. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  24. ↑ "Niagara University Purple Eagle Athletics". Purpleeagles.com. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  25. ↑ "Niagara University (Lewiston, NY) Baseball Players". Baseball-Reference.com . Sports Reference . Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  26. ↑ "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "Niagara University (Lewiston, NY)"". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved January 1, 2021.
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