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Niagara Purple Eagles
File:Baseball current event.svg 2025 Niagara Purple Eagles baseball team
File:Initials niagara univ.svg
Founded1949 (1949)
UniversityNiagara University
Head coachMatt Spatafora (1st season)
ConferenceMAAC
LocationLewiston, New York
Home stadiumJohn P. Bobo Field
NicknamePurple 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

Niagara in the NCAA Tournament

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Year Record Pct Notes
2024 0–2 .000 Stillwater Regional
TOTALS
 0–2 .000

Year-by-year results

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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 Charles Pacini 3–5
1950 Bruno Pacini 9–2
1951 Walt Rooney 8–3
1952 Walt Rooney 4–8
1953 Frank Layden 7–5
1954 Frank Layden 6–3–1
1955 Frank Layden 2–7
1956 John DeVincentis 5–6
1957 Sidney Ludwig 4–7
1958 Robert Winters 8–4
1959 James O’Brien 5–6–1
1960 Benedict Salamone 2–5
1961 Milton Krum 5–8
1962 Milton Krum 5–7–1
1963 Chester Przylucki 5–7
1964 Edward Donahue 3–8
1965 Edward Donahue 1–9
1966 Edward Donahue 3–6
1967 Joe DeGregorio
1968 Joe DeGregorio
1969 Joe DeGregorio
1970 Joe DeGregorio 5–12
1971 Joe DeGregorio 16–4
1972 Joe DeGregorio 21–4
1973 Bill Bradshaw 12–3
1974 Bill Bradshaw 13–9
1975 Paul Smith 29–13–1
1976 Paul Smith 9–15
1977 Dan Burgess 10–9
1978 Bill Bradshaw 9–11
1979 Bill Bradshaw 5–21–1
1980 Frank Badolato 11–16
1981 Frank Badolato 11–16–1
1982 Frank Badolato/Marty Salanger 13–19
1983 Marty Salanger 9–13
1984 Marty Salanger
1985 Ron Leib 9–22
Independent: 267–293–6[7]
Eastern College Athletic Conference (1986–1989)
1986 Ron Leib 9–26 4–10 5th (Upstate New York)
1987 Ron Leib 8–22 4–13 5th (Upstate New York)
1988 Ron Leib 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

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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

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References

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